15 October 2010 - Latest UK news & World news

Liverpool FC takeover completed Oct 15 2010

Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow believes New England Sports Ventures' conduct in their takeover of the club shows they will be good owners.Read

'No Scientology aid', Pickles urges Oct 15 2010

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has urged councils not to give special tax breaks running into hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Church of Scientology.Read

Date set for firefighters' strike Oct 15 2010

Firefighters are to stage two eight-hour strikes in the capital in a row over new contracts, it has been announced.Read

MacAskill: I answer to Holyrood Oct 15 2010

The man who controversially freed the Lockerbie bomber has insisted he is accountable to the Scottish Parliament and "no other".Read

Liverpool FC takeover deal 'done'' Oct 15 2010

New England Sports Ventures has completed the £300million takeover of Liverpool.Read

Liverpool takeover 'nearly there' Oct 15 2010

Liverpool are to set to confirm the club has been bought by New England Sports Ventures (NESV) after Tom Hicks and George Gillett were defeated in their legal battle to stop the takeover.Read

Tomato stunt costs council £24,000 Oct 15 2010

A former city mayor is ruing an expensive slip-up after his failure to vault a giant human tomato cost his council £24,000.Read

Woman found on fire 'was pregnant' Oct 15 2010

Neighbours have spoken of their shock after a young woman, thought to be pregnant, died after she was found on fire behind a house.Read

Remains of Disappeared victim found Oct 15 2010

A body believed to be that of Gerard Evans - one of the so-called "Disappeared" killed and buried by republicans during the Northern Ireland Troubles - has been discovered days after a 16-month search ended.Read

Universities 'face cuts of £4.2bn' Oct 15 2010

University bosses have been warned their budgets could be slashed by £4.2 billion in the Government's spending review, it has been disclosed.Read

Olympics tickets priced from £20 Oct 15 2010

Tickets for the London 2012 Olympics will start at £20 and go up to £725 for the showpiece 100m athletics final, organisers have announced.Read

Clegg unveils 'fairness premium' Oct 15 2010

Children "must not pay the price for this generation's mistakes", Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has declared as he laid out plans for a £7 billion "fairness premium" to help the poorest youngsters.Read

Jaguar to create thousands of jobs Oct 15 2010

Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is to invest billions of pounds in its business, creating thousands of new jobs and safeguarding its UK factories.Read

Trio jailed for Halloween murder Oct 15 2010

Three men who killed an IT expert in a "primeval" attack after snatching his girlfriend's Halloween hat have been jailed for life at the Old Bailey.Read

Child heart ops to end at hospital Oct 15 2010

Children's heart surgery should be stopped at a hospital where four babies died under the care of one surgeon, according to a Government review.Read

Jaguar plants saved, say unions Oct 15 2010

The future of three leading car plants has been secured and thousands of jobs saved under a new deal announced on Friday, according to union leaders.Read

UK aid worker kidnapped in Somalia Oct 15 2010

Two people working for Save the Children have been abducted by masked gunmen in Somalia, the aid agency has confirmed.Read

Aid worker kidnapped in Somalia Oct 15 2010

Masked gunmen have abducted a Briton and a Somali working for Save the Children from a compound in western Somalia, the aid agency and a witness said.Read

Woman found on fire at house dies Oct 15 2010

A 23-year old woman has died after she was found on fire behind a house.Read

Cuts will be 'modest and essential' Oct 15 2010

Warnings of savage reductions in the size of the state following next week's spending review are overblown, according to a report, which described the cuts to be inflicted by Chancellor George Osborne as "a shower, not a hurricane".Read

Call to close child heart op unit Oct 15 2010

A children's heart surgery unit at a hospital where four babies died is set to close following a Government review.Read

Aid worker 'kidnapped in Somalia' Oct 15 2010

Masked gunmen have abducted a British aid worker and his Somali colleague from a compound in western Somalia, a witness said.Read

Chile miners adjust to freedom Oct 15 2010

The Chilean miners have begun their unfamiliar new lives as national heroes and got a taste of what awaits them outside the hospital doors - a swarm of reporters, TV producers, publicity agents and even football teams all desperate for a piece of their story.Read

Health and safety shake-up revealed Oct 15 2010

More details are to be given of government plans to inject "common sense" into health and safety.Read

2012 ticket prices to be revealed Oct 15 2010

Sports fans are to discover how much they must pay for a seat at the London 2012 Olympics.Read

Girls 'routinely sexually harassed' Oct 15 2010

Almost a third of young women say they have been subjected to unwanted sexual contact at school, a poll has found.Read

Study reveals youth poverty plight Oct 15 2010

Nearly three in ten seven-year-olds are living in poverty, new research suggests.Read

Clinton issues defence cuts warning Oct 15 2010

Hillary Clinton waded into the row over the coalition's deep defence spending cuts, warning of damage to Nato.Read

Defence budget 'black hole' slammed Oct 15 2010

The "black hole" in the Ministry of Defence's equipment budget ballooned by £3.3 billion in the final 12 months of the Labour government, the Whitehall spending watchdog has disclosed.Read

Clegg to unveil 'fairness premium' Oct 15 2010

Next week's comprehensive spending review (CSR) will include a £7 billion "fairness premium" to help children from poorer families as they go through nursery, school and university,Read

Osborne cuts 'modest and essential' Oct 15 2010