Feb
2012
Articles from 24th Feb 2012
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Watchdog to probe payday lenders
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Britain's payday lenders are to be investigated by the consumer watchdog amid fears they are preying on those in financial trouble. Read
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Landlady wins soccer decoder battle
Feb 24 2012 | National News
A pub landlady has won her legal battle to overturn her conviction for using foreign decoders to show Premier League football matches. Read
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Economy shrank 0.2% in last quarter
Feb 24 2012 | National News
The UK's economy contracted 0.2% in the final quarter of 2011, revised figures have confirmed, while growth for the year as a whole was lower than previously thought. Read
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New probe into police corruption
Feb 24 2012 | National News
The police watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations that a senior Scotland Yard officer inappropriately passed information to a News International executive. Read
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Barlow to help create Jubilee song
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Take That's Gary Barlow is teaming up with musical maestro Andrew Lloyd Webber to create a song for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Read
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Activists 'hacked minister's email'
Feb 24 2012 | National News
The employment minister claims his email has been hacked by campaigners against a Government work experience scheme, which is continuing to attract controversy. Read
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Tappin: Qatada has more rights
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Retired businessman Christopher Tappin described his treatment as a "disgrace" as he arrived at Heathrow police station to be handed over to US marshals and taken to America to face arms dealing charges. Read
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Patrols stepped up after attacks
Feb 24 2012 | National News
More police will be out on patrol in a town where Asian takeaways came under attack. Read
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Tappin 'may never come home' to UK
Feb 24 2012 | National News
A retired British businessman who is to be escorted to America by US marshals after losing a two-year battle against extradition has said he is "philosophical" about his chances of never returning to his home country. Read
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Man charged with pensioner murders
Feb 24 2012 | National News
A man has been charged with the murders of two elderly women, police said. Read
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Lloyds reports £3.5bn loss for 2011
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group said that it is "in a significantly stronger position than it was 12 months ago" despite unveiling total losses of £3.5 billion for last year. Read
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US to complete Tappin extradition
Feb 24 2012 | National News
A retired British businessman is to be escorted by US marshals to America after failing in his two-year battle against extradition. Read
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Welfare-to-work 'champion' quits
Feb 24 2012 | National News
The Government is facing renewed pressure to suspend contracts with a welfare-to-work firm at the centre of a police fraud investigation after its boss quit as the Prime Minister's "Family Champion". Read
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Lloyds expected to report £4bn loss
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group will move to reassure taxpayers that it remains on the road to recovery despite expected losses of around £4 billion for last year. Read
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Older workers doing more for no pay
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Older employees are increasingly working unpaid overtime, entrenching the UK's long hours culture, according to new research. Read
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Gene work raises breast cancer hope
Feb 24 2012 | National News
The genetic code of the most common type of hereditary breast cancer has been mapped for the first time, raising hopes for better diagnosis and treatment for the killer disease, scientists have said. Read
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SEN pupils 'falling through gap'
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Many young people with face a "life-long legacy of lost opportunities" after falling through the gap when they leave school, a report warns. Read
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Exam boards 'must tighten up GCSEs'
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Exams boards have been ordered to tighten up GCSEs in four subjects amid fears that it was becoming easier for pupils to pass. Read
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Little time given before care moves
Feb 24 2012 | National News
More than half of children in care are given less than a week's notice before being moved to live in a different placement, according to a report released today. Read
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Hague attends Syria conference
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Syria will face demands to allow humanitarian access to the victims of its repression of anti-government protests, when more than 70 nations meet to discuss the crisis. Read
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MP charged with Commons 'assaults'
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Labour MP Eric Joyce has been charged with three counts of common assault following a fracas at a House of Commons bar, Scotland Yard said. Read
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Work welfare boss quits amid probe
Feb 24 2012 | National News
The Prime Minister's former "family champion" Emma Harrison has stepped down as the chairman of the welfare-to-work firm, A4e, which is at the centre of a police fraud investigation. Read
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EU set to tighten Syria sanctions
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Foreign Secretary William Hague has said he was confident the European Union would agree further sanctions to tighten the "diplomatic and economic stranglehold" on the Syrian regime. Read
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Pub landlady wins decoder battle
Feb 24 2012 | National News
A pub landlady is celebrating a "fantastic" legal victory over her use of a foreign decoder to show Premier League football matches. Read
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British journalists held in Libya
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Two British journalists have been arrested in Libya, the Foreign Office has confirmed. Read
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Welfare-to-work firm's boss quits
Feb 24 2012 | National News
The Prime Minister's former "family champion" Emma Harrison has announced that she is stepping down as the chairman of her welfare-to-work firm A4e. Read
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Ex-Met chief to appear at inquiry
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Two top Scotland Yard officers who resigned over the phone-hacking scandal will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards next week. Read
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Trauma of riot blaze shop owner
Feb 24 2012 | National News
The owner of a family-run furniture shop has said parts of him "had died" after a blaze razed the business to the ground during the riots last summer. Read
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Lloyds head warns of 2012 squeeze
Feb 24 2012 | National News
The boss of Lloyds Banking Group left taxpayers wondering when they will get their money back as he warned the state-backed lender would be squeezed further in 2012. Read
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'Disgrace' as Briton is extradited
Feb 24 2012 | National News
A retired businessman said it was a "disgrace" that a radical cleric who poses a threat to the UK's national security has more rights than he has as he was extradited to the United States. Read
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UK to recognise Syrian opposition
Feb 24 2012 | National News
Britain is to recognise the Syrian opposition as a "legitimate representative" of the country's people, William Hague said. Read
