Archive for May, 2010

Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson split just weeks after their engagement

Monday, May 31st, 2010

The voice of an angel and the Welsh rugby hero have split just weeks after their engagement was announced. Their five year relationship has come to an end with  both parties broken hearted yet agreeing to the split.

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Dr Zhivago (Blu-ray style)

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Credits:

Director: David Lean

Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chapman, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness and Rod Steigar

Screenplay: Robert Bolt.

Re- release date: 10 May 2010 Blu- ray …read more

Male skin cancer rates rise

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Cancer has featured frequently in the press over the last few days.

The first was the startling breakthrough where two patients at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota USA with inoperable prostate cancer recovered after just one dose of an experimental drug. …read more

More expenses revelations

Monday, May 31st, 2010

One would suppose that both David Cameron and Nick Clegg would want swift closure on the matter of MPs expenses now that David Laws has resigned as Treasury Chief Secretary.

But Mr Laws’ replacement Danny Alexander has, according …read more

The future for the Gulf of Mexico looks grim

Monday, May 31st, 2010

With the failure of the pressurised mud ‘top-kill’ and ‘junk-shot’ by BP it is beginning to look like crude could continue to spew into the Gulf of Mexico for another two months.

The well has now been leaking since 20th April after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig …read more

Pete Waterman upset over criticism of ‘That Sounds Good To Me’

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Pete Waterman is rather peeved off at the criticism being levied towards the song he has written for the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. ‘That Sounds Good To Me’  will be sung by British Josh Dubovie but has been branded the worst entry ever by bookies.

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Diff’rent Strokes Gary Coleman dies aged 42

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Gary Coleman has died after suffering a brain injury in his home in Utah which caused a brain haemorrhage and resulted in his wife having to make the difficult decision to turn off the life support machine.

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The worst US oil spill ever

Friday, May 28th, 2010

BP shares nosedived this morning on the news that the cost of the Gulf of Mexico clean up is nearing the $1 billion marker.

Crude has now been spewing into the Gulf for over a month after the Deepwater Horizon …read more

A romantic week away

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Have we found the best view in Spain?

Los Monteros Hill Club was simply outstanding

A while ago my wife and I had a relaxing week away. …read more

Brave New World

Friday, May 28th, 2010

I do pick some great times to go on holiday. Over the past few weeks, the euro area came dangerously close to imploding, only to be rescued by a deal of truly mind-boggling proportions, only to then find that the market still isn’t minded …read more

The general election is now officially over

Friday, May 28th, 2010

In a result that will further strengthen the coalition government’s position the final seat in the general election has gone to the Tories.

The newly formed constituency seat …read more

So everyone was misled over the Euro

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Herman Van Rompuy, the first long term and full time President of the European Council, has admitted to a select group of civil servants and business people that the “man in the street” has been misled over the Euro for years. …read more