miércoles, 30 de junio de 2010

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


Russian spy ring: Barack Obama knew before meeting Dmitry Medvedev

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 01:42 PM PDT

Barack Obama knew about the FBI operation to arrest an alleged spy ring before meeting his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev last week, but did not raise it at the talks, according to the White House.

This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Kenneth Clarke: Fewer criminals will go to prison

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 10:10 AM PDT

The Justice Secretary will signal more emphasis on rehabilitating offenders than on locking them up.

David Cameron will back down in fight with EU, say officials

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:19 AM PDT

David Cameron will break his promise not to transfer powers to Brussels by yielding to EU plans, European officials predict.

Russian spy ring guide: from 21st Century to Cold War spy novel

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 09:34 AM PDT

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service has suffered the humiliating blow of having its techniques - known in the espionage community as tradecraft - exposed.

Russian spies were more Secret Seven than John le Carré

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

They are said to have communicated with invisible ink and code-worded meetings, passing money inside folded newspapers or while passing on subway staircases.

'Russia may have 50 deep-cover agents in US'

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 10:42 AM PDT

Oleg Gordievsky, one of the Cold War's most famous defectors, says Russia may have as many as 50 deep-cover couples spying inside the United States.

Terrorism suspects could get compensation if they have been tortured abroad

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 11:24 AM PDT

PM reportedly due to announce details of inquiry into allegations of complicity by British security services in the torture of suspects.

Russia says US spy arrests are Cold War throwback

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 10:31 AM PDT

Russia accuse the US of attempting to revive Cold War tensions following the arrest of 11 suspected members of a "deep-cover" spy network.

Russian spy 'held fake British passport'

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:14 AM PDT

One of the 10 people arrested in the United States for allegedly being a Russian spy held a forged British passport, according to US government papers.

martes, 29 de junio de 2010

Press releases by RSS

Press releases by RSS


Green Investment Bank recommendations unveiled

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Green bank call backed by Friends of the Earth

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


Big cut in number of police on the streets

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 02:18 PM PDT

The number of police on streets could fall because it is not "sustainable", one of Britain's most senior policemen has warned.

David Cameron: 'The world doesn't owe us a living

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:26 PM PDT

Britain has no automatic right to prosperity, David Cameron has said, declaring: "The world doesn't owe us a living."

Gunman arrested after armed siege at Barclays Bank in Ashford, Middlesex

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:41 PM PDT

More than a dozen taken hostage at Barclays Bank in Ashford after man armed with sawn-off shotgun claimed he had smuggled dynamite inside.

Armed man takes hostages at Barclays Bank in Ashford, Middlesex

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:07 AM PDT

A man armed with a gun has taken customers and staff hostage at a branch of Barclays Bank in Ashford.

Lynne Featherstone warning over benefits blitz

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 08:30 AM PDT

Government's radical plans to force people off benefits into work could backfire, a senior Lib Dem Home Office minister warns.

US Supreme Court extends gun rights

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 08:38 AM PDT

Nation's highest court extends landmark ruling that Americans have a constitutional right to own guns to all the cities and states.

Prince Harry: I want to go back to Afghanistan

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:34 AM PDT

Prince speaks passionately of his desire to return to the front line.

North Korea threatens to bolster nuclear capability

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:49 AM PDT

North Korea 'will bolster nuclear weaponry in response to US hostility'.

lunes, 28 de junio de 2010

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


Millions face incapacity benefit cuts as welfare reforms speed up

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 04:14 PM PDT

People claiming incapacity benefit face an onslaught from the Chancellor, who is promising to speed up his welfare reforms.

viernes, 25 de junio de 2010

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


Australian coup: the rise and fall of Kevin Rudd

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Kevin Rudd was struggling to come to terms with his ignominious new status as the most unsuccessful prime minister in Australian history.

'Ten Pound Pom' becomes Australia's prime minister

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Julia Gillard, a miner's daughter from South Wales, has become Australia's prime minister after a political coup to wrest control of the country from the beleaguered Kevin Rudd.

Afghan officials urge Nato to follow McChrystal plan

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 08:22 AM PDT

Afghan officials have expressed dismay that Gen Stanley McChrystal had been sacked but expressed confidence Nato would improve security by implementing his plan to fight the Taliban.

Afghanistan dismay after Barack Obama fires Gen Stanley McChrystal

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:50 AM PDT

Afghans and foreign diplomats praised the US commander in Afghanistan bold efforts to reshape the war.

jueves, 24 de junio de 2010

Press releases by RSS

Press releases by RSS


home energy efficency programme must include rented setor

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Govt plans to slash home emissions must include rented sector

MP spearheads new law for planet-friendly farming

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

MP to introduce new law for planet-friendly #farming

miércoles, 23 de junio de 2010

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


Gen Stanley McChrystal quotes were 'on the record'

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:36 AM PDT

The explosive Stanley McChrystal interview only used quotes that were completely on the record and checked for use with the general's aides, Rolling Stone's executive editor said.

Gen Stanley McChrystal: a profile

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:30 AM PDT

As head of American Special Operations, Gen Stanley McChrystal was known as the Pope.

Times Square bomb plot: Faisal Shahzad warns of further attacks

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:20 AM PDT

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistan-born American who admitted "100 times over" trying to detonate a car bomb near Times Square, warned of further attacks unless the United States leaves Muslim countries alone.

