Mar
2009
Articles from 8th Mar 2009
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Five killed in two-car road crash
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Five people, including a 10-year-old child, have died in a two-car crash. Read
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Terrier wins Best In Show at Crufts
Mar 08 2009 | National News
A Sealyham Terrier has won the Crufts crown, ending months of controversy for the world famous dog show. Read
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Five held over party sex attack
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Four teenagers and a man were arrested after a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and a shotgun was fired at a house party. Read
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Labour needs new agenda, says Hain
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Former Cabinet minister Peter Hain has delivered a stark warning that Labour faces electoral disaster unless it adopts a "very different" agenda. Read
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Honeymoon accused face more charges
Mar 08 2009 | National News
The two men charged with killing British honeymooners Ben and Catherine Mullany in Antigua are facing three further murder charges. Read
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Scargill's strike claims 'nonsense'
Mar 08 2009 | National News
The authors of a new book on the miners strike hit back at claims by former NUM leader Arthur Scargill that a negotiated settlement to the bitter dispute was agreed with the Tory Government, saying he was talking "nonsense." Read
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NI soldiers 'bound for Afghanistan'
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Two British soldiers shot dead outside a military barracks in Northern Ireland were wearing desert fatigues and just minutes away from leaving for Afghanistan, it was revealed. Read
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Mandelson warns Royal Mail rebels
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Labour's Royal Mail rebels should back down because the Tories may soon get power and impose a tougher deal, Lord Mandelson warned. Read
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14-year-old boy injured in stabbing
Mar 08 2009 | National News
A 14-year-old boy is in hospital after being stabbed while walking with a friend, police said. Read
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Teenage boy stabbed while walking with friend in Staffordshire
Mar 08 2009 | National News
A 14-year-old boy was in hospital today after being stabbed while walking with friend, police said. Read
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Liverpool FC takeover talks to be held within two weeks
Mar 08 2009 | National News
A Kuwaiti investment group are continuing negotiations to invest in Liverpool, with representatives set to meet co-owner Tom Hicks "within the next two weeks". Read
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Clegg: Take a chance on Lib Dems
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Nick Clegg urged voters to take a "leap of faith" with the Liberal Democrats as he claimed neither Labour nor the Tories could haul Britain out of recession. Read
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Pizza delivery men among wounded
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Two pizza delivery men are among those seriously injured in the attack on an army barracks in Northern Ireland that left two soldiers dead, police said. Read
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Lloyds bosses face calls to quit
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Bosses of Lloyds Banking Group are facing calls to quit amid growing investor fury after the Government took a controlling stake in the embattled bank. Read
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4,000 British troops to leave Iraq
Mar 08 2009 | National News
The US military announced that 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September. Read
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Myerson defends drug habit book
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Novelist Julie Myerson said she wrote about her son's cannabis habit in her new book because the country faces a drugs emergency. Read
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Mandelson custard activist arrested
Mar 08 2009 | National News
The climate change protester who threw green custard over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has been arrested, Scotland Yard said. Read
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Tsvangirai 'recovering in Botswana'
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Zimbabwe's prime minister has left the country for medical treatment after he was injured in a car crash that killed his wife, state media reported. Read
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Redundant staff to get counselling
Mar 08 2009 | National News
People who lose their jobs in the recession are to be offered specialist counselling for depression and anxiety, it was revealed. Read
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PM: Murderers will not derail peace
Mar 08 2009 | National News
The murders of two soldiers in Northern Ireland will not derail the peace process, Gordon Brown insisted. Read
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Cheryl takes 'best dressed' honour
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Woman of the moment Cheryl Cole has come out top in Tatler's "best dressed" list of 2009. Read
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Proposal to cut rural speed limit
Mar 08 2009 | National News
The Government is considering cutting speed limits on most rural single-carriageway roads from 60mph to 50mph. Read
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Zimbabwean crash 'genuine accident'
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Zimbabwe's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai is said to be recovering in neighbouring Botswana after the road crash that killed his wife. Read
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Cut rural speed limit to 50mph plan
Mar 08 2009 | National News
The Government is considering cutting speed limits on most rural single-carriageway roads from 60mph to 50mph. Read
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New powers to curb abusive partners
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Abusive partners could be placed on a register and monitored by police, under plans being considered by the Government. Read
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Row over downturn's effect on women
Mar 08 2009 | National News
A row over the effect of the recession on women workers has blown up after official statistics showed that the economic downturn impacted less on women in employment last year. Read
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Jade says 'goodbyes' at christening
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Terminally-ill reality TV star Jade Goody is resting after an emotional christening ceremony in hospital. Read
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Government facing torture row calls
Mar 08 2009 | National News
The Government has come under increasing pressure to launch judicial and police inquiries into allegations by Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed that British intelligence was complicit in his torture. Read
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Soldiers killed in N Ireland ambush
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Two soldiers have been shot dead outside a military barracks in Northern Ireland by terrorists posing as pizza delivery men. Read
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Turn to us, Lib Dems tell UK
Mar 08 2009 | National News
Nick Clegg will claim that the recession gives the Liberal Democrats the chance to seize the political initiative from Labour and the Tories. Read
