| F1 ace tops Somerset honours list
December 30, 2009 at 8:04 pm
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| | Jenson Button, Simon King and Dick King-Smith are among the people from Somerset recognised in the New Year Honours list |
| River Cafe founders become MBEs
December 30, 2009 at 7:51 pm
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| | The founders of the River Cafe restaurant in west London are among those from the capital to be listed in the New Year Honours. |
| Patrick Stewart gets a knighthood
December 30, 2009 at 7:41 pm
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| | The actor Patrick Stewart, who lives in Oxfordshire, receives a knighthood in the New Year Honours List. |
| Havana's Club Tropicana turns 70
December 30, 2009 at 7:35 pm
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| | Amid a dazzle of sequins, feathers and samba, the Cuban capital's famous night-club celebrates its 70th birthday. |
| No New Year Honours for Bailiwick
December 30, 2009 at 7:29 pm
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| | Guernsey officials have described the lack of Bailiwick residents in the New Year Honours for the second year in a row as disappointing. |
| Honour for Lockerbie councillor
December 30, 2009 at 7:29 pm
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| | A councillor who became a spokeswoman for the people of Lockerbie in the wake of the 1988 bombing becomes an MBE. |
| ShelterBox founder appointed OBE
December 30, 2009 at 7:27 pm
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| | The founder of the Cornish charity ShelterBox is appointed an OBE in the New Year Honours list. |
| Plastic bags campaigner honoured
December 30, 2009 at 7:20 pm
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| | A woman who led a campaign to make a Devon town ban plastic bags is recognised in the Queen's New Year Honours list by being appointed an MBE. |
| Ten years at the top for Vladimir Putin
December 30, 2009 at 7:16 pm
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| | James Rodgers assesses the rise and rise of Vladimir Putin - Russia's first spy commander-in-chief. |
| Mone and McGeechan given honours
December 30, 2009 at 7:16 pm
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| | Lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone and rugby legend Ian McGeechan are among those featured in the New Year Honours list. |
| Profile: Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi
December 30, 2009 at 7:14 pm
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| | Status Quo stars Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi are appointed OBEs for their musical career, which includes a a record-breaking 64 British hit singles. |
| Jersey college head appointed OBE
December 30, 2009 at 7:11 pm
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| | The principal of Highlands College is one of four people from Jersey included in the New Year Honours list. |
| Knighthood for WWII child refugee
December 30, 2009 at 7:10 pm
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| | A man who raised millions of pounds for charity after arriving in the UK as a four-year-old Jewish refugee is given a knighthood. |
| 'Live Aid' nurse to become a dame
December 30, 2009 at 7:10 pm
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| | A nurse credited with inspiring the 1985 Live Aid concerts to fight famine in Ethiopia is to be made a dame. |
| In pictures: Forced expulsion of the Hmong
December 30, 2009 at 7:09 pm
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| | How the forced repatriation by the Thai military of 4,000 ethnic Hmong to Laos unfolded, despite international condemnation. |
| Ringmaster and rockers honoured
December 30, 2009 at 7:08 pm
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| | A circus ringmaster and veteran rockers Status Quo are among those recognised across England in the Queen's New Year Honours list. |
| Ex-HSBC boss made CBE in honours
December 30, 2009 at 7:07 pm
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| | The former chief executive of HSBC Dyfrig John receives the only high profile honour for banking in the New Year Honours. |
| Bra tycoon 'delighted' with OBE
December 30, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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| | Underwear tycoon Michelle Mone says she is "thrilled, honoured and delighted" to have been awarded an OBE. |
| In pictures: Sir Patrick Stewart
December 30, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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| | A look at the career of stage and screen actor Patrick Stewart, who has been knighted in the New Year Honours list. |
| NI New Year honours in full
December 30, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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| Actor Stewart receives knighthood
December 30, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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| | Stage and Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart leads the world of arts in the New Year Honours list with a knighthood for services to drama. |
| School principals in honours list
December 30, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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| | Two primary school principals are among those from the north and west of Northern Ireland to be recognised in the New Year's Honour's List. |
| Tourist trade 'rose to challenge'
December 30, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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| | Scotland's tourism industry is praised by a minister for rising to the challenges of the global financial crisis. |
| Scotland ready for Hogmanay party
December 30, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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| | Thousands of revellers prepare to take to the streets of Scotland to see in the new year. |
| Climbers warned of avalanche risk
December 30, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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| | Climbers are being warned of a continued risk of avalanches the day after three people lost their lives on Scottish mountains. |
| Quo rockers and F1 champ honoured
