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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT

Tribute paid to firework victim

Mary Fox helped her 17-year-old son jump out of a window on the first floor The family of a woman from Cornwall who died in a house fire after a firework was put through the front door have paid tribute to her. Mary Fox, 59, died in the fire in Wallace
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT

Female muggers attack two-year-old girl

A two-year-old girl was punched in the head by two teenage girls during an attempted robbery in north-west London. CCTV of two teenage female muggers who punched a two year old toddler in the head Photo: PIXEL The girl was with her mother when the pair
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:17:00 GMT

Muggers attack two-year-old girl

A two-year-old girl was punched in the head by two teenage girls during an attempted robbery in north-west London. CCTV of two teenage female muggers who punched two year old toddler in the head Photo: PIXEL The girl was with her mother when the pair
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:02:00 GMT

'Stitch-up' reports over MPs' expenses

There are accusations of a 'behind-the-scenes stitch-up' following reports that key elements of the proposed plan to clean up the system of MPs' expenses could be scrapped. There are accusations of a 'behind-the-scenes stitch-up' following reports that
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' - PA

Gordon Brown has called for a new global 'economic and social contract' with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. Addressing the meeting of G20 finance ministers in St
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:56:00 GMT

British man shot dead in Texas bar

A British man has been shot dead after a gunman opened fire after walking into a bar in the United States. Thomas Reeve, 28, was killed in Amarillo, Texas, after shots were fired at several drinkers, the Foreign Office confirmed. The attacker also robbed
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:38:00 GMT

Prince Philip joins British Hindus to fight climate

LONDON: Hindu leaders in Britain have teamed up with Prince Philip and the UN to launch a long-term action plan that will engage with the community worldwide in the fight against climate change, an said. The Bhumi Project was launched Friday after a
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:08:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' - PA

Olympic-sized overspend on London 2012

Hidden spending has pushed the real cost of the London 2012 Olympic games to at least 12 billion, 2.7 billion more than the promised limit. An aerial view of the construction site for the London 2012 Olympic Games in Stratford, East London Photo: GETTY
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:30:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' - PA

UK PM urges financial transactions tax

Br British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on the G20 here on to consider a tax on financial transactions among other measures to make banks more accountable to society. Brown told G20 finance ministers on Saturday that 'a global financial
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:20:00 GMT

Bartok Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Stravinsky The Rite of Spring, English National Opera, London Coliseum

Nature and nurture - and all the dark and unexpected places in between. Some - Duke Bluebeard's cellar - you may never want to return to; others might invoke smiles, even laughter. English National Opera's audacious double-bill turns expectation on its
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:02:00 GMT

Bartok Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Stravinsky The Rite of Spring, English National Opera, London Coliseum

Cornwall firework blaze: police treating death of mother-of-five as murder

Police in Cornwall are treating the death of Mary Fox, 59, as murder after a firework started a blaze at her home from which her 'bullied' teenage son escaped. Police and undertakers carry out the body of 59-year-old Mary Fox from her home in Bodmin,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

Brown calls for global 'social contract'

Gordon Brown today called for a new global "economic and social contract" with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world would never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. Addressing the meeting of G20 finance ministers in
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:06:00 GMT

Darling urges action on climate change

Chancellor Alistair Darling today urged the world's most powerful finance ministers to treat climate change with the same urgency they gave to the world economic turmoil. He issued his plea at the start of a meeting of G20 finance ministers gathered in
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:06:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' - PA

British duo win UK's biggest lottery prizes

LONDON: European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom. Lottery organizer Camelot says two tickets in Friday's
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:51:00 GMT

Britain rallies G20 on climate change

- 10:19PM Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month. Politicians and central bankers from the world's top 20
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:45:00 GMT

Brown urges new banks 'contract'

Mr Brown urged a 'just distribution of risks and rewards' UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a new 'social contract' with the world's banks to make them more responsible to society. Mr Brown told a G20 meeting in Scotland it was not acceptable
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:34:00 GMT

Office Christmas parties scrapped in austerity drive

Office Christmas parties are being scrapped as part of an austerity drive born from the recession, events experts have revealed. Concerto said it expected to throw a party for 15,000 fewer people this year ? down 25% on 2008 Photo: GETTY Concerto, a
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:53:00 GMT

Murder probe in 'firework' death

A 59-year-old woman died in the fire A murder inquiry is under way into a fatal house fire in Cornwall which is thought to have been caused by a firework found behind the door. Mary Fox, 59, died in the fire in Bodmin on Thursday evening. Her son Raum,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:50:00 GMT

ContactPoint database of 11million childrens details to go ahead despite security fears

Every child in England will have their personal details stored on a controversial database despite fears over security and privacy. Ministers are pressing ahead with the introduction of ContactPoint to every local authority in the country after claiming
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:20:00 GMT

Pilkington case youth given Asbo

Alex Simmons, the 16-year-old whose family was accused of abusing Fiona Pilkington, who went on to kill herself and her disabled daughter, has been given an Asbo. The teenager, from Bardon Road, Barwell, Leicestershire, is one of a group of four youths
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:07:00 GMT

Mother dies after saving 'bullied' son from firework blaze

Police are investigating a report that the blaze may have been caused by a firework which had been pushed through the letterbox. But a spokesman said the report was “speculation” and the cause was not yet known. Neighbours said Mary Fox, 59, was seen
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:36:00 GMT

Firework may have started fatal blaze

Investigators believe a house fire which killed a 59-year-old mother may have been started by a firework posted through her letterbox. The woman, named in reports as Mary Fox, apparently pushed her teenage son to safety through an upstairs window after
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:18:00 GMT

PM's Afghanistan policy criticised - PA

Three former defence chiefs have launched a scathing attack on Gordon Brown's Afghanistan policy. Ex-chiefs of the defence General Lord Guthrie, Admiral Lord Boyce and Field Marshal Lord Inge's comments add further pressure on the Government after
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:06:00 GMT

British butcher takes biro to meet the queen

A butcher who received a medal from Queen Elizabeth II kept his trusty pen tucked behind his ear throughout the ceremony, newspapers reported Saturday. William Lloyd Williams, 49, from Machynlleth in western Wales, went to the sovereign's Buckingham
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:57:00 GMT

Doubts cast over expenses reforms

MPs would have to hand back second home profits under the plans Proposed reforms of MPs' expenses are in doubt after the head of the body charged with rewriting the rules said he might not implement them all. The Daily Telegraph said Prof Sir Ian Kennedy
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:55:00 GMT

Ex-defence chiefs' verdict on Brown: dithering and failing British troops

THREE former defence chiefs have attacked Gordon Brown's commitment to the war in Afghanistan, accusing the Prime Minister of dithering and failing British troops. The criticism came on the day the Prime Minister made a speech to try to re-establish his
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:42:00 GMT

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