News archive from Saturday, 28 April 2012
Craft fair is a big hit with bargain hunters
CRAFTY bargain hunters were out in force at Worcester’s Guildhall during a top fair. Fifteen exhibitors manned stalls packed with goodies such as stained glass, lapidery, watercolours, fraught iron work, fabric animals, teddy bears, silk flowers and...
Hunt must wait for Leveson date
© Press Association 2011 Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt had asked to appear before the Leveson Inquiry early Embattled Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been rebuffed in his request to appear before the Leveson Inquiry early, it has been revealed....
Heather Wheeler: Tough decisions will stand country in good stead for the future
Forming the Coalition Government then was a bold decision but one necessary for the country's welfare. And we have shown ourselves worthy of the challenge throughout the last two years, taking brave decisions to tackle the deficit head-on and make...
Accrington teenager threw bin through window after he was ejected from party
A TEENAGER who thought the decision to eject him from a party was ‘rubbish’ responded by throwing a wheelie bin through the window. Blackburn magistrates heard Anthony William Stinson immediately regretted his ‘idiotic’ action. Stinson, 19, of...
Memorial plaque honours stalwart Bernard’s memory
A VILLAGE community has rallied round to fund a plaque in memory of a community stalwart. Former Melton mayor and parish councillor, Bernard Ludwig of Burton Lazars, died last year at the age of 79. He was Burton Lazars Parish Council chairman at the...
Workers protest at Foxconn plant in China
It involved some 200 workers, the Hong-Kong based activist group Information Centre for Human Rights said. A spokesman for Hon Hai Precision Industry, the listed unit of the Foxconn group, said the protest concerned workplace adjustments and involved...
Accrington teenager threw bin through window after he was ejected from party
A TEENAGER who thought the decision to eject him from a party was ‘rubbish’ responded by throwing a wheelie bin through the window. Blackburn magistrates heard Anthony William Stinson immediately regretted his ‘idiotic’ action. Stinson, 19, of...
Accrington teenager threw bin through window after he was ejected from party
A TEENAGER who thought the decision to eject him from a party was ‘rubbish’ responded by throwing a wheelie bin through the window. Blackburn magistrates heard Anthony William Stinson immediately regretted his ‘idiotic’ action. Stinson, 19, of...
TIMELINE-Canada's TMX Group in play
2011 Feb. 9 - TMX and the London Stock Exchange announce a $3 billion friendly deal that they characterize as "a merger of equals". May 14 - TMX says it has received an approach from a consortium of Canadian banks and funds called the Maple...
Workers’ Memorial Day events planned in South Yorkshire
AN INTERNATIONAL event to commemorate those who have been killed or injured at work is being marked with events in South Yorkshire this weekend. International Workers’ Memorial Day is held tomorrow. Sheffield Trades Union Council members are gathering...
MI6 spy Gareth Williams 'dead or unconscious before being put in bag'
Mr Williams' body was discovered locked inside a red North Face holdall in the bath at his London flat on August 23rd 2010 and police have been unable to discover what happened to him. Officers had considered the possibility he climbed into the bag by...
Theatre reviews: Comedy of Errors | Twelfth Night; RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon
AMIR Nizar Zuabi's production of The Comedy of Errors embodies the internationalism of this year's World Shakespeare Festival. Yet the Palestinian director holds out the promise of saying something interesting about trade and cultural dislocation,...
Russia warns EU Iran oil embargo will be costly
"The European Union is rejecting purchases of Iranian oil, even though very many EU countries depend on this oil," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview on state-run Rossiya 24 television. "One can say, of course, that the...
On shaky ground: Hughes reveals he rejected calls to clap Chelsea instead of shaking hands
Mark Hughes claims QPR rejected a Premier League proposal to applaud Chelsea onto the pitch at Stamford Bridge tomorrow instead of players shaking hands. The clubs had scrapped the usual pre-match ritual after John Terry was charged with racially...
Manc robber: Mancini out to nick Hazard, Cavani and Modric...and wants Rooney too
Roberto Mancini has vowed to demonstrate his financial firepower in the summer transfer market. The Manchester City boss is desperate to outbid any other team to land Lille’s £35million-rated winger Eden Hazard. He still has Napoli striker Edinson...
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