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'Al-Qaeda' offers gold for deathsIt promised 10kg (22lb) of gold to anyone killing US administrator ... (read more)
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AL QAEDA 'FUNDED' ATTACKWan Min bin Wan Mat, a senior Jemaah Islamiyah member, said Osama b... (read more)
Al-Qaeda 'planned Heathrow raid'Naeem Noor Khan is accused of being al-Qaeda's "dispatch boy&q... (read more)
Al-Qaeda group 'beheads US man'The man in the video - which appeared on an Islamist website - says... (read more)
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An Antivirus System that is 100% reliableNOD32 is the world record holder of the coveted Virus Bulletin 100%... (read more)
Analysis: What impact on IDSHe has to show he is treating the allegations seriously - no matter... (read more)
Anglicans warned over gay bishopThe Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who is considered ... (read more)
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Apple Streamlines Professional Audio Product LineIntroduces Logic Pro 6 & Logic Express 6
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Arafat aides return to RamallahThey are meeting political parties and factions in Ramallah, Mr Ara... (read more)
Armed forces braced for big cutsIt is thought that some 12,000 personnel posts could be lost to fun... (read more)
Arnie wins California electionIt is the first time in the state's history that Californians have ... (read more)
Arrests for all offences proposedA Home Office consultation paper out on Thursday also proposes to m... (read more)
Arson attack on Queen's beach hutA charred frame is all that is left of the wooden hut which stood i... (read more)
Art - Britons confuse Monet with RolfNearly half of those surveyed could not identify Leonardo Da Vinci ... (read more)
Asphyxia 'likely cause' of Soham deathsRichard Latham QC, prosecuting, said it was impossible to determine... (read more)
Asylum protesters lose court bidA High Court judge ruled on Tuesday that Deputy Prime Minister John... (read more)
Asylum questions: Aren't they economic migrants?One of the difficulties of the asylum debate is that of establishin... (read more)
ATG Introduces Next-Generation Customer Service and Support SuiteATG (Art Technology Group, NASDAQ: ARTG), the software provider beh... (read more)
Australian Travel Specialist Predicts Travel BoomEarly predictions by Aussie experts Oz Talk are that 2006-07 will b... (read more)
BA chief apologises for chaosThousands of angry and frustrated travellers were trapped at the ai... (read more)
BA promises compensationThousands were left stranded or had the start of their holiday dela... (read more)
Back to School with a healthy mind for Britain’s future healthbio-synergy’s range of children’s of Marvel children’s chewable mul... (read more)
Bail bill for 'bomb joke' studentShropshire student Samantha Marson triggered a security alert as sh... (read more)
Bali bomber sentenced to deathAmrozi bin Nurhasyim was accused of conspiring, planning and carryi... (read more)
Balloon record bid called offAt 0655 BST, with the envelope inflated to about 50 feet (15 metres... (read more)
Bank apologises for praising HitlerGlenview State Bank said it had received "many letters and cal... (read more)
Banking - Money - Scam targets Barclays customersThe e-mail sent to Barclays clients under the guise of initiating a... (read more)
Banking - One in four 'touched' by ID fraudNevertheless, only one in three people said they shredded bills or ... (read more)
Bankruptcies hit 10-year highThe Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said there were 8,889 in... (read more)
Battle rages in Falluja streetsInsurgents are defending the city street by street.
But US... (read more)
bbc news I PoliticsCurfews and community service orders were other options which could... (read more)
BBQ shootings suspect found deadStuart Horgan, 39, was found on Sunday morning by staff at HMP Wood... (read more)
Beckham's true worthBusiness analysts FutureBrand have examined the implications for th... (read more)
Belgium holds Iraqi over toxic lettersA 45-year-old man was taken into custody in the western town of Dei... (read more)
Best charged with drink-drivingPolice say they stopped the former Manchester United player in Mert... (read more)
BIG FREEZE HEADS SOUTHThe accident happened as Britain braced itself for the Arctic blast... (read more)
Bigley book of condolence stolenThieves also took a framed photograph of him, candles and some symp... (read more)
Bigley killed after 'escape bid'Iraqi government sources told the BBC's Caroline Hawley that Mr Big... (read more)
Binge-drinking culture confrontedMinisters are worried about the cost of alcohol-related illness and... (read more)
Black Watch seize 'insurgents'Five hundred Black Watch troops swooped on houses belonging to Sadd... (read more)
Blackouts cause North America chaosThe power failures caused chaos as they spread from New York to Det... (read more)
Blair challenged on troops moveLiberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy joined 44 Labour MPs in say... (read more)
Blair defends EU blueprintHe said that the existing text of the draft treaty was "not pe... (read more)
Blair defiant on Europe and IraqThe prime minister said he was not "deaf to the voice of the e... (read more)
Blair fends off Kelly questionsMr Blair, who said his appetite for power remained "undiminish... (read more)
Blair official sorry over Mitty remarkTom Kelly apologised "unreservedly" after being named as ... (read more)
Blair says early euro poll 'possible'The prime minister was speaking at a joint press conference with Ch... (read more)
