‘The paramedics and doctors joked he should get a job as a midwife’ By Lucy Laing Last updated at 3:33 PM on 31st December 2011 Doting dad Richard Favell has every reason to be a proud father – after delivering BOTH his children on separate occasions. He was twice on hand to help his wife […]
Archive for December, 2011
Daddy cool! Proud father delivers BOTH his children after wife gives birth prematurely
AC Milan players get distracted by bikini-clad women during a training session in Dubai
By Ted Thornhill Last updated at 3:36 PM on 31st December 2011 AC Milan’s superstar footballers have been taking part in a winter training session on Al-Mamzar Beach in Dubai – or at least trying to. Judging from these pictures, it seems that the bikini-clad women they’ve been sharing their training space with have proved […]
Mother Mary Kirkby loses 8st after picture showing her bigger than a snowman
‘I felt so embarrassed, I had no idea I looked that big’ She swapped jam sandwiches for healthy diet By Lucy Laing Last updated at 4:29 PM on 31st December 2011 When Mary Kirkby discovered she was fatter than a SNOWMAN in her garden, she knew she had to take action. Standing next to the […]
Oxford Street stabbing: 3 men arrested over death of Seydou Diarrassouba
By Mary Mcconnell Last updated at 4:47 PM on 31st December 2011 Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager on the UK’s busiest shopping street on Boxing Day. Seydou Diarrassouba, 18, was stabbed in the heart after a fight broke out at a Foot Locker sports shoe store in Oxford Street, […]
Warning over EU battery hen ruling: Forty million eggs produced in illegal cages
By Ted Thornhill Last updated at 4:54 PM on 31st December 2011 A total of 40 million eggs are produced per day in Europe by battery hens despite a ban prohibiting the hatching of eggs in such conditions. As many as 100 million hens are estimated to be unlawfully housed across Europe in spite of […]
Tamia Feltham, 7, saved by first aider after her heart stopped during carol service
By Mary Mcconnell Last updated at 5:11 PM on 31st December 2011 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A hero council-worker saved the life of a seven-year-old girl when her heart stopped suddenly during a carol service. Emma Hobbs performed CPR on Tamia Feltham after she collapsed without warning at a concert […]
Lansley orders review of risks facing British women who have had faulty breast implants from French company
Lansley worried over data on implant ruptures Firm accused of using cheap silicone Wealthy founder – an ex butcher – faces charges By Craig Mackenzie Last updated at 5:28 PM on 31st December 2011 An urgent government review of the risks to thousands of women from faulty breast implants was announced today by the Health […]
Happy New Year Google doodle ends 2011 on a low with simple Doodle of letters at a party
By Lee Moran Last updated at 5:31 PM on 31st December 2011 Google has ended what has been a creative year for its homepage Doodles on a decidedly low note – with visitors being greeted by a simple illustration of its letters having a party. The L may be wearing a top-hat and the E […]
New Year’s Eve celebrations: Spectacular fireworks across the world welcome 2012
By Pamela Owen Last updated at 5:32 PM on 31st December 2011 Spectacular fireworks have lit up the night skies as countries across the globe celebrate the New Year, including Australia, Singapore and Japan. More than a million people gathered at mass at vantage points along the harbour to watch the pyrotechnics display in Sydney, […]
British soldier killed by bomb in Afghanistan
By Ted Thornhill Last updated at 5:48 PM on 31st December 2011 A soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today. The serviceman, from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in a blast in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province yesterday. Next of kin have been […]
Why They Fought And Died – Remy
Brasscheck TV – The international Interwebs recording sensation Remy unveils this timely song reminding all of us back on the home front about why they fight now. And why they fought then. Music written and performed by Remy. Video produced by Austin and Meredith Bragg. “Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be […]
“The decision to attack Syria was made at a Camp David meeting on 15 September 2001″
Featured below is the interview that Thierry Meyssan gave to our colleagues from the Algerian daily newspaper the La Nouvelle République. Worthy of mention is the fact that the interview was given front page billing. While Western journalists eagerly relay the war propaganda against Syria, another reading of the events is emerging in countries […]
Iranian missile spin forces Hormuz closure for five hours
By a media trick, Tehran proved its claim that closing the Strait of Hormuz is as “easy as drinking water,” DEBKAfile reports. First thing Saturday morning, Saturday, Dec. 31, Iran’s state agencies “reported” long-range and other missiles had been test-fired as part of its ongoing naval drill around the Strait of Hormuz. Ahead of […]
Architects of Euro Fail lead way to 2012 danger zone
RussiaToday on Dec 30, 2011 The debt-stricken Eurozone is set to enter 2012 in a gloomy mood with Italy’s borrowing costs remaining near the seven-percent danger zone. The Italian premier’s pledged more efforts to revive the ailing economy in his end-of-year speech. But as RT’s Irina Galushko reports there are huge doubts the […]
‘Pentagon created Arab Spring over decade ago’
RussiaToday on Dec 31, 2011 The Arab Spring uprisings were arguably the most significant events of the last 12 months. Protests are still raging across the region, even after regimes were toppled. Journalist and author F. William Engdahl gives his view on the Arab world in 2012. Related posts: Socialist International […]
Muammar Gaddafi is leading the Human Rights Hero of 2011 award of Amnesty International USA’s online poll
Amnesty International is getting a taste of Karma and reality: Muammar Gaddafi is leading the Human Rights Hero of 2011 award of Amnesty International USA’s online poll Dr Heidrun Eckert and Louis Szondy Voting in an online poll by Amnesty International USA for “Human Rights Hero of 2011″ is bringing up some […]
Hawke menaces floundering Fraser
By 1982, the government of Malcolm Fraser was in strife, confronting an uncomfortable mix of leadership tensions, political scandal and economic problems – and Bob Hawke. Fraser surged to power in 1975, trouncing the sacked Labor government of Gough Whitlam. But by the early 1980s, the polls put Labor well in front and in a […]
Spy scandal could have brought down govt
Just six weeks into office and without even sitting a day in parliament, new Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke confronted a scandal he readily admits could have brought down his government. Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) director-general Harvey Barnett approached Hawke at Kirribilli House, Sydney, on April 20, 1983. He revealed that Hawke’s close friend, […]
Bottom of the harbour tax rorts hit: 1982
In the latter period of the government of Malcolm Fraser, no issue provoked more anguish than treasurer John Howard’s move to retrospectively claw back the ill-gotten proceeds of what started out as legal tax avoidance arrangements. Collectively known as “bottom of the harbour” tax schemes, they thrived through the 1970s with several thousand companies evading […]
Tasmania dam campaign a highlight of 1983
On July 1, 1983, the High Court handed down a landmark decision, halting construction of a dam on Tasmania’s pristine Gordon River. The decision ended what was possibly Australia’s most significant environmental campaign. Besides the Tasmanian wilderness, there were two big winners. New Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke had gone to the 1983 election opposing […]