Warning of 'Mean Girls' phenomenon in schools
British schoolchildren are facing epidemic levels of 'Mean Girls'-style bullying, it has been claimed.Girl-on-girl bullying commonly takes the form of vicious verbal attacks and pre-meditated isolation of victims.Now, the president of the Girls Schools Association Vicky Tuck says that the phenomenon has gone too far, the Observer reports.The teacher, who is also head of top girls' public school Cheltenham Ladies' College, said that girls behave like dodgem cars , moving from clique to clique and including and excluding peers at will.She also said that such catty behaviour was women's last barrier to triumph in the work place .
Father and son Karate team up for national honours
A father-and-son martial arts instructor duo has been nominated for the British Asian Sports Awards.Hashmat and Ferrari Faquiri are both experts in Shotokan Karate - with father Hashmat nominated for coach of the year and son Ferrari in the junior sports personality category.The inspirational pair have both broken barriers in their martial arts careers, the Asian Image reports.Hashmat has become the very first British Asian to coach at the top-flight US-based Karate Junior Olympics.For his part, Ferrari is the current UK Shotokan Kyogi International Champion - and recently scooped the European Martial Arts Lancashire Champion prize.
A father-and-son martial arts instructor duo has been nominated for the British Asian Sports Awards.Hashmat and Ferrari Faquiri are both experts in Shotokan Karate - with father Hashmat nominated for coach of the year and son Ferrari in the junior sports personality category.The inspirational pair have both broken barriers in their martial arts careers, the Asian Image reports.Hashmat has become the very first British Asian to coach at the top-flight US-based Karate Junior Olympics.For his part, Ferrari is the current UK Shotokan Kyogi International Champion - and recently scooped the European Martial Arts Lancashire Champion prize.
Judo champ 'might become MP'
An ex-martial arts champion is headed for the House of Commons, following a selection meeting.Helen Grant, a Judo expert, seems set to be the next Conservative candidate for the Maidstone and the Weald constituency.Although the prospective MP has since worked as a lawyer, she was once the under-16 Judo champion of the North of England and Southern Scotland, the Croydon Guardian reports.She says on her website that she enjoys tennis, movies, major sporting events, and family life . Fittingly, Ms Grant is succeeding another high-profile politician who has become a fitness fanatic - Celebrity Fit Club star Ann Widdecombe.
An ex-martial arts champion is headed for the House of Commons, following a selection meeting.Helen Grant, a Judo expert, seems set to be the next Conservative candidate for the Maidstone and the Weald constituency.Although the prospective MP has since worked as a lawyer, she was once the under-16 Judo champion of the North of England and Southern Scotland, the Croydon Guardian reports.She says on her website that she enjoys tennis, movies, major sporting events, and family life . Fittingly, Ms Grant is succeeding another high-profile politician who has become a fitness fanatic - Celebrity Fit Club star Ann Widdecombe.
Black belt gran captures thief
A thief got more than he bargained for when he attempted to burgle the home of a US grandmother.Margot Foster, a martial arts expert who still runs marathons at the age of 53, swiftly spotted the intruder and gave chase, the Sun-Sentinel reports.The black belt Florida resident pursued the 24-year-old thief for six streets before he gave up, out of breath. I grabbed him by the neck, ripped him off the fence, threw him to the ground, and put my knee to his chest, she told the newspaper. I outran the kid - he had no cardiovascular system.
A thief got more than he bargained for when he attempted to burgle the home of a US grandmother.Margot Foster, a martial arts expert who still runs marathons at the age of 53, swiftly spotted the intruder and gave chase, the Sun-Sentinel reports.The black belt Florida resident pursued the 24-year-old thief for six streets before he gave up, out of breath. I grabbed him by the neck, ripped him off the fence, threw him to the ground, and put my knee to his chest, she told the newspaper. I outran the kid - he had no cardiovascular system.
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