UK migration falls by a quarter as students and foreign workers stay away
Net migration fell by a quarter in the past year, driven by falls in the numbers of foreign students and workers coming to the UK, figures showed today. Mark Harper, the immigration minister, said the...
View ArticleCyril Smith: former pupils allege abuse by "fat man"
Cyril Smith, the late Liberal Democrat MP, is at the centre of new abuse allegations at a special school for children after a former pupil described how he was forced to perform sexual acts on the...
View ArticleI've learnt my lesson, says Sally Bercow as she returns to Twitter (and...
Sally Bercow, the Speaker's wife, said last night she has "learnt her lesson" about the perils of social networking as she returned to Twitter - before issuing 64 messages in 90 minutes. Sally Bercow...
View ArticleNew York policeman's gift to homeless man turns into an internet hit
An act of kindness by a New York police officer has become a hit on the internet, giving a welcome boost to the reputation of the city's police force. A photograph taken by a passing tourist of Mr...
View ArticleTeenager charged with rape of 11-year-old schoolgirl
An 18-year-old man will appear in court today charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl who was attacked on her way home from school. Photo: ALAMY 8:58AM GMT 29 Nov 2012 Opemipo Jaji is also...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea residents offer to carry out executions
Residents of Papua New Guinea have "expressed interest" in carrying out executions if the government cannot agree on a method of execution for its ten people on death row. Photo: Alamy 9:55AM GMT 29...
View ArticleAfghanistan: teenage girl killed by spurned suitors
A 15-year-old girl had her throat cut after her father refused a marriage proposal from relatives, police have said. The provincial director of women's affairs said the province had been hit by a wave...
View Article>Chinese AIDS patients fight hospital rejections
BEIJING (AP) — Wang Pinghe wants the tumor in his liver removed before it becomes life-threatening. But the 28-year-old Chinese villager knows it will be hard to find a hospital that will do the...
View ArticleChina's Aids crisis lingers over country's new leaders
When Wang Pinghe was 12 years old, his parents took him to hospital for an operation to his chest. He came out infected with HIV. Photo: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan By Malcolm Moore, Beijing 9:11AM GMT 29...
View ArticleSAS hero Sgt Danny Nightingale 'dares not get his hopes up' as court hears...
The wife of jailed SAS Sergeant Danny Nightingale has said her husband 'doesn't want to get his hopes up' ahead of an appeal which could see him reunited with his two daughters before Christmas....
View ArticleMalala Yousufzai's classmates return to school
Two Pakistani girls shot by a Taliban hit squad trying to kill their classmate, Malala Yousufzai, have returned to school under tight security. Kainat Riaz (left) and Shazia Ramazan Photo: AP 11:29AM...
View ArticleUS doctors fits Indian heart patients with second-hand pacemakers
An American doctor has fitted hundreds of poor Indian heart patients with second-hand pacemakers and defibrillators recovered from corpses in morgues and crematoria throughout the United States....
View ArticleChina's new leaders ban red carpets, pomp and 'empty speeches'
China's new leaders have promised a dramatic overhaul of how the Communist party behaves, responding to growing public criticism of imperious and lavishly rich officials. Chinese Prime Minister Wen...
View ArticleChina rocked by five sex scandals in six days
A Chinese police chief who kept two sisters as his mistresses has become the fifth government official in six days to be embroiled in a sex scandal. Photo: AP By Malcolm Moore, Beijing 10:55AM GMT 06...
View ArticlePolice uncover Australia's biggest credit card fraud
A Romanian syndicate allegedly responsible for the biggest credit card data theft in Australian history has been broken up by police. Small businesses were targeted by the syndicate 2:00AM GMT 29 Nov...
View ArticleBullying 'seen as acceptable in Army' as survey reveals every woman...
Bullying is perceived as “acceptable” among some in the Army, according to an internal report that found every single woman questioned said they had been the victim of unwanted sexual attention....
View ArticleSex party organiser left red-faced after email glitch
The organiser of sex parties that cater to an upmarket clientele has reportedly been left red-faced after a computer virus circulated hundreds of emails among members. Party organiser Emma Sayle...
View ArticleNew York records rare day with no violent crime
New York, the city that was once considered among the most dangerous places in the world, has recorded its first day in living memory in which no one was shot or stabbed. Murder rates in New York are...
View ArticleNew York nanny pleads not guilty to killing two children
A New York nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care before trying to commit suicide has pleaded not guilty in a hospital court hearing. Photographs of the two children allegedly...
View ArticleChinese AIDS patients fight hospital rejections
Gillian Wong - AP Photo In this Nov. 20, 2012 photo, 28-year-old HIV patient Wang Pinghe shows bottles of medicine pills he has been taking during an interview in Beijing, China. Wang has a tumor in...
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