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Worst area of the country for drivers without insurance

This was on the news this morning, the worst areas being West Yorkshire and the West Midlands. Anyone know what these 2 areas have in common?

ludwig

The people who never got the chance of salvation

What happened to all the people who through no fault of their own never knew about god, Jesus, or the ten commandments? You know, all the ones who lived and died long before any prohets or...

eyethenkyew

Nine Years? What A Joke!

http://www.thesun.co....k-ugly-is-jailed.html This poor woman is literally scarred for life, her face and neck horribly disfigured, yet her so called "fiancee" will be a free man again...

lightbulb247

Islamic contributions to science, technology...

architecture and art. Things people seem to forget.

sp1814

Remember last week when the Daily Mail referred to those 80 motorists who slowed down to photograph an accident as 'ghouls'? http://www.dailymail....fe.html#ixzz23nWZmIZe Well, on a rating from 1 to...

anotheoldgit

21st century Eastbourne

http://www.dailymail....ouths-Eastbourne.html Once a quiet peaceful sea-side town, a town fit to retire to, but it might as well be a sink estate of any modern day city. Here we see a single man...

sandyRoe

The Duke has made a good recovery and has been discharged from hospital...

Will there be a Te Deum sung in thanks at St Pauls or Westminster Abbey?

sandyRoe

If expensive social housing was sold off where would the people who provide essential services to the public live?

http://www.google.com...N0062841345395860973A ....

Caribeing

What is the best non fiction book,(novel )you have read

I enjoy biographies, true crime, etc but would like to try more novels, last one I read was Alice Sebold The Lovely Bones. Favourite classic was The Mayor Of Casterbridge.

excelsior-1

R.I.P tony scott

one of the finest movie directors our country has produced over the last 40 years.

anotheoldgit

South African massacre.

http://www.dailymail....g-scores-wounded.html On AnswerBank recently we have seen condemnation threads on the Assange affair, also on the Pussy Riot affair, but strangely for some reason, no one has...

maggiebee

Atheism

The belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason, creating everything and then a bunch of everything magically rearranged itself for...

rojash

Brussels Dictators telling Brits how to run their businesses

http://tinyurl.com/c6kzlsw...

StarBeast

DNA Database......

My DNA and fingerprints were taken approx 5 years ago when I was arrested and subsequently released. Is there anyway I can get confirmation that my DNA is still on file? Can I also demand it be...

nailit

jury trial and previous convictions

what would happen during a trial in crown court if either a prosecution witness or a defence witness let it slip that the defendent had previous convictions? Would the trial have to start again with a...

knockavacca

panda cloud antivirus 2.0.0

anyone tried this new version,would appreciate any comments thanks

jake-the-peg

Pussy Riot and the Chess Champion

Gary Kasparov has just been arrested outside the court where the "Pussy Riot" women were just found guilty. Video of him being dragged off in the middle of a TV interview- demanding to know...

Ann

Ian Brady reveals ..............

the location of Keith Bennett's body after all these years ............... hope it's not a hoax. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19292164...

LazyGun

"We're going to need a bigger boat....."

I would certainly agree with Mr. Ken Ham that an ark made of a bathtub would be very dangerous - think of the overcrowding, with the giraffes and elephants and all - Whats interesting is that, in the...