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Offbeat News tagged with Britain

Spotted in Britain for the First Time, the Voracious Asian Moth
Offbeat (tags: environment, Britain, asian moth, wildlife )

Cher
- 38 days ago - dailymail.co.uk

A voracious Asian moth that devours one of our most popular garden shrubs has been spotted in Britain for the first time.

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Vote for Your Animal-Friendly Supermarket !!!
Offbeat (tags: environment, Britain, animal friendly supermarkets, vote )

Cher
- 97 days ago - rspca.org.uk

The RSPCA is calling on the British public to vote for their favourite animal-friendly supermarket.

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Teacher 'Pregnant With Record-Breaking TWELVE Babies'
Offbeat (tags: Pregnency, Miracle, Funny, Entertainment, Britain )

Alisa
- 100 days ago - dailymail.co.uk

Teacher 'pregnant with record-breaking TWELVE babies'

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Super Ants on the March in National Trust Property
Offbeat (tags: ants, colonies, environment, habitat, Britain )

Cher
- 117 days ago - telegraph.co.uk

A "super ant" that forms colonies a hundred times larger than native species and can cause blackouts by swarming around electric cables, has been recorded in Britain for the first time.

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France Goes All Sweet on Britain's Exceedingly Good Cakes
Offbeat (tags: food, culture, France, Britain, cakes, interesting )

Michelle
- 148 days ago - timesonline.co.uk

France, the home of patisserie from the chocolate éclair to the profiterole, has acquired something of an appetite for British cakes and puddings.

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Helicopters Blasting Insecticide Used to Tackle Mosquito Threat to Britain
Offbeat (tags: helicopters, mosquito threat, britain, technology, environment )

Simone
- 159 days ago - dailymail.co.uk

Helicopters are being used to destroy swarms of killer mosquitoes which could head towards Britain. The drastic and expensive clearance operation is being carried out in the skies above northern France. A recent combination of hot days followed by rain

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Beaches Too Sandy, Fish Scare the Kids: It's a Fawlty Towers World for Some Tourists
Offbeat (tags: world, australia, britain, tourists, complaints, travel )

Chrissy
- 227 days ago - theage.com.au

DAMN those wide sandy beaches and oceans full of fish. And let's not get started on the consistency of gravy. Honestly, it's enough to ruin a perfectly pleasant holiday, according to a list of recent complaints by not-so-intrepid British tourists.

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Britain's Revenge: They May Have Lost An Empire, But There's Still Treacle
Offbeat (tags: treacle, confectionary, sticky candy, Britain, food )

RC
- 399 days ago - washingtonpost.com

They call it toffee, but truly it's a first cousin to road tar - black and sticky with a mineral scent and a smokiness unexpected in candy. Based on molasses, treacle has been around for centuries but is definitely an acquired taste. Amusing article.

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Animal-Friendly Restaurants Becoming the Rage
Offbeat (tags: Britain, U.K., restaurants, business, animals, pets, off-beat, society, unusual, interesting, culture )

Kate
- 502 days ago - telegraph.co.uk

Diners named Muffin may well become the face of future dining as the economy tightens and the leisure industry scrabbles for new ways of luring customers through the door. French restaurants - for all their chic superiority - rarely turn a hair at dog-tot

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Britain Releases Batch of Files on Sightings
Offbeat (tags: Britain, paranormal, UFO, alien, sighting, study, space, research, science, scientists, technology, interesting, astronomy )

Mari
- 561 days ago - news.yahoo.com

LONDON - The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report.

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Celebrity Chef Nigella Lawson's Bum "Too Big" for U.S. Television
Offbeat (tags: nigella lawson, to big, bum, botton, curvy, television, u.s., britain, uk, tv, food network, chef, american )

Cissy
- 615 days ago - thesun.co.uk

SEXY cook Nigella Lawson has got TV chiefs in a fluster -- because her bum has got TOO BIG. US directors are now avoiding shots of curvy Nigella's voluptuous rear end, a paper claims. The New York Post said: "Our spies at the Food Network say Nigella has

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Treasury Searches for Family of Facebook Tramp Who Died Leaving Pension Pot Worth Thousands of Pounds | the Daily Mail
Offbeat (tags: pension, treasury, legacy, tramp, facebook, mystery, stawinoga, poland, britain, uk, sikh, hindu, weird, possessions, odd, bizarre )

Cissy
- 630 days ago - dailymail.co.uk

He looks one of the least likely candidates to have left a cash legacy but Joseph Stawinoga always was a bit of a mystery. The tramp, who died last year after spending the last 30 years living in the middle of a ring road, left thousands of pounds in

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BBC NEWS | UK | 'Royal' Chef Axed By US Network
Offbeat (tags: food network, robert irvine, tv chef, queen, royalty, white house, knighthood, princess diana, prince charles, dinner: impossible, television, scottish castle, cv, false, lies, britain, uk, the U.S )

Cissy
- 632 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk

A British chef who reportedly invented his knighthood, gifts from the Queen and stints in the White House has been dropped by his US TV employers. Cable channel Food Network says it will not be renewing the contract of TV chef Robert Irvine, from

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Man-Eating 'Psycho' Fish Found in UK
Offbeat (tags: killer fish, man eating, fish, britain, weird, scary, interesting, unusual )

Simone
- 645 days ago - metro.co.uk

Meet psycho fish who is deadlier than a piranha and is invading Britain. The savage giant snakehead has been caught in Britain for the first time - sparking fears of a deadly invasion. The fish, which has a mouth crammed with fearsome teeth,

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My Week: Heather Mills - A Parody - UK/Britain
Offbeat (tags: uk, britain, heather mills, humour, humor, funny )

Chrissy
- 649 days ago - women.timesonline.co.uk

So I've sacked my lawyer. Why not? Anyone can be a lawyer. In fact, I was a lawyer. I ran away from home when I was 11 and set up one of the most successful legal firms in the history of the North East of England. A child! I was a child!

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