The Independent - UK RSS Feed

---

• Waste crisis means 80 giant furnaces set for go-ahead in 2011
• Miliband plans to sever 'big money' ties with unions
• Yeates inquiry hit by delays to autopsy and witness hunt
• Chancellor opposes waste disposal on his doorstep
• Rail conductors in bank holiday strike
• Tussauds attempts to capture Kate
• Fake fox is on the menu on a delayed Boxing Day
• Independent Appeal: 'We were the family from hell'
• David Miliband may be ambassador to US
• Mountain rescue team hurt sledging in Pennines
• Aid worker killed in raid may get award
• Lord Sugar fails to impress in House
• Mega Monday: bargain-hunters join half-mile queue at 2.30am
• Distraught parents visit spot where daughter was found
• Shoppers flock to high street sales
• Tycoon's conviction 'risks damaging trade'
• Union: Post office closures 'growing trend'
• Man's body found in block of flats
• Man dies after climbing frozen waterfall
• Terror suspects remanded after raids
• New Year parade musicians stranded by blizzards
• Leaked letter warned Government over NHS cuts
• Cameron faces backlash over books 'fiasco'
• Britons spend Boxing Day... spending

Waste crisis means 80 giant furnaces set for go-ahead in 2011 Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A grassroots revolt is growing over a new generation of controversial incinerators planned across the UK, which would see the amount of household waste sent to be burnt more than double. Incinerators are currently being planned on more than 80 sites under the so-called "dash for ash".

Miliband plans to sever 'big money' ties with unions Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Ed Miliband is to distance Labour from its trade union paymasters by diluting the party's financial dependence on them and reducing their role in electing the party leader.

Yeates inquiry hit by delays to autopsy and witness hunt Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Police expect to finally reveal later today how the missing Bristol landscape architect, Joanna Yeates, died, following delays to the investigation caused by the bitterly cold weather and the movement of potential witnesses over the Christmas period.

Chancellor opposes waste disposal on his doorstep Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Cheshire residents have come together in one of the most fiercely fought campaigns to oppose municipal waste incinerators since six were proposed to dispose of their rubbish. They claim that their county is in danger of becoming "the most incinerator-contaminated place in Britain".

Rail conductors in bank holiday strike Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A 48-hour walkout by conductors has brought more frustration for bank holiday rail passengers as services between the biggest cities in the North of England are reduced to a husk.

Tussauds attempts to capture Kate Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Madame Tussauds' sculptors have been set a task that the Royal Mint recently failed: to attain a likeness of a would-be princess.

Fake fox is on the menu on a delayed Boxing Day Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Delayed boxing Day hunts, such as the East Sussex and Romney Marsh Hunt – pictured making its way through the streets of Battle in East Sussex – went ahead yesterday, despite many meets being cancelled due to the freezing conditions and snow.

Independent Appeal: 'We were the family from hell' Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST There is a discarded plastic milk carton in the garden and an old bike wheel by the front door of Tracey's Wilson's house on a tough-looking Tyneside council estate. But it looks no worse than many of her neighbours', which are strewn with empty lager cans or have unwanted pieces of furniture standing on their small snow-covered patches of lawn.

David Miliband may be ambassador to US Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST David Miliband, the former foreign secretary, could be offered the post of British ambassador in Washington, it was reported last night.

Mountain rescue team hurt sledging in Pennines Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A member of Bolton's mountain rescue outfit had to be evacuated by air ambulance after a sledging accident on Sunday.

Aid worker killed in raid may get award Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Linda Norgrove has been shortlisted for a posthumous humanitarian award for her "selfless" work in Afghanistan. The 36-year-old aid worker died in a failed rescue attempt by US special forces after being seized by militants in September.

Lord Sugar fails to impress in House Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST As Lord Sugar of Clapton serves his apprenticeship in the House of Lords, records show he has voted only three times in the past year.

Mega Monday: bargain-hunters join half-mile queue at 2.30am Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Dedicated shoppers had formed a half-mile-long queue outside Next in Milton Keynes by 2.30am – two and a half hours before the store's doors opened.

Distraught parents visit spot where daughter was found Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:09 AM PST The distraught parents of Joanna Yeates today visited the site where their daughter's body was discovered.

Shoppers flock to high street sales Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:43 AM PST Hundreds of thousands of shoppers pounded the high streets today to snap up post-Christmas bargains in a boost for retailers before VAT goes up in the New Year.

Tycoon's conviction 'risks damaging trade' Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:34 AM PST Britain should warn Russia that the latest controversial conviction of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky risks damaging trade links between the two countries, a senior Tory MP said.

Union: Post office closures 'growing trend' Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:36 AM PST More than 1,000 post offices have shut or been put up for sale this year, with some not showing up in official closure lists, according to new research today.

Man's body found in block of flats Posted: 27 Dec 2010 06:58 AM PST Police have launched a murder investigation after a man's body was found in a block of flats on Christmas Day.

Man dies after climbing frozen waterfall Posted: 27 Dec 2010 06:30 AM PST A man has died after falling 80 feet while ice climbing a frozen waterfall on Boxing Day.

Terror suspects remanded after raids Posted: 27 Dec 2010 06:28 AM PST Nine men were remanded in custody today charged with planning a pre-Christmas terror attack.

New Year parade musicians stranded by blizzards Posted: 27 Dec 2010 05:20 AM PST Hundreds of musicians scheduled to perform at the 25th New Year's Day parade in London face a race against time to fly to the UK after they were grounded by blizzards in the US.

Leaked letter warned Government over NHS cuts Posted: 27 Dec 2010 02:09 AM PST The Department of Health has been warned that planned efficiency savings "may not be achievable", leading to higher hospital waiting times unless the NHS receives a fresh injection of government cash, according to a leaked Whitehall document.

Cameron faces backlash over books 'fiasco' Posted: 27 Dec 2010 02:06 AM PST David Cameron is facing calls to sort out the "fiasco" of government backing for a scheme providing free books for children, following a U-turn by ministers over plans to axe all state funding.

Britons spend Boxing Day... spending Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Shoppers defied the cold and a Tube strike in London to splash the cash, as some shopping centres boasted their busiest Sunday of the year. But laws restricting retailers to six hours of trading caught out many people.

You are subscribed to email updates from The Independent - UK RSS Feed To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610