British shoppers are to be banned from buying eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament. For the first time, eggs and other products such as oranges and bread rolls will be sold by weight instead of by the number contained in a packet. Until now, Britain has been exempt from EU regulations that forbid the selling of goods by number. But last week MEPs voted to end Britain’s deal despite objections from UK members. Labour leadership contender Diane Abbott was seething after being branded a ‘racist’ and an expenses cheat by political pundit Andrew Neil. The huge outlay is for the annual conference of the UK’s most powerful policing body, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). Black-clad demonstrators burned police cars and smashed windows with baseball bats and hammers when rioting broke out at the G20 summit. Some protesters hurled bottles at police after they prevented them approaching the perimeter of the economic summit site. ...read Banks should stop 'window dressing' their accounts by manipulating transactions to flatter their results, according to the Bank of England.EU to ban selling eggs by the dozen: Shopkeepers' fury as they are told all food must be weighed and sold by the kilo
Diane Abbott fumes after being branded a racist on TV by This Week host Andrew Neill
As 28,000 police face axe, chiefs blow £500k on champagne gala
Protests turn violent at G20 summit as riot police fire tear gas at demonstrators
Bank of England: Banks must stop fudging figures to look better than they really are
Sunday, 27 June 2010
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