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Fungus threatening film history

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 11:23
A fungus that 'eats' cine film threatens to irreversibly damage important film archive and record of British social history.

Heat pumps 'need tighter rules'

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 11:16
Domestic heat pumps need to be subject to tighter regulations in order for them to deliver widespread energy savings, a report suggests.

Vodafone to pay India $2.6bn tax

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:59
An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom's Indian phone assets.

Kampusch releases book on ordeal

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:44
Natascha Kampusch, who was kidnapped and held in a cellar for more than eight years as a child, launches her autobiography in Vienna.

Outreach outrage?

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:41
The US church threatening to burn Korans on 9/11

Blair cancels second book event

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:30
Tony Blair pulls out of a second event related to his memoirs amid threats of disruption by an anti-Iraq war protest.

Concern for missing girl and baby

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:08
Police are concerned about a 14-year-old girl from Bristol who has been missing with her 11-month-old daughter since Friday.

Castro criticises Iranian leader

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:59
Cuba's Fidel Castro criticises Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes.

Ex-Rangers player in cancer fight

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:54
Former Rangers star player Brian Laudrup, who won three championships with the club, has vowed to beat cancer.

Papal tours

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:52
The UK visits of Benedict XVI and John Paul II compared

Hannan seeks 'in or out' EU vote

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:47
Tory MEP Daniel Hannan pushes for a referendum on whether the UK should stay in the European Union, calling it a "matter of major constitutional significance".

Tomlinson post-mortem report held

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:46
One of the post-mortem examination reports into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been withheld from authorities, it emerges.

UK factory output rises by 0.3%

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:45
UK manufacturing output rises 0.3% in July from the month earlier, thanks to increased output in the machinery sector.

UK moviegoers Exorcised by horror

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:45
Horror movie The Last Exorcism debuts at the top of the UK and Ireland box office, taking £1.1m in its opening weekend.

Cambridge tops university table

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:35
Cambridge University has come top of an international university rankings table, knocking Harvard of the top spot for the first time since 2004.

All for one

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:34
Did the Blitz really make British people tougher?

Clan 'behind Philippine massacre'

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:32
The first witness in the trial of a powerful clan accused of the Philippines' worst political massacre says the family plotted the killings over dinner.

Six die in Pakistan drone strike

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:28
Six people have died in a US missile strike targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border, security officials say.

Pilgrims to use public transport

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:20
Pilgrims from Glasgow travelling to the Pope's mass at Bellahouston Park are told to use public transport to get there.

'The Russians are here'

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:07
How John le Carre's old foe is back on British soil