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labour | party | election | dom | lord paul
John Kampfner supports Li...
simon wilson
Today the well-respected political commentator John Kampfner launched the pamphlet, Lost labours, with Nick Clegg.He comments, "As somebody who has a long involvement with the Labour party, including editing the New Statesman magazine, I have been a...
street view | google street | view coverage | google maps | picturesque street
Google Street View Covers...
Technology Blog (UK), Hi-...
Initially, Google Street View was fairly controversial with many people complaining about invasion of privacy and such issues. However, those concerns have not stopped Google from expanding the service, because as of tomorrow (11th March 2010), you ...
micro four | four thirds | apple ipad | panasonic g2 | lumix
Apple iPad Steals the Lim...
UK Gadget and Tech News, ...
If you thought this year’s Oscars was just a place for movie awards and celebrities touting their posh frocks down the red carpet, then think again.
This time it was tech giants, Apple, that were stealing some of the limelight … [visit site t...
gordon brown | defence | lord boyce | lord guthrie | chilcot inquiry
MoD to replace Snatch Lan...
The Guardian World News
Fleet of new armoured vehicles seen as admission by MoD that existing Snatches blamed for deaths are not up to the jobThe government is to urgently order new armoured vehicles to replace the army's fleet of thinly protected Snatch Land Rovers, Bob A...
jon venables | james bulger's | bulger's killer | james bulger | venables claims
Venables back in prison '...
The Guardian World News
Government maintains refusal to comment on reports that killer of James Bulger was recalled over alleged child pornography offencesOne of the killers of James Bulger, Jon Venables, has been returned to prison for alleged child pornography offences, ...
march 2010 | ed balls | buddhist geeks | 9 march | lottery admissions
Links for 9 March 2010
Created in Birmingham
Job listing for Apples & Snakes: Programme Coordinator
“Apples & Snakes, England’s leading organisation for performance poetry requires a Programme Coordinator – West Midlands”
Call for Artist to Exhibit at Lickey Hills Country ...
best director | sandra bullock | blind side | hurt locker | oscar
Teh OSCARS! Come here Whi...
little.red.boat
Biggest cop out: While Neil Patrick Harris was ace, it felt completly disconnected from everything else in the Academy plan: It was like ‘Hugh Jackman was good last year’+ ‘NPH was good at the Emmy’s last year’ + ‘audiences like things that are old...
every dog | dog owners | dangerous dogs | government | responsible dog
New Labour are barking up...
The Lone Voice
Alan Johnson and Hilary Benn have produced a report which proposes that all dogs in this country should be micro-chipped and that dog-owners should have compulsory third-party insurance. Story
Dog owners face a new pet “tax” in a government in...
world cup | up’ category | toads here’s | ornamental toads | uk donates
Burnley Battered Into Sub...
A Cultured Left Foot
Arsenal 3 – 1 Burnley
1 – 0 Fabregas (34)
1 – 1 Nugent (50)
2 – 1 Walcott (61)
3 – 1 Arshavin (90)
A day of squandered chances when the scoreline could have matched the Arsenal Ladies 10 goal drubbing of their Tottenham...
uup | northern ireland | unionists | ulster | devolution policing
Stormont votes to take ov...
The Guardian World News
• Power-sharing finalised as assembly agrees to first justice minister since Troubles• Ulster Unionists oppose measure but Hillary Clinton welcomes assembly's yes voteA 15-year search for a political settlement in Northern Ireland cleared its final ...
facebook | ashleigh hall | social networking | peter chapman | convicted
Facebook threatens to sue...
The Guardian World News
Social networking site fears reputation permanently damaged by false claim that it let older men pressure teenage girls for sexFacebook has threatened to sue the Daily Mail for damages after the paper wrongly claimed in a piece published on Wednesda...
indigenous british | racist | bnp rules | members | still discriminating
BNP plans to vet would-be...
The Guardian World News
Party's revised constitution would require all applicants to submit to a two-hour home visit, court is toldThe British National party plans to send officials to vet all would-be members in their homes, a court heard today.A clause in the far right g...
international women’s | against women | international womens | men | violence against
International Women’s Day...
Though Cowards Flinch
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day.
Today, the Observer asks whether it’s needed.
Good question. The brief answers from an Anastasia de Waal, a Barbara Gunnell and a certain Sunder Katwala are perfunctory, to the extent of not reall...
amorth | lars vilks | alleged plot | swedish cartoonist | prophet
THE BOY CHOIR SANG : HE A...
CALEDONIAN COMMENT
The Roman Catholic church is being plunged into a renewed crisis over how it has dealt with the sexual abuse of children by its clergy after it emerged that the brother of former Hitler Youth and Nazi anti-aircraft gunner Pope Benedict XVI, Monsign...
climate science | climate change | scientists | review climate | global warming
No answers in the soil
EU Referendum
In The Observer is a report on a fascinating scientific dispute which provides a graphic illustration of the uncertainties of climate science and the unreliability of predictions offered by disparate scientists – to say nothing of the utter shambles...
west bank | settlement | east jerusalem | us vice | settlements
US team to kick-start Mid...
