On the BBC last night Afghanistan was shown as 3rd in the medals table. Presumably an error for Australia? It's interesting to note the different positions of countries nonetheless compared to the...
When either myself or my wife (on separate machine) logs in to hotmail, we get the following: "Something went wrong and we can't sign you in at the moment. Please try again later." I've...
Despite all the doom, gloom and cynicism beforehand it does look as though GB & NI may be about to have pulled off one of if not the greatest Olympics ever. Regardless of what you think of the...
Would it be possible to re-arrange the topics so that if a particular top-level subject in bold has sub-topics then, when you click on it those sub-topics are displayed? At present if, for example,...
I sent off my passport renewal application to Liverpool via a local Post Office check and send "service". I was told they would not, after all, need my old passport despite what I had read...
Possibly a long shot, but does anyone know when UEFA will be sending out tickets for Euro 2012? I can't seem to find the info on their website, although I'm sure it's there somewhere. It'll sometime...
David Cameron will become the first British PM to make an official visit to the Russian Government since the murder five years ago of Aleksandr Litvinenko. Meanwhile, Litvinenko's suspected killer...
will now be the world's highest paid player at £364,500 per week. It would be interesting to compare his salary with the average wage of the local fans of his new club FC Anzhi - those with...
One of our (flatscreen) tvs is connected to a sky box with a loose satellite connector cable in the back. Recently the cable came out and with some difficulty I managed to re-insert in into the rear...
A new bout of hysteria currently sweeps the Answerbank as I am speaking to you now. Hordes of posters wielding heavy-handed, worn-out cliches and cloaked in a good deal of self-righteousness have been...
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the illegal invasion of Georgia by Russian forces. Thousands of Georgian residents of South Ossetia remain unable to return to thier homes, either through fear or...
On Disney Junior Channel - and doubtless other similar channels at the moment - they're running an ad campaign for Disneyland/World or whatever, along the lines of "You never forget your first...
There are quite a few to choose from. Does anyone have a particular favourite? Personally I prefer the foreign news ones - which vary spectacularly in quality - as the one or two "issues du...