Tuesday, July 27, 2010

BP to emerge 'smaller and wiser'

BP to emerge 'smaller and wiser'


BP to emerge 'smaller and wiser'

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:50 AM PDT

BP says it will emerge from the oil spill crisis a smaller and wiser company, as it announces a record $17bn (£11bn) loss.

Starved girl 'failed by agencies'

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:17 AM PDT

Missed opportunities by professionals contributed to the death of Khyra Ishaq who starved to death weighing less than three stone, a report finds.

Boys lose rape conviction appeals

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Two boys found guilty of attempting to rape an eight-year-old girl in London lose their appeals against their convictions.

Carey makes Booker longlist again

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:21 AM PDT

Peter Carey, two-time winner of the Man Booker prize, is one of 13 authors to make the longlist for the 2010 prize.

'Friendly fire' UK death inquiry

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:33 AM PDT

A British soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan may have been the victim of so-called friendly fire, the Ministry of Defence says.

Wikileaks files track Bin Laden

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:21 AM PDT

Fresh details - including reports on Osama Bin Laden - emerge from US military records leaked to Wikileaks, as the Pentagon tries to find the culprit.

G20 death Pc in discipline action

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:55 AM PDT

The Pc who struck Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests has been notified that disciplinary proceedings will be taken against him.

Blix 'sure' Iraq invasion illegal

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:40 AM PDT

The UN's former chief weapons inspector Hans Blix tells the official war inquiry it is his "firm view" that the Iraq invasion was illegal.

Dutch girl sailor wins court battle

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:09 AM PDT

Laura Dekker, 14, wins a court battle allowing her to try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

Researchers use more GM animals

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:23 AM PDT

The number of UK scientific experiments involving genetically modified animals overtakes those involving "normal animals" for the first time.

Support for 2012 Olympics 'grows'

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Support for hosting the 2012 Olympics has risen among people in the capital, a BBC poll shows.

Haiti quake rescue dog finally returns home

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:05 AM PDT

A rescue dog, which helped recover bodies and look for survivors of the Haiti earthquake disaster, finally returns home.

Sound as a pound? Rise in fake £1 coins

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:33 AM PDT

Nearly two million counterfeit £1 coins were returned to the Royal Mint in the last financial year, figures show.

Live - European Championships day one

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:39 AM PDT

Britain's Mo Farah goes for gold in the 10,000m while Dwain Chambers makes the 100m final at the European Championships in Barcelona.

Hodgson expecting Torres to stay

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson expects star striker Fernando Torres to remain at the club this season.

Collingwood cool on Pakistan hype

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:10 AM PDT

Paul Collingwood dismisses suggestions Pakistan have the best bowling attack in the world ahead of the first Test, which starts in Nottingham on Thursday.

Campbell set for Newcastle move

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:26 AM PDT

Newcastle United look to have won the race to sign defender Sol Campbell.

Woodgate faces Tottenham omission

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:14 AM PDT

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp all but confirms Jonathan Woodgate will not be in his 25-man squad for the new season because of a groin problem.

Cause of sisters' deaths probed

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:48 AM PDT

Post-mortem tests are to be carried out on two young children found dead along with their parents in Hampshire.

Card player guilty of wife murder

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:49 AM PDT

A world champion bridge player is found guilty of murdering his wife after habitually humiliating her in front of other players.

Crash victim 'hit several times'

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:09 AM PDT

A man killed when he walked onto a motorway linking Scotland and England appears to have been struck by several vehicles.

Honours for airport attack heroes

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:32 AM PDT

Two police officers and five others are honoured for bravery for helping foil the failed Glasgow Airport attack.

Men 'not first abusers on ward'

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:07 AM PDT

A man whose sister is in the same hospital ward as two paedophile brothers says it is not the first time that abusers have been placed there.

Anti-sectarian plans published

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:30 AM PDT

The NI first and deputy first ministers publish their proposals for tackling sectarianism, racism and hate.

Students in Snowdonia air rescue

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:18 AM PDT

A group of seven students on a Duke of Edinburgh's Award expedition are rescued by an RAF helicopter and a mountain rescue team after becoming lost in low cloud in Snowdonia.

