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How can £7 flights to America make a profit?
How can Ryanair make a profit by charging only £7 for one-way flights to America? It's ridiculously cheap. Low-cost fares across the Atlantic will be made possible by the “open skies� agreement, which will lift the restrictions on where airlines can...
Iran hostages should donate cash to charity
The service personnel who pocketed cash for their stories after returning from Iran should donate the money to charity, it is the only way they can retain the credibility and respect of their peers - and that is priceless. They were faced in a difficult situation,...
Who pays £5,000 for a bottle of red?
I enjoy a glass of red wine, but I couldn't if I knew it had cost £5,000, I would be thinking what else I could have spent the money on. That's the price charged at The Dochester Grill for a 1964 Petrus Pomerol Bordeaux, while Gordon Ramsey...
Govt accused of abusing criminal justice system
Unless you come before the beak, you are unlikely to know that your court appearance will result in you becoming a victim yourself - of a new government stealth tax introduced 1 April. And Ely magistrate Alan Williams has resigned in disgust, describing it as...
Did clairvoyants see this coming?
Even Sylvia Brown the Clown has signed this Downing Street petition to revise the Fraudulent Medium Act. I see Doris Stokes has also added her name. I must admit I have my tarot cards read once a year, she is about 80% accurate. It's just a bit of fun,...
Google Earth films Darfur horrors
Who can fail to be impressed by the stunning satellite imagery of Google Earth, which has recently filmed close-up shots of Darfur, showing villages which have been destroyed by ethnic cleansing. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hope it will help people...
The busker with the $3.5 million Stradivarius
Next time you see a busker, do pay special attention, it could be someone world famous playing incognito. The Washington Post carried out an experiment with world famous violinist Joshua Bell serenading commuters in a metro station near government...
The ethics of embryos
I'm with Natalie Evans, hoping she wins her mammoth court battle to give birth to her own child on the grounds that it is her last chance, I can understand her overpowering yearning for motherhood, how she is clinging for hope with the European court's...
Ronnie Knight sells sex aids
An intriguing comment was posted when I wrote about Ronnie Knight living in Cambridge alerting me to what he was really up to - and it's not playing dominoes. He has a new online sex business called Ronnies Naughties which he runs with his niece - the reason for his...