Source: www1.skysports.com
Muslim leader loses Sharia law fight over divorce settlement - Lancashire Telegraph
Muslim leader loses Sharia law fight over divorce settlement
9:00am Thursday 26th July 2012 in News
A MUSLIM leader who ignored a divorce judge’s order to pay his ex-wife £60,000 maintenance has been told by the Appeal Court that he cannot rely on Muslim tradition to absolve him of his financial responsibilities.
In a test case clash of Muslim and UK matrimonial law, Lord Justice Ward ruled that a belief that maintenance payments to spouses are ‘illegitimate or illegal according to Islamic culture’ is no defence to orders made in English divorce courts. Dr Zaid Al-Saffar, a consultant rheumatologist at Scarborough Hospital and the head of the town’s Islamic society, married academic Hanan Al-Saffar in April 2000. They had two children before splitting in 2008.
The couple’s row over finances came before District Judge Alan Jones at the County Court, Blackburn, where Mrs Al-Saffar, who is in her 30s, now lives, in May 2008.
In traditional Muslim societies there is often no expectation that ex-husbands pay maintenance to ex-wives. Judge Jones however refused to accept this view and ordered Dr Al-Saffar to pay £60,000 in maintenance for her contribution to the marriage.
The doctor only made four payments however, leading to his wife obtaining an order from District Judge Alan Booth in February, directing him to pay the arrears of over £40,000 in a lump sum and resume monthly payments.
Dr Al-Saffar challenged that at London’s Appeal Court, telling Lord Justice Ward he stopped paying four months after the County Court order when he had heard his wife had inherited £250,000 from her father.
But Lord Justice Ward dismissed his appeal, upholding judge Booth’s finding that the doctor was ‘determined not to pay’ as he ‘felt the payments illegitimate or illegal’ under Islamic culture.
Representing himself, the doctor told the court: “I’m hard working. I pay my taxes and look after my community. I have nothing but respect for the court’s order, but I only stopped paying because all her family were telling me she’s got millions. She doesn't need it.”
Source: www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
Sussex, University of - The Independent
Age: 50
History: The first of the universities created in the 60s.
Address: Set on the edge of the South Downs National Park, four miles from the centre of Brighton & Hove
Ambience: Laid-back, modern; 200 acres of rolling green land. Campus a little isolated but self-sufficient. Sublime countryside nearby for ramblers or Brighton clubs for socialising. Once famous for student protest, students still maintain more of a reputation for radicalism than many.
Vital statistics: Over 10,000 students, with just under 8,000 full-time undergraduates, grouped into twelve schools of study, including one of the largest psychology departments in the country.
Added value: Now has a medical school, a joint venture with Brighton University. Lots of opportunities to study abroad. Formidable research reputation, having numbered three Nobel Prize winners, 13 Fellows of the Royal Society, and 6 Fellows of the British Academy among their staff.
Easy to get into? Competitive. Offers are made in A-level grades instead of UCAS points, with most courses asking for between AAA and BBC.
Glittering alumni: A long list, including the writer Ian McEwan, former president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, Jeremy Deller, Turner Prize winner 2004, and, most impressively of all, platinum blond 80s pop heart-throb Billy Idol.
Transport links: Local trains and buses to Brighton take minutes. Trains to London take 50 minutes. Gatwick airport 30 minutes by train.
Who's the boss? Professor Michael Farthing, a medic and enthusiastic photographer who is also president of the British Society of Gastroenterology.
Teaching: 10th out of 116 for student satisfaction in the Complete University Guide.
Research: 28th out of 115 in the Research Assessment Exercise.
Overall ranking: 19th out of 116 in the Complete University Guide.
Nightlife: Bopping in students' union building, Falmer House. Or go to Brighton's numerous clubs, trendy pubs and veggie cafés.
How green is it? Not great – came joint 89th out of 142 universities graded by People and Planet for its ‘Green League 2011’.
Any accommodation? Yes, and it's guaranteed to all undergrads who make Sussex their firm choice and apply for housing by 1 August, 2011. It's around £81 to £125 per week for a self-catering university room.
Cheap to live there? Not very. You'll pay around £85 per week for a rented room in the private sector.
Sports ranking: Joint 43rd in the BUCS league table.
Fees: £3,375 for full-time home udnergrads starting in 2011. Sussex plans on charging £9,000 per year as of 2012.
Bursaries: In 2011, a Sussex Bursary of £1,000 per year is available to all students whose assessed family income is £25,000 or less, and the Chancellor's Scholarship offers £1,000 per year to students with a family income of £30,000 or less.In 2012, Sussex will offer scholarships to students who are the first in their family to go into higher education, as well as to those from low-income families.
Prospectus: 01273 876 787; www.sussex.ac.uk
UCAS code: S90
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sisala off the hook - Times of Zambia
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District grows by 12,500 in decade - thisissussex.co.uk
THE population of Mid Sussex has undergone its biggest surge since records began.
