Trapped Chile miner's family sues owners and officials
The family of one of the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile has said it will sue the owners of the mine and government inspectors. A lawyer acting for...
View ArticleLancaster nuns 'sickened' by Pakistan aid jar theft
Nuns in Lancaster have described as "sickening" the theft from their convent of a collection box containing Pakistan flood relief funds. The jar of cash contained £100 from ticket sales for a prayer...
View ArticleCanadian police charge three in suspected terror plot
Three Canadians arrested in an alleged terrorist conspiracy had bomb parts and plans and posed a "real and serious threat", Canadian police have said. The trio, arrested this week, were charged...
View ArticleViews sought in education review in Northamptonshire
Proposals to keep pupils with moderate learning difficulties in mainstream schools are being considered in a review of services in Northamptonshire. The county council is asking for the views of...
View ArticleNissan creates 75 apprenticeships at Sunderland plant
Nissan is creating 75 apprenticeships at its Sunderland factory over the next five years. The announcement was made as further education and skills...
View ArticleSunderland boy's jaw broken in unprovoked assault
A teenage boy suffered a broken jaw in an unprovoked attack in Sunderland....
View ArticleLast wolf whistle for Wilfred, Cardiff's aged duck
A "wolf whistling" duck claimed to be one of the longest-lived of its kind has died at the ripe old age of 19. White faced whistling ducks usually live to about seven, but it is believed...
View ArticleProsecutors opt not to retry Rod Blagojevich's brother
US prosecutors have opted not to try for a second time the brother of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. A federal jury reached...
View ArticleStatic protests' sites confirmed in Bradford
Locations for controversial static demonstrations in Bradford have been confirmed by West Yorkshire Police. The English Defence League (EDL) and Unite Against Fascism had intended to demonstrate in...
View ArticleDead cow remains trapped in weir
A dead cow, trapped in a weir in Omagh for three days, has not yet been...
View ArticleMan dies in hospital following collision in Bath
A cyclist has died in hospital after he was involved in a collision with a...
View ArticleCwest darlithydd: Hunanladdiad
Mae cwest yng Nghaernarfon wedi cofnodi dyfarniad o hunanladdiad yn achos yr amgylcheddwr Geraint George a...
View ArticleDavid Miliband: Family more important than politics
Labour leadership contestant David Miliband,...
View ArticleIndian farmers protest at plan to build new motorway
Thousands of farmers have held a protest in the Indian capital, Delhi, against the forced acquisition of their land for a new motorway. The...
View ArticleBeaulieu School gets money for floor renovation
A Jersey school has been awarded £67,000 funding to renovate part of its building. Beaulieu School will use the money...
View ArticleShopper takes snake to Tesco store in Newport
A shopper has been escorted by staff from a Tesco after other customers complained that he had a live snake wrapped around his arm. The man, in his 20s, was n the...
View ArticleOverseas students say UK is 'great'
Net migration to the UK rose last year to 196,000, up by 33,000 from the...
View ArticleKepler spies Saturn-sized worlds
The US space agency's Kepler planet-hunter has spied a star that has two Saturn-sized objects circling it. Astronomers say they cannot be sure just yet but there may be a third, more Earth-sized...
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