The Guardian World News
Indirect negotiations mark first return to peace process since Gaza warhe US vice-president, Joe Biden, is due in Israel tomorrow for an American diplomatic initiative to start indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.The new round ...
polar bears | bluefin tuna | tuna trade | atlantic bluefin | international trade
US throws weight behind p...
The Guardian World News
Melting sea ice in the Arctic will kill thousands of bears in coming years, the US says, and continued commercial trade must not be allowed to make the situation worseIt is a familiar story in the climate change debate. The US government is at odds ...
nick hogan | old holborn | hogan freed | jail | wife denise
Nick Hogan Released -Offi...
Libertarian Party UK
It took the blogosphere just four days to raisethe near £10 000 to secure the release of Nick Hogan, imprisoned forsix months for flouting the smoking ban in his own premises and failingto act as the States unofficial Policeman.It took a further fiv...
afghan | political settlement | jirga | political engagement | insurgents prepared
Start Afghanistan peace t...
The Guardian World News
Foreign Office officials believe elements of Taliban ready to talk but fears grow of long Afghan conflict, and growing casualtiesBritain will today urge the Afghan government to put more effort into the pursuit of peace talks amid fears that the war...
6 music | rex featuers | mirco toniolo | drops bruce | dickinson mirco
Opinion: The BBC – Snog, ...
Liberal Democrat Voice
It has been open season on the BBC of late.
We all have our reasons for criticism: the incompetent decision to close 6 Music, the failure to manage budgets, the excessive salaries of performers and especially of senior managers create a climate of ...
junk mail | royal mail | workers | royal junk | postal reforms
Return to Sender: Royal M...
The Spicy Cauldron
The Royal Mail is to start delivering unlimited quantities of junk mail to British homes after reaching a peace deal with the Communication Workers Union to end their dispute after the wave of national strikes last autumn. Buried in the small print ...
pentax 645d | 40 megapixel | format camera | x 33mm | dual sd
Pentax 645D 40 Megapixel ...
Gadget Venue
Pentax have launched their latest digital SLR camera called the Pentax 645D. The 645D is a medium format camera that has a 40 megapixel CCD sensor along with a 3.0 inch LCD that can display 921k dots.The new 645D is also compatible with existing 645...
keep america | america safe | social connector | 2010 | microsoft outlook
Conservatives Defend “Al ...
The Volokh Conspiracy
An increasing number of conservatives are criticizing the group, Keep America Safe, for its shameful ad on the “Al Qaeda 7″ — political appointees in the Justice Department who represented detainees prior to their appointment. Benjamin Wittes has a...
iraq's | maliki establishing | iraq poll | baghdad | allawi
Iraqi Fed. Election Pound...
Rhod on Public Affairs
Martin Chulov in BaghdadThe Guardian, Sunday 7 March 2010 13.24 GMT A barrage of early-morning rockets that killed at least 25 people across Baghdad has failed to deter voters from turning out in solid numbers in Iraq's pivotal general election.Up t...
thames tunnel | tunnel tickets | rotherhithe | tunnel tour | original brickwork
London's eighth wonder of...
The Guardian World News
Thames tunnel, created by Marc Brunel and son Isambard in 1843, reopened to walkers for first time in 145 years"How they got the performing horses down here God only knows", says Robert Hulse, as he leads visitors into the gloom under the Thames for...
jos | berom | villages | curfew | plateau state
Over 500 Christians slaug...
Rhod on Public Affairs
JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.Funerals took place for victims of th...
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Morpeth 23 v Carlsle 13
Carlisle Rugby Football C...
North 1 East League
Saturday, 6th March 2010
RECOVERY MODE STALLS!
After three successive victories, all claimed in fine style, Carlisle travelled to the north east hoping to leap up the table and...
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hadron collider | large hadron | guardians main | editorial cartoonist | bell’s cartoons
Links and stuff from betw...
Chicken Yoghurt
Just what tickled my fancy in the last few days…
David Miliband – The War in Afghanistan: How to End It – '…only politics will end the War in Afghanistan'. And to think it only took Miliband eight years and countle...
pmqs today | extinct species | particularly good | species yields | preserved dna
More than two extinct spe...
optimum population trust ...
More than two animals and plants a year are becoming extinct in England and hundreds more are severely threatened, a report published today reveals. Natural England, the government’s agency responsible for the countryside, said the biggest nat...
annual cheese | cooper's hill | cancelled due | rolling event | safety
Health and safety fears h...
The Guardian World News
Rollers left cheesed off as event stopped due to overcrowding, but organisers are trying to find a solutionIt has long been regarded as one of the most curious – and hazardous – of English springtime pastimes. Competitors chase a large round of chee...
