Bee Shortage
April 28, 2009
Four years ago Vince Cable was attacked by Gordon Brown for supporting more funding into bee keeping and diseases associated with the British and furthermore European bees.
Now years later, it comes to light that the European beekeeping industry could potentially be wiped out in the next 8 to 10 years. The causes are disease, insecticides and intensive farming.
In 2008, a third of Europe’s hives died, that’s around 13.6 million hives.
The long term affect of this is that farmers will struggle to farm, as the Bees will not pollinate the crops.
Vince Cable was also the person that predicted the collapse of Northern Rock. Perhaps Labour and The Conservatives should start listening to the Lib Democrats; they may actually know what they’re talking about!!!
Earthquake Hits The Lake District
April 28, 2009
In the news, Cumbria was hit by a 3.7 on the Richter scale earthquake. Reports of the quake hit Twitter users in Lancaster just moments after the quake.
According to residents, the tremor shook windows and houses in the area rattled.
Resident, Richard Henderson said that the quake lasted between 5 and 10 seconds. Another resident, Jane Barker said that it felt like a van had hit the house.
There has not been another quake in the UK sine last February, which was centred in Lincolnshire.
The British Geological Survey confirmed that the quake occurred 5 miles beneath Ulverson at 11:22am.
Mexican Flu Goes Global
April 28, 2009
The Mexican swine flu death toll has hit 149 and The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the pandemic alert from phase three to four. This indicates that there is now risk of a deadly global outbreak.
The main question is; why cases outside of Mexico, so far have been relatively mild, with the only deaths in Mexico.
The disease is being spread from human to human, but as yet no borders have been closed and there are no travel restrictions. Mexicans are wearing masks, airlines are checking travellers for symptoms and people are being advised not to travel to Mexico unless it is essential.
In Mexico City restaurants, stadiums, bars and cinemas are closing, including certain government buildings in an attempt to prevent the flu from spreading further. In airports, thermal sensors and cameras are being used to spot signs of the illness.
Italy Left In Shock After Quake
April 8, 2009
In current times, it is thought that major death tolls from natural disasters only really occur in less economically developed countries. The recent earth quake in the region of Abruzzo, Italy has proved this is not the case, which currently has killed at least 179 people.
More than 24 hours after the first quake, emergency rescue workers are searching in the collapsed buildings, trying to find survivors. So far around 100 people have been alive in the rubble however, as time ticks on hopes of finding more are starting to fade.
The quake measures between 5.8 and 6.3 on the Richter scale and occurred around 3:30am on Monday. Residents were caught unawares when they were sleeping. The quake affected 26 cities and towns in the Abruzzo province with figures showing around 1,500 injured 34 missing and 17,000 left homeless.
Madonna’s second adoption divides opinion
March 31, 2009
Pop singer Madonna’s decision to travel to Malawi in a bid to adopt a second child has divided public opinion and now a human rights organisation is also opposing the adoption.
Four-year-old Chifundo “Mercy” James is in the same orphanage that once housed David Banda, adopted by the singer in 2006. Her decision to adopt a second child has already been criticised by international charities and now a human rights organisation in Malawi is threatening to do all it can to make sure the adoption does not take place.
However, residents of Malawi are throwing their support behind the adoption. One person commenting on the BBC website explained: “I am based here in Lilongwe, and I can say that 98% of the people are in favour of her actions. Madonna, you’re welcome in The Warm Heart of Africa any day!”
University to offer a master’s degree in Facebook
March 31, 2009
Birmingham City University has announced through an advertisement on the university website it will be offering a one-year master’s degree teaching students about social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo.
The admission course fees are set at £4,400 to get your MA in Social Media which will also explain how to set up blogs and publish podcasts.
The course, which will be offered from next year, will consider social networking sites as communications and marketing tools.
Jon Hickman, the course leader, said he had received a good response from potential students and he defended the decision to offer the course:
“It’s not for freaks or IT geeks, the tools learnt on this course will be accessible to many people.
“During the course we will consider what people can do on Facebook and Twitter, and how they can be used for communication and marketing purposes.
“There has been significant interest in the course already, and it will definitely appeal to students looking to go into professions including journalism and PR.”
Woman Bites Off Boyfriends Tongue
March 10, 2009
Newcastle Crown Court heard that while out celebrating Mr Coghill’s brirthday, his girlfriend Tracy Davies bit the front third of his tongue off.
