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British Open squash Ghosal wins opener Joshana makes main draw
Saurav Ghosal blanked Jonathan Kemp in his men's first round match while Joshana Chinappa rallied past Deon Saffery to make the women's draw at the Allam British Open Squash Championships here Monday. World No.19 Ghosal played a solid match to get past the English qualifier at the KC Stadium. Ghosal had to fight hard in the first game before completing an 11-9, 11-6, 11-6 win, sending the ...
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Dame Helen Mirren becomes the Queen for dying fan
Dame Helen Mirren fulfilled the wish of a fatally ill young boy, who wanted to meet Queen Elizabeth, by dressing up like the British monarch. Visiting the Queen at Buckingham Palace topped Oliver Burton's list of dream activities, but his family was told a meeting would not be possible, the Sun reported. After Mirren came to know that the 10-year-old cancer patient may have just weeks to live ...
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India UK sign MoU on cooperation in health sector
India and Britain have signed an MOU for cooperation in the field of health. The MoU was signed by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Secretary of State for Health, UK, Jeremy Richard Hunt last evening in Geneva. Describing the agreement as a historic event and a great milestone, Azad noted with optimism that this agreement is going to usher in a new era of cooperation in the health ...
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Assange reveals British intels messages discussing Swedish extradition plans
British government's intercept intelligence agency GCHQ is facing embarrassing revelations about internal correspondence in which Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been discussed. The government eavesdropping agency apparently speculated that he is being framed by Swedish authorities seeking his extradition on rape allegations. According to the Guardian, the records were revealed by Assange ...
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Woman wishes to stay in Britain to avoid becoming 14th virgin queen of Swaziland
A woman is seeking asylum in Britain to avoid becoming the 14th virgin queen of the randy King of Swaziland. Tintswalo Ngobeni, 22, has shunned the advances of King Mswati III and fled to Britain, the Daily Star reported. She was just 15 when she caught the eye of the chubby king, who is 45 years old. The royal, who is famous for his lavish lifestyle, is allowed to choose a new bride every ...
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Three arrested after fracas near British gurdwara
Three men have been arrested after a fracas outside a gurdwara in the city of Norwich in England. Two men, aged 20 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of public disorder offences and taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre and a 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and taken to Great Yarmouth for questioning after the brawl involving 10 worshippers outside the gurdwara on ...
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British economy in modest recovery central bank governor
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said in a television interview that Britain's economy had achieved "only a modest recovery". "We are seeing a recovery. It's only a modest recovery, and we certainly can't be satisfied with it," the outgoing central bank governor King said in an interview with the Sky News' Murnaghan programme Sunday. "We will need to do more to use up the spare capacity ...
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Windies begin preparation for Champions Trophy
The West Indies will kick off preparations for next month's Champions Trophy in England when they embark on a five-day camp at the High Performance Centre (HPC) at the 3Ws Oval starting here Monday. The sessions will be overseen by West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson with assistant coach Tony Radford and the HPC's Andre Coley, also involved in the squad's preparation. The players are expected ...
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Jessie Js long nails inspired by granny
British pop star Jessie J says her craze for long nails comes from her grandmother. The 27-year-old star admits she got crazy nail art and pointy tips from her grandmother, who was obsessed with the colour green, reports contactmusic.com. "My nan, ever since I can remember, has had long pointy nails. And she loves green. Everything she has is green - her bathroom, her clothes. If she could ...
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Justin Biebers monkey gets a new home
Singer Justin Bieber's abandoned pet monkey Mally has found a new home at a British animal sanctuary. Mally was confiscated last month by German customs as Bieber had no papers to bring the pet to the country. Now Don Walser, from the Isle of Wight's Owl and Monkey Haven, has offered the animal a home with his pair Martin and Lulu and their baby Malou, reports dailystar.co.uk. Walser, 68, ...
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Cook hails Broad-Anderson combined strikeforce boosts Englands assault on world domination
England captain Alastair Cook has praised his bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson, saying that the duo's combined strikeforce is a major help to his assault on world domination. Former England skipper Nasser Hussain introduced Anderson to Test cricket while English icon Michael Vaughan put him and Broad together to open the bowling attack five years ago in New Zealand, the Mirror ...
