Spain’s annual childbirth has been on the wane for many years…..

Newborns have reduced  from 665,000 a year – 1960’s –  to 380,000 in the 90s and after………. The Ojeda Artiles family was awarded the National Birth Prize in 1969 when  leader Francisco Franco handed out a “National Birth Prize” to couples with the largest families. “Official media” at the time featured many stories on this. The…

You know Rolling Stone Magazine? – Well they put The Pope on the cover!

“Up close, Pope Francis, the 266th vicar of Jesus Christ on Earth, a man whose obvious humility, empathy and, above all, devotion to the economically disenfranchised has come to feel perfectly suited to our times, looks stouter than on television,” the article in Rolling Stone announces.  Mark Binelli is the journalist who wrote the 7,700…

Travel Chaos as Lorry Fire cancels all Eurostar trains!

A lorry fire at the French end of the  Tunnel and  as the carbon dioxide alarm had gone off, Channel Tunnel cancels, all Eurostar trains for the rest of the day. Train operator Eurotunnel spokesman has offered apology and says that if the passengers have booked for cancelled or delayed trains they can get either a…

LOOKING BACK AT THATCHER’S FIGHT WITH “AUNTY”: – OUR BBC

Arguably one of the best loved “institutions” in Britain  – the BBC was involved in constant battles with the Iron Lady and the Conservative Party.  In Hilary Mantel’s book “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher”,  she reports that other political leaders followed her lead and favoured undermining the licence fee by encouraging ITV to “create television…

28th International Kite festival In Ahmedabad, India

Kite flying is one festival which has the potential to give far reaching effective  social messages, awareness information marked on exclusive patterns and designs displaying amazing collections of simple and fancy kites in all shapes and sizes. It also involves a common platform where people from all walks of life can come and display kite flying…

61 goals Ronaldo wins World’s Best Footballer!

  Cristiano Ronaldo for the third time, won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014 on Monday, earning the title of world’s best football player. ‘I want to become one of the greatest players of all time,’ Ronaldo  said through a translator in his acceptance speech. ‘Of course, this requires a lot of effort and I hope…

Hailed a Hero – the Muslim shop assistant who helped save lives…..

Life saver Lassana Bathily The siege in the Hyper Cacher supermarket near the Porte de Vincennes in Paris involved a life-saver – Lassana Bathily,  who saved at least 15 Jewish customers’ lives, including those of  two children.  He herded them into a basement cold store and hid them from the gunman.  The Mali-born man’s actions…