One thing I can never seem to get enough sleep, no matter how much sleep I try to get, I always wake up tired. New research has found that a lack of sleep can double the risk of heart disease. The research showed that people who cut their sleeping patterns from seven to five hours…
Month: September 2007
Turkey Prices to Increase
You might find the price of your Christmas dinner will be more like year after turkey farmers have announced they will need to increase their prices. The move comes because there has been a huge increase in costs recently, with the price of poultry feed going up from £181 a tonne to £240 a tonne….
Green Sheep
A flock of sheep in Romania have been attracting attention after they turned green overnight. The sheep had been treated with a solution of limestone to help them get rid of a skin disease. Overnight the sheep had all huddled together to keep warm and by the morning they had all turned green.
Man Drops Parking Ticket on Floor, Gets Another Ticket
A man in Carmarthenshire who got a £60 parking ticket, dropped it on the floor before driving off. He was later given an extra £75 fine for littering after the council tracked him down from his licence plate.
Wii Sports Nominated for Bafta
Wii Sports has been nominated for the 2007 British Academy Video Awards. It has been nominated for game of the year, innovation and multiplayer. Personally I love this game, I particularly like the way that it forces you to do some exercise instead of just sitting on your bottom, and the game always goes down…
Schools in Ireland
I read this interesting article the other day about a shortage of school places in the Republic of Ireland. The problem has been caused by the fact that 90% of the schools are Catholic run and will therefore only accept children with Catholic baptismal certificates. The problem has now got so bad that a new…
Crackdown on Consumer Credit
In the wake of the Northern Rock crisis Barclaycard has been reviewing the spending limits for many of their customers. They have also been rejecting more applications for new cards, in what could signal a crackdown on consumer credit. About half of all applications for new Barclaycards are now being rejected. Barclaycard have also seen…
Liberal Democrats Environmental Policies
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled a number of new environmental policies at their party conference. The proposals include a ban on petrol powered cars by 2040. Other proposals include so called green mortgages, boosting funding on flood defences and charging lorries to use the UK’s roads.
Cut Price PS3?
There are rumours that Sony is going to launch a cut price version of the Playstation 3 for the UK market. Whilst Sony has been playing down the claims as “speculation”, they have not actually denied them. If the claims are true we could see a £299 version of the console in the shops for…
Theory of Evolution Proved Wrong by Peanut Butter?
I read this article, complete with “educational video”, in which Chuck Missler a creationist successfully (or so he thinks) disproves evolution with a jar of peanut butter. His theory is based upon the idea that the jar of peanut butter contains matter and is exposed to light and heat, but we do not find new…