'Millions' hit by Pakistan floods |
- 'Millions' hit by Pakistan floods
- Obama confirms pullout from Iraq
- HSBC sees profits double to $11bn
- Israel endorses UN flotilla probe
- Family win council 'spying' case
- Belfast goodbye to Alex Higgins
- Man jailed over Shakespeare folio
- Pakistan summons Britain's envoy
- Afghan operation reaches Saidabad
- Russia declares fires emergency
- Lying special Pc guilty of attack
- Probe into cloned cow milk claim
- Oak moth prompts asthma warning
- Columnist criticised for "lethal" Thames swim
- Alicia Keys marries music producer Swizz Beatz
- Liverpool consider 'several' bids
- Schumacher 'sorry' for manoeuvre
- GB athletics boss 'like Mourinho'
- Semenya to compete in Berlin race
- England unchanged for second Test
- Mother 'smothered girl with toy'
- Men used girl as 'sex commodity'
- Mother dies in A9 motorbike crash
- Mine shaft death delay criticised
- Adams parades talks 'worthwhile'
- Riot accused 'spotted in paper'
- Man jailed over soldier's death
- Inquiry after death at steel site
- S Africa care home fire kills 18
- Search for boat capsize survivors
- Tractor rampage in China kills 11
- Activists win Asian 'Nobel prize'
- EU ends G Bissau security mission
- Chechen rebel 'steps down' at 46
- Cuba to ease some economy control
- 'One dead' as missile hits Jordan
- Ahmadinejad offers Obama debate
- Pakistani polititian is shot dead
- Children die in Afghan bomb blast
- BP prepares to seal Gulf oil well
- Greenspan warning on US recovery
- Banks lift global stock markets
- Mortgage rationing still in force
- Talks on defence budget 'ongoing'
- Commons reform timings under fire
- UK 'must improve on deportations'
- Ministers to review doctor hours
- Herpes virus used to treat cancer
- Hope over health 'responsibility'
- Many 'fearful of helping child'
- Student visas policy under review
- Interns are 'entitled to be paid'
- Microsoft to patch shortcut bug
- Android phone shipments explode
- iPhone 4 jailbreak app goes live
- Climate target 'could cost £8bn'
- Call to overhaul funding for BBC
- Battersby actress to quit Corrie
- Lindsay Lohan released from jail
- Been and Gone
- Funeral for snooker ace Alex Higgins
- Shock at French eviction video
- 'Spies' followed us around
- On patrol with UK troops in Afghanistan
- Pakistan flood victims on the road
- Stray Staffie Brandy's sad fate
- Gormley sculptures high in Alps
- Eating at altitude over Edinburgh
- Pushing pixels
- A flamboyant life
- Cloning controversy
- Soaring flames
- New penthouses
- Arctic race
- On death's doormat
| 'Millions' hit by Pakistan floods Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:40 AM PDT Up to two-and-a-half million people have been affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years, International Red Cross officials say. |
| Obama confirms pullout from Iraq Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:44 AM PDT US President Barack Obama confirms the withdrawal of most US troops from Iraq by the end of the month, in a speech to disabled veterans. |
| HSBC sees profits double to $11bn Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:27 AM PDT The UK's biggest bank, HSBC, says its profits doubled in the first half of the year to $11.1bn (£7bn). |
| Israel endorses UN flotilla probe Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT Israel announces it will co-operate with a UN panel of investigation into its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May which killed nine Turkish activists. |
| Family win council 'spying' case Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:16 AM PDT A council in Dorset which spied on a family to see if they lived in the right school catchment area loses a landmark ruling over its actions. |
| Belfast goodbye to Alex Higgins Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:10 AM PDT Stars from the world of snooker join hundreds of people at the funeral of the two-time world champion Alex Higgins in Belfast. |
| Man jailed over Shakespeare folio Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:22 AM PDT Antiques dealer Raymond Scott is sent to prison for eight years for handling a rare stolen copy of Shakespeare's first folio. |
| Pakistan summons Britain's envoy Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:43 AM PDT Pakistan's government summons Britain's envoy in Islamabad following recent critical remarks by UK Prime Minister David Cameron. |
| Afghan operation reaches Saidabad Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:55 AM PDT British forces enter the town of Saidabad, in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, in an offensive to rid the area of insurgents. |
| Russia declares fires emergency Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:12 AM PDT Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declares a state of emergency in seven Russian regions because of wildfires which have so far killed 40 people. |
| Lying special Pc guilty of attack Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:31 AM PDT A special Pc who repeatedly hit a man in Greater Manchester and then lied about the attack is warned he faces being jailed. |
| Probe into cloned cow milk claim Posted: 01 Aug 2010 11:42 PM PDT The Food Standards Agency is investigating reports that milk from a cloned cow's offspring is on sale in the UK. |
| Oak moth prompts asthma warning Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:03 AM PDT The public is warned of health risks posed by the oak moth 'pest' that has invaded trees in the UK |
| Columnist criticised for "lethal" Thames swim Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:03 AM PDT The Port of London Authority criticises a newspaper columnist who swam across the River Thames. |
| Alicia Keys marries music producer Swizz Beatz Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:30 AM PDT Alicia Keys marries music producer Swizz Beatz, with whom she is expecting a baby, at a private ceremony in Europe. |
| Liverpool consider 'several' bids Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:53 AM PDT Chinese businessman Kenny Huang is one of "several" candidates who have submitted a bid to buy Liverpool, BBC Sport understands. |
