British couple have 22 wedding ceremonies, eight more to go
August 9th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) The wedding day is termed as the "happiest day" in one's life and you can't ever have enough of happiness. A British couple is celebrating their ... Read more...
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Now, a superhero who picks up rubbish
March 14th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 14 (IANS) A small town in Britain is being helped by a superhero - the "Phantom Litter Man". Wearing a mask and a black cape emblazoned with ... Read more...
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Man barred from being with daughter alone
March 7th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 7 (IANS) A man in Britian has been banned from being alone with his eight-year-old daughter after he accidentally downloaded pornographic images of children.Scaffolder Nigel Robinson, 43, turned ... Read more...
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Junk food saves teen’s life from fatal liver disease
February 13th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 13 (IANS) A teenager who gorged on chocolates and junk food is on the road to recovery from a dreaded liver disease that could have killed her, says ... Read more...
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British kid ordered not to make noise while playing
August 30th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 30 (IANS) A four-year-old boy in Britain has been served notice by his local council not to make noise and play quietly.Parents Simon and Pippa Landsell were served ... Read more...
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Kite flying banned on British beach
June 10th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) Kite flying has been banned on a beach in Britain for "health and safety reasons".Anyone caught flying a kite on Bridlington's beaches could be fined up ... Read more...
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Masonic Hall transformed into Hindu Temple in England
April 22nd, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), April 22 (ANI): Former Central Masonic Hall in Hull (England, UK) is Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre now.Before it, Hindus in North and North-East Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire either had ... Read more...
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MPs allowed to ‘tweet’ during debates in Commons
March 25th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 25 (ANI): MPs are no longer barred from taking their iPads and Blackberrys into the Commons chamber to update their micro-blogging site 'Twitter' during debates.An official standards committee has said ... Read more...
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Jealous UK woman bites off partner’s ear!
February 12th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): A 44-year-old women in the UK reportedly bit off part of her partner's ear out of jealously.June Thomson attacked her former partner Trevor Wainman, 45, in a jealous ... Read more...
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Brit toddler takes cheesy route to beat rare disease
December 29th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 29 (ANI): A cheesy snack has helped a British toddler, who was told he could never eat normally, to beat a rare congenital disease.Hugo Smith, 2, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, ... Read more...
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Now, salsa lessons from soccer star Nobby Solano
November 18th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 18 (ANI): Reports are abuzz that footballer Nobby Solano is using his nifty footwork to give dancing lessons in a pub.The Peruvian soccer star recently helped set up a ... Read more...
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Gaddafi flies Italian women to Libya to marry them off to local men
November 13th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 13 (ANI): Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has flown young women from Italy to Libya with the aim of marrying them off to local men and to also educate them on the ... Read more...
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Now, just hypnotise your obesity away!
July 23rd, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 23 (ANI): British patients, who are obese, are being hypnotised into thinking their stomach is the size of a golf ball in a pioneering NHS treatment.The treatment, which is on ... Read more...
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Free porn sends burger sales soaring in UK!
June 17th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 17 (ANI): Police have confiscated a burger van whose owners gave free porn to people who spent more than five pounds on a burger.The owners of the van even played ... Read more...
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Cake thief makes amends - 50 years later
April 22nd, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 22 (IANS) A Briton, who was racked with guilt after stealing a cake as a schoolboy 50 years ago, decided to make amends by handing back a packet of the ... Read more...
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Slim trance may be the best way to lose weight
January 26th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 26 (ANI): Forget pills, special juices and diets, the best way to shed weight could be fitting oneself with "virtual gastric band", suggests a new study.In the new research, it ... Read more...
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Climate change nibbling away at Britain’s coastline
December 7th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 7 (DPA) The increase in the severity and frequency of flooding in Britain has lent fresh urgency to a reappraisal of the government's strategy to combat flooding and coastal erosion. ... Read more...
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Brit boy, 5, becomes youngest person to complete 214 Wainwright walks
October 20th, 2009 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 20 (ANI): A 5-year-old Brit boy has emerged as the youngest person to scale all 214 peaks in Alfred Wainwright's Lake District guide books.Sail Chapman, who is three feet ten ... Read more...
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Brits face three centuries’ wait to find a council house!
August 1st, 2009 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug. 1 (ANI): British nationals hoping to find a council house need to wait for nearly three hundred years due to chronic shortage of affordable housing, a shocking survey has revealed. ... Read more...
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Meet the Brit couple who received 24 toasters as wedding gifts
July 2nd, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 2 (ANI): A British couple were left surprised finding that they had received 24 toasters as wedding gifts.Claire and Stuart Linley, who married at Howden Minster, East Yorkshire, last ... Read more...
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Guidebook publishes list of worlds 500 endangered sites
October 27th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 27 (ANI): A new guidebook has published a list of 500 endangered sites across the world that are most at risk from developers and climate change.According to a ... Read more...
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Brit man forks out PS150k on Batmobile replica that cant be used on roads!
August 27th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 27 (ANI): A Brit businessman forked out a whopping 150,000 pounds on a copy of the Batmobile which cannot be used on the road.The copy of the amazing ... Read more...
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Woman gives birth to an 8lb baby boy at 8.08am on 08/08!
August 9th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 9 (ANI): A woman in England gave birth to a baby boy weighing eight pounds at exactly 8.08am this month, which happens to be the eighth month of 2008. ... Read more...
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Earthquake wakes up Britain
February 27th, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by admin
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London, Feb 27 (DPA) Britain's strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years woke up people across the country Wednesday morning, officials said. The earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale, according to the ... Read more...
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Earthquake shakes Britain, no report of injury
February 27th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by admin
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London, Feb 27 (DPA) An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale woke up people across Britain Wednesday, but there have been no reports of injury or damage, officials said. The earthquake ... Read more...
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IAF to induct Hawk AJTs tomorrow
February 22nd, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 11 (ANI): The Hawk-132 advanced jet trainers (AJTs) will be inducted into the Indian Air Force on Saturday in the presence of Defence Minister A. K. Antony.The induction ... Read more...
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