Chinese work 16 hours a day to make Olympic toys
July 25th, 2012 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS) Workers in sweatshops across China who are making toys of London Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville are toiling for up to 16 hours a day in ... Read more...
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Britain’s consumer spending slows in March
April 24th, 2012 - 7:19 am ICT by IANS
London, April 24 (IANS) British consumer spending power continued to slow in March, dropping by 1.1 percent compared to a year earlier reaching the lowest level since February 2011, Lloyds ... Read more...
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Activists slam dog food menu in Philippines
July 10th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 10 (IANS) Half-a-million dogs in the Philippines end up in restaurants annually after they are snatched from streets and illegally slaughtered to satisfy the growing taste for dog ... Read more...
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Businesswoman re-mortgages home for kids’ breakfast club
June 12th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 12 (IANS) A businesswoman in east London re-mortagaged her home to establish a breakfast club after learning that one-fourth of Britain's primary pupils were too hungry to learn.Today, ... Read more...
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Now, Amazon’s Kindle to display ads while browsing novels
April 18th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 18 (ANI): Amazon's most popular product Kindle may soon give you a very different reading experience as they will carry advertising for the first time.In a move that has alarmed ... Read more...
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How EU wastes aid billions in Africa revealed
April 18th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 18 (ANI): Billions of taxpayers' cash is being spent on spurious aid projects through the European Union, including giving dance lessons to Africans who earn less than 70 pence a ... Read more...
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Now, stamps on William-Kate wedding
March 29th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 29 (IANS) Britain's Royal Mail has brought out a new set of postage stamps featuring Prince William and his bride, Kate Middleton, ahead of their April 29 ... Read more...
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British defence ministry spent 50 mn pounds to host VIPs
March 8th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 8 (IANS) Even as 11,000 British troops face the axe as part of efforts to reduce the defence budget, a media report said the country's defence chiefs spent ... Read more...
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Pranksters target Tesco garage petrol sign in Fleetsbridge
February 22nd, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Fleetsbridge, Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 24-hour Tesco garage in Fleetsbridge was the target of pranksters on Sunday.The price of unleaded petrol was changed from the normal 125.9 pence per liter ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Scientists come up with low-cost ‘artificial petrol’
January 31st, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) Artificial petrol that costs 19 pence per litre could be available in as little as three years.
Scientists in Britain are refining the recipe for a hydrogen-based fuel ... Read more...
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Aussie dollar keeps on climbing, maintains parity-plus levels with US counterpart
December 29th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 29 (ANI): The Australian dollar has continued to rise over the Christmas break, maintaining parity-plus levels with its US counterpart and trading at a record against the European common currency.The ... Read more...
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Justin Bieber donates $1 from every concert ticket sale to charity
December 28th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): Teenage pop sensation Justin Bieber, who went from being a poor kid to an international superstar in just a year, donates 1 dollar (66 pence) from every concert ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Mobile phone that’s cheaper than a cup of coffee
November 7th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 7 (IANS) Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse is introducing the ultimate throwaway accessory - the 99-pence mobile phone.Available in a range of colours, the handset is the perfect Christmas ... Read more...
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Armie Hammer Shines In “The Social Network”
October 3rd, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) David Fincher directed movie "The Social Network" which hit the box office on October 1 has received wide appreciation from the audience and topped the box-office ... Read more...
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Smart pill alerts heart patients about next dose
August 16th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 16 (IANS) A 'smart' pill that texts your cellphone when your next dose is due is undergoing tests in Britain.
The chips in the pills alert a patch attached to ... Read more...
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Now, a hi-tech pill that will text you when it’s time to take another dose
August 14th, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 14 (ANI): Here's some good news for those who tend to forget taking their medications on time-a 'smart' pill that texts patients' mobile phones when it is time to take ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
4 in 5 Britons carry on eating even when they are full
August 12th, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 12 (ANI): 'Finish what's on your plate' doesn't seem like such a great idea anymore, especially if you are full. In fact, the very same rule could be making us ... Read more...
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UK high street stores found forcing staff to do sweatshop duty in India
August 8th, 2010 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.8 (ANI): Britain's best-known high street stores -- Gap, Next and Marks and Spencer -- have reportedly launched inquiries into abuse of working regulations at their Indian suppliers, which have resulted ... Read more...
