Economy grew 'more than thought' |
- Economy grew 'more than thought'
- Cameron 'attack' base is revealed
- Bomber widow loses legal aid bid
- Sale deal closer for Corus plant
- Kenya celebrates new constitution
- Samantha Cameron leaves hospital
- Teachers held over child images
- Lee Ryan assault charge dropped
- Top Gear boss lambasts Stig book
- Electricity 'pulled from the air' sparks debate
- Amputee pianist wows China's Got Talent
- Live - England v Pakistan
- Tough Europa draw for English duo
- Barca to sign £17.25m Mascherano
- Alonso sets Belgian practice pace
- Pietersen 'needs county practice'
- Dirty Sanchez stabbing man jailed
- Clegg shock at 'cat in bin' woman
- Council leaders impose pay deal
- Soldier's teenage killer detained
- Man accused of murdering fiancee
- Tourists warned over visiting NI
- Motorist's sledge death offences
- Tree fall boy in stable condition
- 'Dozens die' in Nigeria poisoning
- Congo killings 'may be genocide'
- Burmese junta leaders 'step down'
- US citizen freed in North Korea
- France chided for Roma expulsions
- Twelve dead in Turkey landslides
- Chile miners make video message
- Brazil green light for Amazon dam
- Nails removed from 'abused' maid
- Call for Iraq death count inquiry
- Karzai criticises US pullout plan
- Pakistan floods prompt new alerts
- Bernanke ready to act on economy
- Beck under fire for rally plans
- Boeing delays Dreamliner delivery
- Intel warning over weaker sales
- Dell and HP escalate bidding war
- Tory MP Blunt reveals he is gay
- Labour boosted growth, says Balls
- MP in sex education 'attack' row
- Ten-fold rise in weight-loss ops
- Top eight cancer signs pinpointed
- Faith 'impacts on doctors' care'
- Watchdog vets alternative exams
- Call for fairer school admissions
- Science GCSEs 'not tough enough'
- Sony obtains ban on PS3 hack chip
- 'Anti-Facebook' eyes launch date
- Fake iTunes reviews row settled
- Double strike 'killed dinosaurs'
- Wheat genome boost to food supply
- Plants send SOS signal to insects
- Keira Knightley film to open Rome
- BBC search for new pop programme
- Fans arrive at Reading and Leeds
- Cycle helmets - a hard case to crack
- Video of life inside Chile mine
- Tour of Last of Summer Wine village
- Will rain and jams blight bank hols?
- Mints & coke record - it's Odd Box
- 'Missing' Metropolis film restored
- BBC boss delivers Edinburgh speech
- Road works unearth Ice Age camp
- Putting the screw on wine corks
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| Economy grew 'more than thought' Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:24 AM PDT The UK economy grew by a revised 1.2% in the second quarter, its fastest pace in nine years, boosted by the construction sector. |
| Cameron 'attack' base is revealed Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:16 AM PDT The Taliban reveal the base from which they planned to shoot down the prime minister's helicopter during his visit to Afghanistan in June. |
| Bomber widow loses legal aid bid Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:05 AM PDT The widow of one of the 7/7 suicide bombers loses her High Court bid to overturn a decision refusing her legal aid ahead of the forthcoming inquest. |
| Sale deal closer for Corus plant Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:40 AM PDT The Corus steel plant on Teesside, which was mothballed with the loss of 1,600 jobs, is close to being sold for £320m. |
| Kenya celebrates new constitution Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:06 AM PDT Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signs into law a new constitution, intended to end years of political and ethnic violence, at a huge ceremony. |
| Samantha Cameron leaves hospital Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:15 AM PDT Samantha Cameron and her baby daughter Florence are discharged from hospital in Cornwall. |
| Teachers held over child images Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:26 AM PDT Two men teaching at separate schools in Solihull are arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. |
| Lee Ryan assault charge dropped Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:07 AM PDT An assault charge against boy band star Lee Ryan is dropped at the request of his ex-partner Samantha Miller. |
| Top Gear boss lambasts Stig book Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:09 AM PDT The executive producer of Top Gear launches an attack on publisher HarperCollins over a book that reveals the true identity of The Stig. |
| Electricity 'pulled from the air' sparks debate Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:02 AM PDT A scheme to generate renewable energy by simply pulling electric charge out of humid air sparks debate amongst scientists. |
| Amputee pianist wows China's Got Talent Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:17 AM PDT A young musician, Liu Wei, has won acclaim after appearing on "China's Got Talent" playing the piano with his feet. |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:54 AM PDT Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad hit centuries as England close day two of the final Test with Pakistan at Lord's on 346-7. |
| Tough Europa draw for English duo Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:22 AM PDT Manchester City are paired with Juventus and Liverpool are also handed a tough draw in the group stage of the Europa League. |
| Barca to sign £17.25m Mascherano Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:58 AM PDT Liverpool sell midfielder Javier Mascherano to Barcelona for about £17.25m subject to a medical, BBC Sport understands. |
| Alonso sets Belgian practice pace Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:49 AM PDT Fernando Alonso posts the fastest lap times in each of Friday's two practice sessions for the Belgian Grand Prix. |
| Pietersen 'needs county practice' Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:33 AM PDT Geoff Boycott believes Kevin Pietersen could benefit from being dropped from England's one-day team to focus on regaining his form in county cricket. |
| Dirty Sanchez stabbing man jailed Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:47 AM PDT A man is jailed for five years for stabbing one of the presenters of the MTV show Dirty Sanchez in a shop in Norfolk. |