December 30, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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| | Status Quo's Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt and F1 champion Jenson Button are recognised with New Year Honours. |
| Parfitt and Rossi appointed OBEs
December 30, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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| | Status Quo rockers Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi are appointed OBEs for services to music and charity. |
| NI 'Black Santa' in honours list
December 30, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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| | A Church of Ireland dean who raised millions for the most deprived in Northern Ireland and abroad is made an OBE. |
| Ceremony to mark cinema disaster
December 30, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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| | A ceremony will be held in Renfrewshire to mark the 80th anniversary of a cinema disaster in which 71 children died. |
| Argentine sex abuse bishop jailed
December 30, 2009 at 6:47 pm
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| | A former Roman Catholic archbishop in Argentina receives an eight-year jail sentence for sexually abusing a young seminarian while still in office. |
| Scammers target Europe music fans
December 30, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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| | UK fraudsters running scam websites are turning their attentions to European music fans, an expert warns. |
| Stamp duty limit back to £125,000
December 30, 2009 at 6:43 pm
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| | The temporary stamp duty holiday on properties worth between £125,000 and £175,000 ends on 1 January 2010. |
| The year that was: Global financial quiz 2009
December 30, 2009 at 6:43 pm
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| | Test your knowledge of 2009's major financial events. |
| US votes for Chinese steel duties
December 30, 2009 at 6:14 pm
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| | A US trade commission has agreed plans to impose tariffs of up to 15% on imports of Chinese-made steel pipes. |
| Three killed in motorway accident
December 30, 2009 at 6:13 pm
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| | A car overturns on the M62 killing three men and leading to the closure of a section of the motorway overnight. |
| 'DNA raid' for Argentina heirs
December 30, 2009 at 6:06 pm
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| | Police allegedly seize DNA samples from heirs to an Argentine media empire, in a probe into forced adoption. |
| Cross-border security alert ends
December 30, 2009 at 5:41 pm
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| | A security alert in south Armagh which was disrupting cross-border traffic ends, the police say. |
| Vigil for extradited men is held
December 30, 2009 at 5:15 pm
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| | Almost 100 people attend a candlelight vigil in aid of two men extradited to Hungary after being accused of fraud. |
| Surprise release poses questions
December 30, 2009 at 5:14 pm
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| | Jim Muir looks at what may be behind the surprise release of British hostage Peter Moore in Iraq. |
| Google loses domain name claim
December 30, 2009 at 5:13 pm
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| | A small Canadian company behind a search engine called Groovle.com wins a case filed against it by search giant Google. |
| Student found dead 'was drinking'
December 30, 2009 at 4:25 pm
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| | A British tourist found dead near a ski resort had been drinking, police confirm. |
| Man in court over fatal car crash
December 30, 2009 at 4:09 pm
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| | A man from Dunstable in Bedfordshire appears in court in connection with a fatal crash. |
| Headmaster says school to reopen
December 30, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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| | The headmaster of one of Cornwall's oldest private schools says it will reopen in the new year, despite it being put into administration. |
| Obama takes flak over bomb plot
December 30, 2009 at 2:27 pm
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| | Reports of US failures in dealing with the threat posed by Umar Farouk Abdullmutallab have prompted harsh criticism of the Obama administration, as Richard Lister reports from Washington. |
| US troops killed in Afghanistan
December 30, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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| | Eight US troops have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, US officials say. |
| US failed to join dots in bomber case
December 30, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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| | The BBC's Paul Reynolds explains how security lapses were possibly able to occur in the case of the alleged "jet bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. |
| Obituary: Abdurrahman Wahid
December 30, 2009 at 2:07 pm
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| | Abdurrahman Wahid, who has died at the age of 69, was one of the most formidable and colourful figures in Indonesian political life. |
| Gritters battle snowy conditions
December 30, 2009 at 2:03 pm
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| | Gritters try to keep roads clear in the Staffordshire Moorlands after more snow. |
| Murder arrest over body in house
December 30, 2009 at 1:53 pm
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| | A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after the decomposed body of a woman is found in a house in Worthing. |
| Council bus sell-off considered
December 30, 2009 at 1:47 pm
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| | Discussions take place between a private transport company and a local council over the future of its municipal bus services. | | | 
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| Tweets, sexting "unfriended" in U.S. banned word list
December 31, 2009 at 1:25 am
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| KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared "shovel-ready" to be "unfriended" by a U.S. university's annual list of terms that deserve to be banned. |
