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Tesco reports drop in sales growth
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Supermarket giant Tesco has reported a halving in UK sales growth in the third quarter after it said like-for-like sales rose by 2%.
BA in merger talks with Qantas
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
British Airways has revealed it is in talks over a potential merger with Australian rival Qantas.
Jobless face losing benefits
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Unemployed people should do a 9 to 5 day looking for work or undertake community service style duties such as digging gardens under moves to tackle the hardcore of joblessness, the author of a Government-commissioned report said.
Radical preacher is back in jail
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Firebrand cleric Abu Qatada has been returned to jail after an immigration court ruled he breached the terms of his bail.
Menezes: Unlawful killing ruled out
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
The coroner at the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes has ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing.
Shannon mother case is 'flawed'
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
The case against the mother of Shannon Matthews is "fatally flawed", a court has heard.
Top officer probes Home Office leak
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A senior police officer has been appointed by Acting Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson to review the handling of the police inquiry into Home Office leaks.
Brits still stranded in Thai chaos
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
The crisis in Thailand appears to be nearing an end but thousands of stranded British travellers are still struggling to leave the strife-torn country.
Call for end to 'benefits culture'
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has called for an end to a "benefits culture" on council estates as he unveiled proposals to give tenants who pay rent and make a positive contribution help in buying a stake in their homes.
Child services face tougher reviews
2:04pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Tougher inspection regimes for child protection services across the country have been introduced to avoid a repeat of failings exposed by the Baby P tragedy.
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Children get a reality check of life in prison
INCREASING numbers of young people are falling into lives of crime.
Winner of Parent Zone’s Snugdowner evening of pampering at Chessgrove Spa, Worcestershire.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S!! to the lucky winner of the latest Parent Zone online competition for two Snugdowner treatments at Chessgrove Spa, Worcestershire.
Club was a welcome back for our soldiers
AS a welcome home from the war, it was a touch on the genteel side. After all, when you’d been dodging Hitler’s bombs and bullets for a few years, you could probably have thought of better things to do on your first night back on civvie street than wander down the social club and listen to a bloke playing a violin.
Winter Wonderland at Telford
SANTA Claus, his wife, elves and even reindeer are all to be found now that Telford’s Wonderland attraction has been transformed into Winter Wonderland in the run-up to Christmas.
Postcards from the river that spawned the tourist industry
FOLLOWING their nostalgic meander down Worcestershire’s River Severn though their extensive vintage postcard collection, Jan Dobrzynski and Keith Turner have now urned their attention to Herefordshire’s pretty river Wye.
Beatles' tribute was a treat for all
THE Backbeat Beatles were formed in 1994 by Chris O’Neill (Paul McCartney) and have been hailed as being the closest we can get to witnessing the original Fab Four.
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