// the minimum entry requirement for new recruits [in the armed forces] is "entry level 2", which is the equivalent to the standard expected of a seven- or eight-year-old in literacy and numeracy. //...
// Britain may need millions more immigrants over the next 50 years to reduce the "unsustainable" pressure that the ageing population is putting on the economy, the Office for Budget Responsibility...
What would happen "IF" the Duchess of Cambridge lost her baby (that she is expecting) in child birth and the doctors treating her said that she cannot have anymore children, who would be next in line...
// The House of Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls says the value of the existing export licences to the 27 countries in question exceeds £12bn. This includes significant sales to China,...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23334334 Ok I agree with the 11 plus grammar school selection etc for the brightest kids but labelling the rest at age 11 in varying degrees, surely that's...
Hi guys This whole CBT thing is really confusing me.... I have my CBT on Saturday. I passed my test in January 2002 which means I must take a CBT in order to ride a 50cc to 125cc, however the CBT...
It looks like UKiP peaked too early a couple of months ago. They did well in the local elections, but the are rapidly declining. // ...the continuing collapse in support for Ukip, down from 18% in May...
I am an total left-wing liberal yoghurt-knitter (whatever that means), I am in a minority who actually has a modicum of respect for Our Glorious Leader Cameron... But it seems that every time he takes...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2013/jul/10/ramadan-10-things-to-know The Guardian has helpfully supplied 10 things to know including why it's ok to refer to it as above! My main question...
anyone know if you can pay in cash at a post office with a paying in book for no charge. Thanks. I've googled to death but no one seems to answer this question. thanks
I'd just like to wish everyone "Joyeux Quatorze"
and recommend a hilarious book called " A thousand years of annoying the French", by Stephen Clarke. Available on certain internet book sales sites...
Just wondered where - if anywhere I stand
They work evenings so the four dogs are howling and barking all the time until midnight when they then let them out in the garden to start all over again...
WARNING: NUDITY AND THINGS IF THAT BOTHERS YOU. So, in typical style for the up-market rag that it is (giggle), the Daily Mail chose to highlight a "malfunction" of Amanda Palmer's bra during her...
MrsTTT wants to borrow my car it's 5 metres long hers is 3.5 metres long. She cannot go round a corner without hitting the kerb in her car, she cannot comprehend how I even get my car in the drive. We...
