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Colonel His Grace the Duk...
Lord Belmont In Northern ... 17:54

I've just come across this recent painting of Northern Ireland's premier peer, the Duke of Abercorn, in uniform as Regimental Colonel of the Irish Guards.The Duke was a serving officer in the Grenadier Guards in 1952 and is currently Lord Steward ...
In Ulster Nobility: An Occasional Series
Gaza mortar attack kills ...
BBC News | News Front Pag... 17:37

A mortar attack from the Gaza Strip kills an Israeli, police and medical officials say....
In Middle East
Motorcyclist killed in ro...
BBC News | News Front Pag... 17:37

A 20-year-old motorcyclist is killed in a single-vehicle road accident near Ballymoney, County Antrim.......
In Northern Ireland
So solid Crewe?
BBC News | News Front Pag... 17:29

On the trail in what is set to be a hard-fought by-election...
In Politics
Mongolia set for Sumo glo...
Telegraph Blogs : Sport :... 17:22

Sumo's Natsu Basho, the sport's grand summer tournament, kicks off in Tokyo with the probability that two Mongolians will again spoil the party for Japanese fans.Too easy: Asashoryu (right) gets to grips in Natsu practiceLast year, ozeki (champion) ...
In japan, tokyo, sumo, Hakuho, Asashoryu
The destruction phase
EU Referendum 17:21

It would be churlish to do anything other than applaud the opening of Jeff Randall's op-ed on the Royal Mail in The Daily Telegraph today. "There exists no commercial, political or social problem that meddling by the European Union cannot make wors...
Zambia seizes 'Chiluba mi...
BBC News | News Front Pag... 17:20

Assets worth nearly $60m stolen under former President Chiluba have been recovered, Zambia's government says.......
In Africa
DWP statement on data sec...
Dizzy Thinks 17:17

The Department of Work and Pensions has issued a statemen after The Register followed up my post from yesterday which revealed that the morons in the department were bundling passwords in the same packaging with encrypted data disc and sending them ...
Teenagers jailed for swor...
BBC News | News Front Pag... 17:13

Three teenage gang members get life terms for stabbing a 14-year-old boy through the heart with a sword.......
In london
The Childbirth song
'You've got your hands fu... 17:13

THIS video has had 60,000 hits and counting on YouTube as mums have logged on to see if they agree with the sentiments expressed. I hope you enjoy it. Have a great......
In You-two-or-three-or-four-Tube
A Mobile Number and SMS t...
Do iPod 17:12

I've been checking out the free sms text service for iPod Touch users from ipTexter, and they offer a great premium service for iPod Touch users worldwide. ipTexter assigns a mobile number to your your iPod Touch. Using their webapp you can send an...
In text messaging, sms text messaging, uk, USA, featured, iPod Touch, apple ipod touch, iPod Software, ipod touch webapps, sms text
Free SMS Text for iPod To...
Do iPod 17:04

Now this is cool! ipTexter is an iPod Touch webapp that lets you send and receive free SMS text too and from other iPod Touch users. Simply sign up for a free account, then get your friends and family to sign up for a free account and text away unt...
In Apple, uk, USA, featured, iPod Touch, apple ipod touch, Free iPod Stuff, iPod Software, ipod touch webapps, sms text, free sms, free sms text, free sms text messaging, free text messaging, ipod touch webapp
Waaah!
Woolgathering 17:01

I have just lost a pair of socks....
In water, Knit, WIPs (Ravelry)
Dalyell, right and wrong.
A Pint of Unionist Lite 17:00

Tam Dalyell, the strongly left-wing and anti-imperialist ex- Labour MP, was not only the first person to pose the West Lothian question, but has also been opposed to the concept of Scottish devolution for all of his political career.Writing in The S...
In Scotland
Hysteresis - why Labour m...
Raedwald 17:00

