Scottish pupils use school computers to view violence and pornography

November 30, 2009

New statistics show that Scottish schoolchildren are managing to over-ride security features on school computers in order to gain access to violent and pornographic websites. Primary school pupils have either managed to successfully search for inappropriate material on the web or have stumbled upon it whilst searching for seemingly innocuous ...

Gordon Brown calls for Pakistan to take out Al Qaida

November 30, 2009

A frustrated Gordon Brown this weekend said that he thought that it was about time that Al Qaida and its leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri were taken out of operation. He went on to say that questions needed to be asked about why it had not been possible ...

Susan Boyle is a record breaker with her debut album

November 30, 2009

Susan Boyle has broken the record for biggest selling debut album in its first week of release since records first began. I Dreamed a Dream entered the charts at number one and has so far gone on to sell a staggering 410,000 copies. An Official Charts Company spokesman, Martin Talbot ...

Robbie Williams admits that proposal was in jest

November 30, 2009

After a great deal of speculation as to whether or not Robbie Williams' proposal to his girlfriend on Australian radio was genuine, the singer has announced that it was not. The verisimilitude of the on-air proposal seemed to be confirmed by Jan Williams, Robbie's mother who told a U.K. radio ...

Climate change expert warns of flood dangers facing Scotland

November 30, 2009

An expert on climate change has warned that the recent floods in Cumbria would look like nothing compared to the disasters from flooding that could soon start to affect Scotland. Professor David Crichton said that many of Scotland's aging dams are causing a very real threat to the people who ...

Health trust told to improve patient services

November 27, 2009

An NHS health trust may be forced to take action if it cannot improve its performance according the regulator of foundation trusts, Monitor. Inspectors visiting the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in October say that they found medical equipment splattered with blood and A&E beds that were ...

Sex Pistol says that Jedward have a place on British music scene

November 27, 2009

John Lydon, the outspoken former member of punk band The Sex Pistols has told radio audiences that he admires Katie Price's ability to have done absolutely nothing with her life and that ousted X Factor act Jedward had a place in the British music scene. Lydon said that the Irish twins ...

Field hospital for Christmas drunks already open for business

November 27, 2009

A London field hospital is already up and running to deal with revelers who get themselves into trouble after having too much to drink. The heated tent will go up in Liverpool Street station between 3.00pm and 3.00am on every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night in the run up to ...

Campaign to save British pubs launched

November 27, 2009

In an attempt to save Britain's pubs The Society of Independent Brewers and the British Beer and Pub Association have teamed up in order to persuade the public as well as publicans and politicians to make more of an effort to support the country's pubs. At the moment a record ...

Anglo Saxon treasure hoard valued

November 27, 2009

The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found has now been valued. It had initially been thought that the Independent Treasure Valuation Committee might need up to a year to asses the hoard's value but in the end it only took a few months. The final figure arrived at is ...

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