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George Osborne suffers blow to ego after Barack Obama calls him JEFFREY
George Osborne tried to restore his name as Chancellor last night - after Barack Obama kept calling him JEFFREY.The US President got his monicker wrong three times at the recent G8 summit, sources revealed last night.Insiders described it as "cringeworthy" and a crushing blow to the top Tory's ego.The president was reported by the Financial Times to have apologised to the ...
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Cook sure guys in England dressing room will turn up on Sunday
Cricket News: London: "I've got no doubt that the guys in our dressing room will turn up on Sunday. You know, I'm fully confident in the lads that they can do that. I just hope it's our turn," England cricket captain Alastair Cook said after the seven-wicket win over South Africa in the first semi-final on ...
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Facebook comments get civil servant banned from promotion
Facebook and Twitter comments have led to seven Welsh government civil servants being disciplined in the past five years. Photograph: Martin ...
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Britain to Pay More for Power Than Germany for Years
British electricity prices may be almost double those in Germany within three years due largely to the impact of a new tax aimed at supporting renewable power generation, a report by bank Credit Suisse showed on Wednesday. Rises in retail prices have become a popular bugbear in Britain at a time when wages are falling in real terms. The bank's analysis showed wholesale prices, which form ...
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Barclays says no need to issue equity to plug capital
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays said it can fill a 3 billion pound ($4.7 billion) capital shortfall identified by Britain's financial regulator from earnings and other restructuring measures and does not plan to issue equity.Britain's Prudential Regulation Authority said Barclays needs to find 3 billion pounds under a capital exercise based on end-2012 data, out of a 27.1 billion shortfall ...
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UK watchdog details bank capital shortfalls
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Bank has a capital shortfall of 8.6 billion pounds, Britain's banking regulator said on Thursday, a day after the UK government signalled plans to return the part-state owned lender to the private sector.The Prudential Regulation Authority said the aggregate capital shortfall at UK five banks at the end of 2012 was 27.1 billion pounds, slightly higher than its 25 ...
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British Irish Lions Robbie Deans to give James OConnor the start at fly-half for Australia
Coach Robbie Deans will give James O'Connor the start at fly half and the opportunity to lead Australia's attack against the British & Irish Lions on ...
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Nigella Lawson photos TV chef spotted WITHOUT her wedding ring in first public appearance since assault
Television chef Nigella Lawson was yesterday seen out in public - but was not wearing her wedding ring.It comes after her husband, Charles Saatchi, was pictured in the Sunday People grabbing her by the throat.Nigella, 53, was last spotted fleeing her London home on Sunday, when the dramatic pictures of the couple outside a restaurant emerged.Saatchi agreed to a police caution over the incident - ...
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Prime central London property prices inflate bubble fears
now comfortably through the half-a-million pound mark, at 515,243 . It sounds a lot, but in some parts of the capital it is small change.Land Registry figures show the most expensive areas of the country - and those that have seen some of the biggest increases in prices - are the neighbourhoods that estate agents like to call "prime central London".The property boom in these places - ...
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Back gardens are full of incredible wildlife activity | Miranda Krestovnikoff
Forget soap operas - your own doorstep is where the drama is really happening and the wild characters are far more exciting than any of those on TV.It doesn't matter how tiny your garden is - with minimum effort you can have an eclectic bunch of visitors and their daily business is an extraordinary affair. With a little effort we've managed to encourage a lot of species to my garden ...
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Top tips for making your garden wildlife-friendly | Adrian Thomas
gardens also have an important role to play for a whole host of threatened wildlife, from hedgehogs to house sparrows to toads. It means we can all play an active role in giving nature a home.In case you think this is about letting your garden become weed-strewn and "wild" - think again. A neat, tended garden can - with care and thought - be just as good for wildlife. Nor is it about ...
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Chinese firm forays into British yacht and hotel markets with US$1.6 bil. investment
BEIJING -- Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group announced Wednesday it will invest nearly US$1.6 billion to acquire British yacht maker Sunseeker and build London's tallest residential ...
