Monthly Archive: February 2010

Feb
25

The underworld

The real Rebecca Romero: medal winning at Beijing in 2008

Sorry folks – not the mystical World of Hades reached only by crossing the river Styx.  Instead the murky underworld of crime;  online fraud has hit us – and that is scarey! We all get spam emails and countless viagra offers, etc., but duff transactions with validated cards?  Now that IS news – at least …

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Feb
01

Champagne exports

glass

In 2007, the UK imported more bottles of champagne than at any other time in its history – just over 39 million bottles.  Total harvest that year was also a record 390 million bottles, according to figures from the CIVC and reiterated by research from Giles Fallowfield, although obviously there is a lag in production …

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