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Chasing a runaway tenant can land you in the slammer!

London, Nov 8 : When Briton Wendy Batt decided to locate the tenant who trashed her apartment and ran off without paying for the damages, the last thing she expect was to be arrested for harassment

Pockets on men’s shirts may soon be history in the UK!

London, Nov 8 : The breast pocket on men’s shirts may soon be a thing of the past because of tailors who feel that it ruins the lines of the garment.

Set specific date for Pakistan polls, says Britain

Karachi, Nov.7 (ANI):  British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Wednesday urged President Pervez Musharraf to set a specific date for January elections in Pakistan.

Brits getting hooked to online poker

London, Nov 7 : Online poker is climbing the popularity charts as far as British pastimes are concerned, with nearly a quarter of internet users in the country logging on to gaming sites to play th

Nylon mesh to give traditional teabags the boot

London, Nov 7 : The traditional soggy paper teabags will soon be replaced by revolutionary nylon mesh versions.

Asda is replacing its conventional tea bags made from perforated tissue paper with the new nylon mesh bag for its upmarket range of teas.

Experts believe that the new bag will allow more flavour to seep into a cup of hot water.

One expert compared tea from the nylon bags as “top rate claret” against “cabbage water”.

Asda is selling its own label Extra Special range of tea in the new style see-through nylon bags.

Although the bags have been available at specialised tea shops, it is the first time they have gone on sale in mainstream stores.

At 1.97 pounds for 25, the nylon bags are around four times more expensive than the paper version.

Princess Diana would have survived had she been wearing seatbelt: Police expert

London, Nov 7 : Princess Diana would have been alive today if she had been wearing the seatbelt at the time of the fatal car crash ten years ago, a police expert has told the inquest into her death.

Senior accident investigator Anthony Read said that he could "almost guarantee" that Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed would have survived had they been strapped in and travelling at the speed limit when their Mercedes crashed in Paris's Alma tunnel on Aug 31, 1997.

PC Read, a senior collision investigator for the Metropolitan Police, estimated that Diana and Dodi's black Mercedes was travelling between 60 and 70mph, twice the speed limit, when it crashed into the tunnel wall killing the couple and their driver Henri Paul.

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