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EU urges Russia against introducing gay law
The European Union (EU) has appealed to Russia not to introduce a law banning so-called "gay propaganda" . Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, intends to pass a law by the end of the current session (mid-July) banning dissemination of information among minors promoting homosexuality. Amendments will be made May 26-27, after which a working group will compile the draft law along ...
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The Tories need to get over gay marriage and swivel-eyed loons or give Jean-Claude Le Lunatique a chance
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Tanning addict Sarah Willmans shock confession I cant quit sunbeds
A 'real-life Barbie doll' is so addicted to tanning she sneaks behind her husband's back and gets up in the dead of night just to get her sunbed fix every day.Sarah Willman has been tanning for 20 minutes, five days a week, since she was 14.After each session she will ...
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Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp cuddle up in last photo - four days before he shot her dead
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Met gagged Leveson evidence over police leaks to News of the World
Scotland Yard: it has been claimed the Met gagged the Leveson inquiry from revealing evidence about police leaks to the News of the World. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ...
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Louise Menschs former business partner Luke Bozier accepts caution
Louise Mensch says he has accepted a police caution five months after being arrested on suspicion of viewing or possessing indecent images of children.Luke Bozier, who has also been an e-campaigns manager for the Labour party, said he had never been a paedophile and that some of the allegations made against him after a private email account had been hacked were false.Ending what he called ...
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British workers feeling less secure – and more stressed
pay cuts and diminished control over their jobs among the biggest concerns, according to a national survey of employees' wellbeing.More than 3,000 workers aged between 20 and 60 were interviewed in 2012 for the latest in a six-yearly Skills and Employment survey, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.The first findings from the ...
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British MPs to debate gay marriage plans
The British government's controversial gay marriage legislation returns to the Commons today with Tory MPs and activists deeply split over the ...
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New England Kit Compared To Old German Strip
The new England football kit has been revealed and was instantly compared to West Germany's 1970s outfit by some fans. New sponsor Nike have opted for a simple design, with a rounded collar and navy badge. But fans have taken to social media sites to vent their displeasure at the kit's likeness to England's great rivals. One user wrote: "New England kit? looks more ...
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Major Tim Peake stole my space age daydream | Suzanne Moore
David Willetts, the science minister, said he hoped Tim Peake, pictured above at the Science Museum, would inspire children to become the next generation of scientists and engineers Photograph: Suzanne ...
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Green heating payments to double for householders
Payments to help householders switch from heating their homes with oil to greener systems such as biomass boilers and solar thermal will double in most cases, the government is to announce on Monday.The grants were intended as a stopgap measure until the start this summer of the government's ...
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Protection for trees from pests and disease held back by skills gap
caterpillars that strip oaks of leaves are being hampered by a "skills gap", a government-appointed taskforce has warned.The taskforce, set up in the wake of a fungus that kills ash trees being found across England last year, also called for plant health to be put on a par with animal health, and for the creation of a chief plant health officer akin to the government's chief ...
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Word love is said and written six-times more than the word hate
LONDON: English speaking youngsters across the globe, who are 18 or under, use the word 'like' in conversation over five times as often as speakers who are over 70; 'because' is the most misspelled English word globally; the word 'love' is said and written over six times more frequently than the word 'hate'. These are the findings of a first-of-its-kind ...
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European Union Set to Vote on ‘Too Big to Fail’ Law
A European Union law up for a vote on Monday will only fully shield taxpayers from bailing out troubled banks if there is a global framework as well, a top UK regulator said on Monday. Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker said the EU law on bank recovery and resolution would be a milestone towards a global system and help convince markets that governments were no longer willing to rescue ...
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Edinburgh's tram of indefinite delays
The development of a new tram system for Edinburgh has not been without controversy. Since the project was first proposed as far back as 1999 it took until 2006 for work to actually begin. Since then, there has been one failing after another, with many Edinburgh residents now wondering whether the new tram system will ever see the light of day and, more to the point, whether it is in fact necessary.
Edinburgh had a tram system up until the 1950s and, like many developed cities, it did away with the network in favor of other forms of public transport, mainly buses. Increasingly heavy traffic jams in the capital, however, have prompted city leaders to reconsider and in 2006 two bills went through parliament and were approved. Read more
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