Britons are lazy: Indian-origin MP
August 18th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) Britons are among the laziest people in the world, a group of Tory MPs, that include Indian-origin lawmaker Priti Patel, has written in a new book.Britons ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Wash clothes sparingly: Britons told
July 29th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) A British NGO wants people to wash their clothes less often to save the planet, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.The Waste and Resources Action Programme says ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
David Cameron’s iPad app to cost £20,000
March 5th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Mar 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) British Prime Minister David Cameron will soon be managing the country from the screen of his iPad. Cameron will be able to do so with the help ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
BBC spends millions on TV licence threat letters
March 5th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Mar 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Over the last four years, BBC has spent a staggering £13.5 million in the bid to retrieve unpaid television licence fees. The amount was used to send ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Spoiled convicts of Britain
October 14th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 14 (IANS) Prison officials at one of Britains's busiest jails are faced with a strange situation. They are being literally bombarded with thousands of trivial complaints by ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Thousands die due to poor British healthcare system
October 13th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 13 (IANS) Thousands of individuals in Britain are dying every year from treatable conditions at the hands of the National Health Service (NHS) because of Whitehall bureaucracy, a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Proposal to give Bin Lorry workers iPads criticized
August 30th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bury Council has been criticized for their decision to give bin-men iPads to do their job. The council members have been criticized for misplacing their priorities at ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
100 mn pounds loss as British student nurses dropping out
August 21st, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) A considerable number of trainee nurses in Britain are dropping out before finishing due to lack of funds, causing an estimated wastage of over 100 million ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Chopper to nab boy who broke greenhouse window
May 26th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 26 (IANS) British Police sent a helicopter, a riot van and two patrol cars to trace a teenager who broke a greenhouse window playing football, a media report ... Read more...
Posted in World |
On official trip to Pakistan, UK minister joins family wedding
April 16th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 16 (IANS) A Pakistani-origin British cabinet minister, who went on an official trip to the country to witness the devastation caused by floods, slipped out to attend a ... Read more...
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Baroness Warsi used taxpayer-funded Pak trip to attend lavish family wedding
April 16th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 16 (ANI): Tory party co-chairman Baroness Warsi, the first Muslim woman to serve in the British Cabinet, had used a taxpayer-funded official visit to Pakistan to attend a family wedding ... Read more...
Posted in World |
25 firemen rush to rescue one cat in Britain
April 6th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) Some 25 firemen and five fire engines were pressed into service to rescue a cat in Britain, a media report said Wednesday.The cat was perched on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
BBC bought iPads, iPhones not approved for staff
March 31st, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 31 (IANS) The BBC spent over 40,000 pounds last year on 104 flashy Apple iPads and iPhones even though they are not approved for use by its staff, ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
BBC spends 2,000 pounds a year on biscuits
March 27th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 27 (IANS) The BBC spends over 2,000 pounds a year on biscuits and 32,500 pounds on flowers for the reception area, a media report said Sunday.Citing information obtained ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Pregnant Brit mums swapping fruit vouchers for booze, ciggies
February 27th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Pregnant women in the UK are using NHS fruit and vegetable vouchers to obtain cigarettes and alcohol, reveals a Government report.The survey more than 2,000 retailers, health professionals ... Read more...
Posted in World |
UK public bodies splurge taxpayers’ money to teach officials how to walk
February 20th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 20 (ANI): Public bodies in the UK spent tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money telling officials how to walk, it has emerged.The Department of Health, HM Revenue and ... Read more...
Posted in World |
UK PM pay less than half of town hall chiefs.
