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A car bomb has exploded in the Turkish capital Ankara, killing 27 people and wounding another 75, 

The city governor's office has said. The explosion happened in Guvenpark in the Kizilay district, a key transport hub and commercial area. Several vehicles at the scene were reduced to burned-out wrecks, including at least one bus. Last month, a bomb attack on a military convoy in Ankara killed 28 people and wounded dozens more.  Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was reported to be convening an emergency security meeting. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in Istanbul, was briefed on the attack by the interior minister, Hurriyet reported. Mr Erdogan was expected to return to Ankara later.

According to initial reports, 27 of our citizens were killed in a blast caused by a bomb-laden car at Kizilay's Guvenpark. It added that 23 people had died at the scene while four others died on their way to the hospital. The BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul says three attacks in the Turkish capital in less than six months show the multiple security threats that Turkey now faces. The country that was the stable corner of the Middle East and the West's crucial ally in a volatile region is now at a dangerous moment, he adds. Last month's bombing was claimed by a Kurdish militant group, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK). It said on its website that the attack was in retaliation for the policies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey, however, blamed a Syrian national who was a member of another Kurdish group. Last October, more than 100 people were killed in a double-suicide bombing at a Kurdish peace rally in Ankara.

I believe that this horrific event which has occured and the people behind this car bomb our behind the one earlier in the month. The people, driven to entertain the suspicion that these two bombs could be linked someway therefore maybe having a bigger reason to why they bombers are doing it.  

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A boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece has sunk with the loss of 25 lives, Turkey's coast guard says. Fifteen people were rescued after the boat capsized near the Turkish resort of Didim. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least 321 migrants drowned trying to get to Greece between 1 January and 3 March.Reports suggest Macedonia has set new curbs on Syrian migrants trying to cross the land border from Greece.In another development, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that alliance ships would be deployed to Turkish and Greek territorial waters in the battle to defeat people smugglers.

More than 2,000 migrants, most of whom the IOM says are from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, are arriving into Greece from Turkey every day hoping to travel further north through Europe. But some EU countries re-imposed internal border controls and Macedonia sharply reduced the numbers allowed to cross, leading to a build-up on the Greek side of the border. On Sunday, reports from the border said Macedonia had stopped allowing entry to anyone from areas in Iraq and Syria it did not consider to be active conflict zones. As a result, anyone from Damascus or Baghdad is not allowed to pass. Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the UN's refugee agency, called the development "concerning".

On Saturday, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, governor of a northern border region, said the number of migrants on the frontier waiting to cross north into Macedonia had grown to at least 13,000. Mr Tzitzikostas called for a state of emergency to be imposed on the border that could facilitate the delivery of aid. An emergency summit will take place between the EU and Turkey on Monday to try to seek a common approach to handling the flow of arrivals. Last week, European Council President Donald Tusk said he had been told by the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan that his country was ready to take back all migrants apprehended in Turkish waters.

I believe that if the UK has the power to be able to create a vote bombing Syria we should have a vote to save the lives in Syria for the crossing in the boats. Driven to entertain the suspicion that we should value their lives just as much as we value our families lives. 

Amy documentary was made 2015 July and was made during 2014 and 2015. It was directed by Asif Kapadia. Asif Kapadia also directed Senna and Uneternal City. The genre for this documentary is drama and biography. The themes of the documentary are music, music industry , soul, class relationship, drugs and industry. The documentary covers Amy's music from the beginning of her music life to her death. It contained mostly found footage of Amy"s music career.

The documentary has strong representation of the the traditional male. Amy's father could seems to be used in a negative way to represent the traditional male. Amy's father leaves her when she was very young and when he was together with Amy's mum he was having an affair. It represents the father in primitive male state when the male would constantly move on and on for his own gratifications. It represents Amy as a strong independent woman, making her way through the music industry and getting to the top but simultaneously it represents her as a victim and weak, the traditional female portrayal in the media. It represents the lower class as the scape goats for society's quams. It portrays them as always kicking up a fuss and seeking instant gratification with drugs, sex and petty crimes. Linking back to father of Amy's portrayal. Mitch Winehouse stated to the guardian newspaper "They are trying to portray me in the worst possible light". He thought it painted a terrible picture of who he was (the father). The film makers were not offended by this remark because they simply put found footage in and had an interview with him. Therefore it was father who painted a negative picture of him self.

Winehouse's debut album, Frank, was released on 20 October 2003. Produced mainly by Salaam Remi, many songs were influenced by jazz and, apart from two covers, Winehouse co-wrote every song. The album received positive reviews. The album entered the upper levels of the UK album chart in 2004 when it was nominated for BRIT Awards in the categories of "British Female Solo Artist" and "British Urban Act." It went on to achieve platinum sales. Later in 2004, she and Remi won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song, for their first single together, "Stronger Than Me." The album was also shortlisted for the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. In the same year, she performed at the Glastonbury Festival – Jazz world, the V Festival and the Montreal International Jazz Festival. After the release of the album, Winehouse commented that she was "only 80 percent behind album" because Island Records had overruled her preferences for the songs and mixes to be included

Winehouse died on 23 July 2011. On the week of 26 July 2011, Frank, Back to Black and the Back to Black EP re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 57, number 9 and number 152 respectively, with the album climbing to number 4 the following week. Back to Black also topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart on the same week and was the second best-seller at iTunes. "Rehab" re-entered and topped the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart as well, selling up to 38,000 more digital downloads. As of August 2011, "Back to Black" was the best-selling album in the UK in the twenty-first century.
Her father, Mitch Winehouse, launched the Amy Winehouse Foundation with the goal of raising awareness and support for organisations that help vulnerable, young adults with problems such as addiction.

The introduction of a 5p charge for plastic bags in England has been blamed for a packaging firm going into administration.

Forty workers have been made redundant at Nelson Packaging's factory in Lancashire. Managing director Michael Flynn said it was mainly due to "the English bag legislation and corresponding impact on customer and retailer demand". He also blamed "aggressive overseas competition". The 5p charge for bags was introduced in England in October and followed the introduction of charges in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. One worker told BBC Radio Lancashire they believed the legislation had a "slight but not a massive impact" on the business, which has been operating since 1975 and was taken over by Cheshire-based packaging firm Intelipac three years ago.Union representative Robert Copeland, who had been with the firm since 1986, said staff were told last Wednesday that they were being made redundant and were told to leave the factory immediately.

"It's daunting as I have no interview skills. I'm 49 years old and I've got to now go into a new working environment and start again. It is scary.

"I was 19 when I started and… you were seeing the children of people you have been working with for 30 years starting to come through so you had parents and children

Honestly the 5p bag charge doesn't effect me in a very large way so I don't mind it. I think it's a way create money for companies. People who complain about it are usually the people who don't have enough money to afford bags. Which I have nothing against but it depends on who you are because lower class wage payed people.