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Ferdinand escapes Uefa punishment

Thu, 2013-03-07 05:34
Rio Ferdinand will not face disciplinary action from Uefa for sarcastically applauding Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir.
Categories: International News, National / International News

BoE rejects more economic stimulus

Thu, 2013-03-07 05:28
The Bank of England's rate-setting committee has kept interest rates at 0.5% and rejected calls to inject more stimulus into the economy.
Categories: International News, National / International News

RBS to compensate users over glitch

Thu, 2013-03-07 05:22
Royal Bank of Scotland says it will compensate RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers who experienced disruption to their banking services.
Categories: International News, National / International News

What if you could mine the Moon?

Thu, 2013-03-07 05:07
The pioneers with plans to mine the Moon
Categories: International News, National / International News

Jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball dies

Thu, 2013-03-07 05:05
Jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball has died at 82 after suffering from pneumonia, his manager confirms.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Polar bear vote defeated at meeting

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:52
A proposal by the US to ban cross-border trade in polar bears and their parts was defeated on Thursday at an international meeting.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Day in pictures: 7 March 2013

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:42
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 7 March
Categories: International News, National / International News

VIDEO: Bolshoi acid attack 'was a mistake'

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:39
A Bolshoi Ballet dancer accused over an attack on artistic director Sergei Filin has told a court he did not mean for him to be splashed with acid.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Economy: TINA is back

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:38
Nick Robinson explains why Mrs Thatcher's phrase is back
Categories: International News, National / International News

School checks 'show improvement'

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:32
Almost half the schools inspected in England last term improved their overall rating, the chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Households renting 'rises to 15%'

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:30
The proportion of people renting from private landlords in Britain rose from 10% to 15% between 2008 and 2011, the Office for National Statistics says.
Categories: International News, National / International News

UK smoking 'halves' in 40 years

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:27
Smoking in Britain has more than halved and people are drinking on fewer nights of the week, according to a snapshot survey covering the past 40 years.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Suspect held over Ukraine beheadings

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:25
Police in Ukraine detain a suspect over the beheading of a judge and his family in their flat in December, in what may have been a drug-related robbery.
Categories: International News, National / International News

VIDEO: New Pope's robes made in S, M and L

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:23
It has yet to be decided who the new Pope will be, but the robes that the next leader of the Catholic Church will wear have already been designed and made in Italy.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Closing NHS services: the impossible job?

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:06
Nick Triggle on how difficult it is for the NHS to reorganise services
Categories: International News, National / International News

End student visa loopholes - Labour

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:05
Student visa loopholes are allowing tens of thousands of people to enter the UK without any checks, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Call to name 'horsemeat supplier'

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:05
The government is urged to name a meat producer involved in supplying food containing horsemeat to schools and the armed forces.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Authors make libel reform plea

Thu, 2013-03-07 04:05
Writers including Sir Salman Rushdie and Stephen Fry sign a letter urging the UK's major political parties not to abandon libel reforms.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Fears over missing Pakistan climbers

Thu, 2013-03-07 03:58
Hopes of finding two missing mountaineers in Pakistan alive are fading after they went missing while scaling a peak of more than 8,000m.
Categories: International News, National / International News

VIDEO: 'Monster' marlin landed by landlord

Thu, 2013-03-07 03:56
A pub landlord from Norfolk is celebrating after claiming to land a "monster" blue marlin fish with just a rod and a line.
Categories: International News, National / International News
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