Feb 9, 2013

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Social care cap funding plans emerge

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 06:42 PM PST

Ministers are to freeze the inheritance tax thresholds for three years to pay help for an expected £75,000 cap for social care costs in England.

UK gives Scots 'best of both worlds'

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:12 PM PST

Having two governments looking after its affairs gives Scotland "the best of both worlds", David Cameron says as he launches a defence of the Union.

Rover picks up historic drill sample

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:43 PM PST

Nasa's Curiosity rover finally drills deep enough into Martian rock to acquire a powdered sample for analysis - an historic first in planetary exploration.

Isaf 'on road' to Afghan victory

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:56 PM PST

Gen John Allen, the outgoing commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, says the alliance is on the road to winning the war in the country.

Fox attacked baby in home - police

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:20 PM PST

A four-week-old baby boy was attacked by a fox in his home in Bromley, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed.

Barclays shuts 'tax avoidance' unit

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 12:14 PM PST

Barclays is to close down a part of its business which helped clients avoid tax, the BBC understands.

North-east US paralysed by snowstorm

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:09 AM PST

A major snowstorm brings areas of the north-eastern US and Atlantic Canada to a standstill, with hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity.

David Coulthard's sister found dead

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 10:52 AM PST

The sister of former Formula One driver David Coulthard has been found dead at her home in the south of Scotland.

France investigates terror suspects

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:34 PM PST

France opens criminal proceedings against four men suspected of links with African militants, amid fears of attacks in the wake of the Mali conflict.

Kumbh Mela set for holiest day

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:18 PM PST

More than 30 million pilgrims are set to bathe on the most auspicious day of India's Kumbh Mela festival, billed as the world's biggest gathering.

Church Times marks 150th anniversary

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 05:29 PM PST

The 150th anniversary of the Church Times newspaper is being marked this weekend, following years of robust views about the Anglican faith.

Christmas truce matches 'replayed'

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 05:44 AM PST

Football matches played between British and German soldiers during the Christmas truce of World War I could be recreated for next year's centenary celebrations.

Island finishes its Bayeux Tapestry

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:35 AM PST

The tiny island of Alderney completes its version of the Bayeux Tapestry ending.

Southampton 3-1 Man City

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:49 AM PST

Manchester City's title defence suffers a huge blow as they gift Southampton victory with a series of defensive errors.

Scotland 34-10 Italy

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 08:13 AM PST

Stuart Hogg scores a spectacular solo try as Scotland beat Italy to secure their record win in the Six Nations.

Frampton secures European title

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 03:41 PM PST

Carl Frampton wins the European super-bantamweight title after stopping defending champion Kiko Martinez in Belfast.

France 6-16 Wales

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:48 AM PST

Wales end a run of eight straight defeats as George North's spectacular finish helps them beat France in the Six Nations.

Ferguson on City, RVP and Ronaldo

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:27 AM PST

In an interview with Football Focus, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson discusses all aspects of management at the top level

Lib Dems choose Eastleigh candidate

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:58 AM PST

The Liberal Democrats choose local councillor Mike Thornton as their candidate to stand in the forthcoming Eastleigh by-election.

Hunt calls for Stafford police probe

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:22 AM PST

The deaths of patients at Stafford Hospital should be investigated by the police, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.

Victim's death 'must lead to change'

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 08:51 AM PST

A charity for adults who were abused in childhood says the way prosecutions are brought must change after a victim took her own life during a trial.

Social care cap 'set at £75,000'

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:09 AM PST

Elderly people in England will not have to pay more than £75,000 for long-term social care after 2017, the health secretary is set to say on Monday.

Major work due to start on bridge

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 05:09 PM PST

Major resurfacing work is due to start on the Kessock Bridge at Inverness and is expected to take about five months.

Brown in talks over Remploy future

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 05:10 PM PST

Former prime minister Gordon Brown is to meet the UK Work and Pensions Secretary to discuss the closure of two Fife Remploy factories.

Arrests after officer dies in crash

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:53 AM PST

Two men are arrested after a policewoman dies in a crash involving a suspected stolen car in Londonderry.

