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UK & World News: Clarke in rights court reform calls

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:05:14 GMT

British courts are best placed to understand British problems and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) was never intended to be an appeal court for routine cases, the Justice Secretary will say.

UK & World News: Corrupt officer Dizaei jailed again

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:05:13 GMT

Britain's most controversial police chief has been returned to jail after being found guilty of corruption for a second time.

UK & World News: Obstacles still hinder Greek deal

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:05:17 GMT

Greece faces further hurdles and delays before it gets its second 130 billion euro (£109 billion) bailout in spite of parliament agreeing further cuts in the face of violent protests.

UK & World News: Deaf girl tells court of beatings

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:05:17 GMT

A deaf and mute girl allegedly kept in a cellar, repeatedly raped and treated as a virtual slave has told a court of years of beatings and cruelty.

UK & World News: Rangers lodge administration papers

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:05:16 GMT

Rangers Football Club has lodged legal papers signalling its intention to enter administration.

UK & World News: Dizaei found guilty for second time

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:05:15 GMT

Britain's most controversial police chief faces a return to jail after being found guilty of corruption for a second time.

UK & World News: Rail link may face legal challenge

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:05:17 GMT

The Government may face a legal challenge to its £33 billion HS2 high-speed rail project.

UK & World News: MMR jab doctor contests GMC ruling

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:05:17 GMT

One of the doctors struck off over the MMR jab controversy has asked the High Court to rule his treatment "unfair and unjust".

UK & World News: Greece needs to sell latest austerity deal to its people, after further night of violence

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:22:00 GMT

THE Greek government has been challenged to “sell” its latest austerity deal to the public and end a “spiral of unsustainable finances”.

UK & World News: Ministers 'fully behind' NHS plans

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:05:16 GMT

Downing Street has dismissed suggestions that Health Secretary Andrew Lansley should be sacked and insisted ministers were "fully behind" his NHS reforms.

Liverpool News: World in Pictures, February 13 2012: Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, New York Fashion Week and trouble in Greec

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:15:00 GMT

TODAY'S World in Pictures features Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney performing at the Grammys, firfighters in the rubble of an old cinema torched overnight by rioters in central Athens and a shot from New York's Fashion Week.

UK & World News: Man spared jail for girl dog attack

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:05:16 GMT

A man whose dog bit off part of a six-year-old girl's ear has been given a 12-week suspended jail term.

UK & World News: Police launch anti-terror campaign

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:05:16 GMT

The Metropolitan Police has launched a counter-terror campaign urging people to report suspicious behaviour by calling a dedicated hotline.

UK & World News: Sun staff 'treated like crime gang'

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:05:15 GMT

The Sun's associate editor has accused police of treating the paper's journalists like "members of an organised crime gang" after five senior staff were arrested over allegations of improper payments to police and public officials on Saturday.

UK & World News: Clegg champions youth jobs drive

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:05:17 GMT

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has appealed to businesses to sign up to the coalition's drive to tackle youth unemployment.

UK & World News: Banks loaned SMEs less cash in 2011

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:05:16 GMT

Lending by Britain's top five banks shrank every quarter last year - an embarrassing blow to the Chancellor's Project Merlin agreement.

UK & World News: Organ donor boost options pondered

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:05:16 GMT

Restarting the hearts of people who have recently died should be one of the options considered for boosting the number of organ donors, according to a new report.

UK & World News: Briton extradition appeal rejected

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:05:15 GMT

A retired British businessman will be extradited to the United States within 10 days after failing in his latest attempt to block the move, his lawyer said.

UK & World News: Video: Bomb threat at Schiphol airport closes terminals

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:36:00 GMT

THE main terminals at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport have been evacuated after a bomb threat was received, Dutch police have said.

UK & World News: Bank lending fell throughout 2011

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:05:15 GMT

Lending by Britain's top five banks shrank every quarter last year, official figures have revealed, in an embarrassing blow to the Chancellor's Project Merlin agreement.

UK & World News: Gallery: Adele wins six trophies at Grammy awards

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:02:00 GMT

BRITISH singer Adele emerged the big winner at the Grammy Awards collecting six gongs including best album, record and song.

UK & World News: Ignorance 'excuse' for racist terms

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:05:17 GMT

Ignorance can be an excuse for using racist terminology, former Liverpool footballer John Barnes said as he defended Luis Suarez.

UK & World News: Qatada to be banned from school run

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:05:16 GMT

A radical cleric described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe will be banned from taking his youngest child to school when he is released from prison, sources said.

UK & World News: Prescott backs police interference

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:17 GMT

Elected police commissioners should be able to interfere in force operations, Lord Prescott said as he explained why he was standing for the role.

UK & World News: BMA backs 'opt-out' organ donation

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:17 GMT

The way in which organs are donated and who donates them should be examined in a bid to improve donation rates and ultimately save lives, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).

UK & World News: Hague backs Syria peacekeeping bid

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:16 GMT

Plans to send a joint United Nations and Arab League peacekeeping force into Syria must be discussed "urgently", Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.

UK & World News: Video and Gallery: The Artist wins seven awards at Baftas

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:24:00 GMT

SILENT movie The Artist swept the board at the Bafta film awards scooping seven awards including Best Film, Leading Actor and Best Director.

Liverpool News: Taxpayers face £85m bill for new Merseytravel headquarters

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

MERSEYSIDE’S transport authority’s move to offices on Liverpool’s waterfront is costing £2.8m-a-year.

UK & World News: Magnificent seven for The Artist

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:05:16 GMT

Silent film The Artist made a big noise at the Bafta film awards winning seven awards including Best Film, Leading Actor and Best Director.

UK & World News: Pakistan PM charged with contempt

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:05:16 GMT

IPakistan's Supreme Court has charged the prime minister with contempt for defying its orders to reopen a corruption case against his political ally, President Asif Ali Zardari.