Sunday, November 07, 2010

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Can Clegg and Cameron patch up coalition cracks?

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT

"We are in a bloody coalition," says an exasperated senior Lib Dem. "We cannot get all of our policies. We have just got to stand there and take the hit."

Rubik's Cube: Six sides, 54 squares. Just seconds to solve

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT

A hush descends, interrupted only by the clickety-click of 58 pairs of hands frantically rearranging coloured squares. This is the UK's Rubik's Cube Open Speedcubing Championship. Competitors from around the world are gathered at Bristol's Armada conference centre to show their six-sided puzzle prowess.

Coulson 'has thrown his former staff to the wolves'

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Andy Coulson was last night accused of throwing his former staff "to the wolves", after it emerged that the Downing Street spin doctor had spoken to police investigating allegations of illegal phone-hacking while he was editor of News of the World.

Drugs linked to brain damage 30 years ago

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Secret documents reveal that government-funded experts were warned nearly 30 years ago that tranquillisers that were later prescribed to millions of people could cause brain damage.

Facebook, by Royal Appointment, as the Queen updates her status

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT

To look at the Queen, you wouldn't think she knew her escape key from her AltF10. Not so, apparently. Her staff and minor members of her family may have spent recent times teaching Kate Middleton's parents to put on tweeds and shoot innocent animals, but Her Majesty's mind was really somewhere else. Somewhere much more modern, with it, and down with the kids. She was thinking of the launch tomorrow of the British Monarchy Facebook page.

Britain honours its teen heroes

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Britain's teenagers are to get a boost from a government plan to end misconceptions of young people as knife-wielding hoodies interested only in underage sex and drinking.

Missing persons services at risk as funding is slashed

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT

George Osborne's multibillion-pound spending cuts threaten to sever a national "lifeline" that helps tens of thousands of missing people and the families they leave behind.

Clarke 'planning to close six prisons'

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 04:59 AM PDT

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke is planning to close six jails at a cost of 5,000 cells as his ministry seeks to cut its budget by almost a quarter, it was claimed today.

Man 'killed his wife then himself'

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 04:53 AM PDT

Detectives suspect that a man found hanging from scaffolding had killed himself after killing his wife, sources said.

MP claims self-defence after altercation in Parliament

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:01 AM PDT

A Labour MP today spoke of how he "wrestled" a man to the floor in "self defence" inside the Houses of Parliament.

Coulson quizzed by police in phone-hack probe

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 02:31 AM PDT

David Cameron's communications director Andy Coulson has been questioned by police investigating allegations of phone-hacking at the News of the World, it was confirmed today.

Plea after explosive hurled at police officers

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 01:14 AM PDT

Police in Northern Ireland today appealed for information about an "indiscriminate and reckless" attack in which an explosive was hurled at officers in Belfast.

Body found by police probing woman's disappearance

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 01:12 AM PDT

A post-mortem examination will take place today on the body of a woman believed to be missing millionairess Joanna Brown.

posted by Greg Shaw at Sunday, November 07, 2010