| Schumacher 'sorry' for manoeuvre Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:34 AM PDT Michael Schumacher says he is "sorry" if Rubens Barrichello felt he was put in danger by his blocking move at the Hungarian Grand Prix. |
| GB athletics boss 'like Mourinho' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:12 AM PDT British heptathlete Kelly Sotherton says the team's head coach Charles van Commenee, her former personal coach, has the same passion for his job as football manager Jose Mourinho. |
| Semenya to compete in Berlin race Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:20 AM PDT World 800m champion Caster Semenya will return to the scene of her biggest win when she races in Berlin next month. |
| England unchanged for second Test Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:33 AM PDT England retain the same faces for the second Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston, which starts on Friday. |
| Mother 'smothered girl with toy' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT A mother from Greater Manchester murdered her daughter by suffocating her with a soft toy, a court hears. |
| Men used girl as 'sex commodity' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT A vulnerable 14-year-old was sexually exploited by a series of men across Greater Manchester after going missing from her home. |
| Mother dies in A9 motorbike crash Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:45 AM PDT Police name a mother-of-two who died in an accident, just hours after she picked up her first motorbike. |
| Mine shaft death delay criticised Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:24 AM PDT A fire officer says rules which delayed the rescue of a woman who died after falling down a mine shaft were "indefensible". |
| Adams parades talks 'worthwhile' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:19 AM PDT The Sinn Fein President has described a meeting with a group representing the organisers of loyalist parades as "worthwhile". |
| Riot accused 'spotted in paper' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:34 AM PDT A teenager accused of 12 July rioting handed himself in to police after his father saw his photo in a newspaper, a court is told. |
| Man jailed over soldier's death Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:33 AM PDT A man who killed a soldier and injured his wife outside a Newcastle nightclub is jailed for five years. |
| Inquiry after death at steel site Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:51 AM PDT Police and health and safety officers start an investigation after a man dies on the site of a Llanelli steel products company. |
| S Africa care home fire kills 18 Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:39 AM PDT A fire at a retirement home in South Africa leaves 18 people dead, officials say. |
| Search for boat capsize survivors Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:08 AM PDT Ugandan police say the search for survivors is continuing after a boat capsizes on Lake Albert, as at least 33 are feared dead. |
| Tractor rampage in China kills 11 Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:15 AM PDT A drunk man driving a tractor has killed 11 and wounded many more in a rampage through a northern province of China. |
| Activists win Asian 'Nobel prize' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:41 AM PDT The mayor of Hiroshima is among the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay prize, widely seen as Asia's version of the Nobel prize. |
| EU ends G Bissau security mission Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:25 AM PDT The EU says it will end its mission to reform Guinea-Bissau's security forces because law and order has deteriorated in the West African state. |
| Chechen rebel 'steps down' at 46 Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:13 PM PDT Chechen warlord Doku Umarov, who claimed the Moscow Metro bombings, reportedly says is stepping down because of his age. |
| Cuba to ease some economy control Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:51 AM PDT Cuban President Raul Castro rules out wide-ranging market reforms but says more Cubans will be allowed to be self-employed. |
| 'One dead' as missile hits Jordan Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:58 AM PDT One man is killed when a rocket lands in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, one of several apparently fired at the nearby Israeli resort of Eilat, reports say. |
| Ahmadinejad offers Obama debate Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:36 AM PDT Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is willing to meet US President Barack Obama for "face-to-face" talks in front of the media. |
| Pakistani polititian is shot dead Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:33 AM PDT A member of the Sindh provincial assembly is shot dead as he attends a funeral at a mosque in the southern port city of Karachi. |
| Children die in Afghan bomb blast Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:35 AM PDT Six Afghan children die after a suicide bomber targets the vehicle of a government official in the southern province of Kandahar. |
| BP prepares to seal Gulf oil well Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:23 AM PDT BP says it plans to plug its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, after conducting tests to see whether the "static kill" will work. |
| Greenspan warning on US recovery Posted: 01 Aug 2010 11:55 PM PDT Former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, warns that the US could be heading towards a double-dip recession. |
| Banks lift global stock markets Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:34 AM PDT World stock markets are lifted by banking shares after HSBC and BNP Paribas both reported profits ahead of expectations. |
| Mortgage rationing still in force Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:23 AM PDT Mortgage lenders continue to ration the size of their loans, with almost two-thirds of deals requiring a 25% deposit. |
| Talks on defence budget 'ongoing' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:55 AM PDT Defence Secretary Liam Fox says negotiations over the size of his department's budget are continuing with "difficult decisions" to be taken. |
