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Britain
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Wednesday Morning Spice
16 Apr 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Ferry carrying 476 people sinks. DA takes Icasa to court. Oscar ‘on thin ice.’ UN slams Britain’s sexist boys club culture. India announces third gender. Pam Anderson removes famous tat. Kristen Stewart looks different.
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Breakthrough: They’re Finally Going To Be Able To Get Long-Range Weather Forecasts Right
02 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Many a planned party or event has suffered the wrath of ill weather. Meteorologists’ long-term predictions of weather patterns have until now been no better than flipping a coin. Finally – British scientists have announced that they have developed the world’s best long-term forecasting model.
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Congrats! 27-Year-Old Brit Will Be Youngest Grandfather As Daughter (13) Is 5-Months Pregnant
02 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
No-one does white-trash like the Brits. A 27-year-old jailed murderer is set to become Britain’s youngest grandfather. The current holder of the title was only 29 when he was crowned with this dubious honour.
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Here Is The New £1 Coin [IMAGE]
19 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here is the new £1 coin for numismatists, a big word for coin collectors, to drool over. The new 12-sided design, similar to the three pence piece currently in circulation, is said to be the hardest in the world to fake.
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You Can Get Asylum In The UK If You’re An Atheist
15 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A man from Afghanistan has been granted religious asylum in the United Kingdom, because he’s an atheist.
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The UK Storm Is Destroying Landmarks [PHOTOS]
07 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
England’s worst spate of storms in over 20 years is continuing to batter coastlines and drown villages – but they’re also doing damage to historic landmarks.
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British Politeness Translation Table Goes Viral
06 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The British have become known as quite a polite group of people, well, some of them anyway. Their sometimes too-polite phrases give the illusion of class and a well established set of manners. However, a translation table that has been making the rounds on the internet recently, might change the way you listen to them.
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Get Up To Speed: The 6 King Georges Of England [PICS]
25 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
These are the six King Georges of England. The majority of the kings were German, with one of them marrying a Catholic in secret. And two of the them had Academy Award winning Hollywood movies based on them.
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This Is The Moment When The Woolwich Killers Rushed The Police [VIDEO]
24 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
WARNING: Please don’t watch this video if you’re a sensitive viewer. Two London locals who drove British soldier, Lee Rigby down with a vehicle before stabbing him to death and beheading him were shot by police on Wednesday afternoon.
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This Is The Woman Behind The Margaret Thatcher “Death Parties”
11 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Since the passing of the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher scores of parties have been seen popping up around Britain. Romany Blythe was the lady behind some of the ‘death parties.’
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People Are Throwing Margaret Thatcher Death Celebration Parties – This Is Why [PICS]
10 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Take a look at the crazy riots and death parties in celebration of Margaret Thatcher’s Death as well as the publics reasoning behind them.
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Nando’s Nation: Britain’s Love Affair With Chicken
12 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apparently Britain’s elite, celebrities and Olympic Gold medalists choose Nando’s. The first woman to win a gold medal for boxing, Nicola Adams celebrated at the popular food restaurant. And footballers earning £25 000 (R330 000) a week, choose Nando’s as their after training meal of choice, not to mention Rihanna, Britney Spears and Lewis Hamilton. In […]
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Another Week, Another British Yob Abusing Someone On A Train [VIDEO]
28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This video, which was apparently uploaded on YouTube in January 2011 has resurfaced after it was posted to Facebook page yesterday at 10h45. Since the post, the video has garnered nearly 21 000 likes and 5 263 shares, no surprise when the videos main title has been variations of the quote “I’ll fucking smash your face in.” […]
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Baron With 8 Daughters But No Sons Faces His Title Passing To Distant Cousin – Downton Abbey Style
21 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At the age of 80, the 10th Baron Braybrooke has eight daughters but no sons. As a result of a law that stipulates he may not pass his title to a woman, a random distant cousin stands to score big time.
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Angry Chinese Say British-Designed Skyscraper Resemebles “Giant Underpants”
10 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
When the Suzhou Chinaing Real Estate Company commissioned British architecture practice RMJM to design The Gate to the East, they were hoping for the Eastern answer to Paris’s Arc de Triomphe. Instead, they found the £445 million skyscraper more closely resembled a pair of “giant underpants”.
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The Olympic Opening Ceremony Is Going To Be Pretty Weird, Featuring Voldemort
25 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I feel a little bit sorry for the organisers of London’s Olympic Ceremony. They’ve got to follow on the epic opening ceremony held in Beijing, with thousand of drummers beating along in unison. The British just can’t control their people like that.
