Welfare bill 'to be cut by £4bn' |
- Welfare bill 'to be cut by £4bn'
- Obama condemns Koran burning plan
- Defence firm BAE cuts 1,000 jobs
- Iran 'set to release a US hiker'
- Second death linked to Legionnaires'
- Chote set to head Budget office
- MPs vote to stay in Afghanistan
- British hostage freed in Pakistan
- Euro MPs condemn France over Roma
- Alien 'killer' shrimp found in UK
- Rodney King tying the knot with his juror
- Victoria Wood to star in Morecambe and Wise film
- Toshack departs as Wales manager
- Riaz to face police questioning
- Redknapp eyes England manager job
- Alonso faces team orders grilling
- Parker signs new deal at West Ham
- Wife murdered by cheating husband
- Two seriously hurt in plane crash
- Parties unite over carriers fears
- MSPs' allowances hit record high
- Victim would not meet McGuinness
- Taxi driver picks up pipe bomb
- Coroner opposes closure of unit
- Bodies of seven dogs discovered
- Suicide raid hits Somalia airport
- US marines recapture pirated ship
- China U-turn on enforced blackout
- Japan-China boat spat escalates
- Russia suicide bomber murders 16
- Police search Sarkozy party's HQ
- Saudi website for fatwas closes
- Yemeni soldier killed in ambush
- Indian caste census due in 2011
- Taliban chief says victory close
- US exports near to two-year high
- Rig firms hit back at BP report
- UK interest rates remain at 0.5%
- North East 'least resilient' area
- Global economy slowing, says OECD
- Clegg seeks to calm cuts anxiety
- Cameron tribute to 'amazing dad'
- Ed Miliband tops August donations
- Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'
- Hospital boss summoned to inquest
- NHS IT costs to be cut by £700m
- Door ajar on private universities
- Gove to change vocational courses
- University research focus 'wrong'
- Apple lays App Store rules bare
- Google unveils 'instant' searches
- Smartphone chip battle heats up
- New evidence for rare black hole
- Fungus threatening film history
- UK 'blind' to black female acts
- Explosive end for EastEnders star
- Most expensive book up for sale
- What became of Mercury Communications?
- Committee to examine MP phone-hacking claims
- Google revamps search system
- Living under fire in a US Army outpost
- Media barons "have no predators"
- Meet the Strictly Stars
- Colorado fire destroys homes
- Merlin series takes 'darker tone'
- Lion lunges at Las Vegas trainer
- Plus size debut at NY Fashion Week
- Vulnerable to public sector cuts?
- Talk of The Town
- Critical mass
- Model politician
- Altered image
- Magnificent Mary
| Welfare bill 'to be cut by £4bn' Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:08 AM PDT The government is planning to reduce the annual welfare bill by a further £4bn, Chancellor George Osborne tells the BBC. |
| Obama condemns Koran burning plan Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:29 AM PDT President Obama calls a small church's plan to burn the Koran a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaeda, while Interpol warns a violent response is likely. |
| Defence firm BAE cuts 1,000 jobs Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:29 AM PDT BAE Systems announces it is to axe almost 1,000 jobs across the UK, with 740 to go from five sites in England. |
| Iran 'set to release a US hiker' Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:32 AM PDT Iran is set to release on Saturday one of three detained American hikers held since last July and accused of espionage, reports say. |
| Second death linked to Legionnaires' Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:51 AM PDT Health officials are investigating a second death which is being linked to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in south Wales. |
| Chote set to head Budget office Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:18 AM PDT Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). |
| MPs vote to stay in Afghanistan Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:33 AM PDT MPs overwhelmingly back keeping UK troops in Afghanistan - the first time they have voted on the issue. |
| British hostage freed in Pakistan Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:56 AM PDT A British journalist held captive by militants in north-west Pakistan since March is released. |
| Euro MPs condemn France over Roma Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:38 AM PDT Euro MPs call on France to suspend its deportations of Roma (Gypsies), as Paris seeks co-operation from Romania. |
| Alien 'killer' shrimp found in UK Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:03 AM PDT An invasive species of predatory shrimp has been found in the UK for the first time. |
| Rodney King tying the knot with his juror Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:53 AM PDT Nineteen years after his brutal beating by four LA police officers, Rodney King is marrying a juror from the case. |
| Victoria Wood to star in Morecambe and Wise film Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:10 AM PDT Comedians Victoria Wood and Vic Reeves sign up to star in a feature-length film about the comic duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. |
| Toshack departs as Wales manager Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:34 AM PDT John Toshack departs as Wales manager after a six-year reign with immediate effect by "mutual consent". |
| Riaz to face police questioning Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:11 AM PDT Pakistan bowler Wahab Riaz will be questioned by Scotland Yard on 14 September in relation to allegations of corruption. |
| Redknapp eyes England manager job Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:42 AM PDT Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp would find it "hard to turn down" the England job if asked to replace manager Fabio Capello. |
| Alonso faces team orders grilling Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:52 AM PDT Fernando Alonso tries to put the team orders controversy behind Ferrari after the FIA decided against further punishment for the Italian team. |
