Beer Wars - Pub chain cut price of a pint to 99p

JD Wetherspoon, the biggest high street pub chain in Britain is cutting the price of a pint of beer to just 99p. This is the same price that beer cost in 1989. Other pub chains are thought to be going to match...

£275m anti-obesity UK 'lifestyle revolution'

The British Government is to launch a £275m campaign to halt the country's growing obesity problem that according to some predictions will see 90% of todays children being overweight or obese by 2050. The new ad...

Pratchett 'Flabbergasted' by knighthood

Terry Pratchett has made his first public response to the news that he has been awarded a Knighthood in the Queen's New Year's Honours List. Pratchett has sold over 55 million books and is a campaigner for more...

Holidaymakers hit as £1 falls

The pound has reached parity with the euro - thats one pound equals one euro - on many money markets and at some exchange offices the pound is coming in at under a euro. Many Brits booked their winter holiday when...

Roadrunner Once

Drivers are to face 'fit to drive' tests every ten years under new Government proposals. The tests are primarily to address the fact that people are living and staying healthy for longer and so are driving past...

Food and drinks companies target schools with ads by back door

Schools in the UK often get educational materials sent to them free by various companies. A report from the Children's Food Campaign acuses the companies of advertising unhealthy foods  'by the back door'. ...

Binge drinking can cause long-term brain damage - study

Yet another report highlighting the negative effects of binge drinking. This report shows that binge drinking - even just a few sessions - can cause brain damage. Binge drinking amongst young people is a key area...

REAL or FANTASY given TECHNOLOGY?

Given the current Economic Climate and that of Climate change in which ONE AFFECTS the other it does rather suggest a mechanism whereby Gov steer "change" as in a Film Set AND given the SCOPE of TECHNOLOGY can you...

Brown vows new alliance with Obama

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will set out in his New Years message how he sees the election of Barack Obama as the start of a new 'special relationship' with the USA, a relationship that breaks away from the...

Japanese bullet trains to run in UK ‘within 20 years’

With the UK train network increasingly under fire news comes that the British government are looking to introduce Japanese style bullet trains to improve the UK transport system. The UK is similar to Japan in that...

One beer a day increases liver and bowel cancer risk

Many people drink a glass or two of red wine a day because they have heard of its health benefits in relation to heart disease but new information from the World Cancer Fund says that a glass of beer a day or two...

Conjoined Twin Dies in London Hospital

Faith Williams, born conjoined to her twin sister Hope, died yesterday at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. Her sister had died 23 days earlier due to lung problems. This must have been a horrific ordeal for the twins' family." Faith and sister Hope were...

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Christmas speech sparks row

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's a controversial Christmas Day broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 television as a counterpoint to queen's traditional broadcast has angered Britons.  British queen's...

Shoppers flock online as retailers offers heavy discounts

In the deepening economic recession there is some good news for business, Millions of shoppers are logging on the internet Christmas Day to grab hevy discounts offered by desperate retailers. The retailers are...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver TV Christmas message in UK

Each year on Christmas Day, the BBC presents a Christmas message from the Queen of England to all of her citizens around the world. For years Channel 4, the UK broadcaster which is partially publicly funded and...

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