Provides the latest RSS feeds for UK News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page London Mercury.com http://www.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/10/id/15665b944045da4a/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:24:29 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:24:29 -0500 30 Britain will send a nuclear submarine to the South Atlantic to protect the Falkland Islands from the threat of Argentine military action, Daily Mail reported Saturday. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231930/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:10:13 -0500 IANS http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231930/cs/1/ German Chancellor Angela Merkel Saturday concluded her three-day visit to China. It was her fifth official visit to the country, Global Times reports. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231159/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231159/cs/1/ David Walliams has revealed that studio chiefs on 'Britain's Got Talent' had forbidden him from making jokes about Simon Cowell. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231148/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:10:10 -0500 ANI http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231148/cs/1/ Fabio Capello's relationship with his Football Association bosses is in chaos after John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203227819/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:40:09 -0500 ANI http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203227819/cs/1/ Chelsea captain John Terry, who was stripped of his England captaincy by the English Football Association (FA), is contemplating to quit the national side in protest. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203227358/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203227358/cs/1/ Notorious Internet hacking group Anonymous has intercepted and published a recording of a conference call between Scotland Yard in the UK and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203221023/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:20:05 -0500 ANI http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203221023/cs/1/ Amy Jackson has become one of the hottest babes of Indian Cinema.n Indian director saw the Miss Liverpool on a website in 2010 and offered her a role-playing the daughter of a chief in the British Raj http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203221008/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:40:15 -0500 ANI http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203221008/cs/1/ Reports that Pippa Middleton is in a 'serious relationship' with an earl who is heir to one of Britain's richest and grandest dukedoms, are in doubt now. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203221000/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:40:02 -0500 ANI http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203221000/cs/1/ England bowler James Anderson has said there is no shortage of confidence among the batters despite another nervous display in the third and final Test against Pakistan being played here. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203220997/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:20:08 -0500 ANI http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203220997/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama will host British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House during an official visit in March, the White House said. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203215001/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203215001/cs/1/ The championship game of the U.S. National Football League, known as the Super Bowl, is the single most popular sporting event in the United States. While millions of people watch the game around the http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203211269/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:15:44 -0500 VoA - USA http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203211269/cs/1/ LONDON - Seven National Health Services (NHS) trusts, including three in London, have been identified for a bailout from a 1.5 billion pounds government fund to relieve major financial pressures. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203206945/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:41:32 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203206945/cs/1/ The continuing row over bonuses is damaging Britain's reputation as a place to do business, leading international bankers has warned. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231183/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:40:41 -0500 IANS http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231183/cs/1/ Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has proposed that the England and Wales Cricket Board hosts a one-day tri-series involving Pakistan and India next year, during the recent International http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203227354/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:50:12 -0500 ANI http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203227354/cs/1/ Russia and China have vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian president Bashar Assad to step down. The other 13 council members, including the ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235491/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:25:26 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235491/ Hundreds of protesters have taken part in two marches by the English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism. Violence was kept at bay as some 2,200 officers policed around 900 protesters who took ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235196/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:25:24 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235196/ A British passenger who disappeared from the world's biggest cruise ship in waters near Mexico can be seen jumping overboard in CCTV footage, the cruise line said. The 30-year-old man, who has ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235243/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:25:21 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235243/ England's rebuilt rugby side beat Scotland 13-6 in an error-strewn Six Nations opener on Saturday, kicking off the defence of the title with a first win at Murrayfield since ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235701/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:20:19 -0500 SBS http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235701/ England players celebrate together after Charlie Hodgson scored a try against Scotland during their Six Nations rugby union match at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland February 4, 2012. ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235702/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:20:10 -0500 SBS http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235702/ A former British official has admitted for the first time that Britain was responsible for a James Bond-style spy plot involving a fake rock in Moscow that contained electronic equipment. Russia ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235591/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:07 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235591/ Frozen fun: An ice climber scales a frozen waterfall in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales Last night saw Britain endure its coldest night of the winter so far as temperatures plunged lower than ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235690/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:15:38 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235690/ Betty Yates, 77, was found stabbed to death at the foot of her stairs in her riverside cottage in Bewdley, Worcestershire, last month. A man, who is not local to the area, was arrested at his home ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235692/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:15:33 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235692/ Paint protest: The embassy's front door appeared to have been hit by paint Angry scenes erupted outside the Syrian embassy in London today just hours after a number of demonstrators were ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235691/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:15:29 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235691/ A man had part of his ear bitten off in a "totally unprovoked" late night attack at a fast food outlet, police said. The 28-year-old victim now requires surgery after being set upon by ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235693/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:15:23 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235693/ Anuj Bidve (pic: PA) A university scholarship is being set up in honour of an Indian student murdered while studying in the UK. Lancaster University has announced the annual Anuj Bidve Memorial ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235695/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:15:12 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235695/ Planning ahead: Snow caused severe disruption at Heathrow last year Snow has not yet hit the south east but Heathrow has already cancelled around a third of tomorrow's flights. Up to 15cm ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235696/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:15:09 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235696/ Egypt clashes: A protester throws a rock towards security forces The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to 11 today, ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235697/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:15:04 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235697/ FILE - In this April 2, 2007 file picture, children wave home-made Argentine flags as a 1982 Falklands islands war veteran holds a largest one with the expression "Will be back" written on ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235700/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:24 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235700/ Prince William has started work as an RAF search and rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands. The Duke of Cambridge will be part of a four-man crew in the territory providing cover for both the ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235687/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:31:56 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235687/ About 100 people have gathered in Enniskillen to demonstrate against the use of fracking to extract gas from shale rock in County Fermanagh. Earlier this week an exploration company said there ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235688/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:31:47 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235688/ Portadown remain four points behind Premiership pacesetters Linfield thanks to a 2-0 win at New Grosvenor. Ronnie McFall's men took the lead in the 22nd minute when Jamie Tomelty's ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235689/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:31:40 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235689/ NEW DELHI: Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja fetched a bid worth more than $2 million, the highest in Saturday's Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, while there was no taker for frontline ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235703/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:25:52 -0500 Arab News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235703/ DUBAI: An unbeaten century by Younus Khan, the first of the series, took Pakistan to a superb position as they piled on a 180-run lead at the close of the second day of the third Test against ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235704/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:25:10 -0500 Arab News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235704/ Great Britain did not welcome the euro and preferred to keep the good old British pound sterling at some point of its history. However, the country found itself in deep debt, like many of its ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235686/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:59:46 -0500 Pravda http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203235686/ An unknown number of the 18,000 casual workers employed by Royal Mail over the Christmas period did not receive their pay, or were short-changed for weeks. Royal Mail repeatedly claimed that they ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233906/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:12:02 -0500 wsws.org http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233906/ A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a retired schoolteacher. Betty Yates, 77, was found stabbed to death at the foot of her stairs in her riverside cottage in Bewdley, ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233899/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:10:45 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233899/ Angry scenes erupted outside the Syrian embassy in London today just hours after a number of demonstrators were arrested for storming into the ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233258/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:37:05 -0500 The Independent http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233258/ They couldn't wait to swing the axe. The canvassing of board members was swift and decisive. As a result England will need a new captain to lead it into battle at Euro 2012. Capello will ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233300/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:36:11 -0500 CBC News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233300/ England opener Alastair Cook has called on the team to show character in the remainder of the final Test in Dubai. After England were all out for 141 on day two, an unbroken stand of 194 between ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233891/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:31:54 -0500 BBC Sport http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233891/ Missiles were hurled and windows broken after demonstrators burst through barriers erected by police, who were heavily outnumbered before reinforcements arrived. It comes as the UK joined ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233622/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:31:46 -0500 Sky News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233622/ The picturesque harbour at Falmouth which developers hope giant cruisers will be able to visit once the the waters of the bay are dredged. Photograph: Andy Stothert/Getty ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233895/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:23 -0500 The Guardian http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233895/ London .Twenty fire engines were called to Grafton Street, one of the city's most prestigious addresses, at around 5.30am.Large parts of the terraced property's upper floors were alight, ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233896/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:14 -0500 The Guardian http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233896/ A splatter of paint is seen on the door of the Syrian Embassy in London Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, after a protest at the embassy early Saturday morning against the Syrian government forces bombing of ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233388/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:21:02 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233388/ One of the most famous paintings by Fife artist Jack Vettriano has gone on public display for the first time in two decades. The Singing Butler can be viewed at Aberdeen Art Gallery. It is part of ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233889/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:14:00 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233889/ A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft after a cash-in-transit robbery in west Belfast on Saturday. At about 12:55 GMT a man armed with a knife approached the vehicle outside a ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233892/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:13:46 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233892/ The Attorney General's office in the UK today said it had been made aware of a series of robust observations made by Joey Barton on Twitter over the John Terry racism saga.Yesterday afternoon, ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233413/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:50:18 -0500 Irish Examiner http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233413/ Tens of thousands of Russians have flooded Moscow city centre to demand an end to Vladimir Putin's rule. The crowds braved sub-zero temperatures to keep the protest movement alive a month ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231947/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:36:22 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231947/ No better way for the one-time New