Archive for November, 2008

N Korea restricts border controls

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Asia-Pacific

North Korea begins enforcing stricter border controls with South Korea, due to what it calls “relentless confrontation”.

Cheap sex - the credit crunch is biting under the sheets

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Health

As the credit crunch hits, Britons may turn to sex as a cheap way to pass the time a charity survey suggests.

Blood brothers

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Health

Transplant first for boys with rare gut disease

Antioxidants ‘cannot slow ageing’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Health

Diets and creams which claim their antioxidant properties could cheat the advances of time may be worthless, researchers suggest.

Dragon ‘might bid for Woolworths’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Entertainment

Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Theo Paphitis is among potential bidders for collapsed High Street chain Woolworths.

Border closure

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Asia-Pacific

Glimpse of life in North Korea slips out of view

UN climate summit seeks clarity

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Science/Nature

UN climate change talks open in Poland, seeking details on plans for emission cuts and forest protection.

RBS delay in pursuing customers

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

The Royal Bank of Scotland will allow defaulting customers six months before taking any legal action against them.

Rice starts Europe tour in London

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due in London for the start of a European tour, less than two months before she leaves her job.

On patrol with the traffic police

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Nov 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

BBC Crime Reporter Ben Ando goes on patrol with Kent traffic police as the Christmas campaign against drink driving gets underway.