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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The UK News.com http://www.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/15665b944045da4a/ en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:25:03 -0400 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:25:03 -0400 30 Troubled English singer Pete Doherty has branded the British prison system a success, insisting jailing criminals stops them offending. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/614087/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/614087/cs/1/ A British Phd student has discovered a terrifying new species of dinosaur in China, an eight-foot long creature with scythe-like claws. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/614083/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/614083/cs/1/ The British taxpayers' bill after former Prime Minister Tony Blair gave evidence at the Iraq inquiry for a single day on January 29 was 273,000 pounds. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613994/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:50:04 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613994/cs/1/ Teenage British golfer Jamie Brittain has defied odds estimated at up to 67,000,000-1 to ace two holes-in-one during the same round at Shropshire's Wrekin Golf Club. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613989/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:50:01 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613989/cs/1/ A British prison monitor is said to be facing jail for having phone sex and texting saucy pictures with three lags. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613955/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:19 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613955/cs/1/ England off-spinner Graeme Swann, whose 10-wicket haul in the first Test against Bangladesh lifted him to second place in the world bowling rankings, has said that he is proud to be first England bowler to have reached the spot in last six years. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613952/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:17 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613952/cs/1/ A British property tycoon, who lost his 130,000 pounds Lamborghini sports car after he became too drunk to remember where he parked it, has been accused of trying to swindle an insurance company. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613945/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:12 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613945/cs/1/ The Goa Children's Court has set April 5 as the next hearing date of the trial into the rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613943/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:11 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613943/cs/1/ A five-year-old British boy is said to have stolen his father's 4x4 and driven for more than four miles along country lanes and a dual carriageway before finally crashing into a wall. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613942/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:10 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613942/cs/1/ French and British officials have discussed a nuclear deterrence-sharing scheme but Britain has opposed the idea 'so far' on grounds of political unacceptability, a media report said Friday. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613923/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:01 -0400 IANS http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613923/cs/1/ A British man has spotted an enormous pair of pliers flying over a West Bromwich residential street - on Google Street View. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613911/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:17 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613911/cs/1/ A new survey has found that one-fourth of British teens try to access their pals' Facebook accounts. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613909/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:16 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613909/cs/1/ England and Chelsea defender John Terry's father, Ted, has been arrested for allegedly selling cocaine in a bar. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613865/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:30:03 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613865/cs/1/ England manager Fabio Capello has confirmed that injured David Beckham has been invited to the World Cup. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613854/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:10:21 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613854/cs/1/ England batsman Kevin Pietersen has asked groundsmen to prepare good Test pitches or risk killing the game. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613841/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:10:06 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613841/cs/1/ Leaders of the so-called Middle East Quartet of the UN, US, European Union and Russia are meeting in Moscow Friday for talks on the way forward in the impasse on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613827/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613827/cs/1/ Britain's Equalities and Human Rights Commission has said a job ad for a worker "preferably of Indian origin" broke the law. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613754/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:13 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613754/cs/1/ Indians are planning a multi-million pound football league on the lines of the mega rich Indian Premier League. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613743/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:06 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613743/cs/1/ Two persons, who were detained in connection with the kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan, have reportedly been freed by the Paris police. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613740/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:04 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613740/cs/1/ Five-year-old British kid, Sahil Saeed, who was kidnapped and freed two weeks later in Pakistan's Punjab province's Jhelum, has returned to his family home in Oldham, Greater Manchester. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613739/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:03 -0400 ANI http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613739/cs/1/ After her split with filmmaker husband Sam Mendes, Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet is planning to move to Britain from the US. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613733/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613733/cs/1/ A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a father-of-two who was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver. The teenager, from Birmingham, was arrested by officers investigating the death o... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309477/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:36:29 -0400 IC Wales http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309477/ A generation of men will have got a warm, tingly feeling inside at the sight of Mark Wahlberg’s prize marrow. Oh, I am sorry – it’s not Mark’s prize marrow after all. It&#8217... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309440/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:25:01 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309440/ If I was still as young and dumb as I used to be, then nothing could stop me buying a gram of the legal high mephedrone. The good news is that mephedrone is cheap, widely available and gives the user... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309441/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:59 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309441/ The Mirror has exposed the growing trend for young mothers in their 20s to have cosmetic surgery on their breasts. Exactly how stupid are these young women? Really stupid? Or really, really stupid? F... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309438/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:58 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309438/ UntilI saw former Labour firebrand Derek Hatton on the Daily Politics show, I had never realised that the striking BA cabin crew are working class heroes fighting for the downtrodden masses. Andrew N... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309442/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:57 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309442/ British Airways cabin crew begin their three-day strike today. BA boss, Willie Walsh did not want to negotiate – he has spent the past few months trying to recruit office workers as possible st... