CPS will assess phone-hacking files
Prosecutors are to conduct a "comprehensive assessment" of all material collected by Scotland Yard linked to the phone hacking scandal. Director of Prosecutions Keir Starmer said the move will...
View ArticlePM assumes power amid Tunisia riots
Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi has gone on state television to say he is assuming power in riot-torn Tunisia. The announcement came after thousands of protesters mobbed the capital of Tunis to...
View ArticleBP unveils 'historic' Russian deal
BP has announced an "historic" agreement with the Russian government in a £10 billion deal which will open up unexplored reserves in the Arctic. The "groundbreaking" global alliance will see the UK...
View ArticleUnity urged over military charities
The former head of the Army, Sir Richard Dannatt, has called for military charities to work better together after an investigation revealed that 2,000 armed services fund-raising groups have a joint...
View ArticleWomen 'believe they are underpaid'
Many women believe they are being underpaid, sometimes by as much as 25%, and expect a bigger wage rise this year than men, according to new research. A survey of more than 1,000 office workers showed...
View ArticleBlair 'wobbled' after reading Bible
Tony Blair had a "wobble" on the eve of ordering a bombing raid on Saddam Hussein after a late-night session reading the Bible, former communications chief Alastair Campbell has said in an extract...
View ArticleEx-bishops to enter Catholic faith
The Archbishop of Westminster is to ordain three former Church of England bishops as Roman Catholic priests as a new Vatican scheme for disaffected Anglicans gets under way. The Most Rev Vincent...
View ArticleOusted president in Saudi Arabia
Tunisia's ousted president has arrived in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's state news agency has reported. The Saudi Press Agency cited a statement from the office of King Abdullah that said: "We have...
View ArticlePlan to redraw boundaries 'chaotic'
Proposals being rushed through Parliament to equalise the size of Westminster constituencies risk a "chaotic" redrawing of boundaries without regard to local loyalties and historic ties, a report has...
View ArticleMiliband targets centre ground vote
Ed Miliband is to insist he does not intend to "gloat" over Labour's defeat of the Liberal Democrats in Thursday's Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. But Mr Miliband will say the result - which...
View ArticleUndercover Pc case to be probed
Independent officials will examine whether police tried to cover up the role of an undercover colleague who infiltrated a group of environmental activists. Officials from the Independent Police...
View ArticleMiliband 'would work with Lib Dems'
Ed Miliband will use a speech to indicate that he is ready to work with Liberal Democrats both before and after the next general election. Writing in The Guardian, the Labour leader held out an olive...
View ArticleTraveller sites 'loophole' examined
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has promised to stop travellers obtaining retrospective planning permission to allow them to remain permanently in camps which they have set up illegally. Ms...
View ArticleWet and windy weekend predicted
Britain is braced for a wet and windy weekend as forecasters warned of gusts of up to 60mph across swathes of the country. Deluges are expected to batter northern England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales...
View Article14,000 applications for 1,500 jobs
Jaguar Land Rover received 14,000 applications for 1,500 new jobs at one of its car plants. The car-maker described the response to its recruitment drive - with almost 10 people chasing each job - as...
View ArticleTunisia president driven from power
Tunisia's president has left power for good, the president of the country's Constitutional Court has said, declaring that the leader of the lower house of parliament would assume power until elections...
View ArticleEx-bishops switch to Catholic faith
Three former Anglican bishops have made history by becoming the first to be ordained as Catholic priests under a new scheme set up by the Vatican. The most Rev Vincent Nichols, leader of Catholics in...
View ArticleBoy held over petrol bomb released
A 14-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of throwing a petrol bomb during a student protest has been released on police bail, Scotland Yard said. The teenager was arrested on Friday, less than 24 hours...
View ArticleTunisia unrest as president flees
Unrest has engulfed Tunisia after a popular rebellion forced the president to flee. Dozens of inmates were killed in a prison fire, looters emptied shops and torched the main train station and gunfire...
View ArticleMiliband issues appeal to Lib Dems
Ed Miliband has appealed to disaffected Liberal Democrats to work with Labour against the cuts agenda being implemented by the coalition Government. The Labour leader said Nick Clegg's decision to...
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