How We See The World

Women embrace long-hours culture as men bow out By BECKY BARROW - More by this author » Last updated at 10:17am on 18th January 2007 Comments (8) Women are choosing to work longer hours Women are working longer hours than at any time since records began, according to recently released figures. At the same time the number of men spending long days at the office has fallen by a fifth. The figures - from the Office for National Statistics - reflect a sea-change in British society. Increasing numbers of women are taking on high-powered jobs while their partners "downshift" or become house-husbands. In 1992, when records were first …

Now, I actually think 24 is good for what it is, I mean....I quite like watching it....however I can see the amount of blatant psychological scaremongering and 'people preparation' within the show all the time and the new season looks to be taking it up a fair notch - it's a gradual and incremental process of tactics to further our acceptance of the globalist's FEAR - it's everywhere now though. If a news story can be linked to terrorism in ANY way it will. Even if it's just the use of the words 'middle-eastern' or the creepy suggestive headline banners on Fox News Channel, it'll be there, the FEAR angle well be included. Again, I quite like 24 but I hate the way it has a…

Picture: Escaped leopard mauls man in street Last updated at 14:30pm on 18th January 2007 Comments (1) This is the dramatic moment when a leopard attacked a man during a rampage in an Indian town. The big cat leapt out at a passer-by and sank its jaws into his arm in Nashik in western India after escaping from a nearby nature park. Forest department sources said that the leopard had killed chickens and even stalked into a house before the animal started prowling the streets. It was finally caught by forest rangers and taken back to its home. The victim was being treated in hospital.

Hardline head punishes boy for eating an apple by LUKE SALKELD - More by this author » Last updated at 22:00pm on 17th January 2007 Comments (22) A boy was given a detention for eating an apple in the wrong part of his school. Tom Bosley, 16, could have ended up expelled over the incident. He is the latest pupil to fall foul of headmaster Chris Richardson's zero-tolerance approach to discipline at the high-achieving school. Pupils - and some parents - at Kings of Wessex Community School in Cheddar, Somerset, have complained that the regime is excessively strict. The youngsters say they have been punished for eating in 'undesignated' food areas, w…

Burger King rapped over not so big Whopper by SEAN POULTER - More by this author » Last updated at 23:36pm on 16th January 2007 Misleading meat: The Double Whopper On the television screen it was mouthwatering and mountainous. With two thick flame-grilled patties, ripe red tomatoes, crisp lettuce and crunchy onions piled high in a giant toasted bun, the Double Whopper appeared truly tantalising. Unfortunately for its maker Burger King, however, the reality was a little different. When inspectors from the advertising watchdog compared a burger made on the High Street with the version in the commercial, they found a smaller and sorrier s…

Senators oppose Iraq troop boost BBC News Three leading US senators have announced agreement on a resolution to oppose US President George W Bush's plan to increase troop numbers in Iraq. The group - two Democrats and a Republican - said the plan was not in America's interests, urging an early transfer of security to Iraqi leaders. The move came as Democrats - who control Congress - began their own initiatives to block the deployment. But the White House said Mr Bush would continue to proceed with his plan. Under the new strategy announced last week, Mr Bush wants to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq, the majority of them to violence-hi…

'Snowdon could be snowless within 15 years', say scientists Last updated at 23:08pm on 16th January 2007 Comments Snowdon will lose all its snow in 15 years because of global warming, experts predicted yesterday. The 3,560ft peak, the highest in England and Wales, has seen its snow covering fall by a third in ten years. Average spring temperatures are up about 2.5C. Dr Walmsley, an expert for the Countryside Council for Wales, said: "The changes that we've monitored are speeding up. "For the last two years the snow cover on Snowdon has actually been half what we'd expect in a bad year. Based on current trends there is a strong possibility…

I'm not sure which section this should go in but here will do. Why does the Coldplayer on the official website never work!? Is it just my computer or does this happen to anyone else. It comes up but with not info or pics or anything! Its really starting to bum me off! :angry:

Did The Government Force BBC To Drop Menezes & 7/7 Docu-Dramas? New revelations may have influenced decision to can recreations Tuesday, January 16, 2007 The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man who was gunned down by British police in the wake of the London bombings, has today accused the BBC of aiding a cover up after plans to film a politically sensitive docu-drama about his murder were unceremoniously dropped. The filiming of a docu-drama about the 7/7 London bombers has also been suddenly abandoned. The London Guardian reports that the BBC shelved both projects because, despite unearthing "difficult or dark" new evidence, it claims it h…

I have just added 2 new songs to my iTunes library that i want to put onto my iPod. Normally when i connect my iPod it will then just add the songs onto it automatically, but this time it won't and i have no idea why. I haven't changed any of my settings (in the preferences bit). It just comes up saying iPod Update Complete and then when i disconnect it and look for the songs i'm trying to add they still aren't there. What's going on? :confused:

Brown Answers Bilderberg Question By getting a lower minister to refuse to answer it Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Last week, British MP Norman Baker, who had previously asked Prime Minister Tony Blair to reveal details of any Bilderberg meetings he has attended, has also now officially asked the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, and most likely next Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to reveal details of his own attendances at Bilderberg. Baker's question has now been "answered", but not by Brown himself, by John Healey, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. The question and "answer" appeared today in the parliamentary records: Norman Baker: To ask the Chance…

Starbucks to open new branch every fortnight for the next decade Last updated at 15:47pm on 15th January 2007 A Starbucks under construction Starbucks is to open new coffee shops in London at the rate of one a fortnight for the next decade. The firm has outlined a relentless expansion plan, and says it can foresee no limit to the number of branches in and around the capital. Phil Broad, the firm's managing director for Britain and Ireland, said: “We don't think we’ve reached saturation point and we certainly don’t see London as finished yet.” The news has horrified campaigners who fear the spread of chain stores is ruining the individua…

