Hoy joins favourites for Sports Personality of the Year

Tuesday 2nd December 2008

Seven of Team GB's Olympic gold medallists have been included on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2008 award.

British Airways in merger talks with Qantas

1:22pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

British Airways today revealed it was in talks over a potential merger with Australian rival Qantas.

Nuclear or biological attack on US "likely within 5 years"

10:40am Tuesday 2nd December 2008

The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or biological weapons within the next five years, a US study leaked today said.

Key civil servant admits leaking to Tory MP

Tuesday 2nd December 2008

The Home Office "mole" at the centre of the police investigation into government leaks yesterday confessed to passing low-grade information to Conservative shadow minister Damian Green in the belief that it would be used "in a responsible manner in the public interest".

	Tourists warned to give Venice a wide berth as flood waters rise
	Tue 2 Dec 08
	Tourists have been warned to stay away from Venice which has been hit by the biggest flood in more than 20 years. A combination of heavy rain and high winds has led to the sea levels in the romantic Adriatic lagoon city rising 5ft above normal.

"Fair Rules" at the heart of radical UK reforms

2:54pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

Ministers signalled today that "fair rules" would be at the heart of the Queen's Speech, with measures to crack down on benefit fraud and get more people into work.

RBS doubles grace period to six months for homeowners

Tuesday 2nd December 2008

The Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday pledged to give struggling homeowners a six-month period of grace before launching repossession action, prompting calls for other lenders to “raise the bar”.

‘I’m proud to join you and may God bless you and our great country’

Tuesday 2nd December 2008

US President Elect Barack Obama has now selected half of the members of his cabinet with the announcement yesterday that he had picked a national security team led by Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates.

Bush sorry about financial crisis but pledges to safeguard the system

Tuesday 2nd December 2008

President George W Bush expressed regret yesterday that the global financial crisis has cost jobs and shrinking retirement accounts and said he will support more government intervention if needed to ease the recession.

Megrahi’s wife to join vigil highlighting miscarriage of justice claims

Tuesday 2nd December 2008

The wife of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is planning to take part in a silent vigil outside the Scottish Parliament on Thursday aimed at highlighting alleged miscarriages of justice.

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