• UK: Home education clampdown 'an infringement of civil liberties' Parents could be banned from educating children at home in a move branded a "very bad day for civil liberties". For the first time, local councils will have the power to enter family homes and...
• BBC warns stars including Jeremy Clarkson and Terry Wogan of severe pay cuts Excerpt:
Thompson said the cuts were needed to balance its books, including a freeze on executive pay and a reduction in the fees paid to top talent.
The BBC has cut 7,200 jobs over the past four...
• Red Bull Cola banned for containing cocaine Authorities in the German states of Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia have ordered retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola after they found traces of cocaine in the fizzy drink. The...
• Catholic church braced for critical report on child abuse in Irish Catholic schools Child abuse report expected to confirm victims' claims of serial abuse in Catholic-run orphanages and industrial schoolsThe Catholic church was today steeling itself for the publication of a report...
• UK: Rise in use of drug tests to sack staff without redundancy pay Employers are increasingly using drug testing to get rid of staff without having to make redundancy payouts, as a way of cutting costs during the recession, a charity has said. Release,...
• GREECE: State Itself Becoming Xenophobic Related: Italian parliament criminalizes illegal immigration; What is Peak Oil?"I can see migrants are the source of many problems," says Maria Nafpliotou, an employee at a music store in the city...
• UK ID cards: taxman allowed access to personal data Tax officials will be allowed access to personal data gathered for the controversial ID cards scheme, it has been disclosed.
HM Revenue and Customs staff will be able to examine people's financial...
• Britain has freed more than half of those arrested as terrorism suspects More than half of those arrested on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses in Britain since Sept. 11, 2001, have been freed without being charged, according to government statistics released...
• German businessman sentenced for selling sensitive material to Iran A German businessman was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday by a court in western German city of Koblez after admitting he sold Iran 16 tons of high-grade graphite, which prosecutors...
• UK: Police may use water cannon to control violent demonstrations Scotland Yard is to review its policing of violent demonstrations after the G20 protests to see if London needs harsher, European-style methods that could include the use of water cannon. Sir Paul...
• UK: Private schools are urged to set up quarantine areas Private schools should set up quarantine areas for pupils suspected of having swine flu, according to advice sent yesterday to more than 1,280 such schools across Britain. Lawyers for the Independent...
• Secret flu plan inoculates Square Mile With eerie prescience, the City tracked a pandemic using a 'bird flu' scenario in 2006 – leaving it better prepared for the effects of the swine flu outbreak The flu pandemic will affect 15...
• British airline 'sorry' for deleting Israel from map Most Israeli cities were not marked on screens showing flight maps to passengers on two BMI-owned Airbus A320 aeroplanes. Only Haifa was identified - by its Arab name, Khefa. BMI, which runs flights...
• Army officer tossed laptops in to the sea: Denies destroying evidence in Iraq mistreatment case The High Court has heard how an army officer destroyed laptops containing pictures of Iraqis killed in a controversial battle near Basra. The hearing yesterday was part of a bid by six Iraqis to...
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