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Issue 1 24/03/14

Is it really cheaper to commute from Europe?

Jobs

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Drama/ Soaps

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Politics

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Jobs Top ten graduate CV mistakes -and how to avoid them

2. Continuous prose Learn to write in snippets. Keep paragraphs short: long ones (especially in your summary section) will often be ignored.

3. Too generic Get used to tailoring your CV to each role you apply for. Although roles may be similar, there will be a slightly different focus each time. Read the job and person specification to show you understand the requirements.

4. Lacking the "so what?" factor You need to make a clear connection between what you write and what the potential employer wants to see. Spell out the connection between your background (skills and studies) and the job requirements.

5. Not selling your achievements Find achievements from your course or work experience. We tend to shy away from highlighting our successes, but think from your potential employer's point of view and give them what they want, without crossing the line into arrogance.

6. Undervaluing other experience You need to be selective about what you include, but don't go too far the other way and exclude details from more humble roles, voluntary work, or outside activities.

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7. Woolly vocabulary Graduate employers can be guilty of filling their job descriptions with vague wording.

Unfortunately, you can't just repeat this back in your CV as it looks unsubstantiated.

We all like to think we're innovative problem -solvers, passionate about working in the sector, but our examples have to prove those qualities. Use numbers to quantify your achievements, and short narratives to show those qualities in action.

8. Dull language "Responsible for" and "duties included" are passion-killers in a CV. In your cover letter, phrases like "I wish to apply for..." are just as dull. Use interesting, accurate and powerful verbs to what an employer's appetite. Spice up your CV with verbs at the beginning of sentences "Transformed club meetings to double attendance." Cut out wordiness and avoid passive forms or too much background information.

9. Unnecessary detail When describing many jobs, the day-today detail is often unnecessary and just takes up space. Concentrate on the highlights and where you made an impact. If you had a summer job working in a cafe, the duties in themselves are easily predictable and don't need to be on your CV. 10. Lacking keywords If you're applying online, your CV will probably need to contain the right keywords before getting through to the next stage. Keywords are the job-specific phrases and terminology and can include particular qualifications or areas of expertise. Check the job description to identify what these are and make sure you're including them at natural and appropriate points in your CV. The need to get it right is important.

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Number of 16-25 unemployed 940,000 Number unemployed

1. Too long Show off your communication skills by slimming down your CV. A two-page CV is standard for experienced professionals. If yours goes over this, it looks as if you can't distinguish important information, or that you're desperate to include everything in an attempt to look more experienced.

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Soaps Spoiler Alert Emmerdale

Eastenders

Corrie

It's been a bit of an eye-opener for poor old Alicia as Emmerdale's latest bride ended up finding her sister working at a dodgy-looking strip club.

And of course, things only got worse from there. Arrested under suspicion of soliciting for prostitution, it looks as though Leyla has managed to drag Alicia into the seedy Yorkshire underworld. And it seems it doesn't end there. Released from the cells, they had back to pick up Leyla's things… but will they really go back to the village after all this? After a night in the cells, it looks as though the ordeal isn't over for poor old Alicia.

"I've never been so insulted in all my life," says Alicia as they're released.

Reluctant to head back to the strip club, it seems they need to go back for Leyla's belongings… and it's going to be a tricky one. "I can't just leave it," says Leyla. "I'm going to have to go back and get what I can." But with the police locking the place down, it's not going to be easy. Letting themselves in through the back door, they quickly find their way to the back rooms and start packing up Leyla's stuff. But it seems they've already been spotted….

EastEnders star Lacey Turner has returned to work on the Albert Square set. The actress - whose character Stacey Branning fled the country in 2010 after being exposed as Archie Mitchell's murderer - is returning to the BBC One soap, with McBusted singer Matt Willis joining the show as Stacey's new boyfriend Luke. Lacey was snapped back in Stacey's red coat going over her lines with co-star Jessie Wallace, who plays Stacey's cousin Kat Moon, at the EastEnders studios in Elstree. When her return was announced, the award-winning actress said: " I may have left EastEnders over three years ago but the show has always been in my heart, as has Stacey, and she has never really left my side. "I am so excited about returning and seeing what the future holds for her.

