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GCSE results: One in five achieve top grades
Hundreds of thousands of UK students received their GCSE results this morning. For those who worked very hard revising they have been rewarded with a pass. Well done..."A sharp increase in top grades at GCSE was... BAE in £2bn MoD ammunition deal
"BAE Systems has signed a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply the UK armed forces with small arms and medium-calibre ammunition. It also includes mortar bombs, tank, artillery and naval gun shells, but not weapons such as guided missiles. The contract... UK jobless to clear litter for welfare
UK government officials are proposing that benefit claimants be put to work. Under the new initiative, claimants would owe four weeks community service after a year of unemployment, and would have to work full-time... Mayor wants Python film ban ended
"Mayor wants Python film ban ended ... The Badger Menace
"Winston Churchill called the battlefields of England ‘the punctuation marks of history’, places where the nation’s future sometimes turned over the course of a few bloody hours.The battles of Hastings (1066),... Anti-pope activists given legal right to 'annoy' Catholic pilgrims
Anti-papal activists in Australia have won permission to annoy Catholic pilgrims at the World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney after a court upheld their right to hand out condoms and coat hangers. "The decision, by the Federal Court, strikes down a law introduced by the...Activists win right to promote condoms to Catholics at World Youth Day
Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth... Texan Steals Prince of Wales
American uber trainer, Todd Pletcher was poised Sunday afternoon to runaway with the second jewel of the Canadian Horse Racing Triple-Crown and I for one couldn’t bare to watch. It’s not that I’m particularly... Police say UFO was just the Moon
"Police say UFO was just the Moon ...Gang culture has replaced family life among teens, warns police chief
Gang culture replacing family life is perhaps not the reality for most areas but in our most deprived areas there are worrying signs that emotional and cultural sustenance is being found through a gang culture...Celebrity twins chalk up a quarter century
The world's oldest equine twins, Bill and Ben, have chalked up another milestone, reaching 25 at their seaside retreat in Wales, where they continue to keep staff on their toes. Bill and Ben are not only the oldest... Quality field lines up for tough British cycling championship
British cycling has been somewhat resurgent in the past few years -- maybe a peripheral effect of the Lance Armstrong era. I don't know much about the British scene other than the fact that Malcom Elliott is still... Celtic Stamps at long last
Isle of Man Post is issuing a set of stamps which will celebratesthe links between the Isle of Man and other Celtic nations.The eight stamps feature National flags of Mann, Scotland, Wales,Cornwall, Brittany, Ireland, Asturies and Galicia.Sets of stamps can be ordered now... Britain faces calls for UFO inquiry
The silly season has arrived. First there is a "complicated" crop circle and now soldiers are seeing UFOs."The British ministry of defence today faced calls to launch an official inquiry into a series of UFO... 600,000 Council Workers Vote to Strike - Summer of Chaos Looms
As the credit crunch bites deeper and Gordon Brown asks for wage retraint the threat of widspread disruption to life in Britain over the summer months comes a step nearer."Council workers today voted in favour of...
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