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LondonMercury.com Sunday 21st March 2010 Issue 8/111
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Prince Harry's charity for sick children raises concern
WellChild, the charity that has Prince Harry on its side as a Royal patron, has raised concerns after it was brought to the attention of the Charity...


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West Ham wants to bid for 'local boy' Beckham
West Ham co-owner David Gold has said that he wants to bring England and AC Milan midfielder David Beckham back to East...
Walcott's 'pink' shoes for Egypt friendly had Capello seeing 'red'
England winger Theo Walcott was reportedly under fire from manager Fabio Capello for wearing pink shoes for the friendly international against Egypt played on March...
British Airways strike leads to cancellation of thousands of tickets
Thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled on Saturday following the launch of a strike by British Airways cabin...
Cabin crew strike disrupts British Airways flights
Thousands of British Airways (BA) travellers suffered flight cancellations Saturday because of a strike called by cabin crews over pay and working...
Brits voted worst dressed in Europe
England has been voted the worst dressed nation in Europe, says a...
Queen Elizabeth II recycles her clothes!
Queen Elizabeth II has been revealed to like recycling her outfits and not wear them only once, making sure she gets full use of...
Cook's success as skipper in Bangladesh may allow ECB to consider squad rotation
Alastair Cook's success as stand-in England captain has paved the way for more players to be pulled out of...
Walcott wants a trophy as Birthday present
After turning 21 on Tuesday, Arsenal winger Theo Walcott received everything - from an expensive bracelet to a bird feeder - as birthday presents, but winning a trophy is something the England star is hoping to get as gift this...
Prince Harry eyes North Pole trek to help injured service personnel
Prince Harry is set to undertake an expedition to the North Pole to help raise funds for injured service...
Fergie brands FA chiefs as dysfunctional and biased
Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson has branded FA's disciplinary chiefs as 'dysfunctional' and implied they were biased in the wake of Steven Gerrard's let-off for elbowing Portsmouth's Michael...
Theo Walcott acknowledges Becks help during toughest year of his career
Twenty-one-year-old Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has acknowledged England star David Beckham's help in seeing him through the toughest year of his...
Man City coach says Bridge should use injury lay-off to reconsider joining England squad
Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini wants full back Wayne Bridge to use his month-long injury lay-off to reconsider his decision to quit...
Doctor prayed to God to heal Beckham's Achilles tendon
The surgeon who operated on David Beckham's Achilles tendon has revealed that he prayed to God to help him heal the former England skipper's...
Beckham writes open letter to AC Milan mates
A torn Achilles may have forced David Beckham out of the game but the England star has expressed full support to his mates at AC Milan by posting an open letter on the club's...
England Test stars wrangling with ECB over cash increase, not IPL
Eleven England Test stars, including the rested captain Andrew Strauss and fast bowler James Anderson, have refused to sign the central contracts offered to them last October, and it is not because of their participation in the Indian Premier League, but more to do about better pay and...
Watching new lads perform in Bangladesh is Harmison's way of beating the blues
Fast bowler Steve Harmison who was left out of the England squad to South Africa and Bangladesh insists that seeing England's new batch of bowlers in Bangladesh performing well is lessening his...
Joe Cole, wife 'welcome baby girl'
England star Joe Cole's wife Carly Zucker has given birth to a baby...
British Airways Strike Ahead Of General Election Complicates Travelers' Plans
LONDON | Retiree Richard Moore arrived at Heathrow with a suitcase of summer clothes for a Miami cruise only to be sent to Denver. Susan Danby wondered whether plans for a joint 50th birthday...
Live - Bangladesh V England
From Professor Stat, TMS inbox: "A milestone - Naeem Islam became the fourth half-centurion in Bangladesh's innings. This is only the second time four Bangladeshis have reached 50 in a Test...
Foreign Office Budget Move Slammed
MPs slam decision to stop protecting Foreign Office budget from exchange rate fluctuations The "ludicrous" decision to stop protecting the Foreign Office budget from fluctuations in exchange rates...
Darling Rules Out Giveaway Budget
Alistair Darling has ruled out a giveaway Budget Alistair Darling has ruled out a "giveaway Budget" as he put the finishing touches to the pre-election package he will deliver on Wednesday.Better...
British Airways Strike Hits Uae Service
British Airways staff arrive at Heathrow Terminal 5 yesterday. The BA cabin crew began a three-day strike after lastditch talks on a dispute over pay and conditions...
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between the two sides, BA reported a good turnout at its two main airport hubs. By Saturday evening, 1,157 cabin crew had turned up for work at London's Heathrow...
France Weather England Storm To Win Six Nations Grand Slam
(33-10) and Scotland (9-18). France coach Marc Lievremont said that it made him immensely proud to have coached France to a ninth Grand Slam success. "It is a moment of great pride for me...
