The Unseen Danger

 There has always been a stigma around solo female travellers. As one myself, the questions “you’re travelling by yourself?” and “aren’t you scared something will happen?” have hung around like a bad smell ever since I left home. I’d always had the idea in my head that I would be fine; I’m smart about how I travel, I contact my family every chance I get and I trust my gut. I’ve always been a very trusting person, believing the best in people until proven otherwise. That is, until now.

On the 1st of December 2018, a young woman went missing. She went by the name of Grace Millane and she was six weeks in on a year-long trip around the world. Having spent most of that time in South America, she headed to New Zealand and explored the Far North before checking into a backpackers in Auckland. Here she stayed for less than a week before supposedly going on a date, and this was the last time known that she was seen alive.

New Zealand is globally recognised as one of the safest countries in the world. I should know, I grew up there. What some people fail to recognise is that this could happen anywhere, any time, to anyone, regardless of the situation. I’ve always walked around and believed that as long as I stick to what I know and don’t put myself into bad situations that everything would work out okay. I travelled and lived in South America for seven months believing this, just as Grace had done. But the thing is, she never did anything wrong. She went about things in the right way, but it could happen anywhere.

The fact that some people pinned the blame on her, saying that she had ‘asked for it’ after speculation arose that she had met her date on Tinder is absolutely ridiculous. People should be free to go on dates with whomever they want, without being worried that their date will harm them. People should be able to walk down a street without being worried that the person walking behind them will harm them. The world is developing at an incredibly rapid pace, but no one is going to truly benefit from any of it until the people living in it do as well.

A death in Oxford

Oxford Post newspaper report: A case of murder in Oxford

Friday 26 July, Dr Janet Leighton killed at the her house on St John Street. She was fifty years old. Cause of her death was a stab by a knife. There were books and papers everywhere, and then there was no computer. It seems that someone wanted money or things to sell. The cause of a criminal investigation, her husband was arrested for murder.

He was in financial difficulties. He wanted some money. He implored her to give him money, but he was refused her. He was angry, and then he stabbed her by a knife. Unfortunately nobody sad about her dead.

From Oxford

reported by Seiji Kimura

Bristol Murder

I finish reading this book. And I wrote "After Reading."
7. On page 15 there is a newspaper report about the murder of Mr Robert Stevens. On page 47 there is a report about John’s arrest. Write the report that is in the newspaper after Tommy Logan’s arrest.

Tommy Logan Arrested For Murder Of Teacher, Robert Stevens

The police discovered the new fact related to Mr. Stevens' murder.
That day, Mr Stevens and Logan had a big argument in their class.
Mr Stevens gave him a lot of extra homework. Tommy did the homework at home and took it to Mr Stevens’ house. Logan wanted to explain to Mr Stevens that he thought Mr Stevens was being unfair to Logan. But Mr Stevens said it was all wrong. Mr Stevens hit Logan hard. They fought again. Tommy Logan hit him with the chair leg. And Mr Stevens fell to the floor. Then Mr Stevens was dead.