Amy Winehouse's dad lights up Irish Centre near her old homeSINGER AMY Winehouse, who was found dead in north London in July, used to sit on the wall of the London Irish Centre just down…Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
Clarkson apology to striking workersLONDON – British prime minister David Cameron has criticised comments made by Top Gear television show presenter Jeremy Clarkson…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Battle of Trafalgar warship restoration project to beginIn 1759, carpenters used 8ft wide oak beams to construct Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory in Chatham DocksFri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
British banks told to prepare for worstTHE DANGER of the collapse of the euro has created an “exceptionally threatening environment”, the head of the Bank of England…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
AG warns media on court injunctionsLONDON – Media organisations could be prosecuted for contempt of court for reporting comments by MPs who use House of Commons…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Morrisons chief sets great store by its foodFRIDAY INTERVIEW: Dalton Philips, chief executive of MorrisonsFri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
‘Sunday World’ named in UK paper inquiryTHE SUNDAY World made dozens of requests for private information, including criminal records and car-registration numbers, from…Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
Dirty issue of health and safety surfaces in debate on river clean-upLONDON LETTER : LUKELY BROOK is a tributary of one of the Isle of Wight’s two main rivers, rising in the Boscombe Valley before…Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
'Do you want your five-year-olds to be taught by 68-year-olds?'ON A normal Wednesday, like every other day in school term, Kilkenny-born Kenny Frederick runs the George Green secondary school…Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
Chancellor unbowed in midst of stormOsborne capitalising on public’s mistrust of his Labour opponentWed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
UK body warns of risk of EU defaultsDEFAULT BY a number of European Union states on hundreds of billions of euro in sovereign debt is now a “significant” risk, according…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Osborne issues stark warning on recessionUK AUTUMN BUDGET STATEMENT: BRITISH CHANCELLOR of the exchequer George Osborne has accepted publicly that he cannot bring the…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Maverick film-maker Ken Russell dies at 84FILM-MAKER KEN Russell, who died on Sunday aged 84, remained in love with movies up until the end, and had agreed to create a…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Rights body undermined by hacking, inquiry toldTHE WORK of a Northern Ireland human rights body has been compromised by computer hacking allegedly carried out for the News …Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Ten charged with offences at care homeTEN PEOPLE have been charged following an investigation into abuses of patients at a care home in Bristol owned by Irish investors…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Singer tells inquiry she was advised to waive fee to sing at Murdoch's weddingSINGER CHARLOTTE Church told the Leveson inquiry yesterday she believed her telephone had been hacked when she was 17, and that…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
UK pub chain rejects allegation of racism against Irish TravellersONE OF the largest pub chains in the UK has rejected charges of racial discrimination against Irish Travellers after a group …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Seediness of British tabloid press laid bareFOR SOME watching the Leveson Inquiry yesterday in Court 73 of the Royal Courts of Justice in London, the memory they will take…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Education gets spiced up as curry-making finds way on to menuLETTER FROM BRADFORD: THE HOUSE speciality in the Prashad restaurant in Bradford is aloo dum biryani – a mixed vegetable dish…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
UK pub chain which barred Travellers faces investigationONE OF Britain’s largest pub chains is to face investigation for racial discrimination after a group, including a police officer…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Leveson warns over hostile reportingTHE HEAD of the Leveson Inquiry has warned he is “extremely concerned” witnesses will feel intimidated over giving evidence on…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Hugh Grant claims 'Mail on Sunday' hacked voicemailTHE HACKING of voicemails in the UK was not confined to the News of the World , actor Hugh Grant said yesterday during one of…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Reoccupy Dale Farm: the Travellers who have gone back to their old homeA month after the Dale Farm evictions in the UK, some Travellers have returned and are living on a neighbouring siteSat Nov 19 2011 - 00:00
Suitability of GPs for signing long-term sick notes queriedBRITISH DOCTORS should not be allowed to sign sick notes for people out of work for long periods, according to a major report…Sat Nov 19 2011 - 00:00
