A. Yes and no. It will only be free to get into the museum on Sunday, 17 June - Father's Day. But there are plans to abolish admission charges to the museum from 1 December. Sunday will be a trial
00:00 Thu 14th Jun 2001asked Chicken A. Well, the word 'graffiti' actually derives from the Greek word graphein, which means: to write. This should give you some idea of how long people have been trying to make their mark
00:00 Sun 10th Jun 2001A. Here's the list of the key players: Tony Blair MP - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service John Prescott MP - Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State
00:00 Wed 18th Apr 2001A. The most venomous snake is the Sea Snake (Hydrophus Belcheri). This snakes' venom is said to be 100 times more powerful than that of any other land or sea snake. The adder is Britain's most
00:00 Wed 11th Apr 2001A. Bridget Jones' Diary actually started off as a spoof column in the The Independent newspaper. The idea for the column was thought up by the then features editor Charles Leadbeater. He commissioned
00:00 Thu 05th Apr 2001A. That's right, US network CBS network has just brought the rights to re-make the BBC's Royle Family, the comedy about the family of Liverpudlian couch potatoes. In the US version, however, the
00:00 Wed 04th Apr 2001A. Guinea pigs originate from Central and South America. It was the Incas who first kept them as pets. They still live in the wild in the mountains and grasslands of Central and South America and they
00:00 Wed 04th Apr 2001A. It tastes very similar to beef and is also often compared to venison, it is high in iron and protein and it contains much less fat - less than 2% -than most other red meats. Q. Is it readily
00:00 Mon 02nd Apr 2001A. The Kyoto Protocol is an international climate treaty to halt climate change. Under the agreement, the developed countries of the world are to commit to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and
00:00 Fri 30th Mar 2001asked PhilD A. The traditional Punch and Judy script is sexist, violent. lawless and terribly politically incorrect. Q. How so A. Punch beats up his wife, throws the baby down the stairs, steals
00:00 Wed 28th Mar 2001A. On 26 March a new law was introduced that enables 'PostComm', the new Post Office regulator,to give licences to other companies enabling them to deliver post costing less than 1. Q. What other
00:00 Mon 26th Mar 2001By Anna Tobin Ever wondered what is the world's longest running TV show Well, it is an American show produced by NBC. The first episode of Meet the Press went out on 6 November 1947. The show went
00:00 Wed 21st Feb 2001By Anna Tobin BEEFY asked whether there are any programmes that work in the UK that alert you when you have an incoming call while you're online Some people who have call-waiting on their phone
00:00 Fri 16th Feb 2001By Anna Tobin THE international pharmaceutical business and western governments have been accused by Oxfam of restricting the supply of key medicines to the earth's most in need countries. The
00:00 Mon 12th Feb 2001By Anna Tobin BRITAIN'S museums are being encouraged to look for other sources of income as public money is not so forthcoming. But what is being done to stop commercialism going too far Across
00:00 Fri 02nd Feb 2001By Anna Tobin A MOTION to overturn government legislation that has allowed the morning after or emergency contraceptive pill to be sold in chemists without prescription, has been defeated in the
00:00 Mon 29th Jan 2001By Anna Tobin HUNDREDS of great art exhibitions are going on everyday around Britain, but even the most avid gallery goer can't get to see them all. The AnswerBank brings you the must-see shows to
00:00 Wed 03rd Jan 2001By Anna Tobin THE PRODUCERS of the twentieth James Bond film Beyond the Ice, due for release next year, have been courting newly-wed film star Catherine Zeta Douglas for a supporting role, but the
00:00 Wed 03rd Jan 2001By Anna Tobin THE DINOSAURS are said to have been wiped out by a giant meteor that hit earth many millions of years ago and it is often muted that the human race could meet a similar fate
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