Government announces improvement in daylight hours
‘changes were a direct result of new government initiatives’
Posted: Jan 31st, 2009
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Archive for January, 2009
Depressed Twitter addict fails to get suicide note down to 140 characters
A man whose life had been ruined by the social networking craze Twitter failed to end it all yesterday after he found himself unable to write a farewell message sufficiently concise to explain his reasons. Friends and associates of David Gough, 33, had been kept informed of his steady decline over the past few months, receiving regular personal updates such as ‘Now having sex with my wife. She is saying put that bloody iPhone away’ and ‘Wife has just walked out. Says I spend too much time sending bloody messages.’
Posted: Jan 30th, 2009
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Hamas to broadcast BBC license appeal
Hamas has agreed to run a controversial appeal on behalf of the BBC license fee. The appeal, which has been criticised by many as ‘overtly political’, will be broadcast tomorrow on the one remaining television set in the Gaza Strip. The BBC license fee has been the subject of heated political debate and many believe that it is too sensitive a subject for Hamas to broadcast without undermining their hard-earned reputation for impartiality.
Posted: Jan 29th, 2009
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Kate Winslet weeps at scratchcard win
There were tearful scenes in North London yesterday as Kate Winslet reacted with stunned humility and was then overcome with emotion at her surprise win of £10 on a National Lottery scratch-card.
The card had been bought for her by her husband, director Sam Mendes, as a little domestic joke and at a dinner party in Hampstead, various showbiz guests were invited to scratch off the silver coating on their cards to see if any of them had won. When Sam announced that the winner of the maximum ten pound prize was Kate Winslet, his wife burst into tears as she stepped up to accept the cash.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2009
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RSPB organise Britain’s first ‘Ex-Banker Watch’
Thousands of unemployed bankers were identified by amateur enthusiasts across the country in Britain’s first organised survey of sacked investors and redundant stockbrokers. Families were asked to spend just one hour over the weekend looking out for the distinctive signs of those formerly employed in the financial sector, so that a nationwide picture could be built up of this now endangered species.
Posted: Jan 26th, 2009
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