Sell by dates are to be abolished. It is hoped this will help cut the amount of food wasted every year. I have never taken much notice of them, preferring to believe my nose. Do you take any notice of...
21,000 NHS pen-pushers to be made redundant - Hurrah! At a cost of £830million - Hmmm? Then 7 out of 10 of them will be re-hired - What!? http://www.dailymail....st-rehired-State.html Shome...
// A man has been charged with a driving offence after a 4x4 vehicle was found close to the summit of Snowdon. The charges relate to driving a vehicle on common land, moorland or land which is not...
Seemingly agreeing with Labour that the austerity cuts introduced by the Coalition Government are harming the Economy and dragging us back into recession, the IMF is calling for them to be scrapped...
// Senior officials have discussed handing the management of up to 20 English NHS hospitals to overseas companies, emails released by the government indicate. //...
After the near collapse of the UK banking system in 2008, and the rescue bailouts to the tune of £850billion resulting in our record deficit, you would have thought that measures to make sure...
It hits the Caribbean nations, it gets 30 seconds on the news. Now, as it heads for the US coast, the rolling news channels are spending hours on it, live press conferences from the NY mayor. Sat from...
David Cameron’s pre-election promise to reduce net immigration to the “tens of thousands” has been an embarrassing failure. Latest figures show an increase in net immigration of...
// 1. Nick Helm: 'I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.' 2. Tim Vine: 'Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels.' 3....
// An electrician nearly died in a horrific and bizarre work accident when he was 'inflated' by a pressurised air line which went up his bottom. Dad-of-one Gareth Durrant, 26, was wiring a caravan at...
// The watchdog said the incident could amount to a criminal offence of common assault and that it should have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). However, the six month time limit...
The Duchess of Alba has announced her engagement.
Please supply a headline or caption to commemorate this glorious occasion.
http://www.telegraph....s-to-marry-again.html...
// Norwegian police plan to question the former member of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) described by confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik as his "mentor". Paul Ray will...
// A woman who served as Arnold Schwarzenegger's longtime personal flight attendant is suing Gawker and several other tabloid publications for $40 million for falsely fingering her as the former...
Interesting report in the Economist. In experiments, poor people would rather give their money to rich people than to poor people who then might be catch them up....
