Feb 8, 2013

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Summit called over horsemeat scandal

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 04:06 PM PST

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is to hold a summit with the heads of meat retailers and suppliers to discuss the horsemeat scandal.

System 'let down' choirmaster victim

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 07:01 PM PST

The family of a woman believed to have taken her life during the trial of a choir director who sexually abused her say "the court system let her down".

Child abuse at RAF base investigated

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:53 PM PST

Sex abuse allegations of children at a former Royal Air Force base in Berlin are investigated by the RAF police.

Amish beard-cutter Mullet jailed

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:50 PM PST

An Ohio Amish sect leader is sentenced to 15 years in prison, with shorter terms for his followers, for a spate of beard-cutting attacks in 2011.

Cameron 'proud' of EU budget cut

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:23 AM PST

David Cameron hails a deal which will see the first-ever real-terms cut in the EU's budget as "good for the UK and good for Europe".

Tunisia mourns murdered politician

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:31 PM PST

Assassinated Tunisian politician Chokri Belaid is buried after a funeral attended by thousands, amid nationwide protests and tension.

Canadian spy jailed for 20 years

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 02:53 PM PST

A Canadian navy intelligence officer is sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to selling classified Nato information to Russia.

Chile orders Neruda exhumation

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 02:46 PM PST

A Chilean judge has ordered the exhumation of the remains of the poet Pablo Neruda, as part of an investigation into allegations that he was poisoned in 1973.

Wreath tribute for lifeboat disaster

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:37 PM PST

A wreath is to be laid in the sea off the north east coast of Scotland later to commemorate a lifeboat disaster which claimed the lives of six crew.

Mali rebels 'got French ransom cash'

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 02:48 PM PST

A former US ambassador to Mali says France paid ransom money to free hostages and the funds ended up bolstering Islamist groups it is now fighting.

Doctors 'miss' underweight children

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:55 PM PST

Doctors may be failing to spot tell-tale signs in children who are underweight, a study suggests.

One newt halts work on police HQ

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:04 AM PST

Work on a new £14m headquarters for Durham Police is halted after a protected species of newt is found close to the construction site.

John Kerry refuses to speak French

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:42 PM PST

John Kerry prompts a Gallic shrug by refusing to answer a question in French at his first news conference as US secretary of state.

Ferguson fury at fixture schedule

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:45 PM PST

Sir Alex Ferguson claims the television fixture schedule is harming Premier League sides' chances of success in Europe.

England prepared for Kiwi threat

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:42 AM PST

England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad says New Zealand are a major threat in the shorter formats of the game.

Sale 21-16 Exeter

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 02:09 PM PST

Mark Cueto scores a record 76th Premiership try to earn Sale their third league win of the season against Exeter.

Warburton can handle 'pressure'

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 07:51 AM PST

Ryan Jones says injured flanker Sam Warburton will emerge a stronger player after feeling the "pressure" of captaining Wales.

Hamilton satisfied with Mercedes

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:24 AM PST

Lewis Hamilton has given a cautiously optimistic assessment of his new Mercedes during pre-season testing.

Firms face horsemeat 'disaster'

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 08:12 AM PST

The latest scandal over horsemeat in processed food could be "disastrous" for the meat processing industry, retail analysts warn.

HMV chief executive made redundant

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 11:58 AM PST

HMV chief executive Trevor Moore is among 60 people made redundant by administrators in charge of restructuring the High Street music retailer.

Don't dump meat products - minister

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:19 PM PST

People should not throw away frozen meat products in the wake of further revelations in the horsemeat scandal, the food minister says.

Measles cases at '18-year high'

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 02:31 AM PST

Measles cases in England and Wales have risen to 2,016 in 2012, the highest annual total for 18 years, says the Health Protection Agency.

Polio vaccinators killed in Nigeria

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:47 AM PST

Nine female polio vaccinators have been killed in two shootings at health centres in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, police tell the BBC.

