NEWS 6 JANUARY 2005

THE TSUNAMI IN ASIA
Predicted death tolls now reach 300,000 as figures are creating for sums that we will never accurately know.

Germany has turned out to be the biggest donator of funds.

In the meantime, day to day life is getting back to relative routine as footage circulates of people attempting to return to normality (as per possible) and markets begin to re-open and flourish.

NEW YEARS EVE DISAPPEARENCE
The disappearance of the student on New Years Eve in Cambridge who was suspected of getting into an illegal taxi cab is becoming the main news item for the UK. If she was indeed abducted by an illegal taxi cab driver, it is many people’s worst fears about that industry realised.

LOANS GROANS
Watch say the finance industry and luring people into taking out more financing than they initially intended to and fail to explain the ins and outs and consequences of insurance vehicles and protectors attached to the financing. I could have told them that!

THE WAR ON TERRA
To tie in with the Asian tsunami it seems, Channel Four have decided to show a “War On Terra” season (rib tickling play on words there) to show how the effects of global warming are beginning to already kick in (remember the problems that were supposed to be our children’s problem) complete with the tagline: “it just might save your life”. So will this just be a glorified series encouraging us to recycle?