Blair to face Hutton inquiryLord Hutton began by telling a packed court room that the inquiry h... (read more)
Blair to face more Iraq questions?Prime Minister Tony Blair is sure to face more pressure on the inte... (read more)
Blair to focus on election battleThe prime minister will seek to move the focus of Labour's conferen... (read more)
Blair under fire over Iraq reportThe Iraq Survey Group found no evidence he had chemical, biological... (read more)
Blair's asylum target metThe prime minister's pledge came last October, after a record 8,770... (read more)
Blair: History will vindicate warThe British leader was addressing the United States Congress in onl... (read more)
Bleak prospect for rural homelessThe proportion of homeless households in remote rural districts ros... (read more)
Blunders lead to helicopter shortageThe RAF was left with eight unusable Chinook helicopters worth &pou... (read more)
Blunkett defends UK Hamza probeThe US aims to get the preacher extradited to face charges includin... (read more)
Blunkett to make Palace statementAn undercover reporter worked for two months as a footman at the Pa... (read more)
Body found in Iraq expert searchThe body was found at 0920 BST by a member of the police team searc... (read more)
Bomb wrecks top Jakarta hotelThe blast damaged five floors of the American-run hotel, shattering... (read more)
Books - Madonna teaches children a lessonIf you look at picture books for the young, you will notice they ca... (read more)
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Boscastle residents return homeThe security cordon at the centre of the village was lifted at midd... (read more)
Bounty offered for Chechen rebelsSecurity services want any information that could help to "neu... (read more)
Boy had 'wrong dad' after IVF mix-upThe 13-year-old, who cannot be named, had been fighting for six yea... (read more)
Breakthrough: Losing Weight Gets Easy!Mike Collins says: In his ground breaking new plan, designed for p... (read more)
Britain revealed as a 'nation of scroungers'Research by financial services firm Egg found that the British borr... (read more)
British cavers rescued in MexicoThe cavers were reached by specialist divers from the UK who spent ... (read more)
British troops begin move northThe 850-strong battle group led by the 1st Battalion The Black Watc... (read more)
British troops hurt in firefightThe patrol in the village of Qal At Sahil came under heavy fire fro... (read more)
British troops step up securityBBC correspondents in Basra, Iraq's second city, reported the regio... (read more)
Britons 'will not face death penalty'Lord Goldsmith made the announcement after talks in Washington with... (read more)
Buiness - Travel - Easyjet fills more seatsThe company said it carried 1.9 million passengers in October, up b... (read more)
Bulgarian hostage killed in IraqArab television station al-Jazeera said the captors threatened to k... (read more)
Burrell defiant after princes' attackThe book was "nothing more than a tribute to their mother"... (read more)
Burrell denies betraying princessPrinces William and Harry have accused him of "cold and overt&... (read more)
Bus crash death toll reaches fiveIt brings to five the number of people killed when the bus crashed ... (read more)
Bush defends his vision for IraqIn a keynote speech aimed at reassuring the US public, he said he w... (read more)
Bush praises UK after visitThe president told reporters he and Tony Blair had strengthened the... (read more)
Bush security swings into actionExtra police are at ports and airports, and have been checking peop... (read more)
Bush to 'unite' US in second termHe will hold his first cabinet meeting in two months, and is expect... (read more)
Business - 'Fresh BA offer' in pay disputeThe new offer is worth the previously-offered 8.5% over three years... (read more)
Business - 'Unfair' power firms facing finesElectricity watchdog Ofgem said it was proposing to impose the fine... (read more)
Business - Adecco in management shake-upAdecco, the world's biggest hiring firm, delayed publication of its... (read more)
Business - Agreement in Royal Mail disputeThe executive committee of the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) w... (read more)
Business - Anglian Water facing price cutsOfwat said it saw a case for customers to seek lower bills from the... (read more)
Business - Asda move sparks petrol price warBP swiftly followed suit announcing it would slash prices by an ave... (read more)
Business - BA 'needs' Heathrow expansionBA is asking the government to build a third runway at Heathrow rat... (read more)
Business - BA increases fuel cost surchargeThe carrier's fuel surcharge for long-haul passengers is to more th... (read more)
Business - BA slashes another £300m in costsThe move is expected to lead to 3,000 job losses over the next 12 m... (read more)
Business - BAT to pull out of BurmaBAT, the world's second-largest maker of cigarettes, agreed to offl... (read more)
Business - Black sues to stop Telegraph saleHollinger International, the papers' parent, is selling the two Tel... (read more)
Business - Bleak outlook hits Easyjet sharesEurope's second-biggest budget carrier said cut-throat competition ... (read more)
Business - Boots confirms 900 jobs to be cutThe move is part of a programme by Boots called 'Getting Into Shape... (read more)
Business - British Gas rise 'is a body blow'British Gas announced the cost of gas will rise by 12.4%, while the... (read more)
Business - BSkyB hits viewer milestoneThe company, which had originally hoped to attract seven million su... (read more)
