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London 2012 venues face toilet trouble

London 2012 venues face toilet trouble

Tweet London:The organisers of the 2012 London Olympics are faced with toilet trouble ahead of the mega sporting event in July. According to documents obtained from the Olympic Delivery Authority under the Freedom of Information Act, test events at the new handball and basketball arenas were riddled with blocked toilet problems, the Daily Express reported. [...]

Students hack school website to skip class

Tweet London: A group of students hacked their school website so their parents could not find out a message assuring parents that it will remain open despite snowfall. The Jewish Free School posted the message on its website after snowfall began in Harrow, in northwest London, Feb 4, Daily Mail reported Saturday. Just to make [...]

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Iran nuclear-programme could start cold war: Hague

Tweet London: If Iran acquires nuclear weapons it could lead to a new cold war in the Middle East, a former British foreign secretary has warned. The world would face the most serious round of nuclear proliferation since the invention of the atomic bomb, the Guardian newspaper Saturday quoted William Hague as saying. His comments [...]

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Britain’s fattest woman weighs 254 kg

Tweet London: Britain’s fattest woman weighs 254 kg and is so huge that she has not left her house in four years, Daily Mail reported Thursday. Brenda Flanagan-Davies, 43, has never once sat in her taxpayer-funded living room because it takes too much effort for her to walk there from bed. Once as heavy as [...]

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Australian fined for showing bum to Elizabeth

Tweet London: A 22-year-old man in Sydney has been fined for waving the Australian flag from between his buttocks during a visit by Queen Elizabeth to the country last year. Liam Lloyd Warriner, a barman, was fined Tuesday by a Brisbane court a sum of 500 pounds for creating public nuisance. He said the queen [...]

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A sweet factory where 61 couples are in love

Tweet London: A factory in Britain that produces heart-shaped, sugar-coated sweets has a total of 500 employees, of which 122 — or 61 couples — are in a relationship. The Swizzels Matlow factory in Derbyshire that makes “Love Hearts” has been dubbed the country’s most romantic workplace, according to the Daily Mail. The company said [...]

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Danielle Lloyd hospitalised

Tweet London: British model Danielle Lloyd has been hospitalised due to some health issues, and she has thanked fans for supporting her during the crisis. The 28-year-old Lloyd was hospitalised after doctors found a blood clot when she was about to undergo a breast operation earlier this week, contactmusic.com reported. She had to undergo a [...]

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Security guard 19 years after stealing one million pound

Tweet London: A security guard in Britain has been nabbed 19 years after going on the run following a million pound (over $1.5 million) raid on a cash van. Eddie Maher, now 56, was on the police wanted-list since disappearing along with the money while making a delivery to a bank in Felixstowe town of [...]

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Al-Qaeda preparing British women bombers?

Tweet London: Al-Qaeda is trying to recruit women for carrying out suicide bombings in Britain, parliament members have warned in a report. The terrorist group is using extremist websites to radicalise the “angels of death”, the Daily Sun quoted MPs as stating in their report. As per the Commons home affairs committee, it has heard [...]

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British Energy Minister Chris Huhne resigns

Tweet London: British Energy Minister Chris Huhne resigned Friday, Xinhua reported. Police said they would prosecute him for allegedly perverting the course of justice in relation to driving a car above the speed limit in 2003. Director of public prosecution Keir Starmer told journalists the charges alleged that Huhne had falsely told police between March [...]

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