British Airways Cabin Crews Strike For 3 Days
The start of a three-day strike by cabin crews at British Airways spurred chaos and angst Saturday as union members promised more airline and rail walkouts in the coming...
British Airways Battles Cabin Crew Strike
Demonstrators wave flags at an official picket lines during a strike by Bri... British Airways and union leaders disputed the impact of a three-day cabin crew strike which began on Saturday and...
Guardian Of America's Public Lands
Santa Fe, N.M. » Stewart Udall, who sowed the seeds of the modern environmental movement as secretary of the interior during the 1960s and later became a crusader for victims of radiation...
England Happy With Wicket Haul
England new boy James Tredwell said the tourists were happy with their efforts on day one of the second Test despite Bangladesh notching up 330-8.The 28-year-old Kent spinner took 2-85 off 29 overs...
Just 25% Of Voters Back Ba Strike
Just 25% of voters back the BA strike, a poll found Only one in four voters supports the strike by British Airways cabin crew, according to an opinion poll carried out in the days before the walk...
We Must Trust In Basic British Decency To Beat The Racist Bnp | Ian Austin, Communities Minister
BNP last year, councillors across the country and the shameful election of Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons show we need to change our approach.Bans, pickets and protests no longer work. Legal action...
British Airways Cabin Crew Begins Strike
Unite , collapsed. The strike will extend for three days, after beginning at midnight in London. After the first strike, the union plans another four days of industrial action, beginning on March...
Strike Cancels Thousands Of British Airways Flights
(LONDON) — Retiree Richard Moore arrived at Heathrow with a suitcase of summer clothes for a Miami cruise only to be sent to Denver. Susan Danby wondered if plans for a joint 50th birthday...
The Budget: Banks Face 'risk Tax' From Both Major Parties
Alistair Darling will use this week's pre-election Budget to launch Labour's battle for the moral and economic high ground, with confirmation that a new annual tax on banks, to pay for their part in...
Did Hague Know That Lord Ashcroft Was A Non-dom?
Labour stepped up the pressure on William Hague last night, after the Tories' foreign affairs spokesman suggested he knew, 10 years ago, that Lord Ashcroft was a "non-dom". Mr Hague had previously...
Support For Domestic Violence Victims At Risk
Tens of thousands of women most at risk of being seriously harmed or even killed by violent partners are not getting access to the help that could save them, domestic violence experts claim. More...
Breeder Banned From Crufts After Threatening Judge
A breeder whose pet dog has just won the canine world's highest accolade has been banned from next year's Crufts for threatening a judge at another show. Moray Armstrong celebrated last Sunday as...
The Blair Rich Project
He has shared platforms with the great and the not so good, but for Tony Blair's next lucrative speaking engagement, he will stand among seemingly like-minded people. The former prime minister is...
Ministers Were Told Of Explosion In 'legal Highs'
The Government has failed to act quickly enough against the dangers of "legal highs", with mephedrone just one of hundreds of potentially dangerous substances sweeping across Europe, scientists said...
Instant Vintage – Hoard Of 70s Clothing Found
The treasure trove lay undisturbed for the best part of a generation. When the works were lovingly stored by their owner, the internet was a far-off idea, footballers were not overpaid and didn't...
Protesters Clash In Bolton
Thousands of anti-fascist protesters and right-wing extremists clashed yesterday during a day of violence in Bolton, Lancashire, that ended in nearly 70 arrests. Police said demonstrators from Unite...
Cabin Crew Strike Forces Ba To Cancel 1,100 Flights
British Airways and striking cabin crews both claimed the upper hand yesterday, on the first of three days of industrial action. Despite having to cancel hundreds of flights, the airline said that...
Archive Reveals Life Of The 'red Dean Of Canterbury'
MI5 kept files on him, his superiors wanted him sacked, and the Army labelled him a defeatist during the Second World War – yet this wasn't the life of a communist spy or dangerous...
Does Mumsnet Know Best?
Are politicians right to woo mothers at the election? And does internet behemoth mumsnet, which has hosted all the main leaders, really speak for Britain's mums? Janet Street-Porter crosses swords...
Conservatives Helped By Expenses Scandal In Fight To Take Back Former Seats
In the third and final part of his series on the Tories' target seats, Brian Brady is on the M5 stretch of the 'golden ribbon', from Birmingham to the West...
British Military Intelligence 'ran Renegade Torture Unit In Iraq'
Fresh evidence has emerged that British military intelligence ran a secret operation in Iraq which authorised degrading and unlawful treatment of prisoners. Documents reveal that prisoners were kept...
Anti-fascist Charged Over Clashes
An anti-fascist campaigner has been charged after clashes involving police and thousands of protesters in Bolton.More than 1,500 Unite Against Fascism (UAF) and 2,000 English Defence League (EDL)...