Jan
2011
Articles from 30th Jan 2011
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Tax protesters stage Boots sit-in
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Protesters have marked Sunday's day of action against tax avoidance by staging sit-ins at UK stores accused of denying the country much-needed cash. Read
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'Only one in four' backs GP reforms
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Only one in four people support GPs using private companies to provide NHS services, one of the key planks of the Government's health reforms, according to a new poll. Read
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Galloway 'offered phone hack cash'
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Former MP George Galloway has said he had been offered "substantial sums of money" by the News of the World after his phone was allegedly hacked. Read
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Osborne vow on 'financial turmoil'
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Britain would be in "financial turmoil" if the Coalition abandoned its deficit reduction plan, and has no alternative but to follow it through, George Osborne has warned. Read
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Inmates flee jails amid Egypt chaos
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Thousands of inmates have escaped from prisons across Egypt, including one that housed Muslim militants north-west of Cairo, security officials said. Read
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'Lucky' climber recovers from fall
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
A climber who plunged 1,000ft down a mountain and was found standing up reading a map by rescuers has told how he cheated death. Read
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Jets swoop over Egypt protesters
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Fighter jets swooped low over Cairo in what appeared to be an attempt by the military to show its control of a city beset by looting, armed robbery and anti-government protests. Read
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Conscientious objectors revealed
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Nine British servicemen and women have applied to be discharged from the military as conscientious objectors since the start of the war in Afghanistan, according to official figures. Read
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'Public doubts' over health reforms
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Less than a third of the public support radical health reforms which will allow private companies to provide NHS services, according to a new opinion poll. Read
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Health reforms 'will involve risk'
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said there is "risk" involved with his radical NHS reforms, but change was necessary to improve standards for patients. Read
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Egypt 'at risk from extremists'
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Egypt risks falling into the hands of extremists if President Hosni Mubarak does not push ahead with a democratic "transformation", Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned. Read
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Murray suffers grand slam heartache
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Andy Murray's grand slam final misery continues after the British number one was comprehensively beaten by Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. Read
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BP 'dispute' with Russian partners
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Embattled oil giant BP is fighting to resolve a dispute with its Russian partners as it is expected to announce its first annual loss in nearly two decades, it has been reported. Read
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Banks must 'reassure society': FSA
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Society needs assurances from British banks that a financial collapse will never happen again, the chairman of the City regulator has warned. Read
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Government urged over women bishops
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
The Government should intervene to prevent the Church of England from rejecting plans to allow women to be bishops on a "technicality", senior MPs have said. Read
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Inmates warn over open prison rules
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Unsuitable offenders are being sent to open prisons, leading to disturbances including a recent jail riot, other inmates have warned. Read
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Blue Eurovision bid 'is insanity'
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
The decision of boyband Blue to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest has been described by their former manager as"reckless insanity". Read
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Day of action against tax avoiders
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Anti-cuts activists are to stage a day of action against leading stores, including Top Shop, Vodafone and Boots, as part of a campaign to highlight "tax avoiders". Read
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Conscientious objector numbers
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Nine British servicemen and women have applied to be discharged from the military as conscientious objectors since the start of the war in Afghanistan, according to official figures. Read
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Britain behind Murray's Open bid
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Britain's tennis fans will be cheering Andy Murray on today as he steps on court for the match which could net him his first grand slam title. Read
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Protesters rally over forests plans
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
A rally is to be held to protest over Government plans to transfer public forests in the Lake District and other parts of England to the private sector. Read
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Cameron concerned amid Egypt chaos
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Thousands of protesters have ignored a curfew in Egypt's chaos-stricken capital as widespread demonstrations demanding reforms and an end to President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule continued. Read
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10 killed in head-on train crash
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
A head-on train crash in eastern Germany killed 10 people and injured at least 33 others, eight of them severely, local firefighters said. Read
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20 arrested over spending cuts demo
Jan 30 2011 | UK News
Twenty arrests were made by police as a splinter group left an organised rally against public spending cuts and marched to a city centre. Read
