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News RSS FeedsCoroner raises rail safety fears - A coroner raises ongoing safety fears as an inquest jury blames a points failure for the Potters Bar train crash....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk UK soldiers push to clear Taliban - Hundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold in southern Afghanistan.... BP boss scaling back oil effort - The incoming BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Venables' identity must be secret - The new identity of Jon Venables must be kept secret because there is "compelling evidence" of a threat to his safety, a judge says.... Child, 3, drowned in garden pond - A toddler drowned after falling into a garden pond during a visit to a house in Edinburgh, it has emerged.... Immigrant worker limit criticised - Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.... Lebanon urged to resist violence - Syria's president and the Saudi king call on Lebanon's rival factions to avoid turning to violence amid mounting political tensions in the country.... Fugitive Nadir will stand trial - Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, confirms he will come back to the UK to stand trail on theft charges.... Israel launches Gaza air strikes - Israel launches air strikes into the Gaza Strip, reports say, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.... Girl, 9, dies in rafting accident - A nine-year-old girl from Wales has died in a rafting accident while on holiday in Turkey.... French mother 'relieved by truth' - A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.... Can I talk to you about Jesus? How a shop manager foiled a robbery - A 20-year-old Christian mobile phone shop manager in Florida stops a would-be armed robber by preaching to him. ... Seven-year-old boy's paintings fetch £150,000 after exhibition - An exhibition of paintings by a seven-year-old artist from Norfolk sells out, fetching about £150,000 in half an hour.... Turner leads GB Euro medal haul - Andy Turner leads Great Britain's medal haul on the fourth day of the European Championships as he takes gold in the 110m hurdles.... Anderson puts England in command - Birthday boy James Anderson produces a superb bowling display to put England on top in the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.... Bristol City capture keeper James - Bristol City sign England goalkeeper David James following his release from Portsmouth.... Vettel heads Alonso in practice - Red Bull appear to be in control as McLaren struggle during second practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.... Leeds 12-26 Wigan - Pat Richards kicks 10 points as Wigan move one step closer to the Super League leader's shield with victory over defending champions Leeds.... Sisters detained over stab death - Two sisters from north Manchester are detained after one stabbed her boyfriend and the other let him bleed to death.... Pair forced six children to beg - A Romanian man and a woman are jailed for 30 months for forcing six children, the youngest aged two, to beg on London's streets.... Man arrested over gangland murder - A 28-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll in Glasgow.... Men escape with five-figure sum - Three men wearing ski masks have stolen more than £10,000 from a man in the Carntyne area of Glasgow, police say.... Widow's relief as remains found - The widow of a man believed to have been killed by the IRA in 1981 said she felt sad but relieved that her husband's remains appeared to have been found.... Bishop backs 1971 killings probe - A Catholic bishop calls for an independent inquiry into the deaths of 11 civilians killed by the Army in Ballymurphy in west Belfast in 1971.... Family funeral tribute to soldier - Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral of a "brave, courageous and loyal" soldier killed in Afghanistan.... Charges follow quad bike deaths - Two men, 21 and 23, will face charges after a raid on a Cardiff shop ended with the deaths of two others on quad bikes.... Three charged with Uganda bombing - Three Kenyans are charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup on TV in Kampala, Uganda.... Four fined over SA 'racist video' - Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (£1,700) each after making a video humiliating black university workers.... Sale of EDF's UK networks agreed - A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).... China river hunt for toxic drums - Search teams in north-east China are still searching for thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals washed into a major river by flooding.... Deadly forest fires ravage Russia - Forest fires kill at least 23 people in central Russia, while a forecast of heavy rain brings relief to Moscow.... Sarkozy threat on police attacks - President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would like to strip French nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a police officer.... Farc call to new Colombian leader - Colombia's Farc rebel group issues a call for dialogue with the new government after Juan Manuel Santos's election as president.... Argentine gay weddings go ahead - A gay couple become the first to marry in Argentina under a new law allowing same-sex unions.... Saudi warned on expelling Somalis - The UN refugee agency urges Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis, saying 2,000 have recently been sent to Mogadishu.... Arab League endorses direct talks - The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.... South Asia floods kill hundreds - Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill at least 385 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges. ... Five Taliban off UN sanction list - Five Taliban are removed