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London, Sep 28 (ANI): Disgraced golfer Tiger Woods landed in Britain with his US Ryder Cup team-mates this week without a WAG. Their wives and girlfriends accompanied America’s stars, led by captain Corey Pavin, when their plane landed in Cardiff. But Woods, 34, cut a lonely figure following his 65million pounds divorce from wife Elin [...]

London, Sep 28 (IANS) A woman angry about separation from her ex-boyfriend triggered a bomb threat on a Pakistan International Airlines plane and forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Sweden, it was revealed Monday. The woman called Canadian police to tell them that a flight from Toronto to Karachi had a bomb [...]

London, Sept 27 (ANI): A report revealed that Britain has been witness to a record number of 227 spooky events last year. The Fringe Weird Report compiled by the Rev Lionel Fanthorpe, a Cardiff-based Anglican priest, found that ghosts, UFOs, strange sounds and road phantoms were the most common spooks experienced. “It has to be [...]

Kolkata, Sep 27 (IANS) Recession may have ebbed, but artisans of the potters’ colony Kumartuli here say export orders for idols for next month’s Durga Puja festival have picked up only marginally compared to last year. ‘We in Kumartuli have received a slightly higher number of orders compared to last year,’ Babu Pal, who is [...]

London, Sep 27 (IANS) A businessman in Britain bricked up the front door of a bank after he was turned down for a loan. Cameron Hope, 59, carried out the protest after his request for a loan to expand his business was rejected. The Daily Express reported Monday that Hope used blocks to build an [...]

London, Sep 27 (IANS) A lift button swarms with nearly 40 times as many bacteria as a public toilet seat. A study carried out in hotels, restaurants, banks, offices and airports found 313 ‘colony forming units’ of bugs on every square centimetre of lift button. The equivalent surface area of toilet seat had only eight [...]

London, Sep 27 (IANS) David Miliband, who was defeated by younger brother Ed Miliband for the post of leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, may quit politics, a media report said Monday. David could quit frontline politics rather than serve under his brother Ed, Daily Express reported. The shadow foreign secretary didn’t attend the new [...]

London, Sep 27 (IANS) A council in Britain has banned its staff from cracking mother-in-law jokes as they are ‘offensively sexist’. Such humour is no longer acceptable, according to officials at the London Borough of Barnet. Daily Telegraph reported Monday that the order was issued in a 12-page booklet called ‘Cultural awareness: General Problems’. ‘Humour [...]

London, Sep 21(ANI): Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Wajid Hasan, has said that the relations between Pakistan and Britain would not be damaged by the cricket-fixing row. “Will this row sour our relationship? My answer is certainly no. This is a separate matter. Our relationship with the UK was not made overnight. It [...]

London, Sep 21(ANI): British road safety campaigners will on Tuesday tell an international conference being organized in London that iPods, MP3 players and mobile phones are distracting motorists, putting lives at risk. Tune into Traffic, an online group born after The United Nations World Youth Assembly for Road Safety, claims that hand-held devices are leading [...]

London, Sept 20 (ANI): A boy in Britain, who set up a birthday party invite on Facebook, was left stunned when more than 21,000 people responded to it. The boy had meant to invite only a few of his close friends to his 14th birthday in October at the modest flat he lives, reports the [...]

London, Sep 20 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a new machine that freezes away unwanted body fat to remove love handles, beer bellies and bingo wings. Promoted as a painless alternative to liposuction, the device features a gel patch that clamps on to flabby parts of the body and freezes fat cells. The sub-zero [...]

Wellington (New Zealand), Sept.20 (ANI): Prime Minister John Key has expressed confidence about New Zealand’s athletes attending the XIXth Commonwealth Games in Delhi, despite Sunday’s shooting of two Taiwanese tourists in the Indian capital. “We are providing the best advice we can to the New Zealand Olympic Committee who have to make that decision by [...]

London, Sep 20 (IANS) A man in Britain is going to become the father of 10 children by 10 different women. Daily Telegraph reported Monday that two different women have claimed that they are expecting babies by Keith Macdonald, 25. Macdonald first became a father when he was barely 15 and has abandoned each of [...]

London, Sep 20 (IANS) Recent research suggests that not only does water help the skin, but the extent to which it makes a difference may vary depending on the type one drinks. Doctors and nutritionists agree that drinking at least eight glasses of water daily helps maintain a clear, youthful complexion. They are agreed that [...]

London, Sep 20 (IANS) Scientists have developed a device that freezes body flab to remove love handles and beer bellies. Known as CoolSculpting device, it is being promoted as a painless alternative to liposuction, features a gel patch that clamps on to flabby parts and freezes fat cells. The sub-zero temperatures kills the fat cells, [...]

London, Sep 20 (IANS) A teenager in Britain set up a Facebook group for his birthday party, but was left stunned when 21,000 people confirmed themselves as guests. The teenager just wanted to invite a handful of close friends to his 14th birthday in October at his small flat, Daily Express reported Monday. His mother [...]

London, Sep 20 (IANS) A teacher in Britain helped her students cheat but got the answers wrong, reveals a probe initiated after 18 out of 19 pupils gave the same incorrect answer in the exam. Investigators found that students had been illegally helped by the teacher during the exam, Standard Assessment Tasks (SATs). In another [...]

London, Sep 18 (ANI): Cheryl Cole has dismissed rumours that she”s moving to the US. The sexy Girls Aloud singer has scotched rumours she will leave Britain and move to Hollywood to help Simon Cowell launch ”The X Factor” in America. “I would never give up what I do. I love what I do, I [...]

Islamabad, Sept 18 (ANI): Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan has refuted reports that he had written a letter of complaint to President Asif Zardari about the failure of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in effectively tackling the spot-fixing issue, which led to the suspension of three of their players. “I have not spoken [...]