Category Archives: News and politics

BBC Radio 6Music lade an unplanned visit on Radio 4’s frequencies on Thursday Evening. The 7pm News bulletin get’s interrupted with Wednesday Week by The Undertones for just under 3 minuets before the problem is resolved but not before the … Continue reading →

Today the UK finally came out of it’s recession at long last. The PM programme has been charting the economic crisis daily from November 2008 with a slot named by the listeners as Upshares Downshares. Out of the blue listeners … Continue reading →

Bit late but here is the latest anyway. Following the experiment on PM which has received a great response from the listeners and a few suggestions. The format is here to stay. On Friday Denis Nowlan, Network Manager of Radio … Continue reading →

I’ve been an avid listener to Radio 4’s PM Programme for some time and they do take listeners views seriously. The new weather style started after listeners commented that they don’t remember what the weather forecast was or what the … Continue reading →

“The Stig” from Top Gear is scheduled to be unveiled in Tonight’s Top Gear on BBC Two. Jeremy Clarkson witting in his column in today’s Sun Newspaper say’s Stig’s identity would be a "staggering surprise" to viewers. I personally can’t … Continue reading →

Banks and their customers are awaiting the start of a High Court test case which could bring a fundamental change to UK High Street banking. The outcome may decide how much banks can charge millions of account holders who go … Continue reading →

Images from Google Earth are being enrolled in the search for adventurer Steve Fossett. Many people are scouring up-to-date satellite images of Nevada to try to spot Mr Fossett’s downed plane or wreckage. The project is being co-ordinated via Amazon’s … Continue reading →

A hearing into the case against the founder of the social networking website Facebook has been postponed by the judge until 8 August. Three founders of a rival site, ConnectU, say Facebook’s creator Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for the … Continue reading →

Students at Oxford University are being warned that university authorities are using the Facebook website to gain evidence about unruly post-exam pranks. The student union has urged students to tighten their security settings on the social networking website, to stop … Continue reading →

THE £80 million redevelopment of Farnborough town centre began this week with the start of a demolition programme to remove 1960s shops and flats. After nearly a decade of planning and preparation, more than 100,000 sq ft of outdated retail and … Continue reading →