Scottish brewery launches 'World's strongest' beer at 32%

A Scottish brewery have launched what they are claiming as the worlds strongest beer. The beer called Tactical Nuclear Penguin has a 32% alcohol content and is made by BrewDog of Fraserburgh. The company...

Remains found in Lebanon confirmed as British journalist

It has been confirmed by the British Foreign Office that the remains found in Lebanon last week are the remains of a British Journalist who went missing in 1985.  Alec Collett, 64 at the time...

Salmond accuses BBC over 2014 Commonwealth Games cash shortfall

Scottish first Minister Alex Salmond has verbally attacked the BBC for failing to commit to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. There is a shortfall in how much the games will cost and the Scottish Government and...

Labour hold their seat with Glasgow by-election win

Labour have held their seat in the Glasgow North East By-election.The Scottish National Party (SNP) has came second, Conservatives third and the British National Party (BNP) forth place.Labour has been the the main party in that area of Glasgow for the last 74 years. "Labour...

Afghan policeman shoots Five British soldiers

Five British soldiers have been shot dead by an Afghan policeman in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. The officer opened fire, killing the five and injuring five others - he was able to excape the compound. " A "rogue" Afghan policeman has shot dead five British...

Man dressed as a sheep set alight on train

A football fan dressed as a sheep had to be taken to hospital after his costume was set alight. Other fans and passengers on the train said the man ran through the carriage on fire. Some tired to help by...

Lloyds, RBS groups to broken up and three new banks created

Three old banking names will arrive back on the British high street, the UK Govenment is expected to anounce this week.They are to split up the Lloyds, RBS and the Northern Rock banking groups and form three new banks. Both banks are basically owned by the taxpayer,...

Somali Pirates Hijack Boat of UK yacht couple

A search is being carried out for a British couple from Wales who have disapeared heading for Tanzania from the Seychelles in their yacht, the Lynn Rival. But recently Somali pirates have said they have hijacked the boat of a British couple sailing off the coast of Africa....

McDonald's to close all their stores in Iceland

McDonald's, the massive worldwide fast food chain will close their last three stores in Iceland next week. All the restaurants are in the capital Reykjavik but will pull down it shutters for last time....

Study Suggests Chickens Are Being Infected by 'Human' Bacteria

Scientists from The Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland have released findings that strains of bacteria, Staphylococcus Aureus (mainly the MRSA sub-type) known in humans has moved onto chickens.They believe it may have happened, not in that last few years (that's what I...

Scientists considering freezing coral reef samples to save them

Scientists from around the world who met in Denmark over the weekend to discuss coral reefs believe that they will all disappear from our waters altogether. Things are so bleak they...

Nokia sue Apple for infringing patents

Nokia are suing Apple for compensation and say Apple have used 10 of their patents without a signed agreement on their iPhone. Currently 40 company's have signed paperwork to say they are allowed to use their technology's. "Nokia said it had...

Whitney Houston - is she 'ready' for a come back?

Tonight internet users are questioning Whitney Houston's comeback performance on sites like Twitter after a 'poor show' on the UK television show X Factor on Sunday night. She sang her new single Million...

Union Anger as Royal Mail Plan to Hire 30,000 Temps During Strike

Royal Mail have reveled plans to hire upto 30,000 temporary workers as strikes and Christmas aprocahes to help keep mail flowing. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) have expressed this as a "stupid move" but...

Iraq sends Iraqi asylum seekers back to UK - entry refused

A number of Iraqi's who were deported from the United Kingdom and sent back to Iraq have been refused entry when they arrived at Baghdad.The group of 40 or so asylum seekers and now been brought back to the UK and are waiting to be deported again at...

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