A round-up of other world news in brief
Woman held over nursing home death
LONDON – A 90-year-old woman was arrested yesterday in connection with the death of another pensioner at a nursing home.
Police officers were called to a nursing home in Longbridge Deverill, near Warminster, Wiltshire, early yesterday after a report of the sudden death of a 91-year-old woman.
Police said the circumstances surrounding the incident were being treated as suspicious. – (PA)
BBC apologises over web debate
LONDON – A BBC executive has apologised for any offence caused by a web discussion question that asked: “Should homosexuals face execution?”
People were asked to share their views on anti- homosexual legislation in Uganda. Peter Horrocks, director of BBC World Service, said the forum headline was in hindsight “too stark”. – (PA)
Bullfighting ban to be considered
MADRID – The parliament of Catalonia opens a debate today on whether to abolish bullfighting, the first Spanish region to consider such a move against a spectacle that has come to symbolise Spain.
The debate, which might not conclude until next April, was triggered under Catalan law by a petition by lobby group Prou! (Catalan for Enough!), which collected more than 180,000 signatures calling for a Bill to ban bullfights. – (Reuters)