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309439/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:56 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309439/ The Oscar after-glow has swiftly dimmed for winner Sandra Bullock, after claims that her husband Jesse James has been cheating. Sandra recently told Oprah that she thought Jesse was “amazing&#8... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309443/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:55 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309443/ But then his heel, his heel, his heel... Strong stuff, Carol Ann! I can’t quite claim to be the next Poet Laureate but I was inspired to pen my own version: http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309444/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:54 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309444/ If you’ve got a big box of tissues handy, you might like to tune in to my new show – Forces Reunited – next week. I went through several bumper packs after meeting some of the most ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309445/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:51 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309445/ Your account ' + welcome); } writeAuthHeader(100, true, 'http://www.mirror.co.uk/registration/index.cfm', null, false, 'http://www.mirror.co.uk/community/profile/', 2 ); //]]> http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309446/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:47 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309446/ Your account ' + welcome); } writeAuthHeader(100, true, 'http://www.mirror.co.uk/registration/index.cfm', null, false, 'http://www.mirror.co.uk/community/profile/', 2 ); //]]> http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309447/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:46 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309447/ Travel chaos loomed today as 12,000 British Airways cabin crew went on strike after three days of talks failed. About 500,000 passengers will be hit as more than 1,000 flights are axed. Among the fir... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309451/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:39 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309451/ George Osborne was accused of showing the true sinister nature of the Tories’ plans for the NHS yesterday – by urging a return to postcode lotteries for the best care. In an astonishing s... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309449/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:36 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309449/ There is no statistical connection between the abuse of minors and a celibate way of life, the leader of Catholics in England and Wales has insisted. "Nor is there as far as I know any proven psychol... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309453/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:35 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309453/ Talks collapsed on Friday and the British Airways strike to go ahead. In this photo, two British Airways jets are pictured at London's Heathrow airport. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33308921/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:15:17 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33308921/ Portadown leapfrogged Coleraine and into sixth place in the league with a win over the nine-man Bannsiders.Kevin Braniff struck a fine opener but Darren Boyce headed Coleraine level. Paddy McLaughlin ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309085/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:58 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309085/ ALEX Salmond has insisted the SNP's aim of winning 20 Westminster seats is still the right target, as his party gears up for its last big rally before the general election. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309478/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:17 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309478/ following an ambush. In doing so he also saved the woman and her children who were caught in the fire fight.His fearless actions led to his posthumous Mention in Despatches, one of the military's high... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309454/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:15 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309454/ THE Law Society of Scotland is acting as "judge, jury and executioner" for the Scottish legal profession by presiding over an "unfair and undemocratic" referendum on legal reform, a leading Scots lawy... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309013/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:14 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309013/ The ten-year-old had the nine-hour surgery on Monday at Great Ormond Street children's hospital in London.If successful, doctors believe the technique could lead to a revolution in regenerative medici... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309235/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:14 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309235/ Serjeant Jaime Moncho, of 2nd Battalion The Rifles, gave evidence at an inquest yesterday on the day it was announced he had been awarded a Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for his bravery.His 2 Rifles com... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309455/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:13 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309455/ GORDON Brown was urged to step in over Tony Blair's business interests yesterday following the latest disclosure of the former prime minister's links with a multinational oil giant. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309479/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:12 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309479/ CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron has unveiled plans for an energy regulator, which he said would ensure Britain's lights stay on and homes stay warm. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309102/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:11 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309102/ at the same rate, while single workers can choose two other people to accompany them.Some senior staff also receive a free trip anywhere in the world every year.The travel concessions are seen as non-... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309458/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:11 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309458/ CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron has unveiled plans for an energy regulator, which he said would ensure Britain's lights stay on and homes stay warm. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309456/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:09 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309456/ Members in East Lothian have decided Anne Moffat should not stand as their candidate in the forthcoming election.Ms Moffat has until Monday to lodge an appeal with Labour's National Executive Committe... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309480/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:08 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309480/ PEACE talks at the conciliation service Acas next week were arranged for the rail dispute, staving off an immediate threat of Britain-wide rail strikes. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309459/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:07 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309459/ Ministers have launched a consultation on regulations which aim to introduce a legal limit of 25 for primary one classes.The consultation – which the government is legally obliged to carry out – c... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309483/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:07 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309483/ The First Minister and Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones urged the BBC to include them alongside Tory, Lib Dem and Labour leaders and give them the opportunity to answer an agreed number of questions... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309482/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:06 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309482/ Members in East Lothian have decided Anne Moffat should not stand as their candidate in the forthcoming election.Ms Moffat has until Monday to lodge an appeal with Labour's National Executive Committe... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309464/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:05 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309464/ The announcement came as four Liberal Democrat MPs were ordered to pay back thousands of pounds in "windfall" payments which they received for giving up cheap rents on their taxpayer-funded second hom... