News archive from 7 August 2014
Biggin couple celebrate 60 years of marriage
Biggin's Tony and Thelma Pegg have certainly put in the extra miles during their 60 years of marriage. The doting couple married 60 years ago last Thursday in Davenham, Northwich, after first meeting at a dance. But it was a love affair of a different...
Liz Kendall: Labour would fund NHS by integrating social care and health
Liz Kendall, the shadow care minister, says that Ed Balls' announcement places extra pressure on Labour to find money through health reform. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Archive The shadow care minister, Liz Kendall, has said that Labour would fund...
Doncaster prisoner goes missing
Police are hunting a prison absconder in Doncaster - the eighth inmate to go missing this summer. John Charles Byrne, 34, was last seen leaving HMP Hatfield on day release on Saturday, August 2, at 8.15am. He did not return at 6.30pm. Byrne is...
Thief steals charity box from vet’s in Sheffield
A burglar broke into a vet's practice in Sheffield and stole £300 raised for an animal charity. Broomhill Veterinary Practice in Broomhill was raided in the early hours of yesterday. The burglar got away with a charity box containing money raised by...
Walgreens buys Boots and targets $1bn of savings
DRUGS STORE giant Walgreens is targeting $1 billion (£594 million) of cost cuts after agreeing a deal to become the outright owner of venerable chemist Boots. Insiders insisted last night that no job cuts were planned among the UK staff at Alliance...
New car sales cruise towards best year since 2004
NEW CAR sales are on track for their best year since 2004 after UK dealers hit the accelerator pedal last month. Industry leaders yesterday expressed surprise at news of a sharp rise in registrations north of the Border, where a record outcome for the...
IndigoVision boosted by sporting events
A SUMMER of sport helped IndigoVision increase sales during the year to the end of July, but rising costs and adverse exchange rates curbed the corresponding boost to profits. In its trading update for the fourth quarter, the video security specialist...
Man: (n) hunter, gatherer, luxury goods consumer
IT is received wisdom that women splash their cash on shoes and handbags while their male partners tut disapprovingly at the credit-card statement. But now a new poll has claimed men are spending far more on luxury goods than their female...
Boris Johnson declares intention to become MP
LONDON MAYOR Boris Johnson has declared his intention to stand for parliament at next year's general election, finally putting an end to months of speculation about his ambitions for a return to Westminster. Prime Minister David Cameron was quick to...
Concern over salt levels in cheese
Cheese is unnecessarily loaded with salt, campaigners have said after new research found that the majority of cheese sold in Britain has a high salt content. Researchers found that halloumi and imported blue cheese have the highest amount of salt...
Bill Jamieson: Salmond is ahead in the long game
CHANGE can never come quickly enough for those who champion it. And our rush to pronounce instant winners and losers in the battles it ignites is long ingrained. But the longer verdict of history is rarely so easily determined. The popular verdict on...
Plan B or not Plan B: Salmond rejects the question
ALEX SALMOND has attempted to defend his performance in STV's televised debate as the No campaign sought to capitalise on his refusal to outline a currency Plan B. With Better Together claiming that Alistair Darling had demolished the SNP’s key...
ECB set to hold fire on rates, eyes risks from Ukraine conflict
The ECB cut interest rates to record lows in June, became the first major central bank to charge banks for holding their deposits overnight and launched a new ultra-cheap, four-year loan programme, dubbed TLTROs, to be rolled out later this year....
Fox reports higher profit, insists no deals in the works
"This is our resolute decision," Murdoch said. "While we remain opportunistic and nimble, we are a strategically complete company and have a clear sense of where we are going." Fox has no plans to pursue another content company as...
Dieting may make you healthier, but not happier
Successful dieters may be less likely to have a heart attack - but they are not as happy. More than half of those trying to lose weight risk being left miserable, despite reaping the health benefits of slimming down, a University College London (UCL)...
Realtime News
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- 08:03 Your weather forecast for Thursday
- 08:01 Polar vortex to hit UK with snow and plummeting temperatures
- 08:00 Warwickshire's first cat cafe opens its doors
- 07:59 Multi-million restoration of Sunderland castle enters final phase
- 07:56 Your weather forecast for Thursday
- 07:55 Arsene Wenger gives verdict on Manchester United target Zinedine...
- 07:52 Driver tells cyclist he can drive safely while using his phone then...
- 07:51 Brazil: same-sex couples rush to the altar ahead of Bolsonaro...
- 07:51 'City living no be easy': Accra by Richard Opoku Agyeman – an urban...
- 07:51 Forever prisoners: were a father and son wrongly ensnared by...
- 07:49 Raheem Sterling: Arsenal ace Ainsley Maitland-Niles reveals he also...
- 07:48 Live updates: Hagley Road partly closed as burst water main causes...
- 07:46 Morning Face: Chidera Eggerue, AKA The Slumflower, shares how she...
- 07:45 Saints' winger Tom Collins opens new Northampton nursery
- 07:45 Arsenal transfer plans revealed; Barcelona plan Morata swoop as...
- 07:44 Paying my Dartford Crossing fine has become a French farce
- 07:44 New Jersey urged to enforce ‘code of conduct’ for Amazon workers
- 07:44 Pound largely holds on to gains after May survives no-confidence vote
- 07:43 House of Fraser revival 'challenging'
- 07:41 Tests continuing after death of nine-week-old Barnsley baby
- 07:39 Tests continuing after death of nine-week-old Barnsley baby
- 07:39 LIVE: Accident in Markfield Lane, Botcheston leaves road closed in...
- 07:39 Raj Singh on why he took dramatic U-turn to appoint Richard Money –...
- 07:36 Preston company takes on Shpock and Gumtree with new 'Buuy' mobile app
- 07:34 How to get Elf on the Shelf stuck inside your TV
- 07:32 Canalside Braunston pub sold to Leicester brewery
- 07:32 Royal Mail staff in Northamptonshire work flat out as they tackle...
- 07:32 Saints centre Rory ready to make up for lost time
- 07:27 COURT ROUND-UP: Latest convictions from Doncaster magistrates’ courts
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