Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Pension rallies hit French cities

Pension rallies hit French cities


Pension rallies hit French cities

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:58 AM PDT

More than one million protesters join rallies across France and a national strike causes major disruption, amid rising anger over pension reforms.

Tube strike brings major delays

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:23 AM PDT

Millions of Londoners are attempting to travel home amid a major Tube strike affecting nearly all its lines.

Police expected to quiz PM's aide

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:24 AM PDT

The Metropolitan Police are likely to discuss new phone-hacking allegations with Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson, its assistant commissioner says.

Cell assault sergeant is jailed

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:56 AM PDT

A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell is jailed for six months.

Blitz commemorated at St Paul's

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers gather 70 years after battling through eight months of bombing raids over Britain's industrial centres.

'Youngest' double murderer jailed

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:26 AM PDT

A girl thought to be Britain's youngest female double murderer is given a life sentence and told she will serve a minimum of 14 years.

Diamond to be new Barclays chief

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:31 AM PDT

Bob Diamond is to become chief executive of Barclays, while HSBC chairman Stephen Green steps down to become a government trade minister.

House group nears administration

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:53 AM PDT

Nearly 10,000 jobs are at risk as the property and environmental services giant Connaught faces collapse.

Car bomb targets Pakistan police

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:21 AM PDT

At least 16 people are killed as a car bomb explodes near a police base in north-west Pakistan, in the second deadly attack on police in the region in as many days.

Stars turn out for Mercury Prize

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Nominated artists Paul Weller, Dizzee Rascal and The XX are arriving in London for this year's prestigious Mercury Music Prize.

Most believe 'retirement is over'

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:23 AM PDT

Seven out of 10 people believe retirement as we know it will not be possible in the future, a BBC Newsnight poll finds.

Tree house: Row breaks out over 35ft high leylandii

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:46 AM PDT

A dispute has broken out in a Plymouth street after a resident lets trees surrounding his property grow to 35ft.

Crikey! Beano Club closes to new members

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:05 AM PDT

The club for dedicated fans of Dennis the Menace is to be replaced with a website in a bid to attract more members.

Live - England v Pakistan

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:25 AM PDT

Pakistan are in deep trouble against England in the second Twenty20 international in Cardiff.

Live - Euro 2012 qualifiers

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:37 AM PDT

England take on Switzerland and Scotland host Liechtenstein as qualifying for Euro 2012 continues on a busy night of international football.

Live text - US Open day nine

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT

Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters are in US Open quarter-final action, while Rafael Nadal also plays on day nine at Flushing Meadows.

Woods named in US Ryder Cup team

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:31 AM PDT

Tiger Woods is selected in the United States Ryder Cup team for Celtic Manor, as one of four wildcards along with Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson and Rickie Fowler.

Arsenal suffer Van Persie setback

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will be sidelined with an ankle injury until at least mid-October.

No helmet suspect killed in crash

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:39 AM PDT

A man suspected of being a motorbike thief who police refused to pursue because he was not wearing a helmet is killed riding a stolen bike.

Golf course burnt body identified

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:37 AM PDT

A man whose body was set alight and dumped at a golf course is identified by police as a 37-year-old man from Brighton.

Hit-and-run death teenager jailed

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:23 AM PDT

A 17-year-old is jailed for eight-and-a-half years after killing a father in a hit-and-run incident in Edinburgh.

Huge growth at largest wind farm

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:30 AM PDT

A massive expansion is to take place at Europe's largest onshore wind farm in East Renfrewshire.

Warning of 'prolonged recession'

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:36 AM PDT

The NI first minister, Peter Robinson, has warned that the expected cuts in public expenditure could be devastating for the local economy.

Farms, roads flooded in Fermanagh

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:15 AM PDT

A number of properties have been flooded in County Fermanagh after the Colebrooke River burst its banks near Lisnaskea.

Legionnaires' fear as woman dies

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:25 AM PDT

A 64-year-old woman has died of suspected Legionnaires' disease in south Wales.

Pool fall badly injures tourist

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:40 AM PDT

A friend tells of a holidaymaker's serious accident at his hotel swimming pool in Majorca.

Mozambique bread price climbdown

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:27 AM PDT

Mozambique says it will reverse the increase in the price of bread that sparked deadly riots last week.

Arrests over Swaziland protests

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:57 AM PDT

Police in Swaziland arrest about 50 people ahead of protests against sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, activists say.

Gillard to stay as Australian PM

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:31 AM PDT

Julia Gillard is to remain as Australia's prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs.

China backs Burma's election plan

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:10 AM PDT

China urges international support for the Burmese general election planned for later this year, as Burma's leader begins a five-day visit to China.

EU agrees new financial framework

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:49 AM PDT

European finance ministers agree a new framework for financial supervision, designed to help prevent future financial crises.

EU's Barroso laments jobs crisis

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:27 AM PDT

The European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, highlights unemployment as a major challenge, in his first "state of the union" speech.

Guatemala mudslide search halted

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:24 PM PDT

Teams in Guatemala have to halt the search for bodies following devasting mudslides which have killed at least 45 people.

Mexico begins army shooting probe

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:29 AM PDT

Mexico's defence ministry launches an inquiry after a man and his teenage son are shot dead at a military checkpoint.

Iran stands firm on stoning case

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:38 AM PDT

Foreign powers should stop interfering in the case of an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning, Iran's foreign ministry says.

Gunmen kill Iraqi TV presenter

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:20 AM PDT

Prominent al-Iraqiya TV presenter Riad al-Saray is shot dead in Baghdad by unknown attackers.