| Clegg shock at 'cat in bin' woman Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:09 AM PDT The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg expresses his shock at the actions of a woman who dumped a live cat in a bin. |
| Council leaders impose pay deal Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:37 AM PDT Scotland's council leaders are imposing a three-year pay deal for most workers after a breakdown in talks with unions. |
| Soldier's teenage killer detained Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:24 AM PDT A teenager who killed a Scots soldier in an attack at a nightclub is detained for two-and-a-half years. |
| Man accused of murdering fiancee Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:33 AM PDT A man appears in court charged with murdering Patricia Bardon, his partner of five years, in south Belfast. |
| Tourists warned over visiting NI Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:47 AM PDT The Australian government issues advice to people travelling to Northern Ireland following recent trouble. |
| Motorist's sledge death offences Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:26 AM PDT A motorist admits causing the death of an amateur sledger by not being in possession of a driving licence or insurance. |
| Tree fall boy in stable condition Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:34 AM PDT A three-year-old boy trapped under a tree at a Pembrokeshire wildlife park is out of intensive care. |
| 'Dozens die' in Nigeria poisoning Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:47 AM PDT As many as 30 children are reportedly dead in northern Nigeria from lead poisoning caused by illegal gold-miners. |
| Congo killings 'may be genocide' Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:28 AM PDT Killings by the Rwandan army and allied rebels in Zaire and DR Congo in the 1990s could be classified as genocide, a draft UN report says. |
| Burmese junta leaders 'step down' Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:36 AM PDT Leaders of Burma's junta are reported to have resigned from their military posts ahead of a general election in November. |
| US citizen freed in North Korea Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:40 PM PDT Ex-US President Jimmy Carter secures the release of an American, Aijalon Mahli Gomes, sentenced to hard labour for illegally entering North Korea. |
| France chided for Roma expulsions Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:58 AM PDT A UN committee urges France to avoid collective deportations of Roma (Gypsies), as the French government defends the expulsions. |
| Twelve dead in Turkey landslides Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:04 AM PDT At least 12 people are killed in northern Turkey in landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials say. |
| Chile miners make video message Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:48 AM PDT Thirty-three miners trapped deep underground in Chile appear in good spirits and reasonably healthy in the first video to show their conditions. |
| Brazil green light for Amazon dam Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:49 PM PDT Brazil's government approves the controversial construction on a tributary of the Amazon of the world's third biggest hydroelectric dam. |
| Nails removed from 'abused' maid Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:18 AM PDT Doctors remove 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan housemaid who said her employer in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body. |
| Call for Iraq death count inquiry Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:07 PM PDT A full judicial inquiry into all those killed in the war in Iraq should be held, a campaign group says. |
| Karzai criticises US pullout plan Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:43 AM PDT Afghan President Hamid Karzai says US plans to begin withdrawing troops in 2011 have given the Taliban a "morale boost". |
| Pakistan floods prompt new alerts Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:43 PM PDT Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis are ordered to evacuate their homes as flood waters threaten several cities in the south of the country. |
| Bernanke ready to act on economy Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:21 AM PDT As US economic growth is revised downwards, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke lays out "unconventional" policy options. |
| Beck under fire for rally plans Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:25 AM PDT Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck comes under fire for scheduling a rally at the location of an iconic 1963 civil rights demonstration. |
| Boeing delays Dreamliner delivery Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:48 AM PDT Boeing is delaying delivery of its first new-generation 787 Dreamliner aircraft until early 2011 after hitting more problems. |
| Intel warning over weaker sales Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:56 AM PDT Computer chipmaker Intel cut its profit forecast after warning that sales of computers were weaker than expected. |
| Dell and HP escalate bidding war Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:07 AM PDT Computer giants Dell and HewlettPackard up their offers again in a bidding war over data storage company 3Par. |
| Tory MP Blunt reveals he is gay Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:35 AM PDT Conservative minister Crispin Blunt reveals he is gay and has separated from his wife. |
| Labour boosted growth, says Balls Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:52 AM PDT As the Labour leader race reaches its climax, Ed Balls claims better growth figures are down to Labour policies and says cutting the deficit in four years is 'too ambitious'. |
| MP in sex education 'attack' row Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:37 AM PDT A Tory MP is criticised after appearing to blame the rise in sexually transmitted infections on greater sex education. |
