2014年12月7日 星期日

2014-12-08 U.K. Spotlight


Financial Times
   
Angry electorate makes politicians fearful   
Financial Times
The textbooks treat election campaigns as moments of expectation. Sometimes even excitement. The organising mood in Britain is one of fear. The old political class — right, left and all points in between — is too fearful for its own future to conjure up visions of ...


   


BBC News
   
Autumn Statement: Osborne reveals stamp duty reforms   
BBC News
George Osborne has said stamp duty will be cut for 98% of homebuyers in his Autumn Statement to the Commons. The chancellor said that from midnight the current system, where the amount owed jumps at certain price levels, would be replaced by a ...


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Hargreaves Lansdown
   
Oil price plunges to 4-year low   
Hargreaves Lansdown
The price of a barrel of oil has slumped below $68 having been as high as $112 in June this year. Demand for oil has fallen recently as global economic growth has slowed. At the same time oil-producing nations have not cut supply and when there is too ...


   


Financial Times
   
fight to save Paddington from deportation   
Financial Times
He is short, cuddly and every immigration lawyer's favourite film star — not quite a person but a cinematic emblem of the human aspect of our work. A new arrival from a distant country devastated by earthquake, he was cared for by his uncle (now missing) ...


   


BBC News
   
'Skywalker' passport cancelled because it was 'frivolous'   
BBC News
A woman who added Skywalker as a middle name has had her passport cancelled after being told her application was "frivolous". Laura Matthews, 29, was told her signature - "L. Skywalker" - infringed a trademark in July this year. She was issued with the ...


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Mirror.co.uk
   
Man drinks TEN cans of Coke every day for a month – you'll never guess how ...   
Mirror.co.uk
Super-fit George Prior set himself the fizzy challenge to show the effects of the amount of sugar in the world's most popular drink. And in just 30 days, George, 50, was transformed from boasting a healthy and muscular physique to sporting a pot belly, love ...


   


Olafur Eliasson at Fondation Louis Vuitton   
Financial Times
Can any artist compete with the combined fantasies of France's richest man and the world's most famous architect? By commissioning Olafur Eliasson, Europe's philosopher of spectacle, for the inaugural exhibition at his Fondation Louis Vuitton, Bernard ...


   


Manchester Evening News
   
Manchester United lay out transfer plan to become 'the new Real Madrid'   
Manchester Evening News
Reds chiefs are delighted with Louis van Gaal's start to life at Old Trafford and are already planning to give him a warchest next summer. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Email. Nick Potts/PA Wire. United want to become the new Real Madrid - and will hand Louis ...


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Mirror.co.uk
   
Geminids: Spectacular meteor shower lets you see 100 shooting stars per hour ...   
Mirror.co.uk
This weekend sees the start of the annual Geminid meteor shower (the Geeminids), one of the most spectacular events of the year for stargazers. For 10 days, starting this weekend, you'll be able to see as many as 100 shooting stars in the sky every hour in ...


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Digital Spy UK
   
Aaron takes Robert to a gay bar   
Digital Spy UK
When Robert learns that Andy has been given his father Jack's wedding ring, which is going to be melted down into two rings, he storms out in a fury. Aaron tracks down Robert, who climbs into his car and tells him to drive anywhere. Aaron tries to get to the ...


   

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