Update: Police stop black farmer three times in a week

This story is now getting more attention with local and national radio coverage asking the question as to if there were racist overtones in both the reporting by neighbours to the police and the way that the police...

Stop smoking work not helping young

In the UK some local health authorities will not generally work with under 16s on smoking cessation because of working to essentially adult targets and the belief that such work doesn't work. This report seems to...

UPDATE: Eco Town Plan Under Fire - Let's hear it for Leicestershire (comment)

Here's an update to the Eco Town story - opposition councillors have joined together to challenge the ruling labour group over plans to build an 'eco town' just outside the UK city of Leicester: " ...

Relationship lessons part of sex education

For many sex education was a cringe making journey through biological diagrams, menstruation, contraception, masturbation and wet dreams. Hardly ever was there any discussion of relationships and how to manage them...

Bees Lose Buzz When Sick

A study done by British researchers shows that bees can get sick and recover after the immune system actively fights off viruses or parasites. Researchers said on Wednesday that bumblebees can get ill and seems to...

Village of the Scammed

These stories are becoming more and more common and the new chip and pin technology just doesn't seem to stop this ID theft type fraud taking place. This trend isn't helped by the fact that more and more retailers...

Laughter threatens Kay Underwood's health

A strange condition Kay Underwood would like to raise the correct perspective awareness to. It may seem quite peculiar and funny to some individuals but it's a quite debilitating and anguish causing condition...

Pictured: The crisp that looks like Gary Lineker

"His love life may be on the up, but Match of the Day host Gary Lineker still can't seem to shake off his famous 'jug-eared' image.The 47-year-old former footballer may already ban ambassador for Walkers crisps, but...

Citizenship class for young Muslims

" Young Muslims will be taught citizenship in mosque schools as part of a bid to prevent them being turned into extremists, the Government said. Trials of the new lessons will begin in several cities at the start of the new term in September, said Communities Secretary...

Man spends ten years piecing together ripped up love letters

This man really loves his late wife... "A widower has spent more than 10 years piecing together thousands of fragments of love letters torn up by his late wife. Ted Howard, 82, of Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, wrote more...

UK Alliance & Leicester PLC in talks about takeover

Guarding off the mortgage crisis effects around the world, British lender Alliance & Leicester PLC started to talk a possible takeover. In response, shares surged over 45%. " British mortgage lender says it is in advanced talks about a possible takeover ...

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, 61, 'runs away with 18-year-old Russian cocktail w...

A Rolling Stone gathers no moss but a lot of baggae along the way. It seems that the resurgence of public interest in the Stones since the Scorsese film about the band has seen Ronnie Wood return to his wild and...

European Stockmarkets spooked by fresh credit crunch fears

London stock exchange opened with deep correction after the news of fresh credit crunch. Investors mood are turned sombre with similar news from other European exchanges. "Fears of fresh losses in the financial...

Sheehan makes Elland Road switch

"Sheehan makes Elland Road switch Sheehan is a Republic of Ireland at under-21 international Leeds United have announced they have signed...

Learning to be British and Muslim

I'm not a believer in state schools being religious - Christian, Muslim, whatever. I feel that state run schools are best being secular. If a parent wants something different then by all means but not on the state....

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