Traces of mysterious planet Theia have been found on the surface of Earth’s Moon. Boffins have analysed samples of rock brought back by Apollo astronauts, and claimed they contain bits of another world. The discovery appears to back up the… Read More ›
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Athens bans protests for EU meeting
Greek police have banned protests in central Athens ahead of a meeting of EU finance ministers in the capital. Demonstrators will be barred from areas including Syntagma Square, the focus of recent anti-austerity protests. EU finance ministers are expected… Read More ›
Britain opposes curb on Russian trade over Ukraine crisis – BBC says
Source: Reuters – Mon, 3 Mar 2014 09:50 PM Author: Reuters By Kylie MacLellan LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) – Britain opposes trade sanctions on Russia and does not want to shut London’s financial capital to Russians in response to the… Read More ›
Bank refuses to give customers their money unless they can prove a good reason for needing it
Posted By Grae Stafford On 10:36 AM 01/29/2014 International bank HSBC has been restricting its customers from withdrawing large sums of cash if they can’t provide a good enough reason for why they need it. The policy was brought in… Read More ›
‘Memories’ pass between generations
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Behaviour can be affected by events in previous generations which have been passed on through a form of genetic memory, animal studies suggest. Experiments showed that a traumatic event could… Read More ›
Is your TV spying on YOU? It sounds like science fiction but many new TVs can watch you – telling advertisers your favourite shows or even filming you on the sofa. And there’s no off switch!
By Guy Adams PUBLISHED: 20:37 EST, 25 November 2013 | UPDATED: 20:39 EST, 25 November 2013 You are sitting in bed in your pyjamas, drinking a cup of cocoa. A loved one lies next to you, watching late-night television…. Read More ›
Prince Harry ‘drugs slur’ puts BBC in the line of fire
BBC faces pressure to apologise after Jo Brand insinuated on Have I Got News For You that Prince Harry took cocaine Prince Harry is a captain with the Army Air Corps and has served on two tours of duty in… Read More ›
Britain’s anger at EC opposition to restriction on migrant benefits : Benefit Tourism is OK, and so is Corruption ( EU )
The European Commission and the BBC are facing new questions over a controversial report into the effect of European Union migration to the UK. David Cameron’s official spokesman said last week that there was “widespread and understandable concern” in the… Read More ›
Mentally ill tied to trees and left to die in Somalia
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Mon, 7 Oct 2013 01:28 PM Author: Emma BathaMore news from our correspondents Men walk on a beach in front of a building destroyed during a war in Mogadishu June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic … Read More ›
Leaked report to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows we may be headed for Global Cooling
Global warming? No, actually we’re cooling, claim scientists A cold Arctic summer has led to a record increase in the ice cap, leading experts to predict a period of global cooling. Major climate research centres now accept that there has… Read More ›
Record return of Arctic ice cap as it grows by 60% in a year with top scientists warning of global COOLING
Almost a million more square miles of ocean covered with ice than in 2012 BBC reported in 2007 global warming would leave Arctic ice-free in summer by 2013 Publication of UN climate change report suggesting global warming caused by humans… Read More ›
Was Boston Bomber a white supremacist? Investigation finds Tamerlan Tsarnaev was in possession of right-wing extremist literature in run-up to terror attack
Tamerlan Tsarnaev read right-wing literature that claimed ‘Hitler had a point’ The suspect had material that claimed the 9/11 was a government conspiracy Tamerlan, 26, had literature on mass killings and how victims were murdered By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 03:38… Read More ›
GlaxoSmithKline finance head banned from leaving China
The BBC’s Martin Patience in Beijing: “Business leaders say foreign companies operating in China have never faced a tougher time” Related Stories China media: GSK case Chinese GSK executive ‘confesses’ Peston: GSK’s Chinese lesson Chinese authorities looking into alleged bribery… Read More ›
