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Is smoking in movies a bad influence?

UK health group ASH have announced that images of smoking in movies has a negative effect on teenagers and children. It is calling for a reduction in the number of times smoking is shown in movies and...
17:03 Tue 08th May 20078 answers, last by Pippa68 13:22 Thu 10th May 2007
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Cocaine Kate � inspiring and influential?

Time magazine has released its list of the 100 people who have shaped the world this year. Featured in the list was Kate Moss. The list is supposed to highlight those whose "power, talent or moral...
10:06 Fri 04th May 20078 answers, last by andy-hughes 15:12 Sun 06th May 2007
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Obedient wives

A Channel Five documentary depicts the story of a wife with a fiery character who handed all control over to her husband to 'save her marriage'. The furious rows ceased to give way for her new found...
09:58 Fri 04th May 200724 answers, last by LittleMissxx 12:57 Fri 28th Sep 2007
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Teen mums to get NHS 'minders'

Some teenage mothers will be assigned an NHS minder to help them 'cope' until their baby is two. A trial of the scheme will see visits to teenage mothers in deprived areas. Health visitors or midwives...
09:56 Fri 04th May 200712 answers, last by joko 16:29 Tue 08th May 2007
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Does modern life force us to walk faster?

The world is walking faster, the British Council has announced. City living, highly stressed jobs and the general pace of modern life has meant that we walk faster than ever before. Researchers at...
15:12 Wed 02nd May 20071 answer, last by jenstar 20:05 Wed 02nd May 2007
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Britney Making a Comeback

Britney Spears has made a low-key comeback at a small venue in America and more appearances are planned. She has made the decision despite well documented troubles in her private life. Should she make...
15:00 Wed 02nd May 20077 answers, last by hot as ice 11:10 Fri 11th Jan 2008
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Phone Tracking System could protect US university students

American students could be given the option of using a mobile phone tracking system to try and keep them safe while on campus. Various new technologies are being developed in the wake of the...
14:57 Wed 02nd May 20072 answers, last by Gef 18:47 Fri 04th May 2007
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Local Election Apathy?

Thursday's local elections in England, Scotland and Wales are rapidly approaching and the hysteria is mounting?.or is it? Unlike America where every election seems to divide a nation, inspiring banner...
14:56 Wed 02nd May 200719 answers, last by Oneeyedvic 13:33 Sat 05th May 2007
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'Emotional intelligence' lessons to be taught to teenagers

From the autumn secondary schools will teach school pupils skills such as resolving conflicts, managing anger and respecting others. The Department for Education and Skills have seen that these types...
09:05 Tue 01st May 200718 answers, last by ClaraLewis 04:56 Mon 07th May 2018
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Princess Beatrice � another Royal on the lash

18 year-old Princess Beatrice was plastered all over yesterday's papers looking a little worse for wear after a drink-fuelled evening. She was apparently in high spirits despite being a little...
08:58 Tue 01st May 20079 answers, last by chitchat 07:45 Fri 04th May 2007
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The pill that will make you thin and sexy

A miracle pill is being developed by scientists that will apparently boost women's sex drive as well as suppress appetite. It has currently only been tested on shrews and monkeys, but women could be...
08:49 Tue 01st May 200718 answers, last by Skreecheeboy 21:39 Tue 01st May 2007
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Can prison become a home from home?

A prisoner who escaped from his Bulgarian prison in 2005 has returned and asked to be locked back up. The man said, "I missed my pals here and I was miserable being a free man". He has been put back...
16:43 Mon 30th Apr 20076 answers, last by Sado 16:44 Thu 10th May 2007
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Cat-dog born in China

Reports of a cat that has given birth to a dog have been doing the rounds with people in China over the last couple of days. Its owner comments that "it looks very different from the other kittens,...
16:39 Mon 30th Apr 20076 answers, last by Bmw-Rider 21:35 Wed 02nd May 2007
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You Tube helps catch crooks

An Austrian storekeeper has the caught shoplifters who held up his store by putting the CCTV footage on You Tube. The footage showed two men stealing a ?1,000 laptop but people who watched the footage...
16:38 Mon 30th Apr 20074 answers, last by youngmafbog 13:40 Wed 02nd May 2007
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Was Kate Beckinsdale right to blame parents for their children's anorexia?

Actress Kate Beckinsdale suffered from anorexia when she was younger. She doesn't believe pictures of skinny actresses and models are to blame for the rise in anorexia which is being reported in...
10:12 Fri 27th Apr 20073 answers, last by msemma 23:26 Fri 27th Apr 2007
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The woman who wears a veil to protect her from modern life

Sarah Dacre, 51, wears a veil made from polyester filaments dipped in silver twenty four seven. She believes this veil protects her from the elctrosmog that surrounds us. It comes from mobile phones...
09:45 Fri 27th Apr 200758 answers, last by joko 20:07 Fri 27th Apr 2007
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Parents giving alcohol to children under 15 should be illegal

A charity wants a law to prevent parents giving children under 15 alcohol. A study has shown a large increase in the amount of alcohol drank by 11 to 13 year-olds. The charity, Alcohol Concern, would...
09:10 Fri 27th Apr 200716 answers, last by sense4all 00:44 Sat 28th Apr 2007
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Should newspapers cover more positive stories?

Newspapers have been long accused of sensationalism and only focussing on the negative news stories. However, there are positive stories out there that either get no coverage, or are buried in the...
16:53 Thu 26th Apr 20078 answers, last by maxximus 09:14 Mon 30th Apr 2007

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