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Jonathan Ross to keep job as Radio 2 executives take blame

Posted: November 22nd, 2008, 12:25pm CST

Jonathan Ross is to keep his job at the BBC after the corporation’s governing body ruled that senior Radio 2 executives were to blame for the broadcast of obscene telephone calls to the actor Andrew Sachs.
Britain braced for an icy blast from the Arctic Circle

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

This weekend is a time for thick pullovers and woolly hats as a taste of winter spreads over much of Britain. Raw winds sweeping down from far inside the Arctic Circle, even from the North Pole, will send a collective shiver through the country today, with heavy snowfalls in Scotland and parts of East Anglia.
Pope asked to pick from four names as Archbishop of Westminster steps down

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

The Pope is to be asked to consider four top English bishops as successor to the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor.
Huge sea eagles are on the way back, but 'they wouldn't hurt a lamb'

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Conservationists embarked yesterday on a campaign to get landowners to support the reintroduction of sea eagles to England after an absence of almost two centuries.
I wish I were Chancellor now, says Ken Clarke

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

As we arrive for our interview with Ken Clarke, he is groaning about having to squeeze into his black tie for a dinner. The Conservatives' man of the people is more comfortable in shirt sleeves and suede shoes. He prefers dingy jazz cellars to swanky yachts. He loves birdwatching on the moors but he would never go shooting in plus-fours - “the idea would be hilarious”, he says. For years, he played snooker every week with his son - “I should have been brilliant after a lifetime of dedication,” he says, “but I was never any good.”
Trust me, we need more risk, less health and safety, says new chief

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Overbearing health and safety regulations are hampering the ability of the National Trust to encourage more people to venture outdoors for walking or to visit country houses.
Season ticket buyers face hefty rises as train companies dodge fare regulations

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Some rail season tickets will rise by more than 10 per cent in January as train companies take advantage of loopholes in the system of fares regulation. The average season ticket will rise by 6 per cent under the Government’s price cap of inflation plus 1 per cent. The cap is based on the inflation figure for July and does not take account of any subsequent changes. This July, the rate was 5 per cent but it has now fallen to 4.2 per cent and is set to fall further.
Only drastic action now will save us, says Gordon Brown

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Britain would face an even more severe recession without the multi-billion-pound tax cut and spending package that will be unveiled on Monday, Gordon Brown said yesterday.
Let’