Madness, UK Weather, Spanish Unemploymen.....etc




Europe Calling show

Summary: Some 686.600 households in Spain have now no income at all — not even social security. That is twice the figure seen in 2007, or before the crisis struck. We looked at the difficult times for the Spanish people without jobs. Meanwhile the UK has its dreadful weather to contend with. Also, UK schools struggling with cohesive policies as Riley Pearson was banned from Colnbrook C of E Primary School near Slough for four days after teachers found his packed lunch contravened their new healthy eating policy. However, there are far greater issues...A survey by the Association of teachers and Lecturers found eighty per cent of teaching assistants have had to deal with a child that has wet or soiled him or herself. All this is set against 10 schools with the highest proportion of children who do not speak English as their first language. All but two are outside London.........