http://www.newsbiscuit.com The news before it happens... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:47:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Environmentalists were thrown onto the defensive yesterday when it emerged that garden benches, tables and chairs made from Amazonian hardwoods were incredibly popular with the very people whose homelands are being destroyed by illegal logging. ‘Deforestation has destroyed the land of my ancestors said Xingu, an Amazonian tribesman from the remote ... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/07/03/amazonian-indians-delighted-with-hardwood-garden-furniture-313/ Molly Sugden's cat has bravely revealed a side to the late actress that the public never got to see. Lifting the lid on Sugden's alter ego, 'Mrs Slocombe', she unveils a legacy of tedious innuendo and smutty jokes that almost destroyed her. 'It's a good thing I've got nine lives, ... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/07/03/im-sick-of-all-the-tedious-innuendo-says-mrs-slocombes-cat/ Coleen Nolan, popular presenter of TV’s Loose Women, has opened her heart following the death of Michael Jackson. ‘Both being the youngest in a chart topping family singing group, Michael and I had so many parallels in our lives.’ said 44 year old Nolan; ‘I can’t help think that it ... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/07/03/michael-jackson-it-could-have-been-me-says-coleen-nolan/ The importance of the Allies breaking the famous Enigma code in the Second World War is being revisited following claims that most of the messages sent using the top secret code were in fact teenage style text messages saying how bored the German security personnel were and whether the girl ... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/07/03/wwii-enigma-coded-messages-%e2%80%98were-mostly-inane-text-chatter%e2%80%99/ The sole survivor of Flight 103 today spoke of how his life was saved because even though he was a frequent flyer, he took the trouble to re-read the safety card as instructed. ‘The stewardess advised us to read it and pay attention to where the exits were located. Other ... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/07/02/air-crash-survivor-says-reading-safety-card-saved-him-from-being-smashed-to-a-bloody-pulp-310/ Under new government proposals, newly qualified teachers face the prospect of taking PE lessons in their underwear if they fail to provide a valid excuse for not bringing their PE kit to school. ‘There are some very good teachers out there,’ said a government minister, ‘but too many are coming ... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/07/02/teachers-to-be-made-to-take-pe-lessons-in-their-underwear/ A rare copy of The Guardian containing a printing error fetched a record £250,000 at auction yesterday. Some 20,000 copies of the paper were printed in 1992 before the mistake was noticed. Most of the defective copies were immediately pulped but a small number found their way into the hands ... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/07/02/newspaper-with-mistake-fetches-gbp250k-at-auction/ With strong support from the CBI, the OECD, IMF, World Bank and heads of the G20 nations, Mervyn King will shortly be appearing next to Gordon Brown everywhere he goes and pointing out on the spot when the Prime Minister says something that might be just 'a teensy bit wrong'. ... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/07/02/mervyn-king-to-accompany-pm-everywhere-and-contradict-him-in-real-time/