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Schools get right to ban veils

Schools will be able to ban pupils from wearing full face veils under new uniform guidance. It is thought that veils make communication between pupil and teacher difficult. The new guidelines will...
10:19 Tue 20th Mar 20072 answers, last by LeMarchand 21:14 Wed 21st Mar 2007
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Virtual bills to tell you how much you cost the state

Government plans mean could people will be handed a 'virtual bill' by their GP to show them how much they have cost the taxpayer. Other state service users will also be handed the 'virtual bill',...
10:18 Tue 20th Mar 20073 answers, last by sense4all 11:28 Thu 22nd Mar 2007
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Couch potatoes cost the NHS �1 billion a year

Couch potatoes are costing the NHS more that ?1 billion a year. Doctors blame TV, computer games and a bad diet as causes for the big bill. There are concerns that this figure could increase over the...
10:17 Tue 20th Mar 2007
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Should a baby polar bear be killed?

An adorable baby polar bear should be killed according to animal rights activists. They believe he should be given the lethal injection and spared the humiliation of being treated as a domestic pet....
10:16 Tue 20th Mar 20071 answer, last by garner 16:54 Wed 21st Mar 2007
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Have you received any nuisance flyers/mail?

A spoof milk bill designed to encourage people to improve their maths has caused confusion and complaints from many people. A number of milkmen complained after three million homes were sent fake...
11:19 Mon 19th Mar 20074 answers, last by ludwig 12:48 Tue 20th Mar 2007
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What's Britian's national dish?

Yet another piece of research struggling to justify a government grant has found that the average British person eats spaghetti bolognese about 3,000 times in their life. Other meals that the Brits...
11:17 Mon 19th Mar 20078 answers, last by Baby02 07:59 Tue 27th Mar 2007
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What are your strangest/most annoying mid-flight experiences?

A British Airways passenger got a surprise when they woke up on a flight to Delhi with the corpse of a woman next to them. The lady had died shortly after takeoff and was moved from economy to a...
11:15 Mon 19th Mar 200712 answers, last by JonnoGenie 23:47 Tue 27th Mar 2007
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Currys to sell only 'low-energy' light bulbs

Currys are to stop selling incandescent light bulbs in favour of energy saving varieties. The decision follows an announcement by Gordon Brown that he wants to remove old fashioned bulbs from houses...
12:11 Thu 15th Mar 200724 answers, last by bigmamma 20:26 Wed 21st Mar 2007
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Britain to get a nuclear weapons programme?

Nuclear weapons. A constant talking point in Britain over the past 50 years. Now it seems we are destined to have a ?20 billion plan to create a Trident missile programme. Politicians say that we need...
11:57 Thu 15th Mar 200746 answers, last by Oneeyedvic 21:34 Wed 21st Mar 2007
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Pope announces remarried people should live like 'brother and sister'

The Pope has announced that remarried Catholics should live like 'brother and sister' if they haven't got an annulment first. The official line from the Vatican is that remarried Catholics should...
11:56 Thu 15th Mar 200753 answers, last by BigTed 16:53 Sun 18th Mar 2007
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Drugs and sex offences at school

Last year more that 200 pupils a day were expelled from primary schools because of drugs and sex offences. There are concerns that children are increasingly copying the bad behaviour of their parents....
10:39 Wed 14th Mar 20075 answers, last by Gromit 17:09 Thu 15th Mar 2007
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Separate bedroom for man and wife

Separate bedrooms are the in-thing among American couples. Will the UK follow suit next? It could be that they like the whole bed, it could be the snoring has become too much or maybe they detest...
10:38 Wed 14th Mar 200714 answers, last by carmelbaby 05:05 Sun 18th Mar 2007
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Size zero men

The new craze is size zero men. There are women out there who will only consider dating super-thin men. One woman enjoys seeing her man's hip bones jutting out of his boxers. These men are not...
10:30 Wed 14th Mar 200748 answers, last by carjack 10:25 Thu 15th Mar 2007
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10-year-old terror

Lewis Green is only 10 but has a string of criminal offences behind him including smoking cannabis, threatening children with a knife, vandalism and burglary. He has been excluded from several schools...
10:27 Wed 14th Mar 200723 answers, last by libertie 08:20 Fri 16th Mar 2007
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Lady Mucca wants �40 million

Heather Mills wants ?40 million from Sir Paul McCartney in a divorce settlement. It would mean that the ex-model would get ?10,000 a day. Are these huge divorce payouts justified? Do you think that...
15:07 Fri 09th Mar 200733 answers, last by serendipity1 10:59 Mon 12th Mar 2007
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Smoking ban

As we start the see the sun on a more regular basis it is reminding us that summer is on its way which also means the smoking ban is nearly here. There will be no smoking allowed in public places...
15:06 Fri 09th Mar 200714 answers, last by siddlem 19:33 Mon 04th Jun 2007

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