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Nokia Lumia 800 app: Babylon Translator review
Will it help you through your next holiday, or will you have to resort to speaking loudly in English? Find out in our Babylon Translator for Nokia Lumia 800 review. One thing were shamefully inept at when compared to our European neighbours is
Updated: 02/22/2012 04:36A
ATOL reform wording on flight-plus and websites remains unclear so far…
A DfT Summary of Consultation Responses and Government Decisions document demonstrates the industrys desire for clarity on whether holidays arranged by click-throughs from from one website to another will come under flight-plus arranger definition
Updated: 02/22/2012 04:29A
Retail sales edge lower in December after four straight increases
The fall-off followed a revised 0.4 per cent pop in November, an indication that shoppers had both completed their Christmas shopping early and were cautious consumers during the holiday season, analysts said. “The overall story here is that after a
Updated: 02/22/2012 04:16A
Hampers help
The Armstrong-Spallumcheen food bank, operated by the Boys and Girls Club, provided more than 150 Christmas food hampers, reaching nearly 600 people in time for the holidays. “It was incredible local support for the food bank.
Updated: 02/22/2012 04:14A
Leeds Young Peoples Film Festival 2012 focuses on turning teen
By Paul Robinson Kids will definitely be all right for movie fun in Leeds during the Easter school holidays. This years Leeds Young Peoples Film Festival will take place from March 26 to April 5, it has been announced. And as it is being held for the
Updated: 02/22/2012 04:11A
UK travellers are looking to avoid the busy summer holiday period and travel
Internet comparison company Cheap have revealed that with such inflated prices over the summer holiday period, many travellers are looking to cut costs and see travelling during spring as a great way to save themselves hundreds of pounds.
Updated: 02/22/2012 04:07A
Wal-Marts profit falls almost 15% in fourth quarter
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.s low-cost strategy during the holidays helped - and hurt - during the fiscal fourth quarter. Net income at the worlds largest retailer dropped almost 15 percent but its namesake US business continued to draw in more shoppers.
Updated: 02/22/2012 04:06A
No austerity when overtime is programmed
Yet the government is saddled with massive, programmed overtime that needlessly costs taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, due to the overly generous number of paid holidays awarded to the county workforce. County workers receive 14 paid
Updated: 02/22/2012 04:06A
Portuguese reject governments Carnival holiday cutback plan
The Portuguese governments attempt to make people work more by scrapping the traditional Carnival holiday has flopped as most companies and public services shut down despite an economic crisis. (AP Photo/ Francisco Seco) A reveler walks past a
Updated: 02/22/2012 03:44A
Opinion: Why is the government telling Brits where to go on holiday?
VisitEngland will spend £4 million in the next few months encouraging Brits to holiday at home instead of going abroad for their summer break. The logic seems sound at first glance: the domestic tourism industry is having a tough time thanks to the VAT
Updated: 02/22/2012 03:42A
