Majority of BP spill 'dealt with' |
- Majority of BP spill 'dealt with'
- More clone-linked beef 'consumed'
- Three children dead in blast flat
- US billionaires in charity pledge
- Wyclef to run for Haiti president
- Hughes attacks PM homes plan
- Lloyds sees sharp swing to profit
- Prolific teenage burglar jailed
- Pakistan floods appeal launched
- 'Thousands' targeted in bank scam
- Astronomers' 3D view of star exploding
- Forgotten passengers taken to France - and back again
- Pompey 'must win case to survive'
- Sunderland ask City for Hart loan
- Ancelotti explains Cole departure
- Rafiq banned after Twitter tirade
- Swann plays down pre-Ashes hype
- Dryer death boy's mother arrested
- Police pay Raoul Moat cash reward
- Man guilty of killing his mother
- Three sought over rape of woman
- Gas inquiry as teens found dead
- Bomb soldier 'had lucky escape'
- Car chase woman escaped armed man
- Drunk girls saved from mountain
- Key reforms put to vote in Kenya
- Cross-dressers flogged in Sudan
- Man held over China school attack
- Malaysia row over marriage move
- Sackings over Russia fire chaos
- Berlusconi survives key contest
- Castro 'to address Cuba assembly'
- Mexico violence 'still growing'
- Iran denies attack on president
- Clash 'on Israeli side', UN says
- Rain brings Pakistan more misery
- Petraeus rules focus on civilians
- Box office hits help Time Warner
- Arizona desert death toll climbs
- Ofcom raises Sky movie concerns
- Intel settles antitrust lawsuit
- Ryanair traffic rises, BA's fall
- Cameron in talks with Berlusconi
- Samantha Cameron in 'style elite'
- Social home swap scheme launched
- Therapy hope over key heart genes
- GPs need 'greater maternity role'
- Marie Stopes ad protests rejected
- Premier League plans free schools
- Warning over career service cuts
- Students get exam results by text
- iPhone at risk from security flaw
- Dyson Award for steriliser bottle
- Saudi Blackberry ban from Friday
- Ancient croc had 'mammal's bite'
- Everest pioneers 'hit by storm'
- New rules for 'DIY genetic tests'
- Lady Gaga leads MTV video awards
- UK music 'bucked downward trend'
- Windsor gets freedom of the City
- Jazz dancer claimed disability benefits
- Obama welcomes 'successful' oil action
- Village 'eradicated' by Russian fires
- Thousands homeless in Pakistan flood
- Cor blimey! Babs is officially 'posh'
- Stirling Moss's pad has gadgets galore
- Fitting an underwater 'plug socket'
- Naked stags attract rescue chopper
- Where do old computers go?
- The tweet elite
- Where-shire
- 1066 and... baby names
- 'Tremendous strain'
- Locked up
| Majority of BP spill 'dealt with' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:16 AM PDT Almost three-quarters of the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico has been cleaned up or broken down by natural forces, the US government says. |
| More clone-linked beef 'consumed' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:14 AM PDT Meat from a second cloned cow's offspring has entered the UK's food chain, according to the Food Standards Agency. |
| Three children dead in blast flat Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:42 AM PDT Two young boys and a girl are found dead after an explosion in an Edinburgh flat, police confirm. |
| US billionaires in charity pledge Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:55 AM PDT Thirty-eight billionaires promise to give at least half their wealth to charity through a campaign started by Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. |
| Wyclef to run for Haiti president Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:20 AM PDT Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean is to announce plans to stand for president of the earthquake-hit Caribbean country. |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:35 AM PDT Deputy Lib Dem leader Simon Hughes fires a warning shot at David Cameron over plans to end "council houses for life" in England. |
| Lloyds sees sharp swing to profit Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:23 AM PDT Lloyds Banking Group - partly owned by the taxpayer - reports a profit for the first half of the year, thanks to a drop in the amount set aside to cover bad loans. |
| Prolific teenage burglar jailed Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:41 AM PDT A prolific teenage burglar, thought to be one of the worst offenders in the UK, is sentenced to five years in prison. |
| Pakistan floods appeal launched Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:26 AM PDT The Disasters Emergency Committee is appealing for donations to help people caught up in the worst floods Pakistan has seen for 80 years. |
| 'Thousands' targeted in bank scam Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:46 AM PDT Researchers uncover a network of thousands of PCs that is being used to harvest online banking details in the UK. |
| Astronomers' 3D view of star exploding Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:47 AM PDT Astronomers have for the first time obtained a 3D view of the aftermath of a star exploding. |
| Forgotten passengers taken to France - and back again Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:26 AM PDT Eurotunnel investigates after passengers are taken from Folkestone to France and back again without being able to get off the train. |
| Pompey 'must win case to survive' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:57 AM PDT Portsmouth could go out of business if they lose their court case against the tax authorities on Thursday, according to the club's lawyer. |
| Sunderland ask City for Hart loan Posted: 04 Aug 2010 07:42 AM PDT Sunderland make an approach to take England goalkeeper Joe Hart on loan from Manchester City. |
| Ancelotti explains Cole departure Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:14 AM PDT Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti says Yossi Benayoun will more than make up for the loss of winger Joe Cole to Liverpool. |
| Rafiq banned after Twitter tirade Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:13 AM PDT Yorkshire's England under-19 captain Azeem Rafiq is suspended for a month following a foul-mouthed tirade against manager John Abrahams. |
