Nuclear scare after Japan quake

"A strong earthquake in central Japan has damaged a large nuclear power plant causing a leak of radioactive material, officials at the plant have said. Water containing radioactive substances leaked into the sea and a fire broke out at the Kashiwazaki plant. Reactors at the...

Footprints for Peace visit Rolls Royce at Derby

A group of peace activists called ‘Footprints for Peace’ visited Rolls Royce Raynesway factory in Derby to hold a peace vigil.   Footprints for peace are raising awareness and inspiring people...

US House votes for troop pullout

"US House votes for troop pullout The United States House of Representatives has approved legislation to pull most combat troops out of Iraq by April next year. The vote comes despite President George W Bush's threat to veto any timetable. Correspondents say the...

Tourists flee Greek island fires

"Tourists flee Greek island fires Map of Greece Hundreds of holidaymakers have been evacuated from hotels on the Greek island of Skiathos to escape raging forest fires. Many families fled to beaches as the fire came...

Police to get more Helmet Mounted Head Cameras

The Home Office is to provide police with an extra £3 million to fund a national roll-out of revolutionary head camera technology, Minister of State for Police, Crime, Security and Counter-Terrorism Tony McNulty announced today (12 July 2007). The move comes after an...

Breaking News: Nigeria kidnappers free UK girl

"Kidnappers in southern Nigeria have released a three-year-old British girl who was held hostage for three days. Margaret Hill was in good health and being cared for by officials in Port Harcourt city, a government spokeswoman told the Reuters news agency. The child was...

Heathrow's T4 evacuated

Just in"LONDON (Reuters) - Terminal 4 at London's Heathrow airport was being evacuated on Tuesday after a suspicious package was found, passengers said. Advertisement "The tannoy is telling everyone to evacuate the terminal. They're saying a suspect package has been found,"...

Prince visits hill farming area

"Prince Charles has visited hill farmers and a centre promoting green technology in North Derbyshire. He was taken on a tour of a £1m environmental centre in Edale which uses turf insulation and then talked to those behind an farmer's co-operative. During the visit the...

Rocket hits Ivorian premier's plane, three killed

Prime Minister Soro survives plane attackA plane carrying Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro was attacked Friday as it landed at an airport in the centre of the country, killing three people though Soro survived, a top aide told...

2 Car bombs found in central London

Police say two separate explosive devices have been found in cars parked in London's West End"A car bomb planted in central London would have caused "carnage" if it had exploded, police sources have...

Stop Mokarrameh Ebrahimi from Being Stoned in Public in the City of Takistan,...

"Mokarrameh Ebrahimi, 43 is to executed by stoning in the city of Takistan in a public square, in front of a crowd of people on Thursday. She was convicted and sentenced to die for having a child out of wedlock, and...

Govenment SMS news ban attacked by journalists

Today I see the first example of a Government blocking new technology for the delivery of news via SMS, I wonder how long it will be before they block the recording of it by Citizen Journalists?Yesterday I put up a piece form the BBC about how Blair saw the media as a feral...

More inmates go missing from jail (660 in ten years)

"Three more prisoners have absconded from Sudbury Open Prison in Derbyshire.  Christopher Chambers, 23, from Mickleover, Derbys, absconded on Friday. He was sentenced to three years for arson endangering life.  Simon Downer, 30, and Lance Wesley Reid, 28, both from...

Top of London building collapses

"     Building collapse in central London Part of a five-storey building has collapsed just 100 yards from New Scotland Yard in central London.  The emergency services were called to Dean...

Media 'like feral beast' - Blair

"Media 'like feral beast' - Blair. Tony Blair has said the media can operate like "a feral beast" and its relationship with politicians is "damaged" and in need of repair. The prime minister said relations had...

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