News archive from 29 June 2015
Andy Murray aims to keep his cool at Wimbledon
HE HAS been working hard to keep his hot temper under control, but Scots tennis champ Andy Murray will have to battle another type of temperature at Wimbledon, with a scorching heatwave due to arrive at the All England Club. Murray will take on world...
Stem cell treatment helps ease arthritis in dogs
DOG-lovers are paying specialist vets up to £1,700 for a stem cell treatment they hope could ease the symptoms of arthritis in their beloved pets. Scientists say they have used the new treatment on more than 150 dogs in the UK – with 85 per cent...
Contactless payment devices to go on sale this week
A NEW range of payment devices that people can wear has been unveiled by Barclaycard as people's use of "tap and pay" technology continues to grow. The new “bPay” wristbands, fobs and stickers will go on sale online from Wednesday and are...
China dominates list of world’s top banks
The UK's largest bank HSBC has clung on to a place in the world's top 10 banks, in a year which saw the global banking model under increasing threat. HSBC fell to ninth place from fifth last year with 153 billion dollars (£97 billion) of Tier 1...
Glastonbury: Dalai Lama calls for ‘moral’ education
The Dalai Lama spoke passionately about the need for schools and universities to give a moral education to children as he appeared at Glastonbury Festival for the first time. Despite the rain, crowds gathered to hear the exiled Tibetan spiritual...
NHS staff told to say 'I am sorry' to patients for medical blunders
Doctors, nurses and midwives will have to offer patients face-to-face apologies and say they are personally sorry about medical blunders under tough new rules designed to make the NHS more honest. The 920,000 members of those three professions must...
Second fugitive captured near Canadian border
THE second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum-security prison in northern New York was shot and captured near the Canadian border on Sunday, two days after his fellow inmate was killed in a...
Banks want government to cut regulatory costs, survey finds
Banks and other financial companies want the new Conservative government to cut the cost of complying with a swath of new regulation, according to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry. When the employers’ lobby group asked firms what the...
Stationmaster cat Tama elevated to goddess status
TAMA the stationmaster, Japan's feline star of a struggling local railway, was mourned by company officials and fans at a funeral yesterday - and elevated to the status of a goddess. The calico cat was appointed stationmaster at the Kishi station in...
UK banks lose ground to global rivals
Britain’s scandal-hit banks are losing their position in world markets with all but two tumbling down global rankings as Chinese rivals surge ahead. HSBC, the UK’s only player inside the world’s top 10, slumped from fifth to ninth position according...
Barclays expands contactless wearables
British shoppers could soon be paying for cups of coffee or trips on public transport by waving a keyfob or sticker as contactless payment moves into newer wearable devices. Barclays, which launched payment wristbands last year, is launching key fobs,...
More than 500 hurt after Taiwan water party fire
A FIRE on a music stage spread into a crowd of spectators at a Saturday night party at a Taiwan water park, injuring more than 500 people, including eight in critical condition, authorities said yesterday. The fire was sparked by an accidental...
Kuwait names Saudi citizen as mosque bomb attacker
Kuwaiti authorities yesterday identified the suicide bomber behind an attack on a Shiite mosque that killed 27 people as a Saudi citizen who flew into the Gulf nation just hours before he blew himself up. Police have started making arrests in...
Nelson Piquet Junior wins the first ever Formula E world championship
And in an ironic twist the Brazilian won the title by a single point just as his famous father won the 1981 F1 world championship. Home hope Sam Bird won the race after a time penalty for exceeding energy allowance was handed to Stephane Sarrazin, who...
San Francisco Pride leads celebration of supreme court same-sex ruling
Related: Gay marriage declared legal across the US in historic supreme court ruling Hundreds of thousands of people marched, danced and waved rainbow banners through San Francisco for the most jubilant Pride festival in living memory on Sunday,...
Realtime News
- 13:55 Thorpe Park launches £49pp deal on an overnight stay and two tickets
- 13:54 Prisoner accused of stabbing fellow inmate to death at Warrington jail
- 13:54 Leeds Imam slams Shamima Begum's 'dangerous' decision to join IS...
- 13:53 Jeremy Corbyn says Shamima Begum SHOULD return to UK - and needs...
- 13:53 Emily Atack's 'f*** yourself' response to fat-shaming Brit Awards...
- 13:53 Schoolchildren shine in district Rotary contest
- 13:52 These are the 11 things it is now illegal for your partner to do in...
- 13:51 Kai Brown's friend comes up with ultimate way to remember 'party...
- 13:50 These are the 11 things it is now illegal for your partner to do in...
- 13:50 Sheffield’s Reverend and the Makers frontman talks for the first...
- 13:50 Sheffield’s Reverend and the Makers frontman talks for the first...
- 13:49 These are the 11 things it is now illegal for your partner to do in...
- 13:48 Zoo condemned for giving visitors chance to play tug-of-war with a...
- 13:48 Greta Thunberg tells EU: greenhouse gas targets need doubling
- 13:48 Man assaulted on Coventry Road - hours after schoolboy stabbed to...
- 13:47 Mexican environmental activist murdered in Morelos
- 13:47 Sheffield’s Reverend and the Makers frontman talks for the first...
- 13:46 Sheffield’s Reverend and the Makers frontman talks for the first...
- 13:45 These are the 11 things it is now illegal for your partner to do in...
- 13:45 These are the 11 things it is now illegal for your partner to do in...
- 13:45 Police to raid homes in major gun crime operation after shooting spate
- 13:44 'An absolute warrior' Fans are all saying the same thing as Sky...
- 13:43 Harper, Phillips and Gibbs - How long West Brom players have left...
- 13:44 Imminent Ofsted inspection could rule children's services in St...
- 13:43 'Mathematically it's not over' Aston Villa's playoff hopes assessed
- 13:43 Tamworth residents claim they are 'prisoners' in their high rise...
- 13:43 Easter could be cancelled so MPs can sort out Brexit mess
- 13:43 Watch the moment brazen fly-tipper dumps MATTRESS in street
- 13:43 These are the 11 things it is now illegal for your partner to do in...
- 13:43 Brownies’ marathon fundraising effort
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