Fault grounds RAF hawks at base

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:41 AM PDT

All training hawks at RAF Valley in Anglesey have been grounded after engineers detected a fault in an aircraft.

Four guilty over SA humiliation

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:17 AM PDT

Four white South Africans plead guilty to humiliating five black workers at a university after a video of the incident was posted on the internet.

German Darfur aid workers freed

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:08 AM PDT

Two German aid workers kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region are freed unharmed after five weeks in captivity, officials say.

Donors pledge $1bn to Kyrgyzstan

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:54 AM PDT

International donors pledge $1.1bn to Kyrgyzstan for reconstruction following June's deadly ethnic clashes in the south.

Cambodia workers in police clash

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:45 AM PDT

Police clash with garment factory workers as they attempt to break up a strike in Cambodia, says a trade union.

Turkey must join EU, says Cameron

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:54 AM PDT

David Cameron argues for Turkey's membership of the European Union, saying he is "angry" at the slow pace of negotiations.

Bosnian's UK extradition blocked

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:44 AM PDT

The extradition of former acting Bosnian president Ejup Ganic, who is accused of war crimes in Serbia, is blocked at a London court.

Warming 'to draw Mexico migrants'

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 07:20 PM PDT

Climate change may drive millions of Mexicans into the US as rising temperatures reduce crop yields, a study suggests.

Ecuador to redraw oil contracts

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:48 AM PDT

Ecuador's government is set to renegotiate oil contracts with private firms as a new law increases state control over the sector.

Iraq billions 'unaccounted for'

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:57 AM PDT

A US federal watchdog harshly criticises the US military for failing to account properly for almost $9bn (£5.8bn) of reconstruction funds for Iraq.

Bedouin village razed in Israel

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:02 AM PDT

Around 300 Bedouins living in Israel's Negev desert are made homeless after police raid their village and raze their homes.

Sailor found dead in Afghanistan

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 04:08 AM PDT

Nato says the body of one of two US servicemen missing in Afghanistan since last week has been found.

Bangladesh increases minimum wage

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:39 AM PDT

Bangladesh is nearly doubling the minimum wage for its millions of garment workers, a wage board official says, after months of violent protests over pay.

'Weeks to assess' Afghan war leak

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 09:21 PM PDT

The US military says it could take weeks to determine the damage from a huge leak of classified military records.

US issues Megrahi release letter

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:01 AM PDT

The US government publishes a letter sent to First Minister Alex Salmond before the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

Third Northern Rock boss banned

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:59 AM PDT

Northern Rock's former finance director becomes the bank's third executive to be banned by the City watchdog for misconduct.

Businesses face energy bill rise

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Businesses' energy bills could rise by 26% in the next decade owing to policies to cut emissions in the UK.

Lloyds stops selling PPI policies

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 04:19 AM PDT

Lloyds Banking Group stops selling much-criticised payment protection insurance (PPI) to customers who borrow money.

UK joins EU police evidence plan

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:11 AM PDT

Home Secretary Theresa May says she will sign an EU order allowing foreign police to gather evidence in the UK.

Cable 'to work with' Forgemasters

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 04:12 AM PDT

The business secretary says he is "ready to work closely" with Sheffield Forgemasters after cancelling an £80m loan to the company.

Clegg rejects referendum critics

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:57 AM PDT

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg rejects calls backed by 44 Tory MPs for the voting referendum date to be moved.

'Emergency fund' for cancer drugs

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:08 AM PDT

The government announces a £50m fund aimed at giving patients access to cancer drugs sooner.

Motherly love 'breeds confidence'

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:34 PM PDT

Babies whose mothers shower them with affection are better at coping with stress when they get older, researchers say.

Rugby head injury reporting worry

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Rugby ruling bodies are concerned after a BBC investigation finds some players are failing to report head injuries suffered in matches.

Axed school list 'advice ignored'

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:06 AM PDT

Officials are accused of ignoring advice to double-check their information before publishing a list of cancelled school building projects in England.

