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Archive for November, 2010

Sacked charity shop worker ‘didn’t fuss about enough’

Charity shop worker Gladys Evans, 72, was sacked for gross misconduct after ‘failing to demonstrate the required levels of unnecessary activity’, a disciplinary tribunal was told today.

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Posted: Nov 20th, 2010
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Mascara tax means ‘richest, sassiest’ will bear brunt of recession

The Government has proposed a tax on mascara, which could raise up to £2bn for the Treasury but is set to squeeze Cheryl Cole very hard indeed.

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Posted: Nov 19th, 2010
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Travelodge manager sacked in Royal wedding venue bribery scandal

Amid mounting speculation over the venue for next year’s Royal wedding, the manager of a north London Travelodge has been sacked after offering ‘unreasonable inducements’ such as a bottle of house white to tempt the Royal couple to hold the ceremony there rather than at Westminster Abbey or St Paul’s.

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Posted: Nov 19th, 2010
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Daily Mail launches weekly hardcore supplement for left-wing high dudgeon addicts

every single bloody dayAssociated Press is to launch an under-the-counter concentrated bile supplement to the Daily Mail to satisfy its most loyal readers – indignant liberals addicted to a feeling of utter disgust with a right-wing, middle-market tabloid.

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Posted: Nov 19th, 2010
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French doubts about military pact as sniggering UK minister announces ‘Operation Crabtree’

The French government has admitted to private doubts about the UK’s commitment to the recent military pact between the two countries, after British defence secretary Liam Fox announced that the first UK-French joint military exercise will be called ‘Operation Crabtree’.

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Posted: Nov 18th, 2010
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