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The troubled times and varied ambitions of Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Ernest Hemingway, who had lunch with Madame in 1941 in the wartime capital Chongqing, called her the "empress" of China. That's the appellation that Hannah... [read full story]
Nov 23 2009 by James McCarthy, Western Mail SHE may be 72 but Dame Shirley Bassey still has enough star power to upstage a Hollywood actor and one of Wales’ most popular comedians. The diva from Cardiff’s Tiger Bay...
POLICE investigating child trafficking into Britain today carried out dawn raids on houses in Manchester. Fifteen children from the Roma community were taken into temporary care as police and other agencies try to establish who...
By Jane Merriman LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group got strong demand for a 9 billion pound bond exchange, an indication of possible appetite for the bank's record share issue due to price on Tuesday. Lloyds, Britain's...
BNP leader Nick Griffin’s controversial appearance on Question Time will cost taxpayers £143,000 in police costs, it was revealed today. Critics are now calling for the BBC to pay for the cost of protecting the leader of the...
