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Destination Britain positively challenging preconceptions
Destination Britain Asia-Pacific Middle East and Africa 2013 provides an export platform for British companies, through hard-nosed commercial negotiations. VisitBritain brought suppliers that suited the touring market and paired them with local buyers that can drive growth and properly on-sell the products to the region. "There’s a lot of countries involved in the APMEA region; ...
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Police applaud positive talks as an antidote to community tensions in Northern Ireland
BY MICHAEL McHUGH - 20 May 2013 A PSNI chief said he hopes there will be greater public confidence in the police on the back of talks aimed at quelling community ...
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‘One dead’ in blaze at Belfast apartment
The emergency services responded after reports around 7.30pm of a blaze in University Street, which was sealed off for several hours. A white forensic tent was erected outside the building. Sources suggested one person died. Both the Ambulance and Fire Services confirmed they attended but would give no further details. A PSNI spokesman was unavailable for ...
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British man admits killing his children in France
Police arrested the 48-year-old unemployed man on Saturday after the bodies of his daughter and son were found at his apartment in Saint-Priest, a suburb of ...
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Man Killed In Suspected Gas Explosion At House
Police have recovered a body of a man from the rubble of a terraced house in Nottinghamshire after a suspected gas explosion. Firefighters found the body during an ongoing search of the collapsed building. Another person is still missing, Nottinghamshire Police said. The explosion happened just before 5.15pm on Sunday, at an address in Wright Street in Newark. The home crumbled in ...
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Human brains are wired to make music-color connections
When listening to music, human brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make people feel, U.S. researchers say. Vision scientist Stephen Palmer of the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues found people in both the United States and Mexico linked the same pieces of classical orchestral music with the same colors suggesting humans share a common ...
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Man dies in gas explosion that destroys terraced house in Newark
Neighbours spoke of their shock at the severity of the explosion in Newark, Nottinghamshire, which reduced the property to rubble and prompted police to warn local people to remain indoors. Fire crews found the man's body this morning during a search of the rubble after the house collapsed. The explosion happened just before 5.15pm yesterday at an address in Wright Street, Nottinghamshire ...
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Poisoned alcohol kills British tourist in Indonesia
A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police say. Cheznye Emmons, 23, was traveling with fellow Briton Joseph Cook, 21, through lush rainforest on Sumatra island, where many tourists go to see endangered orangutans, according to a police report into the incident. The pair, accompanied by a third tourist, drank ...
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Scotland clash with Pakistan abandoned
Scotland's second One-Day International with Pakistan was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday.Misbah Ul Haq's men were due to play the second of two warm-up games ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy, which starts on June 6, but the game was called off after heavy rain forced the umpires to rule that no play would take place.The match had been due to start at 10.45 (British ...
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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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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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British PM makes plea to tax havens
BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has written to leaders of overseas tax havens, urging them to help the country's efforts to combat tax evasion and avoidance. Cameron on Monday 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 third-party ...
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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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