Category Archives: Current Affairs

Revealed, the MoD penpusher who got an £84,000 bonus (that’s FIVE times the salary of a squaddie fighting in Afghanistan) | Mail Online

By admin | Published: January 31, 2010
Revealed, the MoD penpusher who got an £84,000 bonus (that’s FIVE times the salary of a squaddie fighting in Afghanistan) | Mail Online.
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BBC News – 900 Bosch workers to get support

By admin | Published: January 15, 2010
Union leaders say the closure is “devastating”. Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones said staff would be helped to find new jobs or gain skills. The factory opened in Miskin in 1991 to make alternator products for cars, with the help of £21m in public grants from the Welsh Development Agency, which was subsequently absorbed into [...]
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Cutting CO2

By admin | Published: December 19, 2009
I’m all for this, however the latest suggestion from the UK Government of driving 5 miles less a week is confusing. I only use the car to get somewhere, and I don’t have the luxury of a shop within walking distance (not in this weather anyway). So what do I do? Stay in instead of [...]
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BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Ex-Lion Gareth Thomas reveals he is gay

By admin | Published: December 19, 2009
BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Ex-Lion Gareth Thomas reveals he is gay. Not news as such, think he should have said it earlier.
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Chinooks for Christmas

By admin | Published: December 15, 2009
So the MOD has ordered a load of extra Chinooks for our troops in Afghanistan. Admirable, but what have we had to sacrifice? The early withdrawal of the Harrier fleet, the closure of RAF Cottesmore and a reduced tactical capability in terms of reconaissance. Plus the Tornado fighter fleet will be slashed. Whilst this might [...]
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Yours for £650: The micro pigs that are the latest designer pets. Jane Croft | Mail Online

By admin | Published: October 9, 2009
Yours for £650: The micro pigs that are the latest designer pets. Jane Croft | Mail Online.
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BBC NEWS | England | Hampshire | Pilot controls runaway RAF bomber

By admin | Published: September 10, 2009
BBC NEWS | England | Hampshire | Pilot controls runaway RAF bomber.
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Proof that women’s chests really are a man’s ‘first fixation’ | Mail Online

By admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Proof that women’s chests really are a man’s ‘first fixation’ | Mail Online.
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BBC NEWS | UK | Strong words from the FBI

By admin | Published: August 22, 2009
“Who is he to show mercy to the man who took away the father of my children?” one mother asked me. “Who is he to preach about compassion? What compassion has he shown us?” via BBC NEWS | UK | Strong words from the FBI.
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BBC NEWS | England | Kent | Surtees’ son killed in race crash

By admin | Published: July 20, 2009
BBC NEWS | England | Kent | Surtees’ son killed in race crash.+ I found this incredibly sad, not just because he has a famous name, but because these things still happen and there isn’t much you can do about it.
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