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Tributes are pouring in for the late John Inman, most famous for the BBC comedy Are You Being Served? who has died aged 71. Inman, who passed away in a London hospital, made his name in the 1970s show as Mr Humphries, and coined the catchphrase "I'm free!" His former co-star Wendy Richard said he was "the funniest and most inventive actor" she had ever worked with. The Preston-born actor had been suffering from a hepatitis A infection. The infection, usually caused by eating contaminated food, forced him to cancel the opening of a pantomime in London in December 2004. "He will always be remembered for making us laugh," said Richard. "He will be great…

Boeing Fitting Aircraft With Illegal Parts? Chip that was illegally installed in 2000 could have been utilized to execute 9/11 attacks Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Are Boeing fitting their aircraft with illegal devices that could enable terrorists to remotely hijack airliners and crash them into high profile targets? In light of what happened on 9/11, Boeing's blanket denial that this practice has taken place is both highly suspicious and a threat to national security. We called ALPA, the world's largest pilot's union, to ask them if such technology had been installed in commercial airliners and they denied all knowledge…

The 13 "castaways" spending three months on Great Barrier Island for a new BBC reality television show have already arrived on the island to build their own shelter and grow and hunt their own food. They include a lap dancer, a young Conservative, a former drug addict and a "professional psychic", the BBC said today. The original series of Castaway, broadcast seven years ago, followed the lives of 36 TV "villagers" on the Hebridean Island of Taransay. It ran for a year at the turn of the millennium and featured romance, lawsuits and bullying claims. But the NZ-based show will only last for 12 weeks and the group will be joined by a lucky viewer after eight. …

Someone once said that as General Motors goes, so goes it with America. While no one is ready to compare Starbucks with the automotive giant, one should not deny the Seattle-based coffee chain its due when it comes to discerning the cultural Zeitgeist. This may be true especially when it comes to kiosks that allow users to burn custom CDs or load a venti dose of Coldplay onto an MP3 player. In 2004, Starbucks unveiled digital music kiosks in several of their highest-grossing stores, including numerous locations in their home city of Seattle and in Santa Monica, Calif. At the time of the launch, Starbucks had plans to expand the rollout to 2,500 stores through 2006, …

And now, in honor of the early start to daylight saving time, allow me to present "28 Things About DST You’ll Find Wildly Interesting, and If You Don’t, May Your Daughter Grow Up to Emulate Antonella Barba When It Comes to the Subject of Personal Photography." 1) First off, it’s "daylight saving time," not "daylight savings time." 2) The idea of switching the clocks around can be traced to Englishman William Willett. He published a pamphlet in 1907 entitled "A Waste of Daylight." 3) No one listened to him 4) Germany, in 1916, was the first nation to institute DST, with England following soon thereafter. 5) Willett didn’t live to see DST come into use;…

Rare Bugatti crashes into trees Picture of crashed Bugatti contributed by Chris Brightwell A car worth more than £800,000 was involved in a collision with a van before crashing into trees. The accident occurred in heavy rain on a 40mph section of Renfree Way, Shepperton, Surrey, on Sunday. The rare Bugatti Veyron collided with a Vauxhall Astra van carrying a pregnant woman, who was taken to hospital as a precaution but later went home. No one else was hurt but police have reported the Bugatti driver for driving without due care and attention. Surrey Police said the luxury car was driven by a man who had a male passenger with him. A man and a woman wer…

A burglar used his head to smash through a plate glass door at a school before stealing a £2,500 television. CCTV footage shows the ram-raider running head-first through the glass before returning with the 42-inch plasma screen. Staff at Walbottle Technology College in Newcastle say the thief, who appeared uninjured, was lucky not to kill himself. Police hunting the man are appealing for information. College head Mike Booth said the intruder was lucky the shards of glass had fallen to the floor after fragmenting. He said: "The glass could have cut his throat. "If it had been toughened glass he could have broken his neck and if it had been older glass …

Bailiffs impounded alcohol worth £60,000 from a Tesco store after the retailer failed to pay damages to a man in a row over contaminated fuel. The supermarket had failed to pay damages to David Bond, from Swindon, who filled his van with diesel which was contaminated with water in 2003. Tesco faced having the goods sold off at auction after ignoring a High Court order to pay Mr Bond £2,690. A Tesco spokesman said the company would now pay the money. Mr Bond, a 59-year-old shop fitter, filled his Mercedes Sprinter van with 61 litres of diesel from his local Tesco Extra store in November 2003. Repair bill He was forced to pay a £3,400 repair bill immed…

