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is it me or are these news paper websites getting harder to load, seems they are getting swamped with loads of advertisements, hmm

is the royal baby going to be a girl with blond hair name Alice?

according to news book makers stand to take a hit.

did you know that comparrison sites get a % for advertising on behalf of who ever so you may not be getting the cheapest offers.

there was a news article which suggested that these sites should refund for not offerring the cheapest deals.

Glastonbury lineup 2015 announced

After months of speculation and rumours, a large chunk of the Glastonbury 2015 line up has been announced, with rock legend Patti Smith and singer Pharrell Williams among those to play in June.

As ever, the festival will provide its audience with an eclectic mix of artists, with RnB singer Mary J Blige and hard rock pioneers Motörhead both making their first appearances at Worthy Farm.

Other prestigious artists set to play at the dairy farm in Somerset include Motown singer Lionel Richie - whose set will be introduced by...

British companies bombarded with cyber attacks

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Five out of six large companies were targeted by cybercriminals in 2014, a 40 per cent increase over the year before.

Nearly one million new malware threats were released online every day in 2014, with five out of six large companies globally targeted, according to a new report.
The latest Internet Security Threat Report from cyber security firm Symantec ranked the...

while many in the UK have been forced to endure cruel and savage welfare benefit cuts along with other services sufferring our greedy MP's have been living it up and claiming needless expenses.

MPs were accused of claiming expenses for renting and using hotels in London despite owning properties in the capital

Almost 50 MPs were accused last night of claiming hundreds of thousands of pounds in expenses for renting and using hotels in London despite owning properties in the capital.

Many of the 46 MPs are said to have originally purchased the London properties...

Easter will it be hot or washout?

Express claims it will be the hottest Easter yet but will it be a scorcher or a total washout? you decide.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/564196/Weather-forecast-Easter-Hottest-ever-temperatures-rise-heatwave

One of the UK's largest energy suppliers, E.On, has agreed to pay a further penalty of £7.75m for overcharging its customers.

The payment was ordered as a result of the company's "repeated failing" by the energy regulator, Ofgem.

Some customers paid too much in the process of switching. Others were wrongly charged exit fees.

E.on apologised to its customers, and admitted it was not the first time it had made the mistake.

In November 2012 the company paid a £1.7m penalty for the same thing, although the company said the underlying reason was...

Animals 'can predict earthquakes'

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Animals appear to predict earthquakes by sensing electricity in the air, the first study to find reliable evidence of the phenomenon has shown.

Camera traps revealed an "amazing" drop in the number of animals spotted up to 23 days before a major quake hit their rainforest home at Yanachaga National Park in Peru.

For five of the seven days leading up to the magnitude seven Contamana earthquake in 2011 no animal movements were recorded at all. This...

After the elections all 650 MP's will be given free IPADS or computers to the tune of up to 1 million pounds.

Taxpayers will spend £1m buying MPs iPad tablets

OUR SELFLESS POLITICIANS WILL be offered a free iPad Air 2 tablet after the general election as part of a stupid indulgent move money-saving exercise, according to reports.

MPs, some of whom have to struggle with just two or three well-paying jobs and a couple of homes, are presumably wasting a lot of money by not using Apple iPads and the great minds at Parliament have a solution.

The word is that...