17th century bank coming to an end as merger goes ahead

The UK's oldest bank, the Bank of Scotland will become part of the LLoyds TSB group on Monday. The existing bank was created as by an act of parliament, by a then, independent Scotland back in 1695. The Bank bough...

UK Muslims Ask For Calm From the Islamic Community

Muslim leaders in the United Kingdom have officially requested that their people cease holding British Jews responsible for the Gaza Crisis.  So far at least 150 reports have been filed concerning attacks...

Mystery over Rare Ice Circles Forming in UK Waterways

"An UNUSUAL rotating ice circle, normally found in the cooler rivers of Scandinavia or North America, has formed in the UK waterways. The cause of the RARE phenomenon is unclear, with very little scientific...

Moovin On Up Reveal How SEO is the best way to beat the recession

Moovin On Up, one of the UK’s leading search engine optimisation and website design companies, have announced that during the current credit crisis their clients have seen a significant rise in targeted traffic from the search engines due to the success of their advanced...

UK tops world wine imports table

Economic times in the UK may be rough, but at least the country can take pride in one thing it's doing better than anyone else: consuming wine. The UK has become the world's largest importer of wine, much of it...

Parting gifts for Bush's brothers in arms

George W. Bush awarded America's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom, to three other world leaders who supported his invasion of Iraq yesterday: former UK prime minister Tony Blair, former...

Doctor Who Introduces New Child-Friendly Toys

Doctor Who is introducing a new line of "child-friendly" toys featuring The Doctor and assorted villains. What, were the other Doctor Who toys NSFW? "Hoping to demonstrate that British kids enjoy playing with...

Sweatshops: capitalism's demons!

"There’s no such thing as cheap clothing.  Somebody has to pay. In this case it’s the workers in Manchester”…Neil Kearney, trade unionist. The BBC has dug up a good story:  sweatshops in...

UK ministers consider small business loan scheme

The BBC have said that UK ministers are to consider plans for £20bn loans to small businesses. It's believed by guaranteeing to the banks that they won't lose money, they may start to loan out more money to the...

British war veteran Stone dies

World War one veteran Bill Stone has died at the age 108 on Sunday afternoon at his nursing home. His daughter and son-in law by his side when he passed away. Stone joined the Royal Navy in Plymouth when he was 18 and worked upon the HMS Hood. Hood experienced first-hand the...

Brain dead woman gives birth to baby

A woman who was pronounced brain dead has giving birth to a baby girl. Jayne Soliman, 41 collapsed suddenly at home. She was airlifted to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where doctors managed to keep her heart beating long enough to deliver her baby. She was delivered two...

Findus Foods UK producer goes into administration

Newcastle Productions, sole producer of and distributor of Findus foods in the UK has went into administration. The company employees 420 workers in England but the warehouse closed last week due to a fire. ...

Food police in the UK warn you not to throw leftovers away

Just as websites like coupon.com and coupon mom, help you plan your weekly shopping trip and get the most food for your budget in this time of economic recession, in the United Kingdom 'food police' will be visiting...

Winnie the Pooh's 80 year comeback

Winnie the Pooh is to make a literary comeback 80 years on from his first appearance. What? You thought that there had been lots of publications in the intervening years? Well lots of Disney adaptations but never...

UK email to be recorded by the UK government

A report on BBC News Online confirms that all email sent to or from a UK ISP will be stored for 12 months. The body of the message will be discarded, but the sender's details along with the destination will be recorded by the state.

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