http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/ Worcester News /uk_national_news/ en-gb Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:14:00 +0000 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/resources/images/528245/?type=rsslogo http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/ http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943254.Brits_still_stranded_in_Thai_chaos/ 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. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 34adbeddec58977ad9aadb701fba3f04 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943247.Top_officer_probes_Home_Office_leak/ 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. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 75c451f559d8107c9aaacf91d619bb83 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943246.Child_services_face_tougher_reviews/ 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. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 a1c24a85cf3cee072d6538889e6f8b26 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943251.Radical_preacher_is_back_in_jail/ Firebrand cleric Abu Qatada has been returned to jail after an immigration court ruled he breached the terms of his bail. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 faaf1b1514512d4c5b663823b42a0629 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943253.BA_in_merger_talks_with_Qantas/ British Airways has revealed it is in talks over a potential merger with Australian rival Qantas. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 1e249d55881477406d445cc0dc335cc5 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943248.Government_pay_dispute_resolved/ A long running pay dispute between the Government and civil servants, which threatened to spark a winter of discontent, has been resolved. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 97daf27b1912b62dd449ea43ffd45d0b http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943245.Menezes__Unlawful_killing_ruled_out/ The coroner at the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes has ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 cc76da9d77f5561c498a22e9f5341945 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943249.Call_for_end_to__benefits_culture_/ 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. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 3ec632db8610ff1b3dbabda1ba784f65 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943250.Jobless_face_losing_benefits/ 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. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 7555581c0ce1b458e20d88387eb858ed http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/uk_national_news/3943252.Tesco_reports_drop_in_sales_growth/ 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%. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:01 +0000 57c1def9a27f915531a2739c2b7c9bff