Markets nervous about euro rescue
European markets have seen more volatility as traders digested a multitrillion-pound emergency plan being drawn up to rescue the euro. It is thought the package, costing up to three trillion euro...
View ArticleBalls sets out five-point plan
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has set out a five-point plan to kick-start the flagging economy, including help for home-owners and small businesses. Mr Balls called on the Government to slash VAT on home...
View ArticleMen held in Kenya 'were undercover'
Three British men arrested in Kenya reportedly on suspicion of terrorist activities were working undercover for a private intelligence firm, their company has said. Nick Cryne, 30, Niall Young, 34,...
View ArticleTravellers win Dale Farm reprieve
Residents have won a temporary reprieve in their long-running battle to stay on the UK's biggest illegal travellers' site. A judge ruled that residents of Dale Farm near Basildon in Essex were...
View ArticleMan remanded over terror charges
One of six men accused of terror offences has appeared in court and been remanded in custody. Mohammed Rizwan, 32, from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, appeared at West London Magistrates' Court charged with...
View ArticleMen remanded over terror charges
Six men accused of terror offences have appeared in court and been remanded in custody. Mohammed Rizwan, 32, from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, appeared at West London Magistrates' Court charged with...
View ArticleLockerbie case closed, says Libya
The Lockerbie bombing case is closed, Libya's transitional justice minister has said. Mohammed al-Alagi noted that the only man convicted in the case, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was freed on...
View ArticleSix men remanded on terror charges
Six men accused of terror offences have been remanded in custody over an alleged UK suicide bombing plot. Some of the defendants are accused of wanting to be suicide bombers, having trained for terror...
View ArticleUK ship sunk by U-boat discovered
Marine explorers have found the site of a British cargo ship sunk by a German U-boat during the Second World War. The SS Gairsoppa was carrying seven million ounces of silver, worth £132 million at...
View ArticleLabour offers tax breaks for growth
Labour has offered tax breaks to homeowners and small businesses as part of a five-point plan to boost growth which shadow chancellor Ed Balls said could help Britain avoid a decade of economic...
View ArticleFamily fire victims killed by fumes
Six people killed in a house fire died from inhalation of fumes, post mortem examinations have found. Mother Muna Elmufatish, 41, and five children perished in the blaze in the early hours of...
View ArticleLondon shares recover after fall
London's top shares index has swung wildly as jumpy investors digested emerging details of a eurozone rescue plan which would reportedly allow Greece to default on half its debts. The FTSE 100 Index...
View ArticleUK undercover trio fined in Kenya
Three British men arrested in Kenya - reportedly on suspicion of terrorist activities - have been fined by a court in the east African country. Nick Cryne, 30, Niall Young, 34, and Ben Hope, 27, today...
View ArticleTravellers hail latest reprieve
Residents of Dale Farm are celebrating another reprieve that has raised their hopes that they can remain living on the UK's biggest illegal travellers' site. A High Court judge granted scores of...
View ArticleTerraced homes 'saw largest gains'
Terraced houses increased in value by more than any other type of home over the past decade after buyers were priced out of the top end of the market, according to new research. The average price of a...
View ArticleWorld goes into 'ecological debt'
The world has gone into "ecological debt", having used up more resources and produced more waste this year than the planet can cope with, campaigners have warned. Humans have exhausted nature's...
View ArticleLibya 'will aid' Lockerbie probe
Libyan authorities have said they will co-operate with Scottish prosecutors and police investigating the Lockerbie bombing, the Foreign Office said. The National Transitional Council (NTC) has...
View ArticleHugh Grant joins media reforms push
Labour leader Ed Miliband will work with Hollywood star Hugh Grant on media reforms in the wake of the phone hacking scandal. The actor, who has become a champion for the Hacked Off campaign that is...
View ArticleTories overtake Labour in new poll
Labour has fallen behind the Conservatives in an opinion poll published on the eve of Ed Miliband's high-profile speech to the party's annual conference in Liverpool. And, in news which will make...
View ArticleMiliband call to put workers first
People in work could be given priority over benefit claimants in the waiting list for social housing, under proposals being floated by Ed Miliband at Labour's annual conference in Liverpool. Mr...
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