England

World's first ever sand hotel open for business at £10 a night

arbroath.blogspot.com     4 hrs ago   10 related          

The world's first ever sand hotel has been made in Dorset and is accepting its first guests for £10 a night. It took 1,000 tonnes of sand and a team of four sculptors working 14 hours a day for seven days to build the structure...                

ARM Q2 and Half Year 2008 Trading Update (PR Newswire)

yahoo.com     5 hrs ago   4 related          

Thursday July 24, 3:07 am ET CAMBRIDGE, England, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to an inadvertent disclosure of our Q2 2008 headline numbers, ARM Holdings plc [(LSE: )] announces its expected preliminary unaudited financial...                

Health Chief to Call Time on Happy Hour ; Health Minister Dawn Primarolo Has Spoken of Her...

redorbit.com     7 hrs ago   54 related          

Posted on: Thursday, 24 July 2008, 00:00 CDT By Vicki Mathias; Lynne Hutchinson v.mathias Health minister Dawn Primarolo has spoken of her determination to target happy hours in an attempt to cut the pounds2.7 billion cost of...                

Let your fingers do the talking...

bloggers4labour.org     5 hrs ago   4 related          

Will the i-phone bring about a revolution in touch screen technology? Possibly, according to The Guardian... the mouse may be an endangered species. If so, I for one will not be upset to see the end of the bloody trackpad on...                

'180% rise' in destitute refugees

msn.com     12 hrs ago   9 related          

The Government has been urged to take action after a report found that the number of destitute asylum seekers and refugees had increased by 180% in just 18 months. The survey by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT)...                

Top honor for soldier who dived on grenade

cnn.com     2 hrs ago   56 related          

UK awards George Cross to soldier who dived on a live grenade in Afghanistan Marine Lance Cpl. Croucher stumbled on a tripwire in a Taliban compound Croucher survived with minor wounds after backpack, armor absorbed blast...                

Hana Mining Ltd. Announces Investor Relations Agreement With Kingsbridge SA and Grant of Options

newsblaze.com     12 hrs ago   2 related          

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - (Marketwire - July 23, 2008) - Hana Mining Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:HMG)(FRANKFURT:4LH) has entered into an agreement with London, UK based Kingsbridge SA to provide introductions to the investment...                

Saft Wins Two Significant Primary Lithium Battery Orders From the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence

prnewswire.com     7 hrs ago   3 related          

Saft Wins Two Significant Primary Lithium Battery Orders From the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence SOUTH SHIELDS, England, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Saft has been awarded two contracts by the U.K. Ministry of Defence...                

Wharrie was on parole after killing policeman

irishexaminer.com     3 hrs ago   45 related          

By Liam Heylin and Juno McEnroe ONE of the men jailed for 30 years for his part in "dealing in death and destruction" by trying to smuggle €1.2 billion of cocaine into Ireland was on parole from a life sentence for murdering...                

Postal service says sorry for mail mix-up

upi.com     11 hrs ago   9 related          

FAREHAM, England, July 23 (UPI) -- Britain's Royal Mail service has apologized to an elderly man who says he's furious his mail has been going to someone else's home for nearly two decades. Raymond Southwell, 76, said he's been...                

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