Monday, 23 June 2008
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Costa Blanca Britons to lose free healthcare | World news | The Observer
Half a million British expatriates living on Spain's Costa Blanca are to lose their right to free healthcare under a radical new law introduced by the provincial government.
The Spanish authorities say that providing for 500,000 Britons - most of whom are over 50 - and other European residents living in the Valencia region is placing an impossible burden on the country's health service.
Costa Blanca Britons to lose free healthcare | World news | The Observer
The hidden face of Primark fashion
The huge fashion store Primark sacked three of its suppliers last week after an investigation for the BBC's Panorama and The Observer uncovered children labouring in Indian refugee camps to produce some of its cheapest garments. Here we reveal the brutal reality of a supply chain that sees children as young as 11 sewing T-shirts which cost shoppers just a few pounds to buy on high streets across Britain. Watch the Panorama preview here
The hidden face of Primark fashion | World news | The Observer
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Google Earth Blog: Disappearing Forests Google Earth Visualizations
Google Earth Blog: Disappearing Forests Google Earth Visualizations
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
The Commodities Game
An interactive simulation designed to teach students about
natural resources and the issues surrounding globalisation
The Commodities Game
Geography Games - Test Your Geography Knowledge Online
This site provides lots of different games, most of which are against the clock. The games revolve around locating places or features on maps. Most suitable for A,G&T students at KS3 or GCSE and A-Level students.Wide variety available
Geography Games - Test Your Geography Knowledge Online
World66 - visited countries
World Maps - click on the countries you want so they are shown on a world map
World66 - visited countries
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Best-Places-to-Live-2008
Mercer Consulting's annual roundup of the global cities with the best quality of life is here, and Zurich once again comes out on top. The best place in the U.S.? Honolulu at No. 28.
New York, London, and Paris are internationally renowned cities but consultants at Mercer Consulting have picked Zurich, Switzerland, as the best place to live in the company's annual survey.
More from BusinessWeek.com:
• World's Most Expensive Real Estate Markets
• World's Most Affordable Housing Markets
• Countries With Most Millionaire Households
Consultants rated each city on a variety of factors including the level of traffic congestion, air quality, and personal safety reported by expatriates living in more than 600 cities worldwide. In the top 25, U.S. cities such as San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago were all edged out by Geneva, Switzerland, Vancouver, B.C., and Auckland, New Zealand. The highest-scoring U.S. city is Honolulu, which came in at No. 28.
The-World's-Best-Places-to-Live-2008: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Nature laid waste: The destruction of Africa
Nature laid waste: The destruction of Africa - Africa, World - The Independent
Monday, 9 June 2008
Sunday, 8 June 2008
FOOD CRISIS
Global food crisis http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7432583.stm UN food response http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10926579 rising food prices http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/09/food.unitednations - global food crisis http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7284196.stm food facts http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/12/egypt.food http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/polit ics/the-other-global-crisis-rush-to-biofuels-is-driving-up-price-of-food-808138.html http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/events/gecafs-0408.php food stories http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7432972.stm rural people fight back in Lesotho
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Meteo satellite images - Sat24.com - Realtime weather satellite images of Europe
Meteo satellite images - Sat24.com - Realtime weather satellite images of Europe
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Plan for quake 'warning system'
Nasa scientists have said they could be on the verge of a breakthrough in their efforts to forecast earthquakes.
Researchers say they have found a close link between electrical disturbances on the edge of our atmosphere and impending quakes on the ground below.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Plan for quake 'warning system'
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Monday, 2 June 2008
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