Feb
2013
Articles from 3rd Feb 2013
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Barclays finance chief to step down
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Barclays bank has announced that finance director Chris Lucas is stepping down. Read
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Israel in Syria air strike hint
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Israel's defence minister Ehud Barak has strongly signalled that his country was behind an air strike in Syria last week, warning that Israeli threats to take pre-emptive action against its enemies are not empty. Read
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Police 'used dead children's ID'
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Undercover police officers working for Britain's largest force used the identities of dead children and issued fake passports in their names, it was reported. Read
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Fears for hundreds more sea birds
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
It could be days before the true scale of the pollution spill affecting sea birds on the south coast of England is known, wildlife experts have said. Read
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Man charged with murder of girl, 16
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Police have charged a 22-year-old man with the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found in an alleyway. Read
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Knives man Tasered outside palace
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
A man has been placed in police custody after being Tasered outside Buckingham Palace while shouting and holding a knife to his own neck. Read
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Murdered teenager 'leaves huge gap'
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
The family of a 16-year-old girl murdered in a frenzied stabbing say her loss "has left a huge gap in all our lives". Read
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Knifeman Tasered outside palace
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
A man has been placed in police custody after being Tasered outside Buckingham Palace while shouting and holding a knife to his own neck. Read
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'Pork in halal food' supplier named
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
The company which supplied halal food found to contain traces of pork DNA has been named. Read
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100 HMV shops may go in restructure
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
HMV's administrators are reportedly planning to shut up to 100 of the music chain's shops as part of plans to restructure the business. Read
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Tories urge gay marriage rethink
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
A group of current and former Conservative constituency chairman has handed in a letter to No 10 urging David Cameron to rethink his plans to allow gay marriage. Read
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Shooting girl surgery 'successful'
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
A schoolgirl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan has undergone successful surgery, doctors have said. Read
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'Pork in halal food' row firm named
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
The company which supplied halal food found to contain traces of pork DNA has been named. Read
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Plebgate row wrong, Mitchell says
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Andrew Mitchell has told how he was caught "between the pincers" of the police and the media when the plebgate row that led to him being ousted erupted last year. Read
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RBS 'due for £500m fine over Libor'
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Royal Bank of Scotland will reportedly face criminal charges and a £500 million fine for its alleged role in the Libor rate-rigging scandal this week. Read
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Man Tasered at Buckingham Palace
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
A man has been Tasered by police outside Buckingham Palace, Scotland Yard has said. Read
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Hague sidesteps Mali soldiers call
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Foreign Secretary William Hague has left the door open to British combat troops being deployed in Mali. Read
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32% support independence in poll
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Almost a third of Scots have signalled their backing for independence in a poll which tested the likely 2014 referendum question. Read
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Blair backs Cameron's Mali decision
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
The West's fight against al Qaida is like the battle against revolutionary communism, former prime minister Tony Blair has said, as he warned the conflict could last for a generation. Read
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Iraq suicide attack leaves 15 dead
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
A suicide car bomber joined by other suicide attackers on foot have assaulted a provincial police headquarters in a disputed northern Iraqi city on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 90 others, officials said. Read
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15 killed by Iraq suicide car bomb
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
A suicide car bomb targeting a provincial police headquarters in a disputed northern Iraqi city has killed at least 15 people, according to officials. Read
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Gove backs same-sex marriage plans
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Education Secretary Michael Gove has thrown his support behind the proposed legalisation of same-sex marriage and promised teachers would not be disciplined for refusing to promote it. Read
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Wind-change fears for more birds
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
A change in wind direction could have killed thousands more birds after scores were found washed ashore along England's south coast and covered in an oily substance. Read
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Police in Hani murder scene appeal
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Detectives investigating the murder of teenager Hani Abou El Kheir are to urge people to come forward with information, less than 24 hours after arresting a further eight people in connection with his death. Read
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PM meets leaders over Taliban risk
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
David Cameron will meet the Afghan and Pakistani presidents in the latest round of talks aimed at preventing a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan when British troops leave next year. Read
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Leahy backs supermarkets 'progress'
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy has described the rise of supermarkets and the closure of small shops across the country as "part of progress". Read
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Wards 'dangerously understaffed'
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
More than half of nurses think their ward or unit is dangerously understaffed, a Nursing Times survey has revealed. Read
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Hani murder: Eight more arrests
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Detectives investigating the murder of teenager Hani Abou El Kheir have arrested a further eight people, four on suspicion of murder. Read
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Ministers join gay marriage revolt
Feb 03 2013 | UK & World News
Conservative Cabinet members, junior ministers and party enforcers are among around 180 MPs poised to oppose or abstain in a vote on gay marriage, it has been claimed. Read
