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Bud the Wiser Sep 28th 2012 11:38 pm

Good news Britain
 
Amongst the 'heavier' items of the Telegraph web pages I've found this section.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/good-news/

chris955 Sep 29th 2012 7:48 am

Re: Good news Britain
 
Alongside falling inflation and unemployment and last quarters GDP drop being downgraded from -07% to -04% it is welcome news :thumbsup:

dunroving Sep 29th 2012 10:11 am

Re: Good news Britain
 

Originally Posted by Bud the Wiser (Post 10305142)
Amongst the 'heavier' items of the Telegraph web pages I've found this section.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/good-news/

That's interesting - is the "Good News" section of the Telegraph related in any way to the Good News newspaper I was hearing about recently? (there was a newspiece on telly the other day about this new newspaper that focuses on good news, but I wasn't paying much attention at the time so don't remember the detail).

Bud the Wiser Sep 29th 2012 10:44 am

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Originally Posted by dunroving (Post 10305634)
That's interesting - is the "Good News" section of the Telegraph related in any way to the Good News newspaper I was hearing about recently? (there was a newspiece on telly the other day about this new newspaper that focuses on good news, but I wasn't paying much attention at the time so don't remember the detail).

I have no idea Dunroving. I just happened to chance upon the section whilst browsing through the telegraph online. Snippets of good news are always welcome, whether they can balance out the no so good news over time remains to be seen.

dunroving Sep 29th 2012 11:31 am

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Originally Posted by Bud the Wiser (Post 10305665)
I have no idea Dunroving. I just happened to chance upon the section whilst browsing through the telegraph online. Snippets of good news are always welcome, whether they can balance out the no so good news over time remains to be seen.

Found it!

http://positivenews.org.uk/

Funny, this also came up in my search:

http://www.goodnews-paper.org.uk/

- not quite what I was thinking about, but some people might be interested.

Bud the Wiser Oct 4th 2012 1:22 pm

Re: Good news Britain
 
Not entirely British, a little help from our European friends, but is was great to see the Ryder cup win. Add this to the great sporting achievements this summer, the Olympics and Paralympics and the excellent medal tally, Murray winning the US open etc.

Hard to guess the sports personality of the year this year.

Some great sporting achievements.


( pity about the football )

cheeky_monkey Oct 5th 2012 4:40 pm

Re: Good news Britain
 
i am coming home in 2013 :fingerscrossed:so thats got to be good news for Britain:thumbup:

chris955 Oct 5th 2012 4:49 pm

Re: Good news Britain
 
Everyone coming home is good news for the country, good luck with it.:thumbsup:

Pit Bull. Oct 5th 2012 6:45 pm

Re: Good news Britain
 
It does look as though the UK is turning the economic corner at long last which is good news for us, we will be wanting to sell our house next year.

chris955 Oct 5th 2012 7:11 pm

Re: Good news Britain
 
You sounded almost positive :thumbsup: Good luck with the house sale.

Pit Bull. Oct 5th 2012 7:45 pm

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Cheers about the house fingers crossed.

Bud the Wiser Oct 8th 2012 5:29 pm

Re: Good news Britain
 

Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey (Post 10315450)
i am coming home in 2013 :fingerscrossed:so thats got to be good news for Britain:thumbup:

Very good.

Here's some more good news......... from the Daily Mail no less.:)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-000-jobs.html

Pit Bull. Oct 8th 2012 5:35 pm

Re: Good news Britain
 

Originally Posted by Bud the Wiser (Post 10320142)
Very good.

Here's some more good news......... from the Daily Mail no less.:)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-000-jobs.html



Looks great that, 27,000 jobs created as well, pity it's down south, we need more initiatives up North.:thumbsup:

Pistolpete2 Oct 9th 2012 2:48 pm

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Originally Posted by Pit Bull. (Post 10320149)
Looks great that, 27,000 jobs created as well, pity it's down south, we need more initiatives up North.:thumbsup:

Nice to see the possible development being in Kent and the location lends itself so beautifully to tapping into Continental rail traffic coming into Ebbsfleet and maybe even the future airport if it happens at Boris Island.:unsure::unsure:

I see the land is owned by the French cement company Lafarge.

The North already has the #1 UK theme park at Alton Towers (Staffs admittedly) and a few others but tapping into additional numbers coming into the London area (new money source) would seem to be more sensible even though I do have a dislike for the fact it hogs so much of the action every which way.

Pistolpete2 Oct 9th 2012 2:55 pm

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Originally Posted by Bud the Wiser (Post 10320142)
Very good.

Here's some more good news......... from the Daily Mail no less.:)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-000-jobs.html

Big article on it in the DM, big article in the Independent, little snippet in the DT, nothing in the Guardian, it seems. :confused:


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