Gordon Brown terror threat: Three arrested

Well they could of done the British a good turn, lol  However its good these guys have been caught and it shows that home security in UK is working. But are these guys guilty? at least they will get a fair trial.       "Two men were arrested at Manchester...

Australian students to 'phone a friend' during exams

In a noble effort Aussie authorities have allowed students to take help of friends, internet etc during the exam. What a wonderful idea. Authorities are calling it a new innovative idea as enormous amounts of information around their heads will not be used anywhere. But if...

Sats results: Thousands fail to hit english, maths and science standards

The bad news keeps rolling in from the SATs results in the UK. The test, which is administered to children around the ages of 10 to 15, was beleaguered with delays in grading this year."Sats results published today revealed 27 per cent of 14-year-olds failed to reach the...

Englishman wins Irish race case

Wow, this is a new one. An Englishman has been awarded 20,000 euros ($30,000) because he says he was taunted by his Irish coworkers while working as a pipe fitter in Ireland. He claims that they called him "the Brit" and would consistently recomend that he be sent in for...

English spelling seen as "truely atrosious"

An academic in the UK has suggested that university professors being accepting variant spellings as legitimate, in light of the fact that spelling errors are growing more and more frequent in university courses. Some misspellings that he's suggested accepting include "ignor",...