UK to get anti stab knives
Knife crime would seem to be still a major worry for the authorities as well as the general public. This has prompted a lot of talk about banning knives etc, but they can easily be hidden and disposed of.
One company has come up with the first anti stab knife. This has been designed with a [...]
Men fall in love in 8 seconds
This is a piece of interesting research that every woman should take notice of as it could have long lasting effects.
It has been found that men fall in love within seconds of laying eyes on that special person; in fact, it takes just 8.2 seconds after meeting a girl for the first time, for him [...]
The end of handwriting
How often do you actually sit down and write something? According to recent research it is not very often, a decade ago, we would have been send letters, cards and writing down notes to remind us of what to buy at the shops, but with the increased use of the internet and computers, is handwriting [...]
February 9, 2009Young 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 [...]
Blonde girls banned from lessons
A head teacher has banned two girls from lessons being too blonde; the head teacher told them that they could only resume lessons if they dye their hair brown.
The girls Raegan Booth, 16, and Aby Western, 15, of the Rednock School in Dursley, Gloucestershire fear that they will be forced to miss out on their [...]
Parents invest in GPS for kids
A satellite tracking device is being launched today, it is expected that the Nu.M8 watch is going to be a winner with concerned parents who will be able to keep tabs on their children and in fact track their movements down to within ten feet.
The device uses technology similar that used by in car sat [...]
Two year olds addicted to TV
A nationwide screening programme of two year olds is being planned because there are reports that many children in that age group are suffering from speech problems, but at the same time are addicted to watching the TV.
This is being blamed on the long hours that parents are working and poor childcare which offers very [...]
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 [...]
Simpsons in their 20th season
This may not seem to be anything spectacular but twenty seasons is something special when it comes to long running series in the US and surprisingly not many programmes have actually made it that far either.
The last long running series to attain this accolade was the western series “Gunsmoke” for anyone who can actually remember [...]
Boy makes new solar cell
This is the type of news that we like to hear, it’s about a twelve year old boy named, William Yuan from Beaverton, Oregon in the States, nothing spectacular about that until you know what he has been able to make.
He has developed a new type of solar cell; yes, this is a twelve year [...]