| Question of the week: Have Health and Safety regulations for firefighters just gone too far? .If you wish to appear in Scotland on Sunday, then, along with your response, please leave a first name and surname, as well as your location - eg Tom Smith, Edinburgh. We welcome all comments.The... | |
| Click, pack and go: our pick of this week’s last-minute travel deals www.clubmed.co.uk ) is concerned. From tomorrow the company opens bookings for its Winter 2010-11 season, with savings of up to £250 per adult or £125 per child if you book your next... |
| Why Diane von Furstenburg is re-modelling Claridge's Today's top fashion designers need more than catwalk success and sellout handbags. They need a hotel to brand their own. The latest fashion designer to succumb to this hotel design trend is Diane... |
| Pay freeze for senior public sector staff 'insulting' The Government was today accused of "insulting" senior staff in the civil service, NHS and elsewhere in the public sector after the Prime Minister announced a pay freeze under moves to... |
| Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's life turned into opera Her name is more associated with gossip magazines than high art, but now the life of Playboy centrefold Anna Nicole Smith is to be turned into an opera, it was announced today. The... |
| Vaughan voices concern over 'cluttered' Pietersen Former England captain Michael Vaughan has urged Kevin Pietersen to clear his "cluttered" mind and get back to basics to rediscover his best form. Pietersen has made just 69 runs in... |
| Massa has safety fears over new teams Felipe Massa fears Formula One's new teams could pose a danger to their rivals on the grid this season. Massa makes his return to the sport in Bahrain this weekend eight months after nearly... |
| My marriage is legal, insists Katie Price Katie Price insisted today that her marriage to Alex Reid is "legal" and genuine. It follows reports that the minister who conducted their wedding ceremony at the Wynn casino in... |
| Wilkinson says England have learnt from defeat Jonny Wilkinson admits England's defeat by Scotland at Murrayfield two years ago was one of the most painful experiences of his rugby career. The England fly-half broke the world record for... |
| England scandals won't deter Capello Fabio Capello today insisted he is still happy dealing with the most important challenge of his life, despite the latest scandal to hit the England team. It is understood the Football... |
| Actor Corey Haim dies aged 38 Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent drug overdose, police said today. He was... |
| Mother of girl, nine, killed by fiance in warning to parents A woman whose fiance sexually assaulted then killed her nine-year-old daughter warned other parents today to "never let your guard down". Stacey Lawrence's body was found in the cab... |
| Kidnap ordeal father Raja Naqqash Saeed returns to England The father of a five-year-old British boy held captive in Pakistan has returned to the UK, sources said today. Sahil Saeed, from Oldham in Greater Manchester, was grabbed by gun and ... |
| Ex-partner at Queen's broker guilty of insider deals END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Malcolm Calvert, a former partner at Cazenove, the Queen’s stockbroker,... |
| Ex-Cazenove partner will not testify in case END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A former partner at Cazenove, the Queen’s stockbroker, who is standing... |
| Microsoft launches free rival to BBC iPlayer END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Microsoft is launching a free online video player - the first serious rival to the... |
| BBC considers selling shows on 'global iPlayer' END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The BBC may launch a paid-for global version of iPlayer, its online video ... |
| Kidnapped boy's father 'has returned to UK' END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The father of a five-year-old British boy held captive in Pakistan has returned to... |
| Corey Haim dies, aged 38 END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The Eighties teen heart-throb Corey Haim has died, aged 38. The Lost... |
| 'The Cove' Puts Japanese Fishermen on the Defense Filed at 11:42 a.m. ET EDITOR'S NOTE -- Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years. OTSUCHI, Japan (AP) -- As soon as the fishermen... |
| 2 Men Held for Theft of Cyprus Ex-Leader's Corpse Filed at 11:48 a.m. ET NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- A suspect's remorse over his alleged role in the theft of the body of Cyprus' former president led to the corpse's discovery and three arrests, a... |
| European Parliament Backs UN Report on Gaza War Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes in Gaza. The parliament also called on Israel to immediately open border crossings with the Gaza Strip, saying its blockade is worsening the humanitarian... |
| Israeli Supermarket Ad Inspired by Hamas Slaying Filed at 11:21 a.m. ET JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli supermarket commercial is looking to cash in on the infamous surveillance footage of an assassination team killing... |
| Nigeria Protesters Demand to See Ailing President Filed at 10:17 a.m. ET ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Hundreds of protesters in Nigeria's capital are demanding to see the ailing president, who has not appeared publicly since returning from hospital... |
| Workers Stuck on Open Drawbridge in Fla. Rescued Filed at 11:49 a.m. ET POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Four workers are safe after getting stuck on a drawbridge that went up unexpectedly in Florida Pompano Beach city spokeswoman Sandra King says... |
