2015-01-01 U.K. Spotlight

BBC News   

Rangers: New funding proposal offers £6.5m investment   
BBC News
Three businessmen have offered £6.5m investment to Rangers as an alternative to further funding from Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley. George Letham, Douglas Park and shareholder George Taylor want to buy all 40,739,000 shares due to be issued ...

2015-01-01 U.K. Health

Irish Independent   

Ebola nurse now 'sitting up and talking' as she gets treatment   
Irish Independent
The British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has been treated with an experimental antiviral drug along with blood plasma from survivors of the disease, specialist doctors said last night. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
Ebola Still Spreading, WHO Reports   New York Times
Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey's experimental treatment taking her into 'unknown ...   Mirror.co.uk
Ebola patient sitting up, reading and talking   Herald Scotland
The Times (subscription)   
Express.co.uk   
Deutsche Welle   
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The Independent   

A&E departments under 'intense pressure' on New Year's Eve   
The Independent
A&E departments around the country reported intense pressures today ahead of one of the busiest nights for ambulance call outs. Norfolk and Norwich Hospital declared a major incident, amid reports that up to 13 ambulances were waiting to offload patients ...

2015-01-01 U.K. Science

Empire State Tribune   

Southampton U Project Will Grow Lettuce on Mars, But Don't Expect NASA to ...   
Empire State Tribune
How about some backyard gardening on Mars? Growing vegetables there would do something to improve the vista of the red planet. It would be great to see some green patches there, don't you agree? And according to project leader Suzanna Lucarotti at the ...

2015-01-01 U.K. Sports

IBNLive   

Frank Lampard in City squad despite end of loan deal   
IBNLive
Lampard is in the Manchester City squad for Thursday's Premier League clash against Sunderland despite his loan agreement expiring at the end of December. (Getty Images). London: Frank Lampard is in the Manchester City squad for Thursday's Premier ...

2015-01-01 U.K. Entertainment

Belfast Telegraph   

British acts fill albums' top 10   
Belfast Telegraph
UK acts, led by Ed Sheeran, have filled the entire top 10 of best-selling artist albums over the past 12 months for the first time, according to new figures from the British music industry. Also in this Section. Rock guitarist Slash seeks divorce · Huntington-Whiteley ...

2015-01-01 U.K. Technology

Reuters   

Samsung Electronics says new smart TVs in 2015 to run Tizen platform   
Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday that all its new smart television products launched in 2015 will be powered by the Tizen operating system, marking a fresh effort by the company to increase the usage of the software platform.
Samsung to Use Tizen on All Web-Connected TVs This Year   Businessweek
Samsung Electronics to unveil new Tizen smart TV in Las Vegas   Yonhap News
Smartphone industry eyes technological leap   The Korea Herald

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Daily Mail   

New year, new crackdown: Government blocks 32 websites that promote Islamic ...   
Daily Mail
The Modi government is starting the New Year with the resolve to wipe out terror, and has cracked down on websites carrying anti-India views and spreading the propaganda of the Islamic State (IS). Reacting to an alert from the anti-terror squad of a state ...

2015-01-01 U.K. Business

BBC News   

City Link announces 2356 job losses after rescue talks fail   
BBC News
The administrators of collapsed delivery firm City Link have announced 2,356 job losses after a bid to buy the company failed. The administrators, who took over City Link on Christmas Eve, said an unnamed consortium's offer was not acceptable. The possible ...

2015-01-01 U.K. U.K.

BBC News   

New year celebrations: Revellers gather in London and across UK   
BBC News
Thousands of people gathered in central London to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks display - as celebrations were held across the UK. Some 100,000 revellers had been expected to line the River Thames for the first ticketed new year's display.
Watch London New Year's Eve fireworks 2014 highlights - video   Mirror.co.uk
Watch: London New Year's Eve fireworks display in full   Telegraph.co.uk
Fireworks spectacular heralds 2015   Stroud News and Journal
Metro   
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Daily Mail   

Labour looks down on North: Left-wing MP claims Miliband's inner circle think ...   
Daily Mail
Ed Miliband's inner circle think people with Northern accents are stupid, a Labour MP has claimed. Prominent Left-winger Ian Lavery said the party's elite looked down on working-class supporters in the North. The Wansbeck MP, a former miner, said: 'We've ...