Business - BT launches no frills broadbandThe telecoms giant is hoping the service, costing £19.99 a mo... (read more)
Business - Bumper Christmas sales at TescoThe retailer said like-for-like sales in the seven weeks to 8 Janua... (read more)
Business - Cars - Mitsubishi racks up huge lossesThe company said it lost $698m (£418m)in the six months to Se... (read more)
Business - Christmas Day trading ban plannedThe news was warmly welcomed by Usdaw, the shop workers' union, whi... (read more)
Business - Coke recalls controversial waterThe recall is an embarrassment for the drinks giant, which has face... (read more)
Business - Companies - Abbey workers awaiting jobs fateThe company has refused to comment on union claims that about 730 j... (read more)
Business - Computers - E-mail scam targets online bankThe bank closed its online facility after customers received e-mail... (read more)
Business - Computers - Google plans rival e-mail serviceThe new service promises to take away the need to delete unwanted m... (read more)
Business - Computers - Jobs lost as Gateway shuts storesThe job cuts amount to nearly half the struggling PC maker's workfo... (read more)
Business - Computers - Microsoft defending media playerThe computer giant is attempting to get an anti-competition ruling ... (read more)
Business - Computers - Microsoft set for Brussels battleThe company is accused of abusing the dominance of its Windows oper... (read more)
Business - Computers - New laws on spam come into forceThe laws make it a criminal offence to send e-mails or text message... (read more)
Business - Computers - Sun reaches deal with MicrosoftUnder the peace deal, Microsoft will pay Sun $1.6bn to resolve thei... (read more)
Business - Computers - Surf as you slurp at McDonald'sBT has said it is to install high-speed wireless, or WiFi, internet... (read more)
Business - Deadline for Telegraph bids loomsOffers for all or some of US-based Hollinger must be tabled on Thur... (read more)
Business - Disney loses top cartoon dealPixar said it had cut off talks to renew its contract with Disney. ... (read more)
Business - E-commerce - Ask Jeeves makes its first profitThe US firm made a global operating profit of $22m (£12m) in ... (read more)
Business - E-commerce - Ericsson profits beat forecastsThe firm, which sank deep into the red during the technology slump ... (read more)
Business - Economy - Bank leaves rates unchanged at 4%In February the bank's Monetary Policy Committee voted to increase ... (read more)
Business - Economy - Bomb attack hits stocks worldwideEuropean markets were down by 1-2% in early trading, following Thur... (read more)
Business - Electricity - Powergen raises consumer pricesBusiness customers from July will be paying as much as 5% more for ... (read more)
Business - Endowments black hole hits £40bnEight out of 10 endowment holders face a shortfall of about £... (read more)
Business - Estate agents warned over serviceThe findings from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) also recommend c... (read more)
Business - EU examines BT tax break claimThe complaint was from UK network provider Vtesse - and if upheld B... (read more)
Business - Fairtrade coffee pledge from M&SIt is the first UK chain to do so, and it is estimated that the mov... (read more)
Business - FBI joins hunt for Half-Life codeFederal agents mounted a dawn raid on a San Franciscan computer pro... (read more)
Business - Finance - Ask Jeeves doubles market shareThe announcement will turn up the heat on industry leader Google, w... (read more)
Business - Finance - 'Significant' rise in debt woesThe charity, which runs a chain of advice centres, said the number ... (read more)
Business - Finance - 'Strong global demand' boosts BPDuring the third quarter of this year, the company's pro-forma resu... (read more)
Business - Finance - A&L reports 12% rise in profitsPre-tax profit for the calendar year 2003 rose to £525m at th... (read more)
Business - Finance - Abbey reveals £686m pre-tax lossBut the UK's second biggest mortgage bank sees hopes for "subs... (read more)
Business - Finance - Attacks warning pushes oil higherThe US government ratcheted up alert levels on Sunday, saying it kn... (read more)
Business - Finance - Average council tax to rise 5.9%The rise is smaller than last year's 12.9% but is still above infla... (read more)
Business - Finance - B&B warns of house price slowdownThe mortgage lender said pre-tax profits for the six months to June... (read more)
Business - Finance - BA's fuel surcharge to increaseThe airline said its longhaul surcharge on all UK bookings will ris... (read more)
Business - Finance - Bank lifts interest rates to 4.5%The move is the Bank's latest attempt to rein in consumer spending ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Bank meets to decide UK rate fateAnalysts think it will be a close call given that the minutes of la... (read more)
Business - Finance - Bank set to keep UK rates on holdEvidence of a cooling in the UK economy has led analysts to forecas... (read more)
Business - Finance - Bank voted 8-1 to hold UK ratesMinutes from the Bank's rate setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC... (read more)
Business - Finance - Barclaycard faces new card stormThe group says the offer fails to make clear that the 0% interest o... (read more)
Business - Finance - Barclays triumph in Telegraph bidTelegraph group chief executive Jeremy Deedes welcomed the move, sa... (read more)
Business - Finance - Bid talks failure hits JJB sharesOn 1 October, JJB said it had received a potential takeover approac... (read more)
