Parts of the eastern United States have received 71cm (28in) of snow fall in a huge blizzard that is sweeping across the region.


more ---> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35392008

Volkswagen has announced that nearly 1.2 million of its vehicles sold in the UK are fitted with the software behind the emissions scandal.


It includes diesel-powered cars with the VW brand, Audi, Seat and Skoda as well as VW commercial vehicles.


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Debt campaigners tear up student loans

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 23rd October 2014 10:36.

*An activist group in the United States has been carrying out deeds that some might think the stuff of dreams - buying and cancelling other people's...

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The Coalition government has finally put its cards on the table, calling for the completion of a ‘free trade’ agreement with the United States of America that will end democracy as we know it today.



Do you think this statement is needlessly hyperbolic? In fact, it probably...

International enforcement agencies join forces to thwart caller identification spoofing

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th December 2013 21:31.

*Statement: 21 October 2013* Today, agencies from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom issued...

US borrowing crisis 'days away' from danger, says World Bank head

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th October 2013 12:09.

The president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, has warned that the United States is just "days away from a very dangerous moment"...

Brazen hackers managed to drain cash machines around the world in a "massive 21st-century bank heist", say US prosecutors.

A global cybercrime ring stole £29m ($45m) from cashpoints in one of the biggest bank heists ever, US officials have revealed. The gang drained the cash...

I have just recently been informed that a family friend (living in the USA) have sent over a brand-new lap top (not cheap), this is a late birthday pressie for my disabled/son with special needs.

I was sent the American "USPS" tracking number and it was in clearance since last...

[img]http://www.nhs.uk/dementia/PublishingImages/dementia-logo.gif[/img]

What signs should I look for?

Dementia is not a single illness but a group of symptoms caused by damage to the brain. The symptoms include:

• memory loss, such as remembering

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I suppose the title of the thread says it all.

I can't believe it's 10 years since we watched the horror unfold.

God bless all those who died and their families and loved ones who have had to cope with the tragedy.