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Adrian Sudbury, Bone Marrow Campaiger passes away.
News is coming in this morning that Adrian Sudbury, the 26 year old author of "baldy blog" and the bone marrow campaigner from Sheffield in South Yorkshire, has passed away last night from the leukaemia he was fighting.
Adrian who had recently visited number 10 Downing Street to present his petition to the Prime Minister was instrumental in raising the awareness of what it is actually like to give a bone marrow donation. He has single handedly ensured that thousands of people have registered as donors in the UK in recent months.
He will be sadly missed but his legacy will live on. News is coming in this morning that Adrian Sudbury, the 26 year old author of "baldy blog" and the bone marrow campaigner fr... more -
Downing Street goes all 2.0 and launches new website
True, this might not be as exciting to the average young web user as, say, Facebook's new redesign but Downing Street's new website, boasting the latest Twitter, Flickr and YouTube updates and other news from the Prime Minister's office, follows a rising trend in politics - capturing the online audience and engaging increasingly apathetic young voters.
Obama saw a massive boost to his nomination fund-raising efforts due to online donations and internet buzz, while Tory leader David Cameron has long sought to engage voters digitally with his online video blog site 'Webcameron'.
In any democracy, politicians are accountable to the voters who put them in power. Can websites like these, an inevitable result of an increasingly connected world, help change politics for the better by giving people the means to interact more directly with their governments or are they just examples of politicians jumping on the digital bandwagon? True, this might not be as exciting to the average young web user as, say, Facebook's new redesign but Downing Street's new ... more -
Heathrow hater glues himself to Gordon Brown
A campaigner against the further expansion of Heathrow Airport attempted to glue his own hand to that of Gordon Brown during a Downing Street reception.
The protester, part of the ingeniously entitled campaign group, 'Plane Stupid' was reportedly about to receive an award when he covered his hand with superglue and reached out for that trusty handshake.
Dan Glass, said he "glued his hand" to Mr Brown's jacket as he shook his hand, but that Brown "was just grinning about it. He didn't seem to take me seriously."
A formal press release from Downing Street said there had been "no stickiness of any significance". A campaigner against the further expansion of Heathrow Airport attempted to glue his own hand to that of Gordon Brown during a Downing... more -
Round 2, Bush and Brown at Downing Street
George W Bush is concluding his two-day visit to the UK today with a meeting with Gordon Brown for formal talks at Downing Street.
it is expected the leaders will focus on the Middle East, fuel and food prices following Bush's lunch at Buckingham Palace with the Queen yesterday.
A trip to the UK wouldn't be complete for Mr. Bush without a fly-by visit to old friend, Tony Blair, who he will meet to discuss his role as Middle East envoy. George W Bush is concluding his two-day visit to the UK today with a meeting with Gordon Brown for formal talks at Downing Street. ... more -
Dalai Lama: Tibet could be 'swamped' by mass Chinese settlement
The Dalai Lama claimed yesterday that Beijing was planning the mass settlement of 1 million ethnic Chinese people in Tibet after the Olympics with the aim of diluting Tibetan culture and identity.
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader also claimed that some of Asia's most important rivers which flow from the Tibetan plateau are being polluted and diminished by careless industrialization and unplanned irrigation.
The Dalai Lama made the claims in an interview with the Guardian after a meeting yesterday with Gordon Brown at Lambeth Palace. He said the talks had been detailed and the prime minister had been helpful "in spite of his difficulties". The Dalai Lama said: "He met me and he showed genuine concern and he wants to help."
Downing Street said the discussion focused on talks due next month on Tibet's future between Tibetan representatives and Beijing officials. The prime minister is said to have stressed the importance of the Dalai Lama's pledge to oppose violence, not seek Tibetan independence, nor support a boycott of the Beijing Olympics.
The Dalai Lama said he feared the Chinese authorities could take a tougher line on Tibet after the Olympics, and possibly flood it with Han Chinese, the world's largest ethnic group.
The Dalai Lama said he had been informed by Tibetan residents that large areas of empty land had been marked out, as if for construction, in the past two years. "Then last year we received information - after the Olympics 1 million Chinese are going to settle in the autonomous region of Tibet," he said, adding the information came from a "military source" in Tibet. The Dalai Lama claimed yesterday that Beijing was planning the mass settlement of 1 million ethnic Chinese people in Tibet after the O... more -
Gordon Brown to boycott Beijing Olympics?
BBC News reports Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics.
However, a spokeswoman explains Mr Brown had never planned to attend the opening event and he will probably be present at the closing ceremony. BBC News reports Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics. ... more -
Burglar walks into Downing street with fake ID
A serial burglar used his girlfriends Lithuanian ID as a ticket into one of the most secure buildings in the country. A simple wave of the photocard was all it took before Obadiah Marius was strolling jovially around the Cabinet Office building in Whitehall and wandering unchallenged around a number of unmanned offices used by Cabinet Office and Privy Council officials in June last year.
Isobel Ascherson, in charge of prosecution said, "The doors marked ministers were either unlocked for him or were not properly locked. He was followed through the door by his girlfriend carrying a plastic bag.
In what was quite an astonishing breach of security this man and his girlfriend were let loose in the Cabinet Office at around 6pm. They went upstairs where there were a number of offices and nobody to be seen.
They came back down, and they went straight into Downing Street through the Privy Council office at No 9 where the security guards challenged them."
Despite 78 previous convictions, the Judge presiding over the case offered Obadiah "one last chance" and gave him a suspended sentence and a residential rehabilitation order. A serial burglar used his girlfriends Lithuanian ID as a ticket into one of the most secure buildings in the country. A simple wave of... more -
Serial burglar escapes prison over brazen Downing Street breach
A career criminal who brazenly strolled into No 10 Downing Street using only his girlfriend’s Lithuanian ID card has narrowly escaped a prison sentence. Dressed in a tracksuit and T-shirt, Marius and his girlfriend then walked upstairs through a number of unmanned offices, Southwark Crown Court heard, went to a side door which brought them out to Downing Street, near the Privy Council office at number 9. A career criminal who brazenly strolled into No 10 Downing Street using only his girlfriend’s Lithuanian ID card has narrowly escaped ... more
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