Business - Finance - Boardroom pay rises gallop aheadOver the year to 30 June 2004, the average total earnings received ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Cahoot hit by web security scareThe website, run by Abbey bank, was closed down for 10 hours on Thu... (read more)
Business - Finance - Cash machine fraud nearly doublesCash machine crime was the fastest growing form of card fraud in th... (read more)
Business - Finance - Chinese firm buys IBM PC businessAfter days of rumours, the announcement heralds a $1.75bn (£9... (read more)
Business - Finance - City forecasts UK base rate riseEconomists are virtually unanimous that the BoE's Monetary Policy C... (read more)
Business - Finance - Consumers shrug off UK rate riseAccording to the latest survey from Martin Hamblin GfK, consumer co... (read more)
Business - Finance - Countrywide sees house sales slowThe company said it had arranged 25% fewer sales in July than the s... (read more)
Business - Finance - Credit card 0% offers 'will end'PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicted companies will start to limi... (read more)
Business - Finance - Credit industry shake-up unveiledPeople paying very high levels of interest or bound by unfair credi... (read more)
Business - Finance - DTI plans estate agent crackdownThe move follows an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report into the in... (read more)
Business - Finance - Gambling boosts Hilton's profitsHilton reported pre-tax profits of £156.7m ($281.2m) for the ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Google shines on its second dayThe internet search giant was boosted by a pair of positive comment... (read more)
Business - Finance - Green taxes 'would hit poor most'The study found poorer households used a higher rate of natural res... (read more)
Business - Finance - Halifax and Abbey battle for saversAbbey was keen to point out the difference between its account and ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Home sellers' packs to become lawThey will force sellers to have surveys and local authority searche... (read more)
Business - Finance - House market slowing, lenders saySome £25.4bn was lent last month, down 4% on August and the s... (read more)
Business - Finance - House prices 'drop 2% in weeks'The figures, from property website Rightmove, show asking prices fe... (read more)
Business - Finance - House prices drop as sales slowA total of 48% of chartered surveyor estate agents reported lower p... (read more)
Business - Finance - House prices may fall, says KingMervyn King said prices were now "well above what most people ... (read more)
Business - Finance - House prices rising £1,100 a weekAverage prices have risen almost £14,500 to £188,652 in... (read more)
Business - Finance - House prices stumble in FebruaryThe average price of a property dropped to £160,937 from &pou... (read more)
Business - Finance - IMF gives Brown borrowing warningIn its annual assessment of the British economy, the IMF said the g... (read more)
Business - Finance - Interest rates hit house pricesRightmove said price of the average house fell by 0.4%, or £6... (read more)
Business - Finance - Lloyds TSB fined £1.9m for mis-sellingThe company's Extra Income and Growth Plan (EIGP), which was sold t... (read more)
Business - Finance - Loans- UK mortgage lending rises sharplyLending rose by £6.5bn, up from £5.1bn in May, and brea... (read more)
Business - Finance - Low-cost savings 'doomed to fail'Market analyst Datamonitor said the range of simplified stakeholder... (read more)
Business - Finance - M&S rejects increased Green offerMr Green upped his bid to 370p - worth around £8.14bn - after... (read more)
Business - Finance - M&S says sales 'not good enough'Full-year pre-tax profits were £739.8m for the 52 weeks to 3 ... (read more)
Business - Finance - M&S unveils major board shake-upM&S said it would be slimming down its board to three members f... (read more)
Business - Finance - Millions face mortgage in old ageThe average age of a first-time buyer is on the increase as rising ... (read more)
Business - Finance - More job losses possible at M&SIt comes after the company announced on Friday that it plans to cut... (read more)
Business - Finance - Morrisons sells 114 Safeway shopsThe stores being sold are the smaller Safeway compact stores, and a... (read more)
Business - Finance - Mortgage advisers 'fail' publicSeven of its researchers mystery-shopped 39 financial advisers work... (read more)
Business - Finance - MPs condemn UK credit card firmsThe 71 page report from the Treasury Select Committee condemned fir... (read more)
Business - Finance - Nearly 900,000 miss tax deadlineOverall, 8.58 million forms were returned before the date, out of t... (read more)
Business - Finance - New mortgages hit four-year lowMortgage approvals fell by 10,000 during the month to 89,000, accor... (read more)
Business - Finance - NI 'to rise to pay for pensions'The Times newspaper says the proposal will be made when Adair Turne... (read more)
Business - Finance - North-South property gap narrowsThe average price of a house in London is now just over twice that ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Oil nears key $50-a-barrel markNew York light crude climbed as high as $48.98 a barrel in Asian tr... (read more)
Business - Finance - Oil price climbs back above $50Nearly 29%, or about 480,000 barrels a day (b/d), of oil output rem... (read more)
Business - Finance - Oil prices surge to record highsUS light crude rose to $44.99 overnight, a 21-year record high, bef... (read more)
