Feb 3, 2013

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Osborne backs bank break-up powers

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 04:00 PM PST

Banks will be broken-up if they fail to follow new rules to ring-fence risky investment operations from High Street operations, the Chancellor is set to announce.

Police 'used IDs of dead children'

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 01:28 PM PST

The Metropolitan Police are investigating a claim that a now-disbanded undercover unit created aliases using the identities of dead children.

Sellafield clean-up costs £67.5bn

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 04:19 PM PST

The cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear site has reached £67.5bn, with no indication of when the cost will stop rising, according to a report.

Ceremony to confirm new archbishop

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 05:59 PM PST

The new Archbishop of Canterbury will be confirmed in the role in a legal ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral later.

French jets bomb northern Mali

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:47 PM PST

French warplanes carry out air strikes in Mali's far north as they try to secure the final rebel stronghold of Kidal after a three-week offensive.

Palace Taser man on knife charge

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 06:34 PM PST

A man accused of brandishing knives outside Buckingham Palace is charged after being Tasered by police and arrested.

Tory chairs urge gay marriage delay

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 06:02 AM PST

Senior local Conservatives are urging the prime minister to delay any Parliamentary decision on gay marriage until after the next election.

Assad: Israel destabilising Syria

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 11:56 AM PST

Syria's embattled President Assad has accused Israel of trying to "destabilise" his country, in his first remarks on a reported Israeli air strike.

Richard III dig skull image shown

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 04:31 PM PST

An image of a skull which historians believe could be that of Richard III is released ahead of DNA test results being announced.

Naked beaten Egyptian blames police

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 01:41 PM PST

An Egyptian man dragged naked through the streets of Cairo admits police were to blame, after earlier blaming protesters.

France guards Niger uranium mine

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 06:07 PM PST

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou confirms that French special forces are protecting one of the country's biggest uranium mines.

Cambodia to cremate King Sihanouk

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 06:57 PM PST

The body of Cambodia's former monarch, King Norodom Sihanouk, is to be cremated in Phnom Penh, three months after he died in Beijing.

Dolphins 'saved' by distress call

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 08:07 AM PST

The distress call of a young dolphin is used to lure to safety a large pod of the animals in danger of being stranded off Western Australia.

Dalai Lama blesses cup final team

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 06:22 AM PST

The Dalai Lama sends a message of support to Bradford City ahead of the League Two club's League Cup final later this month.

Italy 23-18 France

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 09:59 AM PST

Italy blow the Six Nations wide open as they win at home to neighbours France for the second time in a row.

England suffer injury withdrawals

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 12:04 PM PST

Jermain Defoe and Michael Carrick pull out of England's friendly with Brazil, and Daniel Sturridge is a doubt.

Man City 2-2 Liverpool

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 10:36 AM PST

Sergio Aguero salvages a draw for Manchester City against Liverpool to leave them nine points behind leaders Manchester United.

GB's Christie crowned champion

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 08:14 AM PST

Elise Christie becomes Great Britain's first short-track speed skating World Cup champion at 1,000m.

Barclays finance chief to step down

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 11:27 AM PST

The finance director of Barclays, Chris Lucas, and its group general counsel Mark Harding are retiring from the company, it announces.

Ofgem wants 'rogue' broker powers

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 04:49 AM PST

Energy regulator Ofgem asks the government for powers to tackle the mis-selling of energy deals to businesses by what it calls rogue brokers.

Mitchell blasts 'plebgate' media

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 05:58 PM PST

Andrew Mitchell claims he was caught "between the pincers" of the police and the media in the "plebgate" row which led to him resigning from the cabinet.

Blair warns against quitting EU

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 04:41 AM PST

It would be a "huge problem" for the UK if people vote to leave the European Union, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned.

'Steep decline' in child epilepsy

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 08:44 PM PST

The number of children being diagnosed with epilepsy has dropped dramatically in the UK over the past decade, figures show.

Grayling defends child smacking

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 01:39 AM PST

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says he smacked his own children when they were young and defends the right of parents to smack.

Mars rover hammers down into rock

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:05 AM PST

The US space agency's Curiosity Mars rover uses its drill for the first time, hammering down briefly into a flat slab of rock on the floor of Gale Crater.

Bolshoi director 'knows' attacker

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 01:30 AM PST

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin tells the BBC he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind last month's acid attack on him.

Biffy Clyro get first number one

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 11:15 AM PST

Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro claim their first UK number one album with their latest record, Opposites.

Man charged with Sasha's murder

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 10:55 AM PST

A man is charged with murdering Sasha Marsden, the 16-year-old girl whose body was found in an alleyway in Blackpool.

Tough love call over boy's murder

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 08:53 AM PST

A priest urges the families and friends of those involved in a fatal knife attack on a boy in central London to name the culprits.

'Bedroom tax' call to Holyrood

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 07:12 AM PST

The Scottish parliament is asked to change the law to prevent tenants being evicted because of changes to housing benefit.

