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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8200817.stm]]> News Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:27:06 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/nhs-attack-by-mep-unpatriotic-t663.htm#16046 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/nhs-attack-by-mep-unpatriotic-t663.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/mp-defends-muslim-wedding-walk-out-t664.htm Katieee™ Quote: government minister has defended his decision to walk out of a Muslim wedding in east London because he was told he must sit apart from his wife. Jim Fitzpatrick, food, farming and environment minister, left a ceremony at London Muslim Centre, Whitechapel. The MP for Poplar and Canning Town told the BBC the segregation showed a degree of intolerance in the East End. But a spokesman for the centre said the segregation was at the request of the couple getting married. Mr Fitzpatrick, ... News Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:33:26 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/mp-defends-muslim-wedding-walk-out-t664.htm#16049 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/mp-defends-muslim-wedding-walk-out-t664.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/facebook-in-challenge-to-google-t654.htm Katieee™ The average user has 120 friends on the site Quote: The average user has 120 friends on the site Facebook has turned up the heat on Google by purchasing content-sharing service FriendFeed, say industry watchers. Many expected Google or even Twitter to buy the company, which has been praised for its "real-time" search engine. This type of search is valuable because it lets you know what is happening right now on any given subject. "Google look out, ... News Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:05:36 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/facebook-in-challenge-to-google-t654.htm#15659 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/facebook-in-challenge-to-google-t654.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/dead-baby-wakes-before-funeral-t644.htm Katieee™ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8191023.stm]]> News Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:18:32 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/dead-baby-wakes-before-funeral-t644.htm#15542 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/dead-baby-wakes-before-funeral-t644.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/couple-behind-baby-p-death-named-t653.htm Katieee™ Quote: Those convicted are likely to be given new identities upon release The couple responsible for the death of 17-month-old Baby Peter have been named after a court anonymity order expired. He died in Haringey, north London, in the care of his mother Tracey Connelly, 28, and her partner Steven Barker, 33. A third defendant in the case named as Jason Owen, 37, is now identified as Barker's brother. Baby Peter's surname, Connelly, has also been released. In May, Connelly ... News Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:03:06 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/couple-behind-baby-p-death-named-t653.htm#15658 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/couple-behind-baby-p-death-named-t653.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/radical-rethink-needed-on-food-t645.htm Katieee™ Quote: A "radical rethink" of how the UK produces and consumes its food is needed, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has warned. He was speaking at the launch of the government's assessment of the threats to the security of what we eat. The food supply was currently secure but population growth and climate change could have an impact, he warned. Producers, supermarkets and consumers have been invited to suggest how a secure food system should look in 2030. Some of the findings ... News Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:22:58 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/radical-rethink-needed-on-food-t645.htm#15543 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/radical-rethink-needed-on-food-t645.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/flu-drug-unhelpful-in-children-t643.htm Katieee™ Quote: Tamiflu is the antiviral being used in the UK Research has cast doubt on the policy of giving antiviral drugs to children for swine flu. Work in the British Medical Journal shows Tamiflu and Relenza rarely prevent complications in children with seasonal flu, yet carry side effects. Although they did not test this in the current swine flu pandemic, the authors say these drugs are unlikely to help children who catch the H1N1 virus. The government has stuck by its policy ... News Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:17:34 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/flu-drug-unhelpful-in-children-t643.htm#15541 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/flu-drug-unhelpful-in-children-t643.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/bomb-hits-spain-s-majorca-t636.htm Katieee™ Quote: There have been three bomb explosions on the Spanish island of Majorca, following a warning purported to be from the Basque separatist group, Eta. Officials say the first bomb went off in a beachfront bar and restaurant in Palma de Majorca. No-one was injured. Two further blasts occurred at another nearby restaurant and in a town square. No injuries were reported. Eta earlier admitted responsibility for a bomb attack in Majorca last month which killed two Civil Guard officers. ... News Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:23:38 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/bomb-hits-spain-s-majorca-t636.htm#15362 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/bomb-hits-spain-s-majorca-t636.