Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-15099115
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Rapist's minimum sentence halved
A man who raped a schoolgirl while on the run from prison has his minimum sentenced halved by appeal judges.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15092249
Share your story: Gay marriage now legal in 6 states (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom - Last month, New York became the sixth state to allow gay marriage. This Sunday marks the first day gays can legally wed and New York City officials were flooded by more than 1,700 wedding applications for just that day. To ?
Holy receipt! (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom - Jesus and the Virgin Mary have "appeared" on everything from grilled cheese to rocks. But in his most recent appearance, Jesus is showing that even the son of the Big Man has economic issues on the brain: A South Carolina ?
AUDIO: Online dating scams 'organised crime'
Nicola Hillary: "It turns out he was dating several of us and he had completely different persona for each."
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9601000/9601936.stm
University tuition fees would be capped at �6k under Labour, Ed Miliband reveals
On the eve of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool Mr Miliband said he would tax bankers and top-earning graduates to fund the cut, which would cost the public purse �1billion.
Popular? What about tunesmiths Bizet, Handel, Rossini and Verdi?
Oh dear. Asking Radio 3 listeners for a Top Ten of Britain?s favourite arias is a bit like asking the Bullingdon Club to supply a list of the nation?s favourite tipples. It would include rare vintages, but not what they shift by the tankload at Bargain Booze.
U.S. warns on possible Saudi abduction plot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia warned on Wednesday that a terrorist group may be planning to abduct Westerners in the capital, Riyadh, and urged U.S. citizens to exercise caution.
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Google plans start-up centre in London's East End
LONDON (Reuters) - Google has thrown its weight behind Tech City, East London's fast-growing hub for Internet companies, by signing a lease for a seven-floor building that will serve as a launch-pad for new start-ups and developers.
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Four injured in shopping mall blast in Subang Jaya
SUBANG JAYA: Four people were injured while more than 300 were rescued and evacuated after a suspected gas leak caused an explosion on the lower ground floor of the Empire Shopping Gallery here early Wednesday.
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NoW journalists in tribunal claim
Two former senior journalists at the News of the World are taking publisher News International to an employment tribunal, alleging unfair dismissal.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-15085469
Insight: Social media - a political tool for good or evil?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After the "Arab Spring" surprised the world with the power of technology to revolutionize political dissent, governments are racing to develop strategies to respond to, and even control, the new player in the political arena -- social media.
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Florida's real shark hunter: He's caught nearly 100,000 sharks and isn't stopping yet - meet the man hooked on maneaters
Posing with one of the 20,000 monster fish he has slayed in his 40 year career, Mark 'The Shark' Quartiano is one of the world's last shark hunters.
Newsreader Mark Esterhuysen sacked for using F-word 13 times on live on-air
South African radio presenter Mark Esterhuysen started his hourly bulletin at 1am in Johannesburg before beginning his furious tirade at firebrand politician Julius Malema (pictured) and others.
Sex assault 'staged', court hears
The woman accused of murdering Newry pensioner Maire Rankin beat her to death in a drink-fuelled rage and staged a sexual assault to cover her tracks, it is claimed in court.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-15087401
Michael Gove: A-level ranking plan insults any child who wants to succeed on merit
Nations succeed when they put talent first: societies which have guaranteed the highest standards for all their citizens, throughout the ages, have been those which are the purest meritocracies, writes MICHAEL GOVE
Four Taiwanese held for transnational scam targetting Chinese nationals
GEORGE TOWN: Police nabbed four Taiwanese here for alleged involvement in transnational scam targetting Chinese nationals.
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VIDEO: Felixstowe opens new port berths
The Port of Felixstowe will formally open the UK's first shipping berths capable of taking the next generation of giant container ships later.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15087049
Five-year-old drowns in canal
YAN: A five-year-old boy drowned when he tried to get down from his bicycle and fell into a canal in Kampung Sungai Lintang here.
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U.S., EU condemn Israeli plan to expand settlement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel approved on Tuesday the construction of 1,100 settlement homes on annexed land in the West Bank, complicating global efforts to renew peace talks and defuse a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations.
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Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed in court over honour killing of daughter Shafilea
Father Iftikhar, 51, and mother Farzana, 48, were ordered not to contact their other daughter because she will be a prosecution witness in their trial.
Family awaits death plea ruling
The Court of Protection will rule later on whether a brain-damaged woman, deemed to be "minimally conscious", should be allowed to die.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-15082763
14 per cent of university freshers admit they don't even know how to boil an egg
After years of being looked after at home 14 per cent of students who took part in a Sainsbury's survey said that they wouldn't know how to boil an egg.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Analysis - Egypt's army draws anger as transition drags
CAIRO (Reuters) - When Egypt's military ruler was caught on video in a civilian suit strolling through downtown Cairo and speaking to passers-by, Web users swiftly mocked it as a stunt to win support from an increasingly mistrustful public.
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Cop: Blood found on bat
SHAH ALAM: Police found a cricket bat with bloodstains at the Ban-ting farm where cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and her three companions were believed to have been murdered, the High Court heard.
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Europe unions could act over cuts - UK union leader
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Trade unions across Europe could take coordinated action if governments persist with slashing public services, the leader of Britain's biggest public sector union said on Monday.
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You say potato, I say stinky gray blobs (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom - Along with ruined homes and massive flooding, turns out Hurricane Irene left a few "presents" in her wake: Beaches covered in mysterious, stinky, gray blobs. The blobs were found on several Virginia beaches (and no, they weren't tourists), confounding the ?
Newsreader Mark Esterhuysen sacked for using F-word 13 times on live on-air
South African radio presenter Mark Esterhuysen started his hourly bulletin at 1am in Johannesburg before beginning his furious tirade at firebrand politician Julius Malema (pictured) and others.
'Cover up', farmer tells Rihanna
A farmer who allowed one of the world's biggest selling pop stars to film in his grain field tells her to cover up after she strips down for a pop video.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-15072380
U.S., EU condemn Israeli plan to expand settlement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel approved on Tuesday the construction of 1,100 settlement homes on annexed land in the West Bank, complicating global efforts to renew peace talks and defuse a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations.
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