Althorp opens for free on Diana anniversary

EARL Spencer's Althorp House and grounds will open its doors for free on the tenth anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. Earl's estate confirmed that it will mark the anniversary with a special free...

'Please Help these Special Children'

''My heart goes out to these Special People, they really do deserve a better chance in life. They are disadvantaged from birth. They are segregated and moved to other districts and due to this they have no...

City Children Think Cows Lay Eggs

''Food being the most important item to human life as well as water, it surprised me to learn how uneducated children were in this subject. Schools should be providing this topic from an early age. Food could...

Citizen photojournalism - get inspired!

OK, so this in not NowPublic's awards, but Nokia's 2006 awards. But looking through the entries and the descriptions - wonderful stuff and it does not have to be earth-shattering to be interesting - just see the one of the duck with rubbish caught on it.

Larrikin Love - Happy as Annie + Ribbon Dance Mews. + Six Queens + A Little ...

The uplifting country feel of Bluegrass / Punk and Reggae with a difference! Band website: larrikinlove.co.uk" Click source to listen. And heres a list of there upcoming Shows 27 Mar 2007 19:00 ...

Stick with town

"By Jefferson Lake COBBLERS boss Stuart Gray has urged Luke Chambers to stay at the club and continue his development. And the Town manager has confirmed he scouted Chambers when he was at Wolves, and that there is a great deal of buzz in the game about the youngster. The...

Docile by Design?

"Moves to clone and genetically modify farm livestock have opened the door to the creation of "Farmyard Freaks", experts have warned. News that the daughter of a US clone cow has been born on a British farm has moved the issue from science fiction to consumer reality. A...

50 Things We Know Now (That We Didn't Know This Time Last Year) 2006 Edition

You know how it is. You go through life thinking you've got your head wrapped around the world and all of its knowable information. Then one day you read that since 2005, scientists have discovered more than 50 new species of animals and plants on the Southeast Asian island...

Chocoholics do big favor for scientists

"Some "chocoholics" who just couldn't give up their favorite treat to comply with a study to test blood stickiness have inadvertently done their fellow chocolate lovers - and science - a big favor. Their...

In the spirit of the story

The tapes for a new £8m BBC One series of Robin Hood have been stolen. I think it was a disgrunteld Friar Tuck that did it. Seemingly he's been cut from this version. Maybe they should rename it "Robbing Hood".

Bullies beware!

"A woman, who was bullied by her mother-in-law, has been awarded £35,000 in damages. The case was brought under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, normally used to deter stalkers. Nottingham County...

Black and White Twins

"“It was a shock when I realised that my twins were two different colours,” said Kylie, 19. “But it doesn’t matter to us - they are just our two gorgeous little girls.”"

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