Aussie-born Tim Ireland of “Bloggerheads” celebrates ten years living in the UK, and gives his ten favourite things about the country. The first one made me laugh the most: “No redbacks, funnel-webs, taipans, tiger snakes, brown snakes, red bellied black snakes, sea snakes, crocodiles, man-eating sharks, blue-ringed octopi or box jellyfish to worry about. In…
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Deputy Prime Minister resigns shock…or, maybe not…
Via Sky News‘ Adam Boulton’s blog: HARRIET HARMAN RESIGNS FROM LABOUR, DEFECTS TO TORIES (PRESS STATEMENT) “Ms Harman announces the decision on her blog. Looks like someone forgot to set a decent password! Take a look now before the offending post disappears into the ether…..” Apparently, someone hacked onto the Labour deputy leader’s website and…
Man fined for letting his wheelie bin overflow- has the world gone totally bonkers?
This story has been all over the news today. Father fined for overflowing bin (BBC NEWS): A father of four has been left with a criminal record for overflowing his wheelie bin by just four inches. Gareth Corkhill, of Whitehaven, Cumbria, was fined £110. “First I heard of it was from a neighbour who said…