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
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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
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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 ...