Dec
2009
Articles from 10th Dec 2009
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'I'm no tramp' - Woods-link woman
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
A US socialite at the centre of the Tiger Woods affair allegations has spoken out to deny she was a "home-wrecker" or "tramp". Read
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MPs' expense claims placed online
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
MPs are braced for further embarrassment over their expenses with the publication of their claims during the last financial year. Read
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Pakistan holds US terror probe men
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Five young Americans captured in Pakistan were being questioned for possible links to terror groups after their families found a disturbing farewell video saying Muslims must be defended. Read
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Caution expected as bank rate set
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Bank of England rate-setters are expected to end the year in cautious mood at their monetary policy meeting. Read
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Sentencing for foiled terror plot
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Three men are due to be sentenced after being convicted of charges connected to the foiled terrorist plot to blow up airliners. Read
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Economists pore over Darling plans
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
The small print of the Pre-Budget Report will come under scrutiny as economists try to work out the full implications of Alistair Darling's strategy to bring down the country's £178 billion annual deficit. Read
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Obama defends war at Nobel ceremony
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
President Barack Obama defended the concept of a just war as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway. Read
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McCanns set to attend libel trial
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Madeleine McCann's parents are due to fly to Portugal for the start of a libel trial against former Portuguese policeman Goncalo Amaral. Read
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Tax debt recovery 'undermined'
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
A cash-saving decision to put off buying a new computer system for HM Revenue and Customs is undermining the taxman's ability to recover debts from late payers, an influential committee of MPs has said. Read
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Injury risk warning from TV topple
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Booming sales of flat-screen televisions could cause a rise in accidents at home this Christmas, safety campaigners have warned. Read
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Doctors urge end to child detention
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Senior doctors have called for an immediate end to the "profoundly harmful" detention of children in immigration removal centres. Read
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Madeleine book launch 'regrettable'
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
The decision of a Portuguese policeman to launch his second book on the day a libel trial is to start concerning his first book on Madeleine McCann has been described as "regrettable" by her parents' spokesman. Read
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Obama: I'm not best Nobel choice
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Nobel Peach Prize winner Barack Obama has admitted others may be more deserving of the honour. Read
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Life term for airline bomb plotter
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
A Muslim man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years after being convicted of conspiracy to murder by plotting with Abdulla Ahmed Ali, the convicted ringleader of the foiled plan to blow up passenger jets. Read
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Obama justifies war at ceremony
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
President Barack Obama evoked the cause of a just war, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30,000 more US troops to war in Afghanistan but promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be." Read
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Bid to stop McKinnon extradition
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Lawyers acting for computer hacker Gary McKinnon have lodged papers for a fresh High Court challenge to stop him being sent for trial in the US. Read
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More expenses embarrassment for MPs
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
MPs were enduring yet more expenses embarrassment after it emerged Gordon Brown had repaid another £500 and a minister submitted a £20,000 bill for repairing a bell tower. Read
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Scientists defend climate research
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
More than 1,700 scientists have signed a statement to defend global warming research. Read
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Darling defends spending cuts delay
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Alistair Darling has defended his decision to delay billions of pounds in public spending cuts until after the general election. Read
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US bank 'won't pay cash bonuses'
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has announced that senior executives will not receive cash bonuses for this year. Read
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Think-tank warning over Darling PBR
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Chancellor Alistair Darling will have to find an extra £76 billion, or £2,400 per family, to restore the public finances over two Parliaments of pain, experts warned. Read
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McCartney: Mills marriage a mistake
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Sir Paul McCartney has admitted that his acrimonious marriage to Heather Mills was one of the biggest mistakes of his life. Read
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De Menezes memorial at Tube station
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
A memorial to Jean Charles de Menezes will be erected permanently at the London Underground station where he was shot dead by police. Read
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PM repays summer house paint cash
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Gordon Brown has paid back £500 he claimed in expenses for the painting of a second home summer house after deciding it could be "questionable". Read
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Benefits rises 'not electioneering'
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
The Prime Minister has denied electioneering over the Pre-Budget Report, saying that benefits and pensions would continue to rise. Read
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Swine flu 'less lethal' than feared
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
The swine flu pandemic is "considerably less lethal" than feared, with a death rate lower than 0.1%, research by England's chief medical officer shows. Read
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Britain to get its own space agency
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Britain is to get its own dedicated space agency, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson has announced. Read
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Darling warned over spending cuts
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Chancellor Alistair Darling was warned he must find £36 billion in new spending cuts if the Government is to meet its commitment to halve the budget deficit over the next four years. Read
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Brown and Sarkozy united after rift
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French president Nicolas Sarkozy will present a united public front after weeks of Anglo-French feuding over top jobs in Europe. Read
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'10 years remain to cut carbon'
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Carbon emissions must start to fall within 10 years to limit the global temperature rise to the crucial 2C mark, experts at the Met Office warned. Read
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Royal Mail modernisation pays off
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
The Royal Mail has increased its operating profit to £184 million in the first half of the current financial year despite a drop in revenues and fewer letters being posted. Read
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Problems with 'intercept evidence'
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
A review has identified major problems with the potential use of intercept material as evidence in courts in England and Wales. Read
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Bank interest rate stays unchanged
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
Rate-setters have held back from further help to the economy after monetary policy was left unchanged. Read
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Boy admits pouring bleach on woman
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
A teenager has admitted pouring bleach over a woman who had asked him to be quiet in a cinema. Read
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Pandemic 'less lethal' than feared
Dec 10 2009 | UK News
The swine flu pandemic is "considerably less lethal" than feared, with a death rate lower than 0.1%, research by England's chief medical officer shows. Read
