Sunday, December 26, 2010

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Spend! Spend! Spend! Nine days to save economy

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Retailers are slashing prices by up to 75 per cent this weekend in a desperate attempt to claw back hundreds of millions of pounds in sales lost to the combined effects of severe weather and consumer jitters.

Review of the Year: The moments that shook our world in 2010

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The triumphs, the disasters, the cat in a bin. It's been momentous, as our panel of writers recall...

Christmas Day goes swimmingly in sun and snow

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

With temperatures dropping to -18C in parts of north-east England and Scotland, even the prospect of the coldest winter since 1890 was not enough to dampen the spirits of Britain's intrepid adventurers eager to mark Christmas Day.

From tripping the light fantastic to toppling into an elephant trap

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

For an hour last night, Vince Cable could safely turn the TV on to watch himself without worrying about being the subject of another story about his indiscretions. The demoted Secretary of State for Business could delight in his pre-recorded American smooth and foxtrot on the Strictly Come Dancing dancefloor, showcasing fancy footwork that has been all too lacking politically. To his detractors, his appearance on an entertainment show was further proof of the vanity of a politician who has begun to believe his own hype.

The rich are failing to 'shoulder their load', says Archbishop

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The Queen talked sport, the Archbishop blasted the rich and the Pope called for peace in the Middle East while picking a fight with China. Variety was the distinguishing feature of a medley of Christmas Day messages from around the world.

'Forgotten' artist who fled Nazis is honoured at last

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

A rusty, rustic barn is to be replicated on the neo-classical forecourt of London's Royal Academy as part of a tribute to the work of the all-but-forgotten genius Kurt Schwitters.

Body is found in police hunt for Joanna Yeates

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The distraught family of Joanna Yeates, the 25-year-old architect who vanished from Bristol more than a week ago, were informed by the police yesterday that the body of a young woman had been found just a few miles from where she lived.

Christmas? It's just another day at work

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

While most of the country confined their exertions to gobbling up turkey and prodding the buttons on the TV remote control, more Britons than ever found themselves having to clock in on Christmas Day.

Two held after teenager found dead in bath

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

A man and woman have been arrested after a 15-year-old boy with "a number of injuries" was found dead in a bath at a house in east London yesterday lunchtime.

Tories abandon promise of early vote on hunting

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The Government is to shelve a promised vote on repealing the ban on foxhunting until 2012 at the earliest, in a move likely to dismay countryside campaigners as they attempt to set out for Boxing Day meetings.

Pressure on Lansley after critical flu cases double in a week

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The number of critically ill flu patients in England has more than doubled within a week, increasing pressure on Andrew Lansley, the Secretary of State for Health, to overturn his controversial decision to axe this year's public information campaign.

Body found in hunt for missing woman

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:29 AM PST

The parents of missing architect Joanna Yeates were tonight said to be "very, very distressed" after the body of a young woman was found on a snow-covered verge.

Wombles' creator Beresford dies

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 07:51 AM PST

Elisabeth Beresford, the writer best known for creating The Wombles, has died.

Royals attend Christmas Day church service

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 06:30 AM PST

More than 1,000 people gathered today to watch members of the Royal Family attend a Christmas Day church service at Sandringham.

Man bailed after fatal dog attack

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:06 AM PST

A man arrested in connection with the death of a woman mauled by a dog at her home was released on bail today.

Archbishop urges rich to share hardship

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 03:34 AM PST

There is a "lasting sense" that the most prosperous in society have yet to shoulder their load in the economic downturn, the Archbishop of Canterbury said today.

Archbishop reflects on suffering in the world

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:29 AM PST

The Archbishop of York asked people to reflect on the "suffering in our world" as he delivered his Christmas sermon today.

Two million register for Olympics tickets

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:23 AM PST

Two million people have signed up for tickets for the London 2012 Olympics, chief executive Paul Deighton said today.

Historians hunt for family of Somme soldier

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:30 AM PST

Local historians trying to trace relatives of a soldier killed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 have unearthed photographs of troops being treated in a village hospital during the First World War.

December set to be coldest for a century

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:24 AM PST

As the icy weather set to continue, the UK could be heading for its coldest December since 1890, forecasters said.

Seatbelts saved coach crash pensioners

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:15 AM PST

Seventeen pensioners taken to hospital after their coach overturned were recovering from their ordeal today.

Pizza key in search for missing architect

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:12 AM PST

Police hunting for missing architect Joanna Yeates are hoping CCTV footage of her buying a pizza will yield clues to her whereabouts.

posted by Greg Shaw at Sunday, December 26, 2010