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Tanita Tikaram is back with new album
If you were around in the Eighties, you will doubtless remember Tanita Tikaram’s husky voice, which graced her best-selling album ‘Ancient Heart’ and its hit single ‘Twist in my Sobriety’. After spending time on the road with her band,...
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Odell hits right notes with ‘Wrong Crowd’
‘Wrong Crowd’ is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Tom Odell. It’s his first major release since his debut studio album, 2013’s ‘Long Way Down’:http://www.nme.com/reviews/tom-odell/14533, which achieved global success....
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Liberty house bids for Tata Steel UK
The British metals group Liberty House has confirmed it is submitting a bid to buy the UK assets of Tata Steel. It is the first concrete bid since the Indian conglomerate put the loss-making business up for sale in March. Liberty House...
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New app brings you closer Shakespeare
As Britain marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, a group of actors including Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi have come together to try and help the audience better understand his work. They’re doing this through the...
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BT responds to critics with fibre-optic and 4G mobile investment plan
Britain’s biggest broadband company, BT has pledged to spend six billion pounds (7.6 billion euros) on superfast fibre-optic cabling and 4G mobile in the next three years. The follows criticism from its rivals and concerns expressed by...
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Referendum fears hit UK services growth
Britain’s dominant services industry is being hit by uncertainty over the EU referendum in June and the state of the global economy. The latest surveys of businesses showed that in April they expanded at the lowest rate in more than...
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Who is the World’s Worst Opera Singer?
Who was Florence Foster Jenkins? Florence Foster Jenkins was an American socialite and amateur opera soprano known and ridiculed for her lack of ability. Her story inspired French director Xavier Giannoli’s film, Marguerite, released...
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‘Permanently poorer’ Brexit warning from UK finance minister
You will be “permanently poorer” – the warning to the people of Britain from the UK finance minister George Osborne if they choose to leave the European Union in a referendum in June. Osborne says a Brexit would do permanent damage to...
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Tata Steel management buyout plan in the works
There is the possibility of a management buyout of Tata’s British steelworks. Reportedly the boss of the Port Talbot plant in south Wales – Stuart Wilkie – is behind the plan to take over the Indian company’s UK operations and return...
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Shakespeare in Ten Acts: a portrait of the Bard’s life and works
Shakespeare in Ten Acts is an exhibition about the performances that made the Bard into the icon that we know today. It looks at ten key performances of his works, from the first showing of Hamlet at the Globe Theatre around 1600 to a...
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UK government could take stake in Tata steel as part of rescue plan
The British government has said it could take a stake of up to 25 percent in Tata’s UK steel plants. They are up for sale amid an industry crisis – with soaring costs, weak demand and a glut of cheap Chinese imports. The part...
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The Voice talents Joe & Jake to take on Eurovision
It’s been a whirlwind twelve months for Joe and Jake. After competing against each other on UK TV talent show ‘The Voice’, the pop duo is about to take on the rest of Europe at the Eurovision Song Contest. The pair also recently signed a...
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All major indicators show the UK economy at a ‘low ebb’
UK growth looks set to slide according to the British Chamber of Commerce. The body questioned 8,500 firms and found that orders, sales, investment and confidence are on the wane. UK growth softening https://t.co/CQ6qTJ2gdG— Mortgage...
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Thousands of jobs saved after Tata Steel sell off
More than 4,000 steel jobs look to have been saved after Tata Steel sold its Long Products Europe arm to Greybull Capital for a nominal 1€ . Tata Steel confirms it is selling its business with the deal including two mills in Teesside...
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UK inflation on the rise hit by hikes in air fares and clothing
UK inflation has risen to 0.5 percent from 0.3 percent according to the Consumer Prices Index. Inflation is now at its highest since December 2014, but is still well below the Bank of England’s 2 percent target. Bank of England announces...
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Shareholders burn Bob’s bonus at BP AGM
Shareholders at BP gave the boss’s bonus the thumbs down on Friday, wiping 17.7 million euros from Bob Dudley’s package for 2015. It was a rare investor revolt at the annual shareholders meeting, a reflection of the terrible year endured...
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Will “Eddie the Eagle” fly at the box office?
Ridiculed at the time by fellow competitors and the public alike, in the late 1980s Briton Michael Edwards became a household name when, against the odds, he became Britain’s first Olympic ski jumper. With little technique and no British...
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Solar panels take to the water as new farms flourish
Europe’s largest floating solar farm is ready to switch on. Built on a reservoir, (the Queen Elizabeth II), near Heathrow airport in Britain, the solar array is to supply energy to a water treatment plant, the sort of facility that...
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Lawson on the Money
Lawson are back hungry for success with their new single, “Money”, and a second album on the horizon. It sees the four piece sticking to the sounds that made first album “Chapman Square” a solid seller. But the single is all about the...
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Ostrer portraits of offal celebrities in “Ego System” show
Donald Trump as seen by British artist James Ostrer is a dogs’ dinner of raw meat and surfaces with an unhealthy, microbiotic sheen. The U.S. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has been pilloried and caricatured in many...
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Tata Steel wants to sell UK business, finding a buyer will be a problem
India’s Tata Steel has said it wants to sell its steel making operations in Britain and exit the UK as quickly as possible The problem will be finding a buyer at a time of falling prices, high costs and huge overcapacity in China. Tata...
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Striking strokes with electrical brain stimulation
Researchers say electrical brain stimulation has been shown to improve the recovery of stroke patients. A study carried out at the University of Oxford is said to be a first step in finding treatments that can help patients living with...
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No end in sight for losses at Britain’s Co-operative Bank
Britain’s Co-operative Bank released its annual figures on April 1st – and they were no joke. Its losses nearly doubled last year to 610 million pounds (763 million euros). Chief executive Niall Booker warned it would remain unprofitable...
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Mad circus design brings fun twist to office life
An employee riding a unicycle between desks; others holding meetings on swing seats: staff at a software company in Liverpool share a funky circus-themed workspace. Ever thought of giving a presentation from a ball-pool? Well, there you...