It's been a while since I set foot in Albert Square and I am looking forward to coming home." The show's executive producer Dominic TreadwellCollins said: " Stacey is one of EastEnders' best-loved characters, played by one of television's finest actors, and I am tremendously excited that Lacey has decided to return home to Walford. "Stacey's last time on the Square was iconic. But that was just the first act. There is so much more to come for Stacey, and her return will send ripples of drama through the Square."

It's been a tough few months for Nick Tilsley as he continues to recover from his brain injury. But while he's putting himself through the mill in an attempt to get better, it looks as though things aren't improving as quickly as he wants. Struggling to cope with looking after both Nick and Simon, it seems that things are getting on top of her. "I just feel awful telling Simon I can't come home," she tells Eva. "The poor lad has seen enough already." Worried that Nick might lose it again, it's obvious that Leanne is torn. And of course, she can't risk putting Simon through all that. Obviously, Nick is doing his best to stay on track, but it seems that's not good enough and with his mood swings continuing, it looks as though they're all still suffering under the strain of it all. And Leanne is absolutely gutted that she can't bring a smile to their faces. Of course, Nick isn't stupid and he soon realises what's going on… but what is he going to do about it? It's a tricky question, and it looks as though Nick has a rather extreme answer. But will he really risk losing the one he loves to spare her all this grief?

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Technology S5 to be released?

With the Samsung Galaxy S4 now old hat having been overtaken by the iPhone 5S and Google Nexus 5, Samsung has promised some impressive Samsung Galaxy S5 specs are on the horizon, while the rumour mill has offered even more. Earlier this week it was suggested that the Korean manufacturer will hold a Samsung Galaxy S5 release date in March 2014.

Although the S4 was unveiled in March of this year, it did not go on sale until April. What's more, it has been rumoured that the new flagship phone will launch alongside a second-generation Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch that will be 30 per cent slimmer than the original. What's more, Samsung recently teased a range of potential Samsung Galaxy S5 features.

Speaking at its annual Analyst Day in Seoul, South Korean, the manufacturer has suggested that its 2014 phones (i.e. the Samsung

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Galaxy S5) will boast impressive 2560 x 1440 pixel displays as well as 16-megapixel ISOCELL camera sensors and as much as 4GB of RAM. What's more, while recent Samsung Galaxy S5 rumours have pointed to the device trading in its less than impressive plastic build in favour of a new metal option, Samsung itself has stated the phone will support a 64-bit processor. While it might copy the iPhone 5S' CPU, Samsung has stated the S5 will not feature an integrated fingerprint scanner.

Ensuring you are kept abreast of all the latest Samsung Galaxy S5 news and rumours, including when you can expect the Samsung Galaxy S5 release date, what specs the phone will have and how much it will set you back, bookmark this page as we will be updating it regularly leading up to the S5 launch next year.

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Lifestyle Government suggest exercise can improve health Inactivity – fuelled by cars and a sedentary work life – has been dubbed the biggest public health problem of the 21st century, a global pandemic with dramatic impact on peoples wellbeing.

The latest reports suggest that around the world it was responsible for 5.3 million deaths in 2008 – around one in 10 – more deaths than smoking.

Not only does exercise make you fitter, it can also ward off numerous and often unexpected diseases, from heart attacks, to diabetes, some forms of cancer and dementia. There are tentative signs it might even make you cleverer, by boosting cognitive performance and brain function.

