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London restaurant says 'pay what you want'

Little Bay restaurant A LONDON restaurant is asking customers to pay only what they want for meals in a bid to beat the credit crunch.

The Little Bay restaurant in central London will present diners with absolutely nothing when they ask for the cheque during February, leaving it up to them to decide what the meal was worth.

“Anything between a penny and 50 pounds ($111) will make me happy, it’s entirely up to the customer to decide,” restaurateur owner Peter Ilic said.

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Snow brings deaths and travel chaos to Europe

london_tower Snow storms brought travel chaos to western Europe, grounding most flights at London-Heathrow airport after one jet slid off a taxiway and killing at least five people in storm incidents.

Two climbers died on Mount Snowdown in Wales and three people were killed in accidents and from the cold in Italy.

London lay under 10 centimetres (four inches) of snow, the most recorded in the British capital in 18 years. The storms also hit France and Spain, closing roads and rail tracks, and spread as far south as Morocco.

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