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UNESCO drops Galapagos off endangered list
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee said Wednesday it dropped the Pacific islands of Galapagos off its list of endangered sites. The decision, by a vote of 14...
Sweden could eliminate money
In Sweden discussion on a very important issue began, an almost utopian, almost a participant in science fiction for some countries kind of topic, the elimination...
No more Sherlock for a year
Fans of popular new BBC drama Sherlock have a long wait for a second series – it could take more than a year to hit screens because the show’s writer...
ITV Snags Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) has announced today that, subject to contract, ITV has been awarded the UK Broadcast rights for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New...
Pillow fight a national security threat
Armed police wielding batons arrested 70 teenagers and left several others hospitalised in the Belarus capital Minsk after the youngsters staged an unauthorised...
Broccoli patent wars
A British company is in court in Germany this week in what German media described as a bid to patent broccoli. Plant Biosciences Ltd filed a patent in 2002 for...
Sunbathing birds alarm zoo visitors
Staff at the world’s oldest zoo have put up notices asking visitors to stop calling to report that their south American Seriema birds have died – when...
Flat Rate Boob Jobs
Plastic surgeons are offering special cut-price boob jobs to beauties who want to fill out their cups in time for Germany’s biggest beer festival. Doctors...
Beer with Extra Whey-Hey
Brewers have invented a new beer laced with cheese to stop amorous boozers becoming a let down after a night down the pub. The Austrian brew – made with whey...
Delicate Wash
Toddler terror Wenwen Ayli destroyed his mum’s washing machine when he tried to create his own private roundabout – in his mum’s spin dryer. Thee...
Corrie! comes ‘home’
CORRIE! comes ‘home’ to Salford with Charles Lawson as narrator. The nation’s favourite and longest running soap is trading its famous cobbles for...
Danish woman finds python in compost heap
A Danish woman discovered a 4-metre-long tiger python in her compost container in northern Jutland, she told broadcaster DR on Friday. The woman alerted police to...
Coming Soon – The Saturdays: 24/7
ITV2 have exclusive access to one of this year’s hottest UK bands in this brand new series, The Saturdays: 24/7. The four part access-all-areas documentaries...
Dame Judi Dench to make debut at BBC Proms
Dame Judi Dench is to make her debut at the BBC Proms on Saturday 31 July in a Proms concert devoted to the music of Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, who is 80...
A Celebration of Yorkshire
BBC Radio York, Leeds, Sheffield and Humberside will join forces to simultaneously broadcast the full 15-minute A Symphony For Yorkshire, which has taken five months...