Latest government guidelines recommend adults under 65 should do 150 minutes of moderate physical activity every week, in bouts of at least 10 minutes. Worryingly, only a fraction of the population manages even that. In the UK just 14% of adults exercise regularly. However, a growing number of sports scientists advocate brief intensive training sessions to achieve the

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same health gains. The latest class to hit London's FitnessFirst gyms is called Tabata, which claims that just 4 minutes of exercise, in 20 second bursts interspersed by 10 seconds of rest, is enough to significantly boost your fitness and get you in shape. The workout is named after the Japanese scientist Izumi Tabata who tested it on the Japanese speed skating team in the 1990s. When Tabata put a group of students through this regime five times a week for six weeks, they ended up significantly fitter than another group of students who ran at a medium intensity for an hour on a treadmill. But can just four minutes really beat an hour of running?

When it comes to fitness, the idea is that during the short bursts your body exceeds its VO2 max and switches into anaerobic respiration, giving you a much bigger impact on fitness. It also seems to help in people with some medical problems, such as metabolic syndromes – which includes diabetes.

Not everyone is convinced though. David Stensel, at the University of Loughbor-

cautions that although the benefits for physical fitness are well established, when it comes to preventing disease more research is needed. Besides, he says, "you're not going to persuade large numbers of middle aged people to do that form of exercise on a regular basis. I don't think it's going be the answer from a public health standpoint."

The main ways to exercise that are supposed to keep you healthy are as following: Cycling Swimming Weight lifting Running Yoga If these exercises are boring try: Football Basketball Tennis These sports use cardio work along with muscular and fat burning to increase fitness.

Celebrity/ Gossip Justin Bieber Arrested Justin Bieber has gotten away with it again, much to the surprise of the entire world, the bookies, and his management, who seemed sure the star’s attempts to drive on a cocktail of prescription drugs, marijuana and alcohol - and taking to the road with an expired license - would surely see him in hauled in front of a jury.

But in a dramatic U-turn, the aforementioned driving charges brought against the teen star have been dropped, Miami state records confirmed.

Now, Bieber will face just one charge: resisting arrest without violence.

The documents, published on the MiamiDade County Court Clerks website, detail that the singer was released from jail on a bail bond of $2,500 and faces just one charge.

The site, which uploads court records of criminal and civil charges which occur in the state, also lists Bieber’s next hearing at 8.30am today, Miami time.

4.19am on Thursday morning and charged with driving under the influence, driving with an expired license and resisting arrest "without violence".

According to the Miami Herald, his entourage had used large, black SUVs to block traffic on Pine Tree Drive, turning the street into a drag strip. Bieber was allegedly driving at up to 60mph.

Police officer Fulgencio Medina said that as he approached Bieber’s vehicle he noted Bieber’s “bloodshot eyes”.

The police report states that Bieber confessed to having beer, marijuana and prescription drugs in his system. Miami Beach Police Chief Raymond Martinez said the star was "a little belligerent".

Bieber objected to Medina’s body search, reportedly saying, "I ain’t got no f***ing weapons, why do you have to search me, what the f*** is this about?"

R&B artist Khalil, who was driving a Ferrari, was also arrested. A drink driving conviction in Florida has a maximum jail term of six months.

Justin Bieber on a night out in LA

The news comes after Bieber’s lawyers revealed that they were investigating claims that the police had “exaggerated” the DUI and speeding allegations.

A source from the singer’s management team apparently told The Mirror that they would be "highlighting the inconsistencies" in the police claims. The arrest report described the singer’s movements when they arrested him at scene of the alleged crime "slow" and "deliberate" and said he had look of "stupor" when an officer told him to step out of the Lamborghini.

Other contradictory claims include police records that Bieber "stunk of alcohol", despite the alcohol levels in his bloodstream only measuring at .014.

Bieber, who was at the wheel of a rented yellow Lamborghini, was arrested at

He has since left jail after being bailed for $2,500 on the aforementioned charges. The bail was set by a judge, who the star appeared before via video link yesterday.

Critics have lambasted the arrogance of the star, who was photographed triumphantly waving to fans as he left the jail shrouded in an oversized black hoodie and a pair of dark sunglasses.

