UK Banks downgraded by Moody's rating agency

On Thursday 6th October 2011 Sir Mervyn King the Bank of England's governor expressed fears that Britain is in the grip of the world's worst ever 1930s-style shortage of money financial crisis, after the Bank of...

Yorkshire Floods Are Worst For 75 Years

Tuesday was one hot sunny day in the UK with temperatures up to 30C,  followed by heavy torrential rain on Wednesday in some parts of the Yorkshire region, leaving homes and businesses having to be evacuated...

Tata Steel to cut 1,500 UK jobs

Tata Steel plans to cut around 1,500 jobs at its Scunthorpe plant and Teesside sites in Northeastern England after its long products business continued to make losses for the last two years. "Tata's...

Yorkshire flying high for England

As the biggest football competition kicks off in South Africa, fans all around the region are getting in the mood for the 2010 World Cup. In one house in Glusburn, Keighley, every bedroom has a flag & even the car. This year, our chances are high to win the World Cup,...

Update Nine-year-old boy dead stabbed in Bradford

Update 2: The arrested man is reported to be the dead boy Jackson Taylor's elder brother and is said to gave a history of mental illness.Update 1: Police now confirm that the boy's 18-year-old sister was also...

UK Weather: Grit Shortage Could Cause Transportation Chaos

In the face of the big freeze weather conditions in the UK, transportation concerns are continuing to arise as there may be a serious grit shortage. Due to the unprecedented heavy snowfalls and ice, many more...

Mohammed Most Popular Name In London

Mohammed has become the most popular name for baby boys in London, England, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It includes all the various spellings of the name, such as Muhammad, Mohammad, Mohamed and Muhammed. The Islamic name is now...

Teenager wings it with a fake airline

" A TEENAGE boy from Yorkshire succeeded in persuading British aviation executives that he was a tycoon about to launch his own airline. Using the pseudonym Adam Tait, the smooth-talking 17-year-old told airport...

The Pine Marten makes a comeback to England and Wales

The Pine Marten has recently been seen in England and Wales again after almost 15 years after they were officially declared extinct in both those two countries. They were almost wiped out after persecution from...

I Salute English Cricket Team for touring India

I Salute English Cricket team for touring. It is a best reply one can give the terrorists.Thank You Pieterson and his band for supporting the series. The terrorist have been given a befitting reply. Sports can not...

Man holds girl, 6, prisoner in ongoing siege

An explosive siege is occuring in Scarborough, UK, in which a man has taken a six-year-old girl hostage. He could be heard last night by observers shouting to police officers, "I'm going to die tonight." The standoff has now entered its third day, and police are still...

NHS hospitals battling plague of vermin, Tories reveal

As I entered the hall in central London at 4am I was greeted by hundreds of rats. Within a blink of an eyelid they vanished from sight. They live along side millions of London's residents who are largely unaware...

Flying the flag for Yorkshire

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Greatest show on turf opens gates

Agriculture is the most prominent source available for making our world a green. This story all about a largest exhibition on Agriculture.Time to think about Nature and green.Ans also, this is will be the first time the Queen has attended the three-day event since 1977, her...

Britain has one of highest drink-driving levels in Europe

Levels of drinking amongst young teenagers seem to be in the headlines all the time but older drinkers pose a great danger to others when they drive and in terms of the nations health with middle age drinkers...

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