School caterers 'confident' of meat

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:41 AM PST

The body which represents many school caterers in the UK says it is confident about the quality of meat being served in school lunches despite the horsemeat food scare.

Missing children data 'worrying'

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 07:36 AM PST

There is a "worrying" lack of reliable data on missing children in England, Ofsted's chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.

Row over ownership of 'space marine'

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:53 AM PST

UK toymaker Games Workshop has been criticised for asserting a trademark claim to the phrase 'space marine'.

UK 'lags behind' on DNA forensics

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:13 AM PST

Cross-border co-operation on terrorism and crime will be compromised unless the UK updates the technology it uses for DNA profiling, experts warn.

Vets 'raised concerns' over bute

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:08 AM PST

A UK veterinary committee had raised concerns repeatedly about the presence of the drug phenylbutazone or "bute" in horsemeat destined for human consumption.

Iconic painting vandalised in France

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 02:27 AM PST

French police detain a woman who defaced an iconic Delacroix painting, Liberty Leading The People, at a regional branch of France's Louvre Museum.

Richmond landscape in export bar

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:38 AM PST

A temporary export bar is placed on Jasper Francis Cropsey's Richmond Hill in the Summer of 1862, a rare example of a UK-owned British landscape by an American painter.

Talking to Shergar's kidnappers

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:17 AM PST

Racing journalist Derek Thompson recalls how he was summoned from his bed to try to free the wonder horse, Shergar.

Choirmaster victim 'killed herself'

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:58 AM PST

A woman indecently assaulted by a top choir director and his ex-wife died after giving evidence in their trial, it is revealed.

Toddler in leukaemia fight dies

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:47 PM PST

A toddler whose fight against leukaemia reached more than two million people through a social media campaign dies from the disease.

Debate examines assisted dying law

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:38 PM PST

A theological debate is being held in Glasgow on moves to change the law on physician-assisted suicide.

'Closest' dinosaur extinction date

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 02:10 AM PST

Scientists at Glasgow University take part in research to establish more accurately when and how dinosaurs became extinct.

Polish firm 'did not process horse'

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 10:27 AM PST

The Polish slaughterhouse linked to the beef found in Newry which contained horse meat, has said it does not process equine products in its factories.

McCrea receives formal warning

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 11:49 AM PST

Lagan Valley assembly member Basil McCrea has received a formal warning from the Ulster Unionist Party's disciplinary panel.

'Incompetent' hitmen given 40 years

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 11:22 AM PST

Two hitmen are jailed for life and must each serve a minimum of 40 years for stabbing to death an innocent student after they targeted the wrong house.

EU deal 'fails Wales', says Jones

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:19 PM PST

A deal to cut the European Union budget is "deeply unfair" to the poorest regions and will hit Wales hard, warns the Welsh First Minister.

Mandela granddaughters in TV show

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 02:50 AM PST

Nelson Mandela's granddaughters, Swati Dlamini and Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway, are to star in a new reality television programme called Being Mandela.

Asylum seeker 'assaulted' on plane

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:00 AM PST

An asylum seeker claims he was assaulted by private security staff on a plane at Heathrow airport, the BBC has learned.

Isaf rejects Afghan casualty report

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 08:18 AM PST

The Nato-led force in Afghanistan rejects a UN report accusing the US of killing hundreds of children in air strikes over the past four years.

Bangladesh rally seeks death penalty

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 02:26 PM PST

Hundreds of thousands rally in Bangladesh to demand the death penalty for a political leader convicted of war crimes from the 1971 independence war.

EU leaders agree 3% budget cut

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:37 AM PST

EU leaders meeting in Brussels reach a deal on the budget for 2014-20 which involves the first-ever real-terms cut.

Protesters harry Georgian president

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:29 AM PST

Scuffles break out in the Georgian capital Tbilisi as protesters seek to stop President Mikheil Saakashvili from delivering his annual speech to the nation.