Passed to me by Dizzy, who found it on Twitter, so maybe you've all seen it already:Bet the subs just loved having that...
Fri, 12th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Friday, 12th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: Science is discovering the answer to building quantum computers may derive from using disorder rather than ordered structures –is this the next breakthrough?
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
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Thu, 11th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Thursday, 11th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: OnLive are challenging traditional gaming consoles with a new cloud based offering which needs no console.
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
BBC Technology News: Internet up for Nobel Peace Prize
CNN...
Wed, 10th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Wednesday, 10th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: Cisco are in the news today after announcing CRS-3 technology which CNN are reporting may be able to offer downloads of up 322 Terabits per second.
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
BBC Technology...
Tue, 9th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Tuesday, 9th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement could lead to monitoring of web traffic, according to European ISP Association” – Telegraph.
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
BBC Technology News: US eases...
Mon, 8th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Monday, 8th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: Counterfeit drug pushes are targeting UK based University websites, according to the BBC.
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
BBC Technology News: Mobile phones learn to lip read
CNN Tech: Google vs. Apple:...
Sun, 7th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Sunday, 7th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: The latest news is that Microsoft Office 2010 will be available to business users in May 2010 (around 12th May).
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
BBC Technology News: Drug scam hijacks college sites
CNN...
Sat, 6th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Saturday, 6th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: The industry press are falling over themselves to announce the Apple iPad release date for April 3, 2010 in the US.
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
BBC Technology News: Browser makers demand screen...
Fri, 5th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Friday, 5th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: Microsoft have taken a bold step in released their first mobile application for the Google Android operating system.
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
BBC Technology News: Microsoft offers first Google...
Thu, 4th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Thursday, 4th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: The industry seems to be fighting back in the SPAM wars with a number of recent stories covering botnets, and phishing sites, being shutdown.
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
BBC Technology News:...
Wed, 3rd Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Wednesday, 3rd March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: Microsoft have been running a ballot for users to choose which alternative browsers they should offer.
The headlines in technology news today are gathered from internet based news sources including BBC Technology News, CNN Technology, Sky News, BusinessWeek, Computing, Computer Weekly, BBC dot.life, IT Pro, Register, Wired, CNET News, The Wall Street Journal, Silicon.com, Engadget, Financial Times, PC World, Times Online, Reuters, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Gadget Show, New Scientist, Gates Notes, Huffington Post and The Guardian.
BBC Technology News: Apple sues HTC over phone patents
CNN Tech:...
Tue, 2nd Mar
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Mon, 1st Mar
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Sun, 28th Feb
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Sat, 27th Feb
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Fri, 26th Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Absolutely no apologies for revisiting the Hermit Kingdom again: Turns out that the North Korean hacks are not going to be undergoing re-education in brass instrument playing, but rather the comment is figurative:"Kim Jong Il's message to the participants of the meeting titled "Journalists and Other Media Persons Are Buglers Sounding Advance in Dynamic Drive for Building a Great Prosperous and Powerful Nation" serves as a great programme to be upheld by the media in the DPRK in the era of a great surge as it indicates the way for remarkably augmenting the might of Juche-oriented media and a great banner encouraging the journalists and other media persons in their efforts to perform their missions and tasks as buglers taking the lead in the on-going general advance".One can't help but...
Thu, 25th Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Wed, 24th Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Tue, 23rd Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Mon, 22nd Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Sun, 21st Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Sat, 20th Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Fri, 19th Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Thu, 18th Feb
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Wed, 17th FebIn this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Wednesday, 17th February 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: Today’s hot...
Mon, 15th Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Sun, 14th Feb
Happy Valentine’s Day!
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the...
Sat, 13th Feb
One day to Valentine’s day – have you got your tech gift sorted?
In this article we’ll take a look at some of...
Fri, 12th Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Thu, 11th Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
Wed, 10th Feb
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for...
From Turkish daily Hurriyet:Ataturk's been dead since 1938, and Gandhi since 1948, and I believe there was rather less airborne activity 62 years ago, let alone 72 years ago, than today...
The BBC News Website has changed its original headline:
SARAH PALIN LASHES OBAMA AT FIRST TEA PARTY CONVENTION
—bring your houseboy, and let’s party like it’s 1779!—to this one:
SARAH PALIN CONDEMNS OBAMA AT FIRST TEA PARTY CONVENTION
but, Liz Jones’s latest wibble—search for it if you like; I’m not going to link to it—retains its banner:
HONOUR KILLINGS? WHAT WE’VE DONE TO YOUNG EMMA...
Mon, 8th Feb
Welcome back! Or haven’t you been away? In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories ...
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Sun, 7th Feb
The technology world doesn’t stop – even on Sunday.In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news ...
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Sat, 6th Feb
Happy weekend. In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the ...
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Fri, 5th Feb
Wow, is it Friday already? In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, ...
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Thu, 4th Feb
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Mon, 1st Feb
Pinch, punch, first day of the month – happy February. Here is a look at some of the key technology news stories and ...
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