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The average length of time to plan a girly night out – four days, six hours and 43mins Aug 5 2010 Lachlan Mackinnon THE typical girlie night out takes an incredible four days, six hours and 43 minutes to organise, a study found yesterday. Female party-goers will also swap 14 texts, two Facebook postings, four [...]

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Jun/10

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Greedy MP’s swindle again!

ALMOST £18,000 has been spent topping up the government wine cellar since the General Election, leading to calls that the entire collection should be sold off to raise money. Foreign Office minister Henry Bellingham revealed yesterday that Government Hospitality, which manages the cellar, had spent £17,698 on new stock since 6 May – bringing the [...]

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Jun/10

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Beer drinkers facing £100m tax hangover

Beer drinkers could shell out an extra £100m by the end of the year if alcohol duty and VAT are increased, a new report has warned. The Campaign for Real Ale voiced concern amid speculation that VAT will be increased in the emergency Budget next week and that beer duty could rise at the same [...]

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