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Westminster Travel says it posted a 27% rise in net profit attributable to equity holders of the company to HK$14.1 million ($2.58 million) in HY2010 from HK$11.1 million in HY2009, due to the non-recurring professional expenses incurred for the listing of the company in HY2009. Read more...

A man accused of harassing actress Keira Knightley has been arrested. Forty-one-year-old Marek Daniluk got busted outside the Comedy Theatre in London’s West End, after a woman phoned police with concerns about the behaviour of the man, reports The Daily Star. Knightley is currently performing in Moliere’’s ‘The Misanthrope’ at the venue ...

As the general election looms ever larger you can’t move without tripping over someone who claims to be a key insider from President Obama’s digital and social media campaign. Digital campaigning and social media is a growing battleground area for the main parties, with the Conservatives still clearly in the ...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has got a much needed popularity ratings boost with his Labour Party securing a huge victory in the Glasgow North East by-election on Thursday. Willie Bain, the Labour candidate, won the seat by more than 8,000 votes from David Kerr, the Scottish National Party challenger, and ...

Can playing rhythmic backbone in a band that includes the dueling egos of Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon prepare someone to hold public office? So far, the British voting public has not found this to be the case. In 2007 and 2008, ...

Twitter's move to delay upgrade work after the disputed Iranian election was not a response to a US State Department request, co-founder Evan Williams says.He told BBC Two's Newsnight that maintenance had been postponed until Iran's night time ...

By Peter JacksonBBC NewsStealing from a rabbit warren or impersonating a Chelsea Pensioner may not sound like crimes of the century, but in Victorian England they could land you with a hangman's noose round your ...

So much to write about today and so little time. Forgive me if this reads even more stream of consciousness than usual. Here goes. First of all, yet another social media controversy. This time it has been stirred up by the Archbishop of Westminster, who fears that teenagers risk being driven ...

I was on the Continent earlier this week briefing staff on my company’s (excellent) progress over the past year. At one point a photo of David Cameron popped up on screen. I told them that this good looking young(ish) guy would in all likelihood be prime minister of Great Britain ...

It was only when he turned 100 that the veteran of Ypres began to speak about the horrors he had seenIt was just 11 years ago, when he turned 100, that Harry Patch first began to talk about his experiences fighting in the first ...

LONDON (AP) — A British judge acquitted Amy Winehouse on Friday of assaulting a fan who asked to take her picture, a dose of good news in the beehived soul diva’s tumultuous life. District Judge Timothy Workman found the 25-year-old singer not guilty of punching dancer Sherene Flash in the ...

(Associated Press) HAGERSTOWN, Md. - One of four people killed when a helicopter crashed on a Maryland highway told his son he was delaying his flight home because of foul weather. The four -- three flight company employees and a friend who h...

Public has had enough of Gordon Brown, says Tory leader as he congratulates his newest MP, 27-year-old Chloe SmithDavid Cameron today hailed the Tories' byelection victory in Norwich North as a "historic" result for his party and insisted it showed that the public had ...

Tories look on course to overturn 5,459 majority, with Labour locked in battle with Lib Dems for second placeGordon Brown was today bracing himself for the possibility that Labour could be pushed into a humiliating third place in the Norwich North byelection.As counting began ...

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse, who’s facing trial for allegedly assaulting a fan, told court that she pushed the woman trying to take her photograph, but did not punch her. The 25-year-old star has been accused of punching a fan named Sherene Flash at the summer ball in Berkeley Square, central London, ...

• Turnout was expected to be well down on the 2005 general election• A senior Tory source predicted a "tight finish" with just 40% of the electorate casting their voteGordon Brown is bracing himself for defeat in the Norwich North byelection as counting ...

Amy Winehouse arriveed at Westminster Magistrates Court in Central London on Thursday to face a charge of assaulting a woman after a charity ball last year. Reuters Prosecutor Lyall Thompson said the award-winning Back to Black singer seemed to be under the influence of alcohol or “some other substance” when she struck ...

Singer alleged to have punched dancer after performance at charity ballSinger Amy Winehouse reacted with "deliberate and unjustifiable violence" when a dancer politely asked her for a photograph at a charity ball, a court heard today.Prosecutor Lyall Thompson said the 25-year-old singer appeared to ...

Tory candidate expected to win in poll triggered by resignation of MP caught up in expenses scandalGordon Brown is bracing himself for electoral defeat as polls opened today in the Norwich North byelection.Labour has held the seat comfortably since 1997 but the party is ...

Actor who plays Vincent Crabbe admits keeping plants in his mother's home after being stopped with his friendA Harry Potter actor was ordered to do unpaid community work today after admitting growing cannabis.Jamie Waylett, 20, who plays Vincent Crabbe in the films, admitted growing ...