The concept of hysteresis is one of the most interesting in economics. It is also one of the most complex. To give a flavour of it in a brief blog post, you will excuse me for simplifying a little. The economic cycle acts on individuals, firms and o...
In party funding, State Funding, hysteresis
Mr and Mrs Mariah unveile...
Stilettos at dawn 16:59

Like everyone else, it seems, I was waiting for the first glimpse of Mariah and her new husband. Mainly to check out the bling-tastic wedding band I anticipated seeing on her ring finger. And I wasn't disappointed. Did you see it? No plain gold band...
R Kelly arrives at porn h...
BBC News | News Front Pag... 16:55

Singer R Kelly is in court to face charges of child pornography six years after first being arrested.......
In Entertainment
Girls in High Heels
Ebury Publishing Blog 16:53

Following on from Louise’s blog post yesterday about the sometimes surreal places you can find yourself in working for Ebury, last night saw 8 of us attempt to dress in 1940s glamour and head over to Platinum, a dance-club-come-strip-club-come-burle...
In News, events, memoir, Ebury Press
Wrong postcode?
BBC News | News Front Pag... 16:49

The turf warfare that claimed the life of a teenage boy...
In uk
UK TV documentary maker n...
'You've got your hands fu... 16:47

CAN you help with this media request? Do you live in the UK? Looks like an interesting opportunity for someone. If you are interested in knowing more then you are asked to get in touch as soon as possible: We are looking for identical sets of twin...
In Media requests
Another one bites the dus...
Alan in Belfast 16:46

Five year old Euromanx who operated flights locally between Belfast City and the Isle of Man has ceased operations today.With no further flights, Manx2 will be picking up their stranded passengers with tickets on its Belfast route (flying in and out...
In Travel, Belfast
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Paul Linford 16:39

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French swoop for British ...
BBC News | News Front Pag... 16:31

French utility EDF makes an offer for British Energy, although the price has not been disclosed....
In Business, business, business, business
"Please, Mum, I want some...
Kathz's Blog 16:26

If my son asked, and I gave permission, he could get married. He doesn't seem keen on the idea. Perhaps he's too busy with guitar, politics, friends and school - probably in that order. He's allowed to buy lottery tickets, though he doesn't, and ...
In Civil Liberties, shop, ban, Trading Standards, intoxication, 18, son
Dizzy's Big Story
Iain Dale's Diary 16:26

Just as a follow up to the last post and Suzanne Moore's inane comments at the EI event about blogs not breaking any stories... Perhaps she should read THIS post from Dizzy which uncovers yet more data security breaches in the Department for Work &a...
In Dizzy
Pondering about Blogher p...
Mrs. Mogul 16:16

I notice a lot of bloggers who I read (or used to), are speaking at Blogher this summer. Wow! What success! What magnitude! What do they talk about? I couldn't go up and speak about blogging, because what is there to say? I have never been to a Blog...
Blast house 'targeted ear...
BBC News | News Front Pag... 16:16

The house at the centre of a fatal explosion was the target of a vandalism attack hours earlier, police say.......
In london
Normblog profile: Tim New...
The Devil's Kitchen 16:14

Via Timmy, the subject of today's Normblog profile is Tim Newman, who writes at White Sun of the Desert (it was appropriate when he worked in the Middle East. For Sakhalin, less so!).Can you name a major moral, political or intellectual issue on whi...
In Blogging, campaigning, musings, libertarianism, general hilarity, good deeds
In Praise of Discriminati...
Iain Dale's Diary 16:10

Now there's a headline I never thought I would write. This is from Gerald Howarth's speech during Tuesday's House of Comons debate on the blasphemy law...“The Minister relied, as Ministers of course do, on the assertion of the Government’s new relig...
In Gerald Howarth
Hearing test
IanVisits... 16:08

Back to the hospital this morning to get the results of a hearing test to try and work out what is wrong with - well, my hearing. You may have heard of cocktail party syndrome - where people are able to pick out individual conversations over the bab...
In Rants
Woman who poisoned husban...
BBC News | News Front Pag... 16:07

