Hamilton closes gap in title race with British Grand Prix win
From Caribbean360 SILVERSTONE, England, Monday July 7, 2014, CMC – Lewis Hamilton came from behind to win the British Grand Prix for the first time in six years here Sunday, cutting Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg’s lead to four points and…
Beaches in Britain that look more like the Caribbean
By Roshina Jowaheer, From Travel.Aol These turquoise waters and white sands can be found in the UK! Fancy a slice of the Caribbean in the UK? Britain has an array of spectacular beaches that give Barbados, Antigua and St Barts…
British taxpayers underwrote deals worth £140m by firm based in Cayman Islands tax haven
From Nigeria News The Government is using taxpayers’ money to underwrite £140m-worth of deals for a company whose ultimate ownership is based in a notorious tax haven. UK Export Finance, a branch of the Department for Business, is risking public…
Co-Founder sues Tinder, IAC, and Match.com
Suit Spotlights Sex Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation at Fast Growing Technology Start-Up Los Angeles. Whitney Wolfe, called “the woman who invented Tinder” by Harper’s Bazaar, filed a lawsuit today against the company she helped launch, which hosts the phenomenally popular…
World cup football, salad munchers and law
By Jonathan Ames The Lawyer From Briefings Digest 6th July 2014 The quality of football at the 2014 World Cup has been so high as to overcome less positive issues around the competition. Concerns around the impact of stadium building…
When halibut was plentiful
By Alan Flippen From The New York Times The Times has converted all of its 1964 issues into a digitized, searchable format. Each week, The Upshot will unearth an item from 50 years ago and put it in the light…
CONCACAF Sets Champions League Schedule for 2014/15 Season Group Phase
Twenty-Four Teams to Compete for Regional Club Championship in Play Kicking Off August 5 Miami, FL (Thursday, July 3, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today unveiled the group phase schedule for the…
Ex-senior judge Butler-Sloss to head child sex abuse inquiry
From BBC Retired senior judge Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, 80, has been named as the chairman of a wide-ranging review into historical child sex abuse. Lady Butler-Sloss led the Cleveland child abuse inquiry in the late 1980s. Mark Sedwill, the Home Office’s…
OCA probing beating in schools
From Jamaica Observer THE Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) says there has been an increase in reports of students being beaten by teachers, although corporal punishment was banned in 2011. “… We tend to get a lot of reports…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
