News archive from Thursday, 12 April 2012
The Obama administration's disturbing treatment of whistleblowers
Later this month six Americans will be honoured with a Ridenhour prize which celebrates truth-telling in the public interest. They are a varied bunch. Eileen Foster helped expose systemic fraud at America's largest mortgage provider Countywide...
Renewable energy investment bounces back after 2010 slump
Investment in clean energy in the UK bounced back last year after its 2010 slump, the respected US-based Pew charitable trust has said in a comparison of investment across G20 countries. A total of $9.4bn was invested in wind, wave, solar and other...
Maloney shocks United
© Press Association 2011 Wigan Athletic's Ali Al Habsi celebrates his teams goal against Manchester United Wigan secured a sensational win over Manchester United to breathe fresh life into the Barclays Premier League title race and lift themselves...
Jane gets booted off The Apprentice after managing to shift just £10 in the second hand task
Jane McEvoy became the fourth candidate to get the finger (the firing one) from Lord Alan Sugar on tonight’s Apprentice, after failing to impress in the latest task. The challenge was to source second hand items before selling them at a profit in...
Premier League: Wigan Athletic 1 Manchester United 0
Shaun Maloney made a giant-sized impact at the top and bottom of the Barclays Premier League by scoring the only goal as Wigan leapt out of the relegation zone for the first time since October, whilst cutting Manchester United's lead in the title race...
Tax and politics: the T-word
For the government, last month's budget is the gift that keeps on taking. First there was the outrage over the scrapping of the top rate of tax; then the opprobrium over the smash and grab on pensioner allowances; pastygate (or whatever it was); and...
Queen's granddaughter breaks arm
Lady Louise Windsor, one of the Queen's granddaughters, has broken her left arm after falling off her pony while riding, Buckingham Palace said. The royal, aged eight, has been treated at an undisclosed hospital and is now resting at her parents' home...
Maloney stuns United
© Press Association 2011 Wigan Athletic's Ali Al Habsi celebrates his teams goal against Manchester United Wigan secured a sensational 1-0 win over Manchester United to breathe fresh life into the Barclays Premier League title race and lift...
Hoops captain Barton leads by example
Joey Barton confounded the naysayers tonight as he led embattled Queens Park Rangers to victory against Swansea City at Loftus Road. Barton has received a frosty reception since joining from Newcastle, but has impressed in recent weeks - particularly...
Tevez strikes as City close gap to United
Carlos Tevez scored for the first time in 11 months as Manchester City sparked back into life to keep their faint title hopes alive tonight. Sergio Aguero struck twice and David Silva was on target in a routine defeat of West Brom as City, perhaps...
Maloney stuns United and moves Wigan out of bottom three
Shaun Maloney made a giant-sized impact at the top and bottom of the Premier League by scoring the only goal as Wigan leapt out of the relegation zone for the first time since October, whilst cutting Manchester United's lead in the title race to five...
Gunners set sights on third place
Arsenal strengthened their grip on a Champions League spot as early goals from Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott put them on the way to a comfortable win over 10-man Wolves at Molineux. Van Persie scored the opener from the penalty spot after Wolves'...
Countdown on for ex-Apprentice pair
Countdown host Nick Hewer is to team up once more with his ex-Apprentice colleague Margaret Mountford when she takes a guest role on his Channel 4 show. Margaret, formerly one of Lord Sugar's sidekicks in the show, will take a turn in "dictionary...
Does Taylor like Harry's style?
Harry Styles is rumoured to have landed himself a very famous fan - country star Taylor Swift. Romeo singer Taylor is said to be harbouring a crush on the One Direction heartthrob - currently soaking up the sun with his bandmates in Australia - after...
UC Davis chancellor blamed over use of pepper-spray on Occupy protesters
Lieutenant John Pike, seen dousing the crowd with pepper-spray, was not interviewed by the task force. A University of California task force said Wednesday that UC Davis police should not have used pepper-spray on student demonstrators in an incident...
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