U. K. Trade Minister Mervyn Davies said that the state owned Dubai World has been progressing in talks with creditors and soon there could be a fruitful result for the crisis ridden state firm, that shocked the entire World by announcing standstill on its debt payments for at least six months in November last year.

The official figures published on Friday revealed that the U. K. factory gate prices registered a climb at their fastest rate in 14 months in the year to February and at more than double their average rate compared to the past decade.

The rise is revealed to be triggered by increases in petroleum, electrical and other manufactured products, the Office for National Statistics said Friday.

Tesco has initiated with tentative steps into the estate agency market. The supermarket giant will now offer its customers a chance to employ estate agents Spicerhaart for £999 to assist them to sell their homes.

Today, investors gladly welcomed some "rare good news" as the distributive trades survey undertaken by the CBI hiked to hit its highest level in nearly 3 long years.

An expert recently stated that a lot of people do not realize that they are obese. Especially people who love good skin should watch their diet and weight.

According to Dr Dean Marshall, chairman of the British Medical Association's (BMA) Scottish General Practitioner's Committee, number of obese people in UK have gone up over the last few years.

Beauty is timeless but unfortunately, cosmetics are not. A research yesterday stated that most British women owned cosmetics that were up to four years out of date.

Cosmetics like eye shadow, lipstick, blusher, lip-gloss, eyebrow pencils, and perfume are often expired jeopardizing women’s health.

The MPs are reported to ask NHS that it should stop funding homeopathy as there is no scientific proof in its support.

The Commons Science and Technology Committee posted that the diluted products were no more effective than a placebo - the same as taking a sugar or dummy pill.

However, manufacturers and supporters of homeopathy refuted that the report, claiming that the MPs had ignored necessary evidence.