Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Will the BBC televise the 2009 Crufts Pedigree Dog Show?
Posted by: stazjia on: December 8, 2008
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This is the big question with Crufts Dog Show only 3 months away.
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Child cruelty and news reporting
Posted by: stazjia on: November 14, 2008
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Child cruelty and news reporting
Blog moving to new URL
Posted by: stazjia on: November 12, 2008
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This blog is now installed on its own server and I hope you will visit it there:
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Are British banks making things worse?
Posted by: stazjia on: November 8, 2008
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Almost everybody in the UK knows that the Government has given the banks a huge bail-out package to help the British economy in general. Two days ago the Bank of England cut the interest rate by 1.5% – a move that astonished everybody, including the experts.
After the Bank’s announcement, the big question was, would the [...]
More News About Pedigree Dogs
Posted by: stazjia on: November 3, 2008
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White Pekingese Puppy
Originally uploaded by patisotagami
There have been further developments in the scandal of pedigree dogs and the way faults causing pain, deformity and early death are deliberately bred into dogs so they meet the Kennel Club’s criteria to win at its shows. If you missed my early posts on the subject you can catch [...]
Brave beyond belief
Posted by: stazjia on: October 31, 2008
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Yesterday, Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher of the Royal Marines was awarded the George Cross by HM the Queen at Buckingham Palace in London. The George Cross is the highest award given to civilians and military who performed “acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger” but, in the case of the military, [...]
Did Peter Mandelson get a great birthday gift?
Posted by: stazjia on: October 22, 2008
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It was Peter, now Lord, Mandelson’s birthday yesterday and it looks like either he personally got his revenge or somebody decided to give him a birthday present he’d really like – dropping George Osborne (see picture, standing) in deep trouble.
The story is this, for those who haven’t followed it: Conservative shadow Chancellor George Osborne, David [...]
