Jan
2009
Articles from 27th Jan 2009
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£2bn car industry package unveiled
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
The Government has unveiled a long awaited package of support for the car industry worth £2 billion amid warnings of a "catastrophe" for the sector with the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. Read
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Order to reveal Iraq Cabinet papers
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
The Government has been ordered to release the minutes of crucial 2003 Cabinet meetings where the invasion of Iraq was discussed. Read
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Government faces alcohol duty calls
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
The Government is facing calls to relieve the ailing beer industry of spiralling alcohol duties, after sales fell by 8.3% in the final quarter of 2008. Read
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Car industry given support package
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
A package of support for the UK's struggling car industry has been unveiled by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson. Read
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Footage shows attack on policeman
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Police have released sickening new video footage of an officer being kicked and stamped on by football hooligans. Read
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OAPs using Wii to keep fit
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Pensioners are using Wii computer game consoles to keep fit and healthy, it emerged. Read
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Police reveal CCTV images from riot
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Police hunting football hooligans who attacked officers amid hours of rioting after last year's Uefa Cup final are to release images of 49 wanted men. Read
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New delay for medical records scheme
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Further delays can be expected to the Government's multibillion-pound scheme to computerise medical records, a group of MPs has said. Read
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Plea for help in 1979 murder case
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Detectives have appealed for fresh information about the unsolved murder of a pregnant mother-of-two 30 years ago. Read
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Flood risk guidelines published
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
An insurance trade body has published guidance for developers to help ensure new homes are as flood proof as possible. Read
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Johnson and Blair row revealed
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
The scale of a behind-the-scenes row between London mayor Boris Johnson and the police chief he later forced out has been revealed after an exchange of letters between them was published. Read
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Crisis sees Tories extend poll lead
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Fewer than one in three voters thinks the Government's anti-recession measures will work, according to a new opinion poll which showed the Tories pulling further ahead. Read
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Sir Paul 'to be named Met chief'
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Sir Paul Stephenson will be the next Metropolitan Police commissioner, it has been reported. Read
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US woman gives birth to octuplets
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
A woman in the US has given birth to eight babies, only the second time in history octuplets have survived more than a few hours. Read
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Gaza donations double after appeal
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Donations to the emergency fund for Gaza have doubled after three TV channels broadcast an appeal that the BBC and Sky News have refused to show. Read
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Toxic blowfish testicles put diners in hospital
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
A bumbling Japanese chef put seven customers in hospital by serving them toxic blowfish testicles. Read
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Murder probe appeal over car
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Detectives investigating the shooting of sub-postmaster's son Craig Hodson-Walker have issued an appeal to trace a car said to be of significance to the inquiry. Read
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US octuplets 'doing very well'
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
All eight babies born in what is believed to be only the second case of octuplets surviving more than a few hours are stable and doing well, doctors said. Read
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David Blunkett to remarry
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett is to remarry. Read
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Kick out 'sleazy' peers, says Clegg
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Peers who commit serious misdemeanours should be kicked out of Parliament, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has declared. Read
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Police dog plunges 40ft into stream
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
A police animal handler has described the horror he felt when his dog plunged more than 40ft into a stream. Read
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Bonuses scrapped for BBC bosses
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Hundreds of senior BBC managers are to have their bonuses scrapped and their pay frozen this year in moves to save millions of pounds, the corporation has announced. Read
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Sheridan to face perjury trial
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Former MSP Tommy Sheridan is to face trial on perjury charges in connection with his newspaper defamation case, it has been confirmed. Read
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Blaze after freight train derails
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Firefighters are tackling an "intensive" blaze after a freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire. Read
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Car industry to get support package
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
A package of support for the UK's struggling car industry will be unveiled by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, Downing Street announced. Read
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New powers target absent parents
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
A new crackdown on absent parents who refuse to pay child maintenance will go before Parliament. Read
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Obama's first interview to Arab TV
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Barack Obama gave his first formal television interview as US President to an Arabic cable TV network, telling Al-Arabiya that when it comes to Middle East matters "all too often the United States starts by dictating". Read
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Octuplet 'surprise' for US mother
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
A woman in California has given birth to eight babies, only the second time in history octuplets have survived more than a few hours. Read
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Hackers steal data from job company
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Hackers have stolen the personal details of millions of job seekers in one of the biggest cases of data theft in Britain, it has emerged. Read
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'Screaming, kicking' octuplets born
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
A woman has given birth to eight babies in southern California, the world's second live-born set of octuplets. Read
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Concern at prison's deterioration
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Conditions at a women's prison where two inmates died in custody have deteriorated "significantly", a report has found. Read
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MPs slam BBC and Sky over Gaza snub
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
More than 100 MPs have signed an early day motion criticising the BBC and Sky News for refusing to show an emergency appeal for Gaza. Read
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Lobbyists scrutinised in peer probe
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
The influence of lobbyists in the House of Lords will come under increasing scrutiny later as official inquiries continue into the cash-for-influence row engulfing four Labour peers. Read
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Krays' memorabilia fetches £100,000
Jan 27 2009 | UK News
Personal possessions of gangland criminals the Kray twins have fetched more than £100,000 at auction. Read
