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Banking reforms ‘accepted in full’

Banking reforms ‘accepted in full’

The Government will on Monday “accept in full” radical plans to shake up the banking industry despite fears the measures will harm the economy, Business Secretary Vince Cable said.[Read more...]

Speed of light captured on new camera

Speed of light captured on new camera

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At least 650 dead as tropical storm Washi sweeps across Philippines

At least 650 dead as tropical storm Washi sweeps across Philippines

  Image 1 of 4 Typhoon Washi victims wash clothes in a village in Cagayan de Oro Photo: REUTERS   Image 1 of 4 At least 200 people have died and hundreds more gone missing after a tropical storm Washi swept across the southern Philippines  Photo: AP [...]

WikiLeaks: Private Bradley Manning sent superiors picture of himself dressed as a woman

WikiLeaks: Private Bradley Manning sent superiors picture of himself dressed as a woman

Government investigators found classified information stored on a memory stick in Bradley Manning’s bedroom basement, a military court heard Photo: AP Photo/Cliff Owen By Raf Sanchez, Forte Meade, Maryland 10:00AM GMT 18 Dec 2011 [...]

Crime warning over foreign inmates

Crime warning over foreign inmates

Foreign criminals who should have been deported after serving prison sentences have gone on to commit violent crimes, it has been reported.[Read more...]

Banking report ‘accepted in full’

Banking report ‘accepted in full’

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Rioting in west Kazakhstan spreads to a second town

Rioting in west Kazakhstan spreads to a second town

Sacked oil workers fight police in the town of Zhanaozen, western Kazakhstan, on Dec 16 Photo: AP By James Kilner, Almaty 9:30AM GMT 18 Dec 2011 About 50 people fought police on Saturday [...]

Junk food giants criticised for targeting children online

Junk food giants criticised for targeting children online

Examples cited in the report include a site for cereal Sugar Puffs, which says it is “packed with honey goodness” despite containing more sugar than a ring doughnut  By [...]

School hires etiquette coach to teach pupils manners

School hires etiquette coach to teach pupils manners

School hires etiquette coach to teach pupils manners Photo: ALAMY By Josie Ensor 8:30AM GMT 18 Dec 2011 Comments [...]

EU hands out holidays paid for by taxpayer

EU hands out holidays paid for by taxpayer

The subsidies are ostensibly for ’study visits’ to the European Parliament in Strasbourg Photo: ALAMY By Andrew Gilligan 8:00AM GMT 18 Dec 2011 Even as it grapples with the [...]

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