Record number take UK citizenship

This is all about stats, according to BBC news story, UK has issued recorded number of citizenship last year.Just look at the figures, which say all about the story at a glance."A record 164,635 people were granted British citizenship last year, government figures have...

1,000 to be rescued from stranded cruise ship

    Passengers aboard the stranded cruise ship Mona Lisa have been rescued. They were rescued off Latvia.  " The Mona Lisa's captain had agreed to evacuate the ship after unsuccessful efforts to free it from a sand bank off Latvia's coast,...

20 EU states oppose WTO farm plan

Much of the European Union has rejected the WTO's proposed changes to import tariffs on agricultural products."Twenty European Union countries on Monday rejected compromise proposals on agriculture put forward by a senior World Trade Organisation diplomat, French Farm...

Turkeys saved from blazing shed

A certain irony to this story - especially so close to Christmas as they are saved only to be sold and cooked... "Firefighters have been praised for saving thousands of turkeys from death after a fire broke out in a poultry shed in Norfolk. The fire broke out in a rearing...

History of the Christmas Tree

"Christmas Tree Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The converted people began to revere the Fir tree as God’s Tree, as they had previously revered the Oak. By the 12th century...