Friday, December 31, 2010

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Honours List: Order of the British Empire, MBE (A-J)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Military Division - Royal Navy

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Order of St Michael and St George

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

CMG

Thomas Fletcher. Formerly Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister. (London, SE13)

Honours List: Colonial Police And Fire Service Medal

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Order of the British Empire, OBE (L-Z)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Royal Victorian Order

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Knights Bachelor

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Military Division - Army

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Diplomatic Service and Overseas List

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Sundries

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Order of the British Empire, GBE

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

John Roundell The Earl of Selborne, KBE. For services to Science. (Alton, Hampshire)

Arthur George Baron Weidenfeld. Publisher. For public service. (London, SW3)

Honours List: Order of the British Empire, CBE

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Commonwealth

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Military Division - Royal Air Force

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Royal Victorian Medal

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Order of the Bath

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Order of the British Empire, MBE (K-Z)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Order of the British Empire, OBE (A-K)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Honours List: Order of the British Empire, DBE

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Knighted – for services to high gas prices and Cadbury's demise?

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Roger Carr, the tycoon who saw through the sale of the 200-year-old British company Cadbury to the US multinational Kraft in February, has been knighted for services to industry in today's New Year Honours list.

Teenager killed in estate shooting

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

A teenager was shot dead as he ran through a housing estate trying to escape a gunman, neighbours said yesterday.

Cameron warns of difficult year ahead

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Britain faces a "difficult" year in 2011 as Government departments move to implement "incredibly difficult" cuts, David Cameron admitted yesterday.

Attack on '£5,000 rail season tickets'

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Rail fare rises mean some commuters will have to pay more than £5,000 for season tickets from Sunday, the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) said today.

The stars of Cameron's Big Society dominate New Year Honours list

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Big Society

Without a New Year party to go to? Don't despair...

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

"The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears."

Murdoch awaits Ofcom report into BSkyB deal

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Officials from the media regulator Ofcom worked late into last night to prepare today's report on whether the proposed £8bn buyout of BSkyB by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation should be subjected to a Competition Commission inquiry.

Salaries of NHS consultants soar by 68 per cent

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Aneurin Bevan famously said that in order to create the NHS he had been forced to "stuff doctors' mouths with gold". Sixty years on and new figures released by the National Audit Office have revealed that, in order to reform it, his political successors have had to do the same thing.

We're pleased arrest has been made, say Joanna's parents

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The parents of Joanna Yeates said they were "pleased" an arrest had been made in the hunt for her killer yesterday.

Government faced with the most rebellious Parliament since 1945

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Government MPs are rebelling against their parties' policies on a scale not seen since 1945, new research for The Independent has revealed. During the Coalition's first seven months, dozens of Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs – including many elected for the first time in May – have repeatedly defied House of Commons whips to vote against the Government.

From pillar of the community to suspect in a murder inquiry

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

With his distinctive mane of thinning white hair and the polished vowels of a former public school English master, Chris Jefferies cut a familiar figure on the streets of Clifton.

Northern Ireland crisis talks as 32,000 are still without water

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

People in Northern Ireland have been warned that water supplies may not be restored before next week, as ministers prepared for crisis talks about the 32,000 residents still affected.

Mist may mar firework displays

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Mist and lingering fog threatens to mar revellers' enjoyment of tomorrow night's New Year's Eve firework displays, forecasters said.

Phone charger may be cause of family death blaze

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:32 AM PST

A blaze which claimed the lives of three children may have been caused by a plugged-in mobile phone charger, relatives said today.

Landlord questioned over Joanna Yeates murder

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:29 AM PST

Detectives were tonight questioning the landlord of Joanna Yeates on suspicion of her murder.

Long wait for water reconnection

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:17 AM PST

It could be early next week before all Northern Ireland customers cut off from water supplies are reconnected.

Boy, 17, arrested over man's death

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:04 AM PST

A boy of 17 was arrested today by detectives investigating the death of a middle-aged man at his seaside home.

Queen 'delighted' with Peter Phillips' new daughter

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:24 AM PST

The Queen is "delighted" with the birth of her first great-grandchild - a baby girl.

Government beats off minimum wage challenge

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:22 AM PST

The Government today fought off a legal challenge against new minimum wage legislation which comes into force on New Year's Day.

Protesting students call on archbishop

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:01 AM PST

The Archbishop of Canterbury has been called on to help end a dispute between a university and students who are continuing an occupation in protest at rises in tuition fees.

Shot teenager 'was trying to escape gunman'

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 03:44 AM PST

A teenager was shot dead as he ran through a housing estate trying to escape a gunman, neighbours said today.

Fresh call to review Hanratty case

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:57 PM PST

The family of James Hanratty, who was hanged for the A6 murder nearly 50 years ago, are calling for the case to be reviewed again.

Fog to dampen New Year's Eve celebrations

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:54 PM PST

Mist and lingering fog is threatening to mar revellers' enjoyment of tomorrow night's New Year's Eve fireworks displays, forecasters said.

Four quizzed after man dies of stomach wound

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:52 PM PST

Four men were being held on suspicion of murder today after a young man was fatally wounded at his home.

Three held after fatal London shooting

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:50 PM PST

Three people were being held by police today after a teenager was shot dead and two youths were stabbed on a London housing estate.