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UK not North Korea behind hack attacks

Vietnamese researchers say the UK rather than the suspected North Korea was the source of last week’s series of massive hack attacks on computers worldwide.

They say the server in question was registered to a UK company called Global Digital Broadcast. This …

Only 29? No drinks for you at Tesco

Monopolistic retailer Tesco, always anxious to curry favour with the powers that be, has dropped its policy of asking people 18 and over trying to buy drinks if they’re 21 (yes, I know it’s illogical) in favour of a new …

Are ‘no fee’ degrees a good idea?

British higher education is in crisis with around 50,000 would-be students unable to find a university place and others graduating to find there are no jobs.

On top of this the unfortunate graduates find that they owe up to £30,000 in …

Just what a recession needs, more red pandas

Anyway a zoo park in the south of Scotland is defying the downturn by packing in visitors to see a host of new-born animals including a brace of red pandas, surely the cutest animals on earth.

This is particularly good for …

White coats time for Ryanair’s O’Leary

Ryanair boss Michael 0′Leary wants Boeing to make him special planes with ’standing room’, that is passengers strapped on to stools to save space.

He hopes to do this after he’s introduced compulsory online check-ins at a cost of £5 and …

Secrets of Aussie Navy’s Success

The Australian Navy has launched an inquiry into ’sex game’ activities on its big oil-replenishment ship, the aptly-named HMAS Success.

Male crew allegedly gambled on who could bed whom, with extra points on offer for sleeping with lesbians, officers or both.

Extra points …

Repent and be changed, bishop tells gays

Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester that is.

Bishop of Rochester isn’t that high up the Anglican church pecking order but Dr Nazir-Ali, who’s stepping down in September, has cultivated a high profile, not least by his vigorous opposition to muslim …

British intelligence secrets on Facebook!

The new head of MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service, has been revealed on Facebook, by his wife, in his swimming shorts and hobknobbing with an actor from the Archers.

Sir John Sawers, for it is he, is now faced with …

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