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/woman-trapped-and-killed-in-lift-t635.htm Katieee™ Quote: A 50-year-old woman has died after becoming trapped in a lift shaft in a block of flats in east London. It happened at midnight on Saturday at Lambourne Court in Woodford Green. London Fire Brigade said crews discovered a woman trapped between a lift car and the outer door. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A spokeswoman for the Health and Safety Executive said they had been notified of the incident and were conducting preliminary inquiries. "An inspector has visited ... News Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:21:53 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/woman-trapped-and-killed-in-lift-t635.htm#15361 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/woman-trapped-and-killed-in-lift-t635.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/what-s-in-an-early-name-t630.htm Katieee™ Quote: Is this the best time to name your baby? By Laura Schocker The mother of Jude Law's fourth child announced on Sunday that the new baby will be named Sophia - three months before she is expected to arrive. It was an unusual break from baby naming protocol. But why do names tend to be such a secret in the first place? In the past few years, the celebrity name game has often been a waiting game. Britney Spears left her fans hanging for six weeks before she revealed ... News Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:59:49 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/what-s-in-an-early-name-t630.htm#14956 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/what-s-in-an-early-name-t630.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/woman-torched-briton-s-genitals-t628.htm Katieee™ Quote: Many Greeks have been 'sickened' by British tourists' behaviour A Greek woman accused of setting fire to the genitals of a British tourist in Crete is due to appear in court. The woman admitted assault after dousing the man's private parts in alcohol and igniting them, but says she did so after being sexually harassed. Police on the Greek island say the tourist was drunk and had waved his genitals at several girls before allegedly groping the suspect. The man suffered ... News Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:51:18 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/woman-torched-briton-s-genitals-t628.htm#14947 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/woman-torched-briton-s-genitals-t628.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/pregnant-prisoner-returns-to-uk-t629.htm Katieee™ Quote: A pregnant Briton jailed for life in Laos for heroin smuggling has arrived back in the UK. Samantha Orobator, 20, from Peckham, south London, was caught with 1.5lb (680g) of the drug at Wattay airport in the capital, Vientiane, last August. Orobator escaped the death penalty because she became pregnant in jail and will complete her sentence in the UK. She said she was "enormously relieved and happy to be back on British soil" after "an unimaginable nightmare". Orobator ... News Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:53:29 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/pregnant-prisoner-returns-to-uk-t629.htm#14952 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/pregnant-prisoner-returns-to-uk-t629.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/train-robber-biggs-wins-freedom-t626.htm Katieee™ Quote: Biggs has suffered several strokes and is fed through a tube Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been granted release from his prison sentence on compassionate grounds, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said. He explained that the decision was based on medical evidence that Biggs's condition had deteriorated and he was not expected to recover. Biggs is severely ill in hospital with pneumonia and doctors have said there is "not much hope" for him. Biggs, 79, ... News Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:49:45 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/train-robber-biggs-wins-freedom-t626.htm#14816 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/train-robber-biggs-wins-freedom-t626.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/german-football-song-irks-muslims-t619.htm Katieee™ Quote: FC Schalke 04 are contenders for the Bundesliga title An anthem sung by fans of the German football club FC Schalke 04 has drawn protests from Muslims because of its reference to the Prophet Muhammad. The Gelsenkirchen club, which plays in Germany's top league, the Bundesliga, has asked an Islam expert to consider whether the song might be insulting. The third verse contains the words: "Muhammad was a prophet who understood nothing about football". "But ... News Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:52:55 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/german-football-song-irks-muslims-t619.htm#14643 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/german-football-song-irks-muslims-t619.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/rehab-staff-killed-web-addict-t620.htm Katieee™ Quote: A Chinese teenager sent to an internet addiction rehabilitation camp has allegedly been beaten to death by its counsellors, according to reports. A number of employees of the Qihang Salvation Training Camp in Nanning have been arrested over the death, his father Deng Fei told the Global Times. The camp had promised to put Deng Senshan, 15, under 24-hour supervision. China is increasingly taking action against what it sees as a pandemic of web addiction. Some estimates ... News Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:55:32 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/rehab-staff-killed-web-addict-t620.htm#14644 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/rehab-staff-killed-web-addict-t620.