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Out - West Midlands: Monday March 6, 2006 | | Animal
Rescue | | Animal
rescue - caring for stricken animals |
Rescue centres run by
volunteers have long cared for stricken animals across the Midlands.
But
while these dedicated animal-lovers may have the best of intentions, are many
of them actually doing more harm than good? This is the question posed by
TV vet Mark Evans as he visits some of the region's animal sanctuaries ahead of
new regulations aimed at improving standards at rescue centres. Warwickshire-born
Mark argues that injured creatures, such as wild birds, often no longer have any
quality of life – and should be put down.
He believes volunteersÂ’
decisions are often made with the heart, not the head, and when it comes to the
welfare of animals, you sometimes have to be cruel to be kind.
However,
those who run the sanctuaries defend their actions. They say they are helping
injured animals survive and are providing a safe environment for these creatures
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| The
Real Barnes Wallis | | Dambuster's
daughter - Mary Stopes-Roe |
Barnes Wallis is best remembered
as the man who invented the bouncing bomb. His wartime exploits were immortalised
in the 1950s movie classic The Dam Busters.
But there was so much more
to Wallis than the dramatic dam raids of 1943.
His daughter Mary Stopes-Roe
has been delving into hundreds of unpublished letters and documents stored in
the attic of her Birmingham home in a bid to reveal the real Barnes Wallis.
She
meets Inside OutÂ’s Jess Whittaker to tell the untold story of one of BritainÂ’s
best-known, but little understood, war heroes. Links relating to this
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Â鶹Éç is not responsible for the content of external websites | Eleven-plus
exams | | Coping
with exam stress - Joe Prentis |
Demand is high for a place
at one of EnglandÂ’s prestigious grammar schools.
And in the West Midlands,
where there is a large concentration of these elite state-funded schools, competition
can be fierce.
This demand, fuelled by fears about the falling standard
of comprehensive school education, means the pressure on children to pass the
11-plus entrance exam is huge.
Inside Out spends six months with 10-year-old
Joe Prentis, from Birmingham, as he prepares for, and sits, the exam which could
win him a place at one of the cityÂ’s King Edward schools.
We also
meet the father who considered paying £5,000 for a copy of an exam paper
his daughter was due to sit, and the 11-plus tutor who is coaching children as
young as six.
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