There appears to be no news of the fallout from the Buncefield oil depot fire. What has happened to the toxic cloud? Are scientists still mapping it's progress? Has there been any 'fall out' yet?
i've just watched a report on the bbc news about zimbabwe. about mugabe and his starving population. apparently 1 million of his people have also dissappeared from shanty towns in the country, due to...
I am not sure which section to ask this. I have been told that on a new estate in a nearby town a lot of the houses have been bought by people believed to be Chinese in origin, each house, 3 bedroomed...
I can't help thinking there's something very weird about this whole case....and I can't put my finger on it,but I keep thinking there's something definitely 'dodgy' about the girlfriend. Or am I just...
This seems to cropping up rather a lot at the moment, what with David Irving being arrested in Austria and now the Iranian president denouncing it as a myth, saying that "They have created a myth...
Without going over the rights and wrongs of capital punishment again, are people uneasy that an elected official (up for re-election next year) gets the final say on whether someone lives or is...
Just booked for next July anybody got any do's and don'ts .I've heard there is quite a lot of tipping issues if you want good service and that begging is rife.I'm staying at Varadero but fancy a trip...
The CIA have been accused by the Swiss of abducting and transporting terror suspects across the borders of european countries, illegally.Has this organization become an embarrassment to the American...
Has anyone else noticed the similarities between the recent shooting of an innocent airline passenger in the US and the shooting of an innocent underground passenger in the UK? Or what is just their...
As I am both an avid reader of The Sun and currently unemployed, the announcement of the lesbian love affair between these two lovely ladies filled me with joy. Whilst I appreciate this is hardly...
With terror suspects being taken to overseas facilities for interrogation in order for the USA to bypass breaking international conventions (Human rights, Geneva etc), do ABers accept that this is...
Grampian News has just headlined with the news that a man who has served 18 yrs in jail for murder has had his sentence quashed.New evidence has come to light along with the confession of a con. Now...
I am absolutely amazed. Only a couple of weeks ago a customer made a cheeky comment to me whilst I was working behind the bar. He then apologised and asked if he'd offended me, I told him not to be...
Is this the same as Jolly Phonics which Scottish children have been taught from P1 for the past 4 years at least? If so why are children in the UK differentiated in education as Jolly Phonics has been...
I was going to answer a previous question, but ended up in a quagmire of my own making. I'm genuinely interested in how people on AB feel. History makes an impact as do current social trends. How do...
Consisting of a liquid which resembled Ribena but was not so sweet.Lou I think we have to go to an Anonymous meeting toute suite!!! Hey that wasnt bad - had to check the spelling a few times tho!! P.S...
I know this has been done but i am sick of hearing of George Best as a "great man'. Outside football what has he done that makes a great man - apart from drink driving (a despicable crime) assaulting...