Swab left in Nottingham woman after surgery
A Nottingham woman is claiming for compensation after a swab, the size of a tea towel, was left inside her following an operation. Susan Misiewicz, from Cotgrave, had a hysterectomy on the NHS, at the...
View ArticlePolice appeal after taxi cab shot in East Yorkshire
Police in East Yorkshire are appealing for information after a taxi driver was shot at while he drove his cab....
View ArticleArunma Oteh says 'finance will vary Nigeria's economy'
Nigeria's chief financial regulator, Arunma Oteh says the country's capital markets will be key to...
View ArticleDog control order at Chichester Harbour considered
A local council is considering introducing a dog control order to protect...
View ArticleAberdare £100k cannabis factory find
A "sophisticated" cannabis factory has been found at a house near an infants school in south Wales, say police. Four men and a woman aged in their 40s were...
View ArticleUnion anger over public service cuts
Union delegates have backed joint industrial action if...
View ArticleEd Miliband urges 'responsible' opposition to cuts
Opposition to proposed spending cuts must be "responsible", Labour leadership candidate Ed Miliband said. At a leadership hustings at the TUC Congress Mr Miliband said he did not support calls by some...
View ArticleRoman suit of armour discovered at Caerleon dig
Archaeologists excavating at Caerleon in Newport...
View ArticleVerdict still out on Church's abuse stance
The Roman Catholic Church in Belgium has acknowledged that its clergy took part in the...
View ArticleClustfeinio: adolygiad barnwrol?
Mae aelod seneddol Y Rhondda yn un o dri ffigwr cyhoeddus i ddechrau camau tuag at adolygiad barnwrol o waith Heddlu Llundain yn yr achos clustfeinio anghyfreithlon. Dywed y tri - sy'n cynnwys cyn...
View ArticleCuba to cut one million public sector jobs
Cuba has announced radical plans to lay off huge numbers of state employees, to help revive the communist country's struggling economy. The Cuban labour federation said more than a million workers...
View ArticleBlair to get 'Liberty Medal' for N Ireland effort
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to be awarded one of the US's highest private honours for his...
View ArticleProfile: Ichiro Ozawa
Ichiro Ozawa is a highly influential lawmaker known within the ruling Democratic Party of Japan as the "shadow shogun". He led the party until May 2009 and is credited with positioning it for victory...
View ArticleFire crews tackle building blaze in Sheffield
More than 25 firefighters have been tackling a large fire at a derelict house in Sheffield. South...
View ArticleJapan PM Kan to face Ozawa leadership vote
Japan's ruling party is due to vote in a leadership election that could give the country its third prime...
View ArticleWoman evicted from Cornwall home over bad behaviour
A woman has been evicted from her home in Saltash after putting neighbours through three years of torment because of her anti-social...
View ArticleHouse prices: Surveyors expect property values to fall
A bigger proportion of surveyors are expecting house prices to fall in the coming months than at any time since March last...
View ArticleIncontinence services condemned by doctors
Millions of people in the UK with bladder and bowel problems face a "life sentence" of suffering because of the poor quality of care, say doctors. A Royal College of Physicians audit of services in...
View ArticlePhil Woolas campaign 'sought to make white folk angry'
Ex-immigration minister Phil Woolas set out to "make the white folk angry"...
View ArticleWere Billy Wright jail lapses accidental or deliberate?
As the findings of the public inquiry into the death of loyalist prisoner Billy Wright in 1997 are about to be published, BBC Ireland correspondent Mark Simpson examines the key issues. A quick look...
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