The young lady from Durham who won £10,000 on Deal or No Deal today said that the money would pay for her tuition fees to qualify as a teacher. She said that she is already working as a teaching...
I don't normally watch the subject series on TV but there was an interesting twist in one that I saw this week.... A wealthy woman committed suicide, but a friend made it look like murder to...
Reported in the Independent Newspaper today is the news that scientists have made petrol from the carbon dioxide in the air and hydrogen in water. Air Fuel Synthesis, of Stockton-on Trent, have...
I remember hearing long ago of the following revision to the subject poem:- "If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth the distance run, Your's is the world and all that's in...
Jamie Oliver said on TV recently that every month his customers steal 30,000 table napkins from his restaurant(s). In this situation, I would put a message on the menu stating that napkins would only...
I had difficulty with one clue this week:-
14 across " Lozenges coming from Kent (Rochester) T?O?H?S"
I finally found the answer in "Crosstips" which gave me TROCHES....
A friend of mine has just told me about a book supplier called TheBookDepository.co.uk. The price of a book which I purchased from another source was £2 more expensive. The difference is...
A friend of mine went to a lecture by a Welshman and was amused to learn that the Welsh for "Vegetarian" is "Meat Refuser" and for "Cannabis" its "Naughty...
In the TV news today it was reported that a service station erroneously set its pumps to sell petrol at 13p per litre instead of 139p per litre. Motorists came flocking to the pumps from miles around....
The Health Minister wants to limit abortions to 12 weeks. In my opinion the decision should be made by women not men. A poll should be taken from the opinions of midwives, lady doctors and nurses...
If you want a free smoke alarm fitted or if you want a battery changed free of charge in your existing one, the new number for the Brighton Fire Brigade at Preston Circus, East Sussex, is...
Two cousins won a record £300,000 last night. They said they are going to share it with their large family. I suspect that will be a bigger problem than winning the money.
I think that it's a pity that the two "losing couples" are not given some money for their charity, say £1000. This could be partly offset by not issuing the carriage clock.