British Hero soldier Joe Glenton hands back Iraq War medal
published by You on 20 November, 2010 - 15:28
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Now there's a hero we can believe in.
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'I hated seeing my face in the mirror'
published by You on 19 November, 2010 - 01:32
Like many 26-year-olds, Jono Lancaster has a job he loves, a beautiful girlfriend and takes pride in his appearance.
But unlike most young men, Jono has Treacher Collins syndrome, a genetic disorder that affected the way his facial bones developed while he was in his mother's womb.
The condition, which is thought to affect up to one in 10,000 babies in the UK, means he has no cheekbones - so his eyes droop downwards - and he has problems with his hearing, so has a bone-anchored hearing aid.
Read more @ BBC News
Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
published by You on 17 November, 2010 - 20:08
Antimatter atoms have been trapped for the first time, scientists say.
Researchers at Cern, home of the Large Hadron Collider, have held 38 antihydrogen atoms in place, each for a fraction of a second.
Antihydrogen has been produced before but it was instantly destroyed when it encountered normal matter.
The team, reporting in Nature, says the ability to study such antimatter atoms will allow previously impossible tests of fundamental tenets of physics.
The current "standard model" of physics holds that each particle - protons, electrons, neutrons and a zoo of more exotic particles - has its mirror image antiparticle.
Read more @ BBC News
Are British Muslims being priced out of pilgrimages?
published by You on 15 November, 2010 - 22:37
Even in Luton, the Holy City of Mecca looms large.
In the town's Central Mosque, Muslims turn to face in the direction of Mecca, kneel and touch their faces to the floor in prayer.
Dominating the wall in front of them are two large photographs, showing teeming crowds of pilgrims swirling in a broad river of people around the al-Haram mosque at the spot where their religion was founded.
An estimated 100,000 British Muslims are already in Mecca for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that Muslims are called upon to make once in their lifetimes.
But many more have been left behind, excluded from what they regard as a sacred duty by an extraordinary increase in prices.
Jahangir Akhtar is one of them.
25% of Greater Manchester Police Force to be cut
published by You on 15 November, 2010 - 21:45
Quite a big cut it seems to me:
Greater Manchester Police to cut a quarter of posts
Greater Manchester Police will lose a quarter of its staff, including front-line officers, as it faces a £134m budget cut in the next four years.
Read more @ BBC News
Pope asks Muslim World to Reciprocate Religious Tolerance
published by You on 14 November, 2010 - 23:10
(ANSA) - Vatican City, November 11 - Pope Benedict XVI called on Islamic countries to reciprocate the religious freedom Muslims usually enjoy in predominantly Christian countries in a document published Thursday.
Read more @ Life In Italy
UK government asks McDonald's and PepsiCo to help write health policy
published by You on 14 November, 2010 - 02:42
I can see this being very successful...
McDonald's and PepsiCo to help write UK health policy
Department of Health putting fast food companies at heart of policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease
The Department of Health is putting the fast food companies McDonald's and KFC and processed food and drink manufacturers such as PepsiCo, Kellogg's, Unilever, Mars and Diageo at the heart of writing government policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease, the Guardian has learned.
Read more @ The Guardian
That's karma for you
published by You on 9 November, 2010 - 18:45
A man who robbed a takeaway driver of pizzas, cash and his mobile phone was caught after his mother let the victim into their house to call the police.
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He went to the first available lit window he could see, which turned out to be McManus's own home where he lived with his mother and brother.
Read more @ BBC News
Man gets onto plane wearing a face disguise.
published by You on 6 November, 2010 - 20:44
Canadian authorities are investigating an Asian man in his early 20's who disguised himself as an “elderly caucasian male†and was en route from Hong Kong to Vancouver before being discovered as an impostor.
His perfect plan was foiled when midway through the flight he decided to rip his face off.
The Poppy appeal has been hijacked
published by You on 6 November, 2010 - 16:03
Poppy appeal's original aims being subverted, veterans complain
Critics say event is drum-roll for current conflicts but Royal British Legion says new approach has raised awareness
A group of veterans from conflicts including the Falklands and Northern Ireland have complained of the increasing glitz and glamour of the annual poppy appeal and of it being hijacked to marshall public support behind current campaigns.
Read more @ The Guardian
