A Russian Sumo wrestler was caught after hefting a 90kg cash machine onto his shoulders from a shop and making off with it. His co-conspirator claims that he duped the heavyweight into the theft.
In today’s news, there were new guidelines over prosecution for assisted suicide. Whilst not marking a change in the law (which the majority of the population support and yet politicians refuse to raise) it does at least offer somewhat more rigidity to the cirumstances in which you can be tried.
Terry Pratchett made a very strong and emotive speech on this matter, (which can be read in part on the Guardian website) and it’s refreshing to see someone respected speak out in this manner.
It’s reported that Captain Pickard, or, in real life, Patrick Stewart, is to be knighted in the New Year honours list. I can only agree, and say “make it so”. A very varied and talented actor, he is.
In other news, we are hearing more confirmation that Schumacher is close to an F1 return with the Mercedes team – though nothing yet from the man himself, or the team. I’m in two minds about this return. I wouldn’t want it to be a damp squib, because he left on a high, but nor would I relish the return to his utter dominance. A good scrap would be interesting.
Loads of peeps were trapped in the Channel Tunnel last night, after freezing temperatures on both sides of the tunnel contributed to a mass break-down of the trains. It appears that on-board staff had not been properly trained in what to do, which is not great. Think everyone is out now, but they were stuck for some time. Not great at all.
Lastly, WordPress 2.9 is out, with bucket loads of new functionality. If you run WordPress on your blog site, you should upgrade now. Make sure your host meets the new requirements first, though – the MySQL and PHP version requirements have increased to 4.1.2 and 4.3 respectively.
There’s been crazy flooding in Cumbria, where about a foot of water has fallen, destroying bridges and all sorts. More rain is expected today, though not on the same scale.
In black-hole news, the LHC is back in operation again, 14 months after its initial switch on and subsequent damage. If they manage to avoid another liquid gas leakage disaster, they might be able to do some physicsey discovery things this time.
Lastly can we all have a collective “aww” for Katie Price, who feels picked on in the I’m a a celebrity Jungle, after being selected by the public to do all the trials. Boo-hoo. I can hardly find anyone to feel less sorry for, and really agree with the summary by the fellow contestants – she got what she wished for in this case.
woo yeah. I’m back from my training course in sunny Edinburgh. So what has happened whilst I’ve been away? Hmm, bits and pieces I think. Two Brits shared a 90 million pound Euromillions lottery jackpot. Sadly, I was not one of them. That’s a big load of cash. Talking of big, David Haye beat the enormous 7ft Russian to win the boxing heavyweight championship and in other sport news, Toyota have left F1 Grand Prix racing (with no wins from 130 odd races) and Renault are undecided on their position for next year.
And various other stuff, too.
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