Some 200 km of coastline were affected by Britain’s third largest maritime oil spillage, after the Torrey Canyon in 1967 and the Braer four years ago. It is now estimated that more than 3,000 tonnes of crude oil was washed up on beaches.. The European Union was warned yesterday that it must not attempt to [...]
“Tony Blair is much more in the middle now, but I would not have voted for Neil Kinnock.”Mr Thompson’s disenchantment reflects the findings of an opinion poll at the weekend which suggested that Labour could win a comfortable majority on 27 February. But as the poll also hinted he is not so sure who to [...]
“If you two break, then I’m in as well.”But the enduring impression of the tapes was Glenn’s misery “Got no dad any more .. got no mum and dad .. want me mum,” he sobbed The boys made confessions but told different stories. Howells stuck to his; he found out what the boys had done, [...]
At the Pudong New Area Administration Office, Fan Zonglin said: “China is very big, so two business centres is not too many.”. Almaty – The leader of an exiled nationalist Uighur group in Kazakhstan said yesterday that riots in China’s predominantly Muslim north-west were sparked by the execution of 30 Uighurs by the Chinese authorities [...]
The referral of the pounds 395m deal is a severe blow to Liam Strong, the beleaguered Sears chief executive, who had hoped to use the proceeds from the sale to return up to pounds 410m to shareholders. The MMC is due to report on the deal by 9 June causing a delay in Sears’ plans [...]
This is due to a higher proportion of money being tied up in assets such as life assurance and pension funds, which now account for one-third of all personal wealth. As a result, most people do not feel as “well off” as in the past.The biggest concern for 20- to 34-year-olds is money limiting their [...]