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Bicycles latest public transport in London from Friday
July 29th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, July 29 (IANS) Bicycles will become London's latest mode of public transport from Friday.By early Friday morning, 6,000 bicycles will be loaded into 350 bays - or docking ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Dettol maker buys Durex condom manufacturer
July 21st, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 21 (IANS) The British company which makes the world famous Durex condoms is being sold to an Anglo-Dutch home products world leader which makes the equally famous throat lozenges Strepsils ... Read more...
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Oil flow contained - BP stock is slightly up
July 17th, 2010 - 2:16 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The incessant flow of oil that has been stopped in the Gulf of Mexico’s oilrig seems to be a source of good news for both residents of ... Read more...
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Cost of maintaining British royal family drops
July 5th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 5 (IANS) Maintaining the British Queen and the royal family cost 62 pence per person last year, down 7 pence as compared to a year before, Buckingham Palace accounts show.
The ... Read more...
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BP shares plunge 15 percent as efforts to stop oil spill fail
June 1st, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (DPA) Shares in oil giant British Petroleum (BP) dropped sharply on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Tuesday following the company's admission that its "top kill" effort to seal the ... Read more...
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Glazer Family rules out selling Manchester United
March 2nd, 2010 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 2 (ANI): The Glazer Family, American owners of Manchester United, have ruled out selling the English Premier League club.Speculation mounted on Monday after a number of leading businessmen, labelled the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Men, not women, spend more time getting ready
February 10th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 10 (ANI): Men use beauty products and take more time than women to look their finest, a new UK study has revealed.The study of 3,000 men found that males ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Lanka labourers earning basic wages while producing for UK fashion retailers
January 31st, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Jan.31 (ANI): Factory workers in Sri Lanka are struggling to survive on basic wages as low as 25 pence an hour to produce clothes for leading British retailers, who say they ... Read more...
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Britain worries as Kraft takes over iconic Cadbury (Lead)
January 19th, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Jan 19 (IANS) US food giant Kraft was set to take over the 186-year-old confectioners Cadbury Tuesday amid a fresh outpouring of concern and anger in Britain over ... Read more...
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Cadbury rejects Kraft’s takeover offer
December 14th, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) Britain-based global confectionery and processed foods major Cadbury Monday rejected the $16.7-billion hostile takeover bid by Kraft of the US, saying it "substantially" undervalues the company.
"Cadbury is an ... Read more...
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England football fans plan to make World Cup a carnival of drinking
December 6th, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI
Cape Town (S. Africa), Dec. 6 (ANI): Fans of World cup soccer plan to make next year's World Cup here, a carnival of drinking, but the country's brewery chiefs fear South Africa ... Read more...
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Brit girl, 10, puts ‘annoying but cuddly’ grandma on eBay!
October 1st, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 1 (ANI): A 10-year-old British schoolgirl tired of her grandmother's "moaning" decided to sell her on eBay.Zoe Pemberton, a pupil at the Great Clacton Church of England Junior School, described ... Read more...
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London’s bridges clash over updates, tolls on Twitter
September 12th, 2009 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 12 (ANI): Britain's most famous bridges are at loggerheads on Twitter, by teasing each other not only for their updates, but also over toll prices.The famous London Bridge is relentlessly ... Read more...
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Credit crunch bride has best wedding in 99 pence eBay dress
July 27th, 2009 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 27 (ANI): While most brides would spend a lot on their wedding, recession-hit Brit Suzanne Daniels has shown that one can have the best even if it comes at 99 ... Read more...
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Terry slithers to glory in ‘World’s Fastest Snail’ race
July 19th, 2009 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
London, July 19 (DPA) Terry the snail was declared the World's fastest of his kind Saturday, slithering to victory in an annual race in eastern England, taking two minutes 49 seconds to ... Read more...
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Tufnell goes Aussie ’sledging’ with Ashes anthem song
June 20th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 20 (ANI): As cricket fever sweeps England, Marmite and Phil Tufnell have got together to give the Aussies a sound verbal thrashing with their new cricket anthem The Ashes Song.Phil ... Read more...
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Obama’s ancestor received just 12 pence from his father
April 11th, 2009 - 7:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.11 (ANI): Thomas Blossom, US President Barack Obama's ancestor was given just 12 pence by his father Peter.Peter Blossom was a farm labourer in Stapleford, near Cambridge and his son ... Read more...
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