Dec
2012
Articles from 19th Dec 2012
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PM's concern over Mitchell email
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
David Cameron has expressed concern that a police officer tried to "blacken the name" of former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell amid mounting questions over the initial account of the row that ultimately led to his resignation. Read
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Councils told to make more savings
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Local authorities have been urged to make more savings, including cutting pay, scrapping chief executive posts and ending councillor pensions under fresh austerity moves. Read
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Man bailed in Savile abuse inquiry
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
A man in his 70s arrested by detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal has been bailed. Read
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Relief as rail strikes called off
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Planned strikes by workers at two train operators, which would have caused travel chaos in the run up to Christmas, have been called off. Read
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Ex-UBS traders charged over Libor
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Two former UBS traders have been charged by United States prosecutors in connection with efforts to manipulate Libor interest rates. Read
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Binning Savile story 'caused chaos'
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
The decision to drop a Newsnight report into Jimmy Savile's decades-long campaign of sexual abuse plunged the BBC into "chaos and confusion", revealing a corporation where "leadership and organisation seemed to be in short supply", according to a review by former Sky News executive Nick Pollard. Read
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New inquest due over Hillsborough
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Campaigning relatives of Hillsborough victims won a new inquest into their deaths after a battle for justice lasting almost quarter of a century - on the day a new police inquiry into the disaster was announced. Read
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Committee demands answers on Syria
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
An influential parliamentary committee has written to Foreign Secretary William Hague demanding to know whether the Government was making preparations for "imminent" UK involvement in military action in Syria. Read
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Christmas rail strikes called off
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Planned strikes by workers on ScotRail, which would have caused travel chaos in the run-up to Christmas, have been called off. Read
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Veterans 'died waiting' for medal
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Scores of Arctic Convoy veterans have missed out on getting a new medal because they "died waiting" for Prime Minister David Cameron to act, the leading campaigner for recognition said. Read
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Residents warned of more flooding
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Parts of the UK have been warned to brace themselves for further flooding as successive bands of heavy rain move across the country. Read
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Councils' spending power cut 1.7%
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Councils in England will see their spending power cut by 1.7% next year, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced. Read
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Hillsborough: Charges back on table
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Criminal charges over the Hillsborough disaster are back on the table as a fresh police investigation is launched. Read
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Medal for Arctic Convoy heroes
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Veterans of the Second World War Arctic Convoys have won their long fight for recognition as David Cameron announced they would get medals. Read
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Four-runway airport plan revealed
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
An ambitious plan to build a £39 billion offshore airport to serve London has been unveiled. Read
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Record number of ADHD prescriptions
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
A record number of people have been given drugs to combat ADHD, figures show. Read
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EU outlines smoking crackdown plans
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Plans for a new Europe-wide crackdown on smoking include a ban on menthol and larger written and picture warnings covering three-quarters of each cigarette packet. Read
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3,800 troops to quit Afghanistan
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Around 3,800 British troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan during 2013, David Cameron has announced. Read
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Travellers jailed for forced labour
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Five members of the same traveller family who lived a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable men forced to work for a pittance have all been jailed. Read
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New police probe into Hillsborough
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
A new police investigation into the Hillsborough Disaster has been announced by the Home Secretary. Read
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Man arrested in Savile abuse probe
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal have arrested a man in his 70s, police have said. Read
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UBS fined £940m for rate-rigging
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Swiss bank UBS has been fined £940 million by regulators for "extensive and widespread" attempts to rig interbank lending rates. Read
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New bid to evict travellers planned
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
A second operation to evict travellers displaced by the clearance of Europe's largest illegal site will be carried out. Read
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UBS to pay £940m over Libor scandal
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Swiss bank UBS has agreed to pay £940 million to regulators in the biggest penalty yet from the industry's Libor-rigging scandal. Read
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Sick kids' stolen presents replaced
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Christmas presents for sick children that were stolen from Great Ormond Street Hospital have been replaced. Read
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Morning news headlines for December 19, 2012
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
THE “plebgate” row that engulfed Andrew Mitchell was allegedly fuelled by a police officer who posed as a member of the public and falsely claimed to have witnessed the events and the High Court is being asked today to quash the original inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died at Hillsborough 23 years ago. Read
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Obama will back assault weapons ban
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
President Barack Obama is "actively supportive" of reinstating an assault weapons ban, the White House said, as the United States wrestled with the treacherous issue of gun control in the aftermath of the Connecticut primary school massacre. Read
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PM signals speedier Afghan pull-out
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
David Cameron is expected to signal a stepping up of Britain's withdrawal from Afghanistan amid speculation that the force size could be nearly halved next year. Read
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Hillsborough verdict may be quashed
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
The High Court is being asked today to quash the original accidental death inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died in the crush at Hillsborough 23 years ago. Read
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'False claim' fuelled plebgate row
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
The "plebgate" row that engulfed Andrew Mitchell was fuelled by a police officer who posed as a member of the public and falsely claimed to have witnessed the events, it has been alleged. Read
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Nissan plant to build luxury model
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Car giant Nissan is to build a new luxury model in the UK, creating 1,000 jobs with a £250 million investment. Read
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Olympic ceremony in top TV moments
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Danny Boyle's triumphant Olympic opening ceremony has been hailed as one of the most inspiring TV moments of all time second only to the moon landing, according to an audience survey. Read
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Action on police social media urged
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
More needs to be done to uphold the integrity of police forces including a further clampdown on use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter, inspectors have found. Read
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Internet message 'crimes' clarified
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Fewer criminal charges are likely to be brought against people who post offensive messages on Twitter or Facebook, under new guidelines set out by Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer QC. Read
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'Half of men to get cancer by 2027'
Dec 19 2012 | UK & World News
Half of all British men are likely to be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime by the year 2027, experts have predicted. Read
