uk-hotdailynews: 2014-12-18 U.K. U.K.

Osborne claims cuts will put Britain £23bn in the black
The Times (subscription)
George Osborne confirmed yesterday that he is targeting a huge budget surplus, as a poll suggested public unease over the size of his planned cuts. The chancellor said that spending plans he submitted to the government's independent budget watchdog did ...

George Osborne gambles on spending cuts despite slip in voter support   The Guardian
Labour goes after George Osborne for new 'extreme and ideological' budget cut ...   The Independent
UK's Osborne accused of claiming false victory in EU budget row   Daily Mail
Financial Times
Yorkshire Post
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Al-Sweady Inquiry: UK army murder claims 'deliberate lies'
BBC News
Allegations of murder and torture made against British soldiers by Iraqi detainees were "deliberate lies", a five-year public inquiry has ruled. The £31m Al-Sweady Inquiry found claims that up to 20 Iraqis were killed and mutilated after a 2004 battle were ...

Al Sweady Inquiry: British troops did mistreat Iraqis but UK army murder claims ...   Belfast Telegraph
Torture claims against British soldiers a 'attempt to use legal system to attack our ...   Daily Mail
Claims of murder, mutilation by UK troops in Iraq thrown out as 'baseless lies' by ...   Herald Scotland
Scotsman
Morning Star Online
Telegraph.co.uk
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Panic alarms for Scots soldier who battled IS
Scotsman
Two ex-British soldiers who travelled to Syria to fight against the Islamic State have had panic alarms fitted to their homes upon their return for fear of reprisals from extremists. Jamie Read, 24, who lives in Newmains, North Lanarkshire, and James Hughes, 26 ...

Malvern man who joined fight against Islamic State returns home   Worcester News
Britons who went to fight Isis in Syria made death pact   The Times (subscription)
British ex-soldiers make death pact while fighting alongside Kurdish forces ...   The Independent
Daventry Express
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Security committee's redactions vow
Belfast Telegraph
A parliamentary intelligence watchdog has pledged to uncover whether redactions to a US report on brutal CIA torture methods were requested by UK authorities to "avoid embarrassment". Also in this Section. Osborne to sell £3bn Lloyds shares · Mail sale ...

MI6 and MI5 to be grilled to see if they had CIA torture report redacted to 'avoid ...   Telegraph.co.uk

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UK premier fights to put US-EU trade talks back on track
Financial Times
David Cameron will join industry bodies and other European leaders on Thursday to demand fresh impetus in talks on a transatlantic trade deal amid fears that hopes for an agreement next year are fading. The UK prime minister will use a European summit in ...

CBI urges Europe leaders to seal Transatlantic trade deal   Yorkshire Post
Nick Clegg attempts to calm NHS worries over EU-US trade deal   The Guardian
CITY INTERVIEW: Former BT chief Ian Livingston is battling to boost Britain as ...   This is Money

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Church ministers to sign covenant against gay ordination
Herald Scotland
EVANGELICALS opposed to gay ordination are forming a protest movement against greater acceptance of homosexual and lesbian ministers in the Church of Scotland. EVANGELICALS opposed to gay ordination are forming a protest movement against ...

Sever support for Kirk   Times Higher Education
Church of Scotland presbyteries vote to appoint gay ministers   BBC News
Free Church of Scotland will 'welcome' Church of Scotland members   stv.tv
Edinburgh Evening News
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Wednesday's National Newspaper Front Pages
Mix 96
A "monstrous" killer will spend at least 35 years in jail for the murder of his ex-partner and their baby daughter. Boxer Anthony Crolla Hurt Tackling Burglars. Boxer Anthony Crolla is being treated in hospital after being hit with a concrete slab when tackling a ...

Tuesday's National Newspaper Front Pages   Eagle Radio
Thursday's National Newspaper Front Pages   Key 103 Manchester

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Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester airport check-in staff vote to strike
Daily Mail
Thousands hoping to get away for Christmas could face chaos after airport staff voted to walk out for two days from December 23. Heathrow is expected to bear the brunt of the disruption, as nearly 500 check-in staff and ground crew members plan to strike ...

UK airport staff vote to strike on the two days before Christmas   Mashable
5 Million Will Fly in and out of Britain This Christmas   Travel Agent
Bristol Airport is UK's third worst for delays at Christmas   Bath Chronicle
Metro
Travel Weekly UK
Crawley Observer
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'Monstrous' killer attacked ex with hammer and machete before slitting baby ...
Irish Independent
A "monstrous" killer faces spending the rest of his life behind bars for battering his ex-partner to death with an assortment of weapons and slashing his baby daughter's throat. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
Roland McKoy: boyfriend who battered partner and slashed their toddler's throat ...   Evening Standard
Roland McKoy who beat ex-partner to death before slashing his daughter's ...   Daily Mail
Roland McKoy: 'Monstrous' killer butchered ex and their baby with hammer ...   Mirror.co.uk
Daily Star
Sky News
The Guardian
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Pledge to bring Scotland's child abusers to justice
Express.co.uk
PAEDOPHILES will “face the full force of the law” promised education secretary Angela Constance yesterday as she unveiled a landmark probe into historic child sex abuse. Published: 00:04, Thu, December 18, 2014. By Paul Gilbride. Angela Constance ...

Inquiry announced for child abuse in Scots care   Scotsman
Scotland to get public inquiry into historical institutional child abuse   Holyrood.com

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