| Parker signs new deal at West Ham Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:42 AM PDT Scott Parker signs a new contract with West Ham that will keep him at the club until 2014. |
| Wife murdered by cheating husband Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:56 AM PDT A man who texted two lovers with messages of affection on the day he killed his wife of nearly 26 years is jailed for life. |
| Two seriously hurt in plane crash Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:45 AM PDT Two men are seriously injured when they become trapped when their light aircraft crashes into a garden in Hampshire. |
| Parties unite over carriers fears Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:36 AM PDT Scottish ministers and opposition politicians join forces in a bid to ensure the future of two Royal Navy aircraft carriers. |
| MSPs' allowances hit record high Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:01 AM PDT MSPs claimed a record amount of expenses last year, with payments totalling almost £11.7m. |
| Victim would not meet McGuinness Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:42 AM PDT The son of a man killed in the Claudy bombings in 1972 says he does not believe Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness has told the whole truth. |
| Taxi driver picks up pipe bomb Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:26 AM PDT A Strabane taxi driver picks up a pipe bomb and takes it to waste ground. |
| Coroner opposes closure of unit Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:45 AM PDT A decision to shut a pathology department will lead to a delay in post-mortems and the downgrading of a general hospital, claims a coroner. |
| Bodies of seven dogs discovered Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:28 AM PDT The RSPCA appeals for information after the bodies of seven dead dogs are found at stables, including one who was probably buried alive. |
| Suicide raid hits Somalia airport Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:04 AM PDT A carload of suspected Islamist suicide bombers attack Mogadishu airport, killing soldiers and civilians, officials say. |
| US marines recapture pirated ship Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:24 AM PDT US Marines have boarded and seized a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, navy officials say. |
| China U-turn on enforced blackout Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:15 AM PDT Thousands of people in China are to have their electricity restored after the reversal of an order for enforced power cuts to meet energy-saving goals. |
| Japan-China boat spat escalates Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:10 AM PDT China warns Japan that their wider relationship will suffer if Tokyo mishandles a dispute about a Chinese fishing boat seized in disputed waters. |
| Russia suicide bomber murders 16 Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:58 AM PDT A suicide bomber has killed at least 16 people and wounded one hundred others at a market in Vladikavkaz in southern Russia, officials say. |
| Police search Sarkozy party's HQ Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:46 AM PDT French financial police search the headquarters of President Nicolas Sarkozy's party over the inquiry into the L'Oreal party funding scandal, reports say. |
| Saudi website for fatwas closes Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:26 AM PDT The popular Islam Today website, run by the Saudi cleric Salman al-Awdah, has closed its section offering thousands of Islamic religious rulings. |
| Yemeni soldier killed in ambush Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:43 AM PDT Gunmen open fire on soldiers in southern Yemen, killing at least one and wounding others. |
| Indian caste census due in 2011 Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:00 AM PDT India's first caste-based census since 1931 will take place next year, the cabinet announces. |
| Taliban chief says victory close Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:22 AM PDT Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure". |
| US exports near to two-year high Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:14 AM PDT The US trade gap in July narrowed thanks to increased exports of large US-made items such as aircraft. |
| Rig firms hit back at BP report Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:55 PM PDT Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. |
| UK interest rates remain at 0.5% Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:28 AM PDT The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.5% for the 18th consecutive month. |
| North East 'least resilient' area Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:30 AM PDT Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests. |
| Global economy slowing, says OECD Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:20 AM PDT The global economic recovery is slowing faster than forecast, but a return to recession is unlikely, an economic group says. |
| Clegg seeks to calm cuts anxiety Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:13 AM PDT Nick Clegg has sought to calm fears over the impact of spending cuts, insisting they will be spread over four years not implemented immediately. |
| Cameron tribute to 'amazing dad' Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:32 AM PDT David Cameron and his family pay tribute to their late father, saying he had "touched a lot of lives". |
| Ed Miliband tops August donations Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:09 AM PDT Leadership hopeful Ed Miliband raised the most money of any of the Labour contenders during August, Electoral Commission figures show. |
| Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's' Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:05 PM PDT High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a study says. |
| Hospital boss summoned to inquest Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:54 AM PDT The chief executive of an NHS trust appears at an inquest into an elderly patient's death after she was summoned by the coroner. |
| NHS IT costs to be cut by £700m Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:56 AM PDT The government has announced £700m of savings in the national IT programme for the NHS in England, cutting the overall cost to £11.4bn. |
| Door ajar on private universities Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:13 AM PDT The Universities Minister suggests an increased role for private universities as he signals graduates will have to pay more for their degrees. |
| Gove to change vocational courses Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:20 AM PDT Education Secretary Michael Gove announces a review of vocational education in England, which he says "lost its way" under Labour. |
| University research focus 'wrong' Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:42 AM PDT Science Minister David Willetts says the research-teaching balance in universities has 'gone wrong', after defending cuts to science research. |
| Apple lays App Store rules bare Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:06 AM PDT Apple says that it will publish the guidelines it uses to determine which programs it sells in its App Store to appease critical developers. |
| Google unveils 'instant' searches Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:09 PM PDT Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product called Instant that displays results as soon as users type in queries. |
| Smartphone chip battle heats up Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:37 AM PDT Intel is to launch its first chip with built-in graphics, while established phone chipmaker ARM releases a fast new chip. |
| New evidence for rare black hole Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:24 AM PDT Researchers say they may have found further evidence for the existence of an unusual type of black hole. |
| Fungus threatening film history Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:23 AM PDT A fungus that 'eats' cine film threatens to irreversibly damage important film archive and record of British social history. |
| UK 'blind' to black female acts Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:00 AM PDT The chair of the Mercury Prize claims that black British female artists are being ignored by the British public. |
| Explosive end for EastEnders star Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:03 AM PDT An explosive EastEnders storyline which could see the end of Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor, begins on Thursday. |
| Most expensive book up for sale Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:55 AM PDT A rare copy of John James Audubon's Birds of America, billed as the world's most expensive book, is to go on sale at Sotheby's. |
| What became of Mercury Communications? Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:11 PM PDT Its name lives on in the form of a prestigious music prize but whatever happened to Mercury Communications? |
| Committee to examine MP phone-hacking claims Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:30 AM PDT MPs have decided to hold a new inquiry into allegations that some of their phones were hacked by journalists at the News of the World. |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:55 PM PDT Google launches a system for web links to appear and refresh as soon as characters are typed |
| Living under fire in a US Army outpost Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:30 AM PDT Captain Henry Hansen of the US Army's 101st Airborne shows Quentin Sommerville around their combat outpost near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. |
| Media barons "have no predators" Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:35 AM PDT The Labour MP for West Bromwich, Tom Watson, used the Commons debate on phone hacking to accuse fellow members of cowardice in the face of Britain's tabloid newspapers. |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:21 AM PDT Meet the Strictly Come Dancing Stars of 2010. |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:50 PM PDT A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, according to officials. |
| Merlin series takes 'darker tone' Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:27 PM PDT Newsbeat visits the cast of Merlin on location in a soggy Puzzlewood and speaks to the actors who play Merlin and Morgana. |
| Lion lunges at Las Vegas trainer Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:13 PM PDT A lion lunged at a trainer as stunned onlookers watched in horror, at Las Vegas's MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. |
| Plus size debut at NY Fashion Week Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:06 PM PDT For the first time at New York Fashion Week there will be a runway show featuring plus size models. |
| Vulnerable to public sector cuts? Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:54 AM PDT Find out how resilient areas of England might be |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:48 AM PDT Rebecca Hall is fast becoming one of Britain's leading actresses |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:40 AM PDT How does the Catholic church endorse Britain's only gay Mass? |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:17 AM PDT British-born ex-Miss Bolivia on why she has gone into politics |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:40 AM PDT Pictures reveal new side to life in trend-setting Soweto |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:11 AM PDT India's top woman boxer dreams of Olympic glory |
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