Bank of England governor gives grim prediction for year aheadYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT in the UK stands at a record high, it emerged yesterday, as the governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King…Thu Feb 17 2011 - 00:00
Sex offenders face long wait to seek to be deregisteredTHOUSANDS OF paedophiles and rapists in England and Wales will be forced to wait for 15 years after their release from jail before…Thu Feb 17 2011 - 00:00
Cuts make councils pull the chain on a great British convenienceLONDON LETTER: IT WAS not supposed to be like thisThu Feb 17 2011 - 00:00
Plans for voting reform on knife edgePLANS TO hold a May referendum on voting reform, which must get parliamentary approval this week, hang on a knife edge because…Wed Feb 16 2011 - 00:00
Cameron relaunches Big Society proposalBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron has attempted once more to launch his plans for a “Big Society”, despite fears, even among…Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
UK court rejects bid to allow abortions at homeTHE HIGH Court in London has ruled that women in England, Wales and Scotland must continue to travel to abortion clinics to take…Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
Desperate remedies for pharmaceutical industryWith colossal research costs and budget pressures on health services, the pharmaceutical industry is facing major challenges, …Mon Feb 14 2011 - 00:00
Vast Mubarak wealth secreted awayASSETS: FORMER PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak diverted billions into secret bank accounts and properties, claimed to be in London, …Mon Feb 14 2011 - 00:00
Irish Club to sell London buildingTHE HEADQUARTERS of the Irish Club in London, which dates back to 1950 when it was first housed with the help of King George …Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
Commons against giving prisoners right to voteBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron has been put under pressure by House of Commons MPs to refuse to implement a European Court…Fri Feb 11 2011 - 00:00
Ex-MP found guilty of faking expensesFORMER LABOUR Scottish MP Jim Devine has been found guilty of making false House of Commons expenses claims, partly on the evidence…Fri Feb 11 2011 - 00:00
Chancellor's truce with bankersBRITISH CHANCELLOR of the exchequer George Osborne yesterday declared a truce with bankersThu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
Canary Wharf victims' families talk of their suffering 15 years onLONDON LETTER: The past casts a long shadow for those devastated by terrorism in the British capitalThu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
PSNI powers to search face an overhaulPOWERS HELD by the Police Service of Northern to search people at random until they were ruled illegal by the European Court …Thu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
Faltering UK recovery would spell trouble for Irish exportersANALYSIS: Fears in Britain of a double-dip recession may have faded, but recent data is not all that reassuringThu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
Battersea plan gets final approvalA €7 BILLION plan by Treasury Holdings to redevelop one of London’s most iconic sites, Battersea Power Station, which closed …Thu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
Assange's expert witness critical of Swedish prosecutor's behaviourRETIRED PROSECUTOR Sven-Erik Alhem left his home in Sweden before dawn yesterday to travel to Belmarsh prison in east London …Wed Feb 09 2011 - 00:00
Labour helped free Lockerbie bomber, says reportFORMER BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown’s Labour government did all it could to help Libya win the release of convicted Lockerbie…Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
Assange faces secret trial if extradited, says counselA SMALL group of supporters gathered early yesterday outside the gates of Belmarsh high-security prison in East London as WikiLeaks…Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
Scottish council plans four-day week for schoolsA SCOTTISH local authority struggling to find tens of millions of savings is considering closing schools on Mondays and introducing…Mon Feb 07 2011 - 00:00
Developer with £140m loans put in receivershipADMINISTRATORS have been appointed by Anglo Irish Bank, with the approval of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama), to …Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
Clegg warns UK faces 'long hard road to prosperity'BRITAIN FACES “a long hard road back to prosperity”, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg warned yesterday, amid growing concern …Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
'Visionary' who built heavenwards over-reachedANALYSIS : Liverpudlian left sect on mission to leave his mark on the worldSat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
Queen's three-day Dublin visit expected to take place in MayQUEEN ELIZABETH II’s visit to Ireland, the first to Dublin by a reigning British monarch for more than 100 years, is expected…Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
Questions raised over use of foreign aid money to fund Pope's visitMONEY FROM the UK’s department for international development was siphoned off to pay part of the £10 million (€11Fri Feb 04 2011 - 00:00
