Cleaniness freak Brad Pitt
September 18th, 2012 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 18 (IANS) Actor Brad Pitt has become a clean-freak. He has turned his hand to household chores while fiancee, Angelina Jolie has been visiting a war zone."Brad ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
British air steward made bomb threat to impress employer
August 22nd, 2012 - 1:10 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- A British air steward who wrote a threatening message on the back of a toilet door during a flight from London to the Japanese capital of Tokyo ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Stonehenge marks Britain’s unification, says study
June 24th, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 24 (IANS) Stonehenge was built as a monument to unify Britain, after a long period of conflict and regional difference between eastern and western parts of the landmass, ... Read more...
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Britain braces for cold again
March 3rd, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 3 (IANS) After enjoying balmy weather in late February, Britain is set to be plunged into freezing temperatures this weekend.The temperatures could hit as low as minus five ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Woman rides wheelchair over two miles to kill herself
February 26th, 2012 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 25 (IANS) A British woman having multiple sclerosis rode her wheelchair over two miles to throw herself into a canal after she failed to persuade her sister to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nightingales may be extinct in 30 years!
May 30th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 30 (IANS) The nightingale - made immortal in an ode by famous British poet John Keats - could become extinct within 30 years, scientists have predicted.Population of the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
vHeavy rains may pour misery on Will-Kat royal wedding day
April 26th, 2011 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 26 (ANI): It could be a wet wedding for Prince William and Kate Middleton as forecasters are predicting that the celebrations could be dampened by the notorious British weather.Despite ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Prehistoric man ‘navigated his way across England using crude sat nav’
April 20th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 20 (ANI): Historians have claimed that prehistoric man navigated his way across England using a crude version of sat nav based on stone circle markers.They were able to travel between ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Study shows the way we live directly affects the length of our bodies
March 27th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 27 (ANI): It is widely believed that people from the upper class look down on individuals belonging to the middle and lower classes.Now, a 30-year-research by leading economists, biologists, historians ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How hoax of UFOs landing in UK sparked nationwide panic in 1967
March 5th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 5 (ANI): A new book has revealed how Britain's most successful UFO hoax sparked a nationwide panic in 1967, and duped even the highest echelons of Whitehall.Files released by the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
UK to withdraw counter-terrorism project funds to end multiculturalism
February 12th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): The British government plans to withdraw over 1.2 million pounds in funds allotted for its controversial counter-terrorism projects.According to The Telegraph, the first target of the ... Read more...
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Kate Middleton Turns 29
January 9th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kate Middleton who turns 29 on Sunday will be celebrating her last birthday as a commoner. The soon-to-become-royal bride will be celebrating the special day with ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Scottish Singer And Songwriter Gerry Rafferty Dies At 63
January 5th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Jan 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Highly acclaimed singer and songwriter Gerry Rafferty breathed his last at his home in Dorset, southern England. His representative, Paul Charles confirmed the news to the ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Meet the 72-yr-old UK man who drove in circles for 3 days in heavy snow!
December 27th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 27 (ANI): A man in the UK spent three days driving around southern England, before he was found on Christmas Day, after his wife's flight was switched from Heathrow airport ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Worker assembles dinosaur dolphin fossil piece by piece
September 27th, 2010 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 27 (IANS) For the likes of Mike Harrison, a part-time worker, it represented the ultimate prehistoric jigsaw.
Harrison's discovery of a piece of the skull of an ichthyosaur soon after a ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Kids as young as 7 becoming car thieves in UK
September 7th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 7 (ANI): The Oxford police are searching for a car thief who is believed to be as young as seven.There have been fears that hardened criminals are increasingly employing children ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
English council bans mini-skirts in office
July 31st, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
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0Melbourne, July 31 (ANI): A council has warned its women
employees not to wear short skirts to office or else they could be sent home.An order released by ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Villa find indicates larger Roman control over Britain than thought
July 28th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 28 (ANI): An old villa recently discovered by archaeologists suggests that Roman control over Britain stretched even further than first thought.The villa belongs to the 4th Century and is situated ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
A hedge may have blocked onlookers from seeing secret rituals at Stonehenge
February 13th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): A new study has indicated that Stonehenge may have been surrounded by a hedge that blocked onlookers from seeing secret rituals.According to National Geographic News, evidence for ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Indian-born artist sculpts his way to Britain rich list
January 31st, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) Indian-born sculptor Anish Kapoor, famous for his massive installations around the world, has joined the ranks of Britain's super-rich artists and is now considering buying a five ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood arrested
December 3rd, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has been arrested on suspicion of assault, Surrey police have confirmed the news. However he was released on bail after ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Giant “super river” carved English Channel 450,000 years ago
November 30th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 30 (ANI): A team of scientists has discovered that a giant "super river" that carved its way through the chalky white hills connecting southern England to northern France about 450,000 ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Brit boy, 12, turns into girl after summer holidays
September 18th, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 18 (ANI): A 12-year-old boy in southern England returned to school as a girl after summer holidays.The child is preparing for sex-change surgery but when he reached school a special ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Early man used crude version of ’sat nav’ system to navigate across England
September 15th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 15 (ANI): In a new research, a scientist has found that prehistoric man navigated his way across England using a crude version of a satellite navigation system, which was based ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Sikhs on motorway inferno subjected to racist abuse
August 4th, 2009 - 9:40 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) A group of Sikh women and children who escaped a burning bus on a British highway last week were subjected to racist abuse by passing motorists, the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
51 headless men in 1,000-year-old English execution pit may be Vikings
July 29th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 29 (ANI): Archaeologists have found the bodies of 51 young men, their heads stacked neatly to the side, in a thousand-year-old pit in southern England, with a number of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
After Indian midday meals, curry lures British kids to school
July 26th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS) Truancy rates at a school in the British city of Southampton have dropped after parents were offered free Indian meals to stop their children from skipping lessons.
Truancy ... Read more...
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Ancient ceremonial complex in England 1,000 yrs older than Stonehenge
June 16th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 16 (ANI): Scientists, by spotting strange crop circle-like formations from the air, have discovered a huge prehistoric ceremonial complex in southern England, which dating back to 6,000 years, is ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Rare butterfly reveals role of habitat for species tackling climate change
February 25th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): A new research that tracked the recovery of a rare British butterfly over 18 years has shown it is possible to predict how fast a population will ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Threatened areas around UKs coastline revealed
October 13th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 13 (ANI): A new study has found that 173 miles of National Trust coastline and 2,105 acres of land in the UK could be affected in the coming decades ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Poll shows Labour wipeout in next Britain polls
September 21st, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 21 (ANI): A recent poll, described as largest ever, has found that the Labour Party would be miserably defeated in the next poll, while Tories leader David Cameron would ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Bring-your-own-beef barbecues in stone age?
September 12th, 2008 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) Animal remains at a site near Britain's Stonehenge region suggest that Neolithic people from as far away as Wales had brought their own livestock to barbecue at cultural ... Read more...
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Tiny dino could run as fast as an Olympian athlete
August 15th, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 15 (ANI): A new research has suggested that a small dinosaur, known as Hypsilophodon foxii, could run as fast as an Olympian athlete, and possessed a special adaptation that ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Iron Age British warrior with Roman links unearthed in England
August 9th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 9 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed the grave of an ancient British warrior with Roman links in southern England.
Experts associated with the excavation have revealed that buried along with ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Veggie dinos life and death revealed at British site
July 12th, 2008 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 12 (ANI): A new study on animal and plant remains excavated in southern England has revealed the life and death of a dinosaur known as Iguanodon.According to a report ... Read more...
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