MPs approve academy legislation

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:25 PM PDT

MPs pass legislation which paves the way for a radical overhaul of the school system in England but some Lib Dem MPs rebel.

Long wait for StarCraft II ends

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 AM PDT

The long awaited real-time-strategy game StarCraft II has gone on sale, 12 years after the popular first edition was released.

Call for clarity in broadband ads

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:44 PM PDT

The majority of people using broadband are not getting the speed they are paying for, research by the regulator Ofcom suggests.

MOD splashes out on night vision

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:15 AM PDT

The Ministry of Defence has put through an 'urgent request' to finish a £35m order for 'Generation Three' night vision goggles.

Marshes 'at risk from hurricanes'

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:37 AM PDT

Freshwater coastal wetlands are more vulnerable to erosion during hurricanes than habitats with higher levels of salinity, a study suggests.

China Gorges flooding set to peak

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:59 PM PDT

Officials in China say floodwaters which have left some 1,250 people dead or missing are expected to peak within the next day.

BP puts oil spill cost at $32.2bn

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:07 AM PDT

BP says it is setting aside $32.2bn (£20.8bn) to cover the oil spill clean-up costs, as it posts record losses of $17bn.

Paper dismisses Caravaggio claims

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 04:56 AM PDT

The Vatican's top art historian dismisses claims made in its newspaper that a recently discovered painting is a Caravaggio.

Craig to star in US Tattoo remake

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:46 AM PDT

James Bond actor Daniel Craig will star in the US film version of best-selling novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, it is confirmed.

Leigh attacks Film Council axing

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:11 AM PDT

British director Mike Leigh calls the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's decision to axe the UK Film Council "totally out of order".

EU police plan is 'in interests of justice'

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:20 AM PDT

Home Office Minister Baroness Neville-Jones has defended the coalition government's decision to opt in to an EU order allowing foreign police to request evidence held in the UK.

Education Committee

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:44 AM PDT

The government's handling of cuts to the Building Schools for the Future programme has been criticised.

Bird's eye view of Olympic site

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:36 PM PDT

BBC Sport's Jake Humphrey has gained an aerial view of the East End site in London for the 2012 Olympics.

Cameron likens Gaza to prison camp

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:10 AM PDT

David Cameron has said that Gaza cannot remain a "prison camp", and that aid and people should be allowed in both directions across the border.

Cargo plane crashes in Riyadh

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:26 AM PDT

A cargo plane has crashed on arrival at the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

China Gorges flooding set to peak

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:23 AM PDT

Officials in China say floodwaters which have left some 1,250 people dead or missing are expected to peak within the next day.

Killing Fields survivor 'can't ever forget'

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:20 AM PDT

Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch has been found guilty of crimes against humanity by Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal.

Boris takes a spin at velodrome

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:09 AM PDT

London's mayor Boris Johnson has taken the opportunity to show off his cycling prowess by completig a couple of laps of the new Olympic velodrome to mark the two year countdown to London 2012.

Briton wins cliff diving championships

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 11:09 PM PDT

Some of the world's most skilled divers have gathered in southern Switzerland to take part in the European cliff diving championships.

Watch Olympic stadium take shape

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:39 PM PDT

On this day in two years time the 2012 Olympics will begin in London. As this time lapse footage shows, the Olympic Stadium has already taken shape.

Writer's block

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 11:58 PM PDT

Robert Winston on why creative minds dry up

Speed trap

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:38 AM PDT

Do speed cameras really help cut accidents?

Ample bodied

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 04:29 AM PDT

How realistic is it for women to want this actor's shape?

Special relationship

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:11 AM PDT

Can David Cameron win friends in India?

Money matters

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:29 AM PDT

Who will take on the Film Council's funding role?

Kung fu fighting

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:57 AM PDT

Jackie Chan on the real message behind martial arts

Controversial practices

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:14 PM PDT

How the BP oil spill fits in with a wider pattern

One night in July

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:12 AM PDT

A new film will tell the story of the 1975 Miami Showband massacre

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