Monday, January 10, 2011

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Government accused of secret deal to go easy on bonuses

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

The government will drop a pledge to reign in bonuses in return for a series of general commitments from Britain's largest banks to lend more to small businesses.

Out for the count: Could the 2011 census be the last?

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Where will you be sleeping on 27 March 2011? In a bungalow, a penthouse or a caravan?

Celebrities prepare legal cases against Met over phone-hacking

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Stars of screen, stage and sport are preparing court action against the Metropolitan Police in a co-ordinated campaign to force the disclosure of more evidence that they believe implicates News of the World executives in the phone-hacking scandal.

Labour and Coalition clash on unemployment

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

The key political battleground of employment will flare up today as David Cameron meets 20 leading multinational companies which have pledged to create jobs in Britain, and Labour mounts a campaign attacking the Coalition on youth unemployment.

Bullets sent to Celtic manager intercepted by postal staff

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Packages containing bullets have been sent from Northern Ireland to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and player Niall McGinn, it emerged yesterday.

Moors Murderer Brady 'would kill again if released'

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Ian Brady, the Moors Murderer, remains utterly unrepentant about his crimes and if ever released would kill again as easily as "swatting a fly", according to the criminologist who has carried out the first face-to-face interviews in a decade with the notorious serial killer.

Eminent surgeon joins right-to-die campaign

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

The heart transplant pioneer Sir Terence English has joined the right-to-die campaign. As one of Britain's most eminent surgeons, and a former president of the Royal College of Surgeons, Sir Terence's involvement will give added impetus to demands for doctors to be allowed to assist terminally ill patients to take their own lives.

Defeated Miliband pitches for TV roles

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

David Miliband, the former foreign secretary, is considering a role in television after losing the Labour leadership contest last year.

Queen's head saved from the chop

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

The presence of the Queen's head on postage stamps is to be guaranteed by law after the Government struck a deal with Buckingham Palace.

All men in Bristol should be DNA-tested, says MP

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

DNA samples from every man in Bristol should be screened as police continue to hunt for the murderer of Joanna Yeates, one of the city's MPs has urged.

Johnson admits he does not know NI rate

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

The shadow Chancellor, Alan Johnson, was forced to admit yesterday he did not know what the UK's national insurance tax rate was, an admission seized upon as his latest public slip-up.

Queen's head on stamps guaranteed by law

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 02:50 AM PST

The Queen's head will remain on stamps regardless of who buys the Royal Mail after the Government decided to amend its controversial privatisation legislation, it was announced today.

David Cameron: 'RBS should be bonus back-marker'

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 02:44 AM PST

Royal Bank of Scotland should not be "leading the way" when it came to bankers' bonuses, the Prime Minister said today.

CEOP to investigate grooming of teenage girls

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 12:49 AM PST

The grooming of vulnerable teenage girls for sex is being investigated by the country's specialist exploitation unit, it emerged today.

posted by Greg Shaw at Monday, January 10, 2011