Tue Feb 11 09:55:37 2014 Hot News Of United Kingdom.

Tue Feb 11 09:55:44 2014 Hot News Of United Kingdom.

Environment Agency
flood warnings, Environment Agency Flood Warnings, Environment Agency Flood, Thames flooding

The Guardian

Floods: Cameron 'Backs The
Environment Agency
The Prime Minister gave his unequivocal backing to the work of the
Environment Agency
as he visited the flood-stricken South West. David Cameron stopped short of backing the chairman Lord Smith, however, he did say that now was not the time to change
Sky News
Floods:
Environment Agency
frontline staff hit by cuts, whistleblowers reveal
Whistleblowers within the under-fire
Environment Agency
have told the Guardian that frontline flood staff are being cut, despite pledges by its chairman that reducing the agency 's emergency response was a "red line ". Weeks of savage weather have
The Guardian
Interflora
flowers

Telegraph.co.uk

Interflora
and RHS ' failing British growers ' with Valentine 's bouquet
Interflora
has been attacked by horticulturalists for claiming its 'Ultimate Love Bouquet ' – developed in time for Valentine 's Day - consists mainly of British flowers, after experts said most of them couldn 't be grown in Britain at this time of
Telegraph.co.uk
Interflora
and RHS provoke backlash over 'British-grown ' Ultimate Love Bouquet
With Valentine 's Day almost upon us, the flower delivery network
Interflora
and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have provoked a furious backlash from growers after collaborating on what was marketed as a “mainly British-grown” Valentine 's product.
The Independent
Davina McCall

The Guardian

Davina McCall
collapses after Sport Relief swim
Presenter
Davina McCall
collapsed from exhaustion following a swim across Lake Windermere for charity Sport Relief. Ms McCall, 46, was dragged from the water after reaching a jetty looking limp and exhausted. Concerned organisers rallied around her,
Telegraph.co.uk
Davina McCall
pulled from Windermere during charity challenge
Davina McCall
is helped from the water as she completes her swim across Lake Windermere during her seven-day challenge in which she will run, swim and cycle from Edinburgh to London to raise money for Sport Relief. Photograph: Lucille Flood/PA.
The Guardian
Net A Porter

Pursuitist

Net-A-Porter 's
new shoppable magazine: is it any good?
Net-A-Porter
unveiled a new print magazine last week which it hoped would disrupt the old model of print publishing through new innovations such as shoppable pages. The bi-monthly magazine, named Porter, is due to be published six times a year with
Econsultancy (blog)
Net-A-Porter
Launches Porter - A Glossy Women 's Magazine
Net-A-Porter
founder Natalie Massenet claims, “The founding idea for this business was about launching a shoppable magazine online, inspired by the incredible glossy magazines we have grown up with. With the launch of Porter, I feel like we have come
Pursuitist
curling

BBC Sport

Sochi 2014: Great Britain
curlers
have mixed results
Great Britain 's men won one and lost one as the GB women were defeated on day one of
curling
at the Sochi Games. David Murdoch 's rink scored four points in the sixth end as they beat Russia 7-4, but suffered late on as world champions Sweden beat them
BBC Sport
Winter Olympics 2014: Britain 's women 's
curling
team freeze under weight of
Curling
is a four-year wonder. It disappears from the nation 's consciousness, and that of the sporting world at large and then every fourth February the sport 's language is heard again and it is hammer time. A hammer is the last shot of the end – a
The Independent
Datchet


FLOOD UPDATE: Businesses prepare to evacuate flood-hit
Datchet
as water
Floodwater was up to knee height at Costa Coffee in The Green,
Datchet , with staff expecting the levels to get worse after it rose by between two and three feet this morning. Parts of the SMC Ford garage was also underwater, with all vehicles moved
Slough and Windsor Observer
Stuart Hall

The Guardian
'Godfather of multiculturalism
Stuart Hall
dies aged 82
A documentary about his life by the film-maker John Akomfrah, called The
Stuart Hall
Project, was shown in cinemas in September. Writing in the Observer, the journalist Tim Adams wrote of the film: "You come to see how pivotal his [Hall 's] voice has
The Guardian
Jamaican cultural theorist
Stuart Hall
dies, aged 82
Hall, who grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, studied at Oxford and emerged as one of the Britain 's leading sociologists. Last autumn, Hall was brought to the big screen, in The
Stuart Hall
Project, a documentary and labour of love from acclaimed director
The Voice Online
Casey Stoney

