Saturday, January 01, 2011

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Swine flu: is it too late to vaccinate?

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

It could be too late for those still unprotected against swine flu to gain maximum benefit from the vaccination, experts admitted yesterday, as deaths and serious illness caused by the disease continued to soar. Latest figures show that the number of cases with flu in intensive care has risen to 738, a 60 per cent rise in a week.

Minor British Institutions: New Year's Day

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Apologies if your head, like mine, is feeling a little tender, but New Year's Day is a slightly complex Minor British Institution. Anciently, the New Year began with the Spring equinox in March (which explains September, the seventh month, October, the eighth, etc).

Happy New Year? Britons among the most pessimistic in the world

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The British are entering the new year in a gloomier frame of mind about their finances and job security than the citizens of most other industrialised countries, an international poll has discovered.

'Double whammy' increase in fuel duty and VAT set to hit motorists hard

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Motorists will see the cost of running their cars rise steeply this week as a double increase in the price of petrol is set to add hundreds of pounds to annual fuel bills.

Police granted extension to question Yeates' landlord

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Detectives yesterday spent a second day questioning the former public- school teacher Chris Jefferies about the murder of Joanna Yeates, while a neighbour described how the English master helped to start the car of the landscape architect's boyfriend on the night of her disappearance.

After 100 days of sniping it's time to rally round Ed, says ally

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

A close ally of Ed Miliband has urged Labour to rally behind him and accept that he has a mandate for his policies to make the 50p rate of income tax permanent and bring in a graduate tax.

Village People: Standing out from the crowd in an outstanding year takes true idiocy

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

To mark the passing of 2010, I bring you the Village Idiot Parliamentary Awards of the Year for outstanding achievement in bringing politics into ridicule or disrepute during a year of many surprises.

Burst pipe cuts water supply to thousands

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Around 3,000 homes and businesses were left without water in Yorkshire yesterday after a burst on a major pipe supplying a pumping station.

Gun victim was 'model athlete'

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The 17-year-old boy who died in a stairwell after being shot on a South London housing estate was a promising athlete who competed at national level.

Coldest December for 120 years

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

The past month was Britain's coldest December for 120 years, meteorologists said yesterday.

Police granted more time to question Joanna Yeates' landlord

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:30 AM PST

Detectives were tonight granted more time to continue questioning Joanna Yeates's landlord on suspicion of her murder.

Thirsty in Thirsk: 3,000 homes without water

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:12 AM PST

Around 3,000 homes and businesses were left without water today after a burst on a major pipe which supplies a pumping station.

Dogs found hanged from bridge

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:10 AM PST

Two dogs were found hanged from a village bridge in a "barbaric" act of cruelty, the RSPCA said today.

Newspapers warned over contempt law

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:06 AM PST

The Attorney General warned newspapers today to be mindful of the contempt of court laws in their coverage of Joanna Yeates murder suspect Chris Jefferies.

Millions gathering worldwide to ring in new year

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:07 AM PST

New Zealanders sang and danced their way into 2011, with firework displays and sold-out concerts entertaining revellers in one of the first countries in the world to welcome the new year.

Second fell walker dies

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:20 AM PST

A second fell walker has died after falling from the summit of a mountain.

Man charged over internet grooming

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:18 AM PST

A man has been charged in connection with grooming a 14-year-old girl over the internet after he was arrested in an undercover police sting.

Information commissioner calls for Government transparency

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:06 AM PST

The Government should be more transparent and proactive in publishing communications rather than "clamming up" following the WikiLeaks revelations, the Information Commissioner said today.

War of words over faltering water supply steps up

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 03:54 AM PST

The war of words over Northern Ireland's faltering water supply has stepped up ahead of a crunch board meeting of the company at the centre of the storm.

Two killed in car crash

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 03:27 AM PST

Two people have died in a car crash in the early hours of today, police said.

UK will back moves to oust Ivory Coast president

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 01:39 AM PST

Britain would support the use of United Nations-sanctioned military force to compel incumbent Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo to hand over power, Foreign Secretary William Hague said today.

50p tax rate can't go on forever, says Boris Johnson

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 01:37 AM PST

Britain's 50p top rate of income tax "can't go on forever" if London is to remain competitive as a world financial centre, mayor Boris Johnson warned today.

Organ donation prompt on driving licence piloted

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 12:10 AM PST

Anyone applying for a driving licence from July will be required to answer a question regarding organ donation under a scheme being brought in by the Government.

posted by Greg Shaw at Saturday, January 01, 2011