The usual suspects are at it again with crackpot disappearing ice-cap theories.Clearly, large lumps of ice HAVE to break off on a regular basis otherwise the Ice cap would continue to grow and we'd have yet another Ice Age.Do people really still believe this bilge?...

It has taken years but I hope that finally some sense may be creeping in to the dark world of the BBC.In troubled parts of Africa right now innocent villagers are being murdered by roaming bands of 'insurgents'.In parts of Iraq much the same is happening; and in Afghanistan.People all over the world are being murdered in their houses by gun wielding thugs intent on destruction.Not, though in the US...

A recent BBC News article about councils using laws designed for anti-terrorism purposes to legitimise investigations into more petty matters carried a sting in its tail.Buried at the end of the article was,"Out of the 97 councils contacted, 16 said they did not use the act atall, 19 asked for the request to be submitted under the Freedom ofInformation Act and 16 did not respond."So, 19 councils no...

As I'm sure astute readers will be aware by now, I do not buy in to the idea that man is some alien virus destroying an otherwise benign Mother Nature. Many do; I don't.These particular marine scientists are experimenting with reef seeding in order to  try to promote growth in dying or otherwise threatened coral reefs.That may or may not be a wise endeavour but their efforts are predictably surrou...

I quote,"Metropolitan Police Commander Bob Broadhurst said,'The bottom line is, before this event, a number of groups came to us and asked if they could lawfully protest. "We allowed that. We did tell some of them that because of the numbers and because of the locations they would be behind barriers for their own safety.'" Am I the only person left in England you gets a shiver when I read that a po...