Venezuela devalues currency by 32%

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:37 PM PST

In a widely expected move, Venezuela cuts the value of its currency by 32% against the US dollar, in an effort to boost its economy.

Subdued start for Brazil's carnival

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 04:28 PM PST

Brazil's annual carnival kicks off in style, but the parades and street parties have a sombre tinge coming after a nightclub fire that killed 238 people.

Dozens killed in Iraq bomb attacks

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:24 AM PST

At least 33 people are killed and about 100 injured in a spate of car bombings in mainly Shia areas of Iraq, local officials say.

Jerusalem football club torched

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:05 AM PST

The offices of Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem are set on fire in a suspected arson attack that is thought to be linked to opposition to its signing of Muslim players.

Mountain manhunt for LA fugitive

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:04 PM PST

The search for a fired Los Angeles policeman who vowed to bring "warfare" to his former colleagues and their families moves to a snowy mountain range.

US trade deficit points to growth

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 07:38 AM PST

A narrowing in the US trade deficit during December raises hopes that the economy was stronger in the final quarter of 2012 than first estimated.

The 'most excavated' Roman fort

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:59 AM PST

The "most excavated" fort on Hadrian's Wall

Day in pictures: 8 February 2013

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 04:59 AM PST

Twenty four hours of news photos: 8 February

In pictures: Money & communities

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 11:04 PM PST

Photography students in Cardiff and Newport

In pictures: Tunisia's simmering tensions boil over

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 10:49 AM PST

Deepening political crisis following assassination

In pictures: Exotic orchids

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:14 AM PST

Exotic orchids at Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew

VIDEO: 'We hope her death is not in vain'

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:05 PM PST

The parents of Hadiya Pendleton, a teenage girl shot dead days after appearing in President Obama's inauguration celebrations, have told the BBC that US gun laws have to change.

VIDEO: Hairy Biker on horsemeat scandal

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 04:52 PM PST

Dave Myers, one half of TV chef duo the Hairy Bikers, says companies which produce meat products are under constant pressure from supermarkets to reduce their costs.

VIDEO: The breakdancing 'SlumGods' of India

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:58 AM PST

Breakdancing and hip-hop are offering young Indians a chance to escape the harsh realities of life growing up in the slums.

VIDEO: Ex-LAPD man hunted for killing spree

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:17 PM PST

Los Angeles area police have launched a huge manhunt for a sacked officer who is suspected of killing three people, including a former colleague.

VIDEO: Musical instruments mirochipped

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 07:53 AM PST

A microchip developed by a Kent company is being used to tag valuable instruments at the Royal College of Music in London.

VIDEO: Chinese state TV prepares for NY show

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:11 AM PST

More than 200 million people are on the move in China to be with their families for the Lunar New Year this weekend.

VIDEO: Mandela granddaughters in TV show

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:51 AM PST

Nelson Mandela's granddaughters, Swati Dlamini and Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway, are to star in a new reality television programme called Being Mandela.

AUDIO: 'No practical use' for prime number

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:16 AM PST

Curtis Cooper, who has discovered what is thought to be the largest prime number ever identified, admits he's not aware of "any practical application" for it.

The road to Nineteen Eighty-Four

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:56 PM PST

How George Orwell came to invent Big Brother

Week in pictures: 2-8 February 2013

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:02 AM PST

News photos from around the world this week

A shocking crime, even for Mexico

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 04:08 PM PST

The beach house gang rape that has left Mexico in shock

Quirky gadgets to ease pain of Chinese New Year getaway

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:03 PM PST

Wacky gadgets ease the pain of Chinese New Year getaway

The challenge of bringing Pi to life

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:55 PM PST

Will Ang Lee's film bring him more Bafta success?

Isa savers frustrated by low rates

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:53 PM PST

Why savers are frustrated by low interest rates

Trouble backstage at the Bolshoi

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:45 AM PST

Bolshoi star dancer gives his version of events

EU Budget - when is a cut not a cut

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:07 AM PST

When is a cut not a cut, says Nick Robinson

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