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Strike cripples Underground network

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:22:02 +0000

Millions of people who live or work in London have had to struggle to work today by road, rail, boat or bike after the first in a series of 24-hour strikes crippled the Underground network.(read article…)

Diamond named as new Barclays chief

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:19:51 +0000

One of the world’s highest paid investment bankers, Bob Diamond, is to become chief executive of Barclays.(read article…)

City live venue closes ‘for good’

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:48:27 +0000

A Cardiff music venue which has hosted many big acts on the cusp of breakthroughs will not reopen, its managing director confirms.(read article…)

‘We used glass to bulk up cocaine’

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:28:26 +0000

Dealers, former dealers and drug dealers reveal what sometimes goes into drugs to bulk them up.(read article…)

G20 pathologist choice defended

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:09:56 +0000

A coroner has defended his decision to appoint the pathologist at the centre of a row over the death of a man during the G20 protests.(read article…)

‘Mother and child’ bodies found

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:36:04 +0000

Two bodies believed to be a mother and child are found by fire investigators in a burnt-out house in Milton Keynes.(read article…)

London disrupted by tube strike

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:22:25 +0000

The London Underground network has been crippled by the first in a planned series of 24-hour strikes by workers.(read article…)

Lorry collision cyclist tribute

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:47:24 +0000

A 20-year-old cyclist who died in a crash with a lorry was a Cardiff University student.(read article…)

Hurricane pilot remembers Blitz

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:43:43 +0000

Robert Hall chats to an ex-hurricane pilot who flew over London during the Blitz and a woman who’s house was destroyed by German bombs.(read article…)

Manx on the moon?

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:32:07 +0000

Astronomer Dr David Whitehouse and Tim Craine discuss why the Isle of Man is interested in space exploration.(read article…)

Police plea to dead baby’s mother

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:21:49 +0000

Detectives investigating the death of a newborn baby found dumped in a garden are still trying to trace the mother.(read article…)

Dublin Mayor expects Queen visit

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:17:29 +0000

The Lord Mayor of Dublin says he expects Queen Elizabeth to visit the city within the next 12 months.(read article…)

Efforts to save boats in harbour

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:14:06 +0000

Fire crews working to save two fishing boats from sinking in a Fife harbour after the east coast was hit by severe winds overnight.(read article…)

What to do if you get a tax letter

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:02:38 +0000

Thousands of people will find out if they have been undercharged or are overpaid by the taxman. Up to six million people have been paying the wrong amount and the treasury says it cannot afford to write off the money.(read article…)

Philippines death report doubt

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:52:09 +0000

The stepfather of an Aberdeen man stabbed and killed in the Philippines questions media reports of why he was there.(read article…)

Ringo’s debut club fire tackled

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:29:08 +0000

Firefighters spend the night tackling a fire at a disused nightclub where drummer Ringo Starr made his Beatles debut.(read article…)

Mandarin popular in UK Schools

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:18:28 +0000

Some schools in the UK are teaching their pupils languages like Mandarin and Arabic rather than the more traditional French and Spanish.(read article…)

Priest to meet dissident families

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:05:29 +0000

A priest in Londonderry who challenged dissident republicans over their violence is to meet families who claim they are being harassed by the PSNI.(read article…)

£90m village by-pass opens early

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:02:12 +0000

A 90m bypass, first suggested in the 1980s, is being opened two months ahead of schedule.(read article…)

Q and A Tax letters

BBC News — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:56:41 +0000

If a letter says you have paid the wrong amount of tax – what next?(read article…)