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Heart patients being ‘failed’ by doctors over cholesterol levels
A study out today has claimed doctors are failing to lower heart patients’ cholesterol levels adequately, with women particularly at risk. According to research in the European Heart Journal only half of all patients at high risk of heart disease are given correct targets for lowering their cholesterol levels. The study, of 25,250 patients in Germany, investigated [...]
Continue reading...Apology to victims of ‘British Fritzl’ as mistakes admitted
11. March 2010
Police and local authorities have offered a full apology to two women repeatedly raped by their father over 30 years, fathering nine children with them, despite multiple contacts with social workers. The man, in his 50s and who cannot be named for legal reasons, was given 25 life sentences by a Sheffield court in 2008. A serious [...]
Continue reading...Norway’s ‘Doomsday seed vault’ becomes world’s largest
11. March 2010
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has become the world’s most diverse collection of crop diversity after its inventory passed the half-million mark. The "Doomsday" vault in Norway announced it is this week receiving thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million unique samples, making it the most diverse assemblage [...]
Continue reading...Climate change and water shortages ‘threatening Tajikistan’
17. February 2010
Climate change and water shortages are endangering areas of central Asia and in particular Tajikistan, a new report from Oxfam has warned. Researcher claim retreating glaciers and extreme weather like droughts and floods could dangerously erode food security, livelihoods and even regional stability in the area by 2050. The report states climate change has been sharply felt [...]
Continue reading...Heroes actor arrested on drink-driving charge
28. January 2010
Adrian Pasdar, one of the stars of US series Heroes, has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of drink-driving. The 44-year-old was pulled over before dawn on Wednesday after his vehicle was spotted travelling at 94 mph and "straddling" two lanes. According to a police report quoted by E! Online, "upon contacting Pasdar, [California Highway Patrol] [...]
Continue reading...University ‘withheld data’ in climate scandal
28. January 2010
The university which has been at the centre of a climate change scandal withheld data, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said. The University of East Anglia has been at the centre of a row involving climate sceptics, after researchers concluded that temperature change was caused by man-made emissions. The row which involved sceptics calling for Freedom of [...]
Continue reading...UK scientist: Climate change “honesty” needed
28. January 2010
Scientists need to be much clearer about the rate of climate change and the damage it is causing the planet, the government’s chief scientific adviser has claimed. Professor John Beddington made the comments in the wake of a statement from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) last week which admitted an error had been made [...]
Continue reading...UK scientist: Climate change “honesty” needed
28. January 2010
Scientists need to be much clearer about the rate of climate change and the damage it is causing the planet, the government’s chief scientific adviser has claimed. Professor John Beddington made the comments in the wake of a statement from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) last week which admitted an error had been made [...]
Continue reading...UK scientist: Climate change “honesty” needed
28. January 2010
Scientists need to be much clearer about the rate of climate change and the damage it is causing the planet, the government’s chief scientific adviser has claimed. Professor John Beddington made the comments in the wake of a statement from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) last week which admitted an error had been made [...]
Continue reading...UK scientist: Climate change “honesty” needed
28. January 2010
Scientists need to be much clearer about the rate of climate change and the damage it is causing the planet, the government’s chief scientific adviser has claimed. Professor John Beddington made the comments in the wake of a statement from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) last week which admitted an error had been made [...]
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FTSE down 0.4% by end of trade Thursday, as miners drag
Britain’s leading shares index the FTSE 100 was down 0.4 per cent at 23.31 points to 5,617.26 by close of trade Thursday. Miners dragged on the FTSE, as did Morrison WM Supermarkets; despite the firm announcing much better than expected results for 2009 earlier today. Among the miners Kazakhmys led the falls, down 3.17 per cent, while [...]
Continue reading...Barack Obama: The time for talk is over on health reform
US president Barack Obama has said the "time for talk is over" on his crucial plans to overhaul the country’s healthcare system. Speaking to a crowd in Missouri, Mr Obama said it was time for Congress to vote on his proposed healthcare plans, which would see a trillion-dollar national health service introduced in the world’s richest [...]
Continue reading...Beckham insists Red Knights campaign is ‘not his business’
David Beckham has denied supporting an anti-Glazer family takeover of Manchester United despite draping himself in the movement’s colours at Old Trafford last night. The former England captain returned to Old Trafford as an opposing player for the first time last night since leaving United seven years ago as his AC Milan side lost 4-0 on [...]