Turkish PM’s treason claims against BBC reporter chills other journalists
Turkish journalists see Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s attack on presenter for BBC’s Turkish service as a warning to them all Constanze Letsch in Istanbul guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 June 2013 14.00 EDT Erdogan took offence at the BBC’s coverage of anti-government protests…. Read More ›
Tony Blair strongly denies affair with Wendi Deng as outrageous rumours sweep the internet over reason behind Murdoch divorce
Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce in New York Supreme Court on Thursday Wendi Deng is Murdoch’s third wife – they were together for 14 years Pair were married in 1999 after meeting in Hong Kong two years before Previous… Read More ›
William Hague: Law-abiding Britons have nothing to fear from GCHQ
The Foreign Secretary will appear before the House of Commons tomorrow to try to allay concerns about the Prism spy scheme which enables the USA’s spy agency to mine data from Facebook and other web companies Andy McSmith Sunday, 9… Read More ›
Twelve minutes’ exercise per week ‘enough to stay fit’: Just 4 minutes 3 times a week
*EEV Note: Hmmm, I think we have a different opinion on what is meant by Fit. Just 12 minutes of intensive exercise per week is enough to improve your health if you are overweight, a study has found. 12 minutes… Read More ›
Saudi religious police boss condemns Twitter users
The head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police has warned citizens against using Twitter, which is rising in popularity among Saudis. Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites – and especially Twitter – “has lost… Read More ›
‘An opportunistic predator’: Veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall admits 14 sex assaults against girls as young as nine
BBC veteran’s lawyer says he knows his ‘disgrace is complete’ Jonathan Brown Thursday, 2 May 2013 The veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall was described as an “opportunistic predator” and warned he faces a possible jail sentence after admitting 14 counts of… Read More ›
Applicants wanted for 1 way trip to Mars
Wednesday, 17 April 2013 Want to go to Mars? Dutch organisation Mars One says it will open applications imminently. It would be a one-way trip, and the company hopes to build a community of settlers on the… Read More ›
Financial meltdown was caused by too many bankers taking cocaine, says former government drugs tsar Prof David Nutt
Academic, who was sacked for claiming that horse riding was as safe as taking ecstasy, said abuse of cocaine caused the financial meltdown. Rob Williams Monday, 15 April 2013 The former Government drugs tsar, Professor David Nutt, has said the… Read More ›
‘Biggest cyber-attack in history’ slows down global internet after quarrel between web-hosting company and anti-spam group
Internet services across the world have been disrupted and widespread congestion risks jamming crucial online infrastructure say experts Rob Williams Wednesday, 27 March 2013 A row between an anti-spam group and a web-hosting company has caused a slowdown in the… Read More ›
Ex-soldier suspected of the murder of top US Navy sniper at gun range
Man charged with shooting top US Navy sniper at gun range Ex-soldier suspected of the murder of the Navy Seal, author of American Sniper, and another man Nikhil Kumar Sunday, 3 February 2013 A man has been charged with… Read More ›
World heritage disaster: rebels torch Timbuktu’s priceless relics
Fleeing insurgents set fire to buildings containing 20,000 ancient documents as French troops approach LAST UPDATED AT 14:46 ON Mon 28 Jan 2013 ISLAMIST insurgents have dealt a “devastating blow” to the world’s heritage by torching buildings in Timbuktu containing… Read More ›
11 EU countries okay transactions tax
Jan 22, 2013 20:18 Moscow Time The finance ministers of 11 European Union countries supported the idea of a financial transactions tax at a meeting in Luxemburg on Tuesday. The agreement is yet to be finalized, but the key principles… Read More ›
White House told to ‘butt out’ of debate over UK’s role in EU
Eurosceptics furious at senior US official’s call for Britain to stay a ‘strong’ member of Europe LAST UPDATED AT 11:26 ON Thu 10 Jan 2013 A SENIOR representative of the Obama administration who said Britain needs to remain a “strong… Read More ›
BBC shuts down Thorn Tree travel forum on Lonely Planet website over ‘uncomfortable themes’
