Anger over TV 'paedophile list'
TV regulator Ofcom has received around 100 complaints about daytime show This Morning after presenter Phillip Schofield confronted David Cameron with a list of alleged paedophiles, and is considering...
View ArticleChina derides U.S. "Cold War mentality" towards telecoms firm Huawei
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is exhibiting a "Cold War mentality" with its fears that Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei poses a security risk because of its ties to the...
View ArticleGunfight at Sri Lanka's biggest prison kills 27
COLOMBO (Reuters) - At least 27 people were killed and a senior police officer seriously wounded in a gunfight in Sri Lanka's biggest prison that began when police came under fire from inmates,...
View ArticleHomeowners return to storm devastation on N.J. island
(Reuters) - Homeowners return to an 18-mile (30-km) barrier island off New Jersey's Atlantic coast on Saturday, giving some of them their first view of the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy. Long...
View ArticleOne last swipe as MP enters jungle
Suspended Tory MP Nadine Dorries appeared to take a swipe at David Cameron as she entered the jungle for TV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
View ArticleFBI probe of Petraeus began with "suspicious emails"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI investigation that led to the discovery of CIA Director David Petraeus' affair with author Paula Broadwell was sparked by "suspicious emails" from her to another woman...
View ArticleArab Spring economies to recover slowly in 2013 - IMF
DUBAI (Reuters) - Most economies hit by the Arab Spring uprisings will recover slowly next year, grappling with high inflation and rising unemployment due to poor global conditions, the International...
View ArticleChina wealth fund eyes Asia "as Western protectionism rises"
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's sovereign wealth fund will focus more of its $482 billion (303 billion pounds) firepower on Asia in twin bids to beat a rise in protectionism in the West and boost exposure...
View ArticleWelby replaces Williams as new Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop Justin Welby is the new head of the Anglican Church, Downing Street has confirmed.
View ArticleUK to end aid to India
The government will not be making any fresh commitments of aid to India and all donations will cease altogether by 2015, the international development secretary confirmed today.
View ArticleMPs to vote on petrol tax freeze
Conservative MPs will have to vote on whether they back the chancellor's planned 3p tax rise in fuel duty next week.
View ArticleCameron under pressure over crowded runways
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is coming under intense pressure from business leaders and airlines to end years of deadlock and decide whether to expand London's overstretched Heathrow...
View ArticleBBC chairman: The Murdoch press will come after me now
The Murdoch-owned press will turn its fire on Chris Patten now the director general of the BBC has stepped down, he said today.
View ArticleMan with terminal brain cancer told he's 'fit for work'
A man with terminal brain cancer is among those being told they are 'fit for work' under the government's work capability assessment programme, new research has discovered.
View ArticleGreece votes budget, hopes to unlock aid
ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek parliament approved an austerity budget for next year on Sunday, allowing it to extend its international financial bailout and avoid bankruptcy. With backing from all three...
View ArticleJapan PM eyes snap election after backing U.S-led trade pact
TOKYO (Reuters) - Under growing opposition pressure to keep a promise to call an election "soon", Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda looks to be leaning toward calling a vote as early as next...
View ArticleAnalysis - European austerity protests far from revolution
PARIS (Reuters) - In a cafe near the former site of Paris's Bastille prison, activists held a meeting last month to decide whether to join unions in protesting the French government's belt-tightening....
View Article400 primary schools to be academies
The Government will improve the UK's 400 weakest primary schools by turning them into academies, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
View ArticleSenior heads roll as McAlpine scandal rocks BBC
The director and deputy director of BBC News were told to "stand aside" today, as the acting boss of the corporation moved to draw a line under the multiple scandals being reported in the press.
View ArticleNadine Dorries To Give MP Salary To Charity
Nadine Dorries is giving the money she earns as an MP while she is on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here to charity.
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