European stock markets were hit today as worries grew over the turmoil being played out in Egypt and the middle east. Shares in travel firms were particularly affected and took a big hit. On the London Stock Exchange travel firm Thomas Cook saw its shares fall by 3%, TUI who own Thompsons dropped 2.6% and [...]
The award winning composer John Barry passed away yesterday in New York, he was aged 77. John Barry was probably best known for the theme music for the James Bond films, the original guitar based theme written by Monty Norman was arranged by Barry for the Bond films and has endured until this day, the arrangement is the basis for [...]
President Mubarak is managing to cling onto power despite massive crowds of street protesters calling for him to resign, the demonstrations have now entered their seventh day and show no signs of abating. Mubarak has replaced some members of his cabinet but although he has especially replaced the countries interior minister which was a main demand, this [...]
Fifteen police officers have been killed in a series of shootings in January this year in the United States, officials are calling the incidents a “war on cops.” The Department of Justice have revealed the alarming figures and they say that eleven of the officers died in the space of 24 hours, they report that [...]
Novak Djokovic brushed aside Andy Murray in a one sided final today in the Australian Open Tennis Tournament which was played in Melbourne. The Serb always looked the stronger player of the two and cruised to a facile win in straight sets winning 6-4 6-2 6-3. Murray looked a pale shadow of the player that battled so [...]
Scientists have discovered that eating food that contains high amounts of trans-fats can not only cause heart and cholesterol problems but can also put you in a low mood. The research was carried out by scientists in Spain where they conducted a study of 12000 student graduates over the course of a six year term. [...]
The Australian Open Tennis Championship for ladies was won in a thrilling final showdown between Belgium player Kim Clijsters and her Chinese opponent Li Na. This was her second major tournament win in a row and three in all since she returned from retirement in 2009. Li won the first set against expectations and it looked like Clijsters was [...]
A rare apple that is elongated and about the size of a golf ball has been saved from dying out in the UK, the apple from the little known Doddin tree found in the west of England and reportedly down to the last 20 trees is being saved and planted in a community orchard in [...]
President Mubarak has called in the army to take over from the police and keep order in Egypt as the unrest that has been contagiously spreading across the middle east and northern Africa continues unabated. The anti-government protests have reached a high and the protesters’ grip on the country is slowly tightening, both Cairo and Suez were [...]
And Murray has reached the final of the Australian Open Tennis Championship being played in Melbourne Australia after a titanic battle with David Ferrer. Murray got off to a terrible start as he sometimes does and took some time to warm to the task, at first it looked as if he was going to be over [...]