| Swann plays down pre-Ashes hype Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:31 AM PDT Graeme Swann says the result of England's series against Pakistan will have little influence on the outcome of the Ashes series in Australia this winter. |
| Dryer death boy's mother arrested Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:19 AM PDT Police investigating the death of a four-year-old boy found in a tumble dryer in Derbyshire arrest his mother. |
| Police pay Raoul Moat cash reward Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:08 AM PDT Northumbria Police confirms that a cash reward, offered for information on gunman Raoul Moat, has been paid out. |
| Man guilty of killing his mother Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:20 AM PDT A man is convicted of stabbing his mother to death days after being released from a psychiatric unit in Dundee. |
| Three sought over rape of woman Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:42 AM PDT Police hunt three men after a 22-year-old woman is raped in the south side of Glasgow. |
| Gas inquiry as teens found dead Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:54 AM PDT An investigation begins after two 18-year-old boys, Neil McFerran and Aaron Davidson, died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a holiday flat. |
| Bomb soldier 'had lucky escape' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:03 AM PDT A bomb left under a soldier's car outside his home in a County Down cul-de-sac could have caused devastation, police say. |
| Car chase woman escaped armed man Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:23 AM PDT A woman was chased at speed into a town by her shotgun-wielding former partner after he threatened to kill her, a court hears. |
| Drunk girls saved from mountain Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:54 AM PDT Two drunken 13-year-pld girls are airlifted to hospital from Conwy Mountain near Llandudno. |
| Key reforms put to vote in Kenya Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:44 AM PDT Counting of votes is under way in Kenya after a referendum that formed part of the deal to end the 2007 post-election violence. |
| Cross-dressers flogged in Sudan Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:06 AM PDT A group of men are flogged in Sudan after a court rules they broke strict moral codes by dressing and dancing in a "womanly" way. |
| Man held over China school attack Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:57 AM PDT A 26-year-old man is arrested in China following a knife attack at a school in which at least three children were killed. |
| Malaysia row over marriage move Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:34 AM PDT A Malaysian state's decision to allow under age marriages to cut the number of babies born out of wedlock draws criticism from women's groups. |
| Sackings over Russia fire chaos Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:08 AM PDT Russia's president fires senior military officers for failing to stop a naval base being engulfed by wildfires that have killed 48. |
| Berlusconi survives key contest Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:17 AM PDT Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi survives a key no-confidence vote, but only thanks to massive abstentions from the vote by rebel MPs. |
| Castro 'to address Cuba assembly' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:21 AM PDT Fidel Castro is expected to address Cuba's national assembly on Saturday for the first time in four years. |
| Mexico violence 'still growing' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:57 AM PDT More than 28,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since the government declared war on the cartels in December 2006, officials say. |
| Iran denies attack on president Posted: 04 Aug 2010 07:53 AM PDT Iran denies President Ahmadinejad was targeted in an assassination attempt, after initial reports of a grenade attack on his convoy. |
| Clash 'on Israeli side', UN says Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:42 AM PDT The UN peacekeeping force says Israeli soldiers were operating on their own side of the border when fighting broke out with Lebanese troops on Tuesday. |
| Rain brings Pakistan more misery Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:18 AM PDT Poor weather forces more evacuations as Pakistan endures its worst floods in 80 years, with yet more heavy rain forecast. |
| Petraeus rules focus on civilians Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:36 AM PDT Gen David Petraeus, the US commander in Afghanistan, stresses the need to prevent civilian casualties in a new directive. |
| Box office hits help Time Warner Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:39 AM PDT Time Warner reports a 7% rise in second-quarter profit, helped by box office hits including Sex and the City 2. |
| Arizona desert death toll climbs Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:59 PM PDT The bodies of 59 suspected illegal migrants are found near Arizona's desert border with Mexico in July, the highest number in five years, officials say. |
| Ofcom raises Sky movie concerns Posted: 04 Aug 2010 07:41 AM PDT UK media regulator Ofcom refers the market for pay-TV movies to the Competition Commission, amid concerns Sky is too powerful. |
| Intel settles antitrust lawsuit Posted: 04 Aug 2010 07:56 AM PDT US chipmaker Intel has settled an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by the US Federal Trade Commission. |
| Ryanair traffic rises, BA's fall Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:48 AM PDT Ryanair reports a 13% rise in passenger numbers while BA reports a 2.6% fall in traffic numbers in July when compared with a year earlier. |
| Cameron in talks with Berlusconi Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:01 AM PDT UK Prime Minister David Cameron is holding talks with his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi, in Rome on Wednesday. |