Telegraph.co.uk

England women 's football captain
Casey Stoney
comes out as gay
England women 's football captain
Casey Stoney
says she has decided to speak publicly about being gay after the positive reaction to diver Tom Daley saying he was in a relationship with a man. Former Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger retired
Telegraph.co.uk
England and Arsenal star
Casey Stoney
comes out as gay
The Arsenal defender is the latest sportsperson to speak openly about their sexuality after former Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger and diver Tom Daley came out.
Stoney
said: "I feel it 's really important for me to speak out as a gay player
Daily Star
Valentines Day

Daily Mail

Survey: Men Would Prefer to Have Sex on
Valentine 's Day
Flowers, jewelry, chocolate, teddy bears — the conventional
Valentine 's Day
gifts have a decidedly feminine slant to them, but a new survey shows that men think they 're the ones really cleaning up when it comes to
Valentine 's Day : Guys think their
Men Want More Than They 're Getting on
Valentines Day
But men are turning the tables and demanding some
Valentines Day
swag of their own -- $230 worth, to be specific, according to the 2014 Chase Blueprint
Valentine 's Day
Survey from Chase Card Services. Women expect only $196 in
Valentine 's Day
treats.
TheStreet.com
Michael Sam

BBC News

Michael Sam : NFL draft prospect reveals his gay sexuality
American footballer
Michael Sam
could become the National Football League 's first openly gay player after revealing his sexuality. The 24-year-old completed his college football career at the University of Missouri in December and is expected to be
BBC News
Missouri All-American
Michael Sam
comes out as gay
Michael Sam , Missouri 's All-American defensive lineman has announced he is gay - putting him in the position of becoming the first publicly gay pro-football player in the NFL. Sam, 23, a 6-foot-2, 260-pound senior, is predicted to be drafted into the
Daily Mail
Game of Thrones season 4

Metro

Game of Thrones
extended preview offers glimpse of Purple Wedding, growing
A 15-minute preview of
Game of Thrones ' upcoming series has been released with glimpses of the Purple Wedding, Daenerys ' growing dragons and interviews with the cast. Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing offers footage from
season 4
along with interviews
Metro
Game of Thrones season 4 : 15-minute foreshadowing trailer teases Purple
Game of Thrones
has slapped an extended preview of
season 4
on the banquet table, showing off Daenerys Targaryen 's ever-growing dragons, the upcoming Purple Wedding and offering interviews with the cast. Scroll down for the video. Entitled Ice and
The Independent
Schapelle Corby

CNN International

After 9 years in Indonesia prison on drug charges,
Schapelle Corby
walks free
(CNN) -- Australian woman
Schapelle Corby
has walked out of a prison in Bali, Indonesia, after being convicted almost nine years ago of drug smuggling. The 36-year-old was surrounded by a swarm of cameras and Australian network reporters to see her
CNN International
Schapelle Corby 's
sister splits with guarantor
Schapelle Corby 's
sister has failed to inform authorities that she has split with her Balinese husband Wayan Widyartha, even though he is the drug smuggler 's guarantor, media reports say. Mr Widyartha sat next to Corby during her masked interview and
Flappy Bird
Flappy Bird Taken Down, Dong Nguyen, Flappy Bird Online, Flappy Bird game

The Guardian

Flappy Bird
creator takes down madly popular game as he had threatened
The developer of
Flappy Bird , the former most popular free mobile game on Apple and Android devices, has taken the game down as he announced he would do earlier in the weekend. The game is no longer available to download. but users can still play the
The Guardian
Flappy Bird
creator removes game from app stores
Several news sites had noted the similarity between the game and an earlier title called Piou Piou, by a different French developer, as well as the fact that
Flappy Bird 's
main character and obstacles resembled the Cheep-Cheep birds and green pipes
BBC News
Jenny Jones
Jenny Jones Snowboard, Jenny Jones Snowboarder

