Archive for London
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Kate Middleton stepped out of her limo May 31 to shop in London’s Chelsea neighborhood, and onlookers immediately noticed some differences in her appearance. Though she was wearing a casual black dress with her hair tucked back in a bun and little or no makeup, all eyes were on her. Though lately she’s been careful ... read more »
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Grab a hanky. You’ll need it for this one. In anticipation of the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London, starting on July 27, this video tells a magical story of the unique role of a mother and her impact on developing a child’s raw talent. As the 2012 Summer Olympics quickly approach, it’s ... read more »
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Thursday, September 1st, 2011
A London teacher is defending his outside work as a stripper and porn star, saying it’s not anybody’s business. Benedict Garrett, 31, faced discipline after the school where he works discovered that Garrett had appeared in porn films, was a stripper, and even worked as a “naked butler.” The disciplinary panel ruled that Garrett had ... read more »
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
The mother of a 13-year-old boy accused of vandalism and looting in the recent London riots is putting a lot of the blame for her son’s actions on the UK government. After the boy and his mother left the courtroom, where the teen had just been sentenced to a nine month “referral order” (similar to ... read more »
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
A couple whose dying infant is at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital are not able to be with their child because of the London riots. Chris and Julie Byron-Edmond had heard that rioters threatened to raid the hospital and “fire bomb” it, so they stayed home instead of being with their baby daughter, Lottie, who is ... read more »
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Teachers in England have been told they may be physical with students who are being violent to other students or school staff. Under new guidelines issued Tuesday, teachers may use “reasonable force” when dealing with students who are fighting or attacking teachers, and that it “may not always be possible to avoid injuring pupils” while ... read more »
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
A five year old girl who was shot in the chest while visting an uncle on his birthday in Stockwell Food and Wine store, south London, may never walk again. Three men were arrested after the shooting on 29th March 2011, and charged with attempted murder of five year old Thusha Kamaleswaran and Roshan Selvakumar, ... read more »
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
You have to give kudos to the London restaurant Icecreamists for their marketing prowess. What better way to serve up a range of reactions and gain some attention than by selling ice cream made with breastmilk? According to Fox News Pennsylvania, owner Matt O’Connor claims the ice cream is a healthy, organic and natural choice ... read more »
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Apparently a couple of teenagers on a rail platform in Britain didn’t take to kindly to a woman chiding them for smoking. The two allegedly proceeded to shove the woman onto the train tracks. The woman, whose identity is not known, suffered burns and a suspected broken collar bone and was taken to the hospital ... read more »
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Yet another reason we’re going to change the locks and convert our kid’s room into a den the day they graduate college: “Boomerang kids” who treat the family home like a free hotel are driving their parents to distraction, a leading British charity has warned. Lifestyle clashes abound — from piles of laundry and mounds ... read more »
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
Awww, poor baby. She’s a lucky girl… A two-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after falling from the seventh floor of a block of flats. Alisha Mbala suffered just a broken leg in the 100ft (about 30.5m) plunge from a flat window at Arthur Court in Battersea, south-west London. Police said she was in a ... read more »
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
The plot thickens in the case of the Madeleine McCann mystery. The over-medicating of the child theory does seem plausible given that we’re talking about parents that went out to dinner and left their children at home. How could they make certain the children wouldn’t wake up and get spooked? Parents who would think it ... read more »
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