A historian stumbled on the footage, 104 years after it was filmed, while doing a routine search in the Australian National Film Archive. The 12-minute silent documentary is a fantastic panorama of life in London at the beginning of the last century picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Despite it being a job requiring intense physical ability, despite the listed job requirements including needing to pass a "physically and mentally demanding" course, and despite the required minimum driving experience, Sajad Suleman feels he should have been the one hired out of the 1000+ applicants. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Gary McKinnon, a British hacker who broked into US mil computers right after 9/11 will find out tomorrow if he'll be extradited to the US where he could face up to 60 years. The story hasn't made a blip in the US media but has been the major focus of much of the UK media. Also picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

He added: "Drinking is behind so much of our work. Every act of violence, every violent offense, every rape we come across is increasingly caused by drinking. picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Judge Robert Atherton triggered outrage when he told Manchester Crown Court the child had invited Jon Dixon's attack as she had a "sexual awareness" that would make someone twice her age blush. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A foster giver with more than 10 years experience has been banned from caring for children because she did not forcefully prevent a 16-year old Muslim girl from converting to Christianity. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

In a bid to protect photographers rights an organization use the freedom of information act to get a list of areas where the police are allowed to stop a photographer taking pictures and search him if they suspect something criminal is happening. See this and this as well. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

English men may face jail if they have sex with women who are too drunk to give consent.

Note, the law won't work the other way. If a man has sex with some woman he wouldn't talk to if he was sober, she won't be charged with rape. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A diabetic man rushes to the hospital. He manages to pull in and collapses outside his car. Nurses rush to render aid. A meter-maid ignores the frantic life-saving attempt and tries to give the car a ticket for pulling into a ambulance bay, ignoring the nurses and even the ambulance men explanations. Unbelievable picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

It involved a man who stole 40,000 coat hangers from hotels all over the world. He admits his guilt, but in his defence he claims that - well, you'll have to read it but see comments below for an excerpt. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

It took 2 years to make this but it was worth it. It is the lowest street-legal car. It is 19" tall. Oh and it has a jet engine to go with the standard combustion engine. Flatcar: Batman wishes he could have a car this cool picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Remember this story? The salon owner who simply wanted her hairstylist to model the hair styles was ordered to pay $8000 for "injury to feeling" Hurting her feelings!? The court felt it wasn't religiously motivated, but felt the salon owner didn't prove her contention that failing to model the item being sold would result in fewer sales. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Ted Howard wrote almost 100 love letters to his wife, Molly. 15 years ago she tore them into ~ 2000 pieces after finding someone reading them. Molly has since passed and it took Ted those 15 years to reconstruct all 98 letters as a testimony to his love. picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

Not only has the village now become the focus of national attention, it has raised the ire of Internet users, who are now campaigning for Street View enthusiasts from across the UK to descend on the village to snap their own perfectly legal photographs.
Update to this: picked by loonytoon 8 months ago

A suspect in the Islamic terror plot to attack the Frankfurt airport is reported to be on the loose in the UK. The British will not release any pictures of the suspect of course; that might lead to Islamophobia, profiling or other non PC results. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Two stories here. Link above talks about how British councils are ordering a gardener tired of thieves to remove his barbed wire fencing as it may hurt a thief. This has councils demanding that people do not lock up their sheds as thieves will damage the sheds to break in. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

There are far more books than your local chain store will carry. There are incredible books that will never make Oprah's list. Here are 50 of the best novels as chosen by 50 top authors. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

So not what I wanted for X-mas picked by craziesean 2 years ago

More than 3,000 passports and visas destined for British embassies across the world were stolen in the robbery. picked by BernardBlack 1 year ago

The advertisements claiming no god, have been allowed to be placed on 800 buses in London.
An update to this story. picked by funkfrost 11 months ago