2015-01-01 U.K. World

BBC News   

Shanghai new year crush kills 35   
BBC News
A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 35 people and injured some 42 others, Chinese state media report. The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's historic Bund district overlooking the Huangpu river. Thousands of people ...

2014-12-31 U.K. Spotlight

BBC News   

The most stunning space pictures of 2014   
BBC News
Curiosity Self Portrait at Windjana Drilling Site In April and May 2014, the Curiosity Mars rover used the camera at the end of its arm to take dozens of images which were combined in this selfie. Curiosity is currently exploring the foothills of Mount Sharp - the ...

2014-12-31 U.K. Health

Irish Independent   

Ebola nurse 'should have been kept at Heathrow'   
Irish Independent
An Ebola patient is transferred on to a Hercules transport plane at Glasgow Airport in Scotland December 30, to be transported to London. A healthcare worker has been diagnosed with Ebola a day after flying home to Glasgow from Sierra Leone, the Scottish ...

2014-12-31 U.K. Science

Telegraph.co.uk   

UK scientists plan to grow lettuce on Mars   
Telegraph.co.uk
A team of scientists have created a plan to grow lettuce on Mars, and it has been short-listed to be included in a future space flight to the red planet. The project, being run at the University of Southampton, aims to put the first life on Mars by growing the salad ...

2014-12-31 U.K. Sports

Daily Mail   

Derby 2-0 Leeds: Jake Buxton seals comfortable victory for Steve McClaren's ...   
Daily Mail
Steve McClaren's target for 2015 is all too obvious: a return to the top flight. And he was provided with further confidence that his Derby side have what it takes for promotion with the kind of convincing display that has been expected of them during his ...

2014-12-31 U.K. Entertainment

Entertainment Weekly   

'Star Wars' tops 'Avengers': Most anticipated 2015 movies ranked   
Entertainment Weekly
Stormtroopers and the Millennium Falcon have eclipsed the hype for Ultron and killer dinosaurs—so claims Fandango's annual survey of the most-anticipated films for the coming year. The ticket service says Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the most eagerly ...

2014-12-31 U.K. Technology

Mashable   

IE, once king of browsers, to be phased out   
Times of India
Microsoft is developing a new, streamlined web browser that will replace Internet Explorer, according to reports, in an apparent attempt to move towards other popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox. The new app could also help Microsoft distance itself ...

2014-12-31 U.K. Business

BBC News   

House price growth lowest for a year, says Nationwide   
BBC News
The annual pace of house price growth is now at its slowest for a year, according to the UK's second biggest mortgage lender. Nationwide said house price inflation fell to 7.2% in December on an annual basis, down from 8.5% in November. However, activity ...

2014-12-31 U.K. U.K.

Irish Independent   

Ebola nurse 'should have been kept at Heathrow'   
Irish Independent
An Ebola patient is transferred on to a Hercules transport plane at Glasgow Airport in Scotland December 30, to be transported to London. A healthcare worker has been diagnosed with Ebola a day after flying home to Glasgow from Sierra Leone, the Scottish ...

2014-12-31 U.K. World

CNN   

Resolution for Palestinian State Fails in United Nations Security Council   
New York Times
A United Nations Security Council draft resolution that set a deadline to establish a sovereign Palestinian state was defeated Tuesday night after it failed to receive the nine votes that are needed for adoption in the 15-member body. The United States and ...

2014-12-30 U.K. Spotlight

BBC News   

London Irish 24-9 London Welsh   
BBC News
London Irish earned their first win in the Premiership since September as they beat fellow strugglers London Welsh. Tries from Alex Lewington, Geoff Cross and Tom Court sealed the victory, with Welsh's Tom May and Irish's Dan Leo sent off in the first half.

