Ties declared unsafe - UK schools ban traditional ties

Ties are making a comeback in many fashionable circles with the cream of London's grime scene such as Chipmunk and Dizzee Rascal recently being seen in suits, ties and even pork pie hats. As this return to the...

No US without God - Texas Christians seek to change history

The Texas state education board is considering a proposal that would force religion into the school curriculum. Christian fundamentalist advisors to the board including Reverend Peter Marshall, who asserts that...

Drugs boat blown up by Royal Navy

As part of the UK's war on drugs the Royal Navy frigate Iron Duke has blown up a drugs boat after first arresting the crew and seizing cocaine worth £33 million. This type of deployment of forces is in marked...

City birds sleep late

City birds can afford to sleep in their nests a little longer than their country cousins according to a new report from the British Trust for Ornithology. The micro-climate created by urban human activity sees the...

UK anti-knife crime strategy fails - deaths rise

Knife crime in the UK has been a hot topic for the last year with the government running a high-profile campaign to reduce the carrying of knives and deaths caused by stabbings. Figures released today by the Home...

Steven Gerrard "lost it' - court shown CCTV of nightclub brawl

Steven Gerrard is a hero to millions in his role as soccer superstar for Liverpool and England but yesterday CCTV was shown in court that allegedly shows him violently attacking a DJ with a flurry of punches...

New sex tape deepens Silvio Berlusconi scandal

Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi was plunged further into scandal today as a new sex tape was released to the press by a call girl from Bari. That Berlusconi has survived the ongoing revelations about his private...

Scallop boat capsized by Submarine?

UK Scallop fishermen and their families are today in mourning after the scallop dredger Aquila mysteriously capsized in fairly heavy seas yesterday killing three fishermen. The area off the west coast of Scotland is...

Girl with half a brain develops 2-in-1 eye

The capacity for the human brain to adapt still causes amazement and this story when we delve behind the lurid headline is such an example. Born with only one hemisphere of a brain this girl's brain appears to...

Jimi Hendrix doctor says murder claim plausible

As earlier shared on NowPublic the story that Jimi Hendrix was murdered continues to gain force and credibilty as the doctor that was on duty when the body of Hendrix was brought in to hospital confirms that...

Shorts in the City

With summer now here the question of if it's ever OK for men to wear shorts to work at the office is now a hot topic in London as stores such as the U K's John Lewis reveal that pinstripe and other 'city...

Parents to 'have no say' on sex education in schools

The UK Family Education Trust has issued a report that claims that parents will have no say in their children's sex education under plans by the British government to introduce compulsory sex and relationships...

Should headphones in the office be banned?

They are the badge of the dotcom and creative industries worker - headphones coupled with staring at a Mac screen oblivious of others unless they send them an email, chat message or 'tweet' direct to their screen...

When 'Freak' is a term of respect - Gay on Bolt

  As the world looks forward to the clash between the two fastest runners on earth one them has been calling the other 'freak' and 'beast'. But this is not intended as insulting says Tyson Gay for it is he...