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Cannes you believe it Cheryl Cole and her twin sister Eva Longoria
With her flowing gown, perfectly sculpted brown locks and tiny figure, Cheryl Cole dazzles in France - but as this snap with Eva Longoria shows, two Cannes play that game.The Geordie singer and Hollywood actress had fans seeing double as they posed together at the film festival, with Eva tweeting: "Me and my twin sister @cherylcole at ...
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Store wars over royal baby clothes
The palace was reopened to the public in March 2012 after a 12 million transformation.Its shop also sells a large range of Princess Diana memorabilia, as the palace was famously Diana's home until her tragic death in 1997.Now Kate, who is more than seven months pregnant, can often be seen strolling through its gardens walking her cocker spaniel Lupo.She has recently been seen visiting shops ...
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British skier falls to his death in French Alps
The man, who has not been named, was out with another skier when they were caught in a storm as they descended the challenging Vallee Blanche near Chamonix.He plunged down the north face of the Aiguille du Midi mountain after the pair decided to return to the cable car because of dangerously high winds and blizzards.Mountain rescue teams have yet to recover his body.Captain Patrice Ribes, of ...
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Britain faces years of high inflation
Britons should be braced for years of high inflation as the cost of living soars stubbornly ahead of wages, a leading economic forecaster warned ...
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Madeleine Suspects Not Fully Investigated
Known paedophiles, holidaymakers and Ocean Club staff are thought to be among the dozen suspects identified in a Scotland Yard review of the Madeleine McCann case. Some of them at least have been questioned in the original Portuguese police investigation, but dismissed without being fully investigated. A source said: "British detectives on the McCann review have had major problems ...
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Privatised service puts patients at risk with lack of out-of-hours GPs
Mid Staffs scandal: NHS managers will be blacklisted for failure and patients will rate hospitals in major shake-up, announces Jeremy ...
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British PM urges more action on tax from UK territories
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain called upon its overseas territories to "get their house in order" over the sharing of tax information on Monday as the UK looks to lead a global fight against tax evasion ahead of a meeting of the world's wealthiest ...
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Britains Cameron makes personal plea to tax havens
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday wrote to leaders of oversees tax havens, urging them to help the country's efforts to combat tax evasion and avoidance.Cameron sent a letter to 10 British crown dependencies and overseas territories regarding the "critical" issues of tax information exchange and beneficial ownership, a practice which uses a nominal ...
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Holidaymakers risk big medical bills
47% of holidaymakers believe the EHIC gives them free emergency medical care anywhere in Europe and 6% believe cardholders get free medical repatriation, says research from ...
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Bupa opens new dental centre in Holborn
Bupa has opened a new dental centre in the heart of Holborn, London, as part of its plan to become one of the country's leading dental ...
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Westfield says GP access is a problem
49% of patients want to see their GP surgery's opening hours extended to include more convenient times, with more early morning, evening or weekend opening, according to a new survey by Westfield ...
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Keeping your teeth healthy without seeing a dentist
There is no longer be a need to see a dentist before seeing a dental hygienist or dental therapist for your care, whether you are treated on the NHS or ...
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Customer satisfaction at the heart of Engage Mutual
Engage Mutual's commitment to outstanding customer service has again been recognised by an annual customer satisfaction survey that compares performance across the life insurance ...
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England Wales Bishops Host Scripture Conference
Bishop Brignoll: Giving People Confidence in the Word So As to Proclaim ItBy Ann SchneibleROME, April 29, 2013 (Zenit.org) - A conference aiming to promote a deeper understanding of sacred Scripture among the Catholic community in England and Wales concluded last week in Durham, England."The Word of the Lord" sponsored by the Bishops' Conference for England and Wales, focused ...
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Britains Cameron ‘losing control’ as rift with Conservative Party core widens
British Prime Minister David Cameron is "losing control of his party," Conservative Party grandee Geoffrey Howe said on Sunday, as a row raged over whether a close aide to Mr. Cameron had labelled grassroots activists "mad, swivel-eyed loons."The furore threatens to further alienate Mr. Cameron and his inner circle from the core of his party, with whom ties are already almost ...
