Cosmetic cowboys could cost you your life, women warned

Vanity always vanity...Accept yourself for the unique expression of infinite consciousness that you are and you don't need vanity and expensive and dangerous procedures to feel wonderful about yourself."Women's lives are being put at risk by cowboy cosmetic surgery clinics...

Tagging scheme for young offenders ‘a failure’

"Electronic tagging of children to stop them committing crimes has proved an expensive and largely ineffective tool, according to the first independent study of the controversial scheme. The evaluation of the £12m pilot will prove embarrassing for former first minister Jack...

US town set to ban saggy trousers

US town set to ban saggy trousers A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent...

Cover-Your-Ass Security: Cops, Mooninites and Terror

My obsession with the Mooninites continues... but this article goes beyond the Boston debacle and also discusses reactionary airport security. I've often joked that, if terrorists really wanted to mess with the USA, then they'd send somebody to the airport with a tiny...

Britain Bashes Bush detention policy

After years of faithfully supporting all aspects of the US-led war on terror, the Tony Blair government has begun to bark back."LONDON (AP) -- The detention of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay is unacceptable...

Poor Nurseries Under Fire

"An estimated 26,000 children have been let down by poor quality nurseries and childcare groups since spring last year."

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