| Samantha Cameron in 'style elite' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:07 AM PDT Samantha Cameron joins Carla Bruni and Michelle Obama on Vanity Fair's international best-dressed list. |
| Social home swap scheme launched Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:03 AM PDT Social housing tenants in England could find it easier to move around the country under a government home swap scheme. |
| Therapy hope over key heart genes Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:04 AM PDT Ninety-five different genes have been identified which affect cholesterol levels in the blood, research says |
| GPs need 'greater maternity role' Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:57 PM PDT Care of pregnant women in England is being undermined by GPs' lack of involvement, experts say. |
| Marie Stopes ad protests rejected Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:54 PM PDT The advertising watchdog rejects over a thousand complaints it received about the first UK TV commercial for abortion services. |
| Premier League plans free schools Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:41 AM PDT England's football Premier League is considering how it might set up its own education system under the government's free schools policy. |
| Warning over career service cuts Posted: 04 Aug 2010 07:42 AM PDT Youth careers services in parts of England are being slashed by up to 50%, the public services union Unison warns. |
| Students get exam results by text Posted: 04 Aug 2010 07:29 AM PDT Thousands of pupils across Scotland receive their exam results by e-mail and text as part of a hi-tech early bird service. |
| iPhone at risk from security flaw Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:12 AM PDT Security firm Symantec has warned that an issue with Adobe Acrobat could allow malicious code to get into iPhones and iPads. |
| Dyson Award for steriliser bottle Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:16 PM PDT A bottle that uses ultraviolet light to sterilise drinking water wins the Dyson Award for answers to everyday problems. |
| Saudi Blackberry ban from Friday Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:36 PM PDT The authorities in Saudi Arabia tell telecoms firms to block the messenger function on Blackberry handsets from Friday. |
| Ancient croc had 'mammal's bite' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:01 AM PDT Palaeontologists working in Tanzania unearth fossils of a tiny ancient crocodile with unusual, mammal-like teeth. |
| Everest pioneers 'hit by storm' Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:14 PM PDT An extreme storm may have contributed to the deaths of mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine on Mount Everest in 1924. |
| New rules for 'DIY genetic tests' Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:12 PM PDT Experts concerned at the availability of genetic tests, which can be easily bought online, have launched guidelines on how they should be carried out. |
| Lady Gaga leads MTV video awards Posted: 04 Aug 2010 01:48 AM PDT Lady Gaga lands a record 13 nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards, ahead of rapper Eminem's eight nods. |
| UK music 'bucked downward trend' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:18 AM PDT The recorded and live music business in the UK registered growth in 2009, according to a new report. |
| Windsor gets freedom of the City Posted: 04 Aug 2010 07:44 AM PDT Actress Barbara Windsor, star of EastEnders and the Carry On films, is given the freedom of the City of London. |
| Jazz dancer claimed disability benefits Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:31 AM PDT A 61-year-old man who falsely claimed £30,516 in disability and housing benefits was exposed as a cheat after being filmed teaching a dance class. |
| Obama welcomes 'successful' oil action Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:59 AM PDT US President Barack Obama said the apparent success of efforts to plug the BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was "welcome news". |
| Village 'eradicated' by Russian fires Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:57 AM PDT BBC Reporter Richard Galpin visits the remains of a village reduced to ashes by the fires caused by the heat-wave that has hit Russia |
| Thousands homeless in Pakistan flood Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 AM PDT Some 1,400 people have died and aid agencies say three million people have been affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years. |
| Cor blimey! Babs is officially 'posh' Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:37 AM PDT Barbara Windsor describes what it was like being given the freedom of London. |
| Stirling Moss's pad has gadgets galore Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:56 AM PDT How should the fast-moving technology industry adapt its devices to make them more inclusive for the older generation? |
| Fitting an underwater 'plug socket' Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:06 PM PDT Installation of the world's largest test site for wave energy has begun off the Cornish coast. |
| Naked stags attract rescue chopper Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:46 AM PDT A "naked fishing trip", which was part of a stag weekend in Swansea for a Bristol groom, is caught on camera. |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:04 AM PDT Why some are still poisoning children in Africa |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:28 AM PDT An author and a musician explain how Twitter connects with fans |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:16 AM PDT Ditched by posties, what's the point of counties? |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2010 01:04 AM PDT William, Henry and Alice - what did the Normans ever do for us? |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:53 AM PDT Foster carers say system is struggling after death of Baby P |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:42 AM PDT Five years for killing - how do judges decide jail terms? |
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