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American tourist stabbed to death after refusing to stop singing with band in Thailand bar
Thursday 01 August 2013
The dispute allegedly came about at a karaoke bar following a dispute over the song he was singing
Former England star Kenny Sansom admits he's 'homeless, a drunk and sleeping on a park bench'
Thursday 01 August 2013
Shocking admission by former Arsenal player is down to his on-going issues with alcohol and gambling causing his family to fear for his life
For sale: Spacious wartime bunker, good transport links
Tuesday 30 July 2013
MoD deems that disused Brompton Road Tube station is no longer an operational necessity
No equal rights, no vodka nights: gay clubs boycott Russian imports
Sunday 28 July 2013
Popular British gay bars and nightclubs have joined a global boycott of Russian vodka brands following allegations of human rights abuses by Vladimir Putin’s government.
LGBT campaigners boycott vodka in protest at Russian gay rights abuses - even though their main target isn't made in Russia
Saturday 27 July 2013
Dump Russian Vodka campaign spawns #DumpStoli hashtag even though Stolichnaya made in Latvia by a company based in Luxembourg
Man in court accused of attempted bank robberies
Saturday 27 July 2013
A man appeared in court today, accused of trying to rob two south London banks with a replica assault rifle.
Derek Pain: Takeovers are back, so let's stand by to make some money
Friday 26 July 2013
No Pain, No Gain
'Brave' public hailed after seizing gun-wielding failed robber
Friday 26 July 2013
The man reportedly ran through a pub, chased by bank security and other members of the public
Bowled over brewers’ bonanza
Thursday 25 July 2013
Britain’s brewers and publicans have been making hay while the sun shines with one of them almost running out of beer on the first day of the Lord’s test match.
LCA Business School
Thursday 25 July 2013
Overall ranking: LCA Business School does not feature in the Complete University Guide rankings, but is officially a branch campus of Anglia Ruskin University, ranked 105th out of 124 for 2014.
Premier League launch clampdown on pubs and clubs showing matches
Wednesday 24 July 2013
More spot-checks and investigations will take place than before
MPs urge ministers to push through pubco legislation
Tuesday 23 July 2013
An influential group of MPs called on the Government yesterday to bring forward a statutory code forcing the big pub companies to treat their tenants fairly as soon as possible.
Jonathan Romney on The World's End: Invasion of the lager snatchers
Saturday 20 July 2013
Pegg, Frost and Wright end their 'Cornetto' trilogy with a clever, touching comedy
Album: Fuck Buttons, Slow Focus (ATP Recordings)
Saturday 20 July 2013
Fuck Buttons are the band whose name no one dare speak but whose music, thanks to Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony, everyone has now heard.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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