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Ericsson Racing Team’s Ninth Member on Board Swedish sailing veteran Magnus Olsson, who has served as coach, has been appointed the ninth member of the Nordic crew for Ericsson Racing Team. The Nordic crew is now nearly complete, with one remaining crew member to be appointed. The Volvo Ocean Race will kick-off October 4, 2008 from Alicante, Spain. ( Click for More Information ) Mark has been a valuable contributor to Salfordonline for sometime and this short film re-emphasises his interest in the evolution... Salford Pubs Another piece of history recorded on YouTube, this time by someone called rednumber9......thank you Salford Tower Blocks : Minimal Entry An interesting bit of local history found on YouTube The Magnificent Seven - New Wonders... From Devon to Dubai, the South Bank to the Seine – the new modern Seven Wonders of the World were announced today, with one of the... Famous Books in a Nutshell Top five fiction Vernon God Little, DBC Pierre Texas small-town schoolboy Vernon is wrongly accused of being an accessory to hi... Health Expert Calls for End to... The joint United Nations programme on HIV and Aids should be "closed down rapidly", according to a health management expert. Roger... Fairtrade Now Recognised by 70% of... The Fairtrade mark is now recognised by 70 per cent of the population, a huge leap from last year according to a survey. Research ... Dee Caffari Prepares to Set Sail... Record-breaking yachtswoman, Dee Caffari will take part in The Artemis Transat sailing race from Plymouth, England to Boston, Mass... Senior Advisor for Emergency Water Discusses... UNICEF Senior Emergency Water Advisor Paul Sherlock said in an interview with UNICEF television that in Myanmar, it is a life and ... Quick - somebody tell Roy! -... Tests have confirmed the presence of European Bat Lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2), a strain of bat rabies in a Daubenton's bat that was... Safe Water Making a Difference Between... Three million water-purification tablets are on their way to Myanmar to help families in the Irrawaddy Delta cope with the potenti... U.S. Urges Myanmar to Open Door... The Burmese regime needs to open its door to allow international relief efforts help aid the Burmese people, says U.S. Agency for ... Deadline Approaches for Women Media Entrepreneurs... The Paley Center and Springboard Enterprises have announced a nationwide call for applications for ALL THINGS MEDIA – the first ve... Land Rover G4 Challenge Begins in... On May 6th, 10 teams of two began their four-day journey throughout Nevada as part of their quest to represent the U.S. in the int... Over 200 Child Soldiers Demobilized After... More than 200 child soldiers have been released in Burundi following eight months of negotiations between officials and the dissid... MPs to Challenge Expenses Disclosure A £100,000 High Court challenge was mounted yesterday by MPs unwilling to fully disclose their expenses. House of Commons lawyers ... Greenpeace Confiscates Illegal Italian Driftnet Off... Activists onboard the Greenpeace vessel, Artic Sunrise, confronted Italian fishing “pirates” in the Mediterranean Sea and confisca... 80th Anniversary of Fritz von Opel’s... In May 1928 on Berlin’s AVUS racetrack, Fritz Von Opel set a speed record of an estimated 238 km/h in a rocket-powered car, the RA... Pakistan Promotes Hygiene and Basic Interventions... In Pakistan an alarming number of children are dying needlessly. Every day, about 1,100 Pakistani children under five die of diar... MPs 'consider £15,000 pay boost' The Express reports on its front page that MPs are considering awarding themselves a £15,000 pay rise to take their annual remuner... Ten Million Tonnes of CO2 Are... Norwegian gas and oil company Statoilhydro announced that 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide are now stored underground at the Sl... Formula 1 Car Development - The... Throughout the Formula 1 season, Panasonic Toyota Racing engineers continually search for innovation to improve the race car’s per... Remote Region in Nepal Deals With... Families in a remote region of Nepal struggle with HIV/AIDS which has entered the community because most men are forced to migrate... Cinco de Mayo Celebrations Commemorate Mexico’s... Cinco de Mayo is celebrated throughout the United States to commemorate Mexico's victory over the French. However, while many ind... Spam Reaches 30-year Anniversary (or why... Spam - the scourge of every e-mail inbox - celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend. The first recognisable e-mail marketing ... Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers... The first legalised home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, but a ban remains on internet access. This is the latest in a serie... Scientists Develop New Rainbow Laser New low cost light sources have been developed by scientists that could be used for applications including medical treatment and l... Rocket Car Laffin-Gas Makes First Full-throttle... The UK’s only rocket-powered drag car returns to Shakespeare County Raceway, Stratford-Upon-Avon, this coming May Bank Holiday wee... Ethiopia In Trademark First: New Coffee... The Ethiopian Government today launches an innovative and radical new brand management programme in order to protect its indigenou... Scientists Uncover Unusual Galaxies in Universe's... Scientists say they have observed ultra compact galaxies in the universe's distant past. Nine young, unusually dense galaxies were... Microsoft Abandons $47.5bn Yahoo! bid Microsoft has called off its bid for Yahoo! after the internet company rejected a $47.5 billion offer. A letter from Microsoft chi... Condoleezza Rice: Education an Important Tool... Creating equal access to education on a global basis can help improve national security, according to U.S. Secretary of State Cond... WHO FIGURED THIS OUT? INCREDIBLE Click on the thumbnails Summer Rain to be a Thing... A new study has revealed that drier summers could be on the way, with a dramatic drop in summer rain predicted. Techniques pioneer... IN MEMORIAM - 60 YEARS LATER... Please read the little cartoon carefully, it's powerful. Then read the comments at the end. I'm doing my small part by forwarding ... UNICEF: Former child soldier urges young... UNICEF Advocate for Children Affected by War, Ishmael Beah, urges young Jamaicans not to give in to violence. Shotlist: Scri... Department for Environment, Food And Rural... By 2020 half of all milk packaging will be made from recycled materials. That was just one of the targets launched today by Defra ... Diversity Training in Second LIfe Sparks... The FutureWork Institute, a diversity-training consultant, hosts companies on FutureWork Island in the virtual world of Second Lif... Smithsonian, Storytelling and Second Life Washington DC on May 9th the Smithsonian Associates will host a panel of notable organizational storytellers from big business and... PD James in Ghetto Warning Novelist PD James has warned that Britain is a nation "bedevilled" by political correctness and a "society more fractured than I h... IBM Looks to Hollywood for Future... Science fiction movies may prove to be a new source of inspiration for future IBM applications. On April 30, the technology manuf... First “Rambo” Movie to Re-debut for... Sylvester Stallone’s classic “First Blood,” the beginning of the John Rambo series, returns to movie theaters in the U.S. on May 1... Rice Says Private Sector “Crucial” in... U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicates the private sector can aid governments in international disputes. During a me... Ancient “Nutcracker Man’s” Teeth May Disprove... Teeth marks on an ancient human species, known as “Nutcracker Man,” are challenging scientists’ beliefs on how to predict ancestra... Scientists Thaw Colossal Squid for Studies Scientists in New Zealand are to examine a colossal squid today after thawing the creature from a giant ice block. The squid is th... Succession Law Change Shelved The government has dropped plans to change the succession laws just a week after announcing the proposals. The single equality bi... MPs Concerned by Govt Website Weaknesses Websites managed by the government could be significantly improved upon, MPs say. A report from the Commons' public accounts commi... UNICEF Supports the YMCA in Organizing... The most disadvantaged Palestinian children on the West Bank, including those with disabilities, now have a chance for some of the... World's Largest Swimming Pool If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one. It is m... Displaying Editor's Choice Items 1 - 50 of 50