International News

Huhne case 'like being in stocks'

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 00:22
Friends of jailed former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce say their experience has been like "being in the stocks," as the pair spend their first day in prison.

VIDEO: Inside school crumbling around pupils

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 00:20
Alperton Community School in Brent, London, struggles to cope with the long wait for a rebuild.

AUDIO: Who's still using UK laundrettes?

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 00:07
The Today programme reporter Tom Bateman chatted to laundrette customers - beginning at Spin Clean in Colchester.

Motorists stranded on snow-hit road

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 00:04
Hundreds of drivers are stranded for hours as snow brings roads to a standstill in Sussex, while ice and snow warnings remain for many parts of Britain.

Scientists on hunt for new species

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 23:58
A team from the UK's Chester Zoo is heading to a mountainous national park in Nigeria to carry out the first biodiversity assessment in the area.

X-ray scans look inside a chrysalis

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 23:57
Scientists record the intimate changes involved when a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly using micro-CT scans.

Few patients wake up during surgery

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 23:54
The risk of waking up while under the surgeon's knife is extremely small - about one in 15,000 - research reveals.

Federer & Nadal into fourth round

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 23:49
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are on course to meet in the Indian Wells Masters quarter-finals after making the last 16.

'Jobs boom' from PPI mis-selling

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 23:48
At least 20,000 jobs have been created to deal with claims over mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), employment group Manpower says.

Beyonce and Jay-Z finances hacked

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 23:19
The musicians are targeted online, along with Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton.

£45m city centre college unveiled

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 22:59
Plans for a £45m state-of-the-art college campus near the centre of Cardiff are unveiled, including beauty salons, shops and a conference centre.

Papers reflect on Huhne jailing

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 22:48
Papers focus on the jailing of Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce

Study as sexually abusive girls rise

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 22:43
A significant rise in the number of sexually abusive girls being referred for help across Wales leads to pioneering research.

Falklands vote to stay UK territory

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 21:35
The people of the Falkland Islands overwhelmingly vote to remain a British territory and the UK government urges "all countries" to respect their wishes.

Minerals dominate Greenland poll

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 20:41
Voters go to the polls in Greenland on Tuesday, in an election dominated by the question of how the territory should exploit its mineral riches.

Care system 'struggles on dementia'

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 20:29
The health and care system is "struggling" to look after people with dementia, according to the regulator.

US official in China hacking call

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 20:00
The Chinese government should acknowledge and investigate cyber crime from China, US National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon says.

British Museum tops UK visitor list

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 19:50
London's British Museum retained its place as the most popular visitor attraction in 2012, as overall tourist numbers in the UK rose by 5%.

Five dead in Afghan helicopter crash

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 19:28
Five Americans from the Nato-led foreign forces in Afghanistan die in a helicopter crash blamed on a rainstorm, the US says.

Ecuador sentence for homophobia

BBC - Mon, 2013-03-11 18:35
The former Ecuadorean presidential candidate and preacher Nelson Zavala is stripped of his political rights for a year for homophobic comments.
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