The Guardian

Sochi 2014: snowboarder
Jenny Jones
wins Britain 's first ever medal on snow
Jenny Jones
will go down in the record books as the first British athlete to win a medal on snow in 90 years of the Winter Olympics. Jones, 33, was the oldest competitor in the sport of slopestyle snowboarding that is making its debut at these
The Guardian
Sochi 2014:
Jenny Jones
- Team GB 's first Olympic snow medallist
Snowboarder
Jenny Jones
made history in Sochi on Sunday by winning slopestyle bronze - Great Britain 's first medal on snow in the history of the Winter Olympics. By way of contrast, 22 medals over 90 years had been won on ice by Britons before the
BBC News
Manchester United
Man Utd, David Moyes, Rene Meulensteen, Moyes, Man United

Telegraph.co.uk

David Moyes needs to bring in a new
Manchester United
defence
Nemanja Vidic 's decision to leave Old Trafford is a crushing blow for David Moyes and with Rio Ferdinand also expected to retire,
Manchester United
are going to need a whole new back four next season. Vidic is going to be incredibly difficult to
Telegraph.co.uk
Manchester United 's
David Moyes admits 'it 's worse than I thought
David Moyes said that
Manchester United
were suffering from a "mental softness " and that he did not expect the champions to sink so low as they did in the 2-2 draw with Fulham at Old Trafford. The visiting manager, René Meulensteen, who left the
The Guardian
Shia LaBeouf
Nymphomaniac

BBC News

Actor
Shia LaBeouf
walks out of Berlin press conference
US actor
Shia LaBeouf
has walked out of a news conference for director Lars von Trier 's new film Nymphomaniac at the Berlin Film Festival. LaBeouf left after 10 minutes, quoting footballer Eric Cantona 's famous 1995 line: "When the seagulls follow the
BBC News
Shia LaBeouf
wears a paper bag on his head to the premiere of Nymphomaniac
Even more bafflingly, it seems
LaBeouf
was back up to his old plagiarising tricks: the quote is the exact same famous words that Manchester United football player Eric Cantona spoke shortly before walking out of a news conference in 1995 following his
The Independent
The Walking Dead
Walking Dead, Walking Dead season 4, The Walking Dead season 4

Mirror.co.uk

Watch
The Walking Dead 's
10 most shocking moments so far
Hershel, Hershel. You were like a grandad to us all. And no-one wants to see grandad die. But this is
The Walking Dead
and no-one is safe. After selflessly trying to save everyone infected by the virus, he survived only to be brutally beheaded by the
Mirror.co.uk
The Walking Dead ' Premiere Recap: 'I 'd Be Fine If You Died
Could this be the first happy ending — relatively speaking, of course — for an episode of “
The Walking Dead
”? Truly, did you ever expect you 'd see an episode of “TWD” end with both Rick and Michonne laughing? That 's “After,” the midseason premiere
Yahoo TV (blog)
Tom Hiddleston


Behind the scenes with
Tom Hiddleston
He was alone, however, as the reaction from Mr
Tom Hiddleston 's
army of online fans have made clear on TopGear.com in the past few days. Yes, on Sunday Mr Hiddleston successfully swapped War Horse for horsepower to helm our Vauxhall Astra Techline
Top Gear (blog)
McLaren P1

CarBuzz - Car News and Reviews

Watch the Stunning
McLaren P1
Arrive in Dubai
We can 't get enough of the breathtaking
McLaren P1
million-dollar-plus super car. That 's why we never miss an opportunity to see and hear one in the wild. Here, an awesome satin gray P1 gets offloaded from a truck at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, after
CarBuzz - Car News and Reviews
Babylon

Telegraph.co.uk

Babylon , episode 1, Channel 4, review
Television has always exploited the dramatic possibilities of the police force, but Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong 's comedy drama
Babylon
(Channel 4), directed by Danny Boyle, did something different. This showed the police as trigger-happy, media-savvy,
Telegraph.co.uk
Babylon , TV review: Danny Boyle tackles topic of the moment - where policing
Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain are the seemingly infallible writing partnership behind Peep Show, Fresh Meat and Four Lions, so a brand new series is always exciting. This goes double for last night 's feature-length pilot for
Babylon
(Channel 4, Sun
The Independent