| Ten-fold rise in weight-loss ops Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT The number of people in England undergoing surgery on the NHS to help them lose weight has increased ten-fold in less than a decade, figures show. |
| Top eight cancer signs pinpointed Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:07 PM PDT The eight unexplained symptoms most closely linked to cancer are highlighted by health researchers. |
| Faith 'impacts on doctors' care' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:04 PM PDT Doctors with religious beliefs are less likely to take decisions which could hasten the death of those who are terminally ill, a study suggests. |
| Watchdog vets alternative exams Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:25 AM PDT England's exams watchdog Ofqual is to compare A-levels and GCSEs with alternative qualifications, including vocational equivalents. |
| Call for fairer school admissions Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:58 PM PDT A children's charity calls for schools to take an equal share of the ability bands to help poorer pupils succeed. |
| Science GCSEs 'not tough enough' Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:44 PM PDT The head of exams regulator Ofqual says this year's science GCSEs were not tough enough and there is inconsistency in standards between different boards. |
| Sony obtains ban on PS3 hack chip Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:04 AM PDT Sony has won a temporary ban to prevent Australian distributors selling a hardware hack for the PlayStation 3 (PS3). |
| 'Anti-Facebook' eyes launch date Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:38 AM PDT An open alternative to Facebook will be launched on the 15 September, the developers of the Diaspora project say. |
| Fake iTunes reviews row settled Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:57 AM PDT A US trade body rules against a marketing firm whose employees posted favourable reviews of its clients' apps on iTunes. |
| Double strike 'killed dinosaurs' Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:36 AM PDT The dinosaurs were wiped out by at least two meteorite impacts rather than a single strike, say scientists. |
| Wheat genome boost to food supply Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:25 PM PDT The draft sequences of the wheat genome released by UK scientists may prove to be a vital contribution to the efforts of securing global food supply. |
| Plants send SOS signal to insects Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:31 AM PDT Plants are able to summon insects to their aid to avoid being eaten by caterpillars, scientists discover. |
| Keira Knightley film to open Rome Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:48 AM PDT Keira Knightley film Last Night, also starring Clash of the Titans' Sam Worthington, is to open the Rome Film Festival. |
| BBC search for new pop programme Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:42 AM PDT The BBC starts "discussing" ideas for a new pop music show to succeed Top Of The Pops, which was axed in 2006. |
| Fans arrive at Reading and Leeds Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:36 AM PDT A hundred and fifty thousand fans across two sites at Reading and Leeds are preparing for performances from Arcade Fire, The Libertines, Blink 182 and Guns N' Roses. |
| Cycle helmets - a hard case to crack Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:30 AM PDT Many cyclists wouldn't leave home without a helmet - but it's a piece of kit that doesn't offer as much protection as some cyclists might think. |
| Video of life inside Chile mine Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:08 PM PDT Video footage of 33 trapped miners in Chile has been shown to families of the men, and aired on Chilean TV. |
| Tour of Last of Summer Wine village Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:09 PM PDT The world's longest-running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine, comes to an end this weekend. |
| Will rain and jams blight bank hols? Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:11 AM PDT For England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is the start of the August bank holiday weekend, traditionally associated with bad weather and travel chaos. |
| Mints & coke record - it's Odd Box Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:37 PM PDT A very soapy fountain, a seven seater bicycle and why mixing coke and mints is not a good idea. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne. |
| 'Missing' Metropolis film restored Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:53 AM PDT Stephen Smith considers what made Fritz Lang's film, Metropolis, so hugely influential, as a newly restored version of the sci-fi epic is premiered in London. |
| BBC boss delivers Edinburgh speech Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:54 AM PDT Broadcasting executives are gathering in Edinburgh today for the start of the annual International Television Festival. |
| Road works unearth Ice Age camp Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:46 PM PDT Archaeologist Phil Harding explains how the discovery of flint tools could shed light on Ice Age life in Britain |
| Putting the screw on wine corks Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:03 AM PDT Sommeliers in France and cork manufacturers in Portugal and Spain have launched a multi-million-dollar campaign to save the wine cork and persuade wine lovers to shun the increasingly popular screw cap. |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:59 AM PDT Should we just give up on learning French at school? |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:44 AM PDT Which country has the slowest queues? |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:09 AM PDT Your experiences of weight-loss surgery |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:20 AM PDT Paul Bremer on why the US 'must not walk away from Iraq' |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:55 AM PDT Yorkshireman's mission to write Bavarian dictionary |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:44 AM PDT What does it take to be an Area Girl in Lagos? |
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