Garages failing to spot car faults, Which? says
An undercover investigation into UK car garages suggests the vast majority miss simple mechanical faults, consumer watchdog Which? has said. Which? took cars with four deliberate faults to 62 firms...
View ArticleEdinburgh Fringe shows beamed into cinemas
An Edinburgh Festival venue is to beam five new short plays into cinemas across the UK in a first for Scottish theatre. The Traverse Theatre is to broadcast the shows from its season of...
View ArticleChaos as crowds flee Pakistan flood town
Tens of thousands of people are fleeing their homes in Sindh Province as the floodwaters engulf yet more villages and towns. The water is already finding weak points in the embankment which protects...
View ArticleBritish students experience slum life in India
'This is my house, come inside... I live here with my mother and father, little sister, aunty and two...
View ArticleAustralian stock market shaky after inconclusive poll
Trading is down as financial markets open in Australia, following this weekend's inconclusive election. The Australian dollar and government bonds both fell in value. Prime...
View ArticleRival protests held at New York Ground Zero mosque site
Hundreds of people took part in rival protests over plans for a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terror attacks. Police kept the banner-waving groups apart,...
View ArticleSenior UN official attacks response to Pakistan floods
A senior United Nations official has called on the global community to urgently step up its response to the floods that have struck Pakistan. Louis-George Arsenault, director of emergency operations...
View ArticleSouth Africa unions condemn strike injunction
South Africa's trade unions have condemned a court injunction obtained by the government prohibiting public sector workers from continuing a national strike. A spokesman for the Cosatu trade union...
View ArticleAustralia PM Gillard begins task to build coalition
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has held initial talks with independent candidates to try to form a government after an inconclusive election. Ms...
View ArticleEgyptian minister says Van Gogh picture still missing
A Van Gogh painting worth $50m (£32m) stolen from a Cairo museum is still missing, Egypt's culture minister says. Earlier Farouk Hosni had said two Italians had been arrested at Cairo airport, and...
View Article'Sacked policeman' seizes Manila bus in hostage drama
A former policeman armed with a high-powered assault rifle has seized a bus in the Philippine capital, Manila, police say. The gunman, reportedly sacked over robbery and drugs...
View ArticleThree killed in separate road crashes
Three people have been killed in separate accidents on Scotland's roads. The first incident involved the death of a...
View ArticleRival protests held over New York mosque
Rival protesters have taken to the streets of New York to...
View ArticleHead of axed Audit Commission defends spending
Audit Commission chairman Michael O'Higgins has rejected claims by the government that he has overseen a regime of extravagance. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced earlier this month that...
View ArticleEx-policeman holds hostages on Manila bus
A bus carrying a group of foreign tourists has been...
View ArticlePetraeus 'would speak out' if Afghan pullout too risky
Gen David Petraeus, who has recently taken command of Nato forces in Afghanistan, has told the BBC that if he felt the deadline of July next year which President Barack Obama has set for the start of...
View ArticleNewspapers discuss deadlock after Australian election
As Australia's political future hangs in the balance, Monday's papers give their views on what might happen next. The Times thinks incumbent Prime Minister Julia Gillard "is not in a strong position...
View ArticleHeavy downpours lead to flooding in Bath
Homes and businesses in parts of Bath were flooded during downpours which brought 30cm...
View ArticleSouthern Punjab still 'like an inland sea'
Hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan are still being forced to leave their homes as the...
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