Half of France’s New Ministers are Women Chibok Girl escapes from Boko Haram New 3D Imaging Tool to help Surgeons prepare for Operations World’s Hottest Chilli Pepper grown in Wales Strikes at BMW suspended after New Offer Scottish Unemployment falls to 4.4% IKEA to create 1300 Jobs in the UK Bridge in China turned through […]
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Okay, first of all… Hapus Dydd Gŵyl Dewi And in celebration of the land of leeks, daffodils and dragons we get a great new Guardrians of the Galaxy 2 Trailer! Okay…well…may be not because it’s St David’s Day but it’s certainly making me smile. 🙂 On a more serious note, my favourite story is seeing peace […]
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Sometimes it can be easy to forget a wider world, finding ourselves in an echo chamber or social bubble, blind to the outside world. Today, I am amazed as, we find a Roman link to Africa in Leicester and a link between Dark Age Britain and Syria. For Thousands of years the world has been connected […]
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Short and sweet today. Enjoy. Iran shelves Sexist Civil Service Exam Welsh Air Ambulance receives most Advanced In Flight Incubator in the UK German Teenagers helping Refugees Integrate Dumfries Camera Obscura marks 180th Anniversary Research Finds Genes linked to Depression Humpback Whale see Feeding off Aberdeenshire Coast Secret Life of Otters caught on Film Konta […]
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I hope that you’ve had a kick ass Easter, Ostara or just a stunning weekend. News has been packed with news about the EgyptAir Hijack, but it’s great to see it over. Plenty of Great News from the long weekend and hoping for an exciting week ahead. 🙂 EgyptAir Hostage Drama Ends Mothballed Steel Manufacturing […]
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Can’t pick a favourite today, although England’s Grand Slam comes close. Obama in Historic visit to Cuba Chilean Lawmakers lift Abortion Ban Saudi Arabia ready for talks with Iran US Nominates 1st Female Combatant Chief Aid Arrives at remote Fijian Islands after Cyclone Australia drops Tasmanian Wilderness Logging Campaign Double win for Tesco as they […]
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Big news of the day is the United Arab Emirates creating government ministers with responsibilities for Happiness and Tolerance. With so much of the mainstream news focused around turmoil in Africa and the Middle East, or the potential threats posed by Daesh, the Taliban, Al’Qada etc. it is can be easy to imagine that all […]
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Well as an Englishman and a Rugby fan it’s hard not to be excited about the start of the Rugby World Cup here in the UK. However, the news that one of the UK’s fastest growing supermarkets is going to start paying the recommended living wage is good news indeed. 🙂 That and a push […]
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Some interesting stories today, probably a little padded by the fact that I was away over the end of last week. Hope you enjoy, the news about Snowdonia and the limits being set on sonar harmful to marine mammals is very good to hear. With my Tough Mudder Coming up fast be sure to watch […]
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Some days I have to wonder about the editorial policies of major news networks. I will admit that I am a royalist but as much as Elizabeth II’s record breaking run is a genuine moment of history, I cannot help but say that child mortality being HALVED since 1990 is worthy of celebration and a […]
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Travels of a Silicon Nomad 