UK & World News for 26 February 2012

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Duncan Smith asked to clarify role Feb 26 2012

Ministers are facing fresh questions as to how welfare-to-work entrepreneur Emma Harrison came to be appointed David Cameron's "family champion" just a month after officials were notified of allegations of fraud at her company.Read

NHS reform plans slated as 'a mess' Feb 26 2012

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's controversial NHS reforms have suffered another body blow after a former chief executive of the service branded the plans "a mess".Read

Rail services back after derailment Feb 26 2012

Rail services have resumed after a train derailment caused transport chaos for football fans heading to the Carling Cup final at Wembley.Read

Tensions within coalition boil over Feb 26 2012

Simmering tensions within the coalition boiled over as senior Conservative and Liberal Democrat figures were involved in a series of highly public clashes.Read

Photographer 'feared leaving Homs' Feb 26 2012

A wounded British photographer would not leave the besieged Syrian city of Homs with a humanitarian organisation for fear it was "not to be trusted", his wife said.Read

Fundraiser for stabbed teenager Feb 26 2012

A "devastated" community has united to raise money for the family of 13-year-old girl Casey-Lyanne Kearney.Read

Footballer launches racism claim Feb 26 2012

A black footballer who was released from his club is bringing a claim for race discrimination, it has emerged.Read

Mandela leaves hospital after op Feb 26 2012

Former President Nelson Mandela has been released from hospital after an overnight stay for minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of an abdominal complaint, a spokesman for the country's current leader said.Read

HSBC set to unveil £14bn profits Feb 26 2012

Profits of more than £14 billion and a pay package worth up to £12.5 million for its chief executive are set to be revealed by HSBC.Read

BP braced for long disaster case Feb 26 2012

BP has admitted it is prepared for the multi-billion dollar legal case that opens on Monday into the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster to last until 2014.Read

All efforts to rescue Syria press Feb 26 2012

The Government is doing "everything we possibly can" to secure the return of journalists trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has said.Read

Bin Laden compound halfway razed Feb 26 2012

Pakistan is more than halfway finished demolishing the three-storey compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by US commandos last May, erasing a concrete reminder of a painful and embarrassing chapter in the country's history.Read

Derailment causes transport chaos Feb 26 2012

Football fans heading to the Carling Cup final at Wembley face transport chaos after a train derailed overnight leaving the main line between Liverpool and London blocked.Read

Mandela spends night in hospital Feb 26 2012

South Africans have been praying for the health of former President Nelson Mandela, as the government offered reassurance that the 93-year-old was doing well after spending the night in a hospital following tests for an undisclosed stomach complaint.Read

Youths 'underestimate alcohol unit' Feb 26 2012

Many young people underestimate how much alcohol they drink even if they have some knowledge of the Government's guidelines on sensible consumption, a study says.Read

Osborne cautious about new bailout Feb 26 2012

Britain and other leading economies are not ready to fund another eurozone bailout, George Osborne has said.Read

Senior military advisers killed Feb 26 2012

A gunman has killed two American military advisers with shots to the back of the head inside a heavily guarded ministry building, and Nato has ordered military workers out of Afghan ministries as protests raged for a fifth day over the burning of copies of the Koran at a US army base.Read

Greaves 'fit' after stroke recovery Feb 26 2012

Former England footballer Jimmy Greaves has made a full recovery after suffering a stroke.Read

Miliband urges peers to wreck Bill Feb 26 2012

Ed Miliband is appealing to Liberal Democrat peers to join with Labour to wreck the Government's controversial NHS reforms.Read

Doctors plan industrial action vote Feb 26 2012

Doctors' leaders are to begin work this week on drawing up the timetable for holding a ballot on industrial action as Health Secretary Andrew Lansley expressed his regret at their decision.Read

Livestock disease found on 74 farms Feb 26 2012

A new animal disease which causes birth defects and miscarriages in livestock has now been found on 74 farms in England.Read

Strike disrupts Heathrow service Feb 26 2012

Heathrow Express services are to be disrupted as drivers and other staff take strike action in two separate disciplinary disputes.Read

Streep's Oscar hopes for Iron Lady Feb 26 2012

Double-Oscar winner Meryl Streep will be hoping to make it third time lucky this weekend as the great and the good of Hollywood gather for the Oscars.Read

Ex-Cameron aide denies wrongdoing Feb 26 2012

David Cameron's former "family champion" Emma Harrison has denied any wrongdoing over reports she received £1.7 million from leasing out properties - including her family stately home - to her welfare-to-work business.Read

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