The Independent reports that 500 000 rubbish bins in the UK already carry an electronic device to identify the bin, which would allow the local council to track the weight of rubbish in the bin, and charge by weight for its collection. Which is quite a neat idea, I think. Our bin is hardly . . . → Read More: Pay by weight for your rubbish collection
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It looks like Brighton might be about to get a new landmark – a 600 foot high observation tower, called the Brighton i360 (are the architects Apple fans, perhaps?), on the seafront at the site of the West Pier, with a lift that can take 100 people at a time. I just spotted this (above) linked to in boing boing. All the stations have been renamed using anagrams of their names – brilliant! The combination of Britain and snow is often good for a suprise – the Brits don’t believe in investing much in gritting lorries or snowploughs. So there is always chaos when it snows (which it does, surprisingly, every winter). Ten centimeters of snow constitutes an official emergency. You don’t believe me? Well, read this . . . → Read More: Britain’s farmers stand by to man the snow ploughs The Office for National Statistics in the UK has published the list of the most popular names for babies in England and Wales. Mostly very traditional names, which would not be out of place in a Charles Dickens novel: Top 10 boys’ names in England and Wales in 2005: 1. Jack 2. Joshua . . . → Read More: Most popular names Someone in the UK decided to send us an iTunes gift voucher. A nice idea, but unfortunately, it’s not possible to download the gifted CD. The error message in red on the screen shot says: This code is only valid for customers of the iTunes store in Great Britain. As we don’t have . . . → Read More: iTunes – International gifting not possible Ever since we read The Lost Gardens of Heligan, which narrates the story of the rediscovery and restoration of one of the great Victorian gardens of England by Tim Smit, we have been meaning to visit them in Cornwall. We recently discovered a second reason to visit Cornwall – the Eden Project: . . . → Read More: The Eden Project The BBC is planning to offer a download service next year for viewers who have missed a TV program. The last 7 days of broadcasting will be available. If they don’t tie the service in some way to the UK (for example, by checking the IP address) this would be a great way . . . → Read More: BBC to offer download service for missed TV programs The British government has funded research at Nottingham University’s school of psychology into work-related accidents. They conclude that drivers of emergency vehicles and drivers of company cars are most likely to be involved in accidents involving excessive speed. Company car drivers are also more likely to be involved in fatal accidents than other . . . → Read More: If you don’t own it, you don’t take care of it Marc wrote recently about the British serving chicken frequently when they invite people for a meal. Well, here’s a reason to switch to something else – the BBC reports that over a third of chickens sold in the UK could be infected with E.coli germs resistant to the antibiotic Trimethaprim which is used to . . . → Read More: British chicken full of superbugs |
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