O'Leary and Walsh urge end to UK air passenger dutyAVIATION BOSSES Willie Walsh and Michael O’Leary are unlikely bedfellows, but yesterday they united in calling for the scrapping…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Branson's Virgin Money buys Northern Rock for £747mONCE VALUED at £20 billion, Northern Rock, the bank that suffered the first run on a British bank for 150 years, was yesterday…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Englishman's council house may not always be his homeLONDON LETTER: WANDSWORTH COUNCIL in London, with the lowest council tax in the United Kingdom, is often seen as a triumph of…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Murder victim's mother 'felt euphoria' at reaching voicemailTHE MOTHER of murder victim Milly Dowler, whose mobile telephone was hacked by the News of the World after she went missing, “…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
British central bank warns of low growth and 'arduous' recoveryUNEMPLOYMENT IN Britain has reached near 20-year highs, youth unemployment now stands at record levels, while the Bank of England…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Counsel for 'News of the World' says practice of phone-hacking declinedNEWS INTERNATIONAL has questioned charges made by the Leveson Inquiry into British press standards that 28 News of the World …Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Official claims name tarnished over border checksA FORMER top British borders security official, who quit last week in a dispute about changes made to speed up passport checks…Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Blair says euro zone break-up would be disasterUK REACTION: THE EURO crisis has exposed, but not created, the need for major reforms and greater co-operation in the European…Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
Murdoch insists staff kept him in the darkNEWS INTERNATIONAL head James Murdoch insisted senior executives kept him in the dark about the scale of phone-hacking engaged…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Monks to lose control of London school over abuseTHE BENEDICTINE Order will lose control over the running of one of England’s top schools, following a report that has sharply…Thu Nov 10 2011 - 00:00
Tabloid investigator says he spied on 100 peopleA PRIVATE investigator was hired by the News of the World for over eight years to put over 100 people, including Prince William…Wed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
AIB partly compensated over £56m lossAIB HAS been partly compensated by insurers for a £56 million loss incurred on more than £700 million worth of loans made to …Wed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
Former border force head scathing in attack on home secretaryTHE HEAD of the UK Border Force launched a scathing attack on the British home secretary last night as he quit to launch a constructive…Wed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
Theresa May blames senior officials for UK border crisisPASSENGERS ARRIVING at British air and seaports can expect significant delays at passport checks, following the suspension of…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
London has contingency plan for collapse of euro, says CameronBRITAIN: MAJOR PLANNING has been carried out by the treasury and Britain’s other financial regulators, including the Bank of…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
PM on collision course with MPs over IMF supportBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron is set to defy demands by Labour and Conservative MPs for a vote on UK contributions to …Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Court rejects Assange's appeal against extradition warrant over rape chargesWIKILEAKS FOUNDER Julian Assange moved a significant step closer to extradition to Sweden to face questioning over sexual molestation…Thu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Hague says suppression of internet is not acceptableINTERNATIONAL “RULES of the road” must be agreed for the internet, but not at the price of freedom of expression, British foreign…Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
St Paul's does U-turn over Occupy protestersAn emerging tourist attraction itself, the protest at St Paul’s Cathedral has obtained an eviction reprieveWed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Dean of St Paul's resigns over protestTHE CHURCH of England’s crisis over the handling of an anti-capitalist protest outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London has led …Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
Council remarks on Dale Farm 'racist'COMPLAINTS HAVE been made to the British Equality and Human Rights Commission after the emergence of a letter from the head of…Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
Tory rift on EU a bad case of backbench ambitionOPINION: ONE COULD be forgiven for thinking that Monday’s House of Commons rebellion by Conservative MPs was just a re-run of…Thu Oct 27 2011 - 01:00
Absurd and sad events at Dale Farm have not solved the problemLONDON LETTER: THE HEADLINE was, perhaps, too good to pass up yesterday: “Dale Farm eviction delayed yet again – by BATS”, screamed…Thu Oct 27 2011 - 01:00
British business secretary fined for failing to pay VATBRITISH BUSINESS secretary Vince Cable has been penalised for failing to pay VAT on earnings from media workThu Oct 27 2011 - 01:00
Large number of UK rioters on welfareOVER 500 of the 1,300 people arrested during August’s riots in the United Kingdom are claiming welfare benefit, while one in …Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
Deputy PM unwilling to calm Tory Eurosceptic worriesLIBERAL DEMOCRAT leader Nick Clegg has said that Eurosceptic Conservative MPs will not push the United Kingdom towards the European…Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
