The UK’s largest civil service union, the PCS, has picked Budget Day – 20 March – to start its industrial action over pay and pensions.
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Struggling Thomas Cook confirms it is cutting more jobs as its turnaround plan enters a new and deeper phase.
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Well, that happened. “That,” of course, being Kate Middleton’s accidental seeming almost-reveal of the gender of the royal baby she’s expecting with Prince William.
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A businessman who complained to Sir Mervyn King when he was refused a £10,000 loan was amazed to receive a personal reply.
Full Story Sir Mervyn King Writes To British Businessman
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer will replace the injured Mark Teixeira on the United States team at the World Baseball Classic.
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World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has vowed not to walk off the golf course in the middle of his round again, following his much-criticised withdrawal from the Honda Classic.
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Norwich City defender Michael Turner believes it is the team’s ability to turn Carrow Road into a fortress that has seen them all but secure safety.
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Dundee United goalkeeper Radoslaw Cierzniak has signed a new contract.
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Shane Lowry is determined to use the Puerto Rico Open as a springboard to playing more events on the PGA Tour this season.
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The wife of Nelson Mandela joins hundreds of South Africans at a memorial service for a man dragged behind a police van.
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FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Alfredo Despaigne hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, helping Cuba defeat two-time defending champion Japan 6-3 Wednesday to finish first in Group A of the World Baseball Classic.
Full Story Cuba upsets Japan 6-3 at World Baseball Classic
Williams have released a statement offering condolences following the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera has announced his retirement from international cricket.
Full Story Samaraweera calls it a day
All 499 of Ferrari’s new hybrid cars have already been sold, at £1m each, a day after the vehicle was unveiled.
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Scotland’s hopes of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup suffered a blow after they lost by seven wickets to Afghanistan in Sharjah.
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Paul di Resta admits the pressure is on him this year as he prepares for his third year in Formula 1 but says he is fitter than ever.
Full Story Di Resta: Feeling the pressure
The UN warns Syria is spiraling towards full scale disaster as it reveals one million people have now fled the country.
Full Story Syria Crisis: Refugee Figure Tops Million Mark
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Marcelo Sarvas knew it was coming, so he couldn't have been surprised to hear the jeers after the LA Galaxy landed Tuesday night in Costa Rica. A few dozen Herediano fans, starting the dialogue two nights before their team takes on LA in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, targeted the former Alajuelense star as the Galaxy climbed aboard their bus at Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaria. Read More
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Emerging markets grew at a slower pace in February than the month before, according to HSBC’s monthly purchasing managers’ index.
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