Archive for July, 2010

  • ivy_bean

    THE DEATH OF IVY BEAN, THE OLDEST TWEETER IN TOWN

    THE oldest person on Twitter, Ivy Bean, died this week at the age of 104. The great-grandmother from Bradford had first hit the headlines when she got ‘bored’ with one social network – Facebook – and switched to Twitter. She ‘tweeted’ about her love of...

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  • medicine

    THE COALITION GOVERNMENT’S NHS REFORMS: CAN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FILL THE GAP?

    THE new Coalition Government’s plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS pose real challenges for social enterprises, such as Sound Communication. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley claims the Con/Dem changesĀ  are aimed at giving GPs more power and control over the funding of patient care....

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    LIFE IMITATES ART: How a spoof became ‘real news’

    A SPOOF story about the fugitive Raoul Moat has been reproduced as reality by the previously ‘respected’ AolNews website. Liverpool-based Robin Brown penned the article ‘”Nation ‘can’t wait’ for Moat shoot-out” for the satirical news web site The News Grind. Brown waxed lyrical about how...

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