The chair of the Welsh Language Society – Cymdeithas yr Iaith – says the group will have to change “radically” in its 50th year.

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Language body’s ‘radical’ change

Big Society projects are to receive £3.1m in funding from dormant bank accounts, the government announces.

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Big Society projects get £3.1m

With temporary ice rinks appearing in towns and cities across the UK, the Society of Sports Therapists is reminding people that ice skating can be a dangerous sport.

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Once-a-year ice skating warning

Statutory regulation of the press would “pose a real danger,” BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten tells the Society of Editors conference.

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Press regulation ‘wrong-headed’

It’s a curious way to capture Washington’s monuments — shooting from the hip on 120-millimeter film with the kind of rudimentary camera that used to be sold for a few dollars. But the lomography movement — nurtured in European and Asian capitals since the International Lomographic Society was formed in Vienna in 1992 — has established a toehold here on the Mall, where a small number of practitioners choose pinhole Polaroids and Dianas over digital cameras and smartphones to create shots of the nation’s capital. Among them one recent Saturday were Christian Meade, 25, an art handler and assistant in an antiques gallery in Alexandria; Alexis Lodsun, 19, of Arlington, a sophomore photography student at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia; and Brian Mishoe , 42, of Frederick, who works in the marketing department at George Washington University. Read full article > >

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Shooting from and by the hip: Lomography finds a toehold on the Mall

A man goes on trial accused of the attempted murder of a senior Law Society official in Edinburgh.

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Stabbed accountant trial begins

House prices increased year-on-year for the first time for six months in October, with a 0.8% rise, the Nationwide Building Society says.

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‘Slight rise’ in UK house prices

One day after al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, Northern Virginia Muslims he once worshiped alongside gathered for an event that was both a community gathering and an effort to portray a version of Islam much different from the one he espoused. The timing of Saturday’s annual Civic Picnic of the All Dulles Muslim Society (ADAMS) in Sterling, which attracted about 200 people, was purely coincidental. But in recent years, it has become an important component of the community’s outreach efforts. Read full article > >

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Picnic showcases mainstream Islam in Northern Virginia

Germany’s Knigge – or etiquette – Society calls for a ban on French-style kissing in the workplace, following complaints.

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German call to ban workplace kiss

Lord Wei, the man in charge of implementing David Cameron’s Big Society plan, announces he is standing down.

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PM’s Big Society tsar stands down

David Cameron will make another attempt to promote the Big Society, by encouraging more charitable donations and volunteering.

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Cameron aims to boost Big Society

It is likely to take that long to restore normal cooling systems for the damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi, says an official with the Atomic Energy Society of Japan.

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Expert: Nuclear crisis could last months

Mallard ducks have taken refuge on the grounds of the National Geographic Society in the District, where the staff has constructed a ramp for the chicks to enter and exit the fountain in the courtyard.

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A National Geographic production

The Alzheimer’s Society says the NHS should offer dementia checks when people reach 75, to ensure early diagnosis leads to the proper care and support.

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Dementia checks at age 75 urged

Consortium News Editor’s Note: The leadership of the Republican Party has now almost fully embraced the extreme theories of “free-market” economics — the desirability of shrinking taxes on the rich, shrinking regulations on corporations and shrinking government social programs that improve the lot of the average citizen and the health of the society. read more

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At War with Community Responsibility