BBC spends £3.4m on sell-off


Friday, June 27, 2008 Newspaper The Guardian reports today that the sale of the BBC subsidiary BBC Resources Ltd., has cost £3.4m in consultancy fees — over £1m more than the £2.3m trading profit the commercial division is estimated to have made for the last financial year. Details of the failed privatisation were released by […]

US rock artist Tom Petty dies at 66


Thursday, October 5, 2017 At the age of 66, US rock musician Tom Petty suffered cardiac arrest on Monday morning and died that evening at the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica in California, according to reports. Petty, born in Gainesville, Florida in 1950, was best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the […]

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Read An Opinion On: Hotel Stellar Accomodation In Sydney Here to Serve by keithNever before has such a book hit the market!– T. WilsomWithout Money to be Made Online I?d be lost!– Sue HemmingsA few years ago, before online marketing became my full time job, I had the same life as most other workers, I […]

Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression


This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Monday, October 12, 2015 Wikinews interviewed Australian painter Pricasso on his unique artwork created using his penis, and how his art relates to freedom of expression and issues of censorship. He is […]

Small Business Owner’s Guide To Choosing A Phone System


byAlma Abell Choosing the right phone system is an essential part of running a business of any kind. The phone is the primary method for contacting clients, which means it needs to be effective. Choosing the right phone system not only means that there will be fewer incidents of a phone repair in Houston, but […]

“Camp Casey” moves to safer land, as Mother’s protest continues


Wednesday, August 17, 2005 In Crawford, Texas, anti-war protesters led by American Cindy Sheehan, mother of a fallen soldier, have found a new place to demonstrate. “A kind gentleman from down the road, closer to the Bush ranch, has offered us the use of his property,” said Sheehan to the reporters, as the camp prepared […]

Electronic voting disputed in France


Wednesday, April 18, 2007 In France, voting has traditionally been a low-tech experience: voters isolate themselves in a booth, put a pre-printed sheet of paper indicating their candidate of choice into an envelope. After officials verify the voter’s identity, the voter drops the envelope into the ballot box and signs the voting roll. French electoral […]

Wikinews interviews author and filmmaker Peter John Ross


Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with American author and filmmaker Peter John Ross. The head of Sonnyboo Productions, an independent film studio based in Columbus, Ohio, he has made numerous short films as well as co-directed a feature, the World War II B-movie Horrors of War. He has also written a […]

Polish mine explosion kills 8


Wednesday, November 22, 2006 Methane gas was blamed for the explosion deaths of 8 miners in southern Polish‘s Halemba coal mine Tuesday, November 21. Officials say at least 15 are missing. Rescue efforts were halted because dangerously high levels of methane gas returned, according to Zbigniew Madej, spokesman for state-owned Coal Co., which operates the […]