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UK retail magnate Sir Philip Green has been chosen by the government to conduct an external review into spending cuts by the coalition government. The fashion billionaire will head a team of officials based in the Cabinet Office and the Treasure who will carry out an audit of spending cuts.
Green owns a retail empire that [...]

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2nd Jun 10

Ad campaigns in tatters as Walcott cut from World Cup team

by Harry Oldfield

Multi-million-pound advertising campaigns from some of the biggest names in retailing lie in ruins today, after Arsenal player Theo Walcott was dramatically dropped from England’s World Cup squad. Companies like Nike and Marks & Spencer have already spent millions of pounds on World Cup ad campaigns in which Walcott does more than simply appear.
The advertisements [...]

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12th May 10

Study shows coffee breaks boost office productivity

by Natasha Redman

Men in offices everywhere are likely to greet the release of a new study with a hearty mug of java. The study finds a range of benefits that mean taking coffee breaks can result in everything from harder work and enhanced effectiveness to a distinct possibility that lives could be saved.
Researchers at the London School [...]

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8th Apr 10

Separation surgery successful for conjoined twins

by Harry Oldfield

After a 14-hour operation, four month-old conjoined twins Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf were successfully separated at a hospital in London. The procedure took place in London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, where the twins, joined at the chest at birth, are now resting comfortably in the hospital’s intensive-care ward.
The twins were feared to have been joined [...]

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23rd Mar 10

Brad Pitt makes an appearance in London for Kick-Ass movie

by Natasha Redman

Producer of the film Kick-Ass, Brad Pitt was among the stars of the superhero film who greeted fans outside of London’s Leicester Square last night. Pitt made a low key appearance, while showing up in a beanie hat, while signing autographs for fans before he entered the theatre.
The film, which stars Chloe Moretz and Aaron [...]

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20th Nov 09

Britons benefit from shopping sprees in New York

by Paul Russell

British tourists are planning to head to New York over the festive holiday season will benefit from saving up to 70 per cent following the recent strengthening of the pound against the dollar.
Even though the price of items has risen in both cities by 1 per cent in the last 12 months, the sterling has [...]

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12th Nov 09

Top 20 list of influential people of London released

by Natasha Redman

Stella McCartney, Simon Cowell and Dizzee Rascal were today named in the top 20 most influence people in London, joining Mayor Boris Johnson and Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson in the annual list of the most powerful figures in the UK’s capital.
London Mayor, Boris Johnson, topped the list with Business Secretary Peter Mandelson in second [...]

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28th Oct 09

Mohamed Al Fayed expresses desire to become Scottish president

by Paul Russell

Owner of luxury department store Harrods, Mohamed Al Fayed has announced that his greatest ambition in life was to become the first President of Scotland.
The millionaire Egyptian, who has been refused a British Passport, would like the SNP to break up the UK.
Al Fayed has urged his ‘fellow Scots’ to detach themselves from England and [...]

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28th Oct 09

New Michael Jackson album released

by Natasha Redman

Michael Jackson’s latest album has been released, beginning a week of celebrations of te late singer’s life.
Jackson died in June at the age of 50, just weeks before his 50-date come back concernts, also called ‘This Is It’ were due to kick off in London.
The two-disc album, titled This Is It, contains songs included in [...]

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22nd Oct 09

Barclays customers hit by skimming

by Sally Davies

Many Barclays customers have lost thousands of pounds following a scam where their cards appeared to be swallowed by the bank’s ATMs.
A fresh wave of ATM fraud, masterminded by a network of eastern European gangs has affected Barclays Bank ATMs in London, Essex, West Sussex, Leicestershire and Wales.
Known as a ‘Lebanese Loop, the fraud involves [...]

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