| Radio host Limbaugh hospitalized in Hawaii: report
December 31, 2009 at 12:46 am
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| HONOLULU (Reuters) - Top conservative U.S. radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a hospital in Hawaii on Wednesday with chest pains, a local television station reported. |
| Treasury to dole out $3.8 billion to GMAC, raise stake
December 30, 2009 at 10:16 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is injecting another $3.8 billion into GMAC Financial Services to help cover mortgage losses, in a bailout that makes the government the majority owner of the auto and home finance company. |
| Dutch, Nigerians to use full-body scans for flights
December 30, 2009 at 9:57 pm
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| THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Nigeria said on Wednesday they would use full-body scanners at airports after a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound plane by a 23-year-old Nigerian suspect who passed through both countries. |
| AIG executive resigns over pay limits
December 30, 2009 at 9:57 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top executive at American International Group Inc has resigned because of pay curbs imposed by the Obama Administration's pay czar, the insurer said on Wednesday. |
| U.S. airport security irks, but passengers cope
December 30, 2009 at 9:56 pm
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - First it was pocket knives and nail clippers. Then it was shoes. Then liquids. Now the government may want a closer look at your underwear after a botched attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. |
| Afghan insurgents kill CIA agents, Canadians
December 30, 2009 at 9:41 pm
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| KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents intensified their campaign against military targets and U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. CIA agents at a base and four Canadian servicemen on patrol and a journalist accompanying them. |
| AIG executive resigns over pay limits
December 30, 2009 at 6:17 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top executive at American International Group Inc has resigned because of pay curbs imposed by the Obama Administration's pay czar, the insurer said on Wednesday. |
| Hugo Chavez mocks Venezuela coup, Fidel Castro death forecast
December 30, 2009 at 5:45 pm
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| CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez scoffed on Wednesday at U.S. magazine Newsweek's predictions that he would be toppled by a military coup and his Cuban mentor Fidel Castro would die in 2010. |
| Afghan suicide blast kills eight U.S. civilians
December 30, 2009 at 5:17 pm
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| KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed eight American civilians in an attack at a military base in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, one of the highest foreign civilian death tolls in an insurgent strike in the eight-year war. |
| U.S. airport security irks, but passengers cope
December 30, 2009 at 5:17 pm
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - First it was pocket knives and nail clippers. Then it was shoes. Then liquids. Now the government may want a closer look at your underwear after a botched attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. |
| JetBlue plane makes emergency landing in Bermuda
December 30, 2009 at 11:42 am
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| HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - A JetBlue Airways Corp passenger jet on a flight from Aruba to Boston made a precautionary emergency landing in Bermuda on Tuesday after a cockpit light indicated possible smoke in a rear cargo bin, an airline spokesperson said on Wednesday. |
| Bombs kill more than 30 in Iraq
December 30, 2009 at 8:09 am
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| RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Twin suicide bombs killed at least 24 and wounded more than 100 in Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland on Wednesday and a roadside bomb killed seven pilgrims returning from a major Shi'ite Muslim religious festival. |
| Pakistan Taliban says carried out Karachi bombing
December 30, 2009 at 7:28 am
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| KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 43 people in the commercial capital Karachi, and threatened more attacks on the U.S. ally. |
| Iran's police chief warns opposition
December 30, 2009 at 6:22 am
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's police chief on Wednesday warned supporters of opposition leader Mihossein Mousavi only to expect harsh treatment if they participate in illegal rallies, three days after eight protesters were killed in protests. |
| Signs of movement seen in stalled Mideast process
December 30, 2009 at 6:05 am
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| RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Hints of possible movement in the deadlocked Middle East process have emerged in talks between the leaders of Egypt and Israel, a senior Palestinian official said on Wednesday, without giving details. |
| GMAC to get $3.5 billion in added aid from government: report
December 30, 2009 at 5:08 am
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - GMAC Financial Services is close to getting about $3.5 billion in added aid from the U.S. government, on top of the $12.5 billion already received since December 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported. |
| U.S. eyeing more targeted sanctions against Iran
December 30, 2009 at 4:33 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are weighing focused sanctions against Iran's leadership rather than broad-based penalties that they fear could harm the protest movement, officials and diplomats said. |
| North Korea pilfering nuclear reactor site: report
December 29, 2009 at 11:52 pm
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has been taking equipment left at a nuclear reactor site when an international consortium halted work on grounds that the communist state was breaking an agreement, a news report said on Wednesday. | | | 
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