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309481/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:05 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309481/ MORE than 1,000 mourners gathered to pay tribute yesterday to gunner killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. Senior Aircraftman Luke Southgate, 20, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, died on 24 February whil... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309463/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:03 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309463/ THE parents of a former soldier facing the death penalty in Iraq over the killing of two colleagues pleaded with the British government yesterday to save his life. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309461/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:02 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309461/ fore he collapsed.The Scottish government has stepped up calls for mephedrone to be outlawed following the deaths of two teenagers in England.Ms Kiltie said she had serious concerns about the safety o... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309462/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:02 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309462/ EXPERTS from the world nuclear watchdog are to inspect security arrangements at Sellafield for the first time as part of a worldwide drive to stop the spread of fissile materials, Gordon Brown announc... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309460/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:01 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309460/ FORMER Coronation Street star Bruce Jones vowed last night to beat the bottle and save his marriage, after Sandra, his wife of 26 years, was forced to give evidence against him in court. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309465/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:59 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309465/ The First Minister and Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones urged the BBC to include them alongside Tory, Lib Dem and Labour leaders and give them the opportunity to answer an agreed number of questions... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309466/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:58 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309466/ But the multiple sclerosis sufferer – who last year forced the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to clarify the law on assisted suicide – said she still planned to end her life when her condit... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309467/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:57 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309467/ A POTENTIAL new TV chat deal for Jonathan Ross at Channel 4 has been put on hold as the broadcaster prepares to welcome a new boss, it was revealed yesterday. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309468/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:56 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309468/ The announcement came as four Liberal Democrat MPs were ordered to pay back thousands of pounds in "windfall" payments which they received for giving up cheap rents on their taxpayer-funded second hom... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309472/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:54 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309472/ David Askew, 64, collapsed and died outside his home in Greater Manchester after his family reported a disturbance on 10 March. Officials will study how police handled the complaints of antisocial beh... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309471/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:52 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309471/ The staff were dismissed over the past year for not doing their jobs properly following the death of Khyra Ishaq, who died in May 2008. Her mother and stepfather were both jailed last week for her man... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309470/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:51 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309470/ The ghost orchid was officially declared extinct in Britain in 2005, with the last sighting recorded in Buckinghamshire in 1986. Now the wildflower – a pale plant with no leaves – has been found i... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309469/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:49 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309469/ Dr Sameer Sarkar had worked at the hospital which houses some of Britain's most dangerous inmates for six years when he was dismissed for gross misconduct in 2007. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309474/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:48 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309474/ Sales of the drink rose £47.6 million in the past year, taking the total to £1,011.1m, according to figures compiled for The Grocer magazine's 'Britain's 100 Biggest Brands' annual survey. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309473/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:47 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309473/ (Reuters) - The Labour party will make the creation of a People's Bank the centrepiece of its election pledges, the minister drafting the manifesto said in a newspaper interview. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309475/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:57:32 -0400 Reuters http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309475/ LONDON (Billboard) - When Laura Marling first emerged from the alt-folk scene, she was a painfully shy, if precociously talented, 17-year-old. But her second album finds her growing in confidence, as ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309476/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:57:31 -0400 Reuters http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309476/ LONDON (AP) - Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet th... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309436/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:27:23 -0400 Find Law http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33309436/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> There is no rational argument against France claiming their ninth grand slam in Paris t... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307070/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:02:52 -0400 Times Online http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307070/ BUENOS AIRES: Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said yesterday, that there has been progress in creating the conditions for Britain to discuss the ownership of the potentially oil-rich Falkland ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307116/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:56:41 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307116/ MANCHESTER: A five-year-old British boy whose 12-day kidnap ordeal in Pakistan sparked an international police operation that led to arrests in Europe arrived home yesterday. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307128/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:56:38 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307128/ Police are continuing to appeal for help in tracing the mother of an abandoned newborn baby who died. Officers have released photographs of the baby's clothing and towels the baby was wrapped in, in a... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307134/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:29:16 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307134/ (Reuters) - The whistle of arrows flying across the pitch will replace the sound of leather on willow at Lord's in 2012 when archers take over cricket's spiritual home to target Olympic gold. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307137/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:25:13 -0400 Reuters http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307137/ Bob Crowe, the RMT union's general secretary said the union remains committed to reaching a negotiated settlement. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA The UK faces its first national rail strike in 16 year... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306808/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:21:48 -0400 The Guardian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306808/ How true.The sooner there is a proper cap on the money spent on the pre-election program of 'lie-spinning' we are to be subjected to every 4 or 5 years, the better.Then it will be possible to contempl... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307136/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:21:46 -0400 The Guardian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307136/ S tate health officials have announced that New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton has voluntarily suspended admission of new patients after state officials cited the hospital for "serious concerns."... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306946/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:19:16 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306946/ Another parliamentarian is facing the possibility of prosecution after police handed a file relating to alleged expenses abuse to prosecutors. The announcement came as four Liberal Democrat MPs were ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304565/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:35:23 -0400 IC Wales http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304565/ The pope will address Ireland on Saturday in an unprecedented letter apologising for chronic Catholic child abuse. His message will be watched closely by angry Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304566/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:35:21 -0400 IC Wales http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304566/ 121 years in the making, nestled in the estuary of the Skeena River, the historic Cassiar Cannery, BC’s longest consecutively operated cannery, is pleased to announce its diversification into th... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304109/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:24:55 -0400 PR Web http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304109/ JUPITER, Fla. -- Albert Pujols hit his first home run of the spring, but right-hander Chris Carpenter was pounded for seven runs Friday in the St. Louis Cardinals' 7-6 loss to the Florida Marlins.Car... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304378/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:21:17 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304378/ France have rediscovered their swagger, helped by the abandonment of rotational selection. Their pack is not as physical and intimidating as some in recent memory but the tight five's mobility is supp... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304569/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:16:03 -0400 The Guardian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304569/ Mountain State's 7' 8" junior Paul Sturgess is the tallest college basketball player in the country. His team knocked off Bacone in the first round at the NAIA National Championship on Wednesday, Marc... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304568/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:01:07 -0400 Leader-Post http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304568/ A van driver was assaulted and his vehicle stolen in a hijacking incident in Belfast city centre on Friday.He had parked his vehicle in Adelaide Street and had stepped out at about 1000 GMT when he wa... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304559/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:58:44 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304559/ Filed at 4:29 p.m. ET JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Albert Pujols hit his first home run of the spring, but right-hander Chris Carpenter was pounded for seven runs Friday in the http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304563/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:56:29 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304563/ Admitting that she didn't like being a mum was so unthinkable for Claire Keys, it wasn't until she found herself staring at a railway track and fantasising about ending it all that she understood the ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33303904/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:50:18 -0400 The Guardian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33303904/ Lord Ashcroft's status as a non-dom has prompted a public outcry. Photograph: Chris Young/PA Intense pressure from Conservative officials has forced the http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304562/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:50:16 -0400 The Guardian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304562/ AFP, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA Saturday, Mar 20, 2010, Page 20 Wales and the US set the Australian round of the IRB Sevens series alight on the opening night yesterday with shock wins over Fiji and Engl... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304469/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:45:34 -0400 Taipei Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304469/ At a time when the world's media are struggling with cuts to staff and budgets, each organization faces an estimated cost of $40,000 to send a reporter on the campaign trail with the two main candidat... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304561/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:32:37 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304561/ Staff at the Dinnington library are used to people bringing books back late but the package they received last month was in a class of its own. It contained a paperback first edition copy of "Qua... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301271/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:51:51 -0400 World Bulletin http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301271/ A paedophile was able to rape a five-year-old girl he was babysitting because agencies failed to tell her mother he was a convicted sex offender. A serious case review revealed a number of agencies f... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301633/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:51:01 -0400 IC Wales http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301633/ LONDON — Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet t... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301394/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:43:51 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301394/ Another parliamentarian is facing the possibility of prosecution after police handed a file relating to alleged expenses abuse to prosecutors. The announcement came as four Liberal Democrat MPs were ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301626/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:17 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301626/ A paedophile was able to rape a five-year-old girl he was babysitting because agencies failed to tell her mother he was a convicted sex offender. A serious case review revealed a number of agencies f... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301631/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:13 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301631/ The parents of a former soldier facing the death penalty in Iraq over the killing of two colleagues pleaded with the British Government to help save his life. Danny Fitzsimons, 29, of Middleton, Grea... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301628/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:07 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301628/ LONDON -- Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet the c... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301434/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:37:36 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301434/ LONDON — Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet t... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301621/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:25:25 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301621/ By DAVID STRINGERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LONDON -- Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's gove... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301536/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:21:12 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301536/ Two brothers who called themselves 'The Blackburn Resistance' and filmed al-Qaeda style propaganda in a park have been convicted of terrorist offences. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301443/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:03 -0400 Sky News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301443/ The pound has fallen sharply against the dollar and the euro after a Bank of England policymaker said the UK could yet fall back into recession.The pound fell 2.5 cents, or 1.6%, against the dollar, t... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33300741/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:00 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33300741/