Seven million adults cannot do kids maths
The education system in the UK has a lot to answer for as new research has found that around seven million adults has an ability in maths equivalent to that of an eleven year old.
This amount of people, around one in six adults is a very worrying statistic that could mean their jobs are at [...]
University offers Beatles degree
There are many college courses around that cover many hundreds if not thousands of subjects. However, most of these subjects are the standard type that you would expect to find on a university prospectus. Therefore, when a course turns up offering a Master of Arts degree on the subject of the Beatles, it is bound [...]
February 24, 2009Fighting climate change with fish and chips
The rise of the small fuel producer is reaching the point where there is in virtually all areas someone producing their own bio diesel from used cooking oil.
The problem is that as this becomes more popular is there any chance that we could be seeing a fuel war between rival producers, in the same way [...]
Sega cutting back to save cash
The games maker Sega are feeling the global credit crisis so hard that they have had to revise almost everything that makes the company what it is, one of the most popular games companies in the world.
But in a market like this, the industry is struggling Sega had lost around £200 million last year, and [...]
Young actors still living in slums
It looks as if the film Slumdog Millionaire is becoming a victim of its own success, as it turns out the young acting stars Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail are not only still living in the slums where they found, but in fact are worse off than before.
The film had more than £8 million for [...]
UK hit by heavy snow
One day everything was all right, people could travel around freely and everywhere was open.
Then suddenly, almost literally overnight, everything changed and the UK was covered in heavy snow, which caused chaos. Almost all transport services began to grind to a halt, trains, road and even airports suffered under the weight of snow.
It is said [...]
Stripper arrested 22 times by police
A twenty five year old genetic student has been arrested twenty two times and spent more than a hundred and twenty three hours in custody for impersonating a police officer, as well facing charges of carrying an offensive weapon, which are a fake CS spray and truncheon.
However, the student Stuart Kennedy works in his spare [...]
The Whopper Sacrifice is here
Facebook is often used by companies for marketing and advertising, in fact this social networking site is still in the early days of realising the amount of marketing cash that it can bring in; however, some companies have decided to use Facebook to their own ends.
One such firm is Burger King, their plan is to [...]
School banned in school
It may have coast almost five million pounds to build, but this state of the school will not be called a school after all because of the negative vibes that term gives off.
The Watercliffe Meadow “School” is to be known as a “Place for learning” is this political correctness gone mad or is there some [...]
X Factor is fastest selling singer
For the first time three versions of the same song are in the Top 40 music charts, but the number one spot has been claimed by the winner of the talent show the X Factor, Alexandra Burke who become the fastest selling female solo artist with a massive 576,000 sale of CD’s and music downloads.
Another [...]