Google News

Syndicate content Top Stories - Google News
Google News
Updated: 5 min 6 sec ago

Pakistan blasts kill 45 - ABC Online

14 min 43 sec ago

ABC Online

Pakistan blasts kill 45
ABC Online
Suicide bombers have killed at least 39 people in Lahore, despite government assertions that recent crackdowns had weakened Taliban insurgents. (Reuters: Stringer) Twin suicide attacks have targeted the Pakistani military, killing 45 people in the ...
Twin suicide attacks kill 39 in Pakistan's LahoreAFP
Twin Suicide Attacks Hit Military Sites in PakistanNew York Times
Bombings Kill 53 in Pakistan's Lahore as Lull in Attacks EndsBloomberg
Voice of America -Washington Post -Reuters India
all 785 news articles »
Categories: News

Palestinians try to breach East Jerusalem checkpoint - Ha'aretz

19 min 34 sec ago

Ha'aretz

Palestinians try to breach East Jerusalem checkpoint
Ha'aretz
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies Palestinian youths on Friday hurled stones at Israeli security forces near the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem and tried to breach a barrier to gain entry to the area, which has been sealed off amid concerns over ...
Israel moves to change law after Biden "mishap"The Associated Press
Israel seals off occupied West BankAljazeera.net
Full closure imposed on West BankYnetnews
Reuters -Jerusalem Post -BBC News
all 1,696 news articles »
Categories: News

BA crew to walk out for seven days in March - Reuters UK

32 min 52 sec ago

The Guardian

BA crew to walk out for seven days in March
Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways cabin crew will walk out for seven days this month after talks between the airline and unions broke down, in a dispute that analysts say could cost the airline around 140 million pounds. ...
BA strike: latest travel adviceDaily Mail
British Airways Crew to StrikeWall Street Journal
BA cabin crew to strike in MarchThis is Money
Telegraph.co.uk -MarketWatch -The Associated Press
all 1,081 news articles »
Categories: News

David Askew: A human tragedy and national scandal - Independent

36 min 46 sec ago

Telegraph.co.uk

David Askew: A human tragedy and national scandal
Independent
A 64-year-old man with a mental age of 10, David Askew was subjected to years of bullying and harassment by local youths until the moment he died of a heart attack. Could nothing have been done to protect him? By Mark Hughes, Crime Correspondent David ...
Manchester Police blame David Askew's death on councilDaily Mail
Tests on man 'tormented to death' prove inconclusiveThe Guardian
Teenager quizzed over death of bullied manAFP
Sky News -The Sun -BBC News
all 338 news articles »
Categories: News

Politicians must raise level of social care funding debate - The Guardian

46 min 56 sec ago

The Guardian

Politicians must raise level of social care funding debate
The Guardian
The new health select committe report on social care calls for politicians to raise their game and end political point-scoring in the matter of social care. Photograph: Dave Thompson-Pool/Getty Images Having identified social care funding as a key ...
Social care under-funded and rationed, say MPsBBC News
Free care plans condemned by MPsTelegraph.co.uk
Call for election truce over careThe Press Association
Money Marketing -OnMedica -Key Retirement Solutions
all 159 news articles »
Categories: News

Karl Rove defends waterboarding - BBC News

1 hour 4 min ago

Telegraph.co.uk

Karl Rove defends waterboarding
BBC News
A senior advisor to the former American president, George Bush, has defended harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, saying he was proud of the intelligence the US gained by using them. Karl Rove said the use of waterboarding had helped ...
George Bush's former aide defends waterboarding of terrorism suspectsThe Guardian
Bush aide Karl Rove insists 'waterboarding is not torture'Times Online
Karl Rove: I'm proud of using waterboarding to break terroristsDaily Mail
Telegraph.co.uk -This is London -Press TV
all 22 news articles »
Categories: News

Nick Griffin welcomes decision not to ban BNP teachers - The Guardian

1 hour 18 min ago

Channel 4 News

Nick Griffin welcomes decision not to ban BNP teachers
The Guardian
Ministers ruled out banning BNP members from teaching after an independent inquiry into racism in schools decided such a move would be disproportionate. Photograph: Markku Ulander/Rex Features The party's leader, Nick Griffin, went on the attack after ...
BNP members will not be banned from teachingBBC News
Teachers allowed to be BNP members, govt saysAFP
Teachers "should not be banned from the BNP"Reuters UK
Telegraph.co.uk -ICM Commercial & Business News -4RFV
all 231 news articles »
Categories: News

