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Big brother watches flocks online December 13, 2006

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Poultry farmers are using the latest ultra mobile computers to play big brother on their flocks and allow Northern Ireland’s biggest poultry company to count its chickens.

Recording is second nature to most poultry farmers. The daily round of chores often includes jotting down feed consumption and growth rates on the back of an envelope.

Chicken farmers though are now going down the hi-tech route.

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Scientist warns of new CJD outbreak December 8, 2006

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A second wave of variant CJD cases could be on the way, scientists have warned.Professor John Collinge has

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Seven London Hotel Workers Test Positive for Polonium-210 as Ex-Spy Buried December 7, 2006

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LONDON — On the day murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko was buried, seven workers at the Millennium Hotel in London, where the former KGB agent met a contact on the day he fell ill, have tested positive for “low levels” of polonium-210.

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Mary J. Blige big winner December 5, 2006

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R&B singer Mary J. Blige was the top winner at the Billboard Music Awards, which took place at the MGM Grand

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Liverpool negotiations with state-owned Dubai International Capital (DIC) December 5, 2006

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On Monday Liverpool confirmed that they had entered into exclusive negotiations with the state-owned Dubai International Capital (DIC) about a possible investment in the Premier League club.

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Richards ‘to apologise in person’ December 3, 2006

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Ex-Seinfeld actor Michael Richards has pledged to apologise in person to four black audience members he targeted in a recent racist outburst.

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