Some of you may recall we had problems with Readers Digest sending my 91 year old grandmother unsolicited books. She is partially sighted and can't even read these books, plus she is frail and can only walk short distances with a zimmer so had no way of returning them, but as she was frightened of getting into debt so she paid for them, and the more she paid the more she got sent! We...

Hi there, A friend of mine was dismissed from his employment after working there for 9 months. At the time of his dismissal he was not given any reason for it just told that he was being let go. He had received no warnings at all, either verbal or written and no disciplinary procedure was carried out. I understand that normally you would hae to be employed for a year to take out an unfair...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7451354.stm The wife of attempted 21 July bomber Hussain Osman has been jailed for 15 years for failing to tell police about his plot to attack London. The Old Bailey heard that Yeshi Girma, 32, of Stockwell, south London, knew of Osman's plan to set off a bomb at Shepherd's Bush Tube station.

Children Left Vulnerable Despite Sex Offenders Register Medical News Today (press release), UK: 12 June 2008 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/110972.php The UK's Sex Offenders Register is failing to protect vulnerable children, according to a psychologist at the University of Liverpool. Researchers say that while police are using their resources to combat Internet sex offences - which...

I auctioned an item on ebay without reserve and I was unable to end the listing. I informed the winning bidder I did not want to proceed with the sale at the price the item reached. She intends to take me to small claims court - what will the outcome be please. The item in question is my sofa and the high bid was £585 and I cant possibly sell it for that amount. Will I be fined, pay costs etc....

"R. Mark Clayton" wrote in message ... "St Georges Day April 23rd" wrote in message ... Like a gold coin on a dunghill, the truth about the EU Last updated at 12:19 AM on 08th June 2008 Peter Lilley's...

Back in the first week of April this year I was quoted for the installation of a replacement boiler. At the time of the plumber's visit he indicated it was likely that the work would be performed in April. I accepted this quote in writing and via email. There is no mention of any timings on the letter I signed. And no monies have yet been requested or paid. We're now in mid-June, and I've had no...

The scum who kicked a girl to death for being dressed as a Goth have launched an appeal against their 18 and 16 year jail sentences. Would it not be a good idea to shove an extra 3 years on their time for wasting court time? These scum deserve every day they got. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7452815.stm

Some lads who got draconian prison sentences for having a bit of fun that might have got a little out of hand are to appeal. While playing a boxing game with a disabled man an unfortunate accident occourred and the disabled man died. The lads were sentenced to shocking prison sentences of between 15 and 22 years: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/7454764.stm This latest appeal...

The government is outlawing a number of offshore corporation tax avoidance schemes, one of which has been operated by Tesco, the supermarket giant has confirmed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jun/14/taxavoidance.tesco Excellent news

What would the best way be to "hide", say, £200k?

a debtor I know entered into an I.V.A. arrangement under the guidance of a licensed Insolvency Practitioner all has gone well for a couple of years with the debtor just about managing his liabilities and all parties happy with the plan now apparently, the I.P. has 'gone bust' now the creditors are plaguing the debtor though he won't discuss with his family or friends exactly what is...

I just have to point you all at this cracking little utility I came across the other day. http://www.ccleaner.com/ CCleaner (used to be called Crap Cleaner). It gets rid of all the unwanted, unused, redundant and temp files on your hard drive and defunct or faulty registry entries which slow down your pc or make it try and load software you no longer have. It gets rid of cookies and also...

Transcript by me Carlile: The government's first duty is to protect the public from danger. National security is an individual civil liberty to all of us. I've just watched out of your radio car window children setting off to get a bus to school in central London. In 2001 children were the subject of bombs in central London. Much worse could occur. There are now states like Iran sponsoring...

Gordon Brown has won the vote by the skin of his teeth. The House of Lords will surely reverse this in no uncertain terms. http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91211-1318771,00.html What I find utterly repugnant is this. How dare someone vote against their original principles and human decency to

I work for a large shopping centre. We are having problems with a small number of trouble makers and shoplifters. We are part of a shop watch scheme that excludes trouble makers and shoplifters. It to be fair the exclution notice is not worth the paper its written on as its only a civil exclusion and all we are told we can do is ask the banned person to leave if the break the ban. We have...

Can you believe these eejits have lost a second set of papers on a train? This time covering fighting global terrorist funding, drugs trafficking and money laundering. And they honestly want us to trust them with things like I.D cards - not for love, nor money. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7455084.stm KK

I'm just trying to deal with an offence of 37 mph in a 30. When I received the NIP, there was an offer of a 'speed choice' course instead of having the points and fine (you have to attend a course and accept a fine instead). I wrote back stating that I required further evidence relating to the alleged offence before replying as I couldn't be certain that it was my vehicle, and asked for a...

If a job applicant presented you with a CV and you established that his claim to have spent 2 years at university was false (he left after 4 months) would you still consider him for the post? I certainly wouldn't, and I find it difficult to believe that any employer would.

I travel many miles during the week and I frequently see Wild Bean Cafe's at BP Fuel Stations. WBC's sell coffee and pastries etc. Every cafe's places a tall plastic pastry display/help yourself unit close to the queue where customers are lining up to pay for fuel (a temptation). The display unit is has no doors on it so the food is exposed. I have regularly seen people sneezing over the...