You do have to slightly wonder about things in Russia, even now. Fire brigades are still struggling to put out the fire which quickly engulfed the submarine’s rubber-coated outer hull. OK, nuclear sub, missiles, rubber coating on hull, all terribly advanced technology. Russia’s Defence Ministry said there has been no radiation leak from the fire,
As councils across the country wrestle with this year’s Council Tax dilemma, here’s just one example of the dynamics involved. To Raise or not to Raise? That’s the burning question to be answered early in 2012. Should Stockton Council accept the bribe on offer from the government to keep the Council Tax at the same
Via, this: Stray showers of mercury getting into food chain Poisonous metal released as a vapour by burning fuel, then falls back to Earth and gets absorbed by the aquatic ecosystem Given that this has been happening for a century or two and we’re not all murdered in our beds by the pollution, should we
Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have soared in the last 20 years, giving the world much less chance of avoiding dangerous climate change, new data show. More »
Protesters and 'students' attacked and looted the British Embassy in Tehran, throwing rocks, Molotov cocktails and burning documents looted from the offices. They tore down and burnt the British flag and replaced it with the Iranian flag while parading the streets with th eRoyal Crest and a framed portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Another group of protesters broke into a second British Emb...
Iranian protestors stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran yesterday (29 November), smashing windows, torching a car and burning the British flag in protest against new sanctions imposed by London. More »
The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week, carved eternally in the akashic records of cyberspace. Both our winners seemed to echo a common theme this week. In our Council category, this week's winner,The Noisy Room's Book Burning – It’s All The Rage is a great piece that dealt with an old curse getting a new life,the destruction of...
That’s the answer to this: Others, for example the entrant who asked: “What happens if you mix together all of the substances from the periodic table”, appeared more keen to satisfy a burning curiosity. You get dirt. Depending upon how you mix them, in what quantities, what the original state was (for example, if you
Mr Coe has announced the official route of the Olympic torch, which will bring the boring spectacle of a burning stick to many parts of the UK. Much of the route passes through towns so far from London that the event won’t cause a whiff of interest, and even the Home Counties are expected to be underwhelmed by the sight of a man carrying a big match while being followed by a van with its haz...
