Top BBC resignations astonished Hutton Nov 15, 2009
Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Law lord believes his report's findings on David Kelly's death were misinterpreted by media and is dismayed at accusations of whitewash. (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)
The map that changed the world Oct 29, 2009
Page last updated at 11:40 GMT, Wednesday, 28 October 2009. An annotated guide to the 1507 map. (BBC News -- UK)
Nimrod review to reveal failures Oct 28, 2009
Flt Sgt Gary Wayne Andrews, 48, from Tankerton, Kent, Flt Sgt Stephen Beattie, 42, from Dundee, Flt Sgt Gerard Martin Bell, 48, from Newport, Shropshire, and Flt Sgt Adrian Davies, 49, from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Sgt Benjamin James Knight, 25, from Bridgwater, Sgt John Joseph Langton, 29,from Liverpool and Sgt Gary Paul Quilliam, 42, from Manchester. L/Cpl Oliver Simon Dicketts, of the Parachute Regiment, from Wadhurst and Royal Marine Joseph David Windall, 22, from Hazlemere. (BBC News -- UK)
Airport test to stop arrival of Sars and flu 'pointless' Oct 16, 2009
Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Airport test to stop arrival of Sars and flu 'pointless. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Scientists prepare to turn fiction into fact with first full-face transplant Oct 15, 2009
Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Thursday 27 May 2004 13. (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
Revealed: UK set for first face transplants Oct 9, 2009
Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Ethics experts prepare to give approval Doctors seek four suitable patients. (Yahoo News -- Cosmetic Treatments and Surgery)
Women 'risk their feet in the name of fashion' Sep 8, 2009
Page last updated at 08:56 GMT, Monday, 7 September 2009 09:56 UK. Women risk feet in fashion's name. (BBC News -- Health)
Sex-on-duty police officer sacked Jul 25, 2009
Det Con John Richmond, 53, of Amersham, Buckinghamshire, visited the woman a day after she discharged herself from hospital following a drug overdose. He admitted misconduct in public office and in July was given a nine-month jail sentence, suspended for one year. (BBC News -- UK)
MPs' expenses claims 2007-8 May 12, 2009
MPs' expenses in detail. The table below sets out the full range of MPs' expenses. (BBC News -- UK)
Gillan 'sorry' for dog food claim May 11, 2009
The Tory MP for Chesham and Amersham told the BBC News Channel she was "absolutely mortified" by the claim. Ms Gillan was one of the Conservatives named by the Daily Telegraph in the controversy over MP's expenses. (BBC News -- UK)
Abuses horses: Upon discovery and now May 9, 2009
RSPCA Officer Kirsty Hampton said the scene at Spindle Farm, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, was the most "horrific case of animal cruelty" she had seen. Horse trader James Gray was found guilty at Bicester Magistrates' Court of 11 charges of animal neglect. (BBC News -- UK)
GE Unit Ordered to Pay $11.3 Million Over False-Advertising Claims Against Competitor Apr 14, 2009
Judge denies competitor's request that GE subsidiary Amersham disgorge $1 billion in profits ... U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson held on March 25 that Amersham Health Inc., a British company with U.S. offices in Princeton, N.J., that was bought by GE Healthcare in 2004, violated the with false and misleading claims that its contrast agent, used to improve X-ray quality, was superior to one made by Bracco Diagnostics Inc. of Princeton ... Wolfson held that Bracco was entitled to reimbursement... (Law.com)
Harmless toy or recruiting sergeant? Apr 4, 2009
" Below is a selection of your comments. "They contribute to the idea that guns are normal in our society, and also that they are glamorous and desirable". Come off it - following that to its logical conclusion everyone who owned an Action Man should have turned into a gun-toting mass murderer when they turned 13. If anything this puts guns into their proper context: a tool of the military. Mark Dennis, Woking, UK Excellent! My son is a soldier and his six-year-old sister is making tanks out of... (BBC News -- UK)
GE Threatens Philips Leadership With Push Into Home Health-Care Business Apr 4, 2009
GE bought Amersham Plc for $10 billion in 2004, its biggest acquisition, to enter the drug discovery and imaging chemical businesses. GE already sells QuietCare, a device with wireless sensors that learns daily routines of patients and software that analyzes activities to detect early signs of illnesses. (Bloomberg)
Squiggle room Mar 11, 2009
" Add your comments on this story, using the form below. How about a zero (0) with a slash through it? After all, India gave the world the zero or shoonya, and the goal of every government is to make sure that its citizens have something more than zero in their pockets. Shikari Shambu, Chicago You have a few guesses about the origin of the $ symbol for the US Dollar. It is just the two letters "U" and "S" superimposed, and then simplified over time. Steve, London Most currency symbols are a... (BBC News -- South Asia)
Autism bill clears first hurdle Feb 28, 2009
Chesham and Amersham MP Mrs Gillan came top of the private members' ballot in December, which allows opposition parties and backbenchers to launch their own bills. But although it had cross-party support, a letter from Health Minister Phil Hope to MPs earlier this month raised concerns the government would try to block the bill at its second reading on Friday. (BBC News -- UK)
'Barn find' 1937 Bugatti Type 57S sells for $4.4 million at Paris ... Feb 8, 2009
On 2nd November 1936 Bugatti factory ledgers recorded an order (allocated no. 903) from their British agent, Col. Sorel, for a Type 57S Atalante Coup for their valued client and Bugatti Owners Club President, Earl Howe of Penn House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire ... DYK 5 shared the motor house at Howes Amersham home with a fine stable of other European sports and racing cars and became a familiar sight in the paddock at British motor sport venues. (AutoWeek)