Kabul Bank investors' cash frozen

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:14 AM PDT

Afghanistan's central bank follows its promise to back Kabul Bank by freezing the assets of leading investors.

UN in fresh Pakistan flood appeal

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:29 AM PDT

The UN makes a fresh appeal for Pakistan's flood victims as film star Angelina Jolie arrives in the country to highlight their plight.

Petraeus warns over Koran burning

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:12 AM PDT

The US Afghan commander warns troops' lives will be at risk if a US church goes ahead with plans to burn the Koran, concerns echoed by the White House and Nato.

Obama to back company tax breaks

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:40 AM PDT

President Obama is to call for company tax breaks in his bid to regain the initiative as mid-term elections loom.

Tax error letters start to arrive

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:45 AM PDT

UK tax authorities are bracing themselves for a deluge of complaints and enquiries after sending out fresh tax calculations.

Ocado sees 30% rise in food sales

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:09 AM PDT

Online grocery retailer Ocado sees sales rose nearly 30% in the last quarter, but fails to prevent further share price falls.

Oracle hires HP's ex chief exec

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:40 AM PDT

Tech stars join forces as Oracle's Larry Ellison brings in former HP boss Mark Hurd to replace Charles Phillips.

Cameron warns of challenges ahead

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:24 AM PDT

David Cameron returns to work following paternity leave telling his cabinet "this is the time the rubber hits the road".

Warning on fixed term parliaments

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:06 AM PDT

The government's fixed-term parliaments bill could be vulnerable to legal challenge, the Commons' top official warns.

Don't anoint leader, says Abbott

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:13 AM PDT

Diane Abbott warns against "anointing" Labour's next leader, saying the party must show it has "moved on" from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

UK radiotherapy 'lagging behind'

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Too few UK cancer patients are receiving state-of-the-art radiotherapy care, experts from Cancer Research UK say.

ME 'virus link' found in children

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:07 AM PDT

ME, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, in children could be caused by a virus, scientists say.

Gaps persist in cancer survival

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:16 AM PDT

Despite significant improvements in cancer survival rates across England, regional differences remain, national statistics show.

UK slipping down graduate league

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:09 AM PDT

The UK is slipping behind international rivals in university places, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Students 'put off by £7,000 fees'

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:50 AM PDT

A report suggests two-thirds of UK students would be put off university by fees of £7,000 a year.

TalkTalk rapped for malware trial

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:25 AM PDT

The UK's Information Commissioner has reprimanded ISP TalkTalk over recent unpublicised trials of its anti-malware system.

PS3 update blocks hardware hack

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:13 AM PDT

Sony has released a "minor" update for its PlayStation 3 that closes a loophole that allowed users to run pirated software.

'No climate link' to African wars

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:47 PM PDT

A study suggests climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, challenging widely held assumptions.

Video to assess Wave Hub impact

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:16 AM PDT

High definition (HD) video is being used to assess how wave energy devices will affect the ecology of coastal areas.

Inbred bees 'facing extinction'

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Some of the UK's rarest bumblebees are at risk of becoming extinct as a result of inbreeding, research suggests.

Carey heads up Booker shortlist

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:32 AM PDT

Australian author Peter Carey, who has already won the Man Booker prize twice, has made the shortlist for this year's prize.

Toy Story 3 overtakes Titanic

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:40 AM PDT

Animated film Toy Story 3 has become the second highest grossing film in the UK.

One million tune in to Daybreak

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:07 AM PDT

More than one million people tune in to see the launch of ITV's new breakfast show Daybreak, but the BBC wins the ratings battle.

The blackmarket in cutting agents

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Street cocaine has long been diluted, but now the cutting agents themselves have spawned a black market.

Angelina Jolie visits Pakistan

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:38 AM PDT

Angelina Jolie has visited Nowshera in north-west Pakistan to highlight the plight of more than 20 million people affected by the country's worst ever floods.

Blitz commemorated at St Paul's

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:42 AM PDT

Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers who battled through the bombing raids of the Blitz came together at St Paul's Cathedral to commemorate the ordeal.

10m hedge incurs neighbours' wrath

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT

Behind this tree in Plymouth is a semi-detached house - but the man who lives in it has refused to cut it back.

Skyscraper climb using suction cups

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:08 AM PDT

A man has been arrested in San Francisco after climbing a skyscraper using suction cups.

What to do if you get a tax letter

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:47 AM PDT

Nearly six million people who have paid the wrong amount of income tax will start to receive letters from the tax office on Tuesday, letting them know about the errors.

Hurricane pilot remembers Blitz

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:43 AM PDT

Robert Hall chats to an ex-hurricane pilot who flew over London during the Blitz and a woman who's house was destroyed by German bombs.

Inside UK's first Sikh temple school

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:24 PM PDT

Khalsa Primary school is the first Sikh school in the UK to be backed and partly funded by a Gurdwara, or Sikh temple.

Andrea Bocelli concerts to mark 9/11

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 05:35 PM PDT

Andrea Bocelli is inviting survivors of the attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York to concerts on the Amalfi coast.

In pictures

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:22 AM PDT

The Blitz: Eight months of bombing began 70 years ago

Music for dinner parties?

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:25 AM PDT

What the Mercury Prize tells us about British music

How to fix Pakistan

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:26 PM PDT

Should Islamabad surrender some sovereignty to save the country?

Booker shortlist

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:14 AM PDT

The six authors up for this year's literary prize

Moral support

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:46 AM PDT

Families focus on keeping miners mentally strong

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