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
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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
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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 ...