The calculations changes frequently as Google wants to stop the link farms.

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For instance, said Mr Hogan, filtering out e-mail messages that contain a web link can stop about 75% of spam.

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But a protest was held near the Conservative Party conference on Monday against the proposed HS2 high-speed rail link involving the STOP HS2 group, which has expressed concerns over the environment and funding.

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And that oriental link does not stop there.

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Police initially received no solid tips on the shooter's identity, but they did get a description of the car, which they were able to link to a traffic stop days before the killing.

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Although the preferred route for HS2 does not include a dedicated station at Crewe, the line is expected to join a spur on the West Coast mainline to allow high speed trains to stop at the existing station and link up with other services to Liverpool and Preston.

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The fibrinogen turns into fibrin, an insoluble, filamentous protein which traps the platelets and causes them to link up into a quilt that helps stop bleeding.

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When Bretton Woods broke down and the last link to gold was severed, there was in theory nothing to stop governments from creating money.

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But if the power of the grey vote secures a big one-off real increase in the basic pension before an election, pensioners are unlikely to stop there, and allow the subsequent erosion of its value through the resumption of the link with prices.

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