Brown's terror detention plans in tatters

Civil Liberty campaigners are celebrating at the news just through that the UK House of Lords has rejected the governments proposals to extend the time a terror suspect can be held without charge to 42 days. It's now...

7 things you don't say around a cancer patient

Sometimes it's hard to find the right words to say to someone that's got cancer. This piece from the Jamaica Observer offers advice on what not to say as well as some information about breast cancer. It's good to see...

T-shirt sniffing the way to a woman's heart

Forget after-shave. Research shows that women really are attracted to the natural body smells of men and in particular to men who smell distinctly different to themselves.Other research has shown us that we are...

World Conker Champion Crowned

Conkers should perhaps be the British national sport not cricket or soccer or rugby. Millions of boys and girls have over the years gathered conkers, put a hole through the middle and strung it through with string...

John McCain abandons Obama character attacks after polls fail to improve

McCain is reported to be going to drop the attacks on Obama after the latest polls show that the approach is not liked by the majority of voters with Obama opening up a gap on McCain over the last week which has seen...

'The Raised Magician' - French hail British PM

It's unprecidented - the French press speaking highly of a British PM but Gordon Brown with his new 'financial plan' for Europe has won them over. The question is can he win over the British public? "They talked...

Two million Britons on the dole by Christmas

The financial meltdown hits home hard on Ordinary Joe as unemployment rises with two million expected on the dole by Christmas.The first and hardest hit are the building industry, car manufacturing and transport...

Caviar quality put under the microscope

For the rich and famous no party is really stylish without caviar and that has to be of the highest qualty usually Russian rather than American. That could all change if researchers at Washington State University...

Last treasures of the French royal family go under the hammer in Paris

As she waited to be executed Marie Antoinette wrote her last letter and now it's on sale to the highest bidder along with the silk purse that it's held in. At 48 she was no longer the beautiful young woman that we...

India Grand Prix to join F1 calendar from 20011

After the new Singapore night Grand Prix Bernie Ecclestone head of Formula One has announced that there is to be an Indian Grand Prix.There could also be a Grand Prix in Russia but no extra Grand Prix in North...

Welcome to Britain? The shocking frieze which will greet visitors to London's...

An outraged Tory MP is calling for the new public artwork proposed for St. Pancras Station, the Eurostar terminal to be changed. The work shows modern Britain warts and all and some feel it will be a poor greeting...