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Icy weather shuts Gatwick runway

Last post by Jewel « Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:57 pm
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by Spike » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:41 pm

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Passengers are being warned to expect delays after icy conditions forced the closure of Gatwick Airport's runway for nearly four hours.

BAA Gatwick said the runway and taxi-ways were reopened at...

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Good -well it is a change from the protestors.....gives them some time off :)

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Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:57 pm
Great offers from redseaflights.com

Last post by Spike « Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:20 am

by Spike » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:20 am

There are great offers from redseaflights.com travelling out of both Gatwick and Manchester. There are seats available for Christmas and New Year so make your way to the Red Sea. Plus all their...

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Last post by Spike
Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:20 am
Jet2.com adds another plane to Red Sea

Last post by Spike « Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:19 am

by Spike » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:19 am

Leeds-based airline Jet2.com is to create 25 new jobs by basing another 225-seat Boeing 757 at Manchester Airport to increase capacity on new routes to Sharm El Sheikh. The airline says the new route...

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Last post by Spike
Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:19 am
Sharm El Sheikh becomes second EarthLung destination of the

Last post by Spike « Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:17 am

by Spike » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:17 am

Sharm El Sheikh became the second EarthLung destination of the world. Egypt's Minister of Tourism, Zoheir Garranah, announced the commitment of Egyptian Tourism and said, Following the initiative of...

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Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:17 am
Unexploded bomb found under pier

Last post by Spike « Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:14 am

by Spike » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:14 am

Army explosives experts have made safe a unexploded torpedo found buried beneath the pier at Largs in Ayrshire.

The old army ordnance device was found on Monday afternoon by divers working within...

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Last post by Spike
Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:14 am
Ban on tobacco displays announced

Last post by Spike « Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:13 am

by Spike » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:13 am

The open display of tobacco in shops is to be banned in England and Wales, the government has announced.

But it is understood plans for an outright ban on tobacco vending machines and branding on...

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Last post by Spike
Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:13 am
Egypt police in dark after 400 lamp posts stolen

Last post by Goddess « Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:21 pm
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by Hurghada Lady » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:08 pm

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Egypt police in dark after 400 lamp posts stolen

CAIRO (AFP) — Egyptian police are trying to track down hundreds of street lamps worth almost a million dollars after they were stolen from a road...

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Humph! How come I get dragged into everything??

If it's anything like they did in my street - I'm not a bit surprised - they left the lamp posts lying by the side of the street for 2 months before...

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Last post by Goddess
Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:21 pm
'No Britons' Among Mumbai Killers

Last post by Spike « Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:36 pm

by Spike » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:36 pm

A senior Indian official has said there is no evidence that any of the gunmen who killed 195 people in Mumbai were British.

Vilasrao Deshmukh, Maharashtra state's chief minister, was speaking as...

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Last post by Spike
Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:36 pm
Free Flip-Flops For Drunk Women

Last post by Spike « Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:30 pm

by Spike » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:30 pm

A police initiative to give flip-flops to women on boozy nights out has been branded a waste of taxpayers' cash.

Officers hope it will reduce the burden on emergency services by stopping women...

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Last post by Spike
Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:30 pm
Scuba Wife's Death: Hubby Charged

Last post by Spike « Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:23 pm

by Spike » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:23 pm

An American scuba diver has been charged with murdering his wife after she drowned during their honeymoon at Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

The official allegation allows authorities to start...

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Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:23 pm
Hangover Hazard On British Roads

Last post by Spike « Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:16 pm

by Spike » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:16 pm

Motorists are being warned about the dangers of driving the morning after a big night out - even if they are under the legal drinking limit.

As the Christmas party season approaches, they are being...

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Last post by Spike
Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:16 pm
Shop Worker Killed In Sales Rush

Last post by Spike « Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:13 pm

by Spike » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:13 pm

A supermarket worker has been killed in a stampede of shoppers during the first day of America's traditional Christmas sales season.

The 34-year-old man was knocked to the ground as shoppers swept...

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Last post by Spike
Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:13 pm
Stars Flock To £23k A Night Hotel in Dubai

Last post by Spike « Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:38 pm

by Spike » Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:38 pm

Granted, hotel openings aren't usually headline news, but there's a reason why I'm sat in the extravagant, surreal surroundings of the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai - and it's not just because I fancied a...

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Last post by Spike
Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:38 pm
Cairo Crunch Time For Oil Prices

Last post by Spike « Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:18 pm

by Spike » Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:18 pm

The RAC thinks that, by the end of December, we'll be paying 88 pence for a litre of unleaded petrol. Happy Christmas, everyone! Well, perhaps not everyone.

The drop in oil price is not going to be...

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Last post by Spike
Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:18 pm
UK energy Costs

Last post by Spike « Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:56 pm
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by Spike » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:08 pm

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Just reading on Sky news about the UK's energy cost's, here is the article...

Energy bills in the UK have reached a record high, yet Sky News has learned that almost all of us remain clueless about...

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Sorry, it only listed those stated in the full article above.

Would be interesting to see what they are though !

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Last post by Spike
Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:56 pm
Japan's Economy Now In Recession

Last post by Spike « Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:56 pm

by Spike » Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:56 pm

Japan's Economy Now In Recession

Japan, the second largest economy in the world,
has become the latest country to officially
slip into recession.

It joins Germany, Italy, Spain and Ireland...

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Last post by Spike
Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:56 pm
Experts: Tanning Jab 'Dangerous'

Last post by Spike « Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:45 pm

by Spike » Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:45 pm

Experts: Tanning Jab 'Dangerous'

An unlicensed tanning jab could leave users
suffering serious side-effects, a regulator has
warned.

Melanotan was developed to help treat skin disorders and...

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Last post by Spike
Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:45 pm
Mel B renews vows

Last post by Spike « Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:48 pm
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by Hurghada Lady » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:08 pm

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Mel B and her husband Stephen Belafonte renewed their wedding vows in an intimate ceremony in Egypt yesterday (08.11.08).

Mel B and her husband Stephen Belafonte renewed their wedding vows...

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How sweet !

It would of been great for Hurghada if the Spice's had of come, think of all the media attention it would of attracted and the global advertising for the resort!

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Last post by Spike
Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:48 pm
An Egyptian donkey has been jailed

Last post by Spike « Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:43 am
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by Hurghada Lady » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:53 pm

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AFP - Thursday, September 18 05:06 pmCAIRO (AFP) -

An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute in the Nile Delta,...

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This is a classic...

Great wording too

:lol:

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Last post by Spike
Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:43 am
Barack Obama's Grandmother Dies

Last post by Spike « Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:53 pm

by Spike » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:53 pm

Barack Obama's 86-year-old grandmother
has died on the eve of the US presidential election.

In a joint statement with his sister, the Democratic candidate announced the news that Madelyn Dunham...

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Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:53 pm

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