Entries Tagged as 'BBC'

Ex-army head attacks Labour PMs

Former head of the Army Gen Sir Richard Dannatt accuses Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Rooney could miss Swiss qualifier

Wayne Rooney may not travel to Switzerland for England’s Euro 2012 qualifier because of newspaper reports about his private life, BBC Radio 5 live understands.

Cell assault sergeant facing sack

A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.

Pakistan rocked by fresh claims

A fourth Pakistan cricketer is being investigated by cricket’s governing body, claims the News of the World.

Iran stoning woman ‘to be lashed’

An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency, her son says.

BP well ‘poses no further risk’

The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.

New Zealand assesses quake damage

Officials assess the damage caused by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, as aftershocks continue.

Crash survivors back Chile miners

Survivors of a 1972 plane crash in the Andes arrive at the San Jose mine to support the 33 men trapped underground.

Briton killed in NZ crash named

The Foreign Office confirms that 24-year-old Briton Brad Coker was among nine killed in a light aircraft crash in New Zealand.

Bid to identify golf course body

Officers are trying to establish the identity of a badly-burnt body discovered by players on a golf course near Brighton.