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Spain eked out a 1-0 victory during its semi-final match against Germany, and is now set to face the Netherlands squad for the World Cup championship on Sunday. The Germans were hoping to advance to the finals yet again to grab a chance to win their fourth championship on football’s greatest stage, but fell short [...]
(Read More)8th Jul 10
Kent man freed from Thai prison
by Paul Russell
A Kent man, who was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, under suspicion of inciting rioters to burn down a shopping mall, has been freed from a Thai prison. Jeff Savage, 48, who pleaded guilty to breaching an emergency decree issued by the Thai government during the red-shirt crisis earlier this year, was initially sentenced to three [...]
(Read More)8th Jul 10
EU bans illegal timber
by Katie Naylor
The European Union parliament voted in favour of banning the sale and use of illegal timber, a move which has been warmly received by environmental-activist group Greenpeace. The legislation received an overwhelming majority during the vote, 644-25, which will ultimately lead to new rules to be put in place regarding illegal timber sales, set to [...]
(Read More)8th Jul 10
Pay claim decision threatens jobs at Vodafone
by Harry Oldfield
A recent decision made by the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) regarding a pay claim against Vodafone may result in redundancies for some of its employees. The Communication Workers Union filed the grievance against the telecommunications giant, with the ultimate result being an LRC recommendation that Vodafone pay a two per cent pay increase to 20 [...]
(Read More)8th Jul 10
Ella MacPherson scorned for rhino horn use
by Adam Richards
Supermodel Ella MacPherson has become the subject of global scorn after it was revealed that she uses crushed rhino horns as part of a Chinese beauty therapy. The information was released by The Times Online via a tweet on internet social-networking site Twitter, after the journal conducted an interview with the superstar. According the MacPherson, [...]
(Read More)7th Jul 10
Arrests made after girl killed by fence
by Sally Davies
Two arrests were made in connection with the death of a six-year-old girl who was killed when an electric fence crushed her in Moss Side. Semelia Campbell was trapped between a rolling electric gate and a brick post on 28 June, and was killed before the fence could be turned off by her mother, who [...]
(Read More)7th Jul 10
Bedfordshire girl sent to hospital after nut kiss
by Natasha Redman
A 14-year-old girl suffering from a peanut allergy had to be rushed to the emergency room after she kissed her boyfriend, as the young man had eaten cereal with hazelnuts for breakfast. Laura Kukic, from Bedfordshire, had an adverse reaction to the small trace of peanut that got into her system from the kiss, and [...]
(Read More)7th Jul 10
Tesco to exhume human remains in Linwood
by Katie Naylor
Tesco, one of the leading supermarkets in the UK, has been granted permission to exhume human remains in order to start construction on a new store in Linwood. Tesco hired a genealogist to discover the descendants of those buried in the vault, covered in the 1940s by a parish church, and believes the remains to [...]
(Read More)7th Jul 10
Jamie Oliver celebrates ten years with Sainsbury
by Harry Oldfield
Jamie Oliver has been working with Sainsbury’s for ten years, and the two have enjoyed tremendous success together as the leading chef in the UK has spent a decade teaching Britons how to cook. Oliver was an instant hit when he debuted in 2000, as sales for his prawn curry ingredients, the recipe of his [...]
(Read More)7th Jul 10
UK retailers predict top Christmas toys
by Adam Richards
Toy sellers throughout the UK have predicted what they think will be the top selling toys during the 2010 Christmas holidays, with Hamleys claiming that Stinky the Garbage Truck may be the number-one seller, perhaps to the chagrin of many parents. The electronic toy sings, dances, and is smelly enough to keep children entertained and [...]
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