Simon Bourne

Welcome to my Personal Portal

This is my personal site. For those with access please enjoy, and any constructive comments would be gratefully appreciated. Please check back as I intend to update this site as much as I can.

All the views expressed here are my personal opinions.

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Latest News

BBC News Player | UK Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:52:03 GMT

Economy boost may mean pain later - The government is preparing to confirm that a huge and unplanned rise in government borrowing will have to be paid back in the years to come.
BBC Trust on Ross-Brand failings - The BBC Trust has found editorial failings with the Russell Brand Show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and the Chris Moyles Show.
'We are at rock bottom' - Home repossessions rose by 12% to 11,300 during the last three months, the Council of Mortgage Lenders has said.
Fraudster must pay back £26m - A 35-year-old conman jailed for his part in a multi-million pound VAT fraud must repay £26m to the government.
Binge drinkers 'taught a lesson' - Binge drinkers in Hertfordshire are being offered the chance to reduce their fines in return for time in the classroom.
Train fare rises from January - Regulated train fares, including season tickets, are to go up by an average of 6%.

Quotes

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Chinese proverb.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it. Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919).

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...' Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992).

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. C. D. Jackson.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962).