London | 4 months ago
British school to hold drug tests for pupils
London, Jan 2 - A top private school in Britain, attended by around 1,400 students, will now carry out random drug tests on pupils.Students at the Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire who are suspected of taking drugs will be asked to undergo mouth swabs, after permission from parents, The Sun reported.A school spokesman said drug tests would be carried out with proper parental consent, should it be d ... read more

London | 5 months ago
Styles spent over 1,000 pounds on Swift's b'day
London, Dec 15 - Singer Harry Styles is said to have splashed out over 1,000 pounds on birthday presents for new girlfriend Taylor Swift.The One Direction star celebrated the country singer's 23rd birthday by buying her a 400 pounds-worth Jimmy Choo handbag, antique earrings, her favourite perfume - and 23 cup cakes.The cakes cost 38 pounds and he picked them up in person from a husband-and-wife f ... read more

London | 5 months ago
British cop gets sack for posting genitals snap online
London, Dec 14 - A senior police inspector, who served in a British police force for 25 years, was sacked after he posted a picture of his genitals on social networking website Facebook, the Daily Mail reported.Inspector Daemon Johnson, who worked with Northamptonshire Police, was fired after officers spotted the explicit photo online.The officer also sent inappropriate emails and made lewd commen ... read more

Jakarta | 7 months ago
Mahatma Gandhi continues to influence us: Indonesian vice president
Jakarta, Oct 2 - Mahatma Gandhi was an extraordinary human being, a man whose inspiration, thoughts and beliefs continues to influence us, Indonesian Vice President Boediono said here Tuesday.Delivering the 1st Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture to commemorate the 143rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Boediono said today we are living in a world amidst intolerance and it is easy to be cynical an ... read more

Jakarta | 7 months ago
Mahatma Gandhi continues to influence us: Indonesian vice president
Jakarta, Oct 2 - Mahatma Gandhi was an extraordinary human being, a man whose inspiration, thoughts and beliefs continues to influence us, Indonesian Vice President Boediono said here Tuesday.Delivering the 1st Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture to commemorate the 143rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Boediono said today we are living in a world amidst intolerance and it is easy to be cynical an ... read more

London | 9 months ago
Stalker threatens to kill Princess Diana's butler
London, Aug 20 - A 51-year-old Bulgarian threatened to assassinate Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell and also his sons and brother, a media report said.Slav Mitev, who made threatening calls to the butler, and also claimed to have kidnapped his wife Maria, has been ordered by a court to never again contact him, the Daily Express reported.The Chester Crown Court heard Mitev, of Wood Green ... read more

London | 11 months ago
Searching for cannabis, British cops come across alligator
London, June 20 - A group of British policemen, raiding a house in a town for cannabis, were shocked to find an alligator in the bathroom.The deadly reptile was up to 8 feet long and was discovered wriggling and snapping in a bath when officers swooped on the house after uncovering a cannabis factory at a nearby property, The Sun reported. It is believed that the alligator had been bought from a d ... read more

London | 11 months ago
Searching for cannabis, British cops come across alligator
London, June 20 - A group of British policemen, raiding a house in a town for cannabis, were shocked to find an alligator in the bathroom.The deadly reptile was up to 8 feet long and was discovered wriggling and snapping in a bath when officers swooped on the house after uncovering a cannabis factory at a nearby property, The Sun reported. It is believed that the alligator had been bought from a d ... read more

London | 11 months ago
Barlow's candle-light romance with wife
London, Jun 18 - Singer Gary Barlow and his wife Dawn go for a candle light dinner once a week to keep the romance alive in their marriage.The 41-year-old married dancer Dawn in 2000 and right now they are expecting their fourth child together.When my wife and I decided to relocate to London from Cheshire -, we made a pact that, regardless of how busy we both were, we'd eat out once a week... We h ... read more

London | 11 months ago
Barlow's candle-light romance with wife
London, Jun 18 - Singer Gary Barlow and his wife Dawn go for a candle light dinner once a week to keep the romance alive in their marriage.The 41-year-old married dancer Dawn in 2000 and right now they are expecting their fourth child together.When my wife and I decided to relocate to London from Cheshire -, we made a pact that, regardless of how busy we both were, we'd eat out once a week... We h ... read more