tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194830972543693952024-02-20T04:26:29.849-08:00UTOPIA maybe by Pad.APad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-80442626449798838282011-11-10T15:15:00.003-08:002013-01-05T16:53:10.879-08:00UPDATEUTOPIA maybe will be released by Q4 2014Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-9406068430047484832011-09-08T20:26:00.000-07:002011-09-08T20:26:29.931-07:00Interest rates predictions: When will the UK bank rate rise again?<a href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1607881/Interest-rates-News-predictions.html">Interest rates predictions: When will the UK bank rate rise again?</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The MPC's latest decision was</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> </span><a href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2035054/Bank-England-prints-extra-cash-OECD-sees-UK-economy-stagnating.html"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'hold'</span></a><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">today and a rise looks a long way off. In fact, the focus has turned back on to whether the Bank of England will return to money printing.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
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font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; ">The figure, an early estimate in the area covered by Somerset County Council, includes redundancy payments.</p></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-40658780010748631172011-04-11T01:31:00.000-07:002011-04-11T01:31:57.921-07:00BBC News - Mobile phone users 'overpaying by £200' per year<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12996175">BBC News - Mobile phone users 'overpaying by £200' per year</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; ">Three-quarters of mobile phone subscribers are wasting an average of nearly £200 a year because they are on the wrong contract, research suggests</span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-43791872627538976932011-04-11T00:57:00.000-07:002011-04-11T00:57:35.180-07:00BBC NEWS | Business | Market Data | Stock Markets | London Stock Exchange LSE | FTSE 100 UKX<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/">BBC NEWS | Business | Market Data | Stock Markets | London Stock Exchange LSE | FTSE 100 UKX</a><div><br /></div><div>Above 6000 again :)</div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-10181469646835794192011-04-10T01:37:00.000-07:002011-04-10T01:37:21.087-07:00BBC News - Council rubbish bin collection fines to be scrapped<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13027352">BBC News - Council rubbish bin collection fines to be scrapped</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; font-size: 13px; "><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; font-weight: bold; ">Fines for residents who break the rules on rubbish collections in England are to be scrapped, the BBC has learned.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; ">Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is expected to announce next month that the charges will be outlawed in all but the most serious cases of fly-tipping.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; ">Meanwhile, ministers have warned councils against "charging by the back-door" for refuse services.</p></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-51747135194238171372011-04-10T01:35:00.000-07:002011-04-10T01:35:57.911-07:00BBC News - Iceland rejects Icesave repayment deal<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13022524">BBC News - Iceland rejects Icesave repayment deal</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; ">Icelanders have rejected the latest plan to repay the UK and Netherlands some 4bn euros lost when the country's banking system collapsed in 2008.</span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-60819497189854426022011-03-31T19:25:00.000-07:002011-03-31T19:25:00.438-07:00Geneva Motor Show 2011: Rolls-Royce reveals full electric Phantom details and pictures - Telegraph<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motor-shows/geneva-motor-show/8352947/Geneva-Motor-Show-2011-Rolls-Royce-reveals-full-electric-Phantom-details-and-pictures.html">Geneva Motor Show 2011: Rolls-Royce reveals full electric Phantom details and pictures - Telegraph</a><div><br /></div><div>Ok so maybe its not an April fool after all !! - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12924657">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12924657</a></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-20468000844131273382011-03-31T19:01:00.000-07:002011-03-31T19:01:25.551-07:00BBC News - Prescription charges abolished in Scotland<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12928485">BBC News - Prescription charges abolished in Scotland</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; ">England is now the only part of the UK still charging for some prescriptions after Scotland joined Northern Ireland and Wales in abolishing the fees.</span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-84703733897389560242011-03-31T18:57:00.000-07:002011-03-31T18:57:21.107-07:00BBC News - Morning-after pill made free at pharmacies in Wales<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12926180">BBC News - Morning-after pill made free at pharmacies in Wales</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; ">Emergency contraception can now be obtained without charge from pharmacies across Wales, while still costing about £25 in the rest of the UK.</span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-15074121623866428442011-03-31T18:36:00.000-07:002011-03-31T18:36:20.646-07:00BBC News - Councils in England and Wales need £10bn to fix potholes<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12922893">BBC News - Councils in England and Wales need £10bn to fix potholes</a><div><br /></div><div>Ten billion pounds !!!!?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; "><div class="emp-decription" id="meta-information" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; ">More than two million potholes were filled in last year across England and Wales, according to the Asphalt Industry Alliance.</p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; ">This year there has been a 59% increase in the number of potholes compared to last year and councils are being warned they need more than £10bn to fix the problem.</p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; ">The BBC's Ed Thomas reports from Leeds.</p></div><div class="read-more" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; "><h2 style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.231em; font-weight: bold; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; ">Read More</h2><ul style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 320px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; position: relative; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 304px; "><li class="column-1 first-child" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -320px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; position: relative; float: left; clear: left; display: inline; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 304px; "><h3 style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-12917646" style="color: rgb(31, 79, 130); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">Extra £2.6m pothole cash 'timely'</a></h3></li></ul></div></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-87223781784631784872011-03-31T18:31:00.000-07:002011-03-31T18:31:20.172-07:00BBC News - First look at Rolls-Royce Phantom Experimental Electric<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12924657">BBC News - First look at Rolls-Royce Phantom Experimental Electric</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; "><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; ">The carmaker Rolls-Royce has unveiled an electric version of its Phantom car.