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News Nuggets : Tesco, SARS, BBC, Topless models, Scotland, Retirement and Pope Benedict

LONDON – Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, said on Monday it had found horse DNA exceeding 60 percent in some of its own-brand frozen spaghetti bolognese meals withdrawn from stores last week.

LONDON – A new virus from the same family as SARS that sparked a global alert last September has been found in another patient in Britain, health officials said on Monday.

LONDON – As much a part of the saucier side of British 20th-century life as cheeky seaside postcards and innuendo-loaded comedies, the topless models in Britain’s best-selling daily paper might soon be no more. 11 Feb 2013

LONDON – Journalists at the British Broadcasting Corporation are planning to go on a one-day nationwide strike next week over job cuts, the National Union of Journalists said on Monday. 11 Feb 2013

LONDON – The British government on Monday intensified its campaign to stop Scotland leaving the United Kingdom, publishing a legal opinion saying it would forfeit its membership of international bodies such as the European Union if it chose independence.

LONDON – Restrictions on a government-backed pension plan aimed at helping more Britons save for their retirement should be lifted as a matter of urgency, a parliamentary committee said in a report on Monday. 11 Feb 2013

LONDON – The spiritual head of the world’s Anglicans said it was with a “heavy heart” that he learned of Pope Benedict’s decision on Monday to step down as pontiff, adding he fully sympathised with the decision. 11 Feb 2013

 

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