Iceland goes it alone on mackerel

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 10:29 AM PST

The Icelandic government announces a unilateral lowering of its mackerel fishing quota for 2013 by 15%.

'Pork in halal' meat supplier named

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 08:18 AM PST

The company which supplied halal food found to contain traces of pork DNA to prisons is named as McColgan's Quality Foods Limited of Co Tyrone.

Bomb found outside Carryduff flats

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 02:02 AM PST

A pipe-bomb has been found outside flats in Carryduff, County Down, the police have said.

Cut 22 councils to seven, says AM

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 09:58 AM PST

A dramatic reduction in the number of local authorities in Wales is called for by former Plaid Cymru leader Dafydd Elis-Thomas.

Biggar offers apology for Wales

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:59 AM PST

Fly-half Dan Biggar offers an apology to Wales' fans for the side's poor start in the 30-22 Six Nations defeat by Ireland.

Four die in Senegal's Casamance

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 08:19 AM PST

At least four people, including a Frenchman, are killed in Senegal's Casamance region, in a raid on a bank by suspected rebels, officials say.

Nigeria raids 'kill' militants

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 09:46 AM PST

Nigeria's military says it has killed 17 insurgents in helicopter-backed raids on two training camps belonging to the Boko Haram Islamist group.

UK hosts Afghan-Pakistani talks

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 02:57 PM PST

UK PM David Cameron holds talks with the Afghan and Pakistani presidents to discuss regional co-operation ahead of Nato's Afghan withdrawal in 2014.

Sri Lanka rescues stricken boat

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 09:38 AM PST

Sri Lanka's navy rescues 138 Bangladeshi and Burmese nationals from a sinking fishing boat in a 20-hour operation.

Berlusconi in property tax pledge

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 07:34 AM PST

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he will abolish an unpopular local property tax if he wins this month's elections.

Spain's opposition tells PM to go

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 07:15 AM PST

Spanish opposition leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba says PM Mariano Rajoy should resign, as his government is hit by corruption allegations.

Memorials for Brazil fire victims

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 07:54 AM PST

Special services are being held in Brazil in memory of the 237 people who died in a nightclub fire in the city of Santa Maria a week ago.

Paraguay candidate Oviedo killed

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 09:59 AM PST

Paraguayan politician Lino Oviedo, who was running for president in the upcoming elections, has died in a helicopter crash north of the capital.

'Many die' in Iraq police attack

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 02:56 AM PST

At least 16 people are killed as a police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk is attacked by a suicide bomber and gunmen, medical sources say.

Iran seeks 'authentic' US talks

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 04:51 AM PST

Iran welcomes the US vice-president's offer of bilateral nuclear talks, but wants the US to show "a fair and real intention to resolve the issue".

Deadliest US sniper is shot dead

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 04:36 AM PST

Chris Kyle, a former US Navy seal and Iraq veteran known as the deadliest sniper in US history, is shot dead on a Texas shooting range, police say.

Affleck wins Directors Guild award

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:53 AM PST

Ben Affleck has won the top film honour from the Directors Guild of America for his Iran hostage drama Argo.

VIDEO: Knives man Tasered outside palace

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 10:17 AM PST

Police have used a Taser stun gun on a man who was brandishing two knives outside Buckingham Palace in London.

VIDEO: Destiny's Child reunite for Super Bowl

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 05:49 PM PST

Destiny's Child have reunited for Beyonce's half-time performance at the Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.

VIDEO: Can testosterone make you live longer?

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 04:03 PM PST

Seventy-four-year-old Dr Jeffry Life believes that regular injections of testosterone have helped him get the body of a much younger man.

VIDEO: Apology over police beating footage

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST

The Egyptian government has apologised after footage of a man being beaten by police outside the presidential palace was broadcast on state television.

VIDEO: Ethnic tensions threaten Mali

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:05 PM PST

Fears are growing that ethnic rivalry could destabilise parts of Mali, in the wake of a three-week campaign by French troops to drive out Islamist militants.

VIDEO: Bolshoi director: 'I know attacker'

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 07:51 AM PST

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director says he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind an acid attack that left him badly injured last month.

AUDIO: 'Maybe no one can save Gascoigne'

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 02:31 AM PST

Paul Gascoigne's agent Terry Baker has told the Stephen Nolan programme on 5 live that the former footballer needs to "get help immediately".

VIDEO: US child still hostage in bunker

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 09:56 AM PST

Police are continuing their efforts to free a five-year-old boy who was taken hostage in Alabama.

Should Lance Armstrong's readers get a refund?

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 04:28 PM PST

Do readers of Lance Armstrong's autobiographies deserve a refund?

Where did Richard III go wrong?

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 03:55 AM PST

Where did it all go wrong for Richard III?

Thailand's whiskey tycoon branches out

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 08:48 PM PST

A portrait of Thailand's booze magnate and his global ambitions

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