VAZ LETTER TO IMMIGRATION CAUSES A STORM

Keith Vaz – senior Labour MP has been nominated for a potential enquiry after he wrote to Sarah Rapson – director general of UK visas and immigration regarding the case of Lalit Modi, founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament who wants British travel papers. At the time he wrote the letter, Vaz was chairman…

WATER THEFT IN USA PROMPTS IDEA FROM STAR TREK ACTOR

Water tankers have been hijacked, industrial pipelines have been tapped into and private wells have been targeted as the price of this essential ingredient to human life – water – has soared.  Farmers are amongst the public who are desperate for water for their crops such as almonds, and for keeping their cattle from being…

Lea 17, rollercoaster crash victim left leg amputated

Leah Washington 17 from Barnsley South Yorkshire, was on the front row of the Smiler ride, which crashed into an empty carriage in front of it, has had her leg amputated above the left knees and suffered a fractured left hand. Her boyfriend 18-year old Joe Pugh also from Barnsley has two broken knees and…

GCSE Maths question

        Answer: 6/n  x 5/n-1 =1/3 6×5/(n-1) =n/3 30= n(n-1)/3 90= n(n-1) 90=n²-n Hence n²-n-90 =0 A problematic GCSE maths question bewildered thousands of students – but inspired them to publish in Twitter to vent their anger and frustration. The equation in Thursday’s Edexcel exam was on the probability of taking two…

220 killed in a gas station explosion in Accra

  Over 220 people were killed in an explosion at a gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra, as torrential rains lashed the West African nation, and it is a national disaster, according to the interior minister Mark Woyongo. The oil Filling Station at Nkrumah Circle in Accra caught fire after explosion on Wednesday 3rd June…

Google apologies

Internet giant Google yesterday apologised for any confusion or misunderstanding caused after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s images started appearing in image search results for query “ top 10 criminals in India”, which was due  to a British daily which had an image of Mr Modi and erroneous metadata. “These results trouble us and are…

Five killed after small plane crashed onto Mexican highway

Five people were killed after a small plane crashed on a highway in Mexico. The aircraft crashed onto a highway connecting the country’s capital Mexico City with the central state of Queretaro, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday 2nd  June 2015 Gerardo Quirarte Perez, head of the State Civil Protection Agency, told reporters that the…

Heat wave death toll reaches 2300 in South India

Intense heat wave in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Southern India, on Sunday as 45 more deaths were reported from the two Telugu states, taking the toll to over 2,300. While 25 people died in Andhra Pradesh, 20 succumbed to sunstroke in Telangana. The officials till Saturday night had confirmed 2,177 deaths in the two states.…