Barack Obama considers sacking US general McChrystal

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:53 AM PDT

US President considering sacking Afghanistan commander over criticism of White House staff in magazine article.

martes, 22 de junio de 2010

Press releases by RSS

Press releases by RSS


Government to consult on per-plane tax

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Government to consult on per-plane tax #junebudget

Budget should have been greener and fairer

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

#june budget has little to say about the environment

UN climate change talks in Bonn enter second week

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

The UN climate talks in Bonn enter their second week.

'No role' for World Bank in managing climate funds - Friends of the Earth

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Controversy at the UN climate change talks over climate funds.

UN talks in Bonn close - Friends of the Earth reaction

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

UN talks on action on climate change in Bonn close.

Rich country targets 'dangerously inadequate'

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Emissions cuts are at risk of being watered down at UN talks.

Forestry emissions cuts plan 'risks unravelling climate action'

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Loopholes in forestry targets could undermine climate action.

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


US general McChrystal summoned to White House

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:36 AM PDT

The US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has been ordered to the White House to personally explain his criticism of the president and his senior advisers.

US commander McChrystal forced to apologise for Afghanistan comments

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:53 AM PDT

General Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan, denounced a top diplomat in a Rolling Stone magazine article while his aides were said to have dismissed the President, Barack Obama, and mocked his deputies.

Faisal Shahzad: Profile of the Times Square bomber

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 11:43 PM PDT

Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to attempting to bomb New York's Times Square claiming it was in response to the US "terrorising Muslim nations".

40,000 deaths a year due to junk food, says health watchdog Nice

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 01:42 PM PDT

More than 40,000 Britons die each year because of high levels of salt and fat in their diets, watchdog Nice warns.

lunes, 21 de junio de 2010

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


Dr Howard Martin: family of patient backs doctor

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 05:22 PM PDT

Dr Howard Martin, the family doctor who admitted hastening the deaths of some of his patients, has been backed by some relatives of patients but others are outraged.

Dr Howard Martin: 'I'm no Harold Shipman'

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 02:47 PM PDT

Howard Martin, the family doctor who admitted hastening the deaths of some of his patients, used the back of a General Medical Council envelope to make a list of "differences" between himself and the serial killer Harold Shipman.

Doctor facing police investigation admits shortening one life by up to a fortnight

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 03:23 PM PDT

Dr Howard Martin faces new police probe over deaths of patients after admitting he shortened the life of one.

Rahm Emanuel expected to quit White House

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 10:20 AM PDT

Rahm Emanuel expected to leave his job later this year after growing tired of "idealism" of president's inner circle.

EU officials paid more than David Cameron: focus

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 11:10 AM PDT

How some of the highest paid Eurocrats line up:

Over 1,000 EU officials earn more than David Cameron

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 11:13 AM PDT

More than one thousand EU officials earn more than the Prime Minister, according to research carried out by the The Daily Telegraph.

domingo, 20 de junio de 2010

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


David Cameron: Public must do more to support armed forces

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 08:39 AM PDT

In an article for The Sunday Telegraph, the Prime Minister tells the public it has a duty to provide more support to the Armed Forces.

sábado, 19 de junio de 2010

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


Give us magic, give us goals

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 09:20 AM PDT

Rian Milan's World Cup diary: the use of sorcery to sway a game would be anathema to most African football officials. But to the fans, it is a different matter.

BP North Sea venture with Iran hit by US ban

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 01:49 PM PDT

The US has imposed sanctions on an Iranian oil company working with BP in the North Sea - listing it as a body that "persons should not do business with".

This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Murder case GP Dr Howard Martin: I helped patients die

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Dr Howard Martin, who was cleared of murdering three patients, has broken his long silence to admit that he did hasten their deaths as well as those of dozens of others in his care.

viernes, 18 de junio de 2010

Press releases by RSS

Press releases by RSS


Weekly bin collections not needed, Mr Pickles

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

We need to waste less - not collect waste more often.

Climate Committee warning over gas power stations

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

We must capture carbon to meet UK 2050 emissions target

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


Oil spill: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fears BP's 'annihilation'

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:35 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed concerns that the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill could lead to the "annihilation" of BP.

This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Budget 2010: odd facts about Budgets

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Here are some weird and wonderful facts about Budgets.

Nelson Mandela attends funeral of great granddaughter killed in car crash

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:48 AM PDT

Former South African President Nelson Mandela thas attended the funeral of his great granddaughter Zenani who was killed in a car accident following the World Cup opening concert last week.

One in four children is 'victim of crime'

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:17 AM PDT

Children aged 10 to 15 found to be at risk of 'personal crimes' but campaigners warn of criminalisation of trivial incidents.

jueves, 17 de junio de 2010

Press releases by RSS

Press releases by RSS


A green budget could slash £9bn off UK debt this year

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

A green budget is vital to developing a low-carbon economy.

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World

Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World


Nobel Laureate Gary Becker says immigrants should pay

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:18 AM PDT

Professor Gary Becker, a Nobel prize-winning economist, will argue that immigrants should pay for the right to settle in Britain and the United States.

Shannon Matthews abduction 'could not have been foreseen by social services'

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:52 AM PDT

Abduction by family could not have been foreseen by social services and other agencies, case review concludes.

Bloody Sunday: calls for new 'truth' body to investigate Troubles atrocities

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:51 AM PDT

A sweeping new inquiry body should be set up to investigate all of the unresolved murders in the Troubles, the former Northern Ireland Secretary said.