UK business gets sniffy over advert (Times of Malta)
A row has erupted in the UK over an advertisment for a cold remedy which suggests having a day off work sick. The TV and web "Take a Benylin Day" ad offers advice on what to tell the boss when calling in sick and reviews the best DVDs to watch while at home.
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UKA Prefer Home Comforts For Training Camp (Sporting Life via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
UK Athletics have opted to prepare their teams for this year's IAAF World Cross Country Championships at home rather than set up a training camp in Cyprus.
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UK helps work on U.N. Gaza truce resolution (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The United States and its allies dropped objections to passing a U.N. Security Council resolution on Gaza and haggled with Arab states on Thursday over a text that would urge an immediate cease-fire, diplomats said.
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SFO opens UK Madoff probe (BBC News)
The Serious Fraud Office says it is to open an inquiry into Bernard Madoff's business operations in the UK.
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Recycling teabags and other tips from UK's "Mr Tight" (BBC News)
A man who has taped his work boots together for years is named as the winner of a television show to find Britain's most frugal person.
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