Business - Finance - Poor being hurt by disconnectionThe poorest 13% of the UK population account for nearly a third of ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Pregnant workers 'get raw deal'Other pregnant workers face demotion, hostility, pay cuts or are fo... (read more)
Business - Finance - Pru ditches plan for Egg sell-offThe group said that retaining its 79% stake in the business "o... (read more)
Business - Finance - Pru profits fall amid sales slideEarnings fell from £1.13bn in 2002 to £794m as market v... (read more)
Business - Finance - ritons get mortgage risk warningThe research reveals one in three borrowers has only a four month s... (read more)
Business - Finance - Road toll 'shelved for Christmas'A consultation exercise has begun on whether the £5-a-day cha... (read more)
Business - Finance - Safeway still hurting MorrisonsFor the half-year to 25 July, Morrisons saw its pre-tax profit decl... (read more)
Business - Finance - Sainsbury's heads back to basicsChief executive Justin King said the firm would return to focusing ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Sainsbury's makes first ever lossFor the six months to 9 October, it has reported a pre-tax, post-ex... (read more)
Business - Finance - Sainsbury's reports falling salesSainsbury's, which is losing market share to its competitors, warne... (read more)
Business - Finance - Salary gap hits first-time buyersSalary database PayFinder.com found that house prices are now more ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Santander accelerates Abbey bidJuan Inciarte, the Santander executive in charge of the Abbey bid, ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Sharp fall in mortgage approvalsAccording to the British Bankers' Association (BBA), 59,011 propert... (read more)
Business - Finance - Slowdown in UK mortgage lendingLending rose by just over £5bn, the lowest rise since Novembe... (read more)
Business - Finance - Surprise slowdown in UK inflationThe underlying rate of RPI inflation was unchanged at 2.2% last mon... (read more)
Business - Finance - Tesco hails 'outstanding' resultsThe chain said pre-tax profits were up 17.4% to £628m ($1bn) ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Tesco races ahead as sales soarThe UK's leading grocer said like-for-like sales - which strip out ... (read more)
Business - Finance - Two years of UK growth predictedThe Ernst & Young Item Club says the country can expect two yea... (read more)
Business - Finance - UK bankers face Enron extraditionThey worked for NatWest, and were involved in a complicated deal wi... (read more)
Business - Finance - UK house price growth 'slowing'The annual rate of house price inflation fell to 18.9% in August, f... (read more)
Business - Finance - UK house price rises 'subdued'This is slightly up on August's rise of 0.1% - the weakest in three... (read more)
Business - Finance - UK interest rates remain at 4.75%The Bank's rate-setting committee has put up rates five times in th... (read more)
Business - Finance - Water complaints 'five-year high'WaterVoice received 12,293 complaints in the past year, a 27% incre... (read more)
Business - Finance - Worldpay struck by online attackWorldpay's payment and administration networks have been flooded wi... (read more)
Business - Fines due in motor tax clampdownThe Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) says 97,000 penaltie... (read more)
Business - Five months in jail for StewartThe US trendsetter was convicted in March for lying about a stock s... (read more)
Business - Gift firm leaves couples in lurchThe Gift Registry went into administration after suffering losses o... (read more)
Business - Google 'nearly ready' to floatThe firm has contacted more than a dozen investment banks to help a... (read more)
Business - Google plans $2.7bn share auctionThe firm has filed papers proposing to issue stock via an online au... (read more)
Business - Gucci trumpets market reboundDuring the third quarter, Gucci made a pre-tax profit of 91m euros ... (read more)
Business - Holiday disaster for Golden SunAnother 10,000 holidaymakers could be stranded abroad until they ca... (read more)
Business - Holiday park firm sold for £285mCenter Parcs' owner, private equity firm MidOcean Partners, sold th... (read more)
Business - Housing - Bellway lifted by property boomThe firm said profits rose 35.6% to £77.4m for the six months... (read more)
Business - IBM taking on 15,000 extra staffThe company, which last week reported a doubling in profits, said 4... (read more)
Business - India decides on jet contractThe decision was taken at a meeting of the cabinet's security commi... (read more)
Business - Inflation up on higher fuel costsConsumer price inflation rose to 1.2% last month, official figures ... (read more)
Business - Insurer moves 1,100 jobs to IndiaThe company said the jobs will be transferred to India over the nex... (read more)
Business - Interbrew weighs brewery closuresJohn Brock, the chief executive of Belgium-based Interbrew, said it... (read more)
Business - Japan signs huge Iranian oil dealJapan will have full development rights to the southern part of Aza... (read more)
Business - KBR wins new Iraq contractParsons Iraqi Joint Venture and Worley Group also will share in the... (read more)
Business - Labour pledges new worker rightsThe proposals are likely to include longer paid maternity leave, hi... (read more)
Business - Landmark deal for Royal MailUnder the deal, private firm UK Mail will offer a service to busine... (read more)
Business - Lastminute buys rival travel firmThe holidays-to-theatre tickets web retailer said it would pay abou... (read more)
Business - M&S begins hunt for new chairmanM&S said that Mr Vandevelde was leaving because of "person... (read more)
