Tom Campbell
Scottish "Black watch" is redeployed to a more dangerous part of Iraq
For a long time the Scottish troop "Black watch" wasn`t sure, how things would continue in Iraq. Now uncertainty had an end, worrying hasn`t. Following an American military request, the "Black watch" is to be redeployed from Basra in southern Iraq to the area south-west of Baghdad, which is said to be extremely hostile.
MP-Expenses published for the first time
It is always interesting and sometimes frustrating for Tax-Payers to see how their money is spent. This year the British Government published for the first time the expense account of all the MPs (Member of the Parliament). The average British congressman claims an average of 118,000 pound (about 300 000$) to cover travel expenses, and to run their offices and second homes besides being paid 57 000 pound (120 000$) a year.
British shops ban Hoods and Caps to cut crime
In some British regions shop crime became so frequent, that police has to think of new methods to contain it. In Merseyside, they are trying to cut shop crime by forbidding to wear a hood or a cap in a shop.