Fontwell Park racecourse opens £6.5m grandstand
A new £6.5m grandstand has been opened at Fontwell Park racecourse in West Sussex. The structure, which has taken just over a year to build, offers panoramic views of the course and improved...
View ArticleThousands oppose plans for new Hunterston coal plant
More than 14,000 people have objected to plans for a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston in Ayrshire, it has been claimed. Ayrshire Power wants to build a plant...
View ArticleWinston Churchill's Battle of Britain 'Few' remembered
The 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain is being commemorated by a reading of one of...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: We will stand with Pakistan
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised that America will...
View ArticleSri Lanka's Sarath Fonseka 'expects jail sentence'
Former Sri Lankan armed forces chief Sarath Fonseka says he expects he will soon be given a jail sentence. A military court last week sentenced him to be stripped of his rank as a general and...
View ArticleAustralian election: Key issues
Australia's 14 million voters go to the polls on 21 August to decide whether Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor or Tony Abbott's opposition coalition will hold office for the next three years. Here,...
View ArticleFears over Latvia brain drain as economy struggles
Every four years, more than 12,000 students and children gather on a giant stage in Riga to sing national folk songs. Wearing brightly-coloured folk costumes,...
View ArticleBolivia declares emergency over forest fires
A state of emergency has been declared in Bolivia as forest fires spread across the country. Almost 25,000 fires have destroyed about 1.5m hectares (3.7m acres) of land and more than 60 houses. The...
View ArticleLocal councils reveal quirky call centre queries
A query about registering the death of a person who was still alive was just one of the quirky calls received by council call...
View ArticleEx-baseball star Roger Clemens accused of steroids lie
Ex-US baseball star Roger Clemens has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly lying to Congress about using...
View ArticleChurch minister Robert Dando faces US child sex charges
A British Baptist minister has been charged with child abuse in the US. Robert Dando, 46, from south-west London, has been charged with attacking two boys in Fairfax County, Virginia. Fairfax County...
View ArticleNo such thing as free lunch in Cuba
For decades, workers in Cuba have been eating a free...
View ArticleUniversity place scramble continues
A record numbers of students are continuing to chase a dwindling number of unfilled university places through the clearing system. More than 186,000...
View ArticleA-level results 2010: A* grade boosts new exams record
One in 12 A-level exams (8%) has been awarded the new A* grade as pupils scored another record-breaking year of results....
View ArticleSmuggler jailed for £70k peregrine falcon egg theft
Continue reading the main story Lendrum was arrested at Birmingham International Airport while waiting for a flight Egg smuggler was 'wildlife criminal' A man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison...
View ArticleRampaging bull injures 40 in Spanish arena
A bull has injured 40 people after jumping out of the arena at a Spanish bullring and marauding through the crowd. TV...
View ArticleA-level pass gap widens between Wales and rest of UK
The gap between A-level performance in Wales and the rest of the UK has widened for the second...
View ArticleDon't celebrate Lockerbie bomber's release, Libya urged
The UK government has urged Libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Scottish ministers released Abdelbasset Ali...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland A-level stars shine brightest
A-level students from Northern Ireland have outperformed their counterparts in England and Wales. For the first time, A*s were awarded to...
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