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Trump + Palin Never underestimate the stupidity of the American voter http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35358209 Unbelievable the numbers supporting this guy

French drug trial disaster

Tragic. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-france-health-idUKKCN0UT137There will always be unknown risks with clinical trials, but thankfully it is extremely rare for side effects to be so severe.Without volunteers we would not have new effective medic...

Alan Rickman RIP

Another one lost to cancer aged 69. I loved Alan Rickman - great actor, great voice. RIP

Official count of number of People sleeping on the streets

So the OFFICIAL Government count of the number of People sleeping on the streets in Birmingham is 22, even though in the last three years 54 people have died on the streets in that City. So we keep hearing that the number of homeless is now a lot low...

What do you Think..

Now that Oil has fallen ,,should the Air fares come down..TCook has put their prices up ..

What does it take to satisfy the tube drivers?

Any ideas? More Tube strikes are set to take place due to (yet another) pay dispute. Drivers' union Aslef also take issue for all-night service. Take issue? How much longer? Forever maybe? They called for Transport for London to start new talks. Or w...

Should drivers over 70..........

Should drivers over 70 be required to take a test every 3 years? I saw part of a discussion on TV on this subject so what do you think? Really, it's drivers aged 17 to 24 who're most likely to have a crash and from what I've read it seems drivers ove...

Low Life Dies

:If OnlyThey Hanged Him For The First Girl http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-35296135

Homes fit for a king,well,unless you're a private tenant !!

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/12/tories-reject-move-to-ensure-rented-homes-fit-for-human-habitation Conservative MPs have voted against proposed new rules requiring private sector landlords to ensure their properties are fit for human h...

Fire in the Hole :)

The Beeb's just noticed W10's snooping. And hardly anyone seems to care...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35251484 Windows 10's data slurping is hardly new news. I've even wondered out loud (or waffled on these boards, anyway), why the mainstream media have totally ignored this - this - oh heck, I think "scandal" is a...

Jerry Hall to marry....

Jerry Hall is to marry Rupert Murdoch. Strange pairing? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35289355

Today was.....

Today was a good day to bury unpalatable political news. (unpalatable for the parties concerned that is). Two notable resignations, Sir Philip Dilley and Catherine McKinnell have both resigned but the news of their demise will be buried under the new...

Do they deserve any sympathy?.

£50,000 spent/wasted in 8 months.Sounds a fortune but with no other money coming in not enough to last a lifetime. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lottery-couple-who-blew-50k-winnings-are-refused-143221503.html

Junior doctors strike back on

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/08/junior-doctors-strike-to-go-ahead-after-talks-fail About 45,000 workers to begin industrial action on Tuesday after negotiations break down amid hospital crisis Seems like Jeremy unt is upsetting NHS wor...

Desperately seeking a home for a horse.

Hello all, My horsey sister has reared this horse and trained it to sell on but it is not selling. She is in desperate need of a home for it as she can no longer afford to keep it, Her financial situation has changed and she cannot affor d the rent o...

Nectar

After setting up all my details for my nectar card.Why do I never get any points added when making purchases ?

just once a thankyou would be nice

for those of us that take our time to assist you with your problems, which most of which are of your own making, please could you possibly think to give us a thankyou to even acknowledge that you have read the advice you have been given

They will be sentenced later this week.

As it seems nothing will deter them what should that sentence be? 'Silent bomber' couple guilty of plot. A husband and wife have been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in London ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 7 July bombings. Mohammed Re...

How important is gender to you?

Passports and driving licences should not state if the holder is male or female because it causes problems for transgender people, a Conservative MP has said.Maria Miller, who chairs the women and equalities committee, said the government should “str...

Happy 2016

What are you reading/your recommendations?.

I'm reading book 3 of the 9 Lakeland Murder series by J J Salkeld.  

Nigel Farage assassination attempt ??

Nigel Farage believes he was targeted by an assassination attempt when a wheel fell off his car as he drove down a motorway.The Ukip leader’s Volvo careered off a road near Dunkirk, France, while he was driving from Brussels back to his home in Kent....

new ebay is rubbish give my old ebay back

When you realise.......

RTers New Years Resolutions.

1/ Post lots more threads, 2/ Reply to lots more threads. 3/ Persuade lots of Old Hands to return to the boards. 4/ Read all of the thread before commenting. 5/ Read threads properly before commenting. 6/ Argue regularly but never fall out or become ...

picture on screen has shrunk takes up only 1/6 of screens width, with 16 listings top to bottom

Hi the information on my e-Bay screen has shrunk and squashed up it now takes up only 1/6 of screens width, with 16 listings from top to bottom, this has shrunk it so small that i cannot read it ,I dont know how this happened , but I need to get back...