Archive for the ‘News Headlines’ Category

Five UK soldiers are repatriated

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

The bodies of five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are flown into RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire.

Cyclist to complete epic journey

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

Record-breaking cyclist Mark Beaumont is due to finish his mammoth journey across the Americas from Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina.

Bug causes hospital ward closures

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

Four wards close to new admissions at Southampton General Hospital because of an outbreak of a winter vomiting bug.

Israeli press on Hamas killing

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

Israeli commentators have expressed confidence that their country will remain unscathed by the killing of a senior Palestinian militant in Dubai - allegedly by an Israeli hit squad.

Officer loses McCann book appeal

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

A Portuguese former detective fails to overturn a ban on his book about missing Madeleine McCann, a spokeswoman for her parents says.

UK ‘determined’ over passport row

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

David Miliband says he will “get to the bottom of” fake passports used by the alleged killers of a Hamas commander.

Crews tackle disused hotel fire

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

Ten fire engines are sent to the scene of an incident at a disused hotel in the Great Malvern area.

Museum shuts to relocate exhibits

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

The Museum of Transport in Glasgow is to close its doors to start moving exhibits to its multi-million pound replacement.

Estate agency probe ‘disappoints’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

Satisfaction with estate agents has improved, a study says, but a trade body says an opportunity for regulation has been missed.

UK presses Israel on Dubai murder

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

The UK calls in the Israeli ambassador to discuss fake passports used by the alleged killers of a Hamas leader.