Tour the EU in a minute!

Particularly useful for Yr11 who will be looking at the EU next week, and for 7RPr who are looking at Politics in their Citizenship lessons...

Thanks to Helen Nurton for pointing this out.

"Muddle-headed"?!

Tony Blair was accused yesterday of "muddle-headedness" as he told the world that he had no intention of giving up flying to far-flung holiday destinations, and he suggested that technology and science would get us out of the climate change mess we're in...

Quotes from Mr Blair's interview with Sky News included:

"It's like telling people you shouldn't drive anywhere"

"I'm not going to be in a situation of saying I'm not going to take holidays abroad or use air-travel. It's just not practical."

Yr11 had some interesting views on this today... Read the full story here and then let us know what you think! Should Tony and Cherie be spending their summers in Skeggie?! Or should they carry on jetting halfway round the world? (After all, an aeroplane a couple of times a year is nothing when there are all these factories in China pumping out nasty greenhouse gases!)

And speaking of greenhouse gases... The EU have announced new plans today to tackle climate change... Read all about them here... It's well worth having a look at the comments people have sent in as well - some interesting views!

Happy New Year!

It certainly was in Romania and Bulgaria... Click on the picture to find out why...

How will this affect Romanians and Bulgarians?
How will it affect the rest of the EU?

Less happy here... Where is it? What's happening (or not!)?

Winter cancelled in Europe??

I mentioned the other day the threat to ski resorts in Europe... Concern is growing, according to a BBC news report today, with many ski resorts having had to delay their openings, and ski races and events being cancelled due to a lack of snow.


The story also reports on the confusion amongst people - and animals - in Russia! The unusually warm conditions in a country known for its harsh, cold winters, and where temperatures this time last year fell as low as -29 degrees, have prompted mixed reactions. Some are happy that walking and driving are much easier, and that they are not slipping and sliding around. Others are worried - having to find alternatives to their traditional winter past-times of ski-ing and ice fishing. And Red Square, normally covered in a blanket of white snow by now, remains grey and damp, without a snowflake in sight.