10.12.10 – MOSCOW, Russia — Russians love few things better than a good anniversary — any excuse to celebrate the country’s rich cultural history gives rise to festivals and forums, concerts and commemorative films. A dearth of official commemoration marks the centenary of the writer's death.
10.11.10 – The owner of Topshop and BHS will today publish a report exposing how departments sometimes have no idea what they are spending public money on.
10.10.10.- The poultry was used in popular menu items such as Chicken McNuggets and the McChicken Sandwich in its 1,200 British outlets.
10.8.10 – Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was not the duty of the state to fund an increasing number of offspring with benefits.
10.7.10 – BRUSSELS, Belgium — Europe is now at the center of the war on terror, no matter how much it wanted to avoid that spot.
10.7.10 – The Government's new family cap on benefits reflects the need for long-term claimants to 'take responsibility' for the number of children they have, a Cabinet minister has said. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the 'state shouldn't support' large families who receive more in benefits than the average family earns.
10.4.10 – STOCKHOLM, Sweden — As the dust settles from Sweden’s national election last month, a country known for its mild-mannered politics and tolerance toward immigration has entered a period of soul-searching.
10.3.10 – The Irish government has finally revealed the full cost of the Celtic Tiger years.
10.3.10 – A risk of fresh action by Al Qaeda against landmarks or transport hubs could result in an official statement as early as today.
10.1.10 – They have been dubbed the new 'hippies', because they are following the mantra that 'Home Is Pension.'
10.1.10 – Government borrowing was around £400billion when Labour came to power in 1997 and has more than doubled in the past five years.
10.1.10 – Many of the corporation’s most respected presenters and reporters, including Jeremy Paxman and Nick Robinson, said the walkout, voted for by a fraction of the BBC’s 17,000 employees, would put the corporation’s political impartiality at risk, and hinted that they might cross picket lines.
9.30.10 – The European Commission has decided to launch legal action against France over its controversial expulsion of Roma migrants. The process gives Paris until mid-October to apply EU rules on the freedom of movement or it could face a court case.
9.29.10 – The new Labour leader revealed that he is not a man of faith, in contrast to his predecessors Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. But he insisted he would marry his partner Justine Thornton, who is heavily pregnant with their second child, and would make sure his name goes on the birth certificates of both their children after a lapse meant the first has an empty space for the father.
9.28.10 – According to documents leaked to the Mail, ministers have been warned that restrictions on claims by immigrants are against the law and must be scrapped.
9.26.10 – Roger L Simon – Did Israel launch the now infamous "Stuxnet" cyber-attack on Iran? If so, in all likelihood they did not act entirely alone; and I am going now to suggest another ally: the German electronics giant Siemens AG.
9.22.10 – Italy offers internships to youths to entice them to join the country's dwindling military.
9.20.10 – The party says immigration is draining the welfare system. It wants to cut asylum and immigration by relatives of people already living in Sweden by 90 per cent. Centre-right re-elected in parliamentary polls and a far-right party wins seats in the legislature for the first time.
9.20.10 – The Deputy Prime Minister said tens of thousands would face intrusive new tax investigations, with millions more facing cuts in benefits, such as winter fuel payments, child benefit and free bus passes. The moves, unveiled at the Liberal Democrat conference, were designed to guarantee his popularity with mutinous grassroots members, but were described by critics as ‘bully boy tactics’
9.20.10 – David Cameron is to unveil sweeping changes to ‘mad’ health and safety rules which are putting a massive burden on British business and public services.
9.19.10 – How famous institutions serve ritually slaughtered meat with no warning A Mail on Sunday investigation – which will alarm anyone concerned about animal cruelty – has revealed that schools, hospitals, pubs and famous sporting venues such as Ascot and Twickenham are controversially serving up meat prepared in accordance with strict Islamic law to unwitting members of the public.
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