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Baby death driver faces long jail term
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:45:00 GMTA woman driver is facing a long jail sentence after she crushed a baby to death in front of his mother. Katie Gutierrez-Perez, 39, swerved her Toyota 4x4 off the road and mounted the pavement outside Selwyn Primary School in Cavendish Road, Chingford, (read full story)
M&S to close 27 shops new
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:20:00 GMTMarks & Spencer today unveiled its worst sales figures for almost a decade and plans to axe up to 1,230 jobs. M&S said UK like-for-like sales tumbled 7.1 per cent in the 13 weeks to 27 December - its biggest sales collapse since July-September 1999 - (read full story)
Brown urged to 'condemn' Israel
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:43:00 GMTThe Lib Dem leader says Israel's actions are disproportionate Gordon Brown must 'unambiguously condemn' Israel's actions in Gaza, Nick Clegg has said, the first senior UK politician to urge such action. The Lib Dem leader accused Mr Brown of 'sitting on (read full story)
Rail passengers face more chaos
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:05:00 GMTThousands of rail users are facing travel chaos after a power failure stopped all trains in and out of London's Euston station. The station serves passengers travelling between the capital and the Midlands and the North. Commuters heading for London are (read full story)
Belfast woman dies of rabies
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:05:00 GMTA 35-year-old woman has died at a hospital in Belfast after contracting rabies abroad. Lisa McMurray had been in a critical condition in isolation at the intensive care unit of Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital after the condition was diagnosed last (read full story)
West Coast Main Line closes again with Euston services cancelled
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:51:00 GMTVirgin Trains and London Midland services in and out of London Euston have been suspended after the problems were discovered Wembley, on the outskirts of the capital. Buses have been used to shuttle passengers between London and Milton Keynes or Hemel (read full story)
Valley freeze hits water supply
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:42:00 GMTForecasters expect the cold weather to continue for the next few days The water supply to thousands of people in the Rhondda valley continues to be hit by freezing conditions which have brought problems across Wales. Welsh Water said it hoped to improve (read full story)
Terror threat to UK 'reduced'
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:44:00 GMTThe head of MI5 believes the terrorist threat to Britain has been reduced following a series of high-profile successes by the security services. Jonathan Evans said that recent breakthroughs have forced terrorists to 'keep their heads down'. He pointed (read full story)
UK shivers on coldest night for years
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:43:00 GMTTemperatures plunged to nearly -12C across southern England in the coldest night of the big freeze. Benson in Oxfordshire and Chesham in Bucks were both close to -12C and the UK's coldest areas, with other large parts of the south also recording -9C and (read full story)
Commuters face further rail chaos
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:13:00 GMTVirgin Trains has advised passengers to delay their journeys Rail passengers are facing long delays after a power failure halted all trains in and out of London Euston. Services to and from Euston have been suspended while overhead cable damage between (read full story)
Thousands being made bankrupt thanks to council tax arrears
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 06:35:00 GMTFigures obtained under Freedom of Information legislation by the Liberal Democrats show that 3,500 householders across England and Wales were pursued for bankruptcy or made bankrupt by town halls last year. Citizens Advice have separately found that town (read full story)
Freezing temperatures hit new low
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 06:25:00 GMTTemperatures are set to remain low throughout the day on Wednesday Temperatures plunged to -12C (10.4F) overnight, on the coldest night so far of Britain's big freeze. The low mark was hit at Benson in Oxfordshire, and the UK's cold snap is forecast to (read full story)
Rail commuters face Euston chaos
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:55:00 GMTVirgin Trains has advised passengers to delay their journeys Thousands of rail passengers are facing possible travel chaos after a power failure halted all trains in and out of London Euston. Services to and from Euston have been suspended while overhead (read full story)
Nick Clegg on fatherhood, celebrity and elections: Interview
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:03:00 GMTOn the one hand, a three-week campaign would turn a welcome spotlight on the Liberal Democrats at a time when, with the economic crisis beginning to bite, the public's attention is being hogged by the Government and official Opposition. On the other, an (read full story)
Britain's Terror Threat Reduced
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 04:13:00 GMTJonathan Evans said extremists had been 'chilled' by a succession of court cases where their former comrades pleaded guilty to involvement in plots. In the first interview given by a serving head of MI5, he said they have been forced to 'keep their (read full story)
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