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Middle classes losing faith in 'rude' police who go for soft targets instead of the real criminals By James Slack Last updated at 2:10 AM on 30th May 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories The middle classes have lost confidence in the police, a stark report has warned. They fear they have been alienated by a service which routinely targets ordinary people rather than serious criminals, simply to fill Government crime quotas. The attitude of some officers has also led to spiralling complaints about neglect of duty and rudeness. Enlarge The report warns that the middle classes have been alienated by a service which targets ordinary peop…

40,000 prisoners snub chance of early release because jails are so 'cushy' By Matthew Hickley Last updated at 1:22 AM on 04th June 2008 [headerlinks Cushy: Many jail cells are equipped with TVs and stereos (file picture) Thousands of criminals are passing up the chance to go free from prison early each year, while dozens of drug dealers have been caught breaking in to jails. Ministry of Justice data shows almost 40,000 inmates have opted out of the early release tagging scheme since it was introduced in 2000, turning down the chance to leave jail up to 18 weeks early. And more than 40 outsiders have been caught inside prisons or trying to enter by sca…

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Second World War U.S. tank discovered by road workers under French town By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:26 AM on 05th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories A Second World War tank has been excavated from a French town, 62 years after it broke down while liberating it from the Nazis. French bomb disposal experts were called to Chartres, 55 miles south west of Paris, to ensure the machine was safe following its discovery by French council workers. Enlarge The M5 light tank is removed from a hole in the road in Chartres, northern France The road workers found the machine during routine repairs and a mechanical digger was broug…

Pictured: The prize-winning poodles with a penchant for fancy dress By James White Last updated at 8:44 PM on 04th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories It may look like this poodle is having something of an identity crisis, but this is in fact the handywork of one of America's most dedicated dog groomers. Since 2000, pet hairdresser Sandra Hartness has coloured, cropped and accessorised her dogs, with startling results. Cindy the poodle, disgusied as a chicken Other creations by Sandra, from Yucca Valley, California, include a dragon, peacock, camel and even the star-spangled banner. Cindy appears as a peacock with owner Sandr…

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MP accuses BBC of fuelling racist attacks on Poles with 'biased' news coverage By Matthew Hickley Last updated at 3:44 PM on 04th June 2008 Comments (1) Add to My Stories Conservative MP Danny Kawczynski has accused the BBC of fuelling racist attacks on Poles The BBC's 'Liberal elite' is fuelling racist attacks on Poles by focusing on them in news coverage as 'white' immigrants while ignoring other groups from around the world, an MP claimed yesterday. Conservative MP Danny Kawczynski - himself of Polish descent - accused the BBC of picking on Poles for reasons of political correctness, as it was more palatable to highlight 'white Christian' im…

Britain's first ever 'divorce fair' to cater for soaring numbers of couples splitting up By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:27 PM on 04th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories An event dubbed the UK's first divorce fair is to be staged to help parting couples break-up as painlessly as possible, its organiser said today. Solicitors, financial experts, mortgage advisers and health professionals will exhibit at the one-day event at Brighton Racecourse in Brighton, East Sussex, on October 11. The fair, called the Starting Over Show, has attracted 20 potential exhibitors with the aim of gaining 90 and follows on from other divorce fairs held in Eu…

BBC betting row as bookies claim Match of the Day's Goal of the Season is fixed By Paul Revoir Last updated at 6:07 PM on 04th June 2008 Comments (1) Add to My Stories The BBC has became embroiled in a betting scandal over its Match of the Day Goal of the Season competition. Bookmakers stopped taking money today after £10,000 was bet in just four hours on a goal scored by Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor. About 400 bets were made on the 9-2 third favourite this afternoon, alerting betting experts that their might be a problem. The Match of the Day team: Left to right, Alan Shearer, Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson. Betting w…

Excavation starts at Stonehenge http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7322134.stm Stonehenge dig starts today http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.2158016.0.stonehenge_dig_starts_today.php Archaeologists begin historic Stonehenge dig http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/31/nstonehenge131.xml Excavation begins at Stonehenge http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/7322238.stm Archaeologists dig deep to find origins of Stonehenge http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hX2SySFzNGr0UEhtZPzPYb0KIrVQ First Stonehenge dig in 44 years http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/first-stonehenge-dig-in-44-yea…

The robot that works like a 3D printer to reproduce itself By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:24 PM on 04th June 2008 Comments (1) Add to My Stories A university will display a revolutionary robot capable of replicating its own parts at a science festival today. Adrian Bowyer, from the University of Bath, will show the prototype machine, which prints 3D objects, at Cheltenham Science Festival. The machine, named RepRap, works like a printer, but rather than squirting ink onto paper, it puts down layers of molten plastic that solidify. These are built up to make three-dimensional objects. Enlarge Reproduction: Adrian Bowyer (l) with t…

The world's worst: Britons are the tourists that give hoteliers nightmares By Sophie Borland Last updated at 11:34 PM on 03rd June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories If you think the world's worst tourists are loud-mouthed Americans or Germans who grab all the sunloungers, think again. The travellers that hoteliers everywhere say are a real nightmare are the British. We are notorious for drunken behaviour, general rudeness and not being able to speak a word of the local dialect. British holidaymakers in Faliraki have become notorious for their drunkenness and yobbish behaviour The damning verdict comes from a survey of European hote…

So people can talk about what happens in the book without it going into the main thread, and so if people want to they can stay out of this thread until they have read the book. Any spoiler related material regarding the book will be moved into this thread. For example, if Jim Bob dies in chapter 6, post it in this thread ;) I think the board had one of these threads for book 6.