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Financial Times   

Religious conversion debate divides India   
Financial Times
India's progressive constitution, written by the western-educated lawyer Bhimrao Ambedkar and adopted in 1949, guarantees “freedom of conscience” and the right to “free profession, practice and propagation” of religion — enshrining protection for adherents ...

2014-12-30 U.K. Health

CBC.ca   

Ebola outbreak: Scotland confirms its 1st case   
CBC.ca
A health-care worker has been diagnosed with Ebola and is receiving treatment in Glasgow, the Scottish government confirmed on Monday. In a news release, the government said that "the risk to others is considered extremely low" because the patient was ...

2014-12-30 U.K. Science

CITY A.M.   

UK properties: Environment Agency warns 7000 houses could be lost on ...   
CITY A.M.
As many as 7,000 properties on the English and Welsh coastlines could be lost in the next hundred years, according to the Environment Agency. The government body warns that the rising sea level – a product of climate change – will erode the coast and ...

2014-12-30 U.K. Sports

Belfast Telegraph   

Liverpool 4-1 Swansea: Adam Lallana scores two as Brendan Rodgers' men ...   
Belfast Telegraph
Midfielder Adam Lallana scored twice as Liverpool finally rediscovered their goalscoring form as they beat Swansea 4-1 at Anfield. Also in this Section. Brendan Rodgers: Raheem Sterling strikes it rich · [TICON-A VIDEO] Burnley 0 - 1 Liverpool: Liverpool ...

2014-12-30 U.K. Entertainment

NME.com   

These dads dancing to Uptown Funk will make your day peak   
Metro
Back to work blues? Let these dads rocking out to Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk cheer you up. Dad dancing usually makes us cringe harder than that time Rita Ora tried to get 100k people to like her tweet and failed embarrassingly, but TastefullyOffensive.com ...

2014-12-30 U.K. Technology

USA TODAY   

China Adds New Barrier To Gmail   
New York Times
BEIJING — The Chinese government appears to have blocked the ability of people in China to gain access to Google's email service through third-party email services like Apple Mail or Microsoft Outlook, which many Chinese and foreigners had been relying ...

2014-12-30 U.K. Business

New York Times   

Europe Braces for Economic Fallout as Greece Heads to Early Elections   
New York Times
ATHENS — Governments and investors across Europe braced for renewed economic upheaval on Monday after the Parliament in Greece failed to avert an early general election, reviving the toxic debate over austerity as the way to cure the Continent's ...

2014-12-30 U.K. U.K.

Belfast Telegraph   

Letwin pushed for poll tax go-ahead   
Belfast Telegraph
Tory policy chief Oliver Letwin urged Margaret Thatcher to press ahead with the "poll tax" in the face of warnings from leading ministers that it would be politically "catastrophic", according to newly-released government files.
Secret papers reveal push to 'trailblaze' poll tax in Scotland   BBC News
Thatcher government 'did use Scots as guinea pigs for the Poll Tax'   Herald Scotland
Archives 1985 & 1986: Nigel Lawson warned of poll tax catastrophe   Financial Times
Mirror.co.uk   
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The Independent   

Margaret Thatcher secret papers: PM nearly rearmed Britain with chemical ...   
The Independent
Margaret Thatcher considered re-equipping Britain with chemical weapons at a cost of up to £200m after she was presented with evidence that the Soviet Union was developing a new poison capable of overwhelming Nato forces. Top-secret documents ...

2014-12-30 U.K. World

Voice of America   

Rescuers Expand Search for Missing AirAsia Jet   
Voice of America
The search for the missing AirAsia jet has resumed off Indonesia with officials believing the airliner may be at the bottom of the Java Sea. But Indonesian search-and-rescue officials say they will expand their efforts to include land, hoping the plane may be on ...

