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Winter fuel 'U-turn' and immigration 'battle lines'

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Transportation   来源:Earth  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:The Department for Work and Pensions has consulted with charities, but even before the Green Paper has seen the light of day some of those organisations have been firing off denunciatory press releases.

The Department for Work and Pensions has consulted with charities, but even before the Green Paper has seen the light of day some of those organisations have been firing off denunciatory press releases.

A new survey by Action on Smoking and Health Wales (Ash) found more than half of secondary school pupils who vaped were likely to be using illegal products, which bypass UK regulations and can contain significantly higher levels of nicotine.The Welsh government said it was “very concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children” and was working with the UK government to tackle the problem.

Winter fuel 'U-turn' and immigration 'battle lines'

“Now there are vapes ripping off the Prime drinks brand - if that’s not targeting kids then what is,” said Swansea Trading Standards officer Rhys Harries.“When we send kids in to [vaping stores] they come out with the illegal vapes, that’s what’s being pushed towards them.”Among hundreds of exhibits in Swansea’s evidence room is one shelf filled with counterfeit children’s toys.

Winter fuel 'U-turn' and immigration 'battle lines'

Buried among them are cola and lime vapes with a big sticker declaring that the products are nicotine free.A product like this can, in theory, legally be “sold to anyone” explains Mr Harries.

Winter fuel 'U-turn' and immigration 'battle lines'

But when he removes the outer packaging, inside is a regular disposable vape containing 2% nicotine.

Mr Harries said in Swansea about two-thirds of the calls Trading Standards get from the public are now about vapes being sold to children, or illegal vapes.The body which runs Nigeria's university-entrance exams has admitted to a "technical glitch" which compromised some results of this year's tests, after nearly 80% of students got low grades.

Students have complained about not being able to log in to the computers, questions not showing up and power cuts making it impossible to take the examinations.The low pass rate has sparked widespread outrage, especially after one candidate took her own life.

Faith Opesusi Timileyin, 19, who was aspiring to study microbiology at university, died after swallowing poison, her family said.Her father and elder sister told the BBC that she had sat the exam for the second time and got 146 marks out of 400, lower than the 193 she had last year.

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