A woman who gave her husband rat poison as she fleeced her mother-in-law is jailed....
In North Yorkshire
Second terror suspect win...
BBC News | News Front Pag... 16:06

A tribunal has ruled a second Jordanian counter-terrorism detainee, known only as "OO", should be released.......
In uk
Barack Obama Speaks Again...
The Volokh Conspiracy 16:05

In an interview yesterday with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Barack Obama spoke again on what kind of judge he would want appointed to the federal courts (he discusses the topic starting.........
Currently showing...
The Devil's Kitchen 16:02

... in the Crewe and Nantwich area, through MessageSpace, is a very hastily thrown together advert (deadlines, deadlines!).We aren't standing there, but it is, if you like, a teaser trailer. I think that it gets the general message across.........
In Elections, freedom, UK Libertarian Party, campaigning, libertarianism
Actor Simon MacCorkindale...
Ellee Seymour 16:00

  I was thrilled to learn today that dishy actor Simon MacCorkindale is to visit Headway Cambridgeshire and will pass on some tips to brain injury survivors about remembering lines and overcoming nerves. Meeting the star of stage and screen wil...
In Headway
The Rise & Fall of the Co...
Iain Dale's Diary 15:59

Guido has written about the EI event on Wednesday evening HERE. I have just listened to the Podcast HERE. I recommend you do too. The panel consisted of Charles Clarke, Matthew Taylor, Julia Hobsbawm, Danny Finkelstein and Simon Jenkins. Charles Cla...
biting their bums
janestheone 15:58

is the rather unattractive metaphor former Cllr Howarth (prop. Public Impact Ltd - remember "Your better off with Labour"?) has used about the Reading election results. He also goes in for some cricketing metaphors which frankly escape me. But wha...
Answers to Tuesday Trivia...
Corrieblog 15:58

We hope you enjoyed this week's Tuesday Trivia and you didn't come a "cropper" trying to work out the......
In Corrie Tuesday Trivia Quizzes
The reading revolution is...
Conor's Commentary 15:56

Two pieces of good news on reading in schools today. First, Ofsted reports that phonics has become more embedded in primary schools than was thought: there is still a challenge in one in five schools, but the report suggests that the revolution star...
In reading, schools, literacy, Ofsted, reading recovery
 

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Assembly results

Union Futures May 2nd, 2008
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 4th

AccMan May 4th, 2008
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These are my del.icio.us bookmarks for May 4th: Facebook Suckage Syndrome | Venture Chronicles - Hard to disagree with Jeff - I killed my account off a few weeks ago. No regrets re: The Auditors: You Thought Backdating Was On The Back Burner? - It seems incredible that in this day and age, people continue to think they can get away with backdating. Go Big Always - Nike Community = Leadership - Another case study pointing up community as a value delivery mechanism - this time Nike. Jon Mell - Luis Suarez on Escaping e-mail.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) - Worth listening to: 35 mins long. Case study material is always useful to understanding how tech is being adopted. Microsoft Dynamics takes the ’sober’ approach to ERP - 01 May 2008 - Interesting insights into Dynamics. I read it...
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Obama-Edwards: A winning ticket

Eric Lee May 7th, 2008
image It's the morning after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. It now seems pretty clear to everyone that Barack Obama is going to be the Democratic nominee for President. The question now is -- what can we do to ensure that he defeats John McCain in November. And not only defeats McCain, but defeats him decisively. We need more than a Democratic victory in November -- we need a landslide. We need huge Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. We can only achieve that if we have the kind of unbeatable team at the top that unites the party and the nation. It's obvious that Hillary Clinton is not going to be Obama's running mate. Obama has to choose from among many outstanding Democrats, including some who ran against him in the early primaries, to find a great Vice Presidential...
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Poll: Who’s Going Down in the Premier League Besides Derby?

EPL Talk May 3rd, 2008
<a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/579584/” >Who will be the final two teams relegated from the Premier League?</a> <br /> <span style=”font-size:9px;”> (<a href=&