Organised criminal gangs are putting lives at risk by deliberately causing car accidents in a £200m rip-off, insurance fraud investigators warned last night. Experts warned that the growing “crash for cash” epidemic presents a particular threat to women as offenders target vulnerable motorists. There are already 22,000 known cases of staged crashes - used to lodged lucrative insurance and personal injury claims - and this is set to soar in coming months. The problem was highlighted in Norwich Union's annual fraud report and by the Insurance Fraud Bureau which claim there will be a further 20,000 deliberate crashes on the nation's road over the next 18 months - a…

Supermodel Campbell pleads guilty to cell-phone assault Last updated at 17:42pm on 16th January 2007 Phone rage: Campbell admitted throwing the phone in her Park Avenue apartment Supermodel Naomi Campbell has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour charge of reckless assault in New York. Following a plea bargain with prosecutors at Manhattan Criminal Court, she was sentenced to five days' community service and a two-day anger management course, and ordered to pay medical bills of $363.33 dollars for her injured housekeeper, who was hurt when Campbell threw a mobile phone. In court, Campbell admitted throwing the phone in her Park Avenue apartment bu…

Large areas of the Australian state of Victoria, including parts of Melbourne, have suffered power cuts after bush fires affected key supply lines. In Melbourne, trains, trams and traffic lights were affected, withcommuters being warned to expect serious delays. It is not clear when power supplies will be restored. Local media said a bush fire near Benalla, in the north-east of the state, had knocked out power lines linking Victoria to the national grid. This happened as the electricity network was coming under strain from massive demand caused in part by the sweltering temperatures of 40C (103F). "There are…

Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Peter Jackson, Neil Finn, Sir Edmund Hillary, Jonah Lomu - we have beaten them all! Helen Clark, can you hear me? Your boys took one hell of a beating! sorry, it's just been so long... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6255903.stm

Anyone else into these machines? I have Gears Of War and Obivion, both amazing games. Discuss

The Liverpool club credited with launching the career of The Beatles celebrates its 50th anniversary with a 13-hour party. The Beatles played hundreds of gigs at the Cavern Club between 1961 and 1963. It was demolished in 1973 but reopened 10 years later on part of the same site using reclaimed bricks from the original building. A piece of public art, showing the site of the doorway to the original club, will be unveiled as part of the events. Cavern spokesman Dave Jones said the invitation-only party would reflect all the bands which had played at the basement club over the past 50 years. "The Merseysippi jazz band, who played the first night of the club…

A policeman has been jailed for masterminding a series of raids on cash machines on Tyneside. Suspended Northumbria Police officer Jason Singh, who was based in South Shields, was the ringleader of a gang targeting machines in Gateshead. Newcastle Crown Court heard he had turned to crime to feed his £600-a-week cocaine habit. The 24-year-old, from Dunston, admitted two charges of conspiracy to steal and was sentenced to six years in prison. Passing sentence, Judge Esmond Faulks, said: "You were at the time a serving police officer. "You have let everybody down, not just yourself and your family, but the general public and the police whose reputation for …

Irish poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has been named winner of the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry, collecting a cheque for £10,000. He won for his latest collection, District and Circle, which draws on his travels to work on the London Underground in his younger days. The prize was presented by TS Eliot's widow, Valerie Eliot, at a ceremony in central London. Heaney's work was described by the judges as "exhilarating". "In an outstandingly strong field, this was an exceptional collection of poems," said chairman of the judges, Sean O'Brien. Poets who made this year's shortlist included Simon Armitage, Penelope Shuttle, Hugo Williams and Paul Farley. …

Give me a kiss, you big softie Last updated at 22:00pm on 12th January 2007 In lion language, this is the look that says: You're the cat's whiskers. Through the bars of his cage, Jupiter the former circus attraction stretches his giant paws around the neck of Ana Julia Torres and appears to plant a kiss on her lips. "It is amazing to see an animal like that be so sweet and affectionate," says 47-year-old Miss Torres, who runs an animal refuge in Colombia. Scroll down to read more... "This hug is the most sincere one that I have received in my life." Jupiter was rescued six years ago from a travelling menagerie in which he was beaten and st…

Ding compiles maximum at Masters China's Ding Junhui knocked in a maximum 147 break on his way to victory over Anthony Hamilton on the opening day of the Masters at Wembley Arena. The 19-year-old Ding, the world number 27, made the clearance in the seventh frame to go 5-2 up and went on to win the wildcard encounter 6-3. It is only the second maximum break in the tournament's history. Canada's Kirk Stevens is the only other man to have completed a 147, against Jimmy White in 1984. Ding said: "I'm feeling really special to be the second player in Masters history to make a 147 break. "When I got to the last red ball I was nervous, and on the final …

Fifteen-pound boy, two feet tall, born in Poland Last updated at 12:36pm on 12th January 2007 A baby boy weighing 15.7lb has been born in Poland. Kacper, who is more than two feet tall, was born to Bozena Skulska, 44, in Szczecin. The heaviest baby on record born to a healthy mother weighed 22.4lb. • Sign up for our daily interactive homepage email

A Californian woman who took part in a water-drinking contest to win a video game system has died of water intoxication, tests have shown. Jennifer Strange had taken part in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" game run by KDND 107.9 radio in Sacramento, which promised the winner a Nintendo Wii. A work colleague said Ms Strange had reported her head was hurting hours after the contest and was going home. Ms Strange, 28, was found dead on Friday at her house in Rancho Cordova. Health warning Local assistant coroner Ed Smith said initial tests showed death was "consistent with water intoxication". Contestants were first given eight ounce (225 millilitre) bott…

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