Real World News

Sorta surprised there isn't a thread on this but hey ho... Just one question really, just where did flight MH370 go? It's unprecedented that a modern airliner goes 'missing' without a single trace for FIVE DAYS. I can't imagine the frustration, grief and anguish being felt by the families of the passengers and crew of those on-board, all seems very odd. BBC Video Report

Is anyone planning on getting a new BMW via the police/forces scheme at Park Lane? I've recently ordered one and get £150 referral if I refer anyone via this scheme. Always worth asking on the off chance someone is looking into it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-echochambers-27260073

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/30/clayton-lockett-oklahoma-execution-witness

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-27271312

The controversy surrounding Megrahi's conviction rumbles on.

We have had a person in the area today who tries to make escalatory contacts with police. He goes by "saint herkster" on the You Tube. One of our guys had the "pleasure" of encountering him today. This guy is a few fruit loops short of a box.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/04/i-was-guilty-constance-briscoe-decptionI consider myself a feminist and Vikki Pryce absolutely disgusts me. Her use of the defence that she used in Court was a complete affront to gender equality. Having read this article by Chris Huhne, the story gets even more interesting finding out about (ex) Judge Briscoe. She accused her own mother of child abuse, who then sued her for libel and lost. Ironically, it seems that her own mother was on the verge of being evicted from her house to pay her legal bills. I am sure that an appeal will now follow! I will never lower myself to say that I feel sorry for Huhne. Whilst a m…

Quite an interesting story, the history of the region we call the North Sea is a lot more varied than most people would imagine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27204988

Danish study over two years finds that raising limits helps to cut accidents and fatalities Motoring groups have backed a Danish report which claims that increasing speed limits is safer – but there are question marks over whether it could be easily implemented in the UK. The study, carried out over two years by the Danish Road Directorate, looked at how driver behaviour and accident rates changed when speed limits 
were raised on single-carriageway rural roads and motorways. One of the key findings was that after raising limits on two-way rural roads from 50mph to 56mph, accidents fell, due to a drop in the speed differential between the fastest and the slowest…

Actor Bob Hoskins has died of pneumonia at the age of 71, his agent has said. The star was nominated for a best actor Oscar in 1987 for crime drama Mona Lisa opposite Sir Michael Caine and Robbie Coltrane. He announced he was retiring from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27224995 A legend of an actor, how I remember the Long Good Friday. There was only one Harry Shand!!

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/apr/07/peaches-geldof-found-dead-aged-25 Really shocked when I heard this a little while ago.

57% support introducing a four day working week in the UK – and 71% say it would make Britain happier For four of the next seven weeks, Britain will be at work for only four days. In this rare time of year, the nation gets a taste of what is, for some people, not only a vision for human advancement but a serious economic proposal. Supporters of the idea argue that, if everyone worked a four day week, we would work harder in the days we did work and spend more money in the days off. A new YouGov survey finds that most people (57%) would support introducing a four day working week in the UK. 28% would oppose and 15% don’t know. In 2010 David Cameron said it…