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?criminal record

My son was fined in the magistrates court for not swiping his oyster card. He was not informed that he now has a criminal record. Does he have one? if so how long will he have to declare it? Do the...

jay6290

final written warning

i was recently suspended from my job after a supervisor discovered three of my work mates playing cards i would like to state that when he discovered this i was atleast 8 to 10 feet away from the...

fletcher.5

Dome appeal

I see that the leader of the English catholic church has launched a ?3 million appeal for domes on top of Westminster cathedral, not that they are at all visible from the ground outside, only to the...

fairkatrina

reading list help!

I've got a reading list which has so far topped ?70 (and that's not all of them!) for ONE course at uni. I'm not that rich (or that foolish) so does anyone know of any websites where I can buy obscure...

sissimarissa

Gordon Brown

Mr Cameron tells us today that this strange man who has moved into No 10 is suffering from "the tall poppy syndrome. What is "the tall poppy syndrome", please?

vehelpfulguy

Political Correctness gone mad (again)

So a book about 3 little pigs has been rejected from being given an award because "it may offend Muslims" (where have we heard that before) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7204635.s tm What next,...

nucleardream

Race of Progress

What type of decisions would win, when we face: New Job Creation vs. > Population growth > Outsourcing > Increase in Longevity (i.e. people living and working longer) In other words, what...

gouda

Children in poverty?

187,000 children in london are said to be in poverty. How can this be so in a country whose Benefit system is reputed to be the best in the world? Is poverty not having Nikes, Playstation3, or a...

rocka

Is it fair to make art out of tragedy?

is it fair to make art out of tragedy? making films based on true events where thousands, maybe millions were killed...for example - the holocaust, the rwandan genocide and the 9/11 attacks. making...

Quoi

Would it matter?

If the Japanese killed all the whales - what would be the effect?

andy-hughes

The most conceited man alive

Now that Lord Longford is no longer with us, the award for the most conceited man alive passes to Paul Burrell. Just listening to the news reports of the trial where he holds forth about being privvy...

brionon

Pedestrian dies in car collision

From the BBC News-Pedestrian dies in car collision. Should this not read-''Car damaged by Pedestrian' ?

fletcher.5

is it time to make a stand

Why the hell are we allowing ourselves to be ripped of by these greedy grasping power supply firms,& more to the point why are they allowed to do it. I can understand that prices do rise,but not at...

Janbuck

Cinnamon Trust Quiz

I've just had an e-mail from Julie who organises the quizzes for the Cinnamon Trust to say that my envelope addressed to her had arrived torn and re-sealed by the post office but minus the ?1 coin and...

styley

wmd's

Why did America and it's dogsbodies not plant WMD's in Iraq when they realised that there were none to be found? And also, would anyone else agree with me that they will find WMD's hidden away...

ecoman

Benazir Bhutto

After the recent assassination of Benazir Bhutto, her supporters have vowed to "follow her to the grave" Free transport will therefore be laid on from Bradford, Bolton, Oldham, Birmingham and most...

Kromovaracun

2008 - Race for the White House!

Thought I'd make a thread on the US presidential race seeing as the start of it has been marked by the Iowa caucus today For the Republicans, it's a good start for Baptist minister Mike Huckabee,...

Gromit

Forget religion, Pope says "Play football".

Pope Benedict XVI says football has a crucial role to play in teaching young people the important lessons of life - honesty, solidarity and fraternity. The German-born pontiff is said to be a fan of...

smudge

Amir Khan.....

Has been banned from driving for the second time in two months. This time, he was fined ?1,000 & banned for six weeks - this is for speeding up to 140 m.p.h! Seeing as he has disregarded the first...

jedimistress

Bush, Peace & 40 tonnes of bombs dropped on Baghdad

It makes me so mad. Who on earth does this meglomaniac think he is kidding?

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