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UK & World News: Care levy 'may hit estates by 10%'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:05:19 GMT

A levy to pay for the Government's proposed National Care Service could take 10% off people's estates after they died, Health Secretary Andy Burnham has suggested.

UK & World News: Change 'may fuel jail overcrowding'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:05:16 GMT

Some of Britain's leading judges warned an impending shake-up in sentencing guidelines could lead to an increase in prison overcrowding, it has been reported.

UK & World News: Clegg sets post-election deal terms

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:05:15 GMT

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has spelt out the four "tests" he will set for Labour and the Conservatives if they are to seek his party's support in a hung Parliament following the upcoming general election.

UK & World News: Man charged with shopkeeper murder

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:05:15 GMT

A man has been charged with the murder of a shopkeeper who was beaten to death during an alleged robbery at his store.

UK & World News: Another Labour MP in expenses probe

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:05:14 GMT

Another Labour MP is under police investigation over his parliamentary expenses, it has been reported.

UK & World News: £6m for Mandelson unit consultants

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:05:14 GMT

Lord Mandelson's department paid consultants more than £6 million in just six months.

UK & World News: BA strike talks end in deadlock

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:05:13 GMT

Talks aimed at averting strikes by British Airways cabin crew have ended for the day without agreement, dashing hopes of a breakthrough in a long running row over pay, jobs and working conditions.

UK & World News: Union offers BA new cabin crew deal

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:05:15 GMT

Union leaders have tabled a fresh offer aimed at averting strikes by British Airways cabin crew - believed to include possible savings of almost £63 million.

UK & World News: Miliband condemns Israeli move

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:16 GMT

Britain has joined the United States in condemning the announcement by Israel of a planned new settlement in disputed East Jerusalem.

UK & World News: Jury discharged in car death trial

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:15 GMT

The jury in the trial of an elderly motorist who knocked down and killed his wife has been discharged.

UK & World News: Rumours fly over Sarkozy and Bruni

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:05:17 GMT

Paris gossips were trying to sort out fact from fiction as the blogosphere raised tantalising questions about the glamorous pop 'n' politics marriage of President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni.

UK & World News: Apology for women raped by father

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:05:15 GMT

Two women who were raped and abused by their father over 25 years - bearing seven of his children - have been given an apology by the authorities which failed to protect them.

UK & World News: Most 'prefer surgery to lose fat'

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:05:15 GMT

More than half of Britons would rather shift excess weight through drastic surgery than diet or exercise, a poll has suggested.

UK & World News: Man guilty of daughter's murder

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:05:15 GMT

A father who stabbed his teenage daughter to death and then drove her dead body around for 10 hours has been found guilty of murder.

UK & World News: Roy 'Chubby' Brown 'punched woman'

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:05:15 GMT

Blue comic Roy 'Chubby' Brown hit a 21-year-old woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a supermarket car park, a court has been told.

UK & World News: Plane spotters return from India

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:05:17 GMT

Two British plane spotters are back home after avoiding a 10-year sentence in an Indian jail on spying charges.

UK & World News: Berezovsky wins libel payout

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:05:14 GMT

Boris Berezovsky has won £150,000 High Court libel damages over claims on a Russian TV broadcast about the radiation poisoning murder of Alexander Litvinenko.

UK & World News: Economic storm not yet over - Brown

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:05:13 GMT

Gordon Brown has admitted that recession-hit Britain faces more "bumps in the road" - but declared he has the character to lead the country to economic recovery.

UK & World News: Katie Price: My marriage is legal

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:05:14 GMT

Katie Price has insisted her marriage to Alex Reid is "legal" and genuine.

UK & World News: Venables was 'trivial' risk: Report

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:05:18 GMT

A psychiatric assessment of James Bulger killer Jon Venables compiled prior to his release said he posed only a "trivial" risk to the public, it has been reported.

UK & World News: Budget in two weeks, confirms Brown

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:05:17 GMT

The Budget will take place in two weeks, Gordon Brown has confirmed as he made a key speech pledging to pull the economy through the "storm" of recession.

Ellesmere Port News: Arrests over legal party drug in Ellesmere Port

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:05:00 GMT

A LEGAL party drug linked to three deaths in the UK has resulted in a number of arrests in Ellesmere Port.

Ellesmere Port News: Controversial heavyweight Mike Tyson’s visit to Ellesmere Port a virtual sell-out

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:04:00 GMT

‘IRON’ Mike Tyson’s visit to Ellesmere Port as part of a five-date UK tour is a virtual sell-out.

Ellesmere Port News: Ellesmere Port link to Facebook killer jailed for life

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:03:00 GMT

A KILLER jailed for murdering a 17-year-old girl in Teesside was arrested for the rape and kidnap of a prostitute in Ellesmere Port in 2002.

Ellesmere Port News: Little Sutton Couple fly high with Ryan Air partner website deal

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:02:00 GMT

A LITTLE Sutton couple have juggled a new baby and a jet set business with securing a contract with one of the country’s biggest low cost airlines.

Ellesmere Port News: Ellesmere Port motorists urged to help council tackle potholes in town

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:01:00 GMT

CHESHIRE West and Chester Council has asked Ellesmere Port motorists to report potholes around the town.

Ellesmere Port News: Ellesmere Port band Amsterdam to showcase new material at Liverpool and London gigs

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

AMSTERDAM will be giving fans a glimpse of what’s to come by performing a selection of brand new songs during their first two shows of 2010.

Ellesmere Port News: Cancer Research UK’s Mother’s Day Race for Life plea

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:50:00 GMT

A CHARITY is urging women to unite ahead of Mother’s Day.

UK & World News: £15m bonus bill as Rock cuts losses

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:05:18 GMT

Northern Rock will pay £14.9 million in bonuses to staff after losses narrowed last year.

UK & World News: Bali bombings suspect shot dead

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:05:15 GMT

Indonesia's president said a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the 2002 Bali bombings, in which 28 Britons died, has been identified as the man shot dead by police in a raid on the island of Java.