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London Olympics Loses 10 000 Security Guards To “Software Glitch”
18 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With the London Olympics a mere ten days away, this is a bit of an embarrassment for Boris Johnson to admit. With the decision to outsource security of the games to private security firm G4S, their last-minute withdrawal has left politicians with no choice but to call up members of the military. Many have just returned from deployment in Afghanistan.
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Arrests Made During Far-Right British Protest Against “Islamification” [GALLERY]
16 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The controversial, far-right English Defence League marched on Saturday through the streets of Bristol against the “islamification” of the city. Basically, the group believes that there are too many Muslim’s in Britain and they should rather move somewhere else.
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Olympic Torch: Kids Try Steal It, Man With Jetpack Flies With It [VIDEO]
03 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
To be honest, I’ve never really followed any of the other olympic torch relays, but this year’s one has been pretty awesome. Kids are trying to steal it, a man with a jetpack is flying with it, and stormtroopers are getting to carry it.
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David Cameron Heckled During Olympic Speech [VIDEO]
28 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Less than a minute into a speech to mark the month-to-go countdown to the start of the Olympics yesterday, Britain’s prime minister got heckled by a protester. The guy shouted: “Shame on you, David Cameron – you are crippling the poor in London. Shame on you!” Cameron’s response? “Don’t spoil it, sir!”
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Thousands of Awesome Historic Aerial Photos Of Britain Go Online [PICS]
25 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
These photographs of famous landmarks such as St Paul’s Cathedral and Blackpool Tower could have been lost forever, were it not for a major conservation project which has made them freely available on the internet for the first time.
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German Delegation to Britain Greeted By Villagers In Nazi Uniforms
14 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The idea of not mentioning the war was lost on a bunch of Poms in Haworth, a small village near Bradford in West Yorkshire, who were seen wearing Nazi SS costumes as a delegation of German visitors arrived on a visit to their British twin town.
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Harvey Nichols Campaign Showing Models Wetting Themselves Sparks Outrage [PICS]
08 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Harvey Nichols in the UK came under fire this week for their latest advertising campaign. Meant to promote their summer sale, the posters depict models that have apparently wet their pants with excitement. The slogan reads: “The Harvey Nichols Sale…Try To Contain Your Excitement.”
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FAIL: “Die Stem” Plays Before SA/Britain Investec London Cup Game
06 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just before the start of the SA/Britain women’s hockey game at the London Cup yesterday, both teams had their national anthem played at the stadium. Except, when it was South Africa’s turn, they got played “Die Stem”. The South African Hockey Association has now requested a personal apology from competition manager Steve Catton.
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Apple Drop 4G From UK iPad Advertising, What About SA?
15 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple has been forced to drop the use of the term “4G” in its UK advertising for the new iPad, bacause not only is 4G not yet available to iPad users in the UK and Europe; it also appears that not all new iPads will be able to work on UK and European 4G when it does arrive. Is SA likely to suffer the same fate?
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New Legislation Makes The UK Big Brother
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So! The British Home Office announced yesterday that new legislation will soon allow the government to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of every single person in the UK. The Home Office then had to clarify that, no, this was not some sort of elaborate April Fools prank.
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Gender Bender: Man Gives Birth In Britain
13 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A man in his thirties has given birth to a healthy child, in what is Britain’s first “male mother” case in recorded history. The man, whose name has not been made public, was born a woman but underwent a sex change as an adult. The news has been met with much tsking from Brits, wondering whether the kid’s going to call him “Mummy” or “Daddy”.
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Britain Goes It Alone: The “Billy-No-Mates” Of Europe
14 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
On 9 December 2011, British Prime Minister, David Cameron emerged from 10 hours of negotiations with European Union leaders, announcing his decision to reject new European Rules on behalf of Britain. It is a move that has set Britain up for a season of icy relations with its continental cousins that may last much longer than this year’s winter.
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Nigeria Forges Ahead With Anti-Gay Bill, Says To Hell With Western Critics
08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Nigerian legislature is pushing ahead with a new bill which aims to limit gay rights, including banning gay marriage. And it’s paying absolutely no attention to Western nations’ concerns about this.
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English Man Arrested For Planning Water-Fight With BBM
16 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A 20-year-old man in Essex has been charged with “encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offence” because he used Blackberry Messenger to invite people to a public water fight. Whether this means British cops can now wiretap the Blackberry messaging network is unclear, but either way: great job, democracy.
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