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/latvian-warning-for-british-stags-t618.htm Katieee™ Quote: Riga has become a popular destination for British stag parties The mayor of the Latvian capital of Riga says British stag parties will no longer be welcomed with open arms. Nils Usakovs told Latvian magazine Rigas Laiks the city had run out of patience with unruly British tourists who misbehaved. Mr Usakovs said: "The only problem is that we have a large share of those British tourists." Riga is one of a handful of low-cost central and eastern European cities ... News Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:50:04 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/latvian-warning-for-british-stags-t618.htm#14642 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/latvian-warning-for-british-stags-t618.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/mum-had-abortion-after-kissing-child-with-pig-flu-t591.htm Katieee™ Quote: Panicked mum-to-be Jill Demirel had an abortion - because she had kissed a child with mild swine flu. Jill ended her pregnancy in the 18th week even though she did NOT have the virus herself and her unborn daughter was fit and well. She made the decision after kissing her four-year-old niece a day before the youngster was diagnosed with the illness. Despite reassurances from her GP, 32-year-old Jill convinced herself she would fall ill and die, damage her unborn baby and infect her ... News Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:01:13 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/mum-had-abortion-after-kissing-child-with-pig-flu-t591.htm#14156 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/mum-had-abortion-after-kissing-child-with-pig-flu-t591.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/domestic-dog-origins-challenged-t609.htm Katieee™ Quote: African village dogs possess plenty of genetic diversity The suggestion that the domestic dog originated in East Asia has been challenged. The huge genetic diversity of dogs found in East Asia had led many scientists to conclude that domestication began there. But new research published in the journal PNAS shows the DNA of dogs in African villages is just as varied. An international group of researchers analysed blood samples from dogs in Egypt, Uganda and Namibia. ... News Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:30:28 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/domestic-dog-origins-challenged-t609.htm#14489 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/domestic-dog-origins-challenged-t609.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/foreign-students-banned-from-shop-t608.htm Katieee™ Quote: A notice on the door of Perfect Homes bans foreign students from entering A furniture shop in a south coast town has banned foreign students who it says take their fast food into the store to eat on the sofas and coffee tables. Chris Moffet, manager of Perfect Homes in Eastbourne, said he put up a sign barring foreign students after his stock was damaged. Solicitor Paul Gilbert said the store could be leaving itself open to prosecution under race relations laws. But ... News Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:27:48 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/foreign-students-banned-from-shop-t608.htm#14486 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/foreign-students-banned-from-shop-t608.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/police-warn-of-teenage-sexting-t607.htm Katieee™ Quote: A worrying number of teenagers are swapping intimate or sexually explicit photos, called "sexts", on their mobiles, police say. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre says it receives daily reports of harassment after private photos have been circulated. Some "sexts" have ended up on forums used by child sex offenders, it says. One in four 11 to 18-year-olds have received a "sext" by phone or email, according to charity Beatbullying. ... News Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:25:33 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/police-warn-of-teenage-sexting-t607.htm#14485 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/police-warn-of-teenage-sexting-t607.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/haggis-is-english-says-historian-t599.htm Katieee™ Quote: Catherine Brown says the first Scottish references to haggis came in 1747 A haggis recipe was published in an English book almost two hundred years before any evidence of the dish in Scotland, a historian has claimed. Historian Catherine Brown said she found references to the dish inside a 1615 book called The English Hus-Wife. The title would pre-date Robert Burns' poem To A Haggis, which brought fame to the delicacy, by at least 171 years. But former world champion ... News Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:33:07 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/haggis-is-english-says-historian-t599.htm#14273 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/haggis-is-english-says-historian-t599.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/jobless-graduate-sues-her-college-t603.htm Katieee™ Quote: Monroe College was founded in 1933 A New York woman who says she cannot find a job is suing the college where she obtained a bachelor's degree, the New York Post reports. Trina Thompson, 27, filed a lawsuit last week against Monroe College in Bronx Supreme Court. She is seeking to recover $70,000 (£42,000) she spent on tuition to get her information technology degree. Monroe College spokesman Gary Axelbank said Ms Thompson's lawsuit was "completely without ... News Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:56:02 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/jobless-graduate-sues-her-college-t603.htm#14279 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/jobless-graduate-sues-her-college-t603.