Teenagers 'think oats grow on trees'

The survey showed 26% of children thought bacon came from sheep, 29% thought oats grow on trees, while 17% of both children and adults under the age of 30 believed eggs were a core ingredient in bread.

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No Climategate FoI prosecutions

First off, I was told that while there appeared to be a problem, I needed to be clear that there would be no prosecutions under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, regardless of the final outcome of the investigation. Although withholding or destroying information is a criminal offence under the terms of the Act, apparently no prosecutions can be brought for offences committed more than six months prior. As anyone who has made a UK FoI request knows, it can take six months to exhaust the internal review process before the ICO even becomes involved. The ICO can then take another six months before starting his investigation.

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Airport body scanners could 'breach human rights'

Airport body scanners, which show the naked form of anyone who passes through them, could breach human rights, according to the UK's "equality watchdog."

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the Home Secretary of the UK over concerns about the proposed introduction of body scanners at airports. It fears they could breach an individual's right to privacy as laid out in the Human Rights Act.

Earlier this month, Gordon Brown announced that air travellers would see the ''gradual'' introduction of body scanners at airports around Britain.

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All puppies to be microchipped according to new recommendations to Defra

An independent inquiry into dog breeding recommended that all puppies be microchipped before they are sold on. Initially this should be done on a voluntary basis with the public advised only to buy dogs that are registered. However, the report will recommend that Defra amend the Animal Welfare Act and pass it into law.

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Wind farms produced 'practically no electricity' during Britain's cold snap - Telegraph

The cold weather has been accompanied by high pressure and a lack of wind, which meant that only 0.2pc of a possible 5pc of the UK's energy was generated by wind turbines over the last few days. Jeremy Nicholson, director of the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG), gave warning that this could turn into a crisis when the UK is reliant on 6,400 turbines accounting for a quarter of all UK electricity demand over the next 10 years.

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The 'false' pandemic: Drug firms cashed in on scare over swine flu, claims Euro health chief | Mail Online

The swine flu outbreak was a 'false pandemic' driven by drug companies that stood to make billions of pounds from a worldwide scare, a leading health expert has claimed.
Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, accused the makers of flu drugs and vaccines of influencing the World Health Organisation's decision to declare a pandemic.

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