The Wardman Wire

Here is today’s roundup of stories.

Comment

Brian Wheeler (BBC) - Could the web win it in London?
The internet is fast becoming a key battleground in the race to be the next mayor of London.

Jenny Jones (Comment is Free) - 10,000 trees? Yes please!
London elections 08: The Green party would welcome more trees. But we’ve already organised planting far more than that in the city

Economist (Economist) - Paper tigers?
Nepal goes Maoist: How worried should we be?

Charlotte Phillips (Times Online) - The Holocaust and the iPod generation
I took my children to Berlin to learn about Nazi Germany where my grandparents were killed. Did my history lesson succeed?

News

Chris Impey (BBC) - UK in new beef row with Brussels
Steak Tartare is something of a culinary passion in France - it is essentially a dish made from raw minced beef. It might be a continental delicacy, but it has led to a European Commission rule which has the potential to undermine a huge part of the UK beef industry.

Economist (Economist) - Fridges of the world, unite!
Smarter appliances mean fewer brown-outs

Nicholas Timmins, Public Policy Editor (FT) - GPs could face fee if patients use A&E
Family doctors could be charged when their patients go to accident and emergency units if they could have been treated at the local surgery.

Alan Travis, (Guardian) - Fewer than 3,000 websites produce bulk of child porn
Fewer than 3,000 English-language websites produce the bulk of child pornography images, according to the first authoritative analysis of the scale of the problem, published today.

Andrew Buncombe (Independent) - Delhi cuts torch route to avoid protests
Thousands of Tibetan protesters are gathering in Delhi ahead of today’s Olympic torch relay that could see the biggest demonstration against China yet. Such are the security concerns that only a handful of people will beallowed to witness the run.

KEITH BRADSHER (NYT) - A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice
The Deniliquin mill, the largest rice mill in the Southern Hemisphere, once processed enough grain to satisfy the daily needs of 20 million people. But six long years of drought have taken a toll, reducing Australia’s rice crop by 98 percent and leading to the mothballing of the mill last December.

Sky (Sky) - In Danger: Bugs, Butterflies And Other Beauties
Here’s looking at you! The Red-Barbed ant is one of the endangered species featured in a new set of British stamps.

Nick Squires (Telegraph) - Chinese in Australia vow to defend Olympic torch from pro-Tibet scum
Thousands of Chinese expatriates are mobilising to defend the Olympic torch from pro-Tibet scum when it passes through the Australian capital.

Mark Souster (Times Online) - Martin Johnson sacrifices cash for glory
Brian Ashton was consulting lawyers last night after being sacked as England head coach to make way for Martin Johnson’s arrival as team manager. Ashton, who took up the job 16 months ago and was on an annual rolling contract, is considering launching a claim for constructive dismissal against the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and is ready to reject an offer to take charge of the union’s academy.

Scotland

BBC (BBC) - Challenging local tax unveiled
Plans to replace the unfair council tax with a local income tax have been published by the Scottish Government.

Wales

BBC (BBC)

- E-democracy aims to beat apathy
New media is being used by the Welsh assembly in a new attempt at e-democracy to bring politics closer to the people.

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