Others have called into question who should be held responsible for the teen, who, at 19, is still considered a minor in need of adult supervision in the United States.

Did you know?

Justin can juggle, do a front flip and back flip.

Justin’s Twitter account is worth over $9,000,000 Justin has been a victim of cyber bullying.

He plays 4 instruments, all self-taught His hair was sold on eBay for $40,000

Bieber broke his silence over his arrest claims, taking to Twitter to thank his fans, saying they'd "changed" his life and telling them to "be strong".

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Sport BBC set to lose sport broadcasting rights TBT Sport has announced an exclusive £897m three-year deal to broadcast live Champions League and Europa League football matches. The broadcaster has won the rights to show all 350 fixtures each season from 2015 after talks with European governing body Uefa. A BT spokesman said it had "shaken up the UK TV market" and would make some matches, including finals, free to air. The news is a major blow to Sky and ITV, which currently share the rights. While BT said it was the first time a single UK broadcaster had won the exclusive live rights to all matches from the two tournaments, Sky said the deal was "far in excess" of its own valuation. "I am thrilled that BT Sport will be the only place where fans can enjoy all the live action from the Champions League and Europa League," said BT chief executive Gavin Patterson. ITV has been the free-to-air broadcaster of the Champions Leage since it launched in 1992. "We were not prepared to pay over the odds in the latest live rights round," read an ITV statement.

"Viewers will be able to continue to watch both competitions free on ITV through to 2015 and we remain the home of live England football." The new contract, priced at £299m a season, is worth more than double the current arrangement, which could mean significantly more money for clubs in the two European competitions. Each of the 32 teams in the group phase of the Champions League currently receive a participation payment of around £7m and £396,000 for every match played in the group stages. The winners get more than £30m in total. As part of the deal, BT has said it will show at least one match involving each participating British team for free every season. "We are new to the market. The key for us is growing our broadband business. We are available

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on all platforms. If customers do not want to be BT broadband customers, they can pay for the service as well," Patterson told BBC News. John Petter, boss of the company's consumer division, added: "Today, to get the whole competition, you typically have to pay Sky £40 or so a month. The pricing is not being announced today, but I can say that this will be far more affordable than currently." However, Sky indicated its rival had paid much more than it was prepared to offer. "We bid with a clear view of what the rights are worth to us. It seems BT chose to pay far in excess of our valuation," read a statement from Sky. "There are many ways in which we can invest in our service for customers. We take a disciplined approach and there is always a level at which we will choose to focus on something else. If we thought it was worth more, we'd have paid more.

Although nothing changes until 2015. BT launched its UK sports channels on 1 August 2013 in a challenge to the dominance of sports coverage on Sky. BT has already spent £738m over three years for the rights to show 38 live Premier League matches for the 2012-13 season, while Sky paid £2.3bn

for 116 matches a season. Other events in the BT portfolio include the rights to Premiership Rugby and motorsports such as Moto GP and Nascar, as well as taking over ESPN's UK sports channels. Only last week, it said more than two million people had subscribed to its television sports channels since August and reported six month pre-tax profits of £948 million. For its part, Sky announced in October that record numbers had tuned into the start of the football season - with an average audience of 1.55m compared with 1.29m last year. BBC News business correspondent Joe Lynam said: "Sky has achieved well over 10 million paying subscribers in the UK. The backbone of that success is well-presented live football coverage." While Sky has seen off challenges from ITV Digital, ESPN and Setanta, BT is posing the most formidable challenge.

BT is already in almost every UK home with a telephone line and is also the largest broadband provider in the market. It isn't charging anything to show live Premier League football for existing broadband customers but will be charging for some Champion League games from 2015, although no pricing structure has been published.

