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UK NEWS: SINGER BEVERLEY KNIGHT’S COSMETICS RANGE WITHDRAWN FROM LONDON DEPARTMENT STORE

Last year songstress Beverley Knight launched her own cosmetics range K by Beverley Knight and less than a year later beauty blog Vex In The City reports that the range has been withdrawn from London department store Selfridges. Click HERE to read all about it. This is sad news but I can’t say I’m surprised. Why? 1) The promotion/marketing of the brand was practically non-existent.  What happened Beverley??? 2) Only stocking the brand in high-end department stores Selfridges and John Lewis was []

UKNEWS: NO CHARGES OVER MAN’S DEATH DURING G20 PROTEST

Via BBC News A police officer who was filmed pushing a man to the ground during the G20 protests will not face charges over his death. Ian Tomlinson, 47, died after being caught up in the clashes on 1 April 2009 in the City of London. Continue Reading…. After this incident happened a colleague of mine was convinced that the police officer responsible for Ian Tomlinson’s death would NEVER get away with it, because the video evidence was there for us all []

UK TV: ‘DUMBED DOWN’ GMTV FACES AXE DUE TO POOR RATINGS

Via Mail Online ITV could axe GMTV over its poor ratings after it today became the sole owner of the breakfast TV franchise. The Coronation Street broadcaster already owns 75 per cent of the early morning TV show but has now bought the remaining stake from Disney for more than £22million. Now that it has complete control it is expected ITV will scrap the brand and replace it with its own breakfast-style offering. ITV executives have grown frustrated with GMTV’s poor ratings []