Cambridge to issue bonds to raise money
For the first time in its 800-year history, Cambridge University is planning to issue bonds to raise money from the markets, a varsity official said. Read more
Happy Christmas and New year 2010
Christmas is coming and we’d like to wish you happy holidays and lots of great glories in upcoming 2010!
We wish you, and all of the readers of Megri UK Blog, www.megri.co.uk, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
This year was great and, we are sure, the next one will be even better!
Queen in the Train
The British monarch has been photographed taking the train. Wearing a multicoloured Hermes headscarf and a large grey woollen coat, Queen Elizabeth II took the train to Norfolk on Thursday for her Christmas break. Read more
Passenger trains stuck under English Channel
British media say four trains with more than 2,000 passengers aboard have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to wintry weather. Read more
Prince Charles borrows £3k from cops
Britain’s Prince Charles borrowed nearly £3,000 from his protection officers after the royal found himself short of cash and needing fork out for “travel expenses,” a report said on Wednesday. Read more
UK tightens visa rules for Indian IT professionals
Britain has tightened immigration rules from January for Indian IT professionals seeking to move to the UK under inter-company transfers. From next year, workers in this category will need to have 12 months experience instead of six months as at present with their employer before they can be transferred to the UK, official sources said. Read more
Shakira at Oxford
Colombian singer Shakira arrived at the Oxford Union, Oxford University, in Oxford southern England. She spoke about her charity work in South America. Read more
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, marked the immediate start of World War II for the United States.
In May 1942, however, the U.S. Army reversed its decision to exclude Japanese Americans from the armed forces and created the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, also known as the “Nisei Squadron.”
442nd Regimental Combat Team Historical Society - facts, photos, and tributes.
British Summer Time
British Summer Time (BST) starts on the last Sunday in March and ends on the last Sunday in October, at 1.00 am Greenwich Mean Time (GMT):
- in spring the clocks go forward, losing an hour - at 1.00 am GMT the UK moves to 2.00 am BST
- in autumn the clocks go back, giving an extra hour - at 2.00 am BST the UK moves to 1.00 am GMT
Clocks go forward 29 March 2009 28 March 2010
Clocks go back 25 October 2009 31 October 2010
British diplomat -Iraq invasion was of questionable legitimacy
The invasion of Iraq was legal but of “questionable legitimacy” because the US and UK had failed to persuade other countries of the need for war, the then-British ambassador to the UN told the Chilcot inquiry today.
Sir Jeremy Greenstock said: “I regard our participation in the military action in Iraq in March 2003 as legal but of questionable legitimacy in that it did not have the democratically observable backing of the great majority of [UN] member states, or even perhaps of the majority of people inside the UK.