National / International News

VIDEO: Five killed in Ukraine plane crash

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 21:14
At least five people were killed when a plane carrying football fans attempted an emergency landing and caught fire in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Gin Wigmore: From Auckland to Bond

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 21:04
Gin Wigmore on escaping New Zealand and meeting James Bond
Categories: International News, National / International News

A Chorus Line returns to West End

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 20:22
What brings A Chorus Line back to the West End after 37 years?
Categories: International News, National / International News

The challenge of providing good PE lessons

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 20:18
Can schools capitalise on the Olympic legacy in PE lessons?
Categories: International News, National / International News

Call to ban gluten-free food on NHS

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 20:01
A medical journal is calling for prescriptions of gluten-free food to be scrapped as they are costly and outdated.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Hague: UK to focus on human rights

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 19:51
A new emphasis on building justice and human rights alliances with countries in the fight against terrorism will be outlined by Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Israel confirms it held Prisoner X

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 19:48
Israel confirms it imprisoned an Australian-Israeli man under a false identity for security reasons, and that he died in custody.
Categories: International News, National / International News

HMRC told to 'get a grip' on fraud

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 19:43
Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge tells HM Revenue and Customs to "get a grip", after it misses a target to tackle tax credit fraud and error "by a mile".
Categories: International News, National / International News

New owl species is described

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 18:59
A new species of owl discovered in Lombok, Indonesia, has been formally described by scientists.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Beavis writer up for book prize

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 18:50
One of the writers of US comedy Beavis and Butt-head is among 18 authors shortlisted for this year's Waterstones children's book prize.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Militants killed in Thailand attack

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 18:18
Thailand's military says its troops have killed 16 militants who stormed a base in the violence-hit south of the country.
Categories: International News, National / International News

School PE 'not strenuous enough'

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 18:11
Education inspectors warn that there is not enough strenuous activity in many of England's school PE lessons.
Categories: International News, National / International News

A&E waits 'highest for a decade'

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 18:04
The number of people in England facing long A&E waits has risen by a fifth in a year - and is now at its highest level for a decade, a report suggests.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Economists warn over spending cuts

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 18:04
Public services face the most severe round of cuts in the period after the independence referendum, Glasgow-based economists warn.
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Wildlife photos: How to take the best shots

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 18:03
Getting your wildlife images to stand out from the crowd
Categories: International News, National / International News

Fracking 'could lower oil prices'

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 18:01
The oil and gas industry in north-east Scotland is warned it needs to adjust to the challenges and opportunities from fracking.
Categories: International News, National / International News

VIDEO: Dorner shoot-out 'like a war zone'

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 17:40
Police in California say they have found charred remains in the rubble of a burnt-out cabin where a murder suspect had been hiding.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Prince Charles to edit Countryfile

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 17:39
The Prince of Wales is to guest-edit a special edition of Countryfile to mark the BBC One show's 25th anniversary.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Three charged in rhino horn ring

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-13 17:27
Three people are arrested in the US and accused of a conspiring to smuggle endangered black rhinoceros horns to China, prosecutors say.
Categories: International News, National / International News

American, US Airways Boards Approve Merger

NPR News - Wed, 2013-02-13 17:14

Directors of both companies have approved the deal, which creates a company worth about $11 billion. It will be known as American Airlines.

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