Big Issue Vendors losing out due to rising costs of magazine

The Big Issue (www.bigissue.co.uk) is £1.50 each (unless it is a special edition) but  a vendor in the City says it is likely to rise in the New Year, increasing to a whopping £2.00 on a regular basis. The vendors take a cut from this. The vendor said that he was...

Kent Police: Can't come out, we're at the Fireworks

On Guy Fawkes Night, a man I spoke to said he called the Kent police out but they said they were 'too busy at the fireworks'. This does not make Kent feel safe on Fireworks Night.  Whey can't they put on more Specials?

Newcastle Police make Drunks to clean up their vomit

At last, a taste of their own medicine. A brilliant idea by Newcastle police which should to be copied by other counties.  Not only should they be made to clean up their sticky mess in the streets but they should be made to fix the...

US: 20 years in Prison for hit & run motorist who killed cyclist

Tough laws in the US for hit and runs who kill cyclists going into work. In soft Britain you'd be lucky with up to three years. It looks like this State is taking the matter really seriously.  Just why in Britain are we so lax with...

Dublin wants more traffic congestion over Christmas Period

Despite global warming, rising pollution and the problems of obesity, Dublin Council are considering encouraging more people to drive into the City over the Christmas period by giving them free car parking, after demands by those in business. ...

Speeding motorists to be let off because of postal strikes?

The British Tory media have been clapping their hands because they say that dangerous motorists caught speeding on speed cameras won't be prosecuted or disqualified because of the postal strikes. " "Motorists who are caught on speed cameras can only be...

Blair's 8-year-old journalist niece writes blog on Palestine

The young Peacecyclist Alexandra writes a blog on her trip to Palestine with her mother Lauren Booth.  What an amazing report from someone so young. " Hi! I'm Alexandra Booth and I'm 8 1/2 years old. I'm doing The Peace Cycle from Amman through the west bank and...

Tony Blair ignores his Niece in the Peacecyclists

NOW PUBLIC SCOOP   The Peacecyclists (Peacecycle.org) are in Palestine right now and have reported 2 hours ago seeing Tony Blair's car. He ignored his 8 year old niece who is part of the Peacecyclists. According to their report, they all waved at him but...

Kent traffic congestion now at a serious level

Kent is becoming an extremely horrible place to live in, as lorries thunder through our villages, country lanes and streets with impunity. They have done so for years.  People living near busy village roads cannot get to sleep or lorries drive into their houses. ...

Women face confusion over Retirement Age under Tories

The Tories are unable to state clearly whether women have to work till we are 66, leaving many of us women 'up in the air', and not relishing the thought, no matter 'what the magazines say' about 'how great it is to have a career'. It isn't not too bad...