And PASOK Take the Lead
PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement), Greece’s opposition socialist party, has won the country’s general election – ending a 6-year rule by New Democracy.
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An Interesting Way to Value A Website
I was looking at BBC Radio Lincolnshire presenter William Wright’s website/blog the other day, and I came across this article about confusion over 2 websites with very similar domain names.
Tory Plans for Education
You may have heard about the new Conservative Party plans for the education system, which include a proposal to get more pupils through “harder A-levels” – maths and physics. As someone who is about to start A-level courses, this is… Continue reading
Rural Road Litter Problems
I’ve decided to look at a local issue in today’s short blog post. Its one based on a news article I found on the Wilts & Glos Standard website, and the news that researchers have found that most of the… Continue reading
Cats Can Exploit Humans!
A cat-themed post today, in response to the story that cats can ‘exploit’ humans by purring! The discovery was made by researchers at the University of Sussex. They have found that cats use their ‘soliciting purr’ to overpower their owners… Continue reading
Santorini Gets Hit
Greece is one of those countries that is in an Earthquake zone and news about Earthquakes in the country are often heard. Last night, the island of Santorini was hit by one measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale.
Punishments for Under 7s
Whilst listening to BBC Radio 2 this morning, I heard the news that a significant number of schools are excluding under 7s for behaviour such as running off, biting and swearing at teachers and other pupils and how inspectors want… Continue reading
MPs Expenses
The Telegraph have been going on for days now about MPs expenses, and although I don’t like the British government, I am starting to get sick of reading about what MPs are claiming for.
Swine Flu
We’ve all heard about this new disease in the news recently… but, as far as I can see, there’s nothing to worry about. There are over 6 billion people on this planet, and 898 people have it.
Fake Pound Coins
I’ve just been looking on the BBC News website and found some very interesting news. The BBC has learnt that the number of fake ยฃ coins in circulation may be as high as 1 in 20.