Net clash for web police projects - BBC News

1 hour 32 min ago

BBC News

Net clash for web police projects
BBC News
Social media activists are up in arms over plans by the UK's police watchdog for a project with the same name as an existing web initiative. MyPolice.org was set up in mid-2009 to funnel feedback from victims of crime and others to police forces. ...
Alan Johnson in call for cops to beat the bulliesMirror.co.uk
Police failing to visit 1 in 4 anti-social behaviour victimsDaily Mail
Forces are told to solve more crimesBurton Mail
The Guardian -UKauthorITy.com -The Star
all 290 news articles »
Categories: News

CPS: Baroness Uddin will not face charges over expenses - Times Online

1 hour 46 min ago

Daily Mail

CPS: Baroness Uddin will not face charges over expenses
Times Online
Baroness Uddin was told this morning that she will not be charged with fraudulently claiming parliamentary living expenses. Prosecutors decided that broad definition of a peer's “main residence" meant that there was not a realistic prospect of a ...
No expenses charges for baronessBBC News
Labour peer Lady Uddin will not face prosecution over expensesThe Guardian
Baroness Uddin escapes criminal charges over expenses claimsDaily Mail
Sky News -Politics.co.uk -U.TV
all 27 news articles »
Categories: News

A life more ordinary in Musa Qala - BBC News

2 hours 17 min ago

Reuters

A life more ordinary in Musa Qala
BBC News
Musa Qala, in northern Helmand, will shortly become the first British base in Afghanistan to be handed on to US Marines. BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt visited the town to see whether there are any lessons to be learned. ...
British troops to hand over Musa Qala to AmericansTimes Online
British forces hand 'Taliban Alley' over to USMirror.co.uk
British troops hand over control of key Afghan town to USThe Guardian
The Press Association -This is London -InTheNews.co.uk
all 57 news articles »
Categories: News

British Airways worker in four-year 'plot' to bring down jets - Mirror.co.uk

2 hours 35 min ago

Telegraph.co.uk

British Airways worker in four-year 'plot' to bring down jets
Mirror.co.uk
It expert Rajib Karim is alleged to have spent four years passing on inside information about security. He had the "clear intention and desire to offer himself for martyrdom", a court heard. The dad of one was arrested two ...
'Terrorist British Airways worker planned to take advantage of strike'Telegraph.co.uk
Suicide bomb plot suspect 'volunteered as British Airways cabin crew'Times Online
BA strike breaker 'to suicide bomber'The Sun
CIO UK -The Guardian -Tech Eye
all 200 news articles »
Categories: News

Nick Clegg defends former porn director standing for Lib Dems - The Guardian

2 hours 48 min ago

Sky News

Nick Clegg defends former porn director standing for Lib Dems
The Guardian
Anna Arrowsmith, the Lib Dem candidate for Gravesham. Photograph: Easy on the Eye Productions/PA A former porn director who has been selected as a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats would be a passionate campaigner for her local area, ...
Porn film director Anna Arrowsmith selected as Lib Dem Parliamentary candidateDaily Mail
the porn directorThe Sun
Porn film director Anna Arrowsmith standing for ParliamentMirror.co.uk
Times Online -Telegraph.co.uk -The Press Association
all 54 news articles »
Categories: News

Nick Clegg defends former porn director standing for Lib Dems - The Guardian

2 hours 48 min ago

Times Online

Nick Clegg defends former porn director standing for Lib Dems
The Guardian
A former porn director who has been selected as a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats would be a passionate campaigner for her local area, Nick Clegg said today. Clegg said Anna Arrowsmith's previous profession was "not exactly my cup of ...
Lib Dem leader promises 'no backroom deals' before electionTelegraph.co.uk
Conservative deal could split Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg warnedTimes Online
Now the battle begins to win Clegg's heartIndependent
Scotsman -Financial Times -Economist
all 118 news articles »
Categories: News

Thai protesters start bid to topple government - Reuters

3 hours 52 min ago

Times Online

Thai protesters start bid to topple government
Reuters
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters began gathering in Bangkok on Friday for what they promise will be a "million-man march" in coming days to paralyze Thailand's capital and force the government to call elections. About 40000 soldiers and ...
Protesters clog Bangkok's main streetsABC Online
Thai protest march starts with Buddhist chantsTimes Online
Thailand's Thaksin supporters set to march on BangkokAFP
CNN International -Sydney Morning Herald -BBC News
all 510 news articles »
Categories: News