Business - M&S launches share buyback offerThe complex deal gives shareholders the chance to cash in their sha... (read more)
Business - MARCONI REMAINS CAUTIOUSMarconi had to sell units and axe 6,000 jobs after the group - form... (read more)
Business - Marlboro firm in smuggling talksThe European Commission has confirmed the talks, which could see Ph... (read more)
Business - Martha Stewart guilty of lyingStewart was found guilty of conspiracy, making false statements and... (read more)
Business - Medicine - Glaxo releases drug trials on webThe move comes as the drugs giant faces legal action in the US over... (read more)
Business - Milkmen sign parcel delivery dealUnder the agreement, Express Dairies will deliver "heavier wei... (read more)
Business - Mitsubishi wins $4bn bailout dealThe firm's new backers are US bank JP Morgan Chase, Tokyo-based inv... (read more)
Business - Mobile phone sales dial up recordSome 516 million handsets were shipped last year, up from 429 milli... (read more)
Business - Mobile Phones - Vodafone's £2.5bn share buybackThe company has increased its dividend by 20% and launched a share ... (read more)
Business - Money - Philip Green drops Safeway bidThe decision by the billionaire owner of Bhs and Arcadia leaves Bra... (read more)
Business - Money - Powergen doubles its sizeThe firm, owned by German energy group Eon, is buying Midlands Elec... (read more)
Business - Morrisons in £3bn bid for SafewayThe 283p a share offer is expected to bring the Safeway takeover sa... (read more)
Business - Morrisons seals Safeway takeoverThe move brings to a end one of the most keenly contested UK acquis... (read more)
Business - MPs to launch gas price inquiryMartin O'Neill MP, chairman of the Trade and Industry Select Commit... (read more)
Business - Murdoch wins satellite go-aheadMedia and competition regulators in Washington approved the $6.8bn ... (read more)
Business - Music - Coke music site fails first dayCoke's mycokemusic site had been called "the first consumer br... (read more)
Business - New budget airline for BritainHop, which will have a head office at Cambridge, aims to Americanis... (read more)
Business - New twist in Safeway offer sagaThe Times said the chain, backed by US giant Wal-Mart, offered Safe... (read more)
Business - Next profits enjoy festive boostThe store said underlying sales grew by 2.8% during the period from... (read more)
Business - Oil firm 'overcharged' US in IraqThe firm, Kellogg, Brown and Root - a subsidiary of Halliburton - h... (read more)
Business - Oil price jumps after Saudi siegePrices rose 1.7% in Asia to $40.50 for US light crude, while Brent ... (read more)
Business - Oil price rise hits sharesThe oil producers' cartel said on Wednesday it would cut output by ... (read more)
Business - Post bosses admit spying on staffThe firm said it was "only right" to try to collect evide... (read more)
Business - Post strike action spreadsTalks aimed at ending the action resumed on Friday morning, after b... (read more)
Business - Post strike decision dueAbout 160,000 members of the Communication Workers Union have been ... (read more)
Business - Power cuts 'could hit UK by 2006'Dieter Helm told BBC Two's 'If... The Lights Go Out' the UK had a &... (read more)
Business - Profits rise at Cable & WirelessReleasing its annual results, the firm made a pre-tax profit of &po... (read more)
Business - Royal Mail 'loses 14.4m letters'Postwatch estimates 14.4m letters are lost every year - and of thes... (read more)
Business - Royal Mail 'to miss post targets'During the last three months of 2003, the percentage of first class... (read more)
Business - Royal Mail announces £3m profitThe firm, recently hit by unofficial strikes which crippled deliver... (read more)
Business - Royal Mail unveils £220m profitsThe service made a profit of £220m ($400m) for the full finan... (read more)
Business - Royal Mail urges pricing shake-upThe state-owned operator said the changes were needed so it could c... (read more)
Business - Sainsbury's snaps up store chainJacksons has 2,350 staff and 114 stores across Yorkshire and the no... (read more)
Business - Sales jump boosts Tesco profitsThe group said pre-tax profits had surged 17.6% for the year to 28 ... (read more)
Business - Saudi Arabia promises extra oilThe 800,000 extra barrels pledged will take output to 9.1 million b... (read more)
Business - Shopping - Tesco reveals healthy ChristmasIt was helped by healthy sales of non-food items, such as clothing ... (read more)
Business - Shops - US consumers hold their nerveThe University of Michigan's closely watched consumer sentiment ind... (read more)
Business - Shops - B&Q owner builds profitsProfits before one-off items at Kingfisher's ongoing businesses ros... (read more)
Business - Sony plans massive job cutsThe cost of the three-year plan to deal with sliding profits will b... (read more)
Business - Sport - Man Utd sees profits slide by 30%The club also warned media revenues could fall by around £14m... (read more)
Business - Steelmaker cuts its lossesThe company said a recovery in steel prices and volumes had helped ... (read more)
Business - Striking mail staff return to workThe Communication Workers' Union (CWU) and Royal Mail finished more... (read more)
Business - Technology - Amazon opens its own search storeCreated by an Amazon subsidiary called A9, the test version of the ... (read more)
