I watched 'Old Jacks Boat' on CBeebies this week with a 5 year old, and was amazed to see Bernard Cribbins still working, and being terrific. Then I was reminded that Cribbins used to do the 'Wombles'...
I have noticed that misposting has increased since the redesign. The news section currently has more crossword questions than actual news. http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1536100.html...
// The Government is sponsoring a £300,000 drive to recruit teachers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and America in an attempt to plug a physics and maths shortage by September, it has...
The UK now accepts that Assad can stay on in Syria. // The UK accepts that Bashar al-Assad should be allowed to run for re-election in the event of a peace settlement in Syria, Boris Johnson has said,...
A test firing of the UKs defense missile system in June was a failure. Apparently due to a cock-up with Google Maps, instead of targetting Russia, it actually hit Rusholme. There were no reports of...
In its bid to kill off the BBC, the Government has forced the Corporation to put all its shows out to tender from private independent producers. The new makers of 'A Question of Sport' plan to pension...
Why was no one sacked? A lame apology will do apparently. // Officers failed to respond to the 999 call of Luisa Mendes, who said she was being beaten by two men with whom she lived. When police did...
Am I correct in thinking that stamps with 1st written on them do not expire.
I have some that are Gold and a few years old. I think the current 1st is red in colour. Can still I used the Gold ones?...
Last December, David Cameron told us that a UK intervention in Syria would make a 'meaningful difference'. The House of Commons overwhelmingly voted to begin airstrikes in Syria, and the RAF completed...
// Officials in Boris Johnson’s administration while he was London mayor spent nearly £1,000 fitting stereos to three water cannon that were never approved for use on the capital’s streets, it...
At the moment I have unlimited broadband data useage, so I have no idea of my monthy consumption. I am with BT. I don't think I am able to view anywhere my data use. I am tempted to move provider...
...usher in new era of 'constructive cooperation,' says Kremlin. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-phonecall-us-russia-syria-a7417356.html Good...
Is Farage looking a bit silly by wanting to be our third man? // Nigel Farage has attacked Theresa May's refusal to use him as a go-between with US President-elect Donald Trump as "nonsense". The...