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Oklahoma tornado Watch TV weather presenter take cover from twister as he reports on it
A weather presenter reporting on the Oklahoma City tornado had to evaucate his TV studio to take cover from the twister. Viewers of Kansas' KSN-TV were told staff at the station had been urged to get shelter as the huge storm approached. One presenter was seen to dart off screen during his broadcast as he received the message to leave the building. Some employees scrambled to the ...
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Britains inflation falls to 2.4 in April
(MENAFN) Britain's consumer price index (CPI) fell to 2.4 percent in April on annual basis, reported Xinhua News.One of the main reasons that caused this fall is the decline in transport costs, mainly in prices of fuels and airfares, according to The Office for National Statistics (ONS).On the other hand, Britain's retail prices index (RPI), which is another inflation measure, declined ...
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British Royal Mail posts USD612.78m annual profit
(MENAFN) UK's Royal Mail announced that adjusted operating profit more than doubled in the year to March 31, reaching USD612.78 million from USD231.12 million posted in the previous year, reported Reuters.The state-owned company added that it has refocused on parcels, which rose 9 percent in the year, representing nearly half of its revenue.At the end of 2013, Royal Mail is projected to ...
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Newspaper royal charter plans are bizarre says Liberty director
Shami Chakrabarti , has hit out against politicians and newspaper barons, accusing them of letting down the public over promises to set up a new press watchdog.One of six assessors on ...
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Just because Royal Mail is in a fit state to be sold doesnt mean it should be | Nils Pratley
Royal Mail 's full-year profit numbers were intended to be read as the first draft of a flotation prospectus. Chief executive Moya Greene was in full warm-up mode. "Our strategy is delivering," she declared, as operating profits rose from 152m to 403m.In business terms, her claim is fair. Royal Mail is quite clearly in a fit state to be sold, if the government really is committed ...
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Bumper SSE results expected to provoke consumer outrage
Accusations that the big energy firms are profiteering at the expense of UK households will be centre stage again on Wednesday if Scottish & Southern Energy, as expected, reveals bumper profits for a second year running.Analysts are predicting the Perth-based company, which supplies 9.6m households with gas and electricity, could announce profits as high as 1.4bn for the last 12 months - a ...
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UK government plans to boost British fund industry
LONDON: Britain has launched a campaign to attract more investment fund money to the country, with plans for tax breaks, cutting red tape and marketing campaigns in Asia and the Americas. In speeches to fund management executives on Tuesday afternoon, Treasury ministers Sajid Javid and Greg Clark said they aim to reverse a weakening of the UK's dominance as a centre for the funds industry. ...
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Watch out Watford Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group
Whether it's the shape-shifting group of reptilian descendants from the constellation Draco who control humanity, or the shadowy cabal of powerful financiers and politicians who covertly run all governments, conspiracy theorists are once again preparing for their annual jamboree of protest against those who really rule the world, this year in the highly secretive destination ...
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No swimming Britain has some of the worst quality bathing water in Europe
Britain has some of the worst quality bathing water in Europe, with six per cent of its beaches and other swimming spots failing to meet the minimum EU ...
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Inferno author Dan Brown honoured to be invited to join the Freemasons
His best-selling novels illuminate the shadowy organisations that supposedly run the world. But Dan Brown was "honoured" to receive an invitation to join the Freemasons, the arcane fraternity whose tentacles are said to extend into the highest echelons of ...
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Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls Intimate Encounters option to ward off sleazy men
But the founder of one of Britain's biggest dating website has now decided to take radical action to root out fake and sleazy profiles - after revealing that many of the "women" who use the hook-ups section of his site are actually men in disguise.Writing to members on Monday, Markus Frind, the Canadian founder of Plenty of Fish (POF), said that he had been forced to make a series ...
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April Jones trial jury hears bone fragments could have come from child
Experts found "strong evidence" that fragments of burnt bone discovered at the home of the man accused of abducting and murdering the schoolgirl April Jones were from a human, a jury has been told.On the final day of the prosecution case against Mark Bridger, the court also heard about tests that suggested some of the bone could have been from a child's skull.The jury was told ...
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Senior NHS figure challenges Jeremy Hunt over causes of AE crisis
Jeremy Hunt .Mike Farrar, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation, the body representing organisations commissioning and providing health services, questioned Hunt's assertion that Labour was to blame for a public loss of confidence in alternatives to casualty by agreeing a new contract with ...
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Prince Charles calls for war on animal poachers
Prince Charles has warned that criminal gangs are turning to animal poaching, an unprecedented slaughter of species that can only be stopped by waging war on the perpetrators, in the latest of a series of increasingly outspoken speeches about the environment.Addressing a conference of conservationists at St James's Palace in London, the Prince of Wales announced a meeting of heads of state ...
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Police hunt prison fugitive after string of robberies
Police are hunting for a fugitive who has absconded from prison and carried out a string of robberies.Lyndon Stein, 49, has robbed travel agents and building societies in Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Oxford in the past three weeks, police say.Stein absconded on 29 April from HMP Spring Hill, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, which is a Category D open ...
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Dominic Grieve I do everything to explain benefits of Human Rights Act | Richard Norton-Taylor
Dominic Grieve , is going to be with us. He was at it once more on Saturday at the AGM of Liberty, the civil rights campaigning organisation.He does everything he can, he said, to explain the "benefits" of ...
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Chelsea flower show top prize goes to Australians for first time in 100 years
The roar may not quite have been audible back home in Victoria, but the rest of the showground could be in little doubt who was victorious. For the first time in 100 years, a garden design team ...
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Britains gay marriage bill to pass hurdle
A BILL to legalise gay marriage in Britain is set to pass a crucial hurdle in parliament after Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to strike a last-minute deal with the opposition to stop members of his own party wrecking the plans. MPs in the lower House of Commons were expected to approve the bill following a marathon debate on Monday, which saw Cameron join forces with Labour to defeat a ...
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Better off without Britain but with pound Scotland
Samsung Galaxy S4 versus HTC One: Which is a better buy? The mobile giants step back into the ring for another round, as we referee the fight between ...
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Government plans policy sweeteners for insurance industry
By Chris VellacottLONDON (Reuters) - Britain plans to boost the insurance industry with policy sweeteners such as tax breaks, hoping to nurture it as a source of investment and an engine of economic growth.Treasury minister Greg Clark said the government would extend to the insurance industry a series of measures announced earlier this year to boost asset managers."The government recognises ...
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How garden gnomes are causing an uproar at one of Britains most prestigious events
Decorated garden gnomes designed by celebrities are seen at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. (STEFAN ...
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Keane forced to miss England clash
Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane will miss his country's summer friendlies with England and Georgia due to club commitments with LA Galaxy. Keane will miss both the long awaited encounter with England at Wembley on 29 May and the home clash with Georgia on 2 June as his club have refused to release him. Both games fall outside the FIFA international window and while the player is ...
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Dads fractured arm takes six YEARS to fix - then he breaks it the next day tripping over dog
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Oklahoma tornado Live updates and reaction as giant twister rips through city killing 91
Follow the latest news as a tornado half a mile wide rips through the Oklahoma City suburbs, killing at least 91 people including 20 school ...
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Britains FTSE 100 edges closer to all-time high
21 May 2013 BRITAIN'S blue chip share index closed within sight of its all-time high on Tuesday, lifted by mining stocks and positive corporate news from luxury retailer Burberry among ...
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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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