Roof repairs begin on 13th Century Rame Church
Work has begun to repair a Cornish church used by seafarers Nelson and Drake as a navigational aid. The appeal to...
View ArticleThe Scheme star jailed over drugs
A woman who features in BBC Scotland reality TV show The Scheme has been jailed for 17 months after breaking a court order to stay off drugs. Dayna McLaughlin, 19, appears in the controversial...
View ArticleGames ban after tirade at Newcastle owner Mike Ashley
A Tyneside man has been banned from football matches for three years after launching a tirade of abuse at Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley....
View ArticleIn pictures: Hurricane Earl batters the Caribbean
Hurricane Earl slammed Puerto Rico and the north-east Caribbean islands with heavy rain and sharp winds causing flooding and power outages in the region. The hurricane is now headed toward the eastern...
View ArticleIn pictures: Oval Office redecoration
One of the most famous parts of the White House, the president's Oval Office, has been redecorated for Barack Obama - with new and reupholstered furniture, new paint and wallpaper The...
View ArticleFamilies place flags for Chile miners at 'Camp Hope'
Engineers in Chile have begun drilling a shaft to rescue 33...
View ArticleCarrefour returns to profit
French retailer Carrefour has announced it made a 67m-euro ($85m; £55m) net profit in the first half of the year. The result compares with a net loss of 48m euros in the same period last year....
View ArticleElectricity bills: EDF raises Autumn prices
Utility EDF Energy has raised electricity prices for some customers by 2.6%, blaming...
View ArticleGerman Catholic Church rewrites sex abuse guidelines
The Catholic Church in Germany has issued tougher guidelines on the handling of reports of sex abuse. The revised rules...
View ArticleVictory for Elan Valley Dambusters tribute campaigner
A replica bomb is to be placed at a Powys beauty spot where it was tested during World War II after a campaign. Douglas Jones, 86, said he was...
View ArticleKenya defends tribal census figures
The head of Kenya's census has defended the release of national census figures that include tribal affiliations. The decision has been criticised by some as stoking...
View ArticleFour Israelis shot dead near Kyriat Arba in West Bank
A Palestinian gunman has killed four Israelis in the West Bank,...
View ArticlePolice hunt OAP car park attacker in Bridgend
CCTV images have been released of a man police want to speak to after an 83-year-old woman was attacked and robbed. She had returned to her car in The Rhiw car park in Bridgend when she was pushed...
View ArticleMan saved from Bedfordshire flat fire dies in hospital
A 54-year-old man has died in a specialist burns unit in Essex after being rescued from a fire in a block of flats in Bedfordshire....
View ArticleArgentina police arrest 'Lord of Death killer'
An Argentine man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering at least six people after making a pact with a spiritual figure known as San La Muerte (Lord of Death), police say. Marcelo Antelo was...
View ArticleAlert over suspect package at RAF Cosford
A suspect passage has been found at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, prompting a security alert. A 200m cordon has been set...
View ArticleDeath row inmate commits suicide after sentence lifted
A 70-year-old death row inmate at California's San Quentin State Prison has killed himself a week after his death sentence was lifted. A prison spokesman said a guard...
View ArticleObama hails end to US combat operations in Iraq
President Obama has hailed the end of US combat operations in Iraq, saying the US has paid a "a huge price" to "put Iraq's future in its peoples'...
View ArticleSEC drops fraud charges against Moody's
The US financial regulator has dropped possible fraud charges against rating agency Moody's over a computer glitch. The Securities and...
View ArticleAirline compensation claims scuppered
A council employee from Gloucester has become one of the first victims of the recent High Court decision to stay all further claims against airlines who fail to pay flight delay compensation. The...
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