By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Behaviour can be affected by events in previous generations which have been passed on through a form of genetic memory, animal studies suggest. Experiments showed that a traumatic event could affect… Read More ›
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Prince Harry ‘drugs slur’ puts BBC in the line of fire
BBC faces pressure to apologise after Jo Brand insinuated on Have I Got News For You that Prince Harry took cocaine Prince Harry is a captain with the Army Air Corps and has served on two tours of duty in… Read More ›
Britain’s anger at EC opposition to restriction on migrant benefits : Benefit Tourism is OK, and so is Corruption ( EU )
The European Commission and the BBC are facing new questions over a controversial report into the effect of European Union migration to the UK. David Cameron’s official spokesman said last week that there was “widespread and understandable concern” in the… Read More ›
Mentally ill tied to trees and left to die in Somalia
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Mon, 7 Oct 2013 01:28 PM Author: Emma BathaMore news from our correspondents Men walk on a beach in front of a building destroyed during a war in Mogadishu June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic … Read More ›
Leaked report to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows we may be headed for Global Cooling
Global warming? No, actually we’re cooling, claim scientists A cold Arctic summer has led to a record increase in the ice cap, leading experts to predict a period of global cooling. Major climate research centres now accept that there has… Read More ›
Record return of Arctic ice cap as it grows by 60% in a year with top scientists warning of global COOLING
Almost a million more square miles of ocean covered with ice than in 2012 BBC reported in 2007 global warming would leave Arctic ice-free in summer by 2013 Publication of UN climate change report suggesting global warming caused by humans… Read More ›
Was Boston Bomber a white supremacist? Investigation finds Tamerlan Tsarnaev was in possession of right-wing extremist literature in run-up to terror attack
Tamerlan Tsarnaev read right-wing literature that claimed ‘Hitler had a point’ The suspect had material that claimed the 9/11 was a government conspiracy Tamerlan, 26, had literature on mass killings and how victims were murdered By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 03:38… Read More ›
GlaxoSmithKline finance head banned from leaving China
The BBC’s Martin Patience in Beijing: “Business leaders say foreign companies operating in China have never faced a tougher time” Related Stories China media: GSK case Chinese GSK executive ‘confesses’ Peston: GSK’s Chinese lesson Chinese authorities looking into alleged bribery… Read More ›
Turkish PM’s treason claims against BBC reporter chills other journalists
Turkish journalists see Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s attack on presenter for BBC’s Turkish service as a warning to them all Constanze Letsch in Istanbul guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 June 2013 14.00 EDT Erdogan took offence at the BBC’s coverage of anti-government protests…. Read More ›
Tony Blair strongly denies affair with Wendi Deng as outrageous rumours sweep the internet over reason behind Murdoch divorce
Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce in New York Supreme Court on Thursday Wendi Deng is Murdoch’s third wife – they were together for 14 years Pair were married in 1999 after meeting in Hong Kong two years before Previous… Read More ›
William Hague: Law-abiding Britons have nothing to fear from GCHQ
The Foreign Secretary will appear before the House of Commons tomorrow to try to allay concerns about the Prism spy scheme which enables the USA’s spy agency to mine data from Facebook and other web companies Andy McSmith Sunday, 9… Read More ›
Twelve minutes’ exercise per week ‘enough to stay fit’: Just 4 minutes 3 times a week
*EEV Note: Hmmm, I think we have a different opinion on what is meant by Fit. Just 12 minutes of intensive exercise per week is enough to improve your health if you are overweight, a study has found. 12 minutes… Read More ›
Saudi religious police boss condemns Twitter users
The head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police has warned citizens against using Twitter, which is rising in popularity among Saudis. Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites – and especially Twitter – “has lost… Read More ›
‘An opportunistic predator’: Veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall admits 14 sex assaults against girls as young as nine
BBC veteran’s lawyer says he knows his ‘disgrace is complete’ Jonathan Brown Thursday, 2 May 2013 The veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall was described as an “opportunistic predator” and warned he faces a possible jail sentence after admitting 14 counts of… Read More ›
Applicants wanted for 1 way trip to Mars
Wednesday, 17 April 2013 Want to go to Mars? Dutch organisation Mars One says it will open applications imminently. It would be a one-way trip, and the company hopes to build a community of settlers on the… Read More ›
Financial meltdown was caused by too many bankers taking cocaine, says former government drugs tsar Prof David Nutt
Academic, who was sacked for claiming that horse riding was as safe as taking ecstasy, said abuse of cocaine caused the financial meltdown. Rob Williams Monday, 15 April 2013 The former Government drugs tsar, Professor David Nutt, has said the… Read More ›
‘Biggest cyber-attack in history’ slows down global internet after quarrel between web-hosting company and anti-spam group
Internet services across the world have been disrupted and widespread congestion risks jamming crucial online infrastructure say experts Rob Williams Wednesday, 27 March 2013 A row between an anti-spam group and a web-hosting company has caused a slowdown in the… Read More ›
Ex-soldier suspected of the murder of top US Navy sniper at gun range
Man charged with shooting top US Navy sniper at gun range Ex-soldier suspected of the murder of the Navy Seal, author of American Sniper, and another man Nikhil Kumar Sunday, 3 February 2013 A man has been charged with… Read More ›
World heritage disaster: rebels torch Timbuktu’s priceless relics
Fleeing insurgents set fire to buildings containing 20,000 ancient documents as French troops approach LAST UPDATED AT 14:46 ON Mon 28 Jan 2013 ISLAMIST insurgents have dealt a “devastating blow” to the world’s heritage by torching buildings in Timbuktu containing… Read More ›
11 EU countries okay transactions tax
Jan 22, 2013 20:18 Moscow Time The finance ministers of 11 European Union countries supported the idea of a financial transactions tax at a meeting in Luxemburg on Tuesday. The agreement is yet to be finalized, but the key principles… Read More ›
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