UPI - Mar 31, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, England, March 31 (UPI) -- Officials in an English city apologized for typos in voting cards mailed out to replace a previous round of misprinted cards.
Birmingham City Council officials confirmed the cards, sent out to replace 60,000 ballot cards bearing an incorrect return deadline, misspelled the city's name as "Birmingam" in the return address and contained the sentence, "Make it is not left where someone else can pick it up," omitting the word "sure," the Birmingham Mail...
UPI - Mar 31, 2010
PUDSEY, England, March 31 (UPI) -- A British great-great-grandmother named Europe's oldest woman last year has celebrated her 114th birthday.
Florrie Baldwin of Pudsey, England, celebrated with family including her daughter, Maisie Worsnop, 89, and grandson David Worsnop, 64, and received her 11th telegram from Queen Elizabeth congratulating her on reaching her advanced age, The Sun reported Wednesday.
"When I'm chatting to people I don't know well and I tell them I've got to go and see my...
24-7 Press Release - Mar 31, 2010
CROSSHILLS, ENGLAND, March 31, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- New figures released from the Bank of England show the number of mortgage approvals fell in February, continuing the slow start to 2010 for the housing market.
Mortgages approved for house purchases fell by around 1,000 to 47,094 and this was the third monthly fall in numbers since the end of the stamp duty holiday.
The savings market saw a jump in balances held; the Building Societies Association showed