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Entertainment One reports 25 jump in profit growth
Entertainment One has reported a 25% jump in profit growth, helped by the release of the fifth Twilight film. Photograph: Summit Entertainment/Sportsphoto ...
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Bell Fit as England Name Unchanged Squad for Second Test
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Falling petrol prices drive first drop in inflation since September
LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer price inflation fell last month for the first time since September, giving incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney more leeway to support the economy should the recovery weaken. Inflation eased to 2.4 percent ...
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Outsourcing firms help Britains FTSE steady at 13-year high
By Francesco Canepa LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 steadied at near-13-year highs early on Tuesday, as rallies in outsourcing companies Capita and G4S offset a sharp fall in cruise operator Carnival Corporation. Capita rose 6.3 percent to ...
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Camerons leadership under fire Politics live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including David Cameron's attempts to repair relations with his party and criticism of his ...
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Nick Buckles unexpectedly quits as CEO of G4S
G4S , the company responsible for the botched handling of security at last year's Olympics.Buckles is being replaced by the company's chief financial officer, Ashley Almanza, who only joined G4S three weeks ago.The world's largest security company told the City this morning that Buckles, who was paid a basic salary of 830,000 a year, will leave on 31 May.His abrupt departure comes ...
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The Apprentice star – the next David Attenborough | Media Monkey
Apprentice there is a pretty reliable quotient of hapless souls who humiliate themselves on TV. And then there are contestants like Natalie Panayi. The 30-year-old recruitment manager was sent to a farm on a task. "Look at this horse, that one is beautiful," she excitedly exclaims - while looking at paddock full of cows. In true Apprentice fashion, she attempts to downplay the fact ...
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Vodafone revenues hit by southern European slowdown
Europe saw its takings there fall by almost 17%.With its finances under pressure, the British mobile phone giant said it would reinvest next month's 2.1bn dividend from US subsidiary Verizon Wireless in the business, rather than returning cash to shareholders.Overall revenues at the British mobile phone company fell by 4.2% to 44.4bn, marking the first such contraction in the company's ...
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Stubbings family urge inquiry into police failings
Maria Stubbings was murdered in her home in Chelmsford, Essex, in December 2008 by her former boyfriend Marc Chivers. Photograph: Essex ...
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UPDATE 2-Vodafone keeps Verizon payout after European weakness
Tue May 21, 2013 4:14am EDT * Biggest ever fall in organic service revenue * FY earnings down 3.1 percent, just beating market view * CEO refuses to comment on sale of Verizon stake * Will keep hold of latest Verizon payout * Shares flat By Kate Holton and Paul Sandle LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Vodafone posted the largest ever fall in its main revenue measure on Tuesday, forcing it to keep a ...
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Foden desperate to finish on a high
After experiencing several lows, Northampton full-back, Ben Foden is desperate to finish the season on a high by hoisting the Premiership crown at Twickenham on Saturday. An ankle injury in September of last year ruled Foden out of the autumn internationals, leaving the England number 15 jersey free for Alex Goode to step into.And despite the 27-year-old Foden returning to domestic action at ...
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Nick Buckles G4S boss to stand down just months after London 2012 Olympics shambles
The boss of security giant G4S is to stand down - just months after he came under fire for his company's botched handling of its Olympics Games contract. Chief executive Nick Buckles, who was paid a total of 1.2 million in 2012, was instrumental in creating the G4S business through the merger of Securicor and the security businesses of Group 4 Falck in 2004. He is to retire from the ...
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Nigel Evans Tory MP faces third sex attack probe as police raid his House of Commons office
Tory Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans of sexual assault, it emerged today.And MPs appeared stunned when his boss John Bercow announced that police with a crown court warrant had searched Mr Evans' office in the Commons.Detectives investigating allegations against the Conservative MP seized "parliamentary material" during the operation.Speaker Bercow told a hushed afternoon sitting: ...
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Julian Stevenson CCTV footage shows happy kids choosing sweets with dad hours before he slit their throats
murdering his two young children by slitting their throats was today described as a Jekyll and Hyde character.Neighbours said 48-year-old Julian Stevenson was normally mild-mannered and friendly - but his mood could change dramatically after a few drinks.And they fear he may have finally snapped following a bitter custody battle.But there was no sign of the impending horror as British expat ...
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Dice Man books influenced business tycoon Sir Richard Branson
Business tycoon Sir Richard Branson has told how he was heavily influenced by the Dice Man books - which encouraged readers to hand over decisions to the throw of a ...
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Marks Spencer profits fall again
Marks & Spencer have fallen for the second year in a row as its much maligned womenswear divison continued to disappoint.UK sales fell 1% overall, dragged down by a poor performance in general merchandise, which dropped 4.1% on a like-for-like basis.The results could have been worse had it not been for a 4.5% rise in international sales and a 16.6% boost in multichannel business. Food was ...
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One giant leap for Britain UKs first official astronaut Major Tim Peake on tweeting like Chris Hadfield and missing his wife and sons
Ground control to Major Tim: former Apache helicopter pilot Tim Peake to be Britain's first official astronaut for 20 years with International Space Station ...
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UK competition watchdog may force cement makers to sell plants
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator may force major cement producers to sell plants as part of efforts to break open the country's cement market, after finding a limited number of players was likely to be causing higher prices. ...
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Report into Basildon hospital condemns service failure - video
Tina Papalabropoulos, 23, died of aspiration pneumonia at Basildon hospital in 2009. As an NHS ombudsman report into her death is published, her mother, Christine, speaks about the negligent care Tina received, the family's struggle for recognition of their case, and her unwitting role in her daughter's ...
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Oklahoma tornado At least 20 schoolchildren among 91 dead after twister HALF A MILE wide rips through city
A monstrous tornado at least a half a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening neighbourhoods and destroying a school as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200mph.At least 91 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, a community of 41,000 ...
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Ray Manzarek dead Tributes to The Doors keyboard player who passes away after cancer battle
Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founding member of The Doors, died today after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74.His manager said he died this afternoon in Rosenheim, Germany surrounded by his wife Dorothy Manzarek, and brothers Rick and James.Manzarek is best known for his work with The Doors who formed in 1965 when Manzarek had a chance encounter on Venice Beach with poet Jim ...
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Oklahoma tornado Watch footage of the devastating 200mph twister
At least 20 schoolchildren are among 91 dead after a twister HALF A MILE wide ripped through Oklahoma City.It flattened neighbourhoods and destroyed a school as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200mph.These videos show the ...
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The masculinity debate no wonder men stay out of it | Jack OSullivan
'A consequence of boys and men living in private matriarchies is that even the most senior male chief executive often lacks confidence in areas that might be defined as personal, private or ...
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Parker Spurs pound Grizzlies in opener
The San Antonio Spurs drained 14 three-pointers in a convincing 105-83 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Sunday's opening game of the NBA's Western Conference ...
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Vodafone posts biggest fall in service revenue
Vodafone posted its largest ever quarterly fall in key organic service revenue on Tuesday, prompting it to keep hold of a dividend from its US arm and reinvest it into the business and not return it to shareholders. The world's second largest mobile operator, at the centre of intense speculation as to whether it will sell its US arm in one of the world's largest deals, posted a 4.2% ...
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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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