2014-12-29 U.K. Spotlight

BBC News   

Hong Kong crash sparks money grab   
BBC News
Hong Kong police have appealed to the public to return millions of dollars taken after a van transporting HK$525m ($68m; £44m) crashed on a major road. About HK$35m ($4.5m; £3m) worth of banknotes were left strewn across the tarmac after the road ...

2014-12-29 U.K. Health

The Independent   

Smoking rot highlighted in campaign   
BBC News
Smoking "rots" the body from within, warns this year's quit smoking campaign from Public Health England (PHE). The graphic online and print billboard adverts feature a roll-up cigarette full of decaying tissue. While many smokers know the damage tobacco ...

2014-12-29 U.K. Science

The Independent   

Smartphones and Robots In Royal Institution Christmas Lectures   
iProgrammer
The title of this year's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures sounds intriguing Sparks Will Fly - How to Hack your Home, A New Revolution. In the UK the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have become part of the holiday tradition. They were started in 1825 ...

2014-12-29 U.K. Sports

ITV News   

Mourinho claims 'scandal' over non-penalty at Southampton   
ITV News
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said the decision not to award his side a penalty during their 1-1 draw with Southampton was a "scandal". Cesc Fabregas went down in the area under Matt Targett's challenge and was booked for dissent on 55 minutes.
Mourinho rages against 'anti-Chelsea campaign'   Tribal Football
Mourinho claims there's a 'campaign' against Chelsea   Irish Independent
Chelsea: Mourinho fuming with Cesc card   Clubcall
Daily Mail   
TODAYonline   
Goal.com   
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Goal.com   

Wenger hints Podolski could leave Arsenal in January   
Goal.com
The Germany international has seen his stock fall dramatically since returning from an extended break after the World Cup and he is yet to start a Premier League game this season. Despite previously insisting that the 29-year-old has a role to play in his ...

2014-12-29 U.K. Entertainment

ABC News   

N Korea: Internet outages continue amid hacking row   
AsiaOne
Photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Pyongyang denied any role in the cyberattacks, calling such suggestions part of a "smear campaign" by unpopular South Korean leaders. Print. With its Internet networks continuing to suffer outages for the sixth ...

2014-12-29 U.K. Technology

Belfast Telegraph   

Speeding fines in Staffordshire have almost doubled since 2009   
Staffordshire Newsletter
In the Staffordshire police force area, 5,164 offenders were fined in 2013, compared to 2,667 in 2009. However, in the West Midlands police force area, the fines have decreased from 4,216 in 2009 to 1,442 in 2013. More than 115,000 people were fined in ...

2014-12-29 U.K. Business

WalesOnline   

Scots staff face job loss after City Link collapse   
Scotsman
SCOTTISH employees are among the 2,000 staff from collapsed UK parcel delivery service City Link facing redundancy on Hogmanay, the RMT union has warned. The troubled firm announced it was going into administration on Christmas Day, causing ...

2014-12-29 U.K. U.K.

Convention 'stops egregious acts'   
Ballymoney and Moyle Times
Former attorney general Dominic Grieve has said "egregious" behaviour like the CIA's interrogation of al Qaida suspects would not occur in Britain because of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Conservatives have described their plans to stop ...

2014-12-29 U.K. World

CBC.ca   

AirAsia plane reported missing with 162 passengers onboard: latest   
Telegraph.co.uk
... • Air Asia missing plane: How the news unfolded • Pilot had asked to change route to 'avoid bad weather' • No mayday or distress call was issued by plane • Search and rescue resumes at 06.30 local time • Briton named in local media as Choi Chi Man
Indonesia says presumes missing AirAsia plane crashed in Java Sea   Reuters UK
AirAsia QZ8501: Indonesia plane search resumes   BBC News
Flight QZ8501: The Search Operation Explained   Sky News
Washington Post   
Reuters   
New York Times   
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Daily Times   

US, NATO Mark End of Afghanistan Mission   
Voice of America
ISLAMABAD—. The NATO-led military alliance in Afghanistan formally ended its 13-year-long combat mission, leaving a relatively under-trained Afghan national security force to fight the deadly Taliban insurgency largely on its own. A special ceremony was ...

