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Top Stories - Google News The Guardian | Amr Moussa: Talks on hold Jerusalem Post Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not enter indirect peace talks with Israel as planned, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said overnight Wednesday, due to the approval of plans ... Arab League puts peace talks on the brink The US will no longer turn a blind eye to Israeli settlements Palestinians snub peace talks because of Israeli homes expansion |
 BBC News | Police accused of failures over anti-social behaviour BBC News The way the police in England and Wales deal with complaints of anti-social behaviour has been strongly criticised by the chief inspector of constabulary. Denis O'Connor said the failure to properly record and tackle incidents undermined confidence in ... Anti-social behaviour action plea Notts Police Ranked Worst In The Country Police forces not doing enough to tackle antisocial behaviour, survey finds |
 The Guardian (blog) | Budget date gives clearest signal yet of 6 May election Independent By Michael Savage and Sean O'Grady Gordon Brown has given the clearest indication so far that he has decided on a 6 May election, revealing that the Government will set out what could be its last Budget just two weeks before he formally asks the Queen ... Cameron fury at Labour MPs' top brass jibe Brown's £9billion Afghan blunder: He 'totally miscalculated cost of war Countdown to 6 May election as Gordon Brown plays the 'character' card |
 BBC News | Police probe fifth Labour MP on expenses claims Daily Mail A fifth Labour MP is facing a police investigation after claiming tens of thousands of pounds from the taxpayer for second home claims while effectively living in only one house. Harry Cohen has already been handed a £65000 fine by ... Harry Cohen under investigation over MPs' expenses Police investigate Labour MP over expenses claims Police inquiry into MP's expenses |
 The Sun | Sorry we let your dad rape you both for 25yrs The Sun SLAMMED social services chiefs issued a grovelling apology yesterday - for letting an incest monster rape his terrified daughters for a hellish TWENTY-FIVE years. The two traumatised victims - on an "at risk" register when the vile ... Litany of failures that let father rape his daughters for years Father allowed to rape daughters repeatedly following social services failings Apology for women raped by father |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Man mistaken for Bulger killer wants Venables named BBC News A man subjected to a hate campaign over false claims he murdered James Bulger has pleaded with Jack Straw to reveal the real killer's new identity. Merseyside-born David Calvert, 27, said his life had been made unbearable by a Facebook and text message ... Bulger killers' new identities stop lynch mobs, says Jack Straw Straw defends new identities for criminals whose lives are endangered Report that claimed James Bulger killer Jon Venables posed "trivial" risk ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Libel laws: from Victorian businessmen to an international business The Guardian Boris Berezovsky's latest victory follows a decade of litigation in the UK. Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Reuters English libel laws have grown from defending the reputations of Victorian businessmen to an international business. ... Berezovsky wins libel case over Litvinenko murder claim Poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko sparked claims Berezovsky Wins Poison Libel Case |
 BBC News | High-speed rail plan to be unveiled The Press Association Plans for a high-speed rail (HSR) network featuring 250mph trains will be announced by the Government. But it is likely to be 2025 at the earliest before the first section of new track - from London to Birmingham - is completed. ... High-speed rail plans to be published by government Fast railway to link London, Birmingham High-speed rail route to be set out |
 The Guardian | What and when MI5 knew about torture The Guardian Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, head of MI5 throughout most of the years of the so-called war on terror, insisted yesterday she had not known that Khalid Shiekh Mohammed was being waterboarded. In a response to the appeal court's judgment that MI5 ... MI5 'would still have used US information from waterboarding' London protested at torture, says MI5's ex-chief Ex-MI5 chief says US 'concealed suspect mistreatment' |
 Times Online | Care levy 'may hit estates by 10%' The Press Association A levy to pay for the Government's proposed National Care Service could take 10% off people's estates after they died, Health Secretary Andy Burnham has suggested. The Government already ruled out a flat-rate £20000 levy on estates - branded a "death ... Pensioners to choose how to pay for care in old age DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Unfair burden of care for the elderly Andy Burnham sets out options for elderly care funding |
