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The UK has posted a record budget deficit for the public sector in May. The May current deficit was £8.7bn, £1bn higher than a year ago, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Public Sector Net Borrowing (PSNB) - which includes capital investment - showed a deficit of £10bn, the second highest figure on record. Rising government spending was mainly responsible, the ONS said, although lower corporate tax receipts also contributed. Another measure of public borrowing, the public sector net cash requirement, reached £7.4bn, £2.3bn higher than one year ago, and the highest for May on record. Rest of the article here

It's one of the biggest events of the year in sport, so who do you think will take home the glory of the FIFA World Cup? Discuss...

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson was pleased England got the point they needed to top Group B but admitted the draw with Sweden highlighted defensive frailties. Robinson believes the team now need to work on set-pieces after the Swedes grabbed two goals in Cologne. He said: "We've conceded two goals from set-pieces. We do work a lot on those and we have to look at it. "We will look at the goals because we didn't defend particularly well. But we have a few days to put it right." After twice taking the lead, England were exposed at the back as Sweden surged forward. Marcus Allback headed the equaliser at 1-1 from a Tobias Linderoth corner before Henrik Larsson sc…

A huge TV screen showing England's World Cup games in the centre of Birmingham has collapsed in high winds. The digital screen made up of LED cubes at Millennium Point's Fan Park - one of Europe's largest - was tipped over on Tuesday afternoon. No-one was hurt. It was designed to fall backwards so the LED cubes did not smash. A smaller screen has beeng brought in by organisers for the Sweden v England game, which is expected to attract thousands of fans. The larger screen, measuring 6m high by 10m wide (20ft by 30ft) is held up by scaffolding and the area surrounding it had already been cordoned off because of fears about it collapsing in the high winds. …

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The BBC's flagship pop music programme Top of the Pops has been cancelled after 42 years, the BBC has announced. "The time has come to bring the show to its natural conclusion," said the BBC's director of television Jana Bennett. In a statement, the BBC said the weekly programme could no longer compete with 24-hour music channels. Top of the Pops was first broadcast in 1964, from a converted church in Salford, Manchester. The final edition will be shown on 30 July. The pop programme was only commissioned for six episodes when it began in 1964. But it proved so popular that it won a weekly slot and has been broadcast by the BBC ever since, celebrating its 2,000th s…

World Cup Standings - 2006 2006 June 15, 2006Group A Standings GP W D L GS GA GD P 1 Ecuador 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 6 2 Germany 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 6 3 Poland 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0 4 Costa Rica 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 0 June 15, 2006Group B Standings GP W D L GS GA GD P 1 England 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 6 2 Sweden 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 Trinidad & Tobago 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1 4 Paraguay 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0 June 16, 2006Group C Standings GP W D L GS GA GD P 1 Argentina 2 2 0 0 8 1 7 6 2 Netherlands 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 6 3 Ivory Coast 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0 4 Serbia & Montenegro 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 0 …

The Namibian government is to invite singer Britney Spears to give birth in the country following Angelina Jolie's decision to have her baby there. Deputy tourism minister Leon Jooste recently told reporters Spears was considering having her baby in Namibia. Spears's publicist denied the story and Mr Jooste said he may have been hoaxed. But he will now "call and invite them to see if they would like to come", he said. He added: "We have a little niche tourism market that we are developing." Last month, Spears, 24, confirmed that she is expecting her second child with husband Kevin Federline. Last Monday, Mr Jooste received a phone call from the US sugges…

NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR SIGNS EXCLUSIVELY WITH MARVEL COMICS! Tamora Pierce, author of over twenty novels and self-proclaimed “geek”, has signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Comics. Best known for her breaking of the male warrior fantasy mold, Pierce has made solid, action-packed adventures for young female readers a reality. Her books have captured the imagination of lovers of the fantastic across the world and rung interesting changes on the classic tales of the hero's journey. more here: http://www.tamora-pierce.com/marvel.htm interview for Publisher's Weekly PWCW: Where did your interest in comics come from? Tamora Pierce: I've been a…

v Switzerland, shocking!

This isn't really world cup but I'm sure it will be understood. http://youtube.com/watch?v=JuN09NLwNu8&search=football%20fake (posted that in another thread. Those two are so funny....the second one is more sad though. I'll try find some more.

....and all I can say is that it can be exciting but it really pisses me off how much the footballers dive and fake injuries! They are a bunch of babies. I'm watching the hockey playoffs and guys are blocking pieces of rubber shot at 90mph but don't go off whining or holding themselves. I mean yes I can see how getting kicked or tripped can hurt but you don't need to roll around, get a stretcher out, then on the next play be out there running around like nothing happened. Suck it up and keep playing.

Now Spain brands Crouch 'the two metre asparagus' Tall order: England's Peter Crouch Peter Crouch thought he had heard all the jibes about his 6ft 7in frame - 'beanpole', 'bambi on ice' plus those hilarious inquiries about whether it is 'snowing up there'. But even Crouchy has never before been called an 'espárrago de dos-metro' - a 'two metre asparagus'. The description, coined by a Spanish journalist writing about England World Cup campaign, is one of an array of unsporting insults hurled at our lanky hitman - despite his crucial late goal against Trinidad & Tobago on Thursday. The writer, from El Pais, called the England team 'flat, grotesque and con…

watch the video of the goal against T&T http://youtube.com/watch?v=H2WxxwYBvrk&search=crouch%20hair%20goal

wow! I am surprised no one made this one yet! lol So whats up... what do you kids think of the auditions so far??? Hilarious!!! Discuss.

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Okay, so who likes Zelda?!

heres a background i made. Any other backgrounds, chuck them in here.

The "Google generation" of students often do not understand what plagiarism is, says an expert on the issue. Many of the new generation of students raised on the internet see nothing wrong with copying other people's work, says Professor Sally Brown. Prof Brown, of Leeds Metropolitan University, will tell an international conference that the net has made copying and pasting too easy. She suggests personalising assignments would make plagiarism difficult. Prof Brown, pro vice-chancellor for assessment, learning and teaching at Leeds Metropolitan, will be speaking in Gateshead this week. In her presentation for the conference, she says students do not necessa…

which 2 teams will make the qualify into the KO round? reminder: standings: 3rd matches (June 22, Thursday) : Czech Republic - Italy Ghana - USA Italy 1st: - if they win against CZE - if they draw against CZE and GHA doesn't win against USA 2nd: - if they draw and Ghana wins against USA - if they lose with less than 3 goals and GHA - USA match is draw - if they lose, USA beats GHA and if ITA's goal difference is better than USA's Czech Republic 1st: - if they win against ITA and GHA doesn't win against USA - if they win, GHA wins as well and CZE's goal difference is better than GHA's 2nd: - if they draw against ITA and G…

It is all yelloooowww!!! (the fans around the ground)

ok a friend of mine just downloaded it and she was wondering how you could change you screen name.....do you mind if you can help me out on that? thx in advance! - Angie

Anyone have a DS here? I do... and I love it :P which games do you have? friends codes?

Weeeeeeee!! What an exciting match! Am absolutely loving it. Think on effort in the first half USA deserve to win. That Italian red card was spot on. filthy, filthy cheat!!