Thousands enjoy Spanish festival

"Thousands of people have enjoyed a Spanish festival at the heart of London's busiest shopping district. Organisers said the seventh Regent Street festival was the most popular yet, as visitors enjoyed the...

AJ in England action

"Both Andrew Johnson and Phil Neville played a part as England brushed aside Andorra in the qualifying stages of the 2008 European Championships."

Free online journalism training

"A free "Online Training Toolkit" website has been launched by the UK-based Commonwealth Press Union to help journalists learn about the latest in various topics related to their profession. The first installment is about "Gender for Journalists.""

Jewish Girls Not Responsible For Rising Teenage Mother Figures (from Edgware ...

Orthodox Jewish girls do not have sexual relations before they are married. In Barnet, it is rare for girls to marry at 16 and uncommon at 17 or 18. They may have babies at 18 or 19, but this age group was not mentioned in the statistic.

That's all folks

"David Moyes has said in today's Liverpool Echo that he won't be bringing in any new faces today, but that won't stop thousands of us staying tuned to sports news channels and the internet in the hope that he was telling porkies, will it?"

Tevez and Mascherano 'heading for Hammers'

In one of the most surprising transfer deals ever sealed in English football, West Ham have signed coveted Argentina stars Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano - beating off competition from Manchester United,...

Masses of love at cultural festival

A Watford student was one one of many Catholics who spent their bank holiday weekend at Cheltenham Racecourse enjoying the Greenbelt Festival 2006. Maria Nabatanzi and her friend Clare Michalkiewicz, both students...

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".

London's Weekender hangover

"Hundreds of thousands of revellers were heading wearily back to work today after a weekend of nonstop music and partying. They were spoilt for choice with festivals at Reading, Leeds, the Notting Hill Carnival...

UK readers blocked from NY Times terror article

"The New York Times has blocked British readers from accessing an article published in the US about the alleged London bomb plot for fear of breaching the UK's contempt of court laws. Published in the US...

TOPICAL EXPLORATION

"Frankly, nuclear weapons in the hands of the Iranians frightens me. They've already stated their desire to destroy another nation", blasted the brother of my mother, throwing in the odd foul word as he silenced the family gathering. I stopped poking at the plastic...

TOPICAL EXPLORATION

"Frankly, nuclear weapons in the hands of the Iranians frightens me. They've already stated their desire to destroy another nation", blasted the brother of my mother, throwing in the odd foul word as he silenced the family gathering. I stopped poking at the plastic...

Pearl Jam play at Leeds Festival

"With Glastonbury taking a year off, many festivals have spurned the opportunity to challenge for the title in favour of a cash-in. Hurriedly increased capacities have led many of them to feel over-full, while...

Notting Hill dances to the sound of Carnival

"Europe's largest street party got under way on Sunday as festivities began in the narrow streets of Notting Hill with an estimated 300,000 visitors coming to enjoy the first day of the annual carnival."

A third of English adults obese by 2010

"More than 12 million adults and one million children will be obese by 2010, the Government has predicted.  Around one third of adults and a fifth of all children will be obese, statistics from the Health...

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