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Government announces plans to slash pregnancy from 9 months to 4

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced it is to cut the period of time women spend on being pregnant in the UK from 9 months to 4 months in an effort to save money. The plans – which also include a pledge to reduce the time immigrants to ...

slow slow boards

Which boards do you think will merge? I reckon RT with fun and games, and after hours.

Manchester Utd

Will they recover their form, or will it be decline for them, for some time yet?

Is it just me or does anyone else ....................

think the owner is treating this puppy badly. He seems to find it amusing, but I think it's cruel. http://uk.screen.yahoo.com/video/playlist/dogs-and-puppys/cute-puppy-falls-asleep-during-205107078.html

Say what you see ..... Then look again, lol

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/03/20/something-is-wrong-with-these-photos/gallery/image/ngg-image-7369/ Get your minds out of the gutter, lol

Scouser :smileysad:

A woman was wrongly accused of killing her best friend - because police could not understand her Liverpool accent. Teresa Rylands was cleared of murdering Neil Mitchell in Newton Abbot, Devon, when the prosecution withdrew its case. It emerged her al...

OK, I give it until March 16th

By that date, either nuclear weapons will have been deployed on Moscow and other strategic Russian cities or Kiev will be back in Ukrainian hands. The fact that it's also my birthday is pure coincidence.

eBay infection

Why does eBay find it acceptable to try and infect my whole network with phishing attacks? Very, very naughty

There ought to be rules about words used.

Banner headlines usually contain words such as "Rare", "Deadly", etc but then, on reading the body of the text, you read that whatever the subject is, just isn't all that rare or deadly. OK, I realise that the headline is meant to draw you in but my ...

Is it just me or does anybody else ...........

..... cringe every time they see David Walliams?He just sets my nerves on edge

"UK Only" filter in search results now broken

I've tried every which way of making the "UK Only" filter work for search results (including clearing the cache and restarting the browser - and even clearing the system cache more aggressively using Bleachbit as Root) but it seems to be broken now. ...

What are your pet hates when driving ?

Some of mine are,People that drive in poor visibilty with only side lights on.Tailgating.People that go down the outside lane knowing it is closed due to roadworks and forcing their way in right at the roadworks and last but not least people that kno...

New Heart

3D-printed 'electronic glove' could help keep your heart beating for ever Custom-fitted membrane expands and contracts with the heart, and could one day deliver electric shocks in response to a heart attackJAMES VINCENT Monday 03 March 2014 Scientist...

Can anyone help identify these hats ?

I found three hats in a cupboard while clearing out and know nothing about them ! Can anyone tell me what they might be called and maybe country they might come from and for what purpose ? Thank you. Oh yes the all seem as if boy size. Thank you very...

Saw an advert yesterday on tv for Easter eggs ! do you

not think it is far too early to start doing that ?This is only my opinion but I think the supermarkets start displaying and advertising all the major events far too early and make them a profit making exercise instead of the religious aspect being p...

As a trusted, reliable & hardcore UK buyer...

...I tend to purchase quite a lot of stuff here from America & Asia through international sellers, especially recently I just haven't been able to stop or help myself, hee hee! I'm totally HOOKED! Do you guys ever buy much stuff from America & Asia o...

double label

i have a beatles single (45) and the title label is the same on both sides is this unusual or fairly common

ATOS - Telling lies, all the way to the end

So ATOS want out of their contact with the DWP to run the grossly unfair 'Fit for Work' program They filled the media yesterday with stories of woe, about threats to staff etc, as the reason they want out -------------------------- The Government and...

Treason!

"You people will never be safe. Remove your Government they don't care about you. Get rid of them. Tell them to bring our Troops back so all can live in peace. So leave our lands so we can all live in peace" The law of treason is still in force, so w...

Winning the Euromillions - who would NOT have present the cheque?

If you won the Euromillions, the cheque would be presented by some B-rated "Celebrity" you'd probably never even heard of - one of the actors or actresses from one of the soaps. OK. so it's not their fault. They probably give it thear best shot and e...

You just gotta love kids, lol

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=685127604866752 Watch 'til the end.

Trollology and the Dark Tetrad of Personality Test

"Why do some people find so much pleasure in harassing others online? A new study attempts to shed light on the behaviour of internet trolls" http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2014/feb/25/internet-trolls-are-also-real-life-trolls?CMP=f...

Are the courts to soft

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/27/one-punch-killing-no-big-deal_n_4864615.html?icid=maing-grid7|uk|dl1|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D246537 What would he have got if it wasnt caught on camera - a community sentence. should be 10 years minimum, out in 2...

Hooray! The rain has stopped - what will this mean for sales?

Better because people will be happier? or Worse because people aren't shut up inside so much?

What's with this "Bitcoin nonsense - it's not even legal tender!

I read with heart in mouth how the Bitcoin - NOT EVEN LEGAL TENDER is in danger of collapse, and yet places like Cyprus of all countries are accepting them as a currency to cover university fees! Bits of plastic, with no official monetary value (why ...

This made me smile today :)

Just spotted this auctionhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Look-Smart-Black-Vest-Top-/121280926619?pt=UK_Women_s_Tops_Shirts&hash=item1c3ce8139b

Cold seller - nice try - it DIDN'T work!

I had a cold caller at my door the other day. Waving an impressive sheath of paperwork, and bearing a Bob Monkhouse-type plastic smile, he began:"Good morning, Sir, I represent "ewio4yby" flashing his card in my face for all of three seconds. Now I'm...

Phone etiquette - lack of

I phoned a garage about a quotation. This is a transcript of that conversation:After about half a minute a young lad answered to a crescendo of loud music and car noises."ALLO. Oo ja wanna to speak to?" I gave my request. "Oo? OO? 'Old on **bleep**, ...

Housing benefit scroungers raking it in !

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/richest-mp-britain-slams-welfare-3178089 A Tory MP worth £110million is raking in £625,000 a year from his hard-up tenants’ housing benefit – despite blasting the “something for nothing” welfare state. Just last m...

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