Below is some writing practice based on press releases from Government agencies.
UK Space Agency:
Britain's commercial space interests received a boost today after an agreement was reached between the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and their Russian counterparts.
The agreement will lead to increased cooperation between the two nations in their civil space activities, in particular, between the UKSA and the Russian Federal Space Bureau.
Chief Executive of UKSA, Dr David Willams said: “It is a truly global activity and one where it is right that we should work together.”
The Association of Police Authorities:
The number of police on British streets could be reduced after cuts to the police budget in the spending review.
Police authorities across the country face cuts of 4% cuts year on year after George Osbourne’s announcement yesterday.
The Association of Police Authorities said: “We await further detail on today’s announcement, in particular on individual force allocations.”
The Serious Organised Crime Agency:
A man pleaded guilty today after being caught running a drugs empire whilst in prison.
The inmate, already serving a 15 year sentence for drug offences, was caught using a mobile phone attempting to import cocaine from South America.
SOCA’s Director General, Bill Hughes said: “This is a warning shot for anyone who thinks prison won‘t affect business as usual. We are determined to stamp down hard on criminals.”
The Crown Estate:
Green campaigners were celebrating today after it was announced the Government will support new offshore wind farms.
£60 million will be invested in the development of the UK’s offshore wind manufacturing capacity, in the hope of eventually cutting the reliance on fossil fuels.
Prime Minister David Cameron said: “The potential for Britain to lead in the offshore wind industry is immense. We need thousands of offshore turbines in the next decade and beyond.”
“It will create jobs, help secure our energy supplies and protect our planet.”
Asw discussed in he session, this is very promising beause you are going beyounf just paraphrasing the press release and telling a story that has active subjects doing things. That's good - better than expected for this very early stage of the course. It shows potential and will come on really well with practice. Keep reading Evans and reading the papers. Others please follow suit. Very few students would be at this level with the first exercise - we now need to start adding more complexity like interviewing people, getting balance, doing all the fact checking and getting quotes and playing them correctly. But in terms of structuring and basic accuracy and fairness this is very good for this stage.
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