| Police: Calif. Robber Holds Up 11 People, Gets $6 Filed at 11:34 a.m. ET THERMAL, Calif. (AP) -- They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did -- but not much. Authorities in Riverside County say a woman with a gun robbed 11... |
| Police Probe Toyota Prius Crash in NYC Suburb Filed at 11:43 a.m. ET HARRISON, N.Y. (AP) -- The driver of a Toyota Prius told police in suburban New York that the car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into... |
| Female Lawmaker Quota in India Causes Uproar So Muslim politicians are against the bill because it will cut Muslim representation? Why don't they just ensure that Muslim women fill part of the quota? Of course, I know the answer to this but I... |
| Yoink If You Want Free Stuff Freecycle , a much larger and older site for listing giveaways. But it adds a useful combination of mapping, messaging and sharing features. Got something to give away? Map it and it’ll show... |
| Half of all food sent to Somalia is stolen, says UN report Somalian men unload sacks of sorghum provided by the UN's world food programme. But much aid does not reach its destination. Photograph: Jose Cendon/AFP/Getty Up to half... |
| Apology for women raped by father over 25 years Two women who were raped and abused by their father over 25 years - bearing seven of his children - were given an apology today by the authorities which failed to protect them. The apology... |
| Two held over helicopter 'laser attack' Two people were arrested following a "laser attack" on a helicopter, police said today. A laser device was pointed at the aircraft, a police helicopter, when it was responding to... |
| Deputy head 'had sex with pupil in library' A female deputy head of a special school had sex with one of her pupils four times in the toilets of the British Library, a court heard today. Teresa McKenzie, 39, had a 14-month affair with... |
| Roy Chubby Brown 'punched woman in car park dispute' Blue comic Roy "Chubby" Brown hit a 21-year-old woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a supermarket car park, a court heard today. The 6ft-plus 65-year-old punched... |
| One in seven secondary schools branded inadequate Half the schools inspected since the beginning of the school year have failed to get good marks from inspectors for the first time ever, figures revealed today. They showed that one in ten... |
| Kidnap ordeal father returns to England The father of a five-year-old British boy held captive in Pakistan has returned to the UK, sources said today. Sahil Saeed, from Oldham in Greater Manchester, was grabbed by gun and ... |
| 'Jihad Jane' held in plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks An indictment against a woman from suburban Philadelphia accused of recruiting jihadist fighters online and moving to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist is a rare case of an American woman... |
| Schools curriculum chief to stand down END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The head of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Authority, which writes the school... |
| Phantom II: the phans' verdict END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> In the pipeline for 20 years, The Phantom of the Opera sequel was always going to... |
| Decapitation gyrocopter pilot 'feared fox hunter' END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A pilot helping animal rights activists told a jury he was “extremely ... |
| United will not fear return of Beckham END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Can you seen Manchester United not going through tonight? The reality is that... |
| Somalia Food Aid Bypasses Needy, U.N. Study Says World Food Program’s Somalia operations . It suggests that the program rebuild the food distribution system — which serves at least 2.5 million people and whose aid was worth about $485... |
| Iran and U.S. Trade Barbs in Kabul Visit Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , shot back Wednesday at American allegations that Iran was providing support to Afghan insurgents, accusing the United States of playing its own “double game” in the... |
| Novel Idea for Japan: Airport for Budget Travel MITO, JAPAN — The diktat from the governor was the kind of sweeping order that gives Japanese bureaucrats heart attacks: plans for a three-story airport terminal, painstakingly laid over years,... |
| Italy-FBI Raids Crack Down on Mafia in US, Sicily Filed at 9:43 a.m. ET ROME (AP) -- Italian police say several Mafia suspects have been arrested in raids in Sicily, New York and Miami. Police in Palermo say the crackdown on the Cosa Nostra crime... |
| UN: 90 Rwandan Rebels Killed in Eastern Congo United Nations official says 90 Rwandan rebels have been killed in restive eastern Congo. Spokesman Madnodje Mounoubai said Wednesday that Hutu rebels from neighboring Rwanda were killed during a... |
| Libya Accepts US Apology Moammar Gadhafi's call for holy war, against Switzerland. Last week, Libya summoned the U.S. charge d'affaires and threatened negative repercussions if the U.S. failed to apologize. Libyan Foreign... |
| Ex-Wife Criticizes Mandela to UK Newspaper Nelson Mandela's ex-wife bitterly criticizing the anti-apartheid icon has prompted outraged headlines in South Africa. In Tuesday Evening... |
| Analysis: Greece's Crisis Could Presage America's More Politics News WASHINGTON (AP) -- Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road? Many of the same risky financial practices that now... |
| 'Lost' Watch': Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba The episode’s primary accomplishment, though, was the (perhaps) final humanization of the once pure-evil Ben Linus, a process that’s been going on for several seasons and that may have... |