BBC strongly denied speculation discussions concerned paedophilia Andrew Johnson Wednesday 26 December 2012 The message that currently greets visitors on the Thorn Tree forum web page The commercial arm of the BBC has shut down its hugely popular forum for… Read More ›
Scotland Yard investigating allegations senior politicians abused children in the 1980s and used ‘connections’ to escape justice
Metropolitan Police’s child abuse investigation team have interviewed several adults who claim that they were sexually assaulted as children by MPs in a paedophile ring Martin Hickman Wednesday, 12 December 2012 Scotland Yard detectives are looking into allegations that senior… Read More ›
Data on 9 million Greeks stolen
Nov 21, 2012 07:08 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Greek police have arrested a 35-year-old programmer suspected of stealing the personal data of nine million people or two-thirds of the population of the country. According to investigators he tried to sell… Read More ›
Jimmy Savile scandal affects New York Times new boss:
Nov 17, 2012 22:05 Moscow Time BBC director general George Entwistle making a statement to the media after giving evidence to Commons Culture Committee on BBC response to Jimmy Savile affair in London Photo: AFP The New York Times has… Read More ›
Jimmy Savile abuse inquiry: third man arrested: “a former BBC producer, Wilfred De’Ath”
Jimmy Savile abuse inquiry: third man arrested Man in his 70s from Cambridgeshire, reported to be former BBC producer, arrested on suspicion of sexual offences and bailed Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Sunday 11 November 2012 11.04 EST Jimmy Savile is… Read More ›
Japanese athletes won’t perform in China: Chinese authorities refused to register them
Nov 10, 2012 20:18 Moscow Time © Flickr.com/xioubin low/cc-by-sa 3.0 China has announced that Japanese runners will not take part in the traditional annual marathon in Beijing this year. About 30,000 Japanese runners have already asked via the Web for… Read More ›
UK PM warns of witch-hunt against gays in pedophile scandal
British Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Thursday that speculation about the identity of an unidentified member of his ruling Conservative party accused of sexually abusing children could turn into a witch-hunt against gay people. Cameron, who leads a troubled… Read More ›
Tory paedophile scandal: will MPs use privilege to name X?
Meanwhile X himself tells Telegraph the sex abuse allegations are ‘totally without any grounds’ Column LAST UPDATED AT 09:52 ON Tue 6 Nov 2012 EDITOR’S NOTE at 1.20pm: Home Secretary Theresa May warned MPs not to use Parliamentary privilege to… Read More ›
Allegations of abuse by a paedophile ring involving politicians. Now has claims of “mysterious early deaths”, suspicious fires and other forms of threats and intimidation as part of a possible cover-up.
David Cameron announces inquiry into ‘dreadful’ Tory child abuse claims David Cameron has announced an investigation into “truly dreadful” child abuse claims involving a senior Tory at a Welsh children’s home. Steve Messham told Newsnight that he was abused by… Read More ›
Fears of a witch hunt as BBC sex abuse scandal spreads
Dead TV presenter’s crimes cast shadow over incoming New York Times CEO. Barry Neild October 27, 2012 07:00 The BBC under fire: Director general George Entwistle. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images) LONDON, UK — It started as a simple scandal involving a few… Read More ›
BBC apologises to the Queen for Abu Hamza disclosure
Security correspondent Frank Gardner prompts crisis by telling how Queen lobbied home secretary for arrest of radical cleri Dan Sabbagh, Peter Walker and Caroline Davies The Guardian, Tuesday 25 September 2012 15.19 EDT Abu Hamza, who faces extradition to the… Read More ›
World’s richest woman suggests $2 a day wages for Australian miners
By David Edwards Wednesday, September 5, 2012 9:35 EDT Topics: Australian miners ♦ Gina Rinehart ♦ mining in Australia The world’s most wealthy woman is warning that firms are in danger of having to abandon iron-ore mining in Australia if… Read More ›
Want to live longer? Ditch the diet, cancel your gym session – just eat less ( Dangerous Misinformation )
Want to live longer? Ditch the diet, cancel your gym session – just eat less By Liz Thomas PUBLISHED:19:44 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED:03:18 EST, 31 July 2012 Dr Michael Mosley said he did not believe it was necessary… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 