Jurors heard that Coghill and Davies met through a lonely heart column and dated for 4 months before the incident. Davies, 40 still denies grievous bodily harm during the kiss.
According to reports the couple polished off two bottles of vodka, and then Davies got upset because she wanted to have a baby and was not pregnant.
The prosecutor Julian Smith said:
“She told him she loved him, she asked him to kiss her using his tongue. He did so and within a few seconds, she bit down hard on his tongue. Obviously this caused him pain, he pulled back, and the tongue had come clean off in her mouth. She had the piece of tongue in her mouth, he saw her take it from her mouth, and it fell to the floor.”
While the pain subsided Coghill fell asleep, but was then woken by Davies biting his elbow. Coghill then called an ambulance and they in turn called the police.
What a deranged woman, some of them do give the rest of us a bad name! According to the police when they arrested her, Davies said “You’re joking”!?!
Yet Another Plane Falls Out of the Sky?!
February 27, 2009
Don’t you think that there is a proportionally larger amount on planes dropping out of the sky this year?!
I have never been particularly scared about flying before, but it now seems that plane crashes are occurring on a regular basis and this surely means that you and I have a far greater chance of ending up in one of these accidents?!
Turkish Airlines flight came down at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (which I have been to 3 times). According to reports nine people were killed and at least 50 injured. The speculated reason is because the plane ran out of fuel… what?! I hear you say?!
Mustafa Bahcecioglu a survivor said:
“We are in the middle of a field now, approximately five to six kilometres from the airport. The majority of the passengers are injured but there are people who are not injured. Around 30 ambulances have come here.”
Huseyin Sumer another survivor said:
“The plane split into three parts. We are calling people to say the situation is not very serious but there might be casualties on the front side of the pane.”
Air Transport Intelligence Editor Kieran Daly said about Schiphol Airport:
“This is one of the best-equipped, most modern and most sophisticated airports in the world. There is no high terrain anywhere near the airport and pilots have every conceivable landing aid available to them. There are very long, very wide runways and an extremely competent air traffic control service. This is one of the last likely places in the world for an aircraft accident.”
Baby Found In Bag
February 25, 2009
In the news today is the story of a newborn baby found in a carrier bag by children on their way to school. The crying baby was found, wrapped in a blue blanket and placed in a reusable Tesco’s carrier bag.
The baby is either black or asian and was found in South London. The abandoned baby has been named Grace by the staff at Kings College Hospital.
Police have said:
“It is believed the baby was left outside the address after 4.20am this morning, as the occupant had returned from working a night shift at that time. She was very, very cold but, due to the speedy discovery by these children, she was brought to hospital very quickly and treated.”
Police are worried about the mother who could be in a physical and mental bad state.
Inspector Simon Rooke went on to say:
“I would ask her to please contact us as soon as possible. We are most concerned about her welfare at this time. I would like to stress to anyone who hears this appeal, in particular the mother, that they should not hesitate to call us. We are concerned for the welfare of the mother and want to ensure that she is receiving the appropriate medical attention”.
Worst Baby Shower Ever
February 18, 2009
Generally, the worst that can happen at a baby shower is that you received duplicate gifts, have to indulge in boring games and over eat rich foods. Last week however, the baby shower events to unfold were totally out of the norm, with people being charged for murder, other charges flying around, far too dramatic for a run of the mill baby shower.
A man turned up at the baby shower party in Mississauga looking to collect a debt; instead he was given a deadly stab wound by none other than the 7 month pregnant guest of honour. Only moments earlier the mother to be was slicing up bananas for her guests’ fruit tray.
Jazmine Besito organised the events said:
“I saw everything and it wasn’t very pretty, a baby shower gone wrong, totally wrong.”
According to Besito, Jay Kumar Atha burst into the expecting parents’ home and demanded repayment. None of the guests knew what the money was for however, Atha threatened he would take the TV and computer if they did not pay up.
Besito then said:
“He was disrupting everything and told him to come back when the baby shower was done, and he just wouldn’t leave”
According to guests when he started grabbing at the computer the pregnant woman went at him with the knife stabbing his chest once.
The pregnant Ms. Lanthier has been charged with second degree murder and her common law husband Mr. Malik with being an accessory after the fact.
According to local police the debt was related to money owed to Atha for drugs.