"A Muslim youth who worked with Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has sued the store for religious discrimination after he came to know that he carried crates of alcohol bottles as part of his job, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Mohammed Ahmed, 32, who was raised in Saudi...
Two months of rain fell in one day in some parts of Britain causing widespread flooding and at least 3 deaths. The worse affected areas are in Wales but severe weather warnings are now in place for the North East of...
Imagine moving into a new home and then discovering you weren’t the only ones living there. I thought this was a joke when first reading it since it is Friday the 13th and all, but it’s a real story. A young couple had just moved into a rented house, decided...
The early Easter has brought snow to a holiday more closely associated with spring. Snow has hit Scotland as well as England's north and northeast."It is a white Easter for many with snow and bitterly cold conditions affecting parts of the UK.
Any hopes of spring-like...
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The South Carolina Tornadoes: Triumphs and Disaster Prosperity, SC "
The tornado that hit Prosperity Saturday night toppling trees, severing power lines and damaging houses packed 140 mph winds,...
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Earthquake East Midlands UK 27/02/08
Unlike all the other earthquakes I report on this blog I actually felt this one, it occured about 12.45am GMT and shook my caravan that I'm working in. I don't know how...
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Eight million UK patents admit they cant afford NHS dental treatment, some resort to D.I.Y whilst the majority go without until such time the pain is too much and they have to go private as they cannot find a...
"Government to roll-out national anti-fraud scheme after successful pilot schemes net rogue traders
The Government is to invest around £7.5m in new Scambuster teams across the country.
The specialist Trading Standards teams will work with police across local authority...
"The information watchdog is to grill the Ministry of Defence over its data protection policies after it lost the personal details of 600,000 people.
Defence Secretary Des Brown will also speak in the Commons next week about the latest loss of personal data, which went...
Since Britain hasn't been hit by enough water already, a blood-red sky last night has meteorologists worried about even nastier storms coming in. Apparently this weekend's going to be a doozy:"Thousands of householders are today bedding down for a weekend of torrential rain...
"Tannoys telling visitors to wash their hands have been installed at hospitals in Leicestershire and Rutland.
The address systems, triggered by sensors, are to encourage people to use alcohol gels in 11 hospitals.
The move is part of a four-month drive to boost hygiene in...
Now this brings the whole 'pipe weed' debate right back into dungeons and dragon games across North America."The great-grandson of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien has been ordered to pay 3,000 pounds for growing...
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"It has a wingspan of more than 88 metres, a maximum speed of 530 miles per hour and can carry the equivalent weight of 240 Mini cars. The Antonov An-225 is the world's heaviest and largest cargo plane and yesterday...
"Broadcaster ITV is hoping to reduce its number of regional newsrooms from 17 to nine by merging some services.
The broadcaster aims to save between £35m and £40m a year to invest in programmes with the closures, but must get permission from regulator Ofcom.
The London,...
The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) is the UK’s leading progressive think tank, producing research and innovative policy ideas for the United Kingdom. This latest release is sure to surprise most workers and adds further evidence to the growing disparity between...