Brit Labour deputy leader bans topless calendars in workplaceSeptember 28th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit Labour politician has drawn up laws banning topless calendars and Page 3 photos from being displayed in the workplace. Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman, dubbed Hattie Har-person by critics, claims that it is harassment to put up saucy pics at work.
Caught clean-handed: UK prison bans anti-swine flu hand gel after inmates use it to get drunkSeptember 24th, 2009 UK prison bans hand gel inmates used to get highLONDON — A British prison says a bunch of inmates have been caught with their hands clean — using hand sanitizing gel to get drunk. Peter McParlin of the Prison Officers Association says inmates were using it to make illicit alcohol.
People with fruity smelling sweat get bitten less by mosquitoesSeptember 6th, 2009 LONDON -Ever wondered why some people are bitten less than others by mosquitoes and midges? Well, the answer is: their sweet-smelling sweat. In a new study, boffins have discovered key differences in the body odours produced by people who are more prone to insect bites compared to those who seem resistant.
Newly found natural odours could pave way for developing mosquito repellentsAugust 27th, 2009 LONDON - In a lab study on fruit flies, entomologists led by an Indian origin scientist at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered a novel class of compounds that could help in developing inexpensive and safe mosquito repellents for combating West Nile virus and other deadly tropical diseases. Under stress, fruit flies emit carbon dioxide (CO2) that serves as a warning to other fruit flies that danger or predators could be nearby.
Now try 'The Sounds of Silence': English city bans bothersome buskers with 2-song repertoireAugust 21st, 2009 2 bothersome buskers banned in English cityLONDON — A city in central England says two buskers who plagued a suburb by repeating the same two songs have been banned from performing for two years. Birmingham City Council said Friday that the men angered residents with late-night and out of tune renditions of two tracks — "Wonderwall" by Oasis and "Faith" by George Michael.
Britain's most avid reader, 91, borrows 25,000th library book!July 30th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit pensioner is on the brink of borrowing her 25,000th library book - without incurring a single fine for late returns. Louise Brown, 91, is an avid reader and has almost worked her way through her local library's entire stock.
Rare copy of 1502 hymnal donated to UK university libraryJuly 15th, 2009 Rare 1502 hymnal given to UK university libraryLONDON — A church is donating a rare 1502 hymnal to a Manchester University library, where church members say it can receive better care. The Latin hymnal was published in London by Wynken de Worde, who was among the first to popularize printed works.
British Library unites world's earliest known Bible digitally on the InternetJuly 6th, 2009 World's oldest Bible digitizedLONDON — The British Library says the surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally. The library says the early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus had been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years.
British Library unites world's earliest known Christian Bible digitally on the InternetJuly 6th, 2009 World's oldest Christian Bible digitizedLONDON — The British Library says the surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally. The library says the early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus had been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years.
Pensioners' coffee morning banned over safety fearsJune 29th, 2009 LONDON - A group of British pensioners have been barred from enjoying a coffee morning at a public library for health and safety reasons. The seven members of the coffee morning for over 50s have met at Eye Library in Eye, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, every Tuesday for the last four years without incident.
Two centuries of British news now on the InternetJune 18th, 2009 LONDON - British newspapers more than 200 years old are now available online, thanks to a new Internet service from the country's national library. Visitors can view news more than two million pages of newspapers dated as early as 1800 from 49 national and regional titles.
Glasgow Muslim jewellery shop bans customers wearing veilsApril 28th, 2009 LONDON - A Muslim-owned jewellery shop has decided to ban customers wearing veils after being targeted by robbers disguised as Islamic women. ccording to The Telegraph, any one entering ATAA Jewellers in Glasgow must reveal their faces under planned new rules to protect staff from further attacks.
Military offensive in NWFP's Dir is a result of sustained US pressure: TimesApril 27th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan Army's offensive against the militants in the Lower Dir region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is certainly a result of the continuous pressure from the United States, a times online article said. In the recent past the United States has been expressing concern over the expanding writ of the Taliban in Pakistan, and when reports about the insurgents laying siege of Buner, only 60 miles away from the federal capital poured in, the Obama Administration pressed the panic button immediately.
Brad Pitt's former chauffeur jailed for three yearsJanuary 20th, 2009 LONDON - Paul Prior, former chauffeur of superstar actor Brad Pitt, has been given a three-year jail term for for paralysing a 26-year-old woman in a car crash. According to mirror.co.uk, the 40-year-old Prior was driving at 120 mph when his Audi hit the car driven by Cate Stephens.
Schwarzenegger's 'Terminator' catch phrase added to US film archiveDecember 30th, 2008 LONDON - Hollywood actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger's most famous 'I'll be back' one-liner from 'The Terminator' has been added to the US National Film Registry. The phrase from the 1984 movie has got the nod from The Library of Congress, which announced Tuesday that it will be added to the list, reports contactmusic.com.
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