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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Please note that the clocks across Europe have now gone forward by 1 hour. If you have not ajusted your clock yet, please do so now.
Passengers flying into Heathrow Airport in fog or poor visibility will be guided in using a new microwave based system.
A very good meeting for Corinium Radio on Tuesday night. We all got to have a look at the provisional schedule for our July broadcast so far. My next programme, Music from the Decades, returns for the 5th time.