No shop ban on New Year's Day
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MSPs vote to ban large stores from opening on Christmas Day but they reject a ban for New Year's Day.
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Smokers can merrily puff away without fear of prosecution in one English city&#39;s pubs because officials failed to introduce powers to impose a national ban, the local council admitted Wednesday.
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Despite signs of a poor Christmas for British retailers, the Bank of England (BoE) will likely refrain on Thursday from cutting interest rates from the current level of 4.75 percent.
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Britain on Tuesday defied a Russian  order to close the regional offices of its cultural arm from  New Year's day, but there was no evidence of Russian attempts  to forcibly close British Council centers.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank, DEC. 22, 2004 .- The Israeli government announced that it would not prevent Israeli Christians from visiting Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations.
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EVERYONE pays on New Year&#39;s Day. Unless, that is, you don&#39;t drink - or are able to drink in moderation. But most people spend the next day semi-conscious, rehydrating to the hum of &quot;Law &amp; Order&quot; reruns on TNT.
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A Danish supermarket chain is free  to ban employees from wearing religious headscarves at work,  Denmark's High Court ruled on Friday.
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A smoking ban in pubs will not hurt cigarette sales nor reduce the number of people who smoke, according to the UK's biggest tobacco company.
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Just asking isn't enough A bill has been introduced in Parliament which would force online retailers to check customers' ages before selling goods that cannot be sold to children.â¦
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There may be 206 shopping days left until December 25, but a new drive to encourage shoppers and retailers to support the first ever national plastic-bag free Christmas is already gaining momentum.
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EU judges refuse to allow consumers to buy drinks and cigarettes online at lower duties from other countries.
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NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 31: The government on Sunday decided not to hike the prices of petrol and diesel due to the pending festive season.
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The Government has introduced strict new limits on the advertising of cigarettes and tobacco products in shops, pubs and clubs today.
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There will be no early end to punitive European tariffs on US products despite a decision by the US Congress to end a corporate tax subsidy ruled illegal by the World Trade Organisation (WTO)Pascal Lamy, the European Unionâs chief trade negotiator
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Many online merchants this year will still sell goods with standard shipping terms through Monday, Dec. 18, or Tuesday, Dec. 19, a boon for late holiday shoppers.
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A ban on smoking at work, in restaurants and cafes will be announced by the Government today. But smoking will still be allowed in public houses that do not serve food.
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The holidays may be over, but the shopping hasn't stopped.