Paddington Bear is back 50 years on

I love Paddington Bear, and I still have all the books on tape that I used to listen to as a child to help me get to sleep. It has been 50 years since Michael Bond asked people to 'please look after this bear'....

Tormented TV star Mark Speight found hanged in Paddington Station

BBC childrens presenter Mark Speight, who has been missing for six days following the start of an inquest into his fiancee's death, was found last night in a "quiet part" of Paddington station. He had hung...

New anti-terror jail to replace Paddington Green

"A new maximum security police station to hold up to 30 terrorism suspects "for protracted periods" is being planned to replace the 1960s Paddington Green police station in London. Tony McNulty, the counter-terrorism minister, told MPs and peers yesterday it was now "well...

Paddington Bear Kicks Marmalade Habit for Marmite

"Paddington Bear has broken the habit of a lifetime, swapping his trademark marmalade sandwich for Marmite in a TV ad campaign. In the commercial, Paddington - who for the past 49 years has kept an "emergency" marmalade sandwich to hand - decides that he "ought to try...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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