Malmö, the third largest city in Sweden, has voted to allow topless bathing at public swimming pools. The original motion, however, was one to force women to cover up!
Antequera Blues Festival 2009
The Antequera Blues Festival takes place throughout July and the following acts will be participating.
Major police operation in Bournemouth
Although there are continual complaints about lack of manpower, it’s good to see that, when necessary, the forces of Law and Order can muster sufficient strength to apprehend the really dangerous criminals in society. Four vehicles and nine officers were recently involved in one such dramatic operation, ending with the arrest of a 42 year old desperado. Handcuffed, he was …
A danger to society?
Regardless of whether or not one agrees or disagrees with the impending release of train robber Ronnie Biggs, and it will spark much debate, it seems a little strange that the Parole Board believes that he still poses a risk of associating with other criminals and returning to violent crime. He is 79 years old and, following a series of …
UK Mobile Phone Directory
The new Directory of Mobile Phone numbers in the UK seems to be causing some concerns about privacy. The company Connectivity has so far ‘bought up’ around 16 million mobile phone numbers, 40% of the total, and hopes to eventually get hold of the vast majority. We received the following email which may or may not be of use to …
Send for nanny
Despite the results of a UK Government-funded report last year which concluded that ‘perceived health and safety regulations were felt to have systematically undermined communities and the quality of their children’s education’, creeping nannyism still seems to be rife, and still on the increase.
From the sublime…
In the past, it was always difficult for travellers and gypsies to obtain health care due, very often, to the transitory nature of their lifestyle. Under new NHS guidelines, however, ye olde pendulum appears to be about to swing to the other extreme. Now classed as an ethnic minority, travellers and gypsies are to be fast-tracked.
MP’s expense claims published
More than a month after details of UK MP’s scandalous expense claims began to be made public, the House of Commons authorities have begun releasing a selection of claim forms, receipts and other documents. Good news? A step forward towards transparency?
Behind closed doors
Ignoring the main story of the day: Coleen unveils her mini Rooney baby bump in a bikini in Barbados it seems that the ever more unpopular and unelected Prime Minister of the UK, Gordon Brown, is facing more criticism, from all sides, after announcing an investigation ‘of unprecedented scope’ into the events leading up to the invasion of Iraq.
Koogle it.
And then there was Koogle! Ultra-Orthodox Jews are very restricted when it comes to surfing the internet in case they happen upon something deemed ‘unsuitable’ by the Rabbis. However, that could all change with Koogle, a kosher search engine in Hebrew designed specifically for Orthodox Jews.