Two in court over dissident terror

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:38 PM PST

Two men from County Limerick appear in court in Dublin charged with membership of an unlawful paramilitary organisation.

Snow could cause travel disruption

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 09:27 AM PST

Snow could cause travel disruption in parts of Wales on Sunday, the Met Office is warning.

Tunisian PM pledges new government

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:41 PM PST

Tunisia's PM says he will quit if a technocratic government is rejected next week, amid a crisis triggered by the killing of an opposition leader.

Delhi parliament plotter hanged

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 10:36 PM PST

A Kashmiri separatist sentenced to death over the 2001 plot to attack India's parliament is hanged after his final clemency plea is rejected.

Japan steps up threat on China ship

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:30 PM PST

Japan says it may release evidence to prove a Chinese naval frigate locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese ship near disputed islands.

German 'plagiarism' minister quits

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 06:22 AM PST

German Education Minister Annette Schavan resigns after a university stripped her of her doctorate for plagiarism.

Russian activist under house arrest

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 09:54 AM PST

A court in Russia places the prominent opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov, who is charged with organising "mass disorder", under house arrest.

Samba for vast crowd at Rio carnival

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 12:56 PM PST

As Rio de Janeiro's carnival gets under way, its oldest street parade draws an estimated 1.5m revellers to the city's business district.

Heavy rain causes floods in Andes

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 05:57 PM PST

Torrential rain creates havoc along the Pacific coast side of South America, with flooding causing the deaths of at least six people in Peru.

Attack on Iranian exile camp in Iraq

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:52 AM PST

Five people are killed in an attack on a camp in central Iraq housing members of the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran, officials say.

VIDEO: New Yorkers face city clean-up

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST

New York has been spared the worst of the storm, but some neighbourhoods that are still recovering after Hurricane Sandy, are now facing another clean-up.

VIDEO: Funeral for US gun violence victim

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:46 PM PST

The funeral of a teenage girl who was shot dead a week after performing at President Obama's inauguration has been held in Chicago.

VIDEO: Millions welcome Lunar New Year

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 08:47 AM PST

Millions of people have welcomed the Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, the most important annual holiday in much of Asia.

VIDEO: Minister questions horsemeat origins

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:35 PM PST

The Environment Secretary Owen Paterson says the scandal, which has seen horsemeat discovered in beef products, will lead to more testing of food provenance.

VIDEO: Social care cap 'set at £75,000'

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:29 PM PST

Elderly people in England will not have to pay more than £75,000 for long-term social care after 2017, the health secretary is expected to say on Monday.

VIDEO: Islamists hold rally in Tunisia

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 10:38 AM PST

Hundreds of supporters of Tunisia's governing Islamist party, Ennahda, are attending a rally in the centre of the capital, Tunis.

VIDEO: Is it a bird... No, it's penguin-cam

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:39 AM PST

Wildlife producer John Downer demonstrates how he and his team went about making a documentary about penguins.

VIDEO: Dinner lady, 75, vows to carry on

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 06:46 AM PST

A dinner lady who has worked at the same school for almost 50 years and served up more than one million lunches, has said she will carry on for as long as she can.

In pictures: Kumbh Mela people

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:22 PM PST

Images from the mass Ganges gathering

Director Miller complains of ageism

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:44 PM PST

Director Jonathan Miller on being a victim of ageism in the arts

The world's loveliest train station

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:05 AM PST

Is this the most beautiful railway station in the world?

Your pictures: Tradition

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 12:45 AM PST

Readers' photos on the theme of tradition

The sharp end of Indian politics

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:30 PM PST

The political party 'empowering' Indian women with knives

Bulgaria's cultural rift over chalga pop-folk scene

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:16 PM PST

Why subsidising Bulgarian pop craze caused such a stink

Cameron touches raw nerve

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 11:35 AM PST

Cameron touched a raw nerve, says Newsnight's Mark Urban

Viewpoint: Pakistan civil society under threat

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:57 PM PST

Pakistan civil society under threat as intolerance grows

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