February 14th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.14 (ANI): Nearly half of the Britain's council chiefs get bigger salaries than Prime Minister David Cameron. According to a Incomes Data Services study, the average earnings of 300 local ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Brit tax laws rulebook 10 times longer than Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’
February 12th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Length of the handbook detailing Britain's tax laws has increased more than two-fold since 1997, and is now almost ten times as long as the famous novel 'War ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Dangerous prisoners in Britain to become hairdressers
January 27th, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 27 (IANS) Dangerous convicts in Britain's "most notorious" lifers-only jail will now be allowed to use scissors and razors so that they can become hairdressers.Prison officials at the Kingston Prison ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Gay elements to be taught to four-year-olds in Britain
January 26th, 2011 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 26 (IANS) Young children in Britain as young as four are to be taught about homosexuality in their maths, geography, science and English textbooks.As part of a government-backed drive to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
British MPs draw flak for defying austerity measures
January 3rd, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 3 (IANS) Senior MPs in Britain have come under fire for celebrating the New Year with lavish holidays or by sipping champagne at an exclusive Commons fireworks party. The ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
UK council workers visit Facebook more than their own website!
December 24th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 24 (ANI): A secret audit report has revealed that council staff in UK spends majority of their time online surfing Facebook instead of their own website.eBay, Yahoo, gaming website ... Read more...
Posted in World |
EU diplomats get stick for lavish, wasteful lifestyle
December 6th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.6 (ANI): European Union diplomats are being strongly criticized and condemned for their lavish and wasteful lifestyle.The TaxPayers' Alliance has said that the European Union foreign service is an "unbelievable example ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Lavine Samma vows to have children till she gets a council house
November 22nd, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A woman has vowed to have as many children as she can possibly have. She currently has 5 and counting. She is currently pregnant with her sixth ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Over 2000 foreign criminals have left UK with triple bribes
November 10th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.10 (ANI): Bribes paid to get foreign criminals to leave Britain have tripled in the last month, the UK Border Agency has revealed.When the Government is stripping hard-working families of their ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Prisoners in Britain pick their own fancy meals
October 16th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 16 (IANS) Prisoners in Britain seem to be fed like hotel guests. They are offered a daily choice of five different meals, including a hot and cold meal option, a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Critics slam NHS advice to ‘bribe’ obese and smokers
September 27th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 27 (ANI): Critics have slammed the idea that NHS should pay fat people to lose weight and smokers to quit, and give children toys for eating their fruit and vegetables, ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
190,000-pound bridge to help mice cross road
August 25th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 25 (IANS) A bridge costing 190,000 pounds has been made in Britain to help dormice cross a busy road, a media report said Wednesday.
The Welsh assembly funded three high-wire ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
UK taxpayers’ money being spent on hookers?
August 16th, 2010 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 16 (ANI): Under a scheme started by the Labour Government in UK, taxpayers' money is reportedly being spent sending disabled people to hookers and lap dancing clubs.In addition to this, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Fury over taxpayer-funded Brit couple’s brood of 12
August 16th, 2010 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 16 (ANI): They have 11 children and one more in the queue, but Gary Bateman and Joanne Sheppard from UK, are living life as lavishly as possible.The jobless couple have ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Crooks to get cycles for an honest life
August 15th, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 15 (IANS) Criminals in a British county will be given bicycles on loan by the police to help them find jobs and lead an honest life.
Stolen bicycles, which were meant ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Brit criminals to get stolen bicycles from police to find jobs!
August 14th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 14 (ANI): Police in the UK will give criminals stolen bicycles to help them find jobs and go straight.Bikes, which would previously have been auctioned under the Police Property ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Just one in ten police officers free to fight crime in UK: Report
July 20th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 20(ANI): A British watchdog report has raised fresh concerns over the police's ability to protect the public, after it disclosed that just one in ten police officers is free to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Obese claimants claim 10 mn pounds in Britain
July 10th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 10 (IANS) About 2,000 people in Britain, who are on benefit because they are too fat to work, are costing taxpayers 10 million pounds a year.
A breakdown of official figures ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Outrage over blacking pool windows to protect Muslim women’s modesty
July 6th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 6 (ANI): A council in Britain has been slammed for blacking out the windows of a glass-panelled swimming pool in order to protect the modesty of Muslim women.The centre in ... Read more...
Posted in World |