Brit kids told to use phones, MP3 players, gaming devices in class!October 14th, 2009 LONDON - Brit school kids have been given permission to use banned mobile phones, MP3 players and gaming devices in class, as they are believed to help them learn. Teachers at a 1,230-pupil comprehensive reckon the gadgets are a "huge untapped resource" for teaching.
Letter reveals how Hitler gave Brit Queen Mum a knee-tremblerSeptember 13th, 2009 LONDON - A letter retrieved from the Royal Archives at Windsor Palace reveals Britain's late Queen Mother Elizabeth was left trembling with fear after a Nazi bomb landed on Buckingham Palace.he wrote: "My knees trembled a little bit for a minute or two after the explosions."
Referring to her husband, King George VI, she went on: "We both feel quite well today, tho' just a bit tired."
The letter was written to her mother-in-law Queen Mary, and will feature in her official biography next week. The insight into the Queen Mum, who died aged 101 in 2002, is fascinating because little is known of her personal views.
The Brit couple who've frequented the same holiday hotel for 50 years!September 7th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit woman and her husband, who fell in love with a holiday hotel 50 years back, have been returning for visits ever since. Mary Hirst, 76, and her husband Michael, 79, first visited Hotel Phoenicia in Valleta, Malta, in 1959, and ever since they have been visiting the place with their family.
Brit women lust more after money than sexAugust 29th, 2009 LONDON - British women are more likely go for extra cash rather than red-hot bedroom sessions, reveals a new survey. The shocking findings come from a survey commissioned by web firm AOL.
Brit Mayor accused of breaking into women's homes, wearing their undiesAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit Mayor, accused of breaking into women's homes and wearing their undies, has resigned from his post. Bachelor Ian Stafford, 58, who had been elected Mayor of Preesall and Knott End, Lancs, four years ago, resigned as a councillor immediately after his arrest on August 24, with charges of three counts of burglary.
Brit women ditch bankers for builders as recession hits dating sceneJuly 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Single Brit women want to date builders rather than bankers, a dating website has found. The change in the trend, uncovered by dating website mysinglefriend.com, has been found to be the result of the current economic climate.
Brit woman jailed for adultery in Dubai releasedJune 17th, 2009 LONDON - A British mother jailed for adultery in Dubai has been freed and reunited with husband who turned her in. Sally Antia, the British mother-of-two, has reportedly flown to Australia with her husband, Vincent, after serving six weeks of a two-month jail sentence.
Brit Muslim mom held for forcing daughters into sex slaveryMay 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A British Muslim mother has been jailed for forcing her two minor daughters to marry their cousins and become sex slaves in Pakistan. The 39-year-old duped the girls, aged 14 and 15, by telling them that they were going on a holiday to Pakistan.
A third of Brit men 'prefer video games to sex'April 3rd, 2009 LONDON - A third of men would rather play video games than have a night of passion with their partners, reveals a new UK study. And this rises to two thirds if there's a chance of playing a brand new game.
Gazza made 3 a.m. calls to Brit TV chat hostMarch 24th, 2009 LONDON - Troubled former England football star Paul Gascoigne has revealed how he turned to TV chat show host Richard Madeley to "see if I was making sense". Gazza, who is recovering after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act, confessed he used to ring Richard at 3 a.m.
Brit schoolgirl suspended for distributing Viagra to boysMarch 21st, 2009 LONDON - A Brit schoolgirl has been suspended after being caught distributing Viagra to male classmates. The girl from Frome Community College, Somerset, took the prescription sex drugs to her school earlier this week, and offered them to classmates.
One in seven migrant Brit pupils do not speak English as their first languageMarch 18th, 2009 LONDON - One in seven migrant pupils in the United Kingdom does not speak English, even as the number of immigrant children in primary schools has soared by 25 per cent in five years. According to The Sun, around 566,000 primary children now have a foreign language as their mother tongue - up by 113,500 since 2004.
Brit schools may turn into Tesco-style identikits, warns teachers' leaderMarch 16th, 2009 LONDON - A head-teachers' leader has warned that Brit schools are on the verge of becoming Tesco-style identikits in which teachers are prevented from showing flair. John Dunford, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, claims that the education system has become "over-centralised and over-bureaucratic" in recent years, with staff spending more time complying with new Government edicts than educating children
Speaking at the ASCL annual conference in Birmingham, Dunford revealed that schools were forced to deal with almost 80 new policy documents last year.
Jordan reveals her steamy jungle romp with Peter AndreMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - Former Brit glamour model Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan has split the beans about a steamy jungle romp she had with her hubby Peter Andre.
Leona Lewis snubbed by Brit awardsJanuary 20th, 2009 LONDON - New British singing sensation Leona Lewis has been snubbed by the Brit Awards. 'It's a complete travesty, Lewis has been overlooked in her own country.