Oct
2009
Articles from 17th Oct 2009
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Jail chiefs to probe prisoner moves
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Prison chiefs are to investigate claims that inmates were moved between two jails ahead of inspections by the Chief Inspector of Prisons. Read
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Watchdog to set out mortgage reform
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Gordon Brown pledged to end "reckless" banking practices as the City watchdog prepared to set out its planned reforms for the mortgage market in the wake of the credit crunch. Read
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Two children die after house fire
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A teenage girl has died after a house fire that also killed her eight-year-old brother, firefighters said. Read
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Voters 'back BBC' on BNP invitation
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Most voters think the BBC was right to invite the far-right British National Party leader Nick Griffin to appear on its Question Time programme, a poll shows. Read
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Labour eats into Tory poll lead
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Labour has eaten into the Conservative poll lead, a poll showed in fresh evidence that the governing party enjoyed a better public response to its party conference. Read
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Eight-year-old boy dies in fire
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A boy has died and his teenage sister is critically ill after a house fire, firefighters have said. Read
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12-year-old dies playing football
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A 12-year-old boy has collapsed and died while playing football at school, police said. Read
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Sex worker found dead after blaze
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A woman whose body was found following a fire in a flat was a sex worker with a post-graduate degree who was strangled to death, police have said. Read
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Mass disorder at power station demo
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Officers were facing "concerted disorder" as hundreds of climate change protesters converged at one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations, police said. Read
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Emotional tribute at Gately funeral
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Stephen Gately's distraught bandmates broke down as they paid tribute to the singer, describing him as a giant of a man and now the perfect angel. Read
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Chip fat powered bus reaches Asia
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
An adventurer and environmental campaigner who is trying to travel around the world in a bus powered only by chip fat has reached Asia. Read
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Hunt for mother of wheelie bin baby
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A police investigation to trace a woman who gave birth to a baby boy without medical help before dumping his body in a wheelie bin is continuing. Read
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Taxman probes MPs' expenses claims
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
The tax affairs of 27 MPs are being investigated following inspections of their taxpayer-funded expenses payouts, it has emerged. Read
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Policeman hurt at climate protest
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A police officer was airlifted from the scene of a climate change protest with head injuries as hundreds of demonstrators converged at one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations, police said. Read
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Gag lifted on 'toxic waste' report
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A newspaper has hailed a "climbdown" after lawyers for oil traders Trafigura abandoned attempts to keep secret a scientific report. Read
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Ten held ahead of climate protest
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Ten people have been arrested near the site of one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations - hours before hundreds of climate change protesters were expected to converge at the plant. Read
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CWU boss warns of more post strikes
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
The postal workers' union boss has raised the prospect of further industrial action if the bitter Royal Mail dispute is not resolved after next week's strikes. Read
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Paper welcomes 'climbdown' over gag
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A newspaper has hailed a "climbdown" after lawyers for oil traders Trafigura abandoned attempts to keep secret a scientific report. Read
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27 MPs to face probe by tax office
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
The tax affairs of 27 MPs are being investigated following inspections of their taxpayer-funded expenses payouts, it has emerged. Read
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Video of strangled children found
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A video of two children saying "goodbye mummy" days before they were strangled has been found by police, it was revealed. Read
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Speaker urges MPs to repay expenses
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
MPs came under renewed pressure to accept demands for the repayment of taxpayer-funded expenses as Commons Speaker John Bercow warned they had to show voters they had "got the message". Read
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SNP man's hung Parliament demands
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
First Minister Alex Salmond is expected set out an early shopping list for his demands at Westminster in the event of a hung Parliament. Read
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Sex worker underwent gender surgery
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A female sex worker whose strangled body was found following a fire in a flat had undergone gender surgery to become a woman while studying for a master's degree, police have said. Read
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Police injured at climate protest
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A police officer was airlifted from the scene of a climate change protest with head injuries as hundreds of demonstrators converged at one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations, police said. Read
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Father charged with child murders
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
A 37-year-old father has been charged with the murders of his two children found strangled in his flat. Read
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Pakistan launches ground offensive
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
More than 30,000 Pakistani soldiers have launched a much-awaited ground offensive in an al Qaida and Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border. Read
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Home-town farewell to Boyzone star
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
About 1,000 mourners have lined the streets where Stephen Gately was raised in an unforgettable send-off to the late Boyzone star. Read
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Dilemma as balloon hoax fears grow
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Police are to re-interview a Colorado couple as speculation mounted that the balloon drama that sparked a frenzied search for their six-year-old son was a huge publicity stunt. Read
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Billionaire held in Wall St probe
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
One of America's wealthiest men has been arrested on the day he was due to fly to London over a £15.6 million insider trading case. Read
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Climate demo targets power station
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Hundreds of climate change protesters are expected to converge on one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations for a demonstration. Read
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Salmond's hung Parliament demands
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
First Minister Alex Salmond is expected set out an early shopping list for his demands at Westminster in the event of a hung Parliament. Read
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Firm's clothes are 'a perfect fit'
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Body scanning technology is to be used to help women buy "perfectly fitting" clothes on the high street. Read
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Gately to get home-town farewell
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
Stephen Gately is to be given an unforgettable send off, with celebrities and thousands of fans uniting in grief at his funeral. Read
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Government denies spying on Muslims
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
The Home Office has denied claims it has been using a £140 million-a-year anti-extremism project to "spy" on innocent young Muslims. Read
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US anger over 'torture file' ruling
Oct 17 2009 | UK News
The future of intelligence sharing between Britain and the US is under threat after judges ruled secret evidence relating to the treatment of a former Guantanamo detainee should be released. Read
