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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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16th Oct 09

Leona Lewis hit in the head in cowardly attack

by Katie Naylor

Popstar Leona Lewis was hit in the back fo the head as she signed copies of her autobiography for fans, according to her spokesman.
The 24 year-old and former winner of the X Factor TV show had been meeting with fans at Waterstone’s Piccadilly in London for around an hour and a half on Wednesday when [...]

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14th Oct 09

Jacqui Smith apologises over expenses

by Harry Oldfield

An inquiry was launched into Jacqui Smith’s expenses claims after it was revealed she had designated her family home in the West Midlands as her secondary residence for expenses purposes, while listing a room at her sister’s London residence, where she lodged as her primary home.
For three years between 2006 and 2009, Ms Smith claimed [...]

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18th Sep 09

‘Ben Hur Live’ opens in London

by Natasha Redman

The stage version of the classic “Ben Hur” opened yesterday at London’s 02 arena. The world premier will be followed by a European tour.
“Ben Hur Live” has taken its producer Franz Abraham 15 years to produce. The German producer hopes the show will run for 50 years.  The show is directed by Philip McKinley, who [...]

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17th Sep 09

London socialite cleared of drunken aircraft behaviour

by Paul Russell

Socialite Claire Irby, descendant of the Guinness brewing family, has been cleared of charges relating to her behaviour aboard a Kingfisher Airlines flight in March.
The ruling came yesterday, September 16, about six months after the charges were filed.  Jurors were asked to rule on whether Claire Irby had been drunk on the aircraft while being [...]

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