Posted on May 9, 2008 by formerhuman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7392213.stm
The BBC is to broadcast an apology after admitting a subsidiary company kept £106,000 from premium-rate phone- ins that should have gone to charity.
Not ten bob. Not £10 or even £10,000. £106,000 is a huge amount of money.
The BBC (or conveniently a subsidiary company) purposfully held back the money. Why? Greed. What else.
Presumably they assumed [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2008 by formerhuman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7391871.stm
R&B singer R Kelly is due to face child pornography charges in court, nearly six years after first being arrested.
The performer has denied video-taping himself engaging in sex acts with a girl, who prosecutors in Chicago say could have been as young as 13.
The 41-year old faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
There’s [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2008 by formerhuman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7390212.stm
My 7 year old Catholic daughter knows that Halal is Muslim and Kosher is Jewish. The contestants on Apprentice should be ashamed of their ignorance.
Dave, Altrincham
Since I stand little to no chance of getting my response to this idiot printed on the BBC web site I’ll do it here.
Your 7 year old daughter goes to [...]
Filed under: Life, Observations, Religion | Tagged: alan sugar, christian, jewish, kosher, muslim | No Comments »
