UK & World News for 10 December 2009

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More expenses embarrassment for MPs Dec 10 2009

MPs were enduring yet more expenses embarrassment after it emerged Gordon Brown had repaid another £500 and a minister submitted a £20,000 bill for repairing a bell tower.Read

Britain to get its own space agency Dec 10 2009

Britain is to get its own dedicated space agency, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson has announced.Read

Swine flu 'less lethal' than feared Dec 10 2009

The swine flu pandemic is "considerably less lethal" than feared, with a death rate lower than 0.1%, research by England's chief medical officer shows.Read

Darling warned over spending cuts Dec 10 2009

Chancellor Alistair Darling was warned he must find £36 billion in new spending cuts if the Government is to meet its commitment to halve the budget deficit over the next four years.Read

US bank 'won't pay cash bonuses' Dec 10 2009

Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has announced that senior executives will not receive cash bonuses for this year.Read

Think-tank warning over Darling PBR Dec 10 2009

Chancellor Alistair Darling will have to find an extra £76 billion, or £2,400 per family, to restore the public finances over two Parliaments of pain, experts warned.Read

Bid to stop McKinnon extradition Dec 10 2009

Lawyers acting for computer hacker Gary McKinnon have lodged papers for a fresh High Court challenge to stop him being sent for trial in the US.Read

Obama defends war at Nobel ceremony Dec 10 2009

President Barack Obama defended the concept of a just war as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.Read

Boy admits pouring bleach on woman Dec 10 2009

A teenager has admitted pouring bleach over a woman who had asked him to be quiet in a cinema.Read

Pandemic 'less lethal' than feared Dec 10 2009

The swine flu pandemic is "considerably less lethal" than feared, with a death rate lower than 0.1%, research by England's chief medical officer shows.Read

Obama justifies war at ceremony Dec 10 2009

President Barack Obama evoked the cause of a just war, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30,000 more US troops to war in Afghanistan but promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."Read

Life term for airline bomb plotter Dec 10 2009

A Muslim man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years after being convicted of conspiracy to murder by plotting with Abdulla Ahmed Ali, the convicted ringleader of the foiled plan to blow up passenger jets.Read

Problems with 'intercept evidence' Dec 10 2009

A review has identified major problems with the potential use of intercept material as evidence in courts in England and Wales.Read

Bank interest rate stays unchanged Dec 10 2009

Rate-setters have held back from further help to the economy after monetary policy was left unchanged.Read

Madeleine book launch 'regrettable' Dec 10 2009

The decision of a Portuguese policeman to launch his second book on the day a libel trial is to start concerning his first book on Madeleine McCann has been described as "regrettable" by her parents' spokesman.Read

Obama: I'm not best Nobel choice Dec 10 2009

Nobel Peach Prize winner Barack Obama has admitted others may be more deserving of the honour.Read

McCartney: Mills marriage a mistake Dec 10 2009

Sir Paul McCartney has admitted that his acrimonious marriage to Heather Mills was one of the biggest mistakes of his life.Read

De Menezes memorial at Tube station Dec 10 2009

A memorial to Jean Charles de Menezes will be erected permanently at the London Underground station where he was shot dead by police.Read

PM repays summer house paint cash Dec 10 2009

Gordon Brown has paid back £500 he claimed in expenses for the painting of a second home summer house after deciding it could be "questionable".Read

Benefits rises 'not electioneering' Dec 10 2009

The Prime Minister has denied electioneering over the Pre-Budget Report, saying that benefits and pensions would continue to rise.Read

Royal Mail modernisation pays off Dec 10 2009

The Royal Mail has increased its operating profit to £184 million in the first half of the current financial year despite a drop in revenues and fewer letters being posted.Read

Scientists defend climate research Dec 10 2009

More than 1,700 scientists have signed a statement to defend global warming research.Read

Darling defends spending cuts delay Dec 10 2009

Alistair Darling has defended his decision to delay billions of pounds in public spending cuts until after the general election.Read

'I'm no tramp' - Woods-link woman Dec 10 2009

A US socialite at the centre of the Tiger Woods affair allegations has spoken out to deny she was a "home-wrecker" or "tramp".Read

Brown and Sarkozy united after rift Dec 10 2009

Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French president Nicolas Sarkozy will present a united public front after weeks of Anglo-French feuding over top jobs in Europe.Read

'10 years remain to cut carbon' Dec 10 2009

Carbon emissions must start to fall within 10 years to limit the global temperature rise to the crucial 2C mark, experts at the Met Office warned.Read

Sentencing for foiled terror plot Dec 10 2009

Three men are due to be sentenced after being convicted of charges connected to the foiled terrorist plot to blow up airliners.Read

MPs' expense claims placed online Dec 10 2009

MPs are braced for further embarrassment over their expenses with the publication of their claims during the last financial year.Read

Pakistan holds US terror probe men Dec 10 2009

Five young Americans captured in Pakistan were being questioned for possible links to terror groups after their families found a disturbing farewell video saying Muslims must be defended.Read

Caution expected as bank rate set Dec 10 2009

Bank of England rate-setters are expected to end the year in cautious mood at their monetary policy meeting.Read

Economists pore over Darling plans Dec 10 2009

The small print of the Pre-Budget Report will come under scrutiny as economists try to work out the full implications of Alistair Darling's strategy to bring down the country's £178 billion annual deficit.Read

Tax debt recovery 'undermined' Dec 10 2009

A cash-saving decision to put off buying a new computer system for HM Revenue and Customs is undermining the taxman's ability to recover debts from late payers, an influential committee of MPs has said.Read

Injury risk warning from TV topple Dec 10 2009

Booming sales of flat-screen televisions could cause a rise in accidents at home this Christmas, safety campaigners have warned.Read

McCanns set to attend libel trial Dec 10 2009

Madeleine McCann's parents are due to fly to Portugal for the start of a libel trial against former Portuguese policeman Goncalo Amaral.Read

Doctors urge end to child detention Dec 10 2009

Senior doctors have called for an immediate end to the "profoundly harmful" detention of children in immigration removal centres.Read

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