The Office for National Statistics has released the first wave of results from the 2011 Census, which show the district's population has increased by 9.8 per cent in the last decade.
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BOOMING: The Mid Sussex district's population has increased by 9.8 per cent in the last decade
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This is a more rapid rise than the national average of 7.1 per cent.
There are now 139,900 people living across Mid Sussex – 12,500 more than there were in 2001.
The boom has been attributed to a mixture of immigration, a baby boom and the fact that people are living for longer.
And West Sussex County Council expects the number to rise to 155,900 by 2026.
The news presents challenges for local authorities who must plan for the years ahead.
Laura Skelcey from NHS Sussex said the NHS was already trying to find new ways of coping with the demands that come with an ageing population.
She said: "An increase in population will bring specific challenges, in particular an increasing number of older people, but we need to work closely with our health and social care partners to make sure we have services that can best meet their needs.
"For example, we know that we need to do more to support people to receive treatment in their own homes or closer to home, avoiding them being admitted to hospital when they do not need to be there. Community services, such as our nursing teams and community hospitals, will play a vital role in helping us to deliver this."
The rising population has been matched by increasing numbers of people on the Housing Register.
There are now 1,196 more families on the Mid Sussex register than there were in 2001, even though 4,524 homes have been built.
Councillor Gary Marsh, Mid Sussex Disrict Council's cabinet member for planning and regeneration, said the council was working through the census data to assess its implications.
He commented: "We are currently developing a district plan to ensure we have a plan in place that will deliver the best possible future for Mid Sussex
"We must seek to balance the need to meet the growing housing need within the district with the need to preserve the unique character of Mid Sussex, safeguard the beautiful countryside and support economic growth."
Meanwhile, East Grinstead's baby boom is already being tackled by education officers at West Sussex County Council.
Baldwin's Hill Primary School, in Lowdells Lane, and Blackwell Primary School, in Blackwell Farm, will take in an extra 40 pupils this September, as reported by the Courier & Observer in February.
The census data reveals 56.1 million people were living in England and Wales on March 27, 2011.
In Mid Sussex, there was an average of 419 people living in each square kilometre of the district – which is 48 more residents than the national average.
Women make up 55.6 per cent of the Mid Sussex population – and 73 per cent of residents aged over 90.
Source: www.thisissussex.co.uk
Sussex food bank sees shortage - CBC
Food bank donations are needed at the Sussex Sharing Club. (CBC)Donations to the Sussex Sharing Club have dried up and the reserve funds are also getting thin, according to those working at the food bank.
The food bank only has enough food for one more month, according to a director.
Alfie Smith, the president of the Sussex Sharing Club's board of directors, says the organizing has been routinely spending upwards of $2,000 on meats, milk, eggs and cereal to meet the growing demand.
“Now we're getting to a point where not only those purchases have to be made, but also we're going to have to look at purchasing canned goods and everything else that's needed,” he said.
A year ago, an average of 90 families came each month to the food bank's doors, according to Smith.
Now he says that's grown to around 130 families, and Sussex is no different from other communities struggling with increases in the cost of electricity, rent and food.
“A lot of people look at Sussex as being a very prosperous area, but we still have a lot of the working poor that we’re serving, and a lot of single people that are hurting quite badly.”
The food bank is most in need of canned goods and dried pasta, as well as monetary donations, he said.
Source: www.cbc.ca
Kent-Smith's dash from farmer to an international runner - Torquay Herald Express
THE DASH to achieve Olympic qualifying standards is not something that only affects modern athletes.
In 1960, Brian Kent-Smith secured his place in the Great Britain team just a couple of weeks before they were due to fly to Rome.
Victory over 1,500m at the British Championships saw the East Down farmer join Bruce Tulloh, of Instow, as the second man from North Devon to make the athletics team.
The pair trained together in the build-up to the Games on the grass track at Barnstaple Rugby Club.
On August 18, 1960, the front page of the North Devon Journal-Herald reported: Brian Kent-Smith wins vacant third place.
"The eyes of North Devon have switched to sport and to Rome," said the report. "With the selection on Monday of Brian Kent-Smith, four local sportsmen will now wear the British colours in the 1960 Olympic Games.
"It was not until his outstanding victory at the British Games on Saturday, however, that Brian Kent-Smith made certain of an Olympic place."
One month earlier, Brian was shown in the Journal-Herald working at his father's farm in Ford, East Down (pictured).
After struggling with a leg injury for most of the season, he hoped to reach full fitness when the British party trained in the warm conditions of Rome.
Despite his injury concerns and late qualification, the 24-year-old ran faster at the Games than the other British contenders Laurie Reed and Mike Wiggs.
Brian finished fourth in heat two in 3mins 46.21secs but did not progress to the final, which was won by Australian Herb Elliot in a world record of 3mins 35.6secs.
The Kent-Smith family farm is now run by Brian's two sons, Tim and Nick, and their stepbrother Dave.
Source: www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk
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