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Sunday, 21 August 2011
July budget improvement puts deficit cut plan on track
LONDON (Reuters) - The public finances showed a surprise improvement in July as higher taxes and the bank levy boosted government receipts, bringing overall borrowing this fiscal year down and getting the government closer to its deficit reduction targets.
LIFE slideshow: John Glenn, unpublished photos (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom - No person alive has been more closely associated, for so long, with America's triumphs in space during the late '50s and early '60s than Ohio native John Glenn.
Gunman was jailed over weapons
A gunman found dead after shooting his estranged wife in a Newport hair salon had a previous conviction for possessing weapons, it emerges.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-14609310
�40bn lost on the bailed-out banks, costing every family �1,500 after plunge in shares
It is a bitter blow to Chancellor George Osborne who planned to offload shares in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds for a profit before the next general election.
Three quarters of women think they are as good as men at DIY, study finds
Women, like property guru Kirsty Allsop (pictured) are showing they can turn their hands to painting or tiling and that DIY is no longer a man's game.
Red Arrows widow speaks of loss
The widow of a Red Arrows pilot who died after an air display says she has been overwhelmed by the tributes paid to her husband.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-14608256
Derrick Bird?s mother vows to write letters of comfort to bereaved
The elderly mother of Derrick Bird is determined to send letters of condolence to the families of each of her son?s 12 victims, it has emerged.
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7150097.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084
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