Saturday, April 17, 2010 Several tobacco manufacturers and retailers in the United Kingdom have been fined a total of £225 million for price fixing. The fines were imposed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) following an investigation lasting seven years. It is the largest penalty ever issued by the OFT for breaches of the 1998 Competition Act, with the […]
Four British energy suppliers face investigation into claims of misselling
Sunday, September 5, 2010 The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), the regulator of the electricity and gas markets in Great Britain, has launched an investigation into four of the largest British energy suppliers over suspicions that they not be complying with face-to-face and telephone sales regulations. The four organisations facing scrutiny could be fined up to 10% of […]
Two C Beebies Favourites Head To Yorkshire Theme Park Next Month}
Here’s An Opinion On: Lunch Time Nz Site Lunch Time Two CBeebies favourites head to Yorkshire theme park next month by Declan Ellis If your kids like most kids all over the country love all things CBeebies, theyre in for a treat next month at Lightwater Valley Theme Park. Two of the kids TV channels most popular stars, Andy Day […]
Highway overpass collapses near Montreal
Sunday, October 1, 2006 An overpass has collapsed in Laval, a suburb of the Montreal area of Quebec, Canada. Three lanes of the Concorde Boulevard overpass collapsed into Highway 19. At least 5 people are dead, 6 others injured, 2 critically and least 3 cars are reported to be trapped underneath the overpass. Authorities have stated that 3 cars and […]
Suspected US missile strike kills eight Taliban fighters
Thursday, October 1, 2009 Pakistani security officials have said that at least eight Taliban fighters were killed following a suspected US missile drone strike in the country on Wednesday. The drones struck the North Waziristan region of Pakistan, the fourth missile attack in the area since the beginning of the week, after the US decided to step up its offensive […]
Sunflower oil saves at-risk newborns from infection
Saturday, March 5, 2005 Simply massaging low birth weight babies with sunflower seed oil can protect them from potentially fatal infections. Infections and complications from preterm birth cause more than half of all neonatal deaths, and very low birth weight babies are particularly vulnerable. Preterm babies have immature skin that lacks a protective film called vernix that has antimicrobial properties. […]
The Dry Cleaning And Laundry Services In London That Make Miracles!}
The Dry Cleaning and Laundry Services in London that make miracles! by moscow gordeeva Most of people believe that the Dry cleaning and the Laundry services are just a matter of machines. Actually that is a big mistake, since if it could be that easy, we all would have bought one of these machines and we could enjoy the freshness […]
London Knights trade Steve Mason to Kitchener Rangers
Sunday, January 6, 2008 On the morning of January 4, 2008, while at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 19-year-old goalie Steve Mason received a phone call from Canada informing him that he was traded by the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights to the Kitchener Rangers. In a press release Friday, Kitchener Rangers Head coach and General Manager Peter […]
Dungog, Australia residents celebrate continued protection of local forest
Thursday, September 5, 2013 Local residents of Dungog, a small country town in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, held a celebratory nature walk on Sunday after they received assurance that their local forest was deemed worthy of “enduring protection.” Previously, a proposal before the NSW government to log over one million hectares of protected national park forests had caused alarm […]
Calls for bottled water bans grow in Canada
Saturday, August 23, 2008 London, Ontario is the latest in a string of Canadian cities to have acted on increasing public demand to ban bottled water. On Monday, the decision to eliminate bottled water sales in city-run facilities was passed by London’s city council with a vote of 15-3 in favour. The move was driven by a desire to reduce […]