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Father of train deaths teenager visits scene of sons death
Mert Karaoglan, 18, and Charleigh Disbrey, 15, died after being struck by a train travelling at 90mph near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, on Monday night.Police found suicide notes at the scene and said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. The dead man's father, Sakru Karaoglan, 48, visited the scene, accompanied by a dozen friends and relatives. He said that ...
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Wimbledon to mark 40 years since Billie Jean King sexism victory
Billie Jean King won the women's doubles at her first attempt, the first of 39 grand slam titles that included 12 singles triumphs. Photograph: ...
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Kenya Kwani Trust British Council Host Writing Workshop
Kwani Trust and British Council will collaborate with Granta to host a week of literary events in Nairobi between June 19-23. The joint week of literary programming will include a launch of the latest Granta issue, Best of Young British Novelists 4, a three-day writing workshop, readings by visiting writers Nadifa Mohamed and Adam Foulds at Daystar University and a symposium based on related ...
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Golf round-up Tiger Woods out of action until British Open
Tiger Woods has been diagnosed with a left elbow strain that will keep him out of competition until next month's British Open at Muirfield, the world No 1 said on Wednesday. Woods had been suffering minor discomfort before last week's US Open at Merion, where he aggravated the problem and was seen wincing and shaking his left arm on several occasions. "I was examined after I ...
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Police at New England Patriots Tight End Aaron Hernandezs Home for Second Day
BOSTON | A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's house was a semi-pro football player with connections to Hernandez, his family said ...
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RSPB urges British public to create 1m homes for nature
wildlife in May which revealed that 60% of all species are in decline."Nature in the UK is in trouble and some of our more familiar garden species are amongst those suffering serious declines," said the RSPB chief executive, Mike Clarke. ...
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Owen Paterson UK must become global leaders on GM crops
genetically modified crops , which he will say will reduce fertiliser and chemical use and improve efficiency.Paterson's strongest speech yet in favour of the controversial practice is expected to make both a moral and economic case for them to be grown widely both in Britain and in developing countries."While the rest of the world is ploughing ahead and reaping the benefits of new ...
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Frank Langella to take on role of King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre
Frank Langella , the triple-Tony award winning actor who memorably portrayed Richard Nixon on stage and screen, is to take on King Lear for the Chichester Festival Theatre, it will be announced on Thursday.The role is often called the Everest of acting and has been played in recent years by Derek Jacobi at the Donmar Warehouse and Ian McKellen at the Royal Shakespeare Company.Langella has ...
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Workers in Britain suffer the greatest fall in wages since the 1930s
The UK is experiencing the deepest and most protracted economic downturn in a century. The decline in wages is even greater than that resulting from the Great Depression of the 1930s. A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies notes that workers in Britain have suffered unprecedented pay cuts of 6 percent in real terms over the last five years. With inflation, the figures point to a more than ...
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Britain France face EU action over high Eurostar charges
Four members of the Scot's Guards pose for a photograph next to a new Eurostar train, during a media event, in central London, October 7, ...
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Bernadette Lee inquest Dental nurse froze to death without coat on evening out
froze to death on a boozy night out , an inquest heard yesterday.Bernadette Lee, 25, was more than double the drink-drive limit when she was found on snow-covered grass just yards from the front door of her sister's home in Deal, Kent, on January 20.She had on only a dress, despite the freezing temperatures. The inquest was told she died of hypothermia and alcohol intoxication.A report from ...
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James Gandolfini dead Tributes to Tony Soprano actor after his shock death aged 51
has died aged 51 .Gandolfini, who played the conflicted head of the Soprano family, is believed to have had a heart attack while on holiday in Italy.As well as the groundbreaking HBO series, his film credits included Zero Dark Thirty and Killing Them Softly, and he appeared in the Broadway production God Of Carnage.It is understood triple Emmy Award-winning Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the ...
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National Briefing | New England Condoms Approved for Schools in Massachusetts
The Boston School Committee on Wednesday approved making condoms available in the ...
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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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