2014-12-28 U.K. Spotlight

BBC News   

Landowner Ninian Stewart fined after gamekeeper Peter Bell poisoned buzzard   
BBC News
A landowner has been fined £675 over the actions of a gamekeeper who illegally poisoned a buzzard. Ninian Stewart was the first person to be convicted under a new wildlife crime law that means people can be held liable for the actions of employees.

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Ten of the best remote retreats   
Financial Times
Horseriding at Ratua. There are 146 acres of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches on the island. ©David De Vleeschauwer. The over-water spa at Ratua. Ratua's over-water spa. ©David De Vleeschauwer. Hotel Bellevue des Alpes, Switzerland, is only ...

2014-12-28 U.K. Health

Mirror.co.uk   

Jayden Wilson, star of Spider-Man viral video, dies aged five on Christmas Eve   
The Guardian
A terminally ill boy who became an internet star when his father dressed up as Spider-Man to surprise him on his fifth birthday has died. Jayden Wilson, from Basingstoke in Hampshire, was given a year to live in September 2013 when he was diagnosed with ...

2014-12-28 U.K. Science

VIDEO: NASA captures stunning solar flare   
Irish Independent
NASA captured stunning footage of an X1-class solar flare erupting on the surface of the Sun on December 19th. Although it looks beautiful, it is actually a powerful burst of radiation, but not harmful to humans as it cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere.
This solar flare put on a better show than any Christmas lights   thejournal.ie
Nasa films captivating footage of intense solar flare   Telegraph.co.uk
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captures video of Sun flare with X1.8 intensity   Inferse
Times of Malta   
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Telegraph.co.uk   

Stunning Northern Lights display seen in UK near Bamburgh Castle in ...   
Metro
A stunning display of the Northern Lights has been spotted across parts of the UK. The spectacle was seen in the early hours of Christmas Eve, as colours of green and pink appeared in the sky near Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. The Aurora Borealis is ...

2014-12-28 U.K. Sports

Goal.com   

AC Milan sign Torres from Chelsea   
Goal.com
Chelsea have confirmed that striker Fernando Torres has been bought on a permanent basis by AC Milan, where he is currently on loan. The Spain striker agreed a two-year deal with the Rossoneri over the summer but has struggled to find form - netting only ...

2014-12-28 U.K. Entertainment

Full-Time Whistle   

Mrs Brown's Boys tops Christmas Day ratings for the second year in a row   
Full-Time Whistle
Mrs Brown's Boys was the most-watched programme on Christmas Day as 7.6 million viewers tuned in to see Brendan O'Carroll's festive special. BBC claimed yet another Christmas Day ratings victory yesterday as Mrs Brown's Boys was the most-watched ...

2014-12-28 U.K. Technology

ABC News   

Sony network still down after attack   
Herald Scotland
Microsoft and Sony have been working to restore internet platforms for their Xbox and PlayStation games consoles. Microsoft and Sony have been working to restore internet platforms for their Xbox and PlayStation games consoles. Sorry, you must sign in ...

2014-12-28 U.K. Business

BBC News   

City Link: 2000 staff to be made redundant on NYE - RMT   
BBC News
More than 2,000 staff from the collapsed UK parcel delivery service City Link are to be made redundant on New Year's Eve, the RMT union has said. Staff learned on Christmas Day that the company had gone into administration, in a move described as ...

2014-12-28 U.K. U.K.

BBC News   

Rail delays: Reduced services to resume after disruption   
BBC News
Reduced rail services are expected to run from some London stations later, after overrunning engineering works caused major disruption on Saturday. Thousands of passengers endured widespread cancellations after London's King's Cross was closed, ...