News archive from 12 December 2013
Rent arrears fastest-growing problem, says charity
Rent arrears are becoming the fastest-growing debt problem in the UK, according to the Money Advice Trust charity. In the first nine months of this year, its telephone helpline received nearly 20,000 calls from people behind with their rent. That is a...
GP surgeries that put patients at risk revealed
Steve Field, NHS chief inspector of family doctor services, said the fact Adrenalin and other emergency drugs were out of date was 'very serious'. Photograph: Martin Godwin Evidence of medical records left lying around, vaccines not kept at the right...
Fallen star Slovenia to reveal cost of bank clean-up
One of the currency bloc's smallest economies, Slovenia plans to publish an external assessment of just how much lending has gone sour since the onset of global crisis in 2008 revealed how shallow its economic makeover had been. The government insists...
West goes east: Timothy West to join EastEnders
From King Lear to the Queen Vic: Timothy West on stage at the Old Vic in London. Photograph: Tristram Kenton The acclaimed stage and screen actor Timothy West is to join the cast of BBC1's EastEnders, as the father of the new landlord of the Queen...
UK economy set for fastest growth in seven years in 2014 - BCC
The business group forecast economic growth to rise to 2.7 percent in 2014, an upgrade from the forecasts of 2.2 percent it made as recently as August. Output should pass its pre-recession peak in the second half of the year, more than six years after...
Korean automaker Ssangyong in bold bet on U.S. market
The company, founded almost 60 years ago and which was recently Chinese-owned and in receivership, plans to develop four new SUV models, CEO Lee Yoo-il told Reuters in an interview, hoping to launch one new product a year from 2015. The new models aim...
Air Canada to buy up to 109 Boeing 737 MAX planes
The agreement, which includes 61 firm orders, will replace Air Canada's existing mainline fleet of Airbus (EAD.PA) narrow-body aircraft, the carrier said, confirming an earlier Reuters report. The deal marks a substantial competitive victory for...
Online spending up by 16%, according to Ofcom
The amount spent by UK shoppers online increased on average by 16% per person in 2012 compared to 2011, according to the latest data from Ofcom. The figures show that the average spend was £1,175 compared to £1,017 the year before. The figure is more...
How Cirque du Soleil became a billion dollar business
At Cirque du Soleil's cavernous headquarters, located on the outskirts of Montreal near a landfill, unassuming office buildings do a good job of masking the, well, circus within. But walk through the front door and the first piece of advice visitors...
'It's the only way we can move on': Lucy tells Mario she needs some space to think as she leaves TOWIE in...
There's clearly some unfinished business between Lucy Mecklenburgh and Mario Falcone on The Only Way Is Essex since their split back in April. However, fans hoping for a resolution between the pair were disappointed when Lucy declared she needed some...
Carol Vorderman opts for white Grecian gown with detailed gold neckline and draped sleeves for Military Awards
30 View comments Fans are more used to seeing Carol Vorderman in curve-hugging looks, however the TV presenter opted for a white, draped number on Wednesday evening. The Loose Women host looked glamorous in her unusual eye-catching red carpet look, as...
Energy bills: Who pays the most in Europe?
High energy bills may top the political agenda in the UK, but households all over Europe are feeling the squeeze. Since 2010, both gas and electricity prices have risen markedly, largely due to rises in wholesale prices on the back of the tentative...
Dementia: taking care
Dementia is society's great unmentionable, the shadow that most of us are reluctant to address even though it hangs over the end of life for more and more of us. It takes the extraordinary courage of Terry Pratchett, a man who dares to make us wait...
Mexico lower house sends energy bill to floor for debate
Lawmakers in the lower house then voted to fast-track the bill straight to a debate on the floor, bypassing the committees for energy and constitutional matters. Ruling party lawmakers had earlier said they planned to consult the committees....
Yahoo blames ongoing email disruption on tricky hardware problem
Yahoo believes the problem will be fixed by 3 p.m. PST Wednesday, according to a post on Yahoo's official Tumblr blog by the company's senior vice president of communications, Jeffrey Bonforte. Bonforte did not specify how many users were affected by...
Realtime News
- 10:02 Queen's Hospital to help boost health coffers - and here's how
- 10:01 Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan welcomes second baby girl
- 09:58 Mansfield’s hour-by-hour weather forecast
- 09:56 Millom pool saved from demolition after public meeting
- 09:54 Concern growing for safety of 82-year-old Peter Coyne
- 09:52 West Brom and Bobby Reid: The latest on the interest in Bristol...
- 09:50 How to deal with a nightmare landlord – here’s your rights as a tenant
- 09:49 Up to 10,000 police officers and SAS to guard Donald Trump on visit...
- 09:49 Trump press secretary told to leave restaurant ‘because she works...
- 09:48 Determined Declan sets his sights on a top ‘Italian job’
- 09:48 Lincolnshire’s fire stations to host blood donation sessions
- 09:47 Elvis Presley's private plane put up for sale after spending 36...
- 09:46 Scientists aim to stop the devastation of Zika-like pandemics
- 09:46 Fresh controversy over firefighters’ ‘stay-put’ advice at Grenfell
- 09:45 Police appeal after girl, 19, assaulted by man in Carlisle street
- 09:43 Leamington woman with footballer's name stars in TV World Cup adverts
- 09:42 Scientists aim to stop the devastation of Zika-like pandemics
- 09:41 Interview: Kevin Linfoot back in the property game
- 09:39 Chesterfield’s hour-by-hour weather forecast
- 09:34 Once you see Cats in Food, you’ll struggle to un-see them
- 09:33 Kettering mental health charity handed a £3,000 boost
- 09:32 Saudi Arabian women celebrate as driving ban lifted
- 09:26 History society book launched at Southfield House
- 09:25 Private schools shun GCSEs and A-levels
- 09:20 Manchester United signing Fred scores wonder goal in Brazil training
- 09:20 Why do footballers spit?
- 09:19 Saviour and sultan, ally and foe – west in a bind over Erdoğan
- 09:19 Born out of brutality, South Sudan, the world’s youngest state,...
- 09:18 Huge fire in Birmingham: 75 firefighters called to severe blaze in...
- 09:17 Lincolnshire’s fire stations to host blood donation sessions
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