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Michael Jackson maid saw singer in shower with abuse claim boy
A man's claims that he was molested by Michael Jackson when he was a child have been backed up by the singer's former maid.Blanca Francia, 57, claimed she walked in on Jackson showering with Australian Wade Robson - and is willing to say so in a court battle Wade has launched.Blanca, whose son Jason also insists the King of Pop molested him at his Neverland ranch, said: "Michael ...
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Les Dawson scripts found 20 years after his death
boisterous northern comedian who didn't take life too seriously. They would roar with laughter at the gurning faces and rapid-fire jokes.But behind the curmudgeonly persona he portrayed on stage, Les Dawson was quite a different character.The real man has been revealed in a series of scripts, letters and diaries only recently discovered since his death from a heart attack two decades ago.In ...
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Revellers turn up to celebration of British wartime spirit wearing NAZI UNIFORMS
History is written by the victors, but it didn't stop these fancy dress Nazis turning up at a wartime festival and trampling a ban under their jackboots.Organisers of the annual 1940s event faced complaints last year from Germans offended by the flaunting of regalia linked to the Holocaust.This year, signs warning "No Nazi or SS insignia or uniforms on these premises" were ...
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Jon Bon Jovis daughters drugs nightmare
He was fast asleep when the call came. The phone by Jon Bon Jovi's bed ringing at 2am, bringing the kind of news every parent dreads.His teenage daughter Stephanie was calling from hospital.First she calmly insisted: "I'm all right", but any relief was short-lived as she went on to tell her devastated rocker dad she had overdosed on heroin."It was horrible, a horrible ...
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David Cameron stinks of defeat
The Prime Minister stinks of defeat, a weak Conservative leader on skid row.The overpowering smell of failure, incompetence and chaos is suffocating. Cameron's difficulties started when he failed to win outright three years ago in what were good times for the Tories.The U-turns and incompetence, compromises of ConDem coalition, have drained away his authority.Every group, Left and Right, ...
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Coronation Street boss says EastEnders robbed Corrie of a Bafta
this weekend's British Soap Awards boss Stuart Blackburn insisted his show should have won a Bafta as well.Blackburn said his Street stars had been robbed by BBC1's EastEnders, which ...
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Retired furniture salesman 78 becomes 2nd dan black belt in judo
Irwin Eaton took up the sport after watching his cousin take part nearly 20 years ago and was awarded his first black belt as he celebrated his 70th ...
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Fancy a brew A cup of coffee every day can prevent liver disease
A cup of coffee a day could stave off liver disease.The drink has been found to protect against primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare inflammatory disease that can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure and biliary cancer.Drinking even a few more cups of coffee each month was linked to a lower risk of PSC, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.They examined patients with ...
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Tia Sharp killer Stuart Hazell boasted that EastEnders star was his pal
Fantasist Stuart Hazell , 37, told his family he was "best mates" with John Altman, who played murderer Nick in the BBC soap. But the actor cannot even recall meeting him.Hazell's gran, Ruby Tilley, 81, said he boasted about knowing the star. She revealed: "He said they were always together. I think he said they met in a pub somewhere."Stuart gave me a picture. I said ...
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Imran Khan accuses rivals of involvement in murder
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has blamed election opponents for the killing of one of his senior allies.Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's Movement for Justice party (PTI), led by Khan.She was killed by gunmen on a motorcycle outside her home in Karachi.Her murder took place the night before a partial re-run of Pakistan's general election.Imran ...
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Britain losing interest in leading?
Britain was once the most powerful country in the world, it ran an empire that was the envy of every other colonial power, and gave the world a number of modern institutions that are still widely used today, most notable in the realm of political systems and democratic checks and balances. But Britain today is a shadow of what it once was, some might say it is just another country, nothing special.
Perhaps it’s a little harsh to say there’s nothing special about the UK. The United Kingdom remains an influential country in international politics, especially throughout the Commonwealth, and the capital city, London, is headquarters to some of the world’s biggest companies and home to one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. Read more
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