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Take no credence, since the U.N. is a sham, but an interesting article... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/10/nclimate10.xml UN downgrades man's impact on the climate Richard Gray, Science Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 1:32am GMT 10/12/2006 Mankind has had less effect on global warming than previously supposed, a United Nations report on climate change will claim next year. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says there can be little doubt that humans are responsible for warming the planet, but the organisation has reduced its overall estimate of this effect by 25 per cent. In a final draft of …

It's just one hour and the Champion open Who will win :rolleyes: Go to the right thread http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36451 This is a wrong thread:confused:

Supermarket online delivery? Order now, but maybe for next Christmas By SEAN POULTER, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Last updated at 22:00pm on 8th December 2006 Tesco has put up its Christmas week delivery charge by as much as 50 per cent but many customers ordering now are simply too late to receive deliveries Thousands of shoppers hoping to order their Christmas groceries online will be turned away because supermarkets cannot cope with demand. Buying festive food and drink with the big four web grocers - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Ocado -has turned into a lottery and in many areas it is already too late. All of the slots for the last d…

Blair said there was no need to scrap multicultural Britain, in which different communities live side by side. "On the contrary we should continue celebrating it. But we need -- in the face of the challenge to our values -- to reassert also the duty to integrate...," he said. Race relations are under the spotlight in other European countries. France bans Muslim headscarfs and other religious garb from state schools while the Dutch government agreed last month to ban the wearing of Muslim face veils in public. A debate over the use of full veils by some Muslim women has also gripped Britain. Blair, who has previously called the veil a "mark of separation", said…

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Australian bush fires seen from space By CLAIRE BATES Last updated at 17:33pm on 8th December 2006 You would be forgiven for thinking this NASA snap of a swirling vortex above Australia was a swathe of cloud, but it is actually the smoke from 15 huge bush fires. The satellite image shows an area of south-eastern Australia ravaged by blazes. The fires, thought to have been sparked by lightning, have burnt around 90,000 hectares of scrub and forest and continue to spread in the state of Victoria. Officials predict as much as 600,000 hectares of land may be burned in the next week as temperatures rise to 37C.

Wayne Rooney has signed a contract extension with Manchester United that will keep him at the club until 2012. The England international striker, 21, joined the Old Trafford outfit two years ago in a £27m move from Everton. Negotiations on the contract began just two months ago and reflect the desire of both parties to seal the deal. "It is something I have always wanted," said Rooney. "There is so much I want to achieve with this club, starting hopefully with the league this season." Red Devils manager Sir Alex Ferguson is delighted to have tied Rooney to a long-term contract just over a year since Cristiano Ronaldo penned a new deal that runs until 2010. …

A month or so ago, I saw a news article saying that the government were going to abandon paper petitions, and people could submit them online instead. Having seen some of these, do we think they're regretting the decision? http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/juggle/ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/goldanthem/ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Resign/ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Cycle-lanes/ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/NHSMonkeys/ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/boratforleader/

Nearly three tons of unlicensed fireworks found by customs officers in South Yorkshire are back on the streets after being stolen from a warehouse. The fireworks were discovered during routine checks at a self-storage site in Barnsley, along with 150,000 illegal cigarettes on Monday night. But the secured container was broken into and the haul stolen, hours before they were due to be moved on Wednesday. Anyone with information about the fireworks is urged to contact police. Customs officers handed the fireworks over to South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, who could not move them until Wednesday because special transportation had to be organised. John…

Couple celebrate a bright Christmas By CLAIRE BATES Last updated at 11:32am on 8th December 2006 It would be fair to say that Bernie and Denise Lumsden from Bristol like to celebrate the festive season...a lot. In the name of Christmas cheer the couple have decorated their house with 40,000 bulbs in a dazzling display, which must rack up an impressive electricity bill. Inside they have also abandoned the concept of 'tasteful touches', festooning their living room with tinsel, teddy bears and even a snowman. Wonder what the neighbours think?

Scorned wife advertises husband's infidelity on £2,500 billboard by ANDY DOLAN Last updated at 22:00pm on 8th December 2006 Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned: The £2,500 advert has provoked a big reaction The best billboard advertisements are always bold, well executed, and to the point, and this was no different. Except it wasn't a new perfume or car that was being advertised, but a husband's infidelity and the subsequent breakdown of his marriage. When a scorned wife discovered her husband was having an affair with her best friend, she decided the £2,500 advert was the perfect way to shame them. Addressed to her love-cheat husband …

Couch potato nation Last updated at 12:12pm on 8th December 2006 England is in the grips of an obesity crisis England is a nation of armchair sports fans an extensive survey has found. An astonishing half of the population do not take part in any sport or active recreation. Just one in five are managing the recommended 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise at least three days a week. This includes 6.3 per cent who exercise every day according to the Active People Survey, billed by Sport England as Europe's biggest study of sport and fitness habits. Ipsos Mori researchers spoke to 363,724 people aged over 16 across England's 354 local authori…

On the wings of love - how Romeo the pelican was nursed back to health Last updated at 00:04am on 8th December 2006 Lovebird: Romeo the pelican gazes into Alexis Bailey's eyes When they first met, Romeo the pelican was simply in need of a little tender loving care. But the amorous avian appears to have mistaken a nurse's attention for something a little more intimate and has set about trying to woo his human companion. The pink-backed pelican is all aflutter over Alexis Bailey and carries out bizarre mating rituals when she enters the room. He also attacks anyone who he perceives as a love rival. But Romeo could soon be left bro…

