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UK & World News: Three held in human traffick swoops (icNewcastle - Sunday Sun)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:52:18 GMT

Authorities have cracked down on a human trafficking gang in what is thought to be the largest operation of its kind ever in the UK.

UK News (4NI)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:20:31 GMT

UK inflation has fallen by a record rate in October to 4.5%, as oil, food and transport costs dropped, official figures have revealed. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure dropped in September, fr..

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-18 17:20 Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-FTSE Small Cap closes down 1.8 pct (Interactive Investor)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:22:21 GMT

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UK & World News: Axe falls on more than 2,000 jobs (icNewcastle - Sunday Sun)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:37:09 GMT

The jobs axe cut deeper into the UK economy, with thousands more posts being slashed as unemployment edged closer to the two million mark.

UK videogame sales on the up News (EuroGamer)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:51:49 GMT

Britons are buying loads of videogames in the run-up to Christmas, according to shopwatchers Chart-Track. In fact, last week was the eighth-biggest sales week ever in the UK.

Sky mobile TV available on 3 mobile UK (Digital Television Group)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:43:11 GMT

Sky has announced that Sky Mobile TV is now available on the 3 mobile phone service for its UK customers.3 UK customers will now have access to many of the UK's 'live' mobile TV channels, including Sky Sports, Sky Sports News Xtra, Sky News, At The Races and CNN. The channels are available for a monthly flat fee of ?5 or ?1 per day, in addition to any data packages customers may take from the 3 ...

UK & World News: Immigration figure rises to 237,000 (icNewcastle - Sunday Sun)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:52:20 GMT

Net immigration to the UK rose to 237,000 in 2007, according to official figures.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-19 14:33 STOCKS NEWS UK SMALL-Hansard Global down as rate cuts hurt (Interactive Investor)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:53:19 GMT

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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-19 15:15 STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-IBA shares plunge on Q3 update (Interactive Investor)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:37:59 GMT

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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-19 17:18 Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-FTSE Small Cap Index down 1.9 pct at close (Interactive Investor)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:22:38 GMT

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News By Email (Media Week Online)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:29:06 GMT

Media Week editor Steve Barrett, news editor Tristan O'Carroll and press editor John Reynolds discuss the job losses at The Independent, the TV trading season, thelondonpaper, a new launch from Bauer, Havas Media UK, plus the team tackle the biggest stories from the media industry this week.

Sabre-Toothed Cat Dredged Up From The North Sea

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:47:13 GMT

From the BBC News : The partial leg bone of a sabre-toothed cat, Homotherium crenatidens , has been dredged from the seabed by a trawler in the North Sea.

Department of Old But Unreported News: Knopf to Publish...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:53:52 GMT

Department of Old But Unreported News: Knopf to Publish Nabokov's Unfinished Novel The Original of Laura Nabokov The UK Independent reports that The Original of Laura , the short novel that Vladimir Nabokov was ...

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YouTube, Hulu, top illegal host sites: Warner Bros

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:00:50 GMT

MPAA News:- YouTube is the top site when it comes to hosting illegal content. Who says so? Warner Brothers.

Fire chief quits amid porn probe

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:03:00 GMT

The Chief Fire Officer for West Midlands Fire Service has quit his job after being arrested on suspicion of making indecent images of children.

Manhunt as suspected murderer flees

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:03:07 GMT

A suspected murderer was at the centre of a police manhunt after he escaped from a mental health unit.

Mixed Reviews for Obama's AG

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:03:11 GMT

As we wrote yesterday, Obama has apparently picked Eric Holder , one of his veep vetters and a former deputy attorney general under Bill Clinton, for attorney general.

Shannon 'was given hypnotic drug'

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:03:14 GMT

A forensic toxicologist told the trial of Shannon Matthews's mother that hair samples from the little girl showed the "potent hypnotic" drug temazepam had been taken by her regularly months before she vanished.

Publicist: Winona Ryder hospitalized in UK

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:04:02 GMT

Winona Ryder's publicist says the actress was briefly hospitalized after falling ill on a flight to London's Heathrow Airport.

FTSE 100 slumps almost 5pc on recession fears

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:11:22 GMT

The FTSE 100 was close ending the day below the 4,000 points barrier, falling 202.87 points to 4005.68. Miners Kazakhmys, Vedanta and Lonmin were the biggest fallers, because of investor concern the global ...

BBC One, Two Going Live Online

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:13:17 GMT

I've said it before and looking at the current trend I'll say it again: the BBC is really doing some brilliant things with its online offerings.

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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:32:28 GMT

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UK Hand Not Silent in Bailout - Wall Street Journal

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:01:16 GMT

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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-18 13:30 Independent News to cut jobs at London Independent (Interactive Investor)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:53:05 GMT

DUBLIN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Independent News & Media will cut jobs at its London-based Independent newspaper and Sunday sister title in a bid to slash costs as a global downturn hits advertising revenue, the publisher said on Tuesday. "It is anticipated that the final number of redundancies will number around 90, of which a sizeable number will be voluntary, and the total savings will be in ...