Holiday promotions can be misleading, says Which?
By Brian Milligan From BBC Holiday firms which advertise time-limited offers may be misleading consumers, according to the consumer group, Which? Many tour operators promote money-off deals, providing travellers book by a certain date. But when Which? studied such offers,…
Shipping slump: Why a vessel worth $60m was sold as scrap
By Jamie Robertson From BBC In January 2010, the container ship Hammonia Grenada was delivered from a Chinese yard to its new owners, reportedly priced at about $60m (about £37m at that time). Just seven years later – at the…
Britain swamped by hidden anti-EU messages in the Express
From Anorak The Daily Express says the “EU wants to control your pension”. Happily, like you, my pension is in the Cayman Islands, which is not in the EU – yet. But it does sound sinister. Talk of the EU…
Sir Tom Jones’ wife of 59 years dies following ‘short but fierce cancer battle’
By KIRSTY MCCORMACK From Daily Express UK The wife of Sir Tom Jones has died following a “short but fierce battle with cancer” its been confirmed. The 75-year-old posted a statement on his official Facebook page this morning, which read: “Sir Tom…
Medical breakthrough: Why cancers return – Scientists make astonishing discovery
By NICOLE STINSON From Daily Express UK A NEW study by scientists at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre has found how cancerous cells hide out and remain undetected by our immune system even after sufferers have been given the…
Severe UK storms kill two, displace thousands
By Pat Gillespie From Mashable Princes William and Harry helped relief workers pack sandbags in the village of Datchet Gale-force winds, heavy rains and significant flooding in the United Kingdom led to two deaths Friday. A wave that crashed through…
Doc claims smoking during pregnancy turns children GAY
By Andy Wells From Daily Star UK A UNIVERSITY professor has astonishingly claimed that a woman smoking while she is pregnant can turn the baby gay. Dr Dick Swaab, a professor of neurobiology at Amsterdam University, claims that a woman’s…