Ambulances to be replaced as patients grow heavierHUNDREDS OF British ambulances are to be replaced by new vehicles fitted with heavy-duty wheelchairs, super-sized trolleys and…Fri Feb 04 2011 - 00:00
European court move may cut cost of Sky Sports for publicansIRISH PUBLICANS paying Sky Sports charges could be in line for lower bills if a preliminary ruling by the European Court of Justice…Fri Feb 04 2011 - 00:00
Peer-to-peer lenders shake up market for borrowers in UKA new form of direct lending is gaining ground in Britain, giving better rates for saversFri Feb 04 2011 - 00:00
Robinson in 'useful' corporation tax cut talksTHE BRITISH treasury is showing more support for plans to cut Northern Ireland’s corporation tax rates than it has done before…Thu Feb 03 2011 - 00:00
Child obesity a ballooning problem as one-quarter start school overweightLONDON LETTER: Fast-food outlets and incorrect notions of ideal body size pose big threats to child healthThu Feb 03 2011 - 00:00
Straw says cabinet was aware of war plansMINISTERS SERVING former UK prime minister Tony Blair would have had to have been “deaf, dumb and blind” not to understand that…Thu Feb 03 2011 - 00:00
6,700 apply to British universitiesTHE NUMBER of Irish students who have applied for places in British universities from next October has reached 6,700, but competition…Wed Feb 02 2011 - 00:00
Home Office website maps street-by-street crime rateA WORLD-FIRST website mapping crime in Britain, street by street, had a difficult first day, crashing repeatedly in face of 18…Wed Feb 02 2011 - 00:00
Deal eases path of UK voting reform referendumFEARS THAT a referendum in Britain on electoral reform could be delayed have eased following a deal between Labour and the Conservatives…Tue Feb 01 2011 - 00:00
UK business opposes terms of new Bribery ActTHE INTRODUCTION of legislation to stop British companies bribing foreign government officials to win lucrative contracts has…Tue Feb 01 2011 - 00:00
Forensics reveal secrets of Swift's bawdy love lettersGULLIVER’S TRAVELS author Jonathan Swift used a form of baby language mixed with often bawdy endearments in letters from London…Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
British unions warn of 'last resort' strikes against cutsTHE BRITISH Trades Union Congress has warned of strikes as “a last resort” to oppose billions in spending cuts, but top leaders…Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Police launch new investigation into phone-tappingTHE PHONE-TAPPING scandal at the News of the W orld escalated yesterday after the Metropolitan Police, which has been sharply…Fri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
SF leader has not refused crown postSINN FÉIN leader Gerry Adams has the option of refusing to accept the centuries-old British post of crown steward and bailiff…Fri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
Outrage over planned sell-off of Britain's state-owned forestsHUNDREDS OF thousands of acres of state-owned British forests are to be sold off by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition…Fri Jan 28 2011 - 00:00
Irish cultural centre to be sold by Tory-controlled councilTHE BUILDING that has been home to the Irish Cultural Centre in London since the mid-1990s will be sold off, the Conservative…Thu Jan 27 2011 - 00:00
Campaign to urge Irish and descendants in Britain to register ethnicity in censusMILLIONS OF Irish people and those with Irish grandparents and great-grandparents are to be encouraged to register their Irish…Thu Jan 27 2011 - 00:00
West Belfast byelection will not be called, says speakerNO BYELECTION will be called for the West Belfast House of Commons seat held by Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, because he has …Wed Jan 26 2011 - 00:00
Minister gives Murdoch more time on BSkyBBRITISH SECRETARY of state for culture Jeremy Hunt has given Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation extra time to make concessions…Wed Jan 26 2011 - 00:00
Osbourne rules out change of course despite 'double-dip' fearsTHE BRITISH Government’s economic strategy was thrown into major difficulties yesterday after it emerged the UK’s economy’s shrank…Wed Jan 26 2011 - 00:00
Clegg says he favours overhaul of banking systemBRITISH DEPUTY prime minister Nick Clegg says he favours a break-up of Britain’s biggest banks to stop casino behaviour that …Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:00
Brown called police over fears of phone tapSCOTLAND YARD has yet to answer questions from former British prime minister Gordon Brown about whether his mobile phone was …Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:00
Anger at proposal to sell off all public forestsSeveral luminaries, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, have joined the campaign to stop the sell-off of Britain’s state-…Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:00
Blair tells inquiry of 'deep regret' for loss of life in IraqHUNDREDS OF thousands protested on London’s streets over the Iraq invasionSat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
Former 'News of the World' editor quits Tory roleSCORES OF well-known people are now expected to take civil actions against the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World over phone…Sat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
