The government tonight ordered an urgent review into child welfare within Haringey council, the local authority responsible for the care of a baby who died despite 60 visits by health and social care workers.Ed Balls, the children's secretary, issue...

If your wondering what to get your friend or partner (or maybe both, hey it can happen) for Xmas and he/she has got a Wii then I may have found one little item to add to the list. It would do for me (hint, hint). So what is it I hear all you non-Wii...

Advanced Nasa cushioning technology and a half-mile thick shroud of cotton have been deployed to protect an extremely delicate "post-partisan consensus" between Republicans and Democrats after the US election on 4 November. US citizens have been adv...

I hope you're familiar with Proposition 8 in California and the news that it passed, which is very bad news for the LGBT Community. Three other states passed legislation that denies our community equal rights. A grass roots effort was started last F...

Big FinishIt may be a Doctor Who lite year on television for 2009, but you can still get your weekly fix of excitement with the Audio Adventures of Doctor Who. Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith are back as the Eighth Doctor and Lucie for a new series o...

Today the UK Bus Awards will honour the commitment to quality and innovation in the bus industry. You'll be pleased to hear there's a special category for London promoted by TfL which "focus especially on the challenging task of running reliable and...

As if further proof were needed of the ineptitude, hypocrisy and perverse morality of the United Nations, their conference on religious tolerance was presided over by none other than Saudi Arabia.This is the Islamic kingdom that tortures ‘apostates’...

Iain Dale's Diary: Brown So Important He Doesn't Rate a Mention The New York Times carries a lengthy report of the meetings held between world leaders this weekend. Read it HERE. Rather illuminating that the only major world leader not to rate even...

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured above, striding like a false economic messianic colossus along Wall Street in New York) made it crystal clear for the first time yesterday that he wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates still furthe...

MPs who blog are being censored by the Commons authorities - if they use the £10,000 Communications Allowance to pay for it. A Labour MP says he has been stripped of a Parliamentary allowance for making fun of other MPs on his blog. Paul Flynn was...

Our voracious appetite for energy is potentially putting the planet on the path for a 6°C rise in temperatures – which is far more than what climate specialists say the environment can cope with. In its 2008 World Energy Outlook, the International E...

Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to World of Warcraft, launches tomorrow – although there are numerous midnight openings for fans tonight – and I sat down with Blizzard's COO Paul Sams and Associate Producer Lee Sparks this......

The finalists for the Creative City awards have been announced (also by Kenny from Big cat PR). I thought it worthwhile repeating the list with links through to the companies (and to their blogs if I could find one - please add a comment if I’...

Have just come across this brilliant use of YouTube by Liam Byrne. Credit where credit is due - what a good idea. Highlight rubbish tipping on a YouTube video, upload it to the local MP's blog-like website. He can be bring quick results when the...

As Diego Maradona prepares to return to the forefront of international football it is quite fitting that he will make his managerial debut of the Argentine national squad in the cauldron of all English hatred, Hampden Park.  Anyone that can somehow ...

HEY, tax doesn’t have to be taxing. Just ask Gordon Brown. It’s easy. You just say, “Make it so” and you can raise more taxes than a priapic Caesar. Gordon Brown is talking about deflation. Every week Gordon introduces a new word into the British le...

It was a dark and stormy night.Suddenly, from the wet darkness, a tree thrust out a branch and smashed the wing-mirror of my car.The next day, a garage mechanic took a deep breath. You can't, it seems, just replace the glass. It's a motorised unit...

A report in The Sunday Times today tells us that the United Nations has commissioned a £12m decorative ceiling for its building in Geneva (pictured).The work, at the headquarters of the UN Human Rights Council, is to be unveiled this week by Ban Ki-...

Welcome to the Museum of Bad Album CoversThe 9 Most Inappropriate Soundtrack Choices of All TimeThe Top 7 Rock Stars That Need an Ass-KickingSwedish Dance Bands From the 70's (via)What’s the most downloaded catalog song in iTunes history?Robot plays...

Wallace and Gromit are back on tv at Christmas with their new adventure A Matter of Loaf and Death in which the two heroes open a bakery and hunt a ceral killer The film - originally entitled Trouble At' Mill - marks Wallace and Gromit's first ...

Two and a half months ago, I did a blog posting on the contrast between American and British politics. It attracted more comments that I usually obtain on this blog, so you might like to revisit it. Now that the presidential election is over, this ...

The best pictures from the sporting world in the last 24...

It doesn't really matter what is at stake, England V Australia is always massive. England looked good last week against the Pacific Islanders but this is a big test. Me and Anne will be doing Christmas shopping tomorrow but at 14:30 that's got to st...

A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail. The 42-year-old Turkish citizen - who was serving a seven-year sentence - had been making stationery with other prisoners destined for ...

The idea that the BBC is fundamentally biased, unfit for purpose and often factually inaccurate has become an increasingly popular set of memes of late.Combine those thoughts however with such a political powderkeg as ID cards and the facility that ...

© Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran.Rogue_gunner_32_alpha@yahoo.co.ukBoycott BP Boycott Cross Country Trains Boycott the Metro Hotel Boycott the walkabout barBoycott......

Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper was carrying out an unprecedented attempt to clean up a gummed-up joint on the International Space Station's solar panel on Tuesday when the grease gun inside her tool bag exploded, getting nasty grey goo all over her ca...

It’s that time of the year again, when all the Christmas themed gadgets start to appear, should you want to make your desk look like Santa’s Grotto, the check out the USB Xmas Decoration Kit. In the kit you get some USB powered Christma...

  Mr Clegg says nationalised banks like Northern Rock must do more The government should consider lending directly to businesses and mortgages as banks fail to live up to promises to lend more, Nick Clegg has suggested. The Lib Dem le...

Given that Ikea’s fit together like a dream, how can Argos produce flatpacks seemingly inspired by the Intelligence round of Krypton Factor?......