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Britian to get bouncing

cystic-fibrosis-trustBy getting one million people on trampolines and make them bounce, Horsham folk are this month being asked to sign up to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

The National Get Britain Bouncing Day will fall on June 27 and clubs, schools and people are being asked to participate in `Get Britain Bouncing' during Cystic Fibrosis Week.

Facebook extends free mobile calling service to the UK

facebook-logo_Social-networking giant Facebook's free voice calling service has finally become available at iOS devices in the U. K.

The free service can be accessed via the Facebook Messenger app for iOS-based Apple iPhone and iPad. Users can see a newly added "free call" button in the list of options on the app, which they can use to make calls to any of their friends and relatives mentioned in their Facebook contacts.

Hyperoptic’s 1Gbit/s broadband service hits 12,000 connections

broadband-serviceHyperoptic's one gigabit per second (1Gbit/s) broadband service has become available to 12,000 households in London, and some people are using the service to work from home, the broadband start-up said.

Berkeley on track to return £568m to shareholders by September 2015

berkeley-bankLondon-focused housebuilder Berkeley has announced that its strong land bank would enable it to meet full-year expectations, and that it was on track to return £568 million in cash to shareholders by September
2015.

Tony Pidgley-promoted group said that its land bank by 10 per cent this year, after acquiring three sites in London and the south east of the country.

Mobile phone users in a Kent village being charged international roaming prices

Mobile phone users in a Kent village being charged international roaming pricesResidents of the seaside village of St Margaret's-at-Cliffe in Kent are complaining that they are being charged international roaming prices as they are being inadvertently connecting to French telephone networks.

“Dishonored” bags top prize at BAFTA Game Awards 2013

“Dishonored” bags top prize at BAFTA Game Awards 2013 A leading GP registrar, Dr. Mark Murphy, recently has affirmed that the Irish State was complicit with health ill-effects, completely, that come from denial for access to legal abortion services.

Lloyds expected to set aside more money for PPI compensation

Lloyds expected to set aside more money for PPI compensation British lender Lloyds will reportedly increase in the amount of cash it has set aside to compensate customers who had been mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).

Emerging reports say that the increase will be announced when the Britain's biggest retail lender will reveal its full-year results on Friday.