UK government officials are proposing that benefit claimants be put to work. Under the new initiative, claimants would owe four weeks community service after a year of unemployment, and would have to work full-time...
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"Winston Churchill called the battlefields of England ‘the punctuation marks of history’, places where the nation’s future sometimes turned over the course of a few bloody hours.The battles of Hastings (1066),...
Anti-papal activists in Australia have won permission to annoy Catholic pilgrims at the World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney after a court upheld their right to hand out condoms and coat hangers. "The decision, by the Federal Court, strikes down a law introduced by the...
Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...
American uber trainer, Todd Pletcher was poised Sunday afternoon to runaway with the second jewel of the Canadian Horse Racing Triple-Crown and I for one couldn’t bare to watch. It’s not that I’m particularly...
Gang culture replacing family life is perhaps not the reality for most areas but in our most deprived areas there are worrying signs that emotional and cultural sustenance is being found through a gang culture...
The world's oldest equine twins, Bill and Ben, have chalked up another milestone, reaching 25 at their seaside retreat in Wales, where they continue to keep staff on their toes. Bill and Ben are not only the oldest...
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British cycling has been somewhat resurgent in the past few years -- maybe a peripheral effect of the Lance Armstrong era. I don't know much about the British scene other than the fact that Malcom Elliott is still...
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Isle of Man Post is issuing a set of stamps which will celebratesthe links between the Isle of Man and other Celtic nations.The eight stamps feature National flags of Mann, Scotland, Wales,Cornwall, Brittany, Ireland, Asturies and Galicia.Sets of stamps can be ordered now...
The silly season has arrived. First there is a "complicated" crop circle and now soldiers are seeing UFOs."The British ministry of defence today faced calls to launch an official inquiry into a series of UFO...
As the credit crunch bites deeper and Gordon Brown asks for wage retraint the threat of widspread disruption to life in Britain over the summer months comes a step nearer."Council workers today voted in favour of...
This item courtesy of the Celtic League: The General Secretary (GS) of the Celtic League has written to theScottish and Welsh Government's to ascertain what the position inthese respective countries is with regards...
This item courtesy of the Celtic League:
The lengthy interview on Manx Radio by the Director of Informationas part of the "TALKING HEADS" series mentioning in the earlier...