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Ministry of Defence Civil Servant Bonuses

Official MoD figures showed a total of £287,809,049 has been paid out in bonuses to civil servants since 2003, the year Britain went to war in Iraq. £47 million was paid out in bonuses to...

Steve.5

Nasty Pasty?

Poor old Gordon Brown. Having to cross swords with that woman. I sympathise with her in her grief, but she came across as a nasty piece of work on the news. Anybody else see the interview.?...

chanadam

We have just bought a deep fat fryer. This may seem a daft question, but when you clean it out and change the oil-what do you do with the waste oil? It obviously can't go down the sink. Just pour it...

horselady

Drains

We live in a rented property and share a drain with the house behind us, which our landlord also owns. The drain blocks on a weekly basis and as the cover is in our garden, hubby has the smelly task...

another-view

University Challenge

I saw the back end of this last night and the first thing I noticed was the change from the rather sedate "Oxford - Montgomery" announcement when one of the contestants buzzed in to...

nickj1209

Animals & Nature

The name ermine refers to a white-furred species of which animal (Stoat, Beaver or Weasel) ? Thank you, Nick Jones....

fluffy82

Credit Card Debt help

Hello there im new to this site but i have seen my partner use it alot and wondered if anyone could advise me on my situation. Here goes I have had an egg Credit card for 9 years now and after having...

Gromit

Was this prosecution a waste of time and money?

"A PREACHER who slapped three children for giggling as they read the Koran in a mosque has been ordered to do unpaid community work. Sarwar, who has no previous convictions, was found guilty...

anotheoldgit

The most irritating word or phrase?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1219002/Whatever-voted-irritating-word-English-language.html If "Whatever" is the most irritating word in the English language by the...

horselady

Retuning TV

Has anyone out there got a Samsung LE32R7 TV? Apparently I am suposed to press D-menu on the remote, but when I do the words "not available" come up on screen. I've tried everything I can...

chirpychirpy

Andy Williams on Strictly tonight

What did you think of his performance? In my opinion: some people don't know when to retire - hope you were paying attention, Brucie.

xanderma

Mistaken identity, accused of indecent act in a car

My husband has just been contacted by the police. They say a complaint has been made against the driver of his work's van that on a specific day the driver was seen by a woman in a car to be steering...

carron81

New Childcare law

Hi My friend has just been on the phone tellng me about the new childcare law where your not allowed to leave your children with a friend whilst you work, it has to be imediate family What a joke....

Jenni411

The pier on Casualty

Does anyone know where the pier is that was on Casualty on Saturday, 28th September?

Josiqueen

Cocker Spaniel died suddenly

My 12 year & 1month old cocker spaniel, Jarvis died 12 days ago. I arrived at the beach at 6pm & he was howling with excitement & running round as he hadn't been to the beach in months....