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
- 13:22 Storm Ali weather warning issued for Lincolnshire - your...
- 13:22 Eight-week-old puppy found dumped in handbag with legs tied together
- 13:21 Pupils helped design school’s new playground which has been...
- 13:21 DAYS OUT: A touch of magic at Martin Mere
- 13:21 Castles light up in celebration of Gaelic and Scots
- 13:21 Book review: Breaking News, by Alan Rusbridger
- 13:20 Pupils helped design school’s new playground which has been...
- 13:20 North Korea summit: Diplomacy is back on track
- 13:20 ‘Lucky’ Chesterfield pensioner Danny marks 100th birthday milestone
- 13:18 Hundreds at funeral for much loved Burnley couple who died in Egypt
- 13:18 Storm Ali: 'Danger to life' wind warning extended further into...
- 13:18 Ibiza holidaymaker's plea for help finding Stacey - who could be...
- 13:16 Youngsters design their own playground at school
- 13:16 MP ‘lends a hand’ to hospital cuts protest
- 13:16 Teen must spend at least 20 years behind bars for Leeds baseball...
- 13:15 World Bank reports slower progress on extreme poverty
- 13:15 Slaughterhouse workers filmed beating cows with pipes before...
- 13:15 Daughter leads mourners at funeral for British couple who died on...
- 13:15 Music interview: RCS principal Jeffrey Sharkey on the decline in...
- 13:14 Edinburgh lesbian couple told they 'should be put in a cage' by...
- 13:13 MP ‘lends a hand’ to hospital cuts protest
- 13:12 Co-op cordoned off by police after Audi crashes at roundabout...
- 13:12 Second book by Holme author
- 13:09 Sky and Netflix join forces for 'ultimate streaming package'
- 13:09 Storm Ali: Paramedics called to damaged Topshop on Princes Street
- 13:08 The Premier League defender Steve Bruce wants to bring to Aston...
- 13:08 League One and Two Live: Sunderland midfielder back in training,...
- 13:07 'That never happened' - teacher accused of historic abuse gives...
- 13:06 Police hunt gunman in Mansfield Woodhouse after man threatened and...
- 13:06 Are drink-driving limits too high?
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