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Margaret Thatcher funeral: Family should pay bill NOT taxpayers, say three out of five in poll

YoopyaApr 11, 20130

Our poll reflected the anger at the ceremonial send-off on the lavish scale of those the Queen Mother and Princess Diana were given Crippled by

Fashion designers take runway risk in hunt for handsome rewards

YoopyaSep 17, 20120

(Reuters) – There can be no greater tension in the fashion world than the brief moment just before the music starts, the lights blaze and

London designers trawl Americana, tropical themes

YoopyaSep 17, 20120

(Reuters) – The catwalks exploded with bright colors on the second day of London Fashion Week, as designers sent brightly printed dresses, embellished denim and

London Fashion Week runs last leg in Great British relay

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

(Reuters) – London fashion designers take up the baton for Britain on Friday, strutting the global stage in a capital city that has already captivated

With pop, performance and pride, London extinguishes Olympic flame and passes the torch to Rio

kiemtarAug 13, 2012August 13, 20120

London brought the curtain down on a hugely entertaining Olympics with a sensational rock ‘n roll nostalgia tour of a closing ceremony that thrilled the

With Olympics backdrop, Twitter goes for gold in ad strategy

YoopyaAug 2, 20120

(Reuters) – If the millions of Olympics-related tweets flooding the Internet in recent days are a measure of Twitter’s popular appeal, the company’s big presence

Wimbledon to move back a week from 2015

YoopyaJul 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Wimbledon organizers have bowed to players’ wishes by announcing a later start date from 2015, extending the tennis grass-court season and increasing the

OECD sees no end to jobs crisis as economy struggles

YoopyaJul 10, 20120

LONDON (Reuters)- Unemployment in advanced economies will remain high until at least the end of 2013, with young people and the low-skilled bearing the brunt

EU aid shows rare drop as austerity bites: report

YoopyaJun 25, 20120

LONDON (Reuters) – Aid flows from the European Union dropped last year for the first time in almost a decade as the euro zone crisis

No easy way out for Assange holed up in embassy

YoopyaJun 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange risks being thrown into a cell the moment he leaves the Ecuadorean Embassy in London after breaching bail to