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/universities-fail-on-standards-t596.htm Katieee™ Quote: MPs say degree standards must be made more consistent Universities in England are failing to safeguard degree standards, according to a damning report from MPs. The current system for ensuring quality is "out of date" and should be replaced," the Commons universities select committee concluded. "Inconsistency in standards is rife," said committee chairman, Phil Willis. Universities UK attacked the report as "ill-thought through" and ... News Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:19:17 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/universities-fail-on-standards-t596.htm#14166 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/universities-fail-on-standards-t596.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/praying-man-let-his-daughter-die-t592.htm Katieee™ Quote: Praying man let his daughter die Dale Neumann faces up to 25 years in prison A US jury has found a man guilty of killing his sick 11-year-old daughter by praying for her recovery rather than seeking medical care. The man, Dale Neumann, told a court in the state of Wisconsin he believed God could heal his daughter. She died of a treatable disease - undiagnosed diabetes - at home in rural Wisconsin in March last year, as people surrounded her and prayed. ... News Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:05:38 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/praying-man-let-his-daughter-die-t592.htm#14158 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/praying-man-let-his-daughter-die-t592.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/girl-hit-by-train-after-drinking-t545.htm Katieee™ Quote: Sophie Harris followed another girl onto the track, the inquest heard A girl of 16 died after being hit by a train when she walked onto a rail track after drinking vodka and wine with friends, an inquest has heard. An accidental death verdict was returned on Sophie Harris who died in June 2008 at Pencoed near Bridgend. The inquest jury in Aberdare heard Sophie, from Bridgend, was almost double the drink-drive limit. The teenager shouted to a friend who warned her ... News Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:25:42 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/girl-hit-by-train-after-drinking-t545.htm#13208 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/girl-hit-by-train-after-drinking-t545.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/uk-s-national-id-card-unveiled-t540.htm Katieee™ Quote: Name please: Alan Johnson with his ID Card Home Secretary Alan Johnson has unveiled the final design of the controversial national identity card. The card will be offered to members of the public in the Greater Manchester area from the end of this year. Ministers plan to launch the £30 biometric ID Card nationwide in 2011 or 2012 - but it will not be compulsory. But the government faces increasing opposition over the card with critics saying it breaches privacy as ... News Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:07:54 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/uk-s-national-id-card-unveiled-t540.htm#13197 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/uk-s-national-id-card-unveiled-t540.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/graduates-to-get-gap-year-money-t581.htm Katieee™ Quote: Prince William spent 10 weeks in Chile on a Raleigh International expedition The government is to pay for graduates struggling to get a job to go on trips abroad, The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has confirmed. It said the scheme will be launched with expedition company Raleigh International next week. It will pay for 500 young people under the age of 24 to travel to places such as Costa Rica and India to take part in projects such as building schools. ... News Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:35:21 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/graduates-to-get-gap-year-money-t581.htm#13878 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/graduates-to-get-gap-year-money-t581.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/why-should-i-live-by-gypsies-t580.htm Katieee™ Quote: Dale Farm residents have threatened to barricade themselves on site Every year millions of pounds are spent by local councils on evicting Gypsies and travellers from illegal camp sites. The government thinks the answer is to create more authorised sites, but who should decide where they go? Len Gridley has some problems with his neighbours. The first is that there are 1,000 of them. The second is that they have set up what has become Europe's biggest illegal traveller site ... News Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:33:17 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/why-should-i-live-by-gypsies-t580.htm#13876 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/why-should-i-live-by-gypsies-t580.htm http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/cap-on-junior-doctor-hours-cut-t579.htm Katieee™ Quote: Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. European rules preventing trainee doctors from working more than 48 hours a week have come into force. Doctors' organisations have criticised the European Working Time Directive, saying the reduced hours means there is too little time to provide training. And there have been concerns it could hamper the NHS response to swine flu. But the government says 97% of the NHS has already ... News Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:30:19 GMT http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/cap-on-junior-doctor-hours-cut-t579.htm#13874 http://psychedelicnerds.forumotion.com/news-f11/cap-on-junior-doctor-hours-cut-t579.htm