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British Prime Minister Proposes Global Tax on Banks

At a meeting of G20 finance ministers being held in St Andrews, Scotland, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has spoken of how a global levy on their transactions could help make banks more accountable to the taxpayers who have bailed many of them out.
Published 2 hours ago by  Chris Dade in World | 2 comments

New Premature Baby Illness Special

Aaron Horrocks was born on October 14th, 2009 weighing 5 1b 3 ounces. At 33 weeks pregnant his mother had to have a Cesarean Section due to suffering from preeclampsia and gestational diabetes.
Published 21 hours ago by  Melissa Horrocks in Health

Gore Supports the Use of Civil Disobedience

Former U.S. Vice-President and defeated presidential candidate Al Gore has spoken of how he sees civil disobedience as both honorable and understandable, asserting also that it has a part to play in the fight against fossil-fuel polluters.
Published 22 hours ago by  Chris Dade in Environment | 1 comment

McLaren F1 designer reveals plans for electric car

Plans for a new electric car have been revealed by Gordon Murray who has worked for McLaren F1 in the past. There are plans to create three prototypes of the vehicle in a period of 16 months.
Published yesterday by  Jane Fazackarley in Technology

Bright night in Dundee, Scotland Special

Nov. 5 was very entertaining and enjoyable night all across the UK. Welcome to the fireworks display in Dundee, Scotland.
Published yesterday by  Maciej Lewandowski in Entertainment | 4 comments

Boxer Andre Ward Will Fight For His First World Title Nov. 21

In a press release from Goossen Tutor Promotions, it appears Andre Ward is ready for his first title fight and first fight in the Showtime Super Six Boxing Classic Super Middleweight Tournament.
Published yesterday by  Jay Hova in Sports

Protests in Scotland at Play Portraying Jesus as a Transsexual

Protesters held a candlelight vigil at the Tron theater in Glasgow, Scotland this week on the first night of a play in which Jesus is portrayed as a transsexual.
Published Nov 5, 2009 by  Chris Dade in Entertainment

Shannon Matthews Aunt Admits To Stealing £35,885.27

Shannon Matthews aunt was placed in prison for a year yesterday when she admitted benefit fraud that was over £35,000. Benefit fraud is a serious crime and Mrs Hyett was given a prison sentence.
Published Nov 5, 2009 by  Melissa Horrocks in Crime

Karadzic gets court appointed lawyer, trial adjourned until March

The ex Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has had a lawyer appointed to him by the UN's Yugoslav War Crimes court after his failure to attend the first week of his own trial.
Published Nov 5, 2009 by  Gemma Fox in World

UN: $100 Billion for global warming is not enough Special

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently stated that the $100 billion suggested by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to combat global warming is not enough and needs to be "scaled up."
Published Nov 5, 2009 by  Andrew Moran in Environment
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