</p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; ">The Rolls-Royce 102EX Phantom Experimental Electric is kitted out with a battery believed to be the largest of any electric car yet.</p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; ">At the moment the car is just a prototype - the company wants to get some feedback from its customers before they start to produce more.</p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; ">The BBC's Jorn Madslien was one of the few journalists given a first look at the car.</p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; "><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; ">.....and what date is it today !!!!? </p></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-79955033530137131452011-03-30T16:45:00.000-07:002011-03-30T16:45:28.159-07:00PC John Carr sacked for doing job | causes.com<a href="http://www.causes.com/causes/590605-pc-john-carr-sacked-for-doing-job/about">PC John Carr sacked for doing job | causes.com</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">PC John Carr was sacked by Strathclyde Police, fined £1500 and tried for assault.<br /><br />WHY? because he responded to a call from The Fire Brigade asking for a Police Escort as they were at risk from hooligans. He saw Firemen being attacked with burning sticks, and managed to apprehend two of the yobs resonsible, aged 14 and 15 years, and drag them to the Police van. The yobs were let off and now want to sue the PC for Criminal Injuries which they have a good chance of winning. </span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-36470900983361892072011-03-29T18:52:00.000-07:002011-03-29T18:52:22.662-07:00Blottr - Breaking News - Breaking News 24 - 7<a href="http://www.blottr.com/breaking-news">Blottr - Breaking News - Breaking News 24 - 7</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 20px; "><dt class="title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.4em; text-transform: uppercase; "><a href="http://www.blottr.com/breaking-news/amazon-reveal-new-cloud-player" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(166, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; ">AMAZON REVEAL NEW 'CLOUD PLAYER'</a></dt><dd style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; "><p class="search-snippet" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.2em; ">Technology giants Amazon have unveiled a new music system that allows users to upload songs, allowing them to be played back at the users discretion on a host of different devices. Users will be given up to 5 gigabytes of free storage to use for thei</p></dd></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-18158630164960354402011-03-28T12:01:00.000-07:002011-03-28T12:01:37.424-07:00BBC News - Home Secretary Theresa May condemns protest 'thugs'<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12881734">BBC News - Home Secretary Theresa May condemns protest 'thugs'</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; "><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; font-weight: bold; ">The home secretary has "utterly condemned" the behaviour of thugs who attacked police officers and smashed property in London on Saturday.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; ">Theresa May told the Commons she expected the number of people charged, currently 149, to increase.</p></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-22529916298655433012011-03-28T11:59:00.000-07:002011-03-28T11:59:06.638-07:00BBC News - How are parking tickets overturned?<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12859104">BBC News - How are parking tickets overturned?</a><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12859104"></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; ">Most people who get a parking ticket seethe with anger, pay up and get on with life. But thousands of motorists now become amateur sleuths, chronicling confusing "signs and lines" in a battle against the authorities, writes Neil Bennett.</span></div><div><br /></div></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-80997232206012894422011-03-26T18:54:00.000-07:002011-03-26T18:54:24.301-07:00Homeowner ordered to tear downsecurity gates because they are 6 inches too tall | Mail Online<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369202/Homeowner-ordered-tear-downsecurity-gates-6-inches-tall.html">Homeowner ordered to tear downsecurity gates because they are 6 inches too tall | Mail Online</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; ">Homeowner who put up security gates after series of burglaries ordered to tear them down because they are 6in too tall<span><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-84324035996146475082011-03-25T12:27:00.000-07:002011-03-25T12:27:49.197-07:00William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris,_1st_Viscount_Nuffield">William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; "><b>William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">GBE</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" title="Order of the Companions of Honour" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CH</a> (10 October 1877 – 22 August 1963), known as <b>Sir William Morris, Bt</b>, between 1929 and 1934 and as<b>The Lord Nuffield</b> between 1934 and 1938, was a British motor manufacturer and philanthropist. He was the founder of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Motor_Company" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Morris Motor Company</a> and is also remembered as the founder of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuffield_Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Nuffield Foundation</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuffield_College,_Oxford" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Nuffield College, Oxford</a>.</span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-83648173374837881712011-03-25T00:55:00.000-07:002011-03-25T00:55:41.783-07:00BBC News - MPs' expenses: Rules relaxed for 'commuter belt' MPs<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12852926">BBC News - MPs' expenses: Rules relaxed for 'commuter belt' MPs</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; "><h1 class="story-header" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 34px; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: -160px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.461em; clear: both; position: relative; width: 623px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; ">MPs' expenses: Rules relaxed for 'commuter belt' MPs</h1><span class="byline" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; display: block; position: relative; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 216, 216); margin-top: -1px; margin-right: -160px; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-left: 0px; "></span></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-30141553223039559362011-03-25T00:37:00.000-07:002011-03-25T00:37:18.903-07:00BBC News - Middle East<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/">BBC News - Middle East</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; ">Nato is to take command of enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya, but other aspects of the military operation will remain in coalition hands.