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JPG Magazine May Survive, After All

A few days ago, it was reported that popular photography magazine and website JPG would be shutting down on January 5, 2009 due to financial considerations. It now appears that JPG has been approached by a number...

JPG Magazine says goodbye Update

Up Date January 7, 2009From the JPG Blog Offers Posted by Devin Poolman on 6 January 2009. Some of you may have heard by now, but if not, the good news is that we have already received a couple of...

Can You Swap A Paperclip For A Narrowboat?

James has come a step closer to his narrow boat with his 10th swap a Porsche for a piece of paper...."  On this piece of paper is an agreement from a search engine optimisation company which has offered a...

UFOs in Northamptonshire UK

There have been 27 UFO sightings in Northamptonshire, England, over the last 10 years, according to the Ministry of Defence. (UFO Reports) The first UFO sighting ever recorded in Northamptonshire was in 1387....

DIY Flood Protection Solution?

A DIY product which the manufacturers claim stops flood water coming in through doors 100%, looks like a possible relatively low cost solution for many of the flooded households.   If this...

Humanitarian crisis: thousands without power, food and drinking water

UPDATE; 26th July 2007. A warning that bogus water officials are preying on flood victims. The sick bogus water officials who are preying on Flood victims UPDATE; 24th July 2007. More than 340,000 people in...

Honours to reward 'unsung heroes'

"Reforms to the honours system will make it easier to reward volunteers and "unsung heroes", Gordon Brown has said. The Prime Minister, who has written a book,  Britain's Everyday Heroes: The Making of the...

Aston Martin era ends at Newport Pagnell

"A 50-year association with making  Aston Martin cars ended today (Thurs) in  Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, England. In front of VIPs, local dignitaries and workers past and present the last Aston...

LLANGOLLEN Fringe Festival 2007

Music and Dance (Flamenco, Russian choral, 80s retro, NZ hot rock, contemporary folk and blues) stand-up comedy, celebrity guests, workshops, dancing in the street, kids' entertainment and eat in the street...

Yawning may keep us 'on the ball'

"Yawning may appear the height of rudeness, but in fact your body is desperately trying to keep you awake, according to research from the US. Psychologists who studied 44 students concluded that yawning sent...

Largest Cruise Ship For Holyhead

"Bad weather prevented passengers on a cruise ship carrying more than 2,500 passengers from going ashore for more than four hours at Holyhead the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the northwest of Wales on...

Opera Singer Is TV Talent Winner

"Opera-singing phone salesman Paul Potts has won the final of TV variety show Britain's Got Talent. Potts, from Port Talbot, south Wales, beat six-year-old singer Connie Talbot, from Sutton Coldfield, who had wowed the judges, who included Simon Cowell. The winner of the ITV1...

Heavy Rain Knocks Out Aberdeen Highland Games.

"Thousands of people were left disappointed when the Aberdeen Highland Games were cancelled at the last minute. Heavy rain on Saturday forced city council bosses to axe yesterday's event. But dozens of people still turned up at the Hazlehead Park games field - including...

eBay Takes All Its Adverts Off Google

"eBay has pulled all its advertising from Google after learning of the search giant’s plan to gatecrash its user conference this week to promote Checkout, a rival to eBay’s PayPal payment service. The online...

Preparing For Proms In The Park

Quiet how they pulled this one off is amazing. The countries top Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing at a Northamptonshire Village park?"NOT since the BBC's Vicar of Dibley secured Kylie Minogue to open a village fete has there been such a coup for a parish...

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