Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Tory sounds warning on anti-Muslim prejudice

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 11:25 PM PST

Prejudice against Muslims has "passed the dinner-table test" and become widely socially acceptable in Britain, the Conservative chairman will claim today.

Girl aged two in hospital after dog attack

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 11:01 PM PST

A toddler was in a serious condition in hospital today after being mauled by a dog.

What does Cameron's 'massive gamble' with the NHS mean for us?

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

The NHS is to undergo the most radical pro-market shake-up in its history, under legislation published by the Government yesterday.

Da Costa charged over club assault

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

West Ham defender Manuel da Costa has been charged with sexual assault following an alleged incident in a nightclub, Scotland Yard said yesterday.

Pressure grows on Met's phone-hacking inquiry

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Pressure was growing on Scotland Yard last night to explain its failure to interview senior executives on the News of the World amid claims that its original investigation into the phone-hacking scandal missed potentially crucial lines of inquiry.

Miliband attacks Government as 'arrogant' for railroading plans

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Ed Miliband accused David Cameron of being "arrogant" yesterday for pushing ahead with his reform plans despite widespread opposition from health experts and NHS staff.

Yorkshire returns to the age of steam for commuter service

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Few journeys evoke the romance of steam travel quite like the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Eight years after it closed in 1962, the route was made famous in the film The Railway Children.

Details from Blair's Iraq calls were deleted

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

The questions facing Tony Blair at tomorrow's Iraq inquiry hearing are piling up. It emerged last night that parts of Mr Blair's conversations with the United States President George Bush in the build-up to war were expunged from Whitehall records.

'Lenient' tax deals to be probed by Audit Office

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Controversial deals struck by the taxman with multinational companies that owe enormous amounts in tax are to be investigated by the National Audit Office.

Anti-Islam US pastor is banned from Britain

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Terry Jones, the controversial American preacher who wanted to burn the Koran in public, has been banned from entering Britain.

Met misled Commons about G20 protests

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

The Metropolitan Police was forced to admit today that one of its senior commanders gave false information to MPs when he denied plain-clothes officers were in the crowd at the G20 demonstrations in London in 2009.

'PM's broken promise is forcing my disabled daughter into care,' says mother

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

A mother to whom David Cameron promised before the general election that he would do nothing to harm disabled children has blamed him for cuts which she says are forcing her daughter to be put into care.

£100m fund to replace £500m pupil allowance

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

The coalition government is to spend £100m on helping children from poor families stay in education until the age of 18 in a tactical retreat over one of its most controversial spending cuts.

Paramedics had to treat 7/7 victims using Sellotape

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Sellotape and broken wood were used to hold a survivor's leg together in the aftermath of the 7/7 bus bombing, a rescuer told the inquest.

Sellotape and tables used to help 7/7 casualties

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 09:40 AM PST

Rescuers used Sellotape and tables from local hotels to treat and move victims of the 7/7 bus bombing, the inquest into the attacks heard today.

City resident challenges fluoridation bid

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 09:39 AM PST

A health authority was accused in the High Court today of unlawfully attempting to force through the fluoridation of a city's tap water.

Car plunges over cliff

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 09:37 AM PST

A car plunged from a cliff today, fire officials said.

Peer 'crazy not to nominate another address'

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 07:59 AM PST

A former Tory peer accused of lying about his expenses was told by a fellow lord he would be "crazy" not to nominate a house outside London as his main address, a court heard today.

Britain facing £1bn fines over use of EU money

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 07:56 AM PST

Britain is facing fines from Brussels of up to £1 billion over the way it uses money from the European Union, it was disclosed today.

I warned against WMD dossier, says ex-mandarin

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:49 AM PST

A former Foreign Office official has described how he warned against publishing the Labour government's controversial dossier on Saddam Hussein's supposed weapons of mass destruction.

£560 transport fund urges councils to go green

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:46 AM PST

A £560 million fund to encourage local councils to "go green" on transport was announced today by the Government.

UK jobless total rises again to 2.5 million

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:30 AM PST

Unemployment has soared by 49,000 to 2.5 million, with a record number of young people out of work, new figures showed today.

Festival of Britain returns to London's Southbank

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:20 AM PST

London's Southbank is to be transformed with a modern restaging of the Festival of Britain to mark the event's 60th anniversary, with contributions from Tracey Emin, Ray Davies and Heston Blumenthal.

Workers 'under pressure' on jobs and pay

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:18 AM PST

Workers are worried about money and their jobs and are living under "tremendous pressure", according to a new study today.

Speaker reveals he is a supporter of hunting ban

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:16 AM PST

Commons Speaker John Bercow has risked further angering Tory MPs by revealing that he is a supporter of the hunting ban.

Five arrested over student fees demo riots

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 01:15 AM PST

Four school pupils and a student have been arrested in connection with the disorder that broke out during the university fees protests, police said today.

Four in Mauritius court over honeymoon murder

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 01:13 AM PST

Four hotel workers will appear in court in Mauritius today in connection with the murder of Michaela McAreavey, who was strangled on her honeymoon.

Final steps of murdered Joanna Yeates recreated

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 01:11 AM PST

The final steps of murdered Joanna Yeates were reconstructed in an attempt to jog memories and catch her killer.

Energy giants' profits continue to soar

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 12:59 AM PST

Gas and electricity companies are making even more money out of consumers than they were three months ago, Ofgem's chief executive, Alistair Buchanan revealed yesterday.

Government takes first steps towards NHS reform

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 11:01 PM PST

The Government will take the first step today towards passing controversial legislation that will lead to more than 150 NHS organisations being scrapped.

MP calls for pre-school intervention for vulnerable

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 11:01 PM PST

Too few people understand the work involved in bringing up a baby and should be given more information on raising children, a Government-commissioned review has concluded.

posted by Greg Shaw at Thursday, January 20, 2011