</span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-47812168143236153222011-03-25T00:35:00.000-07:002011-03-25T00:35:59.029-07:00BBC News - Brazil police filmed 'shooting boy' in Manaus<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12857100">BBC News - Brazil police filmed 'shooting boy' in Manaus</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; "><h1 class="story-header" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 34px; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: -160px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.461em; clear: both; position: relative; width: 623px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; ">Brazil police filmed 'shooting boy' in Manaus</h1><div class="caption body-narrow-width" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; position: relative; clear: both; float: right; display: inline; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: -160px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px; "><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51832000/jpg/_51832658_011609759-1.jpg" width="304" height="171" alt="Video frame grab showing a police officer apparently pointing a gun at a boys head" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: none; position: relative; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; " /><span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; display: block; width: 304px; ">The footage was recorded by a private security camera</span></div><div class="story-feature related narrow" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; position: relative; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: -160px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px; width: 144px; float: right; display: inline; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; clear: right; "><a class="hidden" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12857100#story_continues_1" style="color: rgb(31, 79, 130); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; position: absolute; top: -5000px; left: -5000px; ">Continue reading the main story</a><h2 style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); 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font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: none; position: relative; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; " /><span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; display: block; width: 304px; ">Burnley has some traditional and attractive architecture</span></div><div class="embedded-hyper" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; position: relative; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: -160px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 16px; width: 144px; float: right; display: inline; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; clear: right; "><a class="hidden" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12850510#story_continues_1" style="color: rgb(31, 79, 130); 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position: relative; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="story" rel="published-1295999611542" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12225932" style="color: rgb(31, 79, 130); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">How to be a first-time home buyer</a></li><li style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; background-image: none; position: relative; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="story" rel="published-1293093212126" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11914386" style="color: rgb(31, 79, 130); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">Will house prices fall in 2011?</a></li><li style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; background-image: none; position: relative; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="story" rel="published-1289346260463" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11717888" style="color: rgb(31, 79, 130); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">Dark art of obtaining a mortgage</a></li></ul></div></div><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; font-weight: bold; ">Burnley has the cheapest homes to buy anywhere in England and Wales, according to a property website.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; ">Four out of five of the most affordable streets can be found in the Lancashire town, the poll by Mouseprice.com found.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; ">The cheapest homes were found on Angle Street, where the average property cost £32,400 in the last year.</p></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-42790392005976508932011-03-24T05:21:00.000-07:002011-03-24T05:21:34.958-07:00BBC News - Budget 2011: Budget calculator<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12773565">BBC News - Budget 2011: Budget calculator</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; "><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; font-weight: bold; ">How much better or worse off will you be in the coming year following the Budget?</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; ">Use our Budget calculator, developed by accounting firm KPMG LLP (UK), to find out how the measures being brought in next month will affect you. Find our full Budget coverage <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12745752" title="Link to Budget in-depth" style="color: rgb(31, 79, 130); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">here.</a></p></span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-29713876669548504802011-03-23T12:17:00.000-07:002011-03-23T12:17:15.562-07:00BBC News - Twitter libel: Caerphilly councillor pays rival £3,000<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-12704955">BBC News - Twitter libel: Caerphilly councillor pays rival £3,000</a><div><br /></div><div>I can hear the flood gates opening !</div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19483097254369395.post-28940844591517381252011-03-23T08:09:00.000-07:002011-03-23T08:09:20.525-07:00Somerset speed cameras set to be switched off - News - Weston Mercury<a href="http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/somerset_speed_cameras_set_to_be_switched_off_1_796924">Somerset speed cameras set to be switched off - News - Weston Mercury</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ">SPEEDING motorists in Somerset could get off scot-free as the county council has been forced to switch off all fixed speed cameras.</span></div>Pad.Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531831173772991749noreply@blogger.com0