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Lord Mandelson has warned that the British Government will scrutinise any foreign takeover of Cadbury and oppose any buyer that fails to "respect" the historic confectioner, the subject of a £10.1bn hostile bid from Kraft Foods of the US yesterday....

The British star was in Berlin to promote Did You Hear About The Morgans? The rom-com sees him teaming up again with Sarah Jessica Parker...Their latest feature Did You Hear About The Morgans is all about a high flying New...

As a keen fisherman who was recently pictured on the front cover of the magazine Angler's Mail holding an enormous 29lb carp, John Terry is all too familiar with the experience of "the one that got away". Every angler has...

Last night was the London premiere of Nine , the musical spectacular starring Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Fergie and Sophia Loren. Everybody but Sophia, Marion and Fergie showed up for the big...

Herpetologist Robert Drewes will forever be remembered for his two-inch Phallus. “I am utterly delighted,” Drewes told the San Jose Mercury News, “The funny thing is that it is the second smallest known mushroom in this genus and it grows...

US food giant Kraft has fired the starting gun on a 60-day takeover battle for Dairy Milk maker Cadbury. Kraft's hostile bid campaign was officially launched when the group posted details of its £10 billion cash and shares offer, ahead...

Dirk Kuyt fired Liverpool to an unconvincing 1-0 win over Hungarian side Debrecen in their opening Champions League Group E tie at Anfield on Wednesday. "The most important thing is to get the three points," Reds manager Rafael Benitez said...

Music from late rapper Tupac Shakur has been included as part of the Vatican's official MySpace Music playlist. The seat of the Catholic Church released a list of 12 songs onto the social networking Web site's streaming music service this...

The UK's taxpayers have invested heavily in their banks, given them loans and signed them up to state insurance schemes. Britain's National Audit Office found that the Treasury gave the Royal Bank of Scotland a clean bill of health less...

Arsene Wenger and Mark Hughes continued their head-to-head heavyweight contest yesterday. There was no winner -- neither would back down from their midweek bout -- and there probably never will be; a bloodied draw on points seems the only possible...