In a politically courageous move Scottish ministers have set the planned minimum price for a unit of alcohol at 50p.
Lifestyle & Travel
Take advantage of low property prices and invest in French property
With the threat of the UK economy dropping back in to recession, the idea of moving to warmer shores has never been more tempting. It has never been harder to get a foot on the property ladder in the UK, and rising unemployment
The money less life of Daniel ‘Suelo’
An American has lived ‘abundantly’ in caves in the Utah desert for twelve years after giving up money.
Nick Clegg visits Black Mountain Gold Chocolate
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg paid a special visit to Black Mountain Gold Chocolate in Crickhowell yesterday.
Google and its Project Glass specs
Google want us all to wear spectacles, even if you’ve got 20:20 vision.
Employers now want your Facebook password
Employers in the US are now it seems asking job candidates to give them their Facebook passwords so that the account of the prospective employee can be scanned to make sure that they are fit to join the company.
The end of cheap alcohol
The Prime Minister, David Cameron is determined to end the scourge of ‘binge drinking’ across the UK by tripling the cost of low-priced alcoholic drinks.
Godless Britain
Another wedge has been driven between the people of England & Wales and God today with the legal ruling that councils do not have the power to include prayers within their formal meetings.
Free school meals for all children
A child was sent to a Lincolnshire school with just a Smarties filled sandwich.
Processed food invades farmers markets
I was very pleased this weekend to be offered a free cloth bag at a farmers market. A lovely design with vegetables arranged to form a rainbow and it said “Be wonderful and wise”. It couldn’t be that somebody simply wanted to share love and light, could it?
Abstain from alcohol for two days a week say MPs
People who regularly drink alcohol should have at least two alcohol free days a week to allow the body time to recover says the Commons Science and Technology Committee.
Jamie Oliver is king of the Christmas cook books
Jamie Oliver has done it again and found himself top of the book charts this Christmas with his Jamie’s Great Britain cook book.
