Garlic and dumplings - Ai Weiwei in Twitter return
07.08.2011 11:29 9 views 0 comments
Chinese artist and government critic Ai Weiwei returns to Twitter after a jail term despite a ban on him speaking publicly. Read more »
|
India's Zaheer out of Test series
07.08.2011 11:04 5 views 0 comments
India's pace bowler Zaheer Khan will miss the rest of the England tour with ankle and hamstring injuries. Read more »
|
Local flooding as rain continues
07.08.2011 10:28 8 views 0 comments
Heavy rain brings travel disruption and localised flooding, with firefighters helping to protect properties. Read more »
|
Typhoon nears Chinese peninsula
07.08.2011 10:07 9 views 0 comments
The authorities in China's northern Shandong peninsula make preparations for Typhoon Muifa after the financial capital of Shanghai avoids a direct-hit. Read more »
|
Live - Sunday football
07.08.2011 9:59 7 views 0 comments
Cardiff face Sam Allardyce's West Ham in the Championship before Manchester City take on local rivals United in the Community Shield. Read more »
|
Man, 62, dies in factory incident
07.08.2011 7:57 6 views 0 comments
A 62-year-old man dies following an incident at a Merseyside factory where two people died in December. Read more »
|
Chavez goes to Cuba for treatment
07.08.2011 6:46 6 views 0 comments
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flies to Cuba to resume cancer treatment, two months after he had a tumour removed on the island. Read more »
|
PM and Sarkozy discuss downgrade
07.08.2011 4:44 3 views 0 comments
Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to French President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss eurozone finances and the US credit rating being downgraded. Read more »
|
Israelis stage massive protests
07.08.2011 4:28 6 views 0 comments
At least a quarter of a million Israelis stage mass protests across the country, demanding government action over the rising cost of living. Read more »
|
Quango 'has £6m credit card bill'
07.08.2011 3:03 6 views 0 comments
A credit card bill of £6.5m was run up by staff at the quango tasked with making police forces in England and Wales more efficient, it emerges. Read more »
|
Concern over care home managers
07.08.2011 2:12 5 views 0 comments
The Scottish Labour party says a leaked report shows one in seven care homes run by Southern Cross in Scotland has no manager. Read more »
|
Libya rebels in western offensive
07.08.2011 0:32 4 views 0 comments
Rebels fighting troops loyal to Libyan Col Muammar Gaddafi claim to have captured the town of Bir al-Ghanam, south of Tripoli. Read more »
|
Abu Ghraib abuse ringleader freed
06.08.2011 23:58 7 views 0 comments
Charles Graner, ringleader of the US military guards who photographed their abuse of inmates at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail, is released from prison. Read more »
|
Bruce Lee's fur-lined coat sold at Hong Kong auction
06.08.2011 15:30 3 views 0 comments
Items once owned by Kung Fu actor Bruce Lee, including a fur-lined coat, raise HK$600,000 (£122,000) at a Hong Kong auction. Read more »
|
After-school clubs 'too costly'
29.08.2010 8:58 9 views 0 comments
Nearly two-thirds of UK parents cannot afford after-school activities for their children, a poll for the Save the Children charity suggests. Read more »
|
Counting the cost
29.08.2010 8:30 8 views 0 comments
Key figures from the conflict in Iraq Read more »
|
Unhealed scars
29.08.2010 8:26 8 views 0 comments
Suffering lingers in New Orleans, five years after Katrina Read more »
|
Newspaper review
29.08.2010 8:02 4 views 0 comments
Miliband duel in Labour leadership battle studied Read more »
|
Arrest over cricket 'betting scam'
29.08.2010 7:51 7 views 0 comments
Police question a man over an alleged cricket betting scam during the current Pakistan-England Test, with claims Pakistan players were paid to bowl "no balls". Read more »
|
New breaches hit Pakistani town
29.08.2010 7:48 8 views 0 comments
Officials race to save the town of Thatta in Pakistan, where the raging Indus river has breached more flood defences. Read more »
|