PM comes out in favour of gay marriage in churches
David Cameron has today announced he is in favour of allowing churches to carry out gay wedding ceremonies.
View ArticleGreek banks say will take part in bond buyback
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's five biggest banks said they would take part in the country's debt buyback which expires on Friday, putting Athens on track to meet targets set by international lenders. The...
View ArticleFactories show UK economy on verge of shrinking again
LONDON (Reuters) - British industrial production unexpectedly fell in October after factory output posted its biggest drop since June, reinforcing fears that the economy will shrink again at the end of...
View ArticleProtesters surge around Egypt's presidential palace
CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters surged around President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo on Friday after breaking through barbed wire barricades and climbing onto army tanks...
View ArticlePrank phone call receptionist 'commits suicide'
The receptionist at King Edward VII hospital which has been looking after Kate Middleton has been found dead after a suspected suicide.
View ArticleBritain to allow gay marriages in churches
Britain will announce plans next week to allow gay marriages in churches and other religious buildings, officials said Friday, although Prime Minister David Cameron insisted no faith group would be...
View ArticleUK hospital says royal prank call appalling after nurse death
LONDON/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - The London hospital that treated Prince William's pregnant wife Kate condemned on Saturday an Australian radio station that made a prank call seeking information...
View ArticleEgypt's president cancels decree that sparked protests
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has cancelled a decree that gave him sweeping powers and sparked huge protests, but did not delay a referendum on a constitution as his opponents had...
View ArticleEgypt president scraps decree that sparked protests
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has cancelled a decree that gave him sweeping powers and sparked deadly violence, but did not delay this month's referendum on a new constitution as...
View ArticlePM faces backlash over gay weddings
David Cameron is facing a backlash from Tory MPs and religious groups over allowing gay weddings in churches.
View ArticleGay Marriage: PM Backs Weddings In Churches
David Cameron has revealed he will be voting in favour of legislation to allow gay weddings in churches.
View ArticleUKIP success sounds alarm bells for Tories
Prime Minister David Cameron may once have dismissed them as "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists" but the UK Independence Party is riding a wave of success which could come back to hit him.
View ArticleGay marriage: Modernising Tories go to war
The Conservative party was in danger of going to war with itself today, after a group of prominent modernisers clubbed together to support David Cameron's move toward gay marriage.
View ArticleYour move, prime minister: MPs admit war on drugs has failed
MPs will admit to the failure of the war on drugs tomorrow, in one of the most important developments in the debate for a decade.
View ArticleMP plans nursing standards campaign
A Labour MP who described how her late husband died "like a battery hen" because of bad nursing has said she intends to meet with campaigning organisations this week to see how she can help raise...
View ArticleJungle MP Dorries hits back at Neil
Jungle MP Nadine Dorries has appeared to claim she was being hounded over the size of her earnings for appearing on reality television because she was female.
View ArticleBoris keen on new EU renegotiation
David Cameron is under mounting pressure on Europe after Boris Johnson predicted he would back an "in-out" referendum.
View ArticleBusinessman hopes to lead Colorados back to power in Paraguay
ASUNCION (Reuters) - A wealthy Paraguayan businessman will lead the rightist Colorado Party's efforts to regain the presidency in an April election after four years on the margins of power. Millionaire...
View ArticleNorth Korea replacing rocket stage, likely to launch as planned - report
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is moving a new rocket component to its missile test site to replace a faulty stage that has delayed its planned launch of a long range rocket and is likely to still go...
View ArticleU.S., UK bank seizure plans focus on absorbing losses - regulators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Both the United States and United Kingdom have developed viable approaches to seizing and unwinding failing global financial institutions, but more work is needed on the UK side...
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