News archive from 25 October 2014
The Write Stuff: Head for the edge by Kate Tough
Just a routine operation, they said. Maybe it was. Maybe she could carry on with the daft blethering of ordinary life. But maybe she couldn't. An exclusive extract from the opening chapter of the powerful debut novel by Kate Tough Having done what he...
Venezuela's Maduro slams Spain's Rajoy over jailed opponent
The conservative Rajoy met the wife of Venezuelan protest leader Leopoldo Lopez in Madrid this week, Tweeting a photo with an exhortation for him to be freed and protests allowed. "I think you have made a mistake, Mr. Rajoy, " the socialist...
Talking Horses: best bets for Saturday’s racing
Aidan O’Brien has seven previous victories in the Racing Post Trophy and three in the last five years, but his team underwent an abrupt makeover earlier in the week and on the bare ratings at least, the two Ballydoyle runners that remain have...
Scots-based soldier ‘tried to fight IS on leave’
POLICE have interviewed a soldier based in Scotland after he was suspected of attempting to travel to the Middle East during his leave to take up arms against Islamic State. The 22-year-old, who is stationed at RM Condor in Arbroath, was reportedly...
China’s spacecraft blasts off for mission to moon
CHINA launched an experimental spacecraft yesterday to fly around the moon and back to Earth in preparation for the country's first unmanned return trip to the lunar surface. The eight-day programme is a test run for a 2017 mission that aims to have...
St Louis waits to see if policeman will face trial
POLICE have stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury's decision about whether to charge a white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old in a suburb of St Louis. The preparations are aimed at avoiding a renewed outbreak of...
France: Le Pen urges new controls on borders
FRENCH far-right leader Marine Le Pen, seizing on tensions over illegal immigrants in the northern port town of Calais, called yesterday for urgent reintroduction of internal border controls that were banished across much of Europe. Ms Le Pen, whose...
Hong Kong protesters plan poll over offer
HONG Kong protesters plan to hold a straw poll tomorrow on government proposals they rej
David Cameron vows: We will not pay £1.7bn EU bill
DAVID Cameron has angrily denounced a surprise European Commission demand for £1.7 billion from UK taxpayers as "unacceptable" and "unjustified" and flatly refused to pay the money by the deadline of 1 December. A visibly furious...
Jonathan Trott to be named in England Lions squad to tour South Africa
Jonathan Trott will take his first tentative steps back towards playing Test cricket by being named in an England Lions squad to tour South Africa in January. The 33-year-old batsman who came home from last winter's Ashes tour after suffering a stress...
David Clegg: Johann Lamont forced to resign by the eternal curse of Labour - backstabbing and betrayal
WHEN Johann Lamont took over the Scottish Labour leadership the party was at its lowest ebb. Labour had just been humiliated in the Holyrood election and faced a referendum fight to the death they had no stomach for. Lamont - not a natural leader -...
Lancashire will remain Lightning!
Lancashire have no plans to follow Middlesex in dropping their one-day nickname. The Lord’s-based side have decided to do away with Panthers and will now just use Middlesex in all three competitions from next season. They join Gloucestershire,...
McConaughey scoops thriller award
Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey has picked up another award to add to his growing trophy collection - scooping best actor at the Crime Thriller Awards. The Hollywood star, 44, was given the accolade for his role in the acclaimed series True...
Crime warning as clocks go back
Ahead of the clocks going back on Sunday, Lincolnshire Police has issued advice to residents in a bid to prevent crime. It is not uncommon for offenders to take advantage of earlier hours of darkness and target properties in the early evening when...
Killer sudoku 420
Normal sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines. For a helping hand call our solutions line on 09068 338...
Realtime News
- 02:02 Lebanon crisis: Dozens wounded in second night of clashes in Beirut
- 01:59 Dagenham stabbing: Man charged with murder
- 01:53 McDonald's sacks Australian franchisee over race row video
- 01:50 India protests: six dead as demonstrators vow to continue to fight...
- 01:49 What is One Nation Conservatism?
- 01:35 Jetstar cuts 10% of January domestic flights amid strikes over pay...
- 01:28 'No benefit' in meeting murderer Jeremy Bamber says ITV crime drama...
- 01:09 General election 2019: Johnson to welcome new MPs to Westminster
- 00:59 Christmas tree lights bought online could pose fire hazard
- 00:59 House prices predicted to rise by 2% in UK – with the north leading...
- 00:46 Argentina's 'dirty war': France approves extradition of suspected...
- 00:45 Christmas lights from online sellers 'can be fire risk'
- 00:45 What does business want from Boris?
- 00:42 Poorest countries facing both obesity and malnutrition
- 00:41 Anak Krakatau: Giant blocks of rock litter ocean floor
- 00:33 Tiffany Haddish's Black Mitzvah and her journey of Jewish discovery
- 00:33 How a university dropout built a toy empire
- 00:30 Jewellery 'worth £50m' stolen from Tamara Ecclestone's home
- 00:26 Tim Paine says Australia 'can still get better' after demolition of...
- 00:24 Young suicides in Wales due to 'complex' reasons, says study
- 00:24 Murder investigation launched after Earls Barton ‘incident’
- 00:19 Sudoku 4,644 easy
- 00:18 Sheku Bayoh family meet chief constable 'for answers'
- 00:17 Minoan disposable cup shows ancients were not green either
- 00:17 YouTuber PewDiePie to take break from platform as 'very tired'
- 23:36 UK not 'match fit' for Brexit talks, says former May aide
- 23:36 Johnson to tell new Tory MPs they have to change party for good
- 23:24 Angel Gomes hints at Manchester United exit by deleting traces of...
- 23:19 Ten years of terror and tragedy: A look at the events that defined...
- 23:18 New Zealand volcano: Minute's silence to mark one week after eruption
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