Dec
2012
Articles from 4th Dec 2012
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Ford in EcoBoost engine fire probe
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Car giant Ford has said it is expanding an engine fire investigation to Europe. Read
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Two released after flag violence
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Two men aged 17 and 22, who were arrested in connection with violence at a flag protest in Belfast, have been released on conditional bail. Read
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Turkey to get Nato defence missiles
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Nato foreign ministers have agreed to give Turkey Patriot anti-missile systems to bolster its defence against possible strikes from neighbouring Syria. Read
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Kate 'continuing to feel better'
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
The Duchess of Cambridge is "continuing to feel better" and she and the Duke are immensely grateful for the good wishes they have received, St James's Palace has said. Read
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Councils 'must act' over schools
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Local councils have too often allowed "failure and mediocrity" to continue in schools, David Laws has said. Read
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Minister rebuked on NHS spend claim
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Government claims to have made real-terms increases in NHS spending for two years are misleading and should be withdrawn, a watchdog has told Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Read
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Osborne in £5bn bid to boost growth
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Chancellor George Osborne will confirm plans to invest an extra £5 billion in new schools and other "shovel-ready" capital projects over the next two years as part of an effort to deliver a swift boost to sluggish growth. Read
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'Rapid' start on new royal law
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Legislation to ensure the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby becomes monarch - whether it's a boy or a girl - is to be introduced as "rapidly" as possible, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said. Read
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Tory MP Dorrell faces sleaze probe
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Senior Tory Stephen Dorrell is facing a formal sleaze investigation over failing to declare his financial links to care home owners. Read
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Walsh: airport call 'too difficult'
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Politicians have been afraid to take tough decisions on airport expansion, the head of British Airways' parent company has told MPs. Read
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'Sexual predator' guilty of murder
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
A man described as a "sexual predator" has been found guilty of a 1979 murder and five attacks on other women. Read
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'Clock ticking' on press regulation
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
David Cameron has warned newspaper editors that "the clock is ticking" for them to avoid statutory regulation by agreeing on a tough new independent watchdog. Read
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Final go-ahead for new royal law
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
The Government has received final consent from all the Commonwealth realms to press ahead with legislation ending discrimination against women in the line of succession to the British throne, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said. Read
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Eurozone banking union 'risk to UK'
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Britain risks being "marginalised" by the eurozone's move towards banking union, a parliamentary committee has warned. Read
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NHS must admit mistakes to patients
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Healthcare providers will be contractually obliged to admit when they have made medical blunders that put patients at risk, it has been announced. Read
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Police 'had no info' on flag riot
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Police had no intelligence to suggest there would be violence at a flag protest in Belfast, the officer leading the operation has admitted. Read
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Weekly spend at new high: Research
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Squeezed families' weekly spending rose to a new high last year, with households shelling out over three times more on petrol-related costs than on fresh fruit and vegetables, official figures have shown. Read
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Hague blasts Israel settlement plan
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Plans to extend settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories would alter the situation on the ground on a scale that would make a two-state solution "almost inconceivable", the Foreign Secretary has said. Read
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New cuts 'to make UK work better'
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Government plans to cut spending in Whitehall departments and invest an extra £5 billion in schools and other capital projects will "make our country work better", Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Read
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More cuts to fund £5bn spending
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
A £5 billion investment in schools and other capital projects will be partly paid for by deeper cuts in Whitehall departmental budgets. Read
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Family spending reaches new high
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Families' weekly spending rose to around £483.60 a week last year - an increase of £10 a week on the typical levels recorded in 2010, official figures have shown. Read
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Johnson calls for EU referendum
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Britain should negotiate a return to a "single market" relationship with the European Union, and then put it to a referendum, London Mayor Boris Johnson has said. Read
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William to return to wife's bedside
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
The Duke of Cambridge is expected to return to his pregnant wife's bedside as she continues her hospital treatment for severe morning sickness. Read
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Need for compassion highlighted
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Nurses are to be judged on how compassionate they are towards patients under a new strategy to improve care within the health service. Read
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BA seeks to cut 400 cabin crew jobs
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
British Airways is looking to shed 400 senior cabin crew jobs. Read
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Osborne to publish 'gas strategy'
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Chancellor George Osborne is to approve the construction of up to 30 gas-fired power stations as part of Wednesday's Autumn Statement. Read
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Morning news headlines for December 4, 2012
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
THE Duchess of Cambridge has spent the night in hospital with severe morning sickness as the nation celebrates news she is pregnant and a “faster and more transparent” system to lever in private funding for public infrastructure projects is expected to be unveiled by George Osborne tomorrow. Read
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DfT criticised over rail franchise
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
A Commons select committee chairwoman has strongly criticised the Department for Transport (DfT) as the West Coast rail franchise fiasco took another turn. Read
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'No excuse' for flag-vote violence
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Violence which erupted in Belfast after a controversial vote on the Union flag was unacceptable, Northern Ireland's First Minister has warned. Read
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Editors make case on regulation
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Newspaper editors are to attend a Downing Street summit to make their case for resisting the legally-backed press regulation called for by the Leveson Report. Read
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Scouts consider atheist oath move
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Atheists could be welcomed into the Scout movement for the first time in 105 years, the association has said. Read
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Postal workers issue boycott threat
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Postal workers could refuse to deliver post sent via anyone other than Royal Mail as part of a campaign to highlight a threat to the UK's universal service, union leaders have warned. Read
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Parental link to young drinkers
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Children are almost twice as likely to have been drunk or consuming alcohol every month if their parents are heavy drinkers, a survey has found. Read
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Study: Children with cancer bullied
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Children with cancer are being bullied by their classmates, losing friends and risk falling behind at school, research suggests. Read
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Osborne set to unveil PFI reforms
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
A "faster and more transparent" system to lever in private funding for public infrastructure projects is expected to be unveiled by George Osborne on Wednesday, Government sources indicated. Read
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Police hurt in Union flag protest
Dec 04 2012 | UK & World News
Police have been injured as loyalists rioted in Belfast city centre after a controversial vote on the Union flag. Read
