Water bills to rise by £450m to save wildlife (story)
Talk about drastic measures. Government demanding that some water companies “reduce the amount it takes from a river by half”. Of course the costs get passed on to the consumer. Drastic is good when it comes to the environment in my book, I know what it takes to change my way of life. I’m convinced that by searching for alternatives the end result will always be cheaper and better.
Zimbabwe sanctions vetoed by UN (story)
This is a fine line. Though I can see where China is coming from this by taking the stance that the U.N. shouldn’t interfere in the internal affairs of Zimbabwe. Tibet anyone?
‘The blade went into his eyeball’ (story)
Best headline so far since I started this blog. This just makes me cringe. Stabbing in the eye, man that’s nasty. It’s like Tarantino irl.
Second man charged over New Cross murders (story)
I have to admit I rarely follow up on criminal cases. This whole knife thing in London, not sure what to think of it. Is this really something that only started recently, knives been around for quite a while, no.
England on top (story)
Don’t panic, it’s only about cricket.
Cash pours in for John McCain (story)
Where the heck is this money coming from? It can’t be like a low amount donations thgouth the internet. He might catch up a bit with Obama, but after the conventions, I honestly don’t see him making a shot monetary-wise.
France rejects Muslim woman (story)
So wearing a Burqa disqualifies you from being French. “If you follow that to its logical conclusion, it means that women whose partners beat them are also not worthy of being French” Funny quote J
Life’s a beach for UK’s polo set (story)
We have far too few Beach Polo headlines. “One of my friends in polo is the captain of Chile, and his sponsor is Del Monte, and when he comes to Europe he has the use of their helicopter. It’s that kind of world.” See now those quotes don’t help, if you wanna make the sport more popular.
Farc says betrayal led to hostages’ rescue (story)
Yeah, it’s like cheating, it’s just plain unfair. They broke the rules of the hostage game!
SFO dealt £40m blow as case thrown out (story)
That sucks if you worked for the SFO.
Customers stew as chaos hits iPhone launch (story)
I like it when a cooking verb gets used in a different context, reminds me of a movie where they used “marinate”. . title escapes me.
In pictures: Germany from the air (story)
Nice pics from Germany in the fourties.
Cavendish makes history again (story)
“Only the second British rider to win two stages in the same Tour” is the tagline, yet the article then doesn’t go on actually telling us who this other rider is … grrr
Some other headlines:
Library of the lost *** Oil sands: Canada’s dirty secret *** Cuba’s gay and transvestite culture *** Recycling rubbish into tidy profit *** Head mic humiliation *** Golden wonders *** Inside the sex boot camp *** 100 best British breaks
