Today I made a new template for this blog. I hadn’t meant to spend all day on it, but the new blogger being how it is, that’s how long it took.
But anyway, it is at least far prettier than the old one, which had sort of grown higgeldy-piggeldy, and really looked quite bad and loaded [...]

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CCTV is there to stop, or at least record, crime. Yet it appears that 90% of the CCTV cameras in Britain may well be breaking the law themselves. This is due to breaking the Data Protection Act and, in some cases, the Human Rights Act, according to CameraWatch:
“A new national advisory body for the industry, [...]

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Farms may not have to continue separating the cream from cow milk for that much longer, as
“Experts at a biotechnology company in New Zealand have discovered that some cows have a gene giving them a natural ability to produce skimmed milk…A cow with the “skimmed milk” gene was identified in 2001, and the team have [...]

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Religion, all religions, have no place in modern politics. Especially religions who make calls like Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the head of the Catholic Church in Scotland. He is attacking politicians who support abortion,. and even threatens them with being barred from taking Holy Communion. In a sermon to mark forty years since abortion was legalised, [...]

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This story is very very funny. And it shows why batteries should be removed from toys before posting…
“Bomb squad officers called in to blow up a suspicious package found it contained a packet of chocolate buttons and a vibrator.Post Office staff in Hasland, Chesterfield called in police when they heard the package making a noise…A [...]

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A new website, funded by the Department for Health, aimed at 4-7 year olds, and:
“strives to encourage healthy eating and an active lifestyle in a fun and informative way. We hope that by visiting our interactive site, children will become familiar with healthy living messages and develop positive habits that will follow them through to [...]

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A Dutch TV station is to make a game show in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys, with advice being sent in by viewers via text message. The programme appears to intend to create a public debate on the lack of organ donors, and the game [...]

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Graham Brady, who was “severely reprimanded by the Chief Whip and told to stick to his brief” as Shadow Europe minister after making comments on grammar schools, saying a few days ago that
“selection raises the standards for everyone in both grammar and high schools in selective areas. I accept the party’s policy on grammar schools. [...]

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After Gordon Brown takes over as Prime Minister on 27 June (29 days away), he has revealed that, far from bothering with organising his Cabinet or trying to run the country:
“one of his first acts as prime minister will be to read the final Harry Potter book.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is published on [...]

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Recently, whenever there is a high profile “worthy cause” that wants or needs money, the first thing they think of and want to do is to hold a concert. This is making use of the inclinations of music stars willingness, desire, and need to be seen as helping out charitable organisations and events.Finally, [...]

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