The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
The markets plunged following news of Dubai World's debt crisis, but how far does the company's reach extend in Britain? Dubai World, the emirate's main investment company whose debt crisis has caused alarm worldwide , boasts on its website: "The sun never sets on Dubai World." Its businesses range from operating ports to real estate. Through its Istithmar subsidiary, Dubai World has a range...
This is Guernsey (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
THE new planning law will encourage more UK architects to Guernsey, according to Southampton firm Charles Planning Associates.
Maritime News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
DHL has announced the launch of direct LCL service from Shenzhen to Gothenburg, enhancing its connectivity between Scandinavia and Southern China . Operated by DHL's in-house carrier, Danmar Lines, the new route is an addition to DHL's existing direct LCL services from Shenzhen to Europe and the US . The new weekly service enables cargo to be shipped directly to Gothenburg instead of being routed...
SNOPPER SAYS..... (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE.... I wonder why it is and how it can be that, having lived for seventy years and spent most of my boyhood in the 40s and 50s, until today I had absolutely no idea that such a thing as the `child migration` to the then colonies of the British Empire took place. Maybe, after all, I had a relatively sheltered upbringing, despite spending my first six years in wartime with the...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
New Zealand's oldest immigrant, 104-year-old Eric King-Turner, has died in Nelson.Mr King-Turner was 102 when he left his home near Southampton, England, to move here with his New Zealand-born wife Doris, now 90, with whom he...
Graham Pointer's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Next September, I plan to be in Armagh for an astronomy conference- not that I ever need much of an excuse to go to Northern Ireland. Now, these days we are encouraged to go green, and to use the train for short ( i.e. domestic travel) rather than flying. And it has to be said that the Channel Tunnel has improved rail links to the rest of Europe- apparently, by train, the nearest capital city to London...
Caymanian Compass (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Cayman Islands Shipping Registry representatives from the George Town headquarters, the European Regional Office in Southampton, U.K., the London office, and the Mediterranean office in Monaco
World Wide Words newsletter (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Tabnabs Lots of readers wrote, following a note on this word last week, to point out that nabs is a common term in parts of the US, mostly the South, for any kind of snack crackers. This is said to be from the name of a manufacturer, the National Biscuit Company (now Nabisco); Wikipedia says the company began to call their small packets of crackers nabs in 1928. Readers wondered if this sense of nab...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
MIDDLESBROUGH, England (AP) Middlesbrough appointed Gordon Strachan as manager Monday to spearhead the team's attempt to return to the Premier League. The League Championship club had been linked with the former Celtic and Southampton manager since firing Gareth Southgate last week and is set to present him at a media conference later Monday.
Want to be a Free Thinker (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Yay, just what we need here in England. A bunch of Greyhound buses. Hope the English can cope with this. Here's the story: Greyhound buses coming to England And now the Greyhound bus is coming to Britain – its Scottish owner, FirstGroup, introducing services between London and Portsmouth or Southampton. Pampered with leather seats, Wi-Fi and free newspapers, UK passengers will travel in a style...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Ecologist, biologist, field researcher and expert on mammals and birds of prey Simon Thirgood, who has died aged 46 in an extreme storm in Ethiopia, was an outstanding field ecologist, conservation biologist and expert on the predatory behaviour and ecology of birds of prey and large carnivore mammals. At the time of his death he had been setting up a community-based biodiversity project funded by...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Southampton: Australia look well-placed to take a 3-0 lead over England in the one-day International series after restricting the hosts to 228 for nine wickets at The Rose Bowl on Wednesday.
Ad-itude (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
I feel I may have been somewhat either a little naive or ignorant by suggesting that there is a lack of collective passion for franchised sports teams. I think this may be born out of my personal lack of genuine affiliation and connection with my own NHL teams across the pond. I have never been to Phoenix, I don't know anyone who lives or works there, and none of my family come from or been there either....
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Enter Shikari will play throughout the UK, the US and Europe later this year. 8/28 Leeds, ENGLAND Leeds Festival (2:00pm) Reading Festival 8/29 Reading, ENGLAND Reading Festival (2:00pm) ENTER SHIKARI U.S. tour with Alesana, The Bled, Asking Alexandra and Broadway 9/4 Nashville, TN Rockettown 9/5 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre 9/6 Tulsa, OK The Marquee 9/7 Columbia, MO Blue Note 9/8 Omaha, NE The Waiting...
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
( EMAILWIRE.COM , August 24, 2009 ) UK - The Greyhound is an American institution and now those grey buses that cross thousands of miles of sprawling country, ferrying passengers from one vast state to the next are set to make their debut in London, with the first service running from the capital to Portsmouth and Southampton... Some of my best memories are of travelling across America on the trusty...
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