Thursday, December 30, 2010

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Independent Appeal: The girls saved from a life on the streets

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Most evenings two or three gutsy women board a minibus. They drive around the local red-light spots – streets frequented by prostitutes, the town centre, parks and seedy bed & breakfasts. They are looking for trouble or at least the potential for it: children vulnerable to sexual exploitation.

Miliband attacks cuts in New Year address

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Ed Miliband is warning Britons to be braced for the pain of deep spending cuts – and accuses Coalition ministers of being callous in how they wield the axe.

Go out to save money, says study

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

New Year revellers will spend more money staying at home tomorrow evening than if they go out to celebrate the beginning of 2011, new research shows.

Northern Ireland to import water

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The authorities in Northern Ireland came in for heavy criticism yesterday after water shortages affected tens of thousands of homes, some of which have had no running water for a week.

Secret papers reveal Thatcher's fury during 1980 crisis

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Unemployment is rising, the Government's programme of brutal public spending cuts is hurting millions and cash-strapped captains of industry complain of imminent collapse. It might sound like 2010 but this was 1980 and Margaret Thatcher responded to concerns that her economic medicine was not working with ill-tempered vigour.

Three held after fatal shooting

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Three people were arrested last night after a youth was shot dead andtwo teenagers stabbed, the Metropolitan Police said.

Three people 'seen leaving apartment of Joanna Yeates'

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Police are investigating reports that three people were seen leaving Joanna Yeates's flat on the night she went missing.

Eurozone crisis 'will bring influx of migrants'

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

David Cameron faces a major setback next year in his drive to slash immigration levels as the economic crisis in the eurozone prompts more European workers to seek jobs in Britain, a report warns today.

Labour split as 114 MPs say 'no' to voting reform

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Britain's biggest union is in talks to form an "unholy alliance" with rightwing Conservatives to oppose next year's referendum on electoral reform, The Independent has learnt.

New year, new them? The resolutions that would make our politicians better people...

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Bomb fears delay death siege probe

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:44 AM PST

An investigation into how a 42-year-old man was shot dead by police following a seven-hour-long siege at his home was delayed due to fears the house was rigged with explosives.

Bosses face demands to quit over burst pipes fiasco

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:07 AM PST

Water bosses tonight faced demands to quit as engineers struggled to repair leaking pipes to tens of thousands of homes in Northern Ireland, amid fears the drinking water fiasco could develop into a major health emergency.

Murdered Joanna Yeates 'left flat with two people'

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:57 AM PST

Murder victim Joanna Yeates was seen leaving her flat on the night of her disappearance with two other people, it was claimed today.

Government approves £32m Thames bridge

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:32 AM PST

A new £32 million bridge over the River Thames was given the go-ahead by the Government today.

Simon Hughes urges young people to 'understand the facts'

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:45 AM PST

A senior Liberal Democrat MP who has become the Government's new Advocate for Access to Education said he regretted the coalition's decision to increase tuition fees but said young people now needed to "understand the facts".

Woman's body found washed up on coast

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:35 AM PST

A woman's body was found washed up on the coast early today.

CCTV shows murdered Joanna Yeates in off-licence

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:34 AM PST

A relaxed-looking Joanna Yeates is seen strolling into an off-licence in newly released CCTV footage taken from the night she went missing.

Video: 2010 News Review part 1

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:10 AM PST

Video: 2010 News Review part 2

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:09 AM PST

Man dies after mountain fall

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:32 AM PST

A man has died after falling from the summit of a mountain.

Border Agency sorry over drug smugglers blunder

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST

The UK Border Agency has apologised after an email was mistakenly sent to Customs officers at the UK's busiest airport advising them not to search potential drug smugglers.

Pair held over nightclub 'glassing' attack

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:55 AM PST

A girl of 17 and a man have been freed on bail after being arrested over a vicious glassing incident in a seaside nightclub, police said today.

'Torture troops' may yet be charged

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:40 AM PST

Former and serving British soldiers are awaiting a landmark report into the brutal death of an Iraqi civilian which could lead to them facing criminal charges.

New date for Potters Bar train crash court case

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:31 AM PST

A new date has been set for the court case in which Network Rail (NR) and maintenance company Jarvis Rail face health and safety charges over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash which claimed seven lives.

'114 Labour MPs oppose voting change'

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 11:37 PM PST

Campaigners against a change in the Westminster voting system claimed the support of 114 Labour MPs today in their bid to secure a "no" vote in next May's referendum.

posted by Greg Shaw at Thursday, December 30, 2010