Prince Philip in strip tease gaffe at Navy sea cadet - Mirror.co.uk

4 hours 38 min ago

Telegraph.co.uk

Prince Philip in strip tease gaffe at Navy sea cadet
Mirror.co.uk
Gaffe-prone Prince Philip was nearly in hot water again yesterday after asking a young Navy sea cadet if she worked in a strip club. The Duke, 88, made the "joke" after asking Elizabeth Rendle about her job. ...
Royal Gaffe: 'Does One Work In A Strip Club?'Sky News
Duke of Edinburgh asks navy cadet if she worked in a strip club!Britain News
Duke's 'strip club' query to cadetThe Press Association
Daily Mail -UK Express -Sify
all 45 news articles »
Categories: News

51 headless Viking skeletons found in Weymouth ditch - Daily Mail

5 hours 22 min ago

Telegraph.co.uk

51 headless Viking skeletons found in Weymouth ditch
Daily Mail
They knelt and cowered together - a once proud and fearless band of raiders stripped and humiliated by their Saxon captors. One by one, their executioners stepped forward, uttered a prayer and brought their axes and swords crashing ...
Beheaded bodies discovered in Weymouth 'were probably executed Vikings'Telegraph.co.uk
Weymouth ridgeway skeletons 'Scandinavian Vikings'BBC News
Decapitated bodies in Dorset revealed to be VikingsThe Guardian
Sky News -Mirror.co.uk -Dorset Echo
all 28 news articles »
Categories: News

Freed hostage Peter Moore tells of ordeal at hands of Iraqi captors - Telegraph.co.uk

5 hours 40 min ago

Reuters

Freed hostage Peter Moore tells of ordeal at hands of Iraqi captors
Telegraph.co.uk
Peter Moore, the former hostage in Iraq, has told how he was hung up by his arms and contemplated killing a guard to escape during his two-and-a half years in captivity. Speaking at length for the first time since his release in December, Mr Moore, 36, ...
British hostage Peter Moore: Iraq torture left me praying to dieMirror.co.uk
Hostage Peter Moore tells of the moment he thought he would dieTimes Online
Briton tells of torture during Iraq kidnap ordealAFP
Channel 4 News -The Press Association -Reuters
all 132 news articles »
Categories: News

'Expenses fraud' MPs forced to sit in dock during historic court appearance - Telegraph.co.uk

5 hours 40 min ago

The Guardian (blog)

'Expenses fraud' MPs forced to sit in dock during historic court appearance
Telegraph.co.uk
Three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer were made to suffer the ignominy of sitting in the high security dock of a courtroom as they made a historic appearance before a magistrate. By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, ...
Expenses scandal MPs' in bid to avoid courtMirror.co.uk
Protests on politicians' first day in courtIndependent
'Expenses fraud' MPs plead with court not to make them sit in dock... and then ...Daily Mail
Yorkshire Post -The Press Association -Financial Times
all 461 news articles »
Categories: News

Jack Straw ducks Jon Venables jail quiz by James Bulger mum - Mirror.co.uk

6 hours 4 min ago

BBC News

Jack Straw ducks Jon Venables jail quiz by James Bulger mum
Mirror.co.uk
The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger met Justice Secretary Jack Straw yesterday but he refused to reveal why killer Jon Venables was back in jail. Denise Fergus and her husband Stuart spent an hour questioning Mr ...
MARTIN SAMUEL: Why none of us will ever be free of the Bulger murderDaily Mail
James Bulger's mother meets Jack StrawBBC News
Alan Johnson would 'love' to tell Jamie Bulger's mother details of killer Jon ...Telegraph.co.uk
Scotsman -Blackpool Gazette -Economist
all 149 news articles »
Categories: News

We won't raise taxes, say Labour - Mirror.co.uk

6 hours 37 min ago

The Guardian

We won't raise taxes, say Labour
Mirror.co.uk
The Treasury minister, asked if the Government will raise taxes to reduce the national debt, said plans to boost the economy and cut waste will be enough. Both Labour and the Tories have vowed to cut in half the deficit, ...
Liam Byrne: No new tax rises under LabourTelegraph.co.uk
No new taxes or VAT rise in budget, says Treasury minister Liam ByrneThe Guardian
Labour's tax pledge 'gaffe' draws Tory fireFinancial Times
Times Online -BBC News -The Press Association
all 88 news articles »
Categories: News