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:confused: BBC The captain of the Costa Concordia ship which ran aground killing more than 30 people has said a "divine hand" guided him, preventing greater tragedy. Francesco Schettino has released a letter, published in Italy's La Corriere della Sera newspaper, explaining his version of...

Happy Birthday Pete .... from Tony & Sue :)

Question ....... If the G'ment had/has all this money ....... how come they nearly went broke not so long back? :confused:

BBC Oscar Pistorius is set to be the first double amputee runner at the Olympic Games after being picked by South Africa for the 400m at London 2012. The 25-year-old has also been selected for the 4x400m relay squad. "Today is truly one of the proudest days of my life," said...

BBC A copy of a rare 16th century map known as "the birth certificate of America" has been discovered in Germany. The map, by the famous cartographer Martin Waldseemueller, is credited with being the first to document and name the newly-discovered land of America. It had been thought...

I used to watch that too :) UK lost one its own great Comedy Actors this morning - Eric Sykes (89 yrs old)

So sorry for your loss Leo. From Tony & Sue

Happy 4 July, from an EnglishLady

BBC Mammoth Lakes becomes second bankrupt Californian town The ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes has voted to become the second California local government to file for bankruptcy. The town of 8,000 in the Sierra Nevada mountains is facing a bill of $43m (£28m) for a botched development...

BBC No evidence of mermaids, says US government There is no evidence that mermaids exist, a US government scientific agency has said. The National Ocean Service made the unusual declaration in response to public inquiries following a TV show on the mythical creatures. It is thought...

BBC GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to pay $3bn (£1.9bn) in the largest healthcare fraud settlement in US history. The drug giant is to plead guilty to promoting two drugs for unapproved uses and failing to report safety data about a diabetes drug to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The...

BBC European plane manufacturer Airbus has confirmed plans for a $600m (£482m) factory in Alabama, marking its first assembly plant in the US. The plan will put it into direct competition with rival Boeing, which dominates commercial plane manufacturing in the US. The factory, which...

BBC Viewers may soon be able to watch films on soap bubbles - after researchers developed a technology to project images on a screen made of soap film. An international team produced a display that uses ultrasonic sound waves to alter film's properties and create either a flat or a 3D...

Can I give you my prediction on ....... oh around about ....... the 6 July :rolleyes: :p

Teachers need to take away the kids calculators for a term or two and show them how its really done in the big outside world.

I feel the 50 hours Community Service with the elderly is particularly apt for these kids.

Update BBC Four US students who gained infamy after a video of their verbal abuse towards a bus monitor went viral have been suspended from school for a year. Footage of the 12- and 13-year-olds taunting Karen Klein has been viewed some 8 million times. The school system in the New...

Maybe this helped too LOL :p Congratulations to you both :)

Heat or sun spots maybe :rolleyes:..... Fleetvision is not "pinging", messages not getting through :(

Whenever anything whacky happens on my laptop ... I go for the OS button Can't repeat what OS stands for on here LOL :p Technically it means switch off and on again LOL