Archive for the 'bbc' Category

VOSA MOT Test failure rates data

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Today, the VOSA released data pertaining to a Freedom of Information request from the BBC detailing the rates and reasons for vehicles failing the MOT Test in the UK
There’s a rather interesting report on the content of the data on the BBC news site but the only way to download the data is as a [...]

BBC News site redesign

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Sent to BBC Comments today regarding the new style on the BBC News website…
I may be in a minority, but although my screen may be 1024×768, that
is not the resolution at which my applications run. I often (nee all
the time) have many applications open at once and the most efficient
way to know what’s going on [...]

Little criminals?

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

With reference to this BBC news article about some boys aged 10 to 12 being hauled before the Old Bailey to answer charges of Manslaughter…
What were they doing out and in a position to do something like that without parental guidance/observation?
The age of criminal responsibility should be at such an age as to when [...]

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