Daydreaming pupils who stare into space in class are actually the most intelligent, finds study By Laura Clark Last updated at 11:37 PM on 02nd June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Students who stare into space have a better understanding, according to researchers They are often dismissed as daydreamers and told to pay attention. But children actually do better at school if they stare out of the window instead of focusing constantly on the teacher, according to a study. Despite appearances, they are concentrating hard on their work or trying to learn something, it found. Teachers are being asked to check whether youngsters are sta…

How would you like to find THIS in your banana?The five-inch beetle who sailed to Britain from Costa Rica By Andrew Levy Last updated at 12:16 AM on 04th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories He's not the sort of creature that could easily scuttle about unnoticed. But somehow Bill the elephant beetle managed to sneak into a crate of bananas in Costa Rica and smuggle himself over here. The beetle - which at 5in long is the size of a hamster - was discovered by workers at a fruit wholesalers. They were amazed he had survived the two-week journey in chilly temperatures. Discovery: A male elephant beetle, the size of a hamster, was foun…

Outcry over plans for a 'tasteless' Hitler waxwork in Berlin's Madame Tussauds By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:01 PM on 02nd June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Plans by Madame Tussauds to install an Adolf Hitler waxwork at their new Berlin museum have been branded 'tasteless and embarrassing' by memorial groups. Major World War II memorial groups fear the waxwork, which will go on display when the museum opens next month, will glorify Hitler's reign and say younger visitors and neo-Nazis could try to pose for pictures with the replica dictator. They said the museum group were going for a 'shock effect' to increase visitors and that th…

British holidaymaker wins compensation because his hotel was full of Germans By Andy Dolan Last updated at 3:56 AM on 31st May 2008 Comments (27) Add to My Stories Compensation: David Barnish took Thomson to the small claims court because his hotel was full of Germans When businessman David Barnish treated his family to a holiday at a luxury resort, he was soon dismayed to find their hotel dominated by Germans. But it wasn't an abundance of beach towels on the sunbeds by breakfast time which was to spoil the family's fun - rather that the sports activities and entertainment were only offered in German. Yesterday Mr Barnish told of his del…

Visitors to the US will now have to register 72 hours in advance By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:50 PM on 03rd June 2008 Comments (11) Add to My Stories Airline passengers flying to the U.S. will have to register with authorities there 72 hours before leaving. The security measure was condemned by critics who said it would hit last-minute travel and impose more hurdles on hard-pressed travellers. A spokesman for the 400,000-strong International Airline Passengers Association said: ‘It’s yet another onerous requirement. With rising fares, more delays, lost bags, and tighter security, there’s a limit to how much more air travellers can take.’ …

Pictured: Shocking moment drunk driver ploughs into group of cyclists By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:38 PM on 03rd June 2008 Comments (3) Add to My Stories A cyclist was killed and 10 others were injured yesterday when a car ploughed into a bike race in Mexico. The terrified sportsmen were hurled high into the air as a 28-year-old driver, apparently drunk and asleep at the wheel, crashed into the race near the US-Mexico border. A photograph taken by a city official shows cyclists and equipment being thrown skywards like rag dolls by the collision. Enlarge Fatal: The moment a car ploughs into a bike race near the US-Mexico b…

Hillary is OUT of the race for the White House as votes from superdelegates seal it for Obama By David Gardner Last updated at 10:58 PM on 03rd June 2008 Comments (19) Add to My Stories Hillary Clinton’s White House dream effectively died today with Barack Obama sealed an historic victory in his quest to become America’s first black president. Once seen as a sure bet for the Democrat presidential nomination, the 60-year-old former First Lady finally bowed to the inevitable. As voters went to the polls in the final two primaries, the Clinton camp acknowledged the game was up after a 16 month dogged campaign costing £108million. End of the road:…

The graphic image that warns binge-women they could end up looking like a man By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:25 AM on 03rd June 2008 Comments (11) Add to My Stories Women are being warned that binge-drinking will destroy their looks for good. A new poster campaign launched today on London's Underground depicts a woman with saggy skin and a blotchy nose. It carries the message: 'If you drink like a man you might end up looking like one.' The aim is to appeal to women through their vanity by showing they risk bad skin, premature ageing and weight gain if they drink excessively. Shocking: The advertising campaign aimed at bin…

New holiday guide for Germans: How to avoid Brits abroad By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:51 PM on 03rd June 2008 Comments (20) Add to My Stories Germany's top-selling newspaper has fired an opening salvo in the annual war of the sun loungers by publishing a guide for its readers to avoid holidaying Britons. Bild reacted with disbelief to the news that a UK court compensated a British tourist who found his hotel dominated by Germans. The episode revived long-running cliches about German holidaymakers getting up at dawn to reserve sun loungers with their towels. Bild responded yesterday with a few choice comments about drunken, sunburnt Briton…

Outrage after Tory councillor tells Irish joke during race discrimination hearing By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:50 PM on 02nd June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Blunder: Tory councillor Ken Bamber will face a watchdog after making an Irish joke A Tory councillor faces being struck off for telling an Irish joke...halfway through a race discrimination hearing. Blundering Ken Bamber, 77, told the tale about two "Paddies" in front of a union boss whose parents come from Ireland. Brian Kelly, who was representing an employee at Medway Council in Kent, said he was deeply offended by the joke. He walked out of the hearing in …