International News

Sign error may mean speeding let-off

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 20:15
Thousands of motorway speeding convictions could be overturned because the font used on some traffic signs may have failed to meet regulations.

Steven Soderbergh makes 'last film'

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 20:08
Steven Soderbergh says latest thriller is his swansong

10 changes thrown up by the General Lifestyle Survey

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 19:52
The general lifestyle survey is 40 years old. What does the first survey tell us about how life has changed?

Operation Empty Plate: China's food waste campaigner

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 19:17
The Chinese campaigner urging people to order less food

Star Trek 'holodeck' in the living room?

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 19:17
New technology could make virtual reality a real reality

VIDEO: Law stars in Soderbergh's last film

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 18:40
Jude Law speaks to Sabrina Sweeney about director Steven Soderbergh's last film, Side Effects.

Why are some leaders' corpses preserved?

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 18:37
Why are some leaders' corpses put on permanent display?

Canada's Metis win land ruling

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 18:32
Canada's Supreme Court rules the government failed to hand out land grants properly to the Metis indigenous group 142 years ago.

Canberra: Deathly dull at 100?

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 18:10
Is Canberra the world's most boring capital?

Venezuela swears in acting president

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 17:59
Venezuela's former vice-president Nicolas Maduro is sworn in as acting president hours after the state funeral of Hugo Chavez.

Van Dyck painting 'found online'

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 17:31
A portrait is attributed to 17th Century master Anthony Van Dyck and valued at up to £1m after being spotted on the BBC Your Paintings website.

'Full-on' winter conditions in hills

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 17:24
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland is warning walkers and climbers to prepare for "full-on" winter conditions in the hills.

Researchers grow teeth from cells

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 17:12
Dentists could one day be able to replace missing teeth with ones newly grown from gum cells, say British researchers.

Carmakers look to SUVs for profits

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 16:01
Carmakers turn to sports vehicles for profits

The pensioners who choose to work

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 16:01
'Why I decided to work beyond state pension age'

Man charged over Spurs banana throw

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 15:57
A man is charged after allegedly throwing a banana on to the pitch during the north London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.

Woods moves in front of McDowell

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 15:44
Tiger Woods moves into a two-shot lead over Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell at the World Golf Championships event in Miami.

Kenya set to name election winner

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 15:31
Kenya's election commission says it expects to announce on Saturday morning the results of its first presidential election since 2007.

Thousands attend Chavez funeral

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 15:15
Venezuelans bid farewell to President Hugo Chavez at a state funeral attended by about 30 world leaders and huge crowds of his supporters.

Funeral for US Civil War sailors

BBC - Fri, 2013-03-08 15:10
The remains of two sailors who perished aboard US Civil War gunboat USS Monitor are buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full honours.
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