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Re: Breaking News

#271 Post by funthing29 » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:18 pm

Woohoo!!
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#272 Post by prettyxcool » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:55 pm

Beate wrote:The tube strike has been called off!
http://news.sky.com/story/1209881/londo ... called-off
Fab! You beat me to it! Just having my lunch break and checking on the TFL site.

Network-wide message
LONDON UNDERGROUND STRIKE ACTION SUSPENDED

Planned strike action by the RMT and TSSA has now been suspended. Services will operate as normal

o/
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Re: Breaking News

#273 Post by Sunny Saver » Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:06 am

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentish_gaz ... sed-12594/

Huge sinkhole on M2. Road closures alert!

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#274 Post by McG » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:26 pm

Dave Lee Travis found NOT GUILTY on 12 charges of indecent assault. Jury failed to reach verdict on 2 other charges.
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#275 Post by canadian_turtle » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:10 am

Apparently a building collapsed opposite Holborn station last night, killing at least one person - how horrible! It's just next to my work building too, so I was walking there myself yesterday which is a scary thought.
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Re: Breaking News

#276 Post by Sunny Saver » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:13 pm

OMG, I would have never believe it if she hadn't confessed (not):

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02 ... 1392815113

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#277 Post by Beate » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:22 pm

And I thought something important had happened!
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Re: Breaking News

#279 Post by SOLACE » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:48 pm

I am still coming to terms with this figure of 19 BILLION for whatsapp. That is 4 times more than what Blackberry as a COMPANY is worth and 2 Billion more than what SONY is worth!!!! A tiny app worth more than the entire Sony empire!

Incidentally the founder of WhatsApp was rejected for a job he had applied for at Facebook 4 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ



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Re: Breaking News

#280 Post by Sunny Saver » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:54 pm

SOLACE wrote:
Incidentally the founder of WhatsApp was rejected for a job he had applied for at Facebook 4 years ago
And apparently Twitter too.

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