UK Borders, Blue Smarties and Space-born Fish

As governments tighten up border security, and your personal information gets shared amongst many more organisations (to make you safer, obviously) you will be glad to hear how effective your hard-earned and paid tax hsa been. A brazilian woman got to heathrow airport and before she could be denied entry she ran away from the immigration officials and escaped into london. It didn't stop there. Not only did she manage to get into the country illegally but she also ended up working as a cleaner in the house of commons. Yes, here you would assume security would also be quite high...

Forget studying computer science to try and get a green card into the UK. No, that trick doesn't work any more, there are enough computer scientists now. What you really need to do to be able to come easily to the UK is to cook curries. Yes, migrant workers from Bangladesh are being sort in order to help the declining curry industry (I don't know here the statistics are to prove this, as if you go down selly oak you will see the curry house industry thriving...).

Smarties lovers out there can go out and celebrate. The colour blue is coming back in packs near you. Apparently up until now they couldn't find another natural ingredient that gave this colour, but now thanks to a special seaweed sort, they have. Makes me sleep easier at night now, that does.

The ever-adventurous germans are doing things you never thought possible. I bet you never thought you would see the day when some fish are sent out into space to experience 6 minutes of weightlessness...

Ever thought why if you can give old clothes to charity shops, your underwear you had to throw away? Well, maybe you don't after all. Shakira has proven to the world that even old bras can fetch a lot of money from the right person. But before you start collecting all your old undies, I think being famous had something to do with it...

Wondering what to give up for lent? Well, take a leaf out of citizens of Venice's book and give up bottled water. Seems like a worthwhile act, except I can't figure out why they would do it in Venice of all places. The water there is so polluted that you can no longer go there in the summer without feeling ill.

Better get back to the 0 degrees celsius warmth...and that's inside !!!