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Cadbury descendant fears loss of firm's UK heritage

Reuters Life! Online Report 16 days ago

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - It's perhaps understandable that Felicity Loudon bristles at the thought of British chocolate maker Cadbury potentially falling into the hands of U.S. foods giant Kraft. As a member of the fourth generation of the founding family, Loudon remembers ...

Mayor's conviction only one problem in Birmingham

AP News 23 days ago

Birmingham Blues: Mayor's bribery conviction only latest problem for Alabama's largest city It's hard to blame residents of Alabama's most populous city if they've got the Birmingham blues. An interim mayor took over Thursday after her predecessor, Larry Langford, was convicted on ...

US track team to train in Birmingham for 2012

AP News 30 days ago

US track team to train in Birmingham ahead of 2012 London Games The U.S. track and field team that will compete in the 2012 London Olympics will train in Birmingham, England, before the games. Birmingham's local government says USA Track & Field ...

Editors open new chapter with 3rd album

AFP Global Edition 36 days ago

With a dark and powerful album "In This Light and On This Evening" out this week, Birmingham-based indie rock group Editors have opened a new chapter, swapping guitars for synthesisers in a third album that recalls the early work of New Order. ...

IAAF World 1/2 Marathon

Getty Images 42 days ago

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 11: The Kenya team win the Men's Team gold medal during the IAAF/EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships 2009 on October 11, 2009 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by John Gichigi/Getty Images) Copyright 2009 Getty Images

BRITAIN HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW

AP News 43 days ago

USA's Laura Kraut on Olmifon D'as during The Phillip Billington Memorial Cup at the Horse of the Year Show 2009 at the NEC in Birmingham Saturday Oct. 10, 2009. (AP Photo / Rui Vieira) Copyright 2009 AP News

IAAF World 1/2 Marathon - Previews

Getty Images 43 days ago

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Ed Warner, Zersenay Tadese, Wilson Kipketer and Pierre Weiss pose for a photograph during a press conference prior to the IAAF World Half Marathon on October 10, 2009 at The REP in Birmingham, England. (Photo by ...

Corpus Christi publisher takes over at Knoxville

AP News 46 days ago

Patrick Birmingham named publisher of Knoxville News Sentinel, will oversee Ind., SC papers Patrick Birmingham, president and publisher of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in Texas, has been named president and publisher of the Knoxville News Sentinel. The Knoxville newspaper made the announcement ...

Hong Kong businessman takes over Birmingham

AP News 47 days ago

Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung completes takeover of Premier League club Birmingham Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung's takeover of Birmingham is complete after his investment company Grandtop Holdings took its share of ownership past the 90 percent mark. Tuesday's stock exchange announcement ...

Radcliffe sidelined again by illness

AFP Global Edition 48 days ago

Marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe has been forced out of Sunday's World Half-Marathon Championships here with tonsilitis, the British athlete announced on Monday. "I'm devastated not to be able to compete in Birmingham this weekend," she said. "The world half-marathon is a ...

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