Orleans Saints long-shot long snapper to celebrate than Sunday night with a Super Bowl XLVI win against the New York Giants. Saints coach Sean Payton told the ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233902/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:24:52 -0500 USA Today http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203233902/ High Alert: Kenya Military Defence Force soldiers aboard a Hummer Vehicle patrol Ras Kiamboni area inside Somalia during the 'Operation Linda Nchi'. PHOTO / JARED ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231698/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:24:01 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231698/ Station manager, Mick Sayer, from LondonFireBrigade, said: "Firefighters are tackling a large blaze in a terraced house on Grafton Street in central ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231938/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0500 The Independent http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231938/ weather alert in place as daytime temperatures look set to plunge as low as -9 C.An amber warning - the second highest level - was issued by the Met Office, with snowfalls of up to 15cm expected ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231944/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:43:56 -0500 The Guardian http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231944/ Championship fixture between Portsmouth and Hull City at Fratton Park and Reading's match at Doncaster Rovers.The match referee at Portsmouth, Darren Sheldrake, said: "After looking at the ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231945/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:43:53 -0500 The Guardian http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231945/ Justin Fashanu , almost 14 years ago, there are signs that the football authorities may finally be taking a stand. Or is this just a public front amid growing concerns about their lack of effort to ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231666/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:43:49 -0500 The Guardian http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231666/ Residents of a Nottinghamshire village have set up a fake speed camera in an attempt to slow down traffic. Villagers in Ompton, near Ollerton, said busy traffic on the A616 flouted the 40mph limit ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231937/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:35:28 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231937/ A number of officials from the US athletics team have visited Birmingham to inspect facilities they will use ahead of this year's Olympics. The Alexander Stadium, which opened a new ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231936/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:35:24 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231936/ A man who allegedly set fire to his Newtownabbey home has appeared in court charged with arson. Ian Charles Edgar, 58, from Sandyknowes Park, was charged with setting fire to the home he shares ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231939/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:35:18 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231939/ Pupils across Northern Ireland are this morning receiving their transfer test results for entry into grammar school . Thousands of Primary Seven pupils have sat the unofficial after the 11-plus was ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231941/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:35:11 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203231941/ The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Falkland Islands amid heightened tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed islands, it has been reported. The Trafalgar class ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228290/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:15:25 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228290/ Thousands of Russians are taking to the streets of Moscow to demand an end to prime minister Vladimir Putin's rule, challenging his bid to reclaim the presidency in March. The march across the ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228910/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:15:17 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228910/ A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later. Mick and Jean O'Shea won the huge EuroMillions sum in 2005, ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228911/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:15:15 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228911/ Last year was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians, a UN report said, with 3,021 killed in the war. It was an 8% increase from 2010, and 2011 was also the fifth year in a row that the ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228912/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:15:12 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228912/ A search is under way for a British passenger who apparently went overboard from the world's biggest cruise ship in waters near Mexico. The 30-year-old man, who has not been named, was seen ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228913/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:15:09 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228913/ By Vishal Gulati, Shimla, Feb 4 : Hopes to bring back the George Cross awarded to a pre-independence Indian soldier have grown dimmer as the British authorities have turned down the plea of an ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228914/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:04:20 -0500 New Kerala http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228914/ Ahmedabad, Feb 3 : A special court in Sabarkantha, hearing a post-Godhra riot case where four people including three British nationals were killed in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district, has ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228915/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:03:56 -0500 New Kerala http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228915/ Missile is clearly meant to target the United States, Israel's deputy prime minister says. Israel's deputy prime minister has claimed Iran is developing a missile with a 10,000-kilometer ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228833/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:02:59 -0500 News.Az http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228833/ A delegation from the UK visited Mogadishu on Monday ahead of a major conference set for London in February to discuss problems facing the horn of Africa ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228919/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:01:51 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228919/ Lance Armstrong (Pic:Getty) Lance Armstrong said today he was "gratified" the US attorney's office had decided not to bring charges against him after a nearly two-year ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228906/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:00:27 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228906/ Chris Huhne (Pic:Getty) Chris Huhne's high-flying political career crash-landed last night, after he became the first minister to be forced out of the Cabinet by criminal charges. The ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228907/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:00:22 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228907/ Extra police have been drafted in from forces across the country to ensure the two marches by the English Defence League (EDL) and Unite Against Fascism (UAF) pass off peacefully in Leicester city ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228900/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:31:40 -0500 The Independent http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228900/ The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228499/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:31:34 -0500 The Independent http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228499/ Britain has told Argentina to go back to its own history books to understand why it can have no claim over the Falkland Islands and why there will be no negotiations on sovereignty as it is ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228864/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:22:19 -0500 The Independent http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228864/ Jerome Taylor first came to The Independent in 2005 and joined the Foreign Desk. He is