Christine Burgmer | Blog

If you would like to keep up with what is going on in the UK, then check out the BBC iPlayer console.  There are different tabs at the top of the console: ‘Home’, ‘Now Playing’, ‘More like this’ and ‘Live radio’.  Click on ‘Live radio’ and choose your station.

The UK’s new prime minster, David Cameron, has banned his cabinet ministers from using mobile phones and Blackberrys in meetings.  You might like to read the BBC News article here.

What do you think?  Should people be allowed to take their mobile phones and Blackberrys into meetings?  What are the rules at your place of work?

Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.

The Voice of America broadcasts radio programmes in ‘Special English’ using a core vocabulary of 1500 words.  It uses  short, simple sentences that contain only one idea and the active voice (rather than the passive), and it does not use idioms.  It is excellent for English learners.

The BBC’s Learning English website can help you understand the “Words in the News” and keep you up to date with world affairs and latest research results.  For example, did you know that tall people earn more?

Are you interested in keeping up with all the latest celebrity news and gossip?  Then PopSugar might be the site for you.