Metro
Article 1
Headline: Three sons' wives 'kept like slaves'
Section: News
Written by: Jo Steele
Page: 7
Outline: This news story about a woman in Blackburn, Lancashire who treated her 3 sons wives like slaves subjecting them to beatings, restricting access out of the house and making them work day & night.
The woman in question is 63 year old Naseebah Bibi and all of the 3 women, the "wives", involved in this ordeal tale are from Pakistan.
There is however no mention of their religious background in the article and it is presented factually hence is awarded a 'neutral' rating.
Article Verdict: Neutral
Manchester Evening News (City Edition)
Article 1
Headline: Break the language barrier
Section: Features
Written by: Yakub Qureshi
Page: 9
Outline: This article is printed on a full page and is about a primary school in Rochdale called Heybrook.
The article examines the fact that all 520 pupils at the school speak English as a 'foreign' language and their ethnic origin is from the Asian Subcontinent.
The article presents an extremely positive view of the pupils and features comments from the Headteacher at the school who acknowledges that many of the pupils come from bilingual households.
The article goes onto mention that the ability to speak another language actually helps the children and an example is given where pupils have enthusiastically taken to French lessons because they have a natural aptitude for foreign languages.
The article also mentions that whilst the school has no white students the pupils do mix with white peers at various extra-curricular events that are organised in the Rochdale area, in addition to this it's pointed out that most of the students will go onto a mixed race high school that has been praised for its diversity.
It's highlighted that the school's results in the core subjects of Maths, English and Science are at a par with the national average thus rebutting any notion that the pupils may be at a disadvantage.
There is mention of the pupils religious background towards the end of the article where it states that most pupils are Muslim although the school is non-denominational and "has permission to opt out of Christian-led prayers at assembly"
Article 1
Headline: Three sons' wives 'kept like slaves'
Section: News
Written by: Jo Steele
Page: 7
Outline: This news story about a woman in Blackburn, Lancashire who treated her 3 sons wives like slaves subjecting them to beatings, restricting access out of the house and making them work day & night.
The woman in question is 63 year old Naseebah Bibi and all of the 3 women, the "wives", involved in this ordeal tale are from Pakistan.
There is however no mention of their religious background in the article and it is presented factually hence is awarded a 'neutral' rating.
Article Verdict: Neutral
Manchester Evening News (City Edition)
Article 1
Headline: Break the language barrier
Section: Features
Written by: Yakub Qureshi
Page: 9
Outline: This article is printed on a full page and is about a primary school in Rochdale called Heybrook.
The article examines the fact that all 520 pupils at the school speak English as a 'foreign' language and their ethnic origin is from the Asian Subcontinent.
The article presents an extremely positive view of the pupils and features comments from the Headteacher at the school who acknowledges that many of the pupils come from bilingual households.
The article goes onto mention that the ability to speak another language actually helps the children and an example is given where pupils have enthusiastically taken to French lessons because they have a natural aptitude for foreign languages.
The article also mentions that whilst the school has no white students the pupils do mix with white peers at various extra-curricular events that are organised in the Rochdale area, in addition to this it's pointed out that most of the students will go onto a mixed race high school that has been praised for its diversity.
It's highlighted that the school's results in the core subjects of Maths, English and Science are at a par with the national average thus rebutting any notion that the pupils may be at a disadvantage.
There is mention of the pupils religious background towards the end of the article where it states that most pupils are Muslim although the school is non-denominational and "has permission to opt out of Christian-led prayers at assembly"
The article also mentions that the schools is due to receive a "good" grading from Ofsted later this month and ends with a quote from the Headteacher, who is not Asian and states that he would want his own children to come to this school.
Overall this is a very positive article which rubbishes many of the reports/comments and analyses that are published by right wing and right leaning thinktanks & political figures, which suggest that not speaking English as a 1st language puts people at a disadvantage. Clearly in the case of Heybrook primary it doesn't and hats off to Yakub Qureshi for bringing this to the attention of all of M.E.N's readers.
Article Verdict: Positive
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