In "'Worrying' jobless rise needs urgent action - Labour" the BBC reported...
The number of people out of work rose by 38,000 to 2.49 million in the three months to June, official figures show.
Sounds scary doesn't it? All doom and gloom. That is until you look into the official figures for August 2011 (pdf) provided by the Office for National …
• Government rejects elephants for pets e-petition - Killjoys!!! I was quite keen on being able to have a little bit of Africa in my back garden (when I get one. A garden that is). • Man's death unnoticed for a year - Wow!! A whole year before anyone missed him. …
• Beer set to hit four quid a pint - Noooo!!! • Vote To Eliminate Leap Seconds - Apparently people want to get rid of the leap second in favour of a leap hour in about 600 years time. You just know someone will forget to write this down and all …
Interesting links for 4 September 2007 - 12 September 2007:
• How to clean your home in 19 minutes - Quite a few interesing ideas here. It's certainly better than a 4 hour slog every couple of months. • Master crim leaves vital clue at scene of burglary - Some criminals are sooo incredibly stupid. Who'd leave their name at the …
Interesting links for 27 July 2007 - 6 August 2007:
• Google Cheat Sheet (Version 1.06) - I like to think I'm a bit of a Google power user, I just can't always remember all the keywords etc. Now I don't need to. • First golf estate for Soweto - I can just picture the Polaris World adverts now: "Fancy a …
Interesting links for 22 April 2007 - 17 May 2007:
• Baby Bubba's got a Beretta - Only in America. The best part, the kid's name really is Bubba. • Monorail to link Joburg and Soweto - How cool is this. First Gautrain and now this. If they can keep this kind of development up, 2010 will be a breeze. • Zimbabwe…
Interesting links for 20 April 2007 - 21 April 2007:
• Blood 'may provide new HIV drug' - Now this would be brilliant. They always said the cure for HIV/AIDS would come from Africa, but who'd have thought it may actually come from within us. • Iconic Banksy Image Painted Over - Hmmm, one less tourist attraction thanks to TfL • Crocs…