Tens of thousands of people have thronged to Ghana's Independence Square in the capital, Accra, to celebrate 50 years of independence from Britain. President John Kufuor has lit the independence flame to the cheering of the crowds decked in national colours. More than 20 heads of state are attending the events, alongside popular figures including the footballer Pele. Ghana was the first sub-Saharan country to break with colonialists, prompting many others to cut their ties. Ghanaian authorities have spent $20m (£10.4m; 15.2m euros) on the commemorations, which are due to continue for the next 12 months. The celebrations kicked off at midnight when, in th…

Students at a UK university are working on the Wikipedia online encyclopedia as part of their degree course. Postgraduates at the University of East Anglia are being assessed as they edit existing Wikipedia articles and research and write their own pieces. Wikipedia uses a collaborative form of editing and authorship for its reference material. Politics lecturer, Nicola Pratt, says using Wikipedia can develop students' research skills. The Wikipedia website has divided academics - with a United States university recently banning its history students from using it, because of fears that they would reproduce material without checking its accuracy. And on T…

Internet site Wikipedia has been hit by controversy after the disclosure that a prominent editor had assumed a false identity complete with fake PhD. The editor, known as Essjay, had described himself as a professor of religion at a private university. But he was in fact Ryan Jordan, 24, a college student from Kentucky who used texts such as Catholicism for Dummies to help him work. He has retired from the site and his authority to edit has been cancelled. Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopaedia open to all, written by volunteers from around the world. 'Trust and tolerance' Under the name Essjay, Mr Jordan edited articles and also had the authorit…

Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams are to appear in an episode of Neighbours. The duo appear as Lou and Andy in the episode which has already been filmed in Australia. Their cameo roles will be screened in Australia in three months' time, but UK viewers will have to wait until it is broadcast on BBC One later in the year. The official Neighbours website said their visit to the soap was "relatively kerfuffle free". "The cast and crew were delighted to welcome Matt, David and the documentary team that are recording their experience on tour Down Under," it said. Famous faces The scene features Andy and Lou in the Scarlet Bar with Neighbo…

New Police Terror Posters Encourage Stasi UK Got a van? use a phone, computer or a camera? That's suspicious Infowars.net Monday, March 5, 2007 The newest London Metropolitan Police publicity campaign posters have been released today and, as usual, encourage the public to be scared of anyone who uses a phone, carries a bag, drives a van or takes pictures with a camera because they may be terrorists. Click picture for enlargement. The Met website datapage states: "Trust your instincts: it could disrupt terrorist planning and save lives. That's the call to Londoners today as the Met launches its new counter-terrorism ad campaign. …

***ALERT: No, we have frigging Rudolph get in. He's not the nice guy a lot of people think, trust me. He is NOT a 9/11 Hero!! NO FUCKING WAY!. Sly, misleading criminal - just like Hilary. Do NOT be fooled. Makes me really sick and angry....just like looking and listening to Ann Coulter....she makes me want to puke, seriously. But the World really doesn't need to have McCain in either... Sorry about that - but, well, they really set my "bad person" alarm bells ringing. And they should yours. Aide: Terrorist Act Will Make Giuliani President www.NewsMax.com Rudy Giuliani told Larry King last month that he was running for president before setting off on a serie…

Attorney General Blocks Sun, BBC Reports on Cash-for-Honors Probe (Correct) By Kitty Donaldson (Corrects to show Sun told not to publish, not injuncted.) March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Britain's Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith blocked the Sun from reporting details of an e-mail between two of Prime Minister Tony Blair's closest aides as police investigate a political funding scandal. Goldsmith, acting on behalf of the Metropolitan Police, obtained a court order last week to prevent the British Broadcasting Corp. from publishing contents of the e-mail, his office said today. Lawyers for the Sun were told by the attorney general's office yesterday not to publish…

