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LONDON, January 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Campaign pioneers The Body Shop and Cruelty Free International celebrate after 20 years of activism After over 20 years of campaigning, ethical beauty retailer The Body Shop and non-profit organisation Cruelty Free International are finally celebrating the end to animal testing for cosmetics in Europe with the anticipated announcement that the import and sale of animal tested cosmetic...

LONDON, January 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethical beauty retailer The Body Shop [http://www.thebodyshop.co.uk ] is delighted to announce an exciting and unique partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust, the only UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life and chances of survival of young people with cancer. The partnership will see the two organisations working together throughout 2013 to improve the lives of young people with cancer age 13 to 24. Both The Body Shop...

The death of Dame Anita Roddick from a brain haemorrhage, after suffering from Hepatitis C for 30 years, was met with great shock by the many she inspired. James Macintyre charts her success Anita Roddick 1942-2007 Two years after Anita Roddick found out from routine tests that for several decades she'd been carrying a painful and depressive disease, she finally broke the devastating news on her internet blog. "I have Hepatitis C," she wrote on 14 February this year. "It's a bit of a...