Archive for the ‘UK’ Category
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Gaza: Brilliant wonderful news - BBC reporter Alan Johnston has been finally released, after much worry and an agonising, 114 days in captivity.
Read all about it on the BBC
and the Guardian
What will be interesting to see as we get more information - is what role Hamas have played in this ...
Posted in Alan Johston, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Hostage Crisis, Israel-Palestine, Middle East, News & info, UK, World Affairs: politics and news | 3 Comments »
Thursday, March 1st, 2007
A photography exhibition at St. Paul's Cathedral which documents the ordinary lives and everyday locations caught up in human trafficking and calls for an end to this illegal 21st century trade. The exhibition seeks to expose the reality of trafficking and the action needed to tackle it. Running until the ...
Posted in Activism, Amnesty International, Events, Exhibitions, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, London, News & info, Slavery, UK, UN, World Affairs: politics and news | 2 Comments »
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
Breaking News: "Plot to blow up planes disrupted"
well good job the 'plot' was disrupted. Doesn't seem to be clear what the hell is going on - but Heathrow's closed to all 'incoming flights' - goodness! that sounds like it will cause mass chaos - and 'all flights have been cancelled ...
Posted in Airline Terror Plot, Breaking News, Heathrow, London, MI5 Threat Level, Terrorism, UK | 10 Comments »
Friday, August 4th, 2006
Great title eh?
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has published its report on the classification of drugs: they’ve got a good sense of humour I see. The title of the report is: "Drugs Classification: Making a Hash of It?"
This is the fifth report of the session 2005-2006 ...
Posted in Cannabis Debate, Drugs Classification, House of Commons Publications, News & info, UK | 7 Comments »
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
“The ‘Merton Rule' is the groundbreaking planning policy, pioneered by the London Borough of Merton, which requires the use of renewable energy onsite to reduce annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the built environment. Hundreds of local authorities look set to follow Merton’s lead, which will impact all new major ...
Posted in Environment and eco-friendliness, Merton Rule, Sustainability, Sustainable Architecture, UK, climate change, renewable energy | 6 Comments »
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
I've been following the collaborative blog Pickled Politics for a while and I now am contributing through my own diary page on the site - the oh-so-creatively named ..Sonia's Diary.
Incidentally, Pickled Politics has been nominated for the New Statesman's New Media Awards 2006 - under the 'Contributing to Civic Society' ...
Posted in Blogging, Global Civil Society, Media, News & info, UK | No Comments »
Friday, May 26th, 2006
this morning's epolitix summary highlights the following about Tony Blair's trip to the US: -
"Before heading back to the UK, the prime minister delivers a keynote speech setting out his views on the role of international institutions in an era of globalisation. Ahead of the speech, Blair said the international ...
Posted in Democracy, Globalization, Institutions, Social Organization, UK, USA, World Affairs: politics and news, society and sociology | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
publictechnology.net are running a story on how silver surfers are bridging the ‘digital divide.'
A new survey in Wales undertaken as part of the ‘Broadband Wales Programme‘ suggests that 84% of respondents said they felt their online ability is generally underestimated particularly by the younger generation. Silver Surfers Week ...
Posted in News & info, Technology, UK, digital divide, knowledge society | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 11th, 2006
there's been a lot of things happening - a week now since the elections and boy what a fallout. More on that later in another post. ( isn't it amusing all this talk of a civil war between Blair and Brown? chuckle..)
i've just read this in the epolitix round up ...
Posted in UK, World Affairs: politics and news, conspiracy theory | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 4th, 2006
Voting currently underway. the BBC's website has a map which will be updated with live results throughout the night.
On another note, i thought this website was interesting - Election Memory - Online Hustings for the Lambeth elections - now there's an idea!
Posted in Local Government, London, News & info, Party Politics, Politics, UK | No Comments »