UK & World News for 30 March 2010

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Tory admits 'Mandelweasel' slip-up Mar 30 2010

A Conservative MP has admitted sending a letter to Lord Mandelson in which the Business Secretary was referred to as "Mr Mandelweasel".Read

Widdecombe: a relief to be going Mar 30 2010

Tory former minister Ann Widdecombe spoke of her "profound relief" to be leaving the House of Commons.Read

Rail chiefs in strike challenge Mar 30 2010

Network Rail has made legal moves in a bid to avert a crippling strike by signal workers after Easter.Read

Anger as rapist avoids deportation Mar 30 2010

The Tories and Liberal Democrats have called for an urgent explanation from the Government over how a convicted rapist facing deportation was allowed to stay in Britain to get married.Read

BA strike leaders seeking new talks Mar 30 2010

Leaders of striking British Airways cabin crew have called for fresh talks to resolve a bitter dispute over jobs and cost cutting as workers vented their anger on the airline's chief executive.Read

New expenses evidence passed to CPS Mar 30 2010

Scotland Yard has passed a new file of evidence against a Parliamentarian suspected of abusing expenses to prosecutors.Read

Burnham not ruling out 'death tax' Mar 30 2010

Health Secretary Andy Burnham has refused to rule out a so-called "death tax" as a way of helping to fund social care for the elderly.Read

Arrest over 'tormented' man's death Mar 30 2010

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of the manslaughter and harassment of a pensioner who was allegedly "tormented to death" outside his home.Read

Tories must work hard, says Cameron Mar 30 2010

David Cameron has acknowledged that the Tories will have to "work very hard" to convince voters they understand the human cost of the spending cuts a Conservative government would have to make.Read

Father jailed for killing children Mar 30 2010

A jealous father who strangled his two young children with computer cables to get back at his wife has been jailed for a minimum of 28 years.Read

Milly parents welcome murder charge Mar 30 2010

The parents of Milly Dowler have said they hope charging Levi Bellfield with her murder will "go some way towards providing justice".Read

Five-year wait for care reforms Mar 30 2010

The Government's social care plans were branded a "train crash" after Health Secretary Andy Burnham confirmed a national care service would not be created for at least five years.Read

Blair praises Brown's leadership Mar 30 2010

Tony Blair has hailed the leadership of Gordon Brown, praising him for setting the country on the road to recovery after the financial crisis.Read

Children must use airport scanners Mar 30 2010

All selected children will have to go through the new full-body scanning machines being introduced at airports, the Government has said.Read

Tube workers to vote over strikes Mar 30 2010

Thousands of London Underground workers are to be balloted for strikes in a row over job cuts, threatening disruption in the run-up to the general election, it was announced.Read

UK growth 'stronger than expected' Mar 30 2010

The UK moved faster out of recession than was first thought in the final three months of 2009, official figures show.Read

Bellfield faces Milly murder charge Mar 30 2010

A former doorman will go on trial accused of kidnapping and murdering 13-year-old Milly Dowler, prosecutors have said.Read

UK growth stronger than expected Mar 30 2010

The UK moved faster out of recession than was first thought in the final three months of 2009, official figures show.Read

Care plan a train crash, say Tories Mar 30 2010

The Tories have condemned the Government's social care blueprint as a "train crash" as Health Secretary Andy Burnham said a universal system would not be ready for up to five years.Read

BA pay slips 'sped up to show loss' Mar 30 2010

British Airways cabin crew claimed that their pay slips had been brought forward to show them how much money they had lost by joining the wave of strikes over jobs and cost-cutting.Read

Cutbacks 'hit nursing training' Mar 30 2010

Nurses are missing out on vital training, including basic life-support and managing infections like MRSA, a poll has found.Read

Ricky Martin confirms he is gay Mar 30 2010

Singer Ricky Martin has told his fans he is gay, describing himself as a "fortunate homosexual man".Read

House prices bounce back after fall Mar 30 2010

House prices bounced back during March after falling for the first time in 10 months in February, figures show.Read

RBS fined for competition breach Mar 30 2010

Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined £28.6 million for breaking competition law after revealing details of its loan prices to rival Barclays.Read

Putin vows revenge on terrorists Mar 30 2010

Flags flew at half-mast on government buildings and at the Kremlin as a day of national mourning for the victims of the Moscow tube blasts began.Read

Blair to hail 'boldness' of Brown Mar 30 2010

Tony Blair will make his first public contribution to Labour's bid to secure a fourth term with a speech to party activists in his former constituency.Read

First blog faces censure by PCC Mar 30 2010

Former Radio 4 Today editor Rod Liddle has become the first journalist to have an online blog censured by the press watchdog.Read

No sign of BA strikes breakthrough Mar 30 2010

The latest wave of strikes by British Airways cabin crew is drawing to a close with little sign of an early breakthrough in a bitter row over jobs and cost-cutting.Read

Milly death charge announcement due Mar 30 2010

Prosecutors are to announce whether the prime suspect in the murder of 13-year-old Milly Dowler is to be charged.Read

Labour drops 'death tax' care plan Mar 30 2010

The Government is set to rule out what critics have branded a "death tax" to fund social care for the elderly.Read

Hadron Collider experiment begins Mar 30 2010

The world's largest atom smasher was poised to start a new era of science, colliding beams of protons to learn more about the make-up of the universe and its smallest particles.Read

Moves to ban dance drug mephedrone Mar 30 2010

An order paving the way for the dance drug mephedrone to be banned within weeks is to be put before Parliament.Read

Putin vows to 'destroy' terrorists Mar 30 2010

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has vowed to "destroy" the terrorists responsible for two deadly suicide bombings on the Moscow subway at rush hour.Read

Letting agent complaints up 45% Mar 30 2010

The number of complaints made against letting agents has soared by 45% during the past year, the Property Ombudsman has said.Read

£10bn fleet 'can't fly in warzones' Mar 30 2010

The Ministry of Defence faces a bill for hundreds of millions of pounds if the RAF's new fleet of tanker and transport aircraft is to be able to fly in warzones such as Afghanistan, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned.Read

Government plan 'alienates Muslims' Mar 30 2010

A major Government counter-extremism programme has "stigmatised and alienated" Muslims and undermined community relations, a committee of MPs has said.Read

Parties clash in chancellors debate Mar 30 2010

Alistair Darling and George Osborne have traded blows over how to tackle the spiralling deficit in the first ever "Chancellors" debate.Read

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