Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

The NHS will face a funding gap of around £6bn a year by 2015, a leading health think tank warns today, which could lead to delays in treatment for many patients.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT
Two 15-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenage girl was found dead in woodland in rural Wales.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT
Almost as old as cinema itself, the Duke of York's Picturehouse in Brighton celebrates its centenary this year.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT
Plans for a stringent cap on numbers of immigrant workers are to be softened in the face of warnings from business leaders that it could prevent them from bringing the brightest foreign talent to Britain.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

The state pension could be increased by more than £40 a week for all pensioners, under proposals to abolish means-tested benefits for the elderly.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT
The first of the oak leaves were turning golden in Alice Holt forest yesterday. Walking amongst them, on the most beautiful day of the autumn, it was not hard to see the problem with the Government's plan for a massive forest sell-off: a forest is much more than trees.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT
Vince Cable took a swipe yesterday at the economic judgement of David Cameron and George Osborne, mocking his Tory Cabinet colleagues' failure to forecast the credit crunch and recession.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 10:12 AM PDT

David Cameron today pledged a "relentless focus on growth" to help fill the hole left by the coalition's public sector cuts.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 08:28 AM PDT
Two nursery nurses who repeatedly pulled down the trousers of a two-year-old boy they were looking after were given suspended prison sentences for cruelty today.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 08:20 AM PDT
The High Court has made a "highly unusual" order protecting an elderly couple from their allegedly abusive son.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 08:18 AM PDT
An ambulance driver was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after he was involved in a seven-vehicle accident while answering a 999 call.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 08:03 AM PDT
A man already serving a nine-year prison sentence for rape was jailed for a further six years today for raping another woman 21 years ago after a cold case review caught him, police said.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 08:01 AM PDT
A 101-year-old man was assaulted by youths after challenging them when they kicked away his walking stick, police said today.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 07:59 AM PDT
A professional rugby player who broke a man's jaw while dressed as a Chippendale stripper was today ordered to pay him £1,200 compensation.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 06:57 AM PDT
A retired doctor accused of trafficking an African woman into the UK and keeping her as her servant for four years appeared in court today.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 06:41 AM PDT
A therapy assistant at Broadmoor Hospital has been arrested over allegations she had sex with an inmate, police said today.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 06:30 AM PDT
A Tube driver asked passengers if their mobile phones were working when his radio failed after his train was struck by one of the July 7 bombers, it emerged today.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:52 AM PDT

Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll was today fined £1,000 after admitting assaulting a man in a nightclub.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:49 AM PDT
Labour leader Ed Miliband warned today that Britain risked "sleepwalking" back into catastrophe without major changes in the management of the economy.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:46 AM PDT
A doctor accused of failing to spot that Baby P had a broken back days before his death had her application to be removed from the medical register rejected today.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:04 AM PDT
A 21-year-old woman was led across a city centre street in a full-length white dress and handcuffs today after a raid targeting a suspected sham marriage.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:00 AM PDT
Five animal rights activists, including one from Newquay, who intimidated companies linked to Huntingdon Life Sciences in an attempt to close down the animal testing lab have been sentenced to between six years and 15 months in prison.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 03:47 AM PDT
A legal advisor to the London 2012 Olympic bid described today how she was blown from a Tube train by one of the deadly July 7 explosions.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 03:13 AM PDT
A man arrested over the murder of a farmer believed to have died in a botched robbery has been released on bail, police said today.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 01:37 AM PDT
The state pension could be increased to about £140 a week under Government plans to ensure everybody has a "decent" income in retirement.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 01:33 AM PDT
Thousands of London Underground passengers suffered fresh disruption today when a Tube line to the City was suspended because of a signal failure.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 01:01 AM PDT
Two 15-year-old boys were arrested on suspicion of murdering a girl of the same age, police said today.
Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:01 PM PDT
One of the men killed in a helicopter crash in Northern Ireland was a personal friend of Prince Charles, Clarence House confirmed.
Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:01 PM PDT
A Labour MP today called on political parties to "choke off" what the English Defence League (EDL) taps into.

posted by Greg Shaw at Tuesday, October 26, 2010