Media Summer work task 1
Politics
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The Brexit referendum was first spoke about in February
2016 by David Cameron who was the prime minister at the time.
It was drawn up to finalise arguments over
whether the British public wanted to stay in the European union or to leave.
When the vote on the 23rd of June came to a finish it ended
at a result of leave but only just with the majority of people in England and
Wales voting to leave with the majority of Northern Ireland, Scotland and
London voting to stay.
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David Cameron was forced to resign on July 13th
which after only being the Conservative leader for two days (July 11th)
Theresa May stepped in becoming the second female prime minister in British
history.
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Theresa May triggered a general election on the 8th
of June 2017 which resulted in a hung parliament where the Conservatives
had 318 seats while Labour has 262 seats.
Royals
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The British Monarch Queen Elizabeth turned 90 on
April 21st, 2016.
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Another historic event in royal history was the
first royal wedding to a mixed-race woman whom was from America, the engagement
was announced on November 27th, 2017.
Terrorism
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June 16th, 2016- Jo Cox the Labour MP
was brutally killed when she was due to hold a constituency surgery. This was
due to her left side views which caused the far-right side attack.
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March 22nd, 2017- An attack on the
Westminster bridge that caused 6 deaths and 49 injuries after a van drove onto
the pavement and ran down pedestrians.
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May 22nd, 2017- In Manchester a
suicide bomber killed 23 people, hospitalised 112 and injured over 800 at an
Ariana Grande concert using a home-made nail bomb.
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June 3rd, 2017- London Bridge and
Borough market were attacked by terrorists who rammed into pedestrians and then
got out and stabbed more people, these attacks were minutes after each other
and 8 people died with 48 injured with all attackers killed on sight,
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June 19th, 2017- A vehicle crashed
into people near the Finsbury mosque and injured 8 people and killed 1.
Syrian War
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In 2016 a total of 3800 Syrian immigrants
fleeing from their war-stricken country lost their lives travelling from Syria
to safer Europe over the Mediterranean.
UK Issues
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January 12th, 2016- Thousands of
doctors went on strike for the first time in 40 years which caused over 4,000
operations to be cancelled, this was one of many to follow protests about the
hours junior doctors have to work.
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July 3rd, 2016- Andy Murray won
Wimbledon, the match was close and this win was massive for the whole country.
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2016 to 2017- Football sex abuse scandals came
to light about coaches sexually abusing young players which led to these
coaches being convicted.
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2016 to 2017- People who have been living in the
country ever since the wind rush generation of migration were facing
deportation and the whole country grouped together to fight this issue.
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14th of June 2017- A tower block in
Grenfell set alight and was the worst structural fire in the UK since 1988, 72
people lost their lives and it could have be avoided if shortcuts weren’t taken
and the building was structurally sound.
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July 28th, 2017- An 11-month-old boy
died after a hospital turned his life support machine off despite his parents
pleading for experimental surgery that may have saved him. The parents lost all
their battles in court over the issue.
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2016- The Rio Olympics showed success for the GB
team after they won 67 medals which included many gold models.
Young Aggression
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2016- There was a rise in acid attacks done by
teenagers in Britain with London being the worst city for attacks.
Trump Election
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On November 8th, 2016, Donald Trump
became the US president which caused controversy due to the way he spoke quite
openly about issues without thinking about backlash and the way he treated
women meanwhile having no political past.
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