Britons like friends better than family at Christmas - research By LAURA ROBERTS Last updated at 22:00pm on 7th December 2006 Four of ten of us would rather spend Christmas with friends than with family Four in ten Britons will reject the traditional family Christmas this year in favour of being with their friends, according to the latest research published. Up to 24 million of us will eschew the pressure and stress of a familial Yuletide gathering and choose to spend the day with mates instead. Even those who do celebrate Christmas with relatives will secretly be wishing they could escape and celebrate with their contemporaries. Four out of …

Party girl Lindsay gets help for drink problem Last updated at 21:22pm on 2nd December 2006 Party girl Lindsay Lohan admits drink problem Party loving starlet Lindsay Lohan has admitted she has a drink problem and is attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. The 20-year-old actress was criticised by a movie boss this year for failing to turn up on set after all-night revelling. Now publicist Leslie Sloane has revealed the Mean Girls star has turned to AA in Los Angeles, adding: "She's been attending some meetings and it's going to be a slow process. This is a positive." And mother Dina Lohan said: "A lot of people she hangs out with go and …

'Students should face pre-exam security tests to stamp out fraud' By LAURA CLARK, Education Reporter Last updated at 22:00pm on 4th December 2006 Pupils taking exams should be forced to take biometric security tests to cut down on cheating, the exam watchdog said. A Government-backed report is recommending tougher measures such as fingerprint or retina scanning to prevent students drafting in friends to take exams in their place. Exam boards are forced to disqualify candidates every year for passing off others as themselves in GCSE and A-level exams. The report, commissioned by Government exams watchdogs, also called for widespread trials of …

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A London Ambulance crew was sent 200 miles to Manchester by a faulty satellite navigation system while transferring a patient to hospital. The team were supposed to take the man from King George Hospital in Ilford to Mascalls Park Hospital in Brentwood. But they did not realise their equipment was faulty until the reached the outskirts of Manchester. London Ambulance said the patient was in a comfortable condition throughout the eight-hour journey. The patient left the King George Hospital for the Mascalls Park Hospital, which is a 12 mile (19.3km) journey, in the early hours of Tuesday morning but did not arrive until the afternoon, having travelled to Manc…

Two US students are suing a film studio claiming they were duped into appearing in spoof movie Borat starring Sacha Baron Cohen as a Kazakh journalist. The unknown plaintiffs are seen making sexist and racist remarks in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Legal papers said the two men "engaged in behaviour that they otherwise would not have engaged in". Spokesman for 20th Century Fox Gregg Brilliant said the case "has no merit". The men are identified in the film as two fraternity members from a South Carolina university. 'Humiliation' They are not named in the case "to protect themselves from any addi…

'Nutrition nannies' to help obese families shop by SEAN POULTER Last updated at 22:39pm on 6th December 2006 'Nutrition nannies': Obese families will be helped to shop A three year £3 million programme of keep fit classes and healthy eating advice for 5,000 obese children has been unveiled. 'Nutrition nannies' from Sainsbury's will walk supermarket aisles to advise families about what to buy to lose weight and stay fit. Separately, overweight children and their families will be offered a regime of free gym classes and coaching at local sports centres. The effort follow recent government figures predicting that unless action is taken now, …

Christmas wish lists corrupted by big toy companies' ad blitz By SEAN POULTER, Last updated at 10:40am on 6th December 2006 All I want for Christmas: is, apparently, whatever is shown in the most ads on TV - such as these Bratz dolls, the street-wise version of Barbie The Christmas lists sent to Santa by millions of children are being corrupted by the TV advertsing blitz of the big toy companies. Psychologists have discovered a direct correlation between the number of times a particular toy is advertised and whether it features on a child's wish list. Girls, it is claimed, are particularly being targeted by commercials for toys such as the B…

The High Court has ruled a woman in a persistent vegetative state given an experimental treatment against her family's wishes can be allowed to die. It had been ruled, despite her family's view, that she should be given a sleeping pill which could potentially have woken her up. However, the 53-year-old, who has not been named, failed to respond to the drug, zolpidem. Her doctors will now be allowed to withdraw life-sustaining care. Early reserach had shown that zolpidem can bring people out of a vegetative state. But the woman's family did not want her to receive the drug, preferring to let her die, as she may be left seriously disabled. Sir Mark Pot…

A British man who traded counterfeit DVDs on the internet auction site eBay has been fined £55,000. Peter Spencer, 39, from Oakhill Park in Bradford, pleaded guilty to importing and distributing pirated DVDs at Bradford Crown Court in May. He received a six-month jail sentence and has now been ordered to pay £55,000 or face a further two years in prison. The sum was judged to be his profit from selling pirated copies of films like Kill Bill and Lord of The Rings. Spencer was brought to court following an investigation by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact), which found he had more than 950 counterfeit DVDs for sale on eBay in January 2004. The …

The eternal Autumn sparks more global warming fears Last updated at 22:00pm on 3rd December 2006 Flowers are blooming on the slopes of Alpine ski resorts and bears are having trouble hibernating in Siberia amid the late start to winter. Rare December pollen is troubling asthma sufferers as far north as Scandinavia, sales of winter clothing are down and Santa Claus is having to reassure children his sleigh will take off on Christmas Eve, snow or no snow. From Ottawa to Moscow, temperatures have been way above average at the start of the winter in the northern hemisphere -- with exceptions including a rare snowstorm in Dallas, Texas. Like many places, Austria …