Tax survey reveals resentful British

I find it hard to believe 56% of people in the UK did not know what income tax bracket they were in."Eight out of 10 Britons think they are paying more tax than they were five years ago, with nearly half blaming the rise on stealth taxes, a survey showed today.Around 81% of...

UK may store all phone calls and emails

The UK government just loves to know what your up to. "The UK government is considering a massive database to store every person's emails, phone calls, text messages and internet use. The plan was suggested as a tool to help security forces tackling crime and terrorism. ...

Bobby Knight Retires

A lighter subject than I usually post, the famed chair throwing coach has had enough. Like him or not he is the winningest coach in  college basketball.  Igrew up in Indiana and watched the glory days. Remember Steve Alford? Anyone? I guess I'm not a spring chicken...

China bans retailers supplying plastic shopping bags

"(Jan 9, 2008) (The Canadian Press) BEIJING -- China's government announced it will ban shops from giving out free plastic bags and called on consumers to use baskets and cloth sacks instead to reduce environmental pollution. The regulation comes only about 15 years after...

Alarm at rising tide of sex-bias litigation

"The number of women taking employers to court claiming unfair pay is rising so quickly that it has left the system unfit for purpose, according to the head of Britain’s equality watchdog. Jenny Watson, chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, has told The Times that...

Pupils donate uniforms to African children

"Pupils have been handing in their old uniforms as their school prepares to donate nearly all its contents to youngsters in Africa. The Duston School in Duston, Northampton, England, is moving to a new building in September but rather than throwing away all its old furniture...