Brit thief uses knickers as disguise during drunken shop raid!September 16th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit thief reportedly used a pair of knickers to cover his head, in a bid to disguise himself during a drunken shop raid. Chelmsford Crown Court was told that Michael Callaghan, 43, had forced a shop assistant into a cupboard before taking 200 pounds from the till, reports the Daily Star.
How boob jobs, beaus, booze are making teen Lotto winner bankruptAugust 23rd, 2009 LONDON - A teenage Lotto winner is facing bankruptcy after spending the money on a series of breast enhancement surgeries, sponging boyfriends, alcohol and buying-sprees. Callie Rogers, who bagged 1.9 million pounds when she was 16, is now a single, broke mum-of-two, living with her mother in a tiny two-up two-down.
Brit student, 21, named 'Young Slimmer Of The Year' after losing 7stAugust 21st, 2009 LONDON - A Brit student has been named 'Young Slimmer Of The Year' after losing seven stone. Leanne Needham, 21, weighed nearly 18st at the age of 17 and suffered severe health problems.
How Brit street beggars can make up to 200 pounds a nightAugust 11th, 2009 LONDON - Police in Leicestershire have revealed that street beggars in Britain are making 200 pounds a night, the equivalent of a 73,000 pounds-a-year salary tax-free. Officers discovered that a number of 'professional' beggars used the money to supplement income from their normal day jobs, and, last month, they arrested 20 beggars from the streets of Leicester, who were not homeless.
25p banana 'theft' case costs Brit taxpayers 20,000 pounds!August 8th, 2009 LONDON - A court in England let a man go scot-free after over 20,000 pounds were wasted prosecuting him over the "theft" of a 25p Banana. A jury heard that James Gallagher, 23, was caught grabbing the banana off a table by security men at the Del Villaggio restaurant in Birmingham.
Brit Indian newsagent claims UK bank 'fleeced' him of over 7000 poundsJuly 30th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit Indian newsagent, Mukund Patel, has charged the Barclays Bank of fleecing him of over seven thousand pounds. Seventy-two-year-old Patel claimed that only did the bank take away his money, but it also told him to get a loan to cover the overdraft.ccording to The Sun, Patel paid in a 73.34-pound cheque at Barclays for his gas bill, but the bank debited 7,334 pounds - 100 times the amount - from his account.
Gordon Brown spent 4.6m pounds on globetrotting last yearJuly 17th, 2009 LONDON - Brit Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been revealed to have spent 4.6million pounds flying round the world in private chartered aircraft over the last year at taxpayers' expense. Turns out the travel fare is double the 2.3million pounds bill that Tony Blair ran up in his final year in Downing Street, reports the Daily Express.
Brit men spend £4.2bn annually on sleazy fun behind partner's backsJune 16th, 2009 LONDON - Men will splash out a whopping 4.2 billion pounds this year pounds on sleazy fun behind their partner's backs, according to a new UK survey. The OnePoll.com site found that men will spend 1.6 billion pounds on strippers, hundreds of millions on adult websites and saucy phone downloads.
Oz university student wins $13M from old lottery ticketMay 28th, 2009 SYDNEY - A West Australian university student has won more than 13million dollars from an old lottery ticket. The woman in her 30s delved through a bundle of Lotto tickets because of her family's money worries.
Brit cafe's 'tenfold breakfast' challenge for customersMay 18th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit cafe has launched what could be called a 'tenfold feast' for its customers, by offering a giant breakfast with tens of everything for free, provided punters could eat it all in 20 minutes. And the 5,000-calorie 'ultimate breakfast' includes ten eggs, ten sausages, ten bacon rashers and ten slices of toast, plus beans, tomatoes and mushrooms.
Brit women waste 650m pounds on summer clothes that don't fit!May 16th, 2009 LONDON - Women waste 650 million pounds buying summer clothes that do not fit, a new UK research has found. The study, which found that one in four Brits spends 50 pounds to 100 pounds on tiny clothes that simply stay in the wardrobe, was conducted for Special K.
Brit women waste £650m on summer clothes that don't fit!May 5th, 2009 LONDON - Women waste 650 million pounds buying summer clothes that do not fit, a new UK research has found. The study, which found that one in four Brits spends 50 pounds to 100 pounds on tiny clothes that simply stay in the wardrobe, was conducted for Special K.
Coke pulls TV ad where women are seen as sexual toys for menMay 4th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Global soft drink giant Coca Cola has been forced to withdraw a television advertisement that suggests women should be available for sex whenever men want it. According to a Herald Sun report, the Advertising Standards Bureau found the advertisement inappropriate, especially when children were watching television.
German teen sells virginity for 9,000 pounds to highest online bidderApril 24th, 2009 LONDON - German teen Alina Percea's virginity has finally been auctioned off online at 9,000 pounds on April 23 to an unnamed Italian man. Percea, 18, who has been running the sale on German erotic website gesext.de, for the past month, plans on using the cash to go to university and to help her poor family back home in aracal, Romania
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British mums do #32,000 of household work a yearMarch 16th, 2009 LONDON - British mums do more than 32,000 pounds of household work every year, according to a new survey. Commissioned by insurers Legal and General, the survey showed that household chores like childcare, cleaning, and cooking would cost an average of 32,812 pounds, if families had to pay outsiders to do them.
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