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  • Is Elmbridge in Surrey is Britain’s Beverly Hills?


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    Elmbridge, whose residents include Gary Lineker and Cliff Richard, paid more in tax in 2010/11 than Google. So how does the leafy haven compare with its California counterpart? The wealthy district of Elmbridge in Surrey, just off the M25, paid more in tax in 2010/11 than Google did – 200 times more. This leafy ...
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  • ‘Like hardened criminals’: UK police sample DNA from 120,000 children in 2 years


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    British police collected the DNA of more than 120,000 children in just two years, with a thousand of them aged 10 at the time of the swab. Most of the youngsters have committed no punishable crime, but their DNA data will be stored for years.
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  • Unreality TV meets bonkers but charming Britain’s Got Talent star Maarty Broekman, who wants YOU to follow him on Twitter! (VIDEO)


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    Today, we met up with zany Britain’s Got Talent star Maarty Broekman, who as fans of the show will know managed to win three yeses from the judges after his audition in which he sang his own track, Backdoor Lover… He of course also played along on his keytar, and, having seen it, I can tell you is an impressive ...
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  • BRITAIN: House Of Commons Begins "Report Stage" Of Marriage Bill


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    The House Of Commons has begun debate of the Report Stage of its marriage equality bill. The official website of Parliament provides the above chart of how the bill is due to progress. The BBC reports : Proposals to legalise same-sex marriage in England and Wales are being debated, with ministers pledging to press ...
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  • The pro-EU campaign is reduced to dressing up Eurocrats as businessmen


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    There are very few pro-EU industrialists left in Britain. That is the only inference we can fairly draw from the letter in today’s Independent, signed by some hoary-headed Euro-grandees hilariously described by that newspaper as ‘eminent businessmen’ In fact, many of the signatories are career civil servants and ...
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  • UK Pound Gains as Home Prices Rise


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    Hopes for the UK economy are driving the UK pound higher, especially against the US dollar, today. Rising home prices are providing optimism that the UK economy is improving, and that is reflected in sterling gains today. (...) Read the rest of UK Pound Gains as Home Prices Rise (141 words) Posted on Forex ...
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  • Unreality TV meets Britain’s Got Talent star Aliki Chrysochou, who reveals her illness only motivated her to pursue her dream harder! (VIDEO)


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    Today, I met with gorgeous Britain’s Got Talent sensation Aliki Chrysochou, who of course moved the judges and the audience to tears with her classical rendition of Evanescence’s hit track, Wake Me Up/Bring Me To Life… Which, given that we heard how Aliki had become the victim of crippling disease Focal ...
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  • Democrats Introduce Hotcoldwetdry Preparedness Bill


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    It’s not the first time they’ve tried this: they attempted to include it in the American Clean Energy and Security Act, but it did not pass ( Noozhawk ) Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, joined by Reps. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Doris Matsui of California and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, on Friday introduced ...
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  • How The British Banking Industry Became An Organised Crime Enterprise


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    I know it. You know it. We all know it. It’s the elephant in the room that the subservient cowards in the mainstream media are too afraid to mention; the banking industry is run and controlled by criminals. Among the growing mountain of evidence that has been gathered over the decades to prove this accusation, a ...
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  • Danni Minogue to join Britain’s Next Top Model


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    Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model is back for a much-anticipated ninth series – and this year, the quest to unearth a fashion beauty just got bigger, with an exciting addition to the judging panel in the form of fashion designer and model Dannii Minogue. Adding a fresh dimension to the panel, new judge ...
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  • World stocks rise on signs of steady US recovery


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    BANGKOK (AP) — Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push world stock markets higher Monday. A gauge of future economic activity issued Friday rose more than expected, a sign that the world’s biggest economy is improving. Consumer confidence also rose, offsetting several lackluster reports on ...
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  • Meet Laura Ferne, The Woman Too Pretty To Hold Down A Job (PHOTOS)


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    Laura Fernee, a British woman, has been out of work for two years and is living off her parents because she claims she’s too pretty to hold down a job. The 33-year-old said she was forced to quite her job because she was receiving too much attention from her male colleagues and her female colleagues were ...
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  • BRITAIN: 500 Imams Sign Joint Letter Denouncing Same-Sex Marriage


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    A coalition of more than 500 imams have signed a joint letter denouncing Britains pending same-sex marriage bill.  The Telegraph calls the letter "the first time that Muslim leaders have made a collective intervention on the issue and underlines the strength of feeling among ethnic minority voters." Here is ...
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  • Corporate leaders Letter


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    Corporate leaders argue that “The economic case to stay in the EU is overwhelming.” However they do not actually make the case, they just state that as a fact and we are supposed to believe them? They say the Single Market is worth between ?31bil to (?92bil per year and that we should be fighting [...] The post ...
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  • Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model 2013: Dannii Minogue thrilled to join Elle McPherson & Tyson Beckford!


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    Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model will soon be back for a much-anticipated ninth series – and this year, the quest to unearth a fashion beauty just got bigger, with an exciting addition to the judging panel in the form of fashion designer and model Dannii Minogue. Adding a fresh dimension to the panel, new ...
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  • “Mad, Swivel-Eyed Loons”


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    And proud of it! My interest in Nigel Farage lies largely in his oratorical skills. Repeatedly, and without a teleprompter, he jousts against the socialist behemoth of the EU in Brussels, drawing blood with every thrust. I don’t follow UKIP closely enough to embrace their every position (ditto with the Republican ...
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  • Britain’s Got Talent 2013: Steve Hewlett & Arthur Lager insist ventriloquism is ‘coming back’!


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    Steve Hewlett has insisted that a ventriloquist could win this year’s series of Britain’s Got Talent, because he thinks the old style entertainment act is ‘coming back’ in popularity. The 38 year old hopeful was featured on Saturday night’s episode of the ITV show and after he impressed the judges with his ...
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  • "Global Capital And The Nation State" by Robert Reich


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    As global capital becomes ever more powerful, giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom — eliciting subsidies and tax breaks from countries concerned about their nation’s “competitiveness” — while sheltering their profits in the lowest-tax jurisdictions they can find. Major ...
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  • Britain’s Got Talent 2013: Luminites to beat shadow dancers Attraction? Jordan O’Keefe & Alex Keirl strong favourites too!


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    British bookmakers have reported that they are starting to see a move for Luminites to win Britain’s Got Talent this year. The singing group are currently 9/1 second favourites, behind shadow dancers Attraction, who moved Amanda Holden to tears recently with their emotional performance. However William Hill ...
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  • IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 20


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    The scene in a Kabul store selling burqas, a garment that has come to exemplify the many limitations women in Afghanistan face.
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