What the fuck is happening with City.... !!!! Pearce has one game left in my book... Next Week... we play blackburn in the Cup... It will be a shock if we win... however it should be the other way round. Anything less though even a draw, wont be enough for me now. Kills me to say it about Pearce... as he is a nice guy. The trouble is City always have nice guys, in control, makes them harder to sack. When we play the scum we could end up getting sent down. I guess they have Barton now , yesterday was a key game we could not afford to lose that... bobins, shite, fucking crap, boooo, booo. We desevere to go down, 20 goals in the leauge all season, very piss …

Egypt summons Israel envoy over alleged '67 killings By Reuters CAIRO - Egypt summoned Israel's envoy to Cairo yesterday after Israeli media allegations that the Israel Defense Forces may have killed 250 captured Egyptian soldiers at the end of the 1967 war. Two ruling party lawmakers demanded the ambassador's expulsion, calling him a dog and an apostate. Another called for a special parliamentary session for a declaration of war on Israel. Egyptians were outraged by an Israeli documentary film which, according to media reports, alleged an army unit led by Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, now infrastructure minister, may have killed 250 prisoners of war in the Sinai peninsul…

Help for e-mailaholics in the grip of their inbox Last updated at 19:53pm on 20th February 2007 Comments Egan says some addicts waiting for e-mails will send themselves a message if one hasn't shown up in several minutes It's a tried and tested solution for reforming alcoholics, gamblers and those with a drug problem. And now a 12-step recovery programme has been drawn up for e-mail addicts. An expert said that too many workers are more dedicated to their inbox than their professional or social life. 'I call them e-dicted,' said Marsha Egan, a lifestyle coach and author of the 12-Step Cure for E-mail Addiction. 'Many people don't realise …

US woman crashes into test centre An 80-year-old woman has crashed her car into a driving test centre in Florida, after being summoned to retake a road safety examination. Therese Smith smashed into the office's waiting room, injuring 11 people. It is thought she was moving out of her parking space but accelerated too hard, propelling her through an outside wall. The accident was caught on surveillance camera and shows people rushing up to Ms Smith who was still buckled in her seat belt. No-one was seriously hurt. The videotape also shows a man in a Superman costume walking around the car, but he did not stop to help the driver or any of the victims. His id…

The police are often "not interested, too busy or don't know what to do" when illegal immigrants are reported, says the largest UK traffic warden provider. National Car Parks said it reported the illegal migrants who attempted to get jobs with it, but most "walked away". "Limited resources" for immigration officers also seemed to contribute to a lack of action, the firm told MPs. The Home Office said it was working with employers to make sure they were aware of the law. MPs heard that ID checks were not robust enough nor enforced well and there are lots of "forged documents". Many employers recognised the need for checks but become disenchanted due to "a…

I'm surprised no-body has mentioned this top topic which has been in the news for the past few days, as some petrol got some "Silicon products" in it when it was being made at a petrol-factory, so cars are misfiring and the engines are breaking. More Info: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6413357.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6409025.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6405701.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6405051.stm Wouldn't happen in a diesel:P

Illegal aliens are killing more Americans than the Iraq war, says a new report from Family Security Matters that estimates some 2,158 murders are committed every year by illegal aliens in the U.S. The group says that number is more than 15 percent of all the murders reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the U.S. and about three times the representation of illegal aliens in the general population. http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2007/02/23/more-americans-killed-by-illegal-aliens-than-iraq-war/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onenewsnow.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fmore_americans_killed_by_illeg.php&frame=true

I think the header as good as explains it. Where has my moon gone?!

New York City bans racial slur Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:17 PM ET By Daniel Trotta NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television. The City Council unanimously declared a moratorium that carries no penalty but aims to stop youth from casually using the word, considered by most Americans to be the most offensive in the English language. The New York City measure follows similar resolutions this month by the New York state assembly and state senate, and supporters of the ban are taking their campaign to The …

Two incendiary devices have been found at an Oxford University college. Bomb disposal experts cordoned off an annex at Templeton College, Kennington, on Monday morning after concerns were raised by a member of staff. The devices were found in a search which had been prompted by claims on an animal rights website that the college had been targeted. Officers specialising in the activities of animal liberation groups were dealing with the incident. A Thames Valley Police spokeswoman stressed this was one line of inquiry, and that she could not confirm the nature of the devices. Bomb disposal experts were called in and the immediate area was evacuated as a p…