from a sanctions list by the UN Security Council, a move sought by Kabul to ease rapprochement with insurgents.... US economic growth slows to 2.4% - US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.... US has deadliest Afghan war month - US forces suffered the deadliest month of their nine-year Afghan campaign, with 66 service members killed in July.... Strikes and ash extend BA losses - BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.... Northwest agrees to pay $38m fine - Northwest Airlines will plead guilty and pay a $38m fine for fixing air-cargo prices, the US justice department says.... Airbus firm EADS lifts output aim - Airbus parent firm EADS says it is confident about future orders, despite reporting a fall in second-quarter earnings.... Prescott Iraq intelligence doubts - The intelligence on Iraq's weapons threat was "not very substantial", former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott says.... Benefits face 'radical' shake-up - Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.... Expenses four in appeals defeat - Three ex-Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer lose appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution over expenses fraud allegations. ... Calcium pills 'raise' heart risk - Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.... Pregnant women rights questioned - The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.... Drug prescribed after web search - A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.... Gove defends academy schools list - The Education Secretary insists there no is rush for schools in England to become academies, after criticism over the number of schools coming forward.... Maths fears over A-level reforms - Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.... 150 schools ask to be academies - More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.... Call to check on mobile security - Owners of mobile phones are being asked to test the security of their network to see if enough is being done to stop eavesdropping.... UK troops use iPad app for fire mission training - Newsbeat's had an exclusive look at new training being given to UK soldiers at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire.... Facebook data hoarder speaks out - Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.... Mammals decline in Chernobyl zone - The largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl reveals evidence of mammals declining in the exclusion zone. ... Further Chile quakes 'possible' - Land in the north of Chile is "ready" for another major earthquake, say researchers, adding that authorities did not act on previous warnings. ... Galapagos off Unesco danger list - A UN panel votes to remove the Galapagos Islands from a "red list" of endangered heritage sites, to protests from a leading conservation group.... Balding complains over sex jibe - Sports presenter Clare Balding makes an official complaint to the Press Complaints Commission over an article which mocked her sexuality.... DeGeneres leaving American Idol - Comedienne and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol after one season on the judging panel.... Ben Shephard says goodbye to GMTV - Ben Shephard bids farewell to GMTV after 10 years telling viewers: "I'm going to miss all of you, every single one of you."... Choosing to be child-free - More women in the developed world are choosing not to have children. So why do others think it's OK to question this decision?... The big cheese - With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble foodstuff so seriously?... Was Dr Crippen really innocent? - Hawley Crippen is one of the most infamous killers in British history. But was he really innocent of murdering his wife?... Grim task of China oil clean-up - China is struggling with an arduous clean up after the country's worst oil spill, with grim conditions for those involved.... Boris welcomes bike 'smackeroonies' - London Mayor Boris Johnson sells the benefits of the London bike hire scheme to the world media.... 'I survived grizzly bear attack' - A Canadian woman has said she played dead in order to escape from a bear during an attack in Montana that left one man dead.... Should squirrel be on the menu? - A north London grocery store is committing "wildlife massacre" by selling squirrel meat, an animal welfare group has claimed. Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (Viva) accused a branch of Budgens of supporting a "barbaric and needless cull" of grey squirrels. ... Gaza children 'break' kite flying record - Thousands of children in Gaza appear to have broken their own world record for the number of kites flown at the same time, the UN says.... Rescues as Pakistan flood toll soars - More than 400 people have been killed and nearly 400,000 displaced in floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan.... Deadly forest fires ravage Russia - Wild fires have continued to rage in central and western Russia, with more than 20 people now reported to have died.... Symphony to celebrate Yorkshire - Hundreds of amateur musicians have set the sights and sounds of Yorkshire to music.... Bad trip - Are family holidays worth all the hassle?... Ultimate rejection - What could drive a mother to kill a child in first few minutes of life? ... Hoop dreams - Did they really play croquet at the Olympics? ... On your bike - Testing London's new hire bicycles... 7 days quiz - Who's the 'good lad'? Crisps boy, Massa or Dr Watson?... On the run - Northern Cyprus is a "haven" for fugitives no longer... Rum ration - What did they do with the drunken sailor?... Sex tourism boom - Brazil's uphill struggle curtailing lucrative trade in underage sex... Copyright © 2010, My Ebay Secrets Revealed. All Rights Reserved. |