| Commons reform timings under fire Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:55 AM PDT A Commons committee warns it has been given "inadequate" time to scrutinise plans for voting changes and cutting the number of MPs. |
| UK 'must improve on deportations' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:12 AM PDT Immigration minister Damian Green warns the UK must become better at deporting illegal immigrants. |
| Ministers to review doctor hours Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:31 AM PDT Ministers are to review European rules that restrict the number of hours that doctors can work. |
| Herpes virus used to treat cancer Posted: 01 Aug 2010 04:12 PM PDT UK doctors say they have used a genetically engineered herpes virus to treat successfully patients with head and neck cancer. |
| Hope over health 'responsibility' Posted: 01 Aug 2010 04:14 PM PDT The stress on personal responsibility for health is being welcomed by experts - but they warn people still need some help in improving their lifestyles. |
| Many 'fearful of helping child' Posted: 01 Aug 2010 04:23 PM PDT Many people fear helping a child in need in case witnesses think they are trying to abduct the youngster, a survey suggests. |
| Student visas policy under review Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:23 PM PDT A review of student visas is to be conducted after the number of students coming to the UK rose by one third last year. |
| Interns are 'entitled to be paid' Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT Many young people working free as interns may legally be entitled to pay, a report says. |
| Microsoft to patch shortcut bug Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:52 AM PDT An urgent security patch for a flaw in the way Microsoft Windows handles shortcuts is being issued on 2 August, the firm says. |
| Android phone shipments explode Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:26 AM PDT Shipments of Google's Android mobile operating system have rocketed by 886% in the last year, figures suggest. |
| iPhone 4 jailbreak app goes live Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:04 AM PDT Jailbreakme 2.0, the new software app that lets iPhone and iPod touch owners running iOS4 use unrestricted applications, is released. |
| Climate target 'could cost £8bn' Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:41 AM PDT The cost to the taxpayer of meeting Scotland's climate change target is put at about £8bn over the next 10 years. |
| Call to overhaul funding for BBC Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:44 AM PDT The TV licence fee is "obsolete" and should be replaced with a voluntary subscription for some BBC programming, a think tank says. |
| Battersby actress to quit Corrie Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:58 AM PDT Coronation Street actress Vicky Entwistle has decided to leave the show after 14 years playing loudmouth Janice Battersby. |
| Lindsay Lohan released from jail Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:22 AM PDT US actress Lindsay Lohan is released from jail after serving less than two weeks of a 90-day sentence. |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:38 AM PDT Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser reported - people of the past month. |
| Funeral for snooker ace Alex Higgins Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:14 AM PDT The funeral of the former world champion snooker player Alex Higgins has taken place in Belfast. |
| Shock at French eviction video Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:33 PM PDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused of pandering to the far-right in an attempt to boost his popularity, as video emergence of a police eviction of African immigrants. |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:53 AM PDT A family in Dorset has won a landmark ruling after challenging their local council's use of covert surveillance to check if they lived in the right school catchment area. |
| On patrol with UK troops in Afghanistan Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:31 PM PDT Day three of Operation Tor Shezada in Afghanistan has seen British troops continuing foot patrols with the Afghan National Army. |
| Pakistan flood victims on the road Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:21 PM PDT The main north-south motorway into flood-hit north-west Pakistan partially reopened on Sunday to help get aid into the region. |
| Stray Staffie Brandy's sad fate Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:15 PM PDT Panorama follows the sad fate of stray Staffordshire bull terrier Brandy through Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. |
| Gormley sculptures high in Alps Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:10 PM PDT British sculptor Antony Gormley has created 100 life-size human figures and installed them high in the Austrian Alps. |
| Eating at altitude over Edinburgh Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:49 AM PDT An attraction has arrived in Edinburgh for the Festival, which allows people to eat a meal at a table 100 feet in the air. |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:06 AM PDT Can you ever believe your eyes in the digital world? |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:08 AM PDT Fans bid final farewell to Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins in Belfast |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:38 AM PDT Is it safe to consume milk and meat from cloned animals? |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:58 AM PDT Your images from Russia where high winds fan forest flames |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:22 AM PDT Should a beach hut cost the same as a one-bed flat? |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:34 AM PDT Survey could help nations unlock riches beneath sea |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:48 AM PDT Would you buy a magazine that's all about death? |
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