So, Newport Council were left scratching their heads when over twenty plants of your finest Welsh chronic were found in various street flower displays in the area.  Local shop owners Dean Beddis and Steve Reynolds said they saw the suspicious plants while walking home from the pub. By the time […]

Friendly and successful Cumbrian presenter Stephen Dixon, 39, reveals his path to success and dishes out the secrets to cracking the journalism industry… Beginning his career as an unpaid team member of his local radio station whilst studying a Broadcast Journalism degree at Nottingham Trent, Dixon knows all too well […]

“When are we going to have our first baby?” I asked my long-suffering other half over breakfast under a week ago. Jonathan looked up with his mouth still half open, likely from shock, and stared at me unblinkingly for several seconds. I may as well have asked him if we […]

Nobody’s favourite sexter or New York City mayoral candidate, Anthony Weiner (a.k.a. Carlos Danger), has hit the headlines again this week. The 48-year-old Democratic candidate has got himself into trouble once again after continuing to send sexual messages to strangers on the internet. Weiner’s weird “antics” started back in May […]

Natural hazards are termed disasters when they kill and displace humans, damage livelihood and development infrastructure. Families and societies with adequate resources and capacities are able to avoid or limit the disastrous consequences of natural hazards, to an extent, and are able to recover whatever the losses they face. People […]

EU Legislation The Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) has sparked controversy amongst financial players and politicians following a proposal of cutting remuneration, which is said to be the strictest limits on payouts in Europe. The directive forms part of the CRD IV package which was implemented in July 2011 to address […]

A number of media reports, arguing that South Ossetians are offered free quality medical care in exchange for taking Georgian citizenship, caused a public outcry and strong reaction from Leonid Tibilov, the head of unrecognized republic. In particular, the president of South Ossetia declared unfounded the referrals to medical institutions of […]

‘Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has given birth to a healthy baby boy’, proclaims my iPod, unbidden, first thing on a Tuesday morning. Of course, I already knew about that because, to be in England, one would have to have been living in a cave not to have heard the news. […]