Eight out of ten say it will do nothing to stop paedophiles accessing children Thousands of tutors employed by parents to give their children private lessons are set to refuse to register under a controversial new government safeguarding scheme. A poll published today, carried out for the thetutorpages.com website, shows that nearly three-quarters of self-employed tutors for whom
If you’re about to turn 30, and want to ensure you’ve done it all, then Hallmark Cards could be coming to the rescue. The leading greetings card manufacturer is producing the definitive guide of ’things to do before you’re 30’, but with a twist – it will be completely crowd-sourced via Twitter and Facebook! Hallmark is launching the ‘b430’ guide
Snow blanketed Great Britain on January 7, 2010, as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite passed overhead and captured this image. Snow covers most of England, from the east to the west coast. (The large image shows snow cover over the entire island of Great Britain.) The cities of Manchester, Birmingham, and London form ghostly gray
Just want to wish everyone a quick but thoughtful Happy New Year! Thank you to all of you who visited my blog in 2009 – it means a lot to me, especially as I don’t get as much time as I used to on updating this blog. However it’s 2010 and a new decade has arrived, so I shall be
Following up from my previous post about the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Fan Trip Train Ride 2009, which gives you a chance to travel by steam train from Paddington to Oxford aboard the Hogwarts Express (GWR Hall Class 4-6-0 no 5972 Olton Hall) steam train this Saturday the 18th of July 2009. I can now confirm travel times as obtained from uksteam.info. HOGWARTS EXPRESS
Anamigo.com is an online community where you can find everything about pets and the people that love them. Aside from the tips and advice on pet care and the latest accessories, you will find adorable photos of member’s pets. If you’re into dog pictures, cat pictures, puppy pictures and pictures of all the other pets around the world, you’ll love
Canon the technology giant has launched a pan-European online interactive football game competition to promote its sponsorship of UEFA EURO 2008TM and re-launched online store. Curious, an online EMEA specialist agency is behind both the development of the football game and design and front-end build of its re-launched online store, in partnership with Canon’s retained e-commerce agency Digital River. The
The Alton Towers Resort is banning parents from using PDA’s (Personal Digital Assistant) this May half term in a bid to increase quality family time. It would appear from research revealed today that kids are fed up with their parents spending more time reading their emails than having fun with them. Brits work the longest hours in Europe*, meaning that
I thought this was a really sweet and cute thing to do. Just check out the link below to see what I mean! 😀 Junior High Sweethearts Get Engaged In Bay Area Math Class
Last Friday I was supposed to go on a tour of the new BAA Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, but due to some kind of major technical problem the tour was cancelled the day before. If time permits it hopefully there will be another tour arranged soon before the 27th of March 2008 when Terminal 5 opens to the public.