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World & UK News: PM faces gay marriage Bill backlash

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:05:20 GMT

David Cameron is facing a fresh bout of Tory strife after the coalition's plans to introduce gay marriage cleared the Commons.

World & UK News: 55 beaches meet tough new standards

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:20 GMT

More than 50 English beaches have met tough new EU standards to receive Blue Flag awards for 2013.

World & UK News: 'Failures' in tax fraud crackdown

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:19 GMT

Billions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being lost because of the failure of HM Revenue and Customs to clamp down effectively on fraud and error, MPs have warned.

World & UK News: 102 free school proposals approved

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:19 GMT

Education Secretary Michael Gove has approved more than 100 free school applications, which will make up around 50,000 school places.

World & UK News: £100bn 'lost through tax avoidance'

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:19 GMT

People using tax havens have deprived governments worldwide of £100 billion in revenue, enough to end extreme poverty twice over, according to new figures published by Oxfam.

World & UK News: Police force to sell unused £11m HQ

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:19 GMT

A police force that spent more than £11 million on a headquarters it has never used has announced it will sell the site after it has been empty for five years.

World & UK News: 'Alarming rate' of wildlife decline

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:18 GMT

UK wildlife is "in trouble", with almost 2,000 species of birds, animals, insects and plants known to have declined in the past half century, experts have warned.

World & UK News: Afghan interpreters can come to UK

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:18 GMT

Around 600 Afghan interpreters are to be offered the chance to settle in Britain after an apparent coalition rethink.

World & UK News: Food hygiene 'a postcode lottery'

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:18 GMT

Food outlets in parts of the London borough of Bexley have the worst hygiene standards of more than 2,000 postcodes, while those in Birmingham's B35 area offer the best, according to a Which? investigation.

World & UK News: Clegg dismisses coalition break-up

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:17 GMT

Nick Clegg will insist that he and David Cameron are both "absolutely committed" to governing in coalition through to 2015 as he attempts to calm speculation over the future of the power-sharing deal.

Barbara Fisher B-mail: Bm@il: Five years of our lives summed up in keywords

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

WELL, it’s time to celebrate (or apologise) for half a decade of Bm@ils – that’s roughly 250 columns and about 84,000 words since 2008. Hmm, enough for a book…

World & UK News: Gay marriage plan backed by MPs

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:05:18 GMT

The Government's plans to legalise gay marriage have cleared the House of Commons despite more Tory MPs voting against the proposals than voting in favour of them.

World & UK News: Tornado rescue search 'almost over'

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:05:17 GMT

The search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb raked by a massive tornado is almost complete, a fire chief says.

World & UK News: Seven UK child soldiers in Mid East

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:05:16 GMT

Britain sent seven children to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq during a four-year period, it has emerged.

World & UK News: Gay marriage Bill clears Commons

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:05:16 GMT

The Government's controversial plans to legalise gay marriage have cleared the Commons despite efforts by Tory backbenchers to derail the legislation.

World & UK News: Microsoft reveals Xbox One console

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:17 GMT

Microsoft has revealed the Xbox One, its next-generation entertainment console, during a presentation at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

World & UK News: Nicholson set to retire with £1.9m

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:16 GMT

Embattled NHS boss Sir David Nicholson plans to retire next year, with a pension pot worth almost £1.9 million.

World & UK News: Patients 'harmed' by 111 service

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:16 GMT

The implementation of the new NHS non-emergency advice line has caused harm to patients, the director of patient safety at NHS England has admitted.

World & UK News: Suicide at Notre Dame cathedral

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:19 GMT

A man has shot himself dead at the altar of Notre Dame cathedral, forcing police to evacuate tourists from the 850-year-old monument.

World & UK News: Stafford-row NHS boss to retire

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:20 GMT

Embattled NHS boss Sir David Nicholson plans to retire next year.

World & UK News: Interflora wins M&S trademark case

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:20 GMT

Flower delivery network Interflora has won its long-running trademark dispute with Marks & Spencer.

World & UK News: 'Strong evidence' of burnt remains

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:20 GMT

Experts found "very strong evidence" of burnt human skull remains at the home of the man accused of murdering April Jones, a jury has heard.

World & UK News: Obama praises tornado rescuers

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:19 GMT

US president Barack Obama has spoken of his "gratitude" to rescuers who raced to help some of the thousands of people caught up in a deadly storm he described as "one of the most destructive tornadoes in history".

World & UK News: Mother's pride at son's VC honour

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:17 GMT

The mother of a "supremely courageous and inspiring" British soldier who died as he protected the lives of his comrades in a battle with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan has spoken of her pride after accepting his posthumous Victoria Cross (VC).

World & UK News: Dozens killed by 200 mph tornado

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:16 GMT

Dozens of people are feared dead, including seven children, after a huge tornado ripped through an Oklahoma town destroying scores of homes and a primary school.

World & UK News: A&E units dropping four-hour target

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:16 GMT

Many hospital emergency departments have dropped the Government's four-hour target to deal with patients because of soaring demand, MPs have heard.

World & UK News: Queen 'deeply saddened' by deaths

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:15 GMT

The Queen said she was "deeply saddened" by the loss of life and devastation caused by the tornado in Oklahoma and sent her "deepest sympathies" to all those whose lives have been affected.

World & UK News: CPS boss advocates 'wriggle room'

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:15 GMT

The outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) waded into the so-called secret arrests debate as he told MPs he would like "wriggle room" to name suspects before charge.

World & UK News: Comedy scriptwriter Braben dies

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:05:17 GMT

Comedy writer Eddie Braben, the third man behind the success of Morecambe and Wise, has died at the age of 82, his manager said.

World & UK News: Royal Mail posts £440m profits

Uxbridge Gazette — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:05:17 GMT

Royal Mail unveiled a big jump in profits to £440 million as it took another step towards a possible stock market flotation later this year.