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World's tallest LEGO tower built
The world’s tallest LEGO structure has been built at the Legoland Windsor theme park in England. The tower was built from 500,000 LEGO pieces, and is close to 100 feet tall! Watch the time-lapse footage...Warren Buffett's stake helps Mars take over Wrigley
"Warren Buffett took advantage of the credit crunch yesterday as Mars announcedan agreed $23 billion (£11.5 billion) takeover of Wrigley in a deal that theworld’s richest man helped to finance in return for a cut-price stake in thechewing gum group.Mr Buffett’s Berkshire...
Fears over ''historic green'' .
Keeping the countryside in green open spaces, beautiful views where village life should be treated the same way as historic homes and preserved for life... Village open spaces are rapidly diminishing from the prey of... Missing man reappears with no memory
Whether John Darwin canoed away, or wandered off into the desert Paris, Texas-style, what is it about the figure of the amnesiac -- adrift in a fugue state -- that so readily captures our imaginations?Do we secretly... Welford Park, Welford, Berkshire
I have often wondered where Welford is located and what lies within this unknown place. Welford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, situated in the valley of the River Lambourn to the... Olympics Favourite Alternative Logo
A graphic designer from Reading has made an alternative Olympics logo which readers from the BBC voted as the best from a choice of Six. Taking only 20 minutes to complete considering the official logo cost £400,000...Recovery for Warbler Bird Population
"A vulnerable bird is experiencing an extraordinary population revival in the UK, RSPB figures have indicated. The latest survey of Dartford warblers shows that numbers have soared by 70% since the last count in...Brown Pledge to Tackle Bullies
36% of young people in the UK say they’ve been bullied in the last two months. Almost 44% have been in a fight in the last year. People bullying takes place in our schools and businesses every day. Should schools employ security guards or are teaches able or trained... Profiting from social responsibility: "B" - Corporations
"The B is for social benefit. It's still a traditional company, but with
a modified charter that legally binds it to a socially-conscious set of
values." According to a recent interview by Alex Goldmark, from KPBS with Jay Coen Gilbert of nonprofit B-Lab, and Leslie... Berkshire wealth clashes with Gates mission in Sudan
"Omaha — THE janjaweed militia charged into Hayffa Ahmed's village in Darfur on horseback — rifles raised, swords glinting, kicking up clouds of dust. First they killed her grandfather, the village chief. Janjaweed warriors, said to be allies of the Sudanese government,...Warren Buffet's comments on the Newspaper industry - "the underlying economic...
The excerpt below is from Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter. (See the letter in its entirety at Berkshire Hathaway's website.)"Not all of our businesses are destined to increase profits. When an industry's underlyingeconomics are crumbling, talented management may...New housing share scheme for key workers - RG12 9TU
WANNABE homeowners in Bracknell struggling to get a foot on the property ladder are to receive a massive boost from the Government. The town is one of six in the South East chosen as the first in the country for a...Digital Technology + Computer Fairs
BCF Aquire Bristol Computer Fair Bruce Everiss, the pioneer of UK computer fairs has announced he is finally logging off from the industry he was so instrumental in creating. View the latest News Today! Click...Warren Buffett Goes Broke in Charity Poker Tournament
"In less than 45 minutes, Buffett, the chair-person and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and an enthusiastic Bridge player, lost all of his money (tournament money) in a Texas Holdem poker tournament competing against 50 other celebrities and professional poker...
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