I watched one of Michael Portillo’s ‘Great Railway Journeys’ tonight. This time Alaska. Interestingly his Appleton’s Guide, published in the 1890s, noted that summers in Alaska were getting...
//Shoppers have earned more than £30,000 by recycling plastic bottles in the first supermarket trial of reverse vending machines. The scheme, piloted by Iceland, rewards people with a voucher worth...
//A man who spent three hours licking a doorbell as a family slept inside is being hunted by police. Roberto Daniel Arroyo, 33, was captured taking part in the bizarre act on the Dungans' home CCTV in...
I’ve asked this question before, but a long time ago, so just for a bit of fun I’ll ask it again. Contestants on ‘Only Connect’ always have a quirky little tale to tell about themselves, so if...
Will this work ... or ince the French never have been reluctant to take to the streets in protest, is the French government playing with fire and encouraging more social unrest?...
//A young Saudi woman says she is stranded at Bangkok's main airport after fleeing her family and having her passport seized by a Saudi official. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun says she was on a trip to...
Time to get your glad rags on! Your music, the cheesier the better, your tipple, and your preferred munchies? Who are you going to boogie with? Who are you going to smooch with? And…. Who are you...
This year’s offering from Naomi is Silent Night, a carol that holds very personal and poignant memories for me. As before I’m posting my Carol Concert thread not only as my Christmas gift to the...
I first thought that Mrs May was living in Cloud Cuckooo Land but now I genuinely believe she takes the electorate for complete fools. By betraying the result of the referendum in attempting to cling...
Hundreds of security personnel are searching for Cherif Chekatt, 29, on both sides of the Franco-German border. Police say he is highly dangerous and should not be approached....
..to take sympathy action in support of workers in other countries. That bodes well for peace in the workplace under a Labour government. The shape of things to come … if we’re very unlucky....
Why? The people they are attempting to sell to have no say so what does she imagine this will achieve?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46477036...
In an attempt to go over the heads of MPs, a majority of whom have threatened to reject the agreement when it is voted on next month, Mrs May will take questions on BBC Radio 5 live and the BBC News...