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Travel warning on 2012 hotspots

2012 Olympics Travel Hotspots

Olympics organisers publish a list of hotspots that businesses, Londoners and visitors to the capital should avoid during the Games.

 

James Murdoch resigns from UK newspaper boards

James Murdoch resigns from UK newspaper boards

James Murdoch has resigned from the boards of the companies that publish its British newspapers including the now-defunct News of the World tabloid at the center of the phone hacking sandal, regulatory filings show.

 

University hit by new climate leak ahead of talks

The British university whose leaked emails caused a global climate science controversy in 2009 says it has discovered a potentially much larger data breach....

 

Hugh Grant: Non-Murdoch tabloid hacked me in 2007

Actor Hugh Grant said Monday that he believes his phone was hacked by Britain's Mail on Sunday tabloid - the first time he has implicated a newspaper not owned by Rupert Murdoch in the wrongdoing.

 

Clock this: UK may consider time zone switch

Clock this: UK may consider time zone switch

Britain's government may reconsider long-touted proposals for the U.K. to switch to Central European Time, a move which advocates insisted Saturday would bring lighter evenings and possibly offer the country's sluggish economy a boost.

Senh: Switching time zones can improve the economy?

 

David Cameron rocked by Tory rebellion on Europe - The Guardian

David Cameron was warned that he faces four years of trench warfare with disgruntled backbenchers after he suffered the largest postwar rebellion on Europe as 81 Conservative MPs supported a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.

 

Arizona beats out Tampa, lands 2015 Super Bowl

Arizona beats out Tampa, lands 2015 Super Bowl

Back to the desert, and back to Britain, for the NFL. The league awarded the 2015 Super Bowl to Arizona on Tuesday and also committed to playing regular-season games in Britain through 2016 - with more than one game a year likely.

 

Binge drinking: Why do intelligent women drink to oblivion every night?

Binge drinking: Why do intelligent women drink to oblivion every night?

Many of the women pictured in nights out in British cities are well-qualified pillars of the community but are determined to shake-off their responsibilities by getting 'smashed'.

 

Goodell: NFL hoping to add 2nd game in London

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is interested in adding a second regular-season game in London and says the move will be discussed at the owners meetings this week.

 

Man raped walking along footpath

A man is raped after being attacked while walking along a footpath in Southampton, prompting a police investigation.

 

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