now a news reporter and the paper's Religious Affairs ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228901/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:22:03 -0500 The Independent http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228901/ Saturday will be Britain's third consecutive day without jump racing, officials at Ffos Las having abandoned the Welsh Champion Hurdle card shortly before 8am. Other race-meetings at Sandown ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228903/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:12:04 -0500 The Guardian http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228903/ The UK Meteorological office has predicted a further 10cm (4 inches) of snow and ice over many parts of the country, during this weekend. Temperatures are expected to drop as low as -11 degrees ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228921/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:08:20 -0500 IBTimes http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228921/ Snow is still likely to fall across parts of Wales on Saturday but a change in the weather means it should soon turn to rain, say forecasters. A band of warmer air is sweeping in from the west, ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228896/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:03:34 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228896/ Armagh boss Paddy O'Rourke has named five National League debutants for Sunday's Division 1 opener against Cork at the Athletic Grounds (1430 GMT). Niall Geoghan is named at goalkeeper ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228902/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:03:21 -0500 BBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228902/ Martin Wheatley, who will run the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) when it takes over from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in a year, has outlined a new regulatory approach - getting a ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228916/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:49:34 -0500 Private Healthcare UK http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228916/ The report discovered that while 50% of families are happy to pay for a satellite television package, just 40% have life ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228917/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:49:26 -0500 Private Healthcare UK http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228917/ The AXA Wealth Self study into the nation's attitude towards risk has found that people are twice as likely to take a risk with their health, than with their wealth or ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228918/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:49:18 -0500 Private Healthcare UK http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203228918/ Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson has penned a poem in protest at planned library closures. The writer, who was named Children's Laureate and awarded the MBE last year, said she had used ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203222429/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:16 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203222429/ Chris Huhne faces pressure to decline a £17,000-plus severance payment available to him after he quit his job as a Cabinet minister to fight a criminal charge of perverting the course of ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223202/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:02 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223202/ An army intelligence analyst accused of the biggest leak of classified information in US history will face a court martial. Military District of Washington commander Major General Michael ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223201/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:51:57 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223201/ The Government has launched a competition to find 12 areas to share £1 million under a drive to regenerate town centres. The move follows last year's review of high streets by retail ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223203/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:51:49 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223203/ New cases of cancer could rise 30% in the UK by 2030, experts have warned. The UK ranks 16th out of 27 countries in the European Union for the predicted rise in cases, according to the data from ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203222551/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:51:40 -0500 IC Wales http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203222551/ The wreckage of a Lancair aircraft that crashed at the Boise Airport The head of memory chip maker Micron died when an experimental plane he was piloting banked steeply, stalled and crashed near ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223169/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:37:25 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223169/ Bradley Manning (Pic: AP) An army intelligence analyst accused of the biggest leak of classified information in US history will face a court-martial.Military District of Washington commander Maj ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223170/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:37:20 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223170/ Stereotypes: Health minister Anne Milton A Tory MP has sparked fury by branding northerners boozed-up smokers who are addicted to unprotected sex. Southerner Anne Milton’s shameful ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223171/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:37:14 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223171/ How Israel would attack A military strike on Iran by Israel could take place as early as April, according to US intelligence. Tehran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei yesterday inflamed ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223172/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:37:03 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223172/ Honour gone: Fred Goodwin I AM not liking the unseemly viciousness of the attack on Fred Goodwin from those who once, when the going was good, courted him with grovelling obsequiousness. Seven ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223174/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:36:53 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223174/ Deserted: Surface of Mars has no aliens Excited alien hunters had hoped a Mars probe would provide proof of life on the Red Planet. But scientists may have to rename it the Dead Planet after ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223176/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:36:48 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223176/ Separated at birth? David James Glendon won a George Clooney Lookalike Contest in the Dylan Whiskey Bar (Pic:Rex) Steady on, ladies, you are not seeing double – this bloke really is the ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223177/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:36:44 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223177/ Ken Livingstone with his 2 dogs Coco and Banksy (Pic:DailyMirror) Indestructible leftie Ken Livingstone is fighting fit after losing one and a half ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223178/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:36:38 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223178/ Accused: Oaie at court yesterday A girl of seven was treated worse than an animal and forced to work as a slave by a vicious family, a jury heard yesterday. She was nicknamed Cinderella by a ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223179/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:36:31 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223179/ Now and then: How the midwife role has changed - and stayed the same In the bomb-scarred post-war East End, a naive young midwife is delivering a breech baby ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223180/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:36:25 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223180/ Take cover: Soldier on patrol Heroes killed on the front line by the Taliban died without forces life insurance, ministers have revealed. An alarming 45,900 soldiers, sailors and RAF staff have ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223181/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:36:19 -0500 Daily Mirror http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/203223181/