The weird and wacky It’s cheaper to commute from Barcelona to work then it is to live and work in London The staggering costs of renting in central London, means it can actually be cheaper to rent and commute from the city of sun, sea and sangria – and live in a more spacious home too. This is how one commuter worked it out:

The cost of London The cost of renting a one-bedroom flat in West Hampstead is £1,505, according to Zoopla.

West Hampstead was chosen for this comparison because it is a nice, known area, and it doesn’t seem too farfetched to suggest that a young professional may afford to live there. Council tax was added at approximately £75 and a zone 12 travel card to get to his job in the City (£116.80), making a total of £1,697 or €1,979 a month.

The cost of living in Barcelona Hop across to Barcelona and a threebedroom in the Les Corts district costs €680 a month.

This area is in fairly upmarket residential district, so it’s a very decent and fair comparison to West Hampstead. “There are, of course, cheaper flats, but I was trying to compare apples with apples – even in spite of the three bedrooms.”

He found a three-bedroom flat, with three balconies, a stone’s throw away from the metro, in a nice, safe area. The cost €680 a month – and there’s no council tax in Spain.

lona’s el Prat airport and a £14 return to Liverpool Street, making €23 in total on transfers each day.

That’s fixed commuting costs of €57 a day, 4 days a week, for 4 weeks a month, which gives us €912. Add on rent of €680 a month and the cost of living in Barcelona and commuting to London comes to €1,592 a month.

That’s €387 LESS than the cost of living in London and commuting from Zone 2.

Getting to work Of course, you would think the cost of the commute from Barcelona to London would eat up all of the savings made on rent. Well, not necessarily . It is possible to fly back and forth from Barcelona to Stansted via Ryanair nearly every day in November for €34 a trip.

Then throw in the €6 to get to from Barce-

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Your guide to Scott 1. The issue at a glance Around a third of Scotland's 4 million voters believe that Scotland should leave the UK and become independent, ending the 305-year-old political union with England. They believe Scotland's economy, its social policies and its creativity would flourish if it had much greater autonomy. A majority of Scots disagree.

They believe Scotland is more secure within the UK, but many want the Scottish parliament to have greater financial and legal powers.

2. Why is it being talked about now?

The argument is now very real after Alex Salmond, the first minister of Scotland, announced that a referendum on Scottish independence will be held on Thursday 18 September 2014. Just over 4m voters will be asked a six word yes or no question: Should Scotland be an independent country?

The referendum was made lawful on 15 October 2012 when Salmond and David Cameron, the UK prime minister, signed the "Edinburgh agreement". That deal confirmed the UK government would give the Scottish parliament the legal power to stage that referendum.

Despite Salmond's hopes that a coalition of civil and business leaders could build a coalition to fund and campaign for a second question on greater devolution in the referendum, those efforts ended in failure.

3. A brief history Scotland's relations with its larger neighbour have often been difficult, none more so than in the "wars of independence" 700 years ago led by William Wallace and then Robert the Bruce. He defeated Edward II, then attempting to subjugate Scotland, at Bannockburn in 1314. After other cross border disputes, including Scotland's defeat at Flodden by the English in 1513, the Scottish and English crowns were unified in 1603 when King James VI of Scotland became overall monarch of the British isles.

4. The options and key arguments Option

Arguments for

In 1707, that union was cemented by Scotland and England's political union, forced on Scotland in part by a financial crisis following the abject failure of its colony in Panama, the so-called Darien adventure. All political power moved to London, but Scotland retained its own legal system, churches and universities. In 1745, the pretender to the British throne, Bonnie Prince Charlie, led the Jacobite revolt against Hanoverian rule by London. Despite reaching as far south as Derby, that ended in crushing defeat at Culloden in 1746.

Status quo - the UK government in charge of most taxation, welfare and economy

The UK is the most successful economic and political union of modern times – change needs to be slow and careful. The UK brings security and shared risk, and common values.

