Archive for January, 2009

Concern over white heroin return

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: United Kingdom

A form of high-grade white heroin is returning to Britain’s streets, says the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Egypt ‘to monitor Gaza tunnels’

author Posted by: on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: Middle East

Egypt says it is installing cameras and sensors along the Gaza border to try to stop arms smuggling by militants.

China firework bar blaze kills 15

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

At least 15 people die in a fire in a bar in south-east China, believed to have been started by fireworks, says state media.

Three men die as car hits house

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: United Kingdom

All the occupants of a Ford Mondeo are killed after it crashes into a house in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

Children’s lives ‘harder today’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: United Kingdom

The lives of British children are more difficult now than they were in the past, a large-scale report into childhood claims.

Synagogue attacked in Venezuela

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: Americas

An armed gang ransacks a synagogue in Venezuela, and demands that Jews are expelled from the country.

Potter’s injured stuntman named

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: Entertainment

Harry Potter’s stuntman, who was seriously injured on the set of the film, is named.

Feilden’s blog

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: Science/Nature

Attenborough is back and feistier than ever

Cybercrime threat rising sharply

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: Business

The threat of cybercrime is rising rapidly and attacks can threaten whole economies, warn experts at the World Economic Forum.

Obama praises peaceful Iraq polls

author Posted by: on date Jan 31st, 2009 | filed Filed under: Middle East

US President Barack Obama says a largely peaceful Iraq vote for new provincial councils is “an important step forward”.