Kasabian 'Best British Group' as Oasis bow out

As tired Oasis bow out with a greatest British album award and a petulant appearance by Liam Gallagher at the 2010 Brit Awards Leicester band Kasabian step forward as 'Best British Group' The band have not been...

2009 BRIT Award Winners: Duffy and Kings of Leon emerge on top

Pop star Duffy was the big winner at the 2009 BRIT Awards, taking home 3 trophies, at the awards gala held Wednesday evening in London. Duffy won Best British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act, and Best...

Addicted to TV? Brits watch more telly than ever

The average Brit now watches 26 hours of TV a week - thats around 3.7 hours a day which when considering all the other things like work, shopping cleaning. looking after the kids that most people do is a big chunk...

Demand Drops, Airlines Slash Prices (in Australia)...And Brits Most Promiscuous

The Age reports that Australian air fares hit record lows (December 8, 2008) even though this month is usually when fares are at their highest.As demand drops, airlines slash prices for local flights.For example Jetstar offers Sales Fares (until Tuesday, December 9, all...

Pet Shop Boys to be Honoured At BRIT's 2009

The Pet Shop Boys will be honoured by the British music industry with the prestigious 'Outstanding Contribution to Music Award' at the 2009 BRIT awards."Ged Doherty, Chairman of The BRITs Committee said, "Since...

Brits Qualify For Euro Basketball Championship After 28-Year Drought

It took nearly three decades, but Great Britain has qualified for the European Championship in basketball in Poland. The British squad, led by Chicago Bulls guard Luol Deng, earned their spot by defeating the...

Website to trace Brits in crises

This is interesting, it's a new sevice launched by teh UK Foreign Office to track British citizens if they're abroad during an emergency, so friends and family can see if they're ok. The effort has been given new impetus as several British tourists went missing during the...

Mobilus Coitus Interruptus

This puts a whole new spin on 'phone sex'....Just don't call your Mom... "Hi Dear - you sound breathless"Oh its nothing Mom...gasp...""160Characters Association reports that .....     the...

CIA confirms rendition flights to Brits

" WASHINGTON - CIA Director Michael Hayden acknowledged Thursday that two rendition flights carrying terror suspects refueled on British territory, despite repeated U.S. assurances that...

PZZA THRU TXT N UK

Yu can order a Domino's pizza in the UK via SMS, without speaking to anyone,; though a human must carry out the delivery.. until Domino's comes up with a fleet of hovering deliverbots."If you needed another hint...

Brits deny pushing Kiwi farm prices up

"One of Britain's richest families has won approval to pay $4.2 million for its 10th farm in New Zealand - taking its farm holdings to more than $50 million. The big-money purchases are raising fears that overseas...

Downloading More Than Ever Before, Brits Care Less About Getting Caught

"The Brits are downloading more free music than ever before and are less concerned about getting caught than they were last year. Why are they going to download even more next year? 91% say: “Because it’s free!”"

Heathrow airport tries to ban the Queen and 5 MILLION Brits from its premises

This seems a bit silly...you can't really set out an injunction against using ANY KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE!"The British Airports Authority is seeking an injunction to keep The Camp for Climate Action from protesting at London's Heathrow airport -- an injunction that would ban...

Australian Convict Ancestor Database

I would imagine that being a prison colony guard or one of the architects of the land grab in the early days of OZ would be worse in modern eyes than being one of the people dragged into the southern hemisphere in...

Those magnificient men in their flying wheelbarrows

There really are some weird people around. I got this from the website of a local paper in Hull, England.There's a video on that site. It's amazing!!"Those magnificent men in their flying machines may thrill at...

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