In the 1800s, Scotland's economy strengthened, its cities boomed and its citizens took a leading role in the British empire. But proposals to give Scotland some form of "home rule" within the UK have been live since William Gladstone's era as Liberal leader in the 1880s. After several failed attempts at Westminster, notably in 1913 and 1979, a Scottish parliament was finally re-established in 1999 in Edinburgh with wide-ranging policy making and legal powers but dependent on a direct grant from London.

Devo plus - ensures that Scotland has to raise the taxes it spends while keeping defence, pensions and foreign affairs at UK level

Scotland needs to take responsibility for the taxes it spends, and mould policies to its needs and raise the taxes to match its spending.

Independence- giving Scotland full control over all taxes, laws and North Sea oil while keeping sterling and the Queen

There is no reason why Scotland cannot control its own destiny, become equal to England, and take its full place in the world. Scotland and England would remain firm friends.

In May 2011, Salmond and the SNP unexpectedly won an historic landslide victory giving the nationalists majority control of the Scottish parliament, enabling the first minister to demand that independence referendum.

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tish independence 5. What happens next?

The Scottish parliament is now studying the detail of the Scottish government's proposals for staging and running the referendum, which include, as expected, extending the vote to 16 and 17 year olds for the first time in a major poll in the UK. (The Scottish government has previously allowed 16 and 17 year olds to vote in some health board elections and crofting commission elections.)

Salmond's government has published two bills, on the franchise and on the running of the referendum. After initialling resisting any involvement from UK bodies in the referendum, his government has also agreed it will be overseen by the UK Electoral Commission.

The commission's proposals on the question, and other major issues such as the spending limits and duration of the official 16 week campaign, were all accepted by Salmond's government.

Salmond had originally wanted to pose the question: "Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country", but this was seen by experts as biased in favour of a yes vote. Voting will be restricted to Scottish residents registered to vote in local council elections (plus the one-off extra list of 16 and 17 year old voters; about 124,000 teenagers in that age group will be eligible to vote in the referendum).

The two referendum bills are timetabled to get royal assent in November 2013, when the Scottish government will also publish a white paper detailing its "prospectus for independence" and setting out the Scottish National party's vision for an independent Scotland.

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Arguments against

Who supports

It fails to recognise Scotland's unique needs, values and aspirations; Scotland's interests are always secondary to England's.

The UK is run by parties which Scotland rejected.

Ruth Davidson, Scottish Tory leader; Lord Forsyth, former Scottish secretary; Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former foreign secretary.

Giving Scotland control over taxation and welfare would heavily impact all parts of the UK, require reform of the UK parliament and undermine internal unity.

Reform Scotland think tank; Scottish Liberal Democrats; possibly Alistair Darling; devo plus campaign; senior figures in Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.

Scotland would face greater financial risks, lose the security of UK, and gain little that further devolution would give. It would rely on a foreign bank and be in damaging competition with its closest, larger neighbour.

Alex Salmond, Scottish National party, Scottish Green party, Sir Sean Connery, Sir Brian Souter, Stagecoach owner, the Scottish Socialist party and Solidarity.

On 18 May 2014, the final 16 week referendum campaign leading up to a referendum would be due to start. Then both pro-independence and pro-UK campaigns will intensify, with millions of pounds being spent on television broadcasts, advertising and rallies. The Electoral Commission's spending limits for the campaigns and participants could allow more than £6m to be spent in that 16 weeks alone.

The Yes Scotland and their opponents in Better Together, the two official campaigns, will be given a limit of £1.5m each. The two main pro-independence parties, the SNP and Scottish Greens, would be allowed to spend £1.49m in total, while the pro-UK Labour, Tories and Lib Dems have a collective limit of £1.43m. Trade unions, business groups and other civic groups will also be able to register.

Alongside all these steps on the referendum, the UK government will be putting the final touches to new measures to give the Scottish parliament the authority to set its own income tax rates, borrow some £2bn, and devolve stamp duty (the tax on house sales), land tax and landfill tax, in new powers that will come into force in 2016 – assuming the SNP loses the referendum.

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