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  • Mel C daughters second choice Jessie J comes first

    Former Spice girl Singer Melanie Chisholm aka Mel C says her daughter Scarlet really adores singer Jessie J, who is a judge on the Britain's singing reality show "The Voice". Mel C feels she is the second favourite of her four-year-old daughter. "Saturday night telly with 'The Voice' is an absolute must as Jessie J is her favourite singer. Mummy's only her second favourite now," new! magazine ...

  • Britain funding surveys in Pakistan on US drone attacks

    Britain has been funding surveys in Pakistan's Tribal Areas which reveal that US drone strikes in the region are causing deep resentment among the local population. Foreign Minister, Alistair Burt, confirmed that the Foreign Office had "supported" surveys which showed the proportion of respondents in the tribal areas who believed drone strikes were "never justified" had risen from 59 percent in ...

  • Rihanna sues Topshop

    Pop star Rihanna has reportedly sued British retail brand Topshop for $5 million for using her image on their products without her permission. The brand has been selling women's T-shirts printed with an image of Rihanna in an oufit from her iconic "We Found Love" video. "Rihanna's management asked Topshop a number of times to stop selling her image and were told, 'We do what we want'. They buy ...

  • Jimmy Saviles half-century of sex abuse to be made into musical

    Jimmy Savile's history of sex abuses against children is to be made into a musical by a British scriptwriter. Punch and Judy will tell the "dark, irreverent tale" of how the "cheekiest chappy in the land" turned into a sex-hungry monster, the Daily Star reported. The musical will use song and comedy to look at how the late television presenter managed to rape and abuse vulnerable ...

  • RiRi suing UK retail giant for $5m over image used without consent

    Rihanna is set to file a 5-million-dollar lawsuit against UK retail giant Topshop over alleged unauthorised use of her picture on their products. The 25-year-old singer was reportedly angry after finding out that the High Street Fashion chain had been selling women's T-shirts printed with an image of her from her 'We Found Love' video and is apparently taking legal action after eight-months of ...

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The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) [Blu-Ray]

The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) [Blu-Ray]

Lucio Fulcis The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) was released near the end of a particularly prolific period for the Italian director, who had, after several decades of directing projects in a wide variety of genres including co ... ...

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  • British travelers to face longest ever US immigration queues

    Millions of British holidaymakers and business travellers heading for the United States this summer are facing longer queues than ever for their applications to be processed by immigration. Research by The Independent has revealed that budget cuts at US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have sharply increased airport queues, with the worst delays in Florida. The research revealed that ...

  • JK Rowlings personal copy of Harry Potter to go on sale

    Harry Potter book , complete with handwritten notes which reveal the author invented the fictional sport of Quidditch after a row with her then-boyfriend, is going up for sale. Rowling will auction a hand signed, annotated ...

  • Science promises strawberry fields forever

    As Britain steels itself for the prospect of yet another washout summer, strawberry growers are finding themselves forced to come up with increasingly sophisticated ways of assessing the threat posed to their livelihoods by inclement weather.For fruit growers, predicting the weather is vital. It causes fruit yields to vary by as much as 70%, making for an erratic growing season if poor ...

  • East Coast trains is on the wrong track with ticket fine

    I inadvertently boarded an East Coast train from London to Newark which was an hour earlier than the one I had booked. It's a journey I regularly take, but I had had a harrowing experience that morning trying to help save a child's life and so had forgotten to put my watch back an hour after returning from France. I therefore believed I was on the correct ...

  • More use internet for care funding advice

    The internet is a fast growing avenues for those seeking advice about the costs of elderly care, says Partnership, whose second annual care index compares attitudes towards the cost of long term ...

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