UK & World News for 31 January 2013

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Dawkins slams 'redundant' religion Jan 31 2013

Prominent atheist professor Richard Dawkins described religion as "redundant and irrelevant" as he took on the former Archbishop of Canterbury in a debate.Read

Seabirds coated in sticky substance Jan 31 2013

A rescue operation is under way after 100 seabirds were washed up on the south coast covered in an unidentified sticky white substance.Read

PM welcomes Lockerbie police visit Jan 31 2013

British police investigating the 1988 Lockerbie bombing are to visit Libya for the first time.Read

Briton loses Bali appeal battle Jan 31 2013

British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has lost a High Court battle over a UK Government refusal to fund her appeal against a death sentence imposed by an Indonesian court after she was found guilty of drug smuggling.Read

Burger King drops processing plant Jan 31 2013

Burger King have dropped the Irish food processing plant which supplied burgers contaminated with horse DNA.Read

Defence spending plans clarified Jan 31 2013

Downing Street has been forced to concede that the defence budget would not be immune from further cuts in the next public spending round.Read

Policeman held over Mitchell 'leak' Jan 31 2013

A police officer responsible for protecting Government officials has been arrested over alleged leaks to the media about the "plebgate" affair.Read

Cameron pledge over Libyan security Jan 31 2013

David Cameron has promised more help to improve the capacity of the police and army in Libya as he made an unannounced visit to the country.Read

Rogue tweets announce HMV job cuts Jan 31 2013

Staff at collapsed music and entertainment chain HMV used the company's official Twitter account to announce their own "mass execution" as administrators axed nearly 190 jobs.Read

Banks to pay out on mis-sold swaps Jan 31 2013

Britain's biggest banks are to begin the process of compensating thousands of small businesses after a review found more than 90% had been mis-sold complex financial products.Read

Lockerbie police to visit Libya Jan 31 2013

British police investigating the Lockerbie bombing are to visit Libya.Read

Government 'breaking up' NHS claim Jan 31 2013

The Government has been accused of "breaking up" the NHS after announcing a downgrading of accident and emergency and maternity services to deal with huge financial losses at a trust which went into administration.Read

A&E department to be downgraded Jan 31 2013

An A&E department and maternity services at a major hospital will be downgraded, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told MPs, just days after more than 25,000 people protested against the plans.Read

Ryanair told to pay compensation Jan 31 2013

Budget airline Ryanair has been ordered to pay compensation to passengers stranded after the 2010 volcano eruption in Iceland, leaving the door open for a raft of claims, but also a potential increase in ticket prices.Read

Centre charged over girl boat death Jan 31 2013

A water sports centre is to be charged with corporate manslaughter over the death of an 11-year-old girl who was hit by a speedboat, prosecutors have said.Read

Man guilty of supplying Duggan gun Jan 31 2013

A man has been found guilty of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan, whose fatal shooting by police just minutes later sparked the 2011 summer riots.Read

PM pledges to bolster Libya forces Jan 31 2013

David Cameron has pledged help to bolster the police and army in Libya as he made an unannounced visit to the country.Read

FCO accused over Bali appeal cash Jan 31 2013

The Government has been accused of breaching the "fundamental rights" of a British grandmother sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling by refusing to pay for legal representation as she battles for her life.Read

Campbell wins elephants story cash Jan 31 2013

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has accepted "substantial" libel damages at the High Court over a false story that she was planning to organise an elephant polo match in India for her partner's birthday.Read

Police numbers lowest for a decade Jan 31 2013

The number of police officers serving in England and Wales has hit its lowest level in a decade, Home Office figures show.Read

Anti-EU Tories 'tiny' minority Jan 31 2013

Cabinet minister Ken Clarke has insisted that Conservative MPs wanting Britain to leave the European Union are in a "tiny" minority and that David Cameron could not "conceivably" campaign for a No vote in his promised referendum.Read

DfT scraps Great Western bidding Jan 31 2013

The Department for Transport has scrapped plans for a bidding competition for the franchise to run Great Western rail services.Read

Confusion on defence spending plans Jan 31 2013

David Cameron's plans for Armed Forces spending after 2015 have been plunged into confusion as the Defence Secretary was unable to confirm an apparent commitment to above-inflation budget rises.Read

Man held over knife attack murder Jan 31 2013

A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenager believed to have been attacked by a gang wielding swords and knives.Read

PM 'to honour defence budget rises' Jan 31 2013

David Cameron will honour his commitment to above-inflation rises in the defence budget after 2015, senior sources have indicated.Read

£5.2bn 'lost yearly in tax evasion' Jan 31 2013

Tax evasion is depriving the UK economy of at least £5.2 billion a year, according to research published by Oxfam.Read

Ministers 'lied to' over rail deal Jan 31 2013

A Government department has been slammed for being "irresponsible" over its role in the collapse of the £5 billion West Coast Mainline rail contract.Read

'Lack of coherence' to exam reforms Jan 31 2013

Government plans to axe GCSEs in favour of a new exam could fail to help less able pupils and leave some subjects with discredited qualifications, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.Read

Cash boost to aid struggling pupils Jan 31 2013

Secondary schools are to be given extra money to help pupils who are falling behind in English and maths, it has been confirmed.Read

MPs support international students Jan 31 2013

International students should be removed from the Prime Minister's key immigration target to support economic growth, a group of influential MPs and peers have said.Read

Care 'could consume half spending' Jan 31 2013

Health and social care could consume half of government spending in 50 years' time, a think tank has predicted.Read

MoD warned about cost overruns Jan 31 2013

The Ministry of Defence has been warned by the Whitehall spending watchdog that any further cost-overruns on its equipment programme could jeopardise its future plans for the armed forces.Read

'£5.2bn lost yearly in tax evasion' Jan 31 2013

Tax evasion is depriving the UK economy of at least £5.2 billion a year, according to research published by Oxfam.Read

Households facing council tax rise Jan 31 2013

Millions of low-income households face a steep rise in their council tax bills from April, according to new research.Read

PM to honour defence budget rises Jan 31 2013

David Cameron will honour his commitment to above-inflation rises in the defence budget after 2015, senior sources have indicated.Read

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