Issue 9 Volume Four KING’S EYE ON THE WORLD 00 28th February 2014 Editors: Owen Parsonage Jack Mills Journalists: Adam Bartlett Alistair Smellie Francesca Angel Robert Batson Jordan Willis Jonny Nixon Chloe Morgan CURRENT AFFAIRS ENRICHMENT………………READ ALL ABOUT IT! Becky Perkins This week we have an Oscar-winning variety of stories. We Tasmin Feakes have federal hacking, unrest in Ukraine, and are giving the Will Ashton Cardiff owner a sporting chance. Also, F1 officials are racing away with plans for a London Grand Prix circuit, and the Scot Hodgson world’s largest aircraft, a giant airship, is flying high. We are Harry Jaquiss also looking at Moyes, the Manchester United manager, and Kal O’Connor his fumbles. ‘Paws’ for thought with our article on the links between dog and human brains, and, hopefully, think on the Tom Ramsbottom Winter Olympics’ success – did they really gain anything, or Will Cotgrove are they skating on thin ice? In other news, an old British spy has been seen and recognized for infiltrating a Gestapo camp. George Bell All in all, a very eclectic mix! Jamie Berry Cardiff City owner insists he is not a 'villain' Harry Jaquiss 3HL “Cardiff City's controversial owner Vincent Tan has insisted he is not the "villain" he is sometimes portrayed as.” Tan, who has upset many Cardiff fans, said the "vocal minority" who oppose him should "apologise". Tan has upset fans by changing the colour of the Cardiff kit from blue to red, his daughter’s favourite colour. He also sacked old manager Malky Mackay, saying Mackay “got lucky” when he was given the job, and replaced him with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. These actions infuriated the fans, because Cardiff were doing well before this change. However, Tan is convinced that Solskjaer will save Cardiff from relegation. In a rare interview, and speaking for the first time since sacking Mackay in December, Tan also said he has the backing of 90% of Cardiff fans. He also claims that foreign owners are good for British football. However, he has decided to abandon plans to list Cardiff on the Singapore stock exchange. He also refuses to change the club's colours back to blue from red. In my opinion the owner should leave, because his selfish decisions do not consider the opinions of the majority of fans. Badger culls were “ineffective and failed humaneness test” Will Ashton 3PS An independent scientific assessment of last year’s pilot badger culls in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset has concluded that they were not effective. Analysts commissioned by the government found that the number of badgers culled fell short of the target set. 18% of culled badgers took longer than 5 minutes to die; this is a failure for the humaneness test. These culls were intended to limit the spread of TB in cattle. Contracted marksmen, paid by farming groups, were paid to shoot the badgers by night. Prof Rosie Woodroffe, a scientist at the Zoological Society of London, said that the “findings show unequivocally that the culls were not effective and that they failed to meet the humaneness criteria. I hope this will lead the Secretary of State (Owen Paterson) to focus on other ways of eradicating TB in cattle”. Research carried out by Prof Rosie Woodroffe in earlier trials in 1990 shows that failure to kill 70% of badgers within 6 weeks could actually make matters worse, as disturbed and diseased animals took TB into new areas. Robin Hargreaves, President of the British Veterinary Association, said that the BVA had taken a lead role in calling for controlled shootings to be thoroughly evaluated and tested before they were allowed take place. In my opinion I think that the culls could have been handled in a better way. The percentage of badgers taking longer than 5 minutes to die needs to decrease for it to be humane. I also believe that £7.29m is too much to spend on culling badgers, and is a big waste of money. Moyes’ mistakes! Jonny Nixon 3AI David Moyes took up the position of manager of Manchester United, taking the baton from Sir Alex Ferguson, who won the premier league by a landslide of eleven points in his final season. Moyes has not been so fortunate. United is currently 15 points behind the title leaders, Arsenal. Firstly, Moyes has not been himself. At Everton he believed in himself and followed his gut when making decisions. Now he appears scared of the crowd’s reactions to his decisions. There was a match against Newcastle where he had a great chance to bring off Robin Van Persie, but he decided not to because of the possible crowd reaction. Moyes should not care about what others think because he is at United as a result of his ability. He was the man chosen and now he has to believe in himself. Another problem is how Man United have performed in all the head-to-head clashes with the big teams, losing to Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham and drawing with Chelsea. Losing these battles doesn’t only lose points but loses confidence and also gives opponents more confidence. He spent £65m on Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata but everyone is upset about the failure to land Cesc Fabregas. He was the man Moyes wanted and would have gone some way to addressing the club's biggest problem - midfield. Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Darren Fletcher, Shinji Kagawa and Fellaini have only scored two league goals between them this season and, incredibly, do not have one goal assist. That is dreadful! The team Moyes selects has no consistency. He has been changing the starting eleven since he was appointed manager in September. There has been an average of 3.5 changes per match, leaving players worrying about whether they shall be picked or left on the sideline. This can be very unsettling. Moyes must address these problems if he wants to win back the crowd and start winning again. British man accused of hacking into the Federal Reserve Jamie Berry ShHB The Federal Court in Manhattan has accused Lauri Love, 28, from Suffolk of breaking into Federal Reserve computers. Even though the man had hacked into the American Federal Reserve, his lawyer, Karen Todner, said that Mr Love was also being investigated by the UK National Crime Agency and that it was hoped that the trial would be concluded in Britain. "If there is an extradition request from the United States it will be vehemently opposed," she said. "We believe that if Mr Love is to face charges that they should be, and will be, in the UK." The FBI has said that if he is accused then the potential penalty for a crime of this calibre is around 12 years. US attorney Preet Bharara alleged Mr Love was "a sophisticated hacker who broke into Federal Reserve computers, stole sensitive personal information, and made it widely available, leaving people vulnerable to malicious use of that information". The offences date from October 2012 to Febuary 2013 and this is when he tried to get into the New Nork Federal Reserve Bank’s computer servers to take information which could not be accessed by any random member of the public. He took confidential information including the names, email, addresses and phone numbers of users of the Bank. Mr Love then posted the information on a website which he has previously hacked and now controls. The debate is still ongoing about which country should hold the trial. World’s largest aircraft Kalyan O’Connor 3AI Recently, an aircraft has been designed and made that has set a new record for the world’s largest aircraft. Originally designed for the US military, a British company decided to take the project on themselves. The US decided against the idea of the producing and designing the huge aircraft after budget cuts in addition to the fact that it wouldn’t be very subtle and therefore an easy target. This company is planning to build over 100 of these eco-friendly aircraft. They have designed it for passengers and cargo as it can hold up to 1225kg for 21 days straight but for shorter journeys, it may be able to take up to 5 tonnes! Filled with Helium, the aircraft beats the previous size record of the Hindenburg and many more great aircraft. It was built in Cardington and is a size of 300ft (91m) in length. There are plans for it in the future to take up to 50 tonnes of space! The design first shows nothing new in the shape of aircraft but in reality, it looks like three cigars stuck together. This design is used because recent studies have shown that the amount of helium used in one of the ‘cigars’ is able to carry the equivalent amount of a normal plane’s wing. It can generate the same lift as an aeroplane’s wing can. That is quite extraordinary for a blimp! The designers have also made the aircraft just heavier than air which stops the need for many men using ropes to pull it in to land. The length of the actual aircraft is 2 and half times longer than the craft used for the first powered flight performed by the Wright brothers. This proves how big the new aircraft is. One plane actually costs $100m (£60m) and if Britain is to plan to make 100 of these, they will need a large budget. The government is also funding a further £2bn of research for the new energy-efficient aircrafts. In my opinion, I favour these aircraft because of their eco friendly promise in terms of reduced CO2 emissions and they provide a safe and easy way for anyone to travel.