Continue reading...Sahil Saeed has not been freed, Foreign Office confirms
Sahil Saeed, a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Punjab, has not been freed and is still being held by kidnappers, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said. A Foreign Office spokesperson told inthenews.co.uk that Sahil had definitely not been released, as had been claimed by a senior Punjab minister earlier today. Sahil was taken at gunpoint by [...]
Continue reading...Morrisons sees profits for 2009 up 30% beating forecasts
UK supermarket chain Morrison has seen its profits for 2009 surge 30 per cent, beating financial forecasts. The firm said like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, were up six per cent, with profit before tax at £858 million in 2009, compared to 2008’s £655 million. Underlying profits were up 21 per cent, the firm announced, at £767 [...]
Continue reading...BP announces deal to search for oil off Brazilian coast
Oil giant BP has announced today it has secured a deal to begin deepwater offshore exploration for oil off the Brazilian coast. The firm said it would pay US firm Devon Energy £4.7 billion for its Brazilian assets, as well as those in Azerbaijan and the US deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In addition, BP will sell [...]
Continue reading...HMRC accepts Portsmouth administration
Portsmouth Football Club are expected to learn on Thursday that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will accept the legality of the club entering administration. The south coast are still likely to face a nine-point deduction in the Premier League but will now avoid a winding up order after HMRC accepted that owner Balram Chainrai was legally [...]
Continue reading...Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim tops Forbes rich list
According to the Forbes rich list Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms bazillionaire, has pushed Bill Gates off the top spot as the world’s richest man. The list also showed that China now has more billionaires than any other country besides the US, while the Grosvenor family were the only UK-based billionaires to make it into [...]
Continue reading...De Niro to call plays as NFL coach Vince Lombardi
Oscar winner Robert De Niro is to play renowned American Football coach Vince Lombardi in a new big screen biopic, it has been confirmed. The Taxi Driver star, who won an Academy award in 1980 for playing real-life boxing champion Jake LaMotta, will star as the Green Bay Packers’ greatest coach in Lombardi, a new production [...]
Continue reading...Kaka asks for forgiveness after Lyon defeat
Real Madrid forward Kaka has apologised to the club’s fans after the big-spending club were knocked out of the Champions League by Lyon. The Spanish side crashed out Europe’s premier club competition after Miralem Pjanic’s late equaliser for Lyon, sending the French team through 2-1 on aggregate. Real Madrid spent £240 million last summer, purchasing the likes [...]
Continue reading...UK journalist accused of espionage by Hamas is freed
A British journalist accused of being an Israeli spy has been freed by Hamas after the Palestinian group held him captive in the Gaza Strip for the last month. Paul Martin was arrested in mid-February as he arrived in Gaza to testify in the defence of a Palestinian man himself accused of espionage. Hamas did not formally [...]
Continue reading...Three MPs and peer deny false accounting over expenses claims
Three Labour MPs and one Conservative peer have denied charges of fraudulent expenses claims as the political scandal of the decade finally reached the courts. Labour MPs Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor, as well as Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield, have been charged with 13 charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 for [...]
Continue reading...BA and union leaders reach stalemate over threatened strikes
Leaders for Unite and British Airways (BA) will be meeting later today to decide if, and when, strikes by cabin crew will be held. Union leaders have until March 15th to announce a date for strike action, and it must give the airline a full week’s notice before cabin crew can walk out over a long-running [...]
Continue reading...Felipe Massa looking for large Ferrari points haul in Bahrain
Felipe Massa is looking for a large points haul at the opening race of the season in Bahrain, following Ferrari’s impressive form during winter testing. The Brazilian makes a comeback to his race-seat with the Maranello-based team, having made a full recovery from the injuries he sustained from being struck on the head by a piece [...]
Continue reading...Heart patients being ‘failed’ by doctors over cholesterol levels
A study out today has claimed doctors are failing to lower heart patients’ cholesterol levels adequately, with women particularly at risk. According to research in the European Heart Journal only half of all patients at high risk of heart disease are given correct targets for lowering their cholesterol levels. The study, of 25,250 patients in Germany, investigated [...]
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11. March 2010
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