Actress Reese Witherspoon speaks during the fourth annual Award for International Women of Courage ceremony in Washington DC Photo: GETTY The Hollywood actress was speaking on Wednesday at a ceremony where Mrs Obama and Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, presented the annual International Women of [...]
Mr Cohen is stepping down at the election Labour MP Harry Cohen is being investigated by the police over his expenses claims, the BBC understands.Mr Cohen, who is standing down at the election, was stripped of a £65,000 pay-off for retiring MPs after [...]
LONDON (Reuters) - The financial regulator said on Wednesday its tougher supervision of products will stop short of requiring pre-authorisation like in the drugs industry.[Read more...]
Some 58 per cent of secondaries in England vetted last term were rated satisfactory or inadequate – Ofsted’s two lowest categories. The verdict follows an overhaul of inspections in September designed to put a renewed focus on the quality of classroom teaching and pupil results. Related Articles [...]
LONDON—The U.K. economic recovery remains fragile, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday, as he announced that the government will lay out its budget plans on March 24, paving the way for a national election. In comments that suggest the U.K. isn’t discounting the risk of the economy slipping back into recession, Mr. Brown said [...]
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Gordon Brown confirmed the Budget will be in two weeks Prime Minister Gordon [...]
Andrew Lloyd Webber and stars of Love Never Dies have received a standing ovation at the world premiere of the stage musical.[Read more...]
Colleen LaRose, a woman from suburban Philadelphia who was “desperate to do something” to help suffering Muslims, is also accused of agreeing to kill a Swedish citizen on orders from unnamed terrorists. Miss LaRose, who is believed to be 47, is alleged to have travelled to Sweden to carry out the killing, but [...]
Baroness Mannigham-Buller spoke at a lecture in the House of Lords The former head of MI5 has claimed US intelligence agencies "concealed" their mistreatment of terror suspects.Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller said she only discovered alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded after retiring [...]
Martin McGuinness has accused the Ulster Unionists of opposing a deal to devolve policing powers to Northern Ireland for cynical party political reasons.[Read more...]
Pelosi says Dems near deal on health care bill
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Law bars Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
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Contractors ‘divert Somalia aid’
Apology for women raped by father
Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
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Iran attacks US over AfghanistanObama pushing on health care end game
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Inmate reoffending ‘costs £10bn’
Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan
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US attacks East Jerusalem plans
Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
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Troop bomb training ‘inadequate’
Massacres Shake Uneasy Nigeria
Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace
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US eyes chance for Mid-East peace
‘Insurance for all’ plan for dogs
Hundreds slaughtered in Nigeria religious violence
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Strong earthquake slams eastern Turkey, kills 51
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Venables breaches ‘not made public’