More random news than you can fit on a biscuit and dunk in your tea
It has been brought to our attention this week that pigeons in the Swedish Capital of Stockholm have been utilising the tube system to get to the shopping centre, one stop away from their homes. According to witness reports the pigeons line up patiently at the platform with the other
Have you ever been to the toilet and thought “there has to be something better I could do with my urine than flush it away”? Well, that question has been baffling scientists worldwide, until now. Scientists at the University of the West of England, have been experimenting with ways of
Well, where to begin with this one? In European news this week it has come to our attention that the Commercial Employees Union: Handelsanställdas förbund – Handelsis to sue Lingerie firm Change, over their policy that staff in their Swedish branch have to wear name badges which also list their bust size.
Do you find it hard to remember names? Do you sometimes wonder whether it would be easier if everything were just colour coded for your convenience? Well, if you live in Peterborough you’re in for a treat. Since being built in the 1980s, the car park of Queensgate Shopping Centre
Today we are talking to Artist and Badger Fan: Nicola Anthony about her work, her influences and her forth coming exhibition on the 29th of October at Rivington Place Gallery. Yes, we are becoming very cultured. So, tell us a bit about this most recent exhibition and how you became
In international news this week, a Washington war over excrement has come to our attention. Feuding neighbours’ disagreement over the correct place to dump, well, dump made it all the way to a jury trial this week. According to the Washington Post poo has become quite a contentious issue in
The makers of Monopoly decided to celebrate the recent Royal Wedding (or cash in, evidence is limited) by making a Welsh edition. Apparently, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, AKA Wills and Kate reside on the Welsh Island of Anglesey and not in Cambridge, as the title would suggest. Unfortunately
Newsnibbles learned this week (and by learned we mean one of the interns read the BBC News Website) that salmon farms in Scotland are under threat of closure. According to some anglers and landowners, fish farming is responsible for the decline in wild salmon and trout stocks. The environment minister
There was good news for those campaigning against the badger cull this week as Gloucester Wildlife Trust published the results of the UK’s first badger vaccination trial. The report concluded the vaccination is both a viable and affordable alternative to the proposed badger cull that has sparked so much controversy
In health news this week the BBC has discovered that hospital food is not very popular with patients. A survey of 200 health trusts across the UK revealed that on average 8% of food was being returned uneaten, and costing the NHS potentially millions in revenue every year. This is
