Shrewsbury House music suite named after Joseph Lappin
A refurbished youth club in Liverpool, with a music suite dedicated to murdered teenager Joseph Lappin, is being officially re-opened. Shrewsbury House in Everton has had £130,000 spent on the new...
View ArticleUrine could be used as renewable energy source
A research team at Heriot-Watt University is investigating whether urine could be used as a source of renewable...
View ArticleE.T. v Avatar v Titanic
What is the most popular film? Avatar has grossed the most money in the UK, but what...
View ArticleMan jailed for robbing pensioner
A man who beat up a frail pensioner at his home in East Ayrshire and robbed him of £2,000 has been jailed for five-and-a-half-years. Thomas Gilheaney, 28, from Irvine, threatened to kill George...
View ArticleCoroner confirms mephedrone death
A 19-year-old man died from mephedrone poisoning, a coroner has confirmed. Samuel Anthony Thompson, of Hanan Drive, Lurgan, died in Craigavon Area Hospital on 25 September 2009. An inquest into his...
View ArticleIn pictures: US troops leave Iraq
The final US combat troops have withdrawn from Iraq, seven years after the invasion. Over the last few days thousands of men and machines crossed the border into Kuwait on their way home. The Stryker...
View ArticleSainsbury's Crosby plans on hold
Plans to build a new £50m Sainsbury's superstore in a Merseyside village have been put on hold. Councillors decided to delay for a "reflection period" after 150 Crosby residents attended a meeting at...
View ArticleTeesside floor firm to close with 163 job losses
A Teesside floor manufacturer is to close with the loss of more than 160 jobs. Armstrong World Industries said it had started a...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies in taxi crash on Blackpool Promenade
A motorcyclist has died after his bike was in collision with a taxi on Blackpool...
View ArticleBrazil hold its first online presidential debate
Brazil has held its first presidential online debate, with the three main candidates answering questions from each other and from the public. Dilma...
View ArticleThe lexicography of Starbucks
An English professor's stubborn refusal to use a coffee chain's terminology has struck a chord around the world. But why are brands so keen to impose their jargon on us? So, you fancy a coffee. Will...
View ArticleBank to shut down Irish operation
The Bank of Scotland is closing its business banking operation in Ireland. Bank of Scotland Ireland (BoSI), which has an office in Belfast, will transfer its business to its parent company. Bank of...
View ArticleCarcharu dyn smyglo wyau prin
Mae dyn o Sir Northampton, oedd yn euog o geisio smyglo wyau adar prin, wedi ei garcharu am 30 mis. Roedd Jeffrey Lendrum, 48 oed, wedi dwyn yr wyau cudyll glas o nyth ar fynydd...
View ArticleWarning after parked vehicle break-ins in Beaumont Leys
People parking their vehicles in an area of Leicester are being warned to be extra vigilant after a spate of break-ins and...
View ArticleV-Festival ticket fraud warning for Weston Park
Staffordshire Police has warned festival goers about buying tickets from unofficial websites after customers reported ticket scams. Hayley Parsons, of Ludlow, Shropshire, spent £1,500 on seven...
View ArticleScots spend more time watching TV compared with UK
Scots watch more television than anyone else in the UK, a new report has suggested. Ofcom's annual communications...
View ArticleMan arrested over Nottingham house explosion
A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an explosion at a house in Nottingham in which two people were...
View ArticleTwo police officers hurt in crash in Stevenage
Two police officers were treated for minor injuries after their car crashed on the way to an incident in...
View ArticlePilot scheme to increase Scotland's woodland
Farmers' leaders have cautiously welcomed a pilot scheme that aims to increase tree cover across the...
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