Topic: The Press Association Group

UK plan to cut solar subsidies "legally flawed"

LONDON (Reuters) - British government plans to cut to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes were ruled legally flawed by the High Court on Wednesday, the Press Association reported.The decision was a victory for environmental campaigners Friends of the Earth (FoE ...

Jordan defers corruption bill debate after outcry

Jordan's senate on Thursday postponed indefinitely a meeting to discuss a bill that would criminalise corruption allegations, following a public outcry."We have postponed our debate of the Anti-Corruption Commission bill today," senate president Taher Masri told AFP on the last ...
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has reportedly described as "creepy" a new exhibition featuring the wedding dress worn by the former Kate Middleton when she married Prince William in April.The Alexander McQueen dress is being exhibited on a headless mannequin in ...

Jackie Stewart hospitalised - report

British motor racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart was hospitalised on Wednesday after complaining of chest pains while onboard a flight to London, a report said.Triple world champion Stewart, 71, was given first aid by British Airways stewardesses after falling ill on ...

Snow spreads as cold tightens grip

Snow has been spreading across Britain as a prolonged blast of wintry weather tightened its grip on the country.. Parts of south-west England were expecting their own snow showers after much of the eastern half of the country was blanketed by up ...

Two Chicks Chatting

Two Chicks Chatting is the website of Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones . Both women were involved with former President Bill Clinton in the early 1990s .

Coldplay Viva la Vida

The Press Association: Coldplay's latest tipped for record (June 11, 2008) —Gennaro Castaldo, The Press Association "Life in Technicolor"

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt awarded damages over tabloid claim

LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie accepted an undisclosed amount of damages on Thursday after suing a British tabloid newspaper which had claimed they were separating.In January, the News of the World reported the couple planned to part ...

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt win damages over tabloid claim

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie accepted an undisclosed amount of damages on Thursday after suing a British tabloid newspaper which had claimed they were separating.In January, the News of the World reported the couple planned to ...

BT makes two-year pay offer in bid to halt strike

LONDON (Reuters) - British telecoms group BT said it had made a new two-year pay offer to its workers in a bid to avert its first strike for more than two decades.The deal, presented to the Communications Workers Union (CWU) late on ...