Business - Technology - Amstrad launches home videophoneCalled E3 the home videophones are going on sale for £99 each... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - BT fires latest shot in price warExisting standard rate users will move to BT Together Option 1, mea... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - BT launches mobile phone serviceThe telecoms giant has been seeking to counter a fall in traditiona... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - Japanese rush to buy 3G mobilesMore than one million users switched to the option in the past mont... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - Motorola profit and shares surgeThe report is much better than expected and will increase pressure ... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - Sales boost lifts Sony EricssonPre-tax profit in the period May to June was 113m euros ($139.6m; &... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - Showcase for future of mobilesGerman Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Europe was looking to the ... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - US mobile bid battle intensifiesThe Wall Street Journal reported that the US mobile operator is now... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - Vodafone considers $37bn US buyVodafone bosses must decide by Friday if they are to join the multi... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - Vodafone jumps as AT&T bid failsCingular, Vodafone's rival in the brief but tense bidding war, secu... (read more)
Business - Telecomms - Vodafone launches 10 new 3G setsThe handsets will feature state-of-the-art technology offering impr... (read more)
Business - Transport - P&O to slash workforce by 1,200The group announced the closure of four of its 13 ferry routes and ... (read more)
Business - Travel - Jobs boost as Virgin ups flightsThe UK airline plans to recruit around 700 cabin crew, along with p... (read more)
Business - Travel - Oil cost forces Qantas surchargeThe carrier will add 6 Australian dollars (US$4.20; £2.30) to... (read more)
Business - Travel - Rail users 'denied cheap tickets'The Rail Passengers' Council (RPC) said Network Rail is releasing t... (read more)
Business - UK sees inflation fall in FebruaryThe government's preferred consumer prices index (CPI) dropped by a... (read more)
Business - US moguls 'want to buy ITV'Haim Saban and Mel Karmazin said they would consider bidding for IT... (read more)
Business - VW cuts jobs and warns on profits"The operating profit for the first quarter of 2004 will be, t... (read more)
Business - Water customers face price riseThe decision by water regulator Ofwat means that annual bills could... (read more)
Business - WH Smith bidders given deadlineA previous offer from Permira stalled over demands for a cash injec... (read more)
Business - WH Smith hit with New Year gloomThe firm added that job cuts cannot be ruled out in the New Year as... (read more)
Business - William Hill rides out tough timesCalculated before exceptional items such as financing charges, the ... (read more)
Business - Yukos faces production shutdownThe company is facing a $3.4bn (£1.9bn) tax bill for 2000 as ... (read more)
Business- Finance - Weather dampens High Street salesSpending growth was the weakest since December 2003, rising just 0.... (read more)
CALCERT AND CARB Certifies Soil-Sement® AsSoil-Sement Controls Particulate Matter Emissions Containing Natura... (read more)
Call to close child traffic loopholeThe UN agency says thousands of children are being trafficked to Br... (read more)
Campbell outlines dossier thinkingMr Campbell's testimony to the Hutton inquiry, which began at 1030 ... (read more)
Car hit by missiles - Hamas declares ceasefire overHelicopter gunships fired several missiles at a car, killing Ismail... (read more)
Carjacker found guilty of murderManny Davis, 30, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, had admitted the mans... (read more)
Carlton 'offers deal' over chairmanA group of City investors controlling more than 30% of ITV have set... (read more)
Carnage as Liberia capital shelledMortars fell on the diplomatic quarter of Monrovia as rebels oppose... (read more)
Carr could be freed 'immediately'Carr was jailed for three-and-a-half years at the Soham trial for c... (read more)
Carr release decision 'imminent'Carr was jailed for three-and-a-half years at the Soham trial and h... (read more)
Carr to appear on fraud chargesCarr, 27, is serving a three-year jail sentence for conspiring with... (read more)
Carr turns on Huntley in court"I'm not going to be blamed for what that thing in the box [Mr... (read more)
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Charges - M6 Toll road opensThe barriers at the M6 Toll booths dropped for the first time at 10... (read more)
Chennai Real Estate offers Franchise opportunitychennairealestate.co.in a leading real estate website for Chennai t... (read more)
Chi Arogundades Modern Paintings
Exhibition:
15th Dec 2003 - 26th Feb 2004
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Child sex case man in courtJohn Brewer, 39, from Fairview Avenue, was detained by customs and ... (read more)
China to protect private propertyThe official Xinhua news agency said lawmakers also proposed an ame... (read more)
Cinema - Matrix global release beginsThe Matrix Revolutions hits screens at 1400 GMT in London - which e... (read more)
Citizenship classes for new BritonsHe said it was important new citizens could communicate with their ... (read more)
City is tested in terror exerciseEmergency services and health officials were testing responses to a... (read more)
Cleanliness boost for UK beachesThe Marine Conservation Society tested over 800 beaches and recomme... (read more)
Climate change 'ruining' EverestThey are arguing that governments which are members of Unesco - the... (read more)
Clown date for ArcherLord Archer of Weston-super-Mare will be visiting the seaside resor... (read more)
Cockle death police make arrestsSeventeen men and two women, among a group of mainly Chinese cockle... (read more)
Colours ‘N Motion Advances Its International PresenceCorona, California and London, UK – Colours N Motion, a leading US ... (read more)
Comic Paul Merton's wife diesMs Parkinson was diagnosed with breast cancer in February last year... (read more)
Communication pressures during 7th July BombingsMEDIA RELEASE Issued: 10th August 2005
Businesses say communi... (read more)
Communications - Mobile phone crime blitz launchedLatest figures show half of all street crime now involves mobile ph... (read more)
Communications - Virgin Mobile 'to announce float'Details of the float are expected to value the UK's fifth largest m... (read more)
Commuters face more heatwave delaysMany train companies will run services at a slower than usual speed... (read more)
Computer - Inernet - Sobig is biggest virus of allE-mail filtering firm MessageLabs said it had intercepted more than... (read more)
Computer - Internet - World wakes up to another virusAs consumers and companies were clearing up after the MSBlast and t... (read more)
Computer - Software - Asian pirates take on MicrosoftThe software, codenamed Longhorn, is on sale in Johor Baru, a city ... (read more)
Computer - Software - Windows faces fresh web worm woeMicrosoft's security patch to thwart MSBlaster leaves some versions... (read more)
Computers - Business - MSN shuts down its chatroomsMSN is closing all its chatrooms in Europe, the Middle East, Latin ... (read more)
Computers - Downloads - Apple sells 10m tunes on the netApple said the 10 millionth song bought from its online store for 9... (read more)
Computers - Internet - US web 'pirates' could face jailSurreptitious videotaping of movies in cinemas would also be outlaw... (read more)
Computers - Internet - Sobig virus slows downComputer specialists cut off the worm's circulation by repairing 20... (read more)
Computers - Internet - Sobig virus wreaks e-mail havocThe virus has generated so much e-mail that many inboxes are now co... (read more)
Computers - Internet worm threat thwarted - MSBlastThe computer virus was set to bombard one of Microsoft's websites f... (read more)
Computers - Net blamed for rise in child pornThe internet is largely to blame for the huge rise in child porn of... (read more)
Computers - Online games make serious moneyAccording to a report from market analysts, The Themis Group, massi... (read more)
Computers - Software - East Asia plans Windows rivalThe project, expected to be open-source software, was proposed by J... (read more)
Computers - Sony forced to clip PSX's wingsThe entertainment system, on sale in Japan from 13 December, is a P... (read more)
Cool the Tube and win £100kWhere in the UK can you virtually guarantee it will be 32.5C (90F) ... (read more)
Countdown to 'make or break' festivalEavis is a baffled man.
"Festival number 25 this one, over... (read more)
County battered by thunderstormsLightning struck a home for the elderly in north Worcester, a semi-... (read more)
Crash kills renowned photographerMr Newton was pulling out of the car park at a Hollywood hotel when... (read more)
Crowe set for Rolf tributeThe Oscar-winning actor sent a personal letter to Harris saying he ... (read more)
Curate starts abortion challengeJoanna Jepson, herself born with facial disfigurement, believes tha... (read more)
D-Day veterans heading for FranceThousands of veterans of the seaborne invasion are making the cross... (read more)
Deacon and Dash - Jamster's new starsJamster! this week have introduced Prime8, a new mobile rap group. ... (read more)
Dead Black Watch soldiers namedSgt Stuart Grey, 31, Pte Paul Lowe, 19, and Pte Scott McArdle, 22, ... (read more)
Dead buried while Russia mournsMore than 170 victims are to be buried on Monday while relatives of... (read more)
Death penalty for Japan cult guruThe sarin strike killed 12 people and injured thousands more.
... (read more)
Derwentside, County Durham gets new Community WebsiteThe people of Derwentside, County Durham UK, need look no further f... (read more)
Diana 'feared car accident plot'The princess allegedly wrote in a letter to Paul Burrell: "Thi... (read more)
Diana crash investigation orderedCoroner Michael Burgess said Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Pol... (read more)
Diana fountain is 'cultural icon'The Heritage Lottery Fund asked 1,000 people to name iconic British... (read more)
Diana photographers on trialThey are charged with invasion of privacy, after an earlier attempt... (read more)
Diaz photos kept out of viewThe Hollywood star wants the pictures, taken before she found fame,... (read more)
Digital Expo (Trade)The NEC
30 Mar - 1 April 2004
Hall 19
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DIMENSION 5 announces Ad2Hand wireless advertising serviceBratislava (November 15, 2005) – DIMENSION 5, a leading innovator o... (read more)
Disruption in Iraq amid sabotage fears - money - financeA fire engulfed a section of the pipeline at Baiji, north of Tikrit... (read more)
Dome diamond sentences reducedThey were convicted of conspiracy to rob after trying to steal &pou... (read more)
Double air disaster hits RussiaEyewitnesses at one scene said they heard a plane roaring overhead ... (read more)
Dozens die in Russian train blastThe blast derailed the train, full of students and workers, between... (read more)
Dozens killed in Baghdad bombingsPolice said the first blast appeared to be a car bomb, which was fo... (read more)
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