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Former U.K. Finance minister Nigel Lawson calls for EU exit
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
Former U.K. Finance minister, Nigel Lawson has called for Britain to exit European Union on Tuesday to put more pressure on the Prime Minister David Cameron, who is currently in support of Britain’s membership of the union.
Writing in the Times newspaper, Mr. Lawson has insisted that the “case”
Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 10:32
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Cornwall speedboat crash: Britain’s Sky boss and daughter named among victims
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
British managing director of Sky’s advertising sales division, Sky Media and his daughter were declared to be named among the victims in Cornwall speedboat tragedy.
Nick Milligan, 51, was confirmed to be a victim of the tragedy that happened when the boat his family was riding in the Camel Estuary
Last Updated on Monday, 06 May 2013 11:32
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SWA’s challenge against Scottish alcohol minimum pricing plan faces rejection
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and other European spirits producers’ legal challenge against the introduction of alcohol minimum unit price in Scotland, has been dismissed by Edinburgh's highest court.
Scotland's highest civil court has rejected SWA’s appeal against legislation which would see a
Last Updated on Friday, 03 May 2013 11:51
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Ex-BBC presenter Stuart Hall admits indecent assaults on children
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
Ex-BBC presenter Stuart Hall admits indecently assaulting 13 young girls, aging from nine to seventeen; for over two decade, has now been branded as an "opportunistic predator".
Mr. Hall, 83-year-old of Wilmslow, Cheshire, entered guilty pleas last month at Preston Crown Court and the details are
Last Updated on Thursday, 02 May 2013 13:36
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U.K. Supreme Court ruling declares Britain in breach of EU air pollution rules
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
British Supreme court have passed a ruling that the U.K. government is in breach of its legal obligation to reduce air pollution, and call for the European Commission to take immediate legal action to enforce EU air quality law.
Five British judges of Supreme Court found that the government was in
Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 11:56
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UK Ministry of Defense Deems Wind Towers a National Security Threat
Category: England Written by John C.K. Daly
Twenty-plus years on, the collapse of the USSR in 1991 threatened massive Western defense budgets, bereft of a major enemy like the “Evil Empire.”
Western militaries conveniently found a new global enemy a decade later following the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, and since then, they have
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 17:27
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Clegg rules out controversial government’s proposal of "snoopers' charter"
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said that controversial government’s plans for a "snoopers' charter" which would authorize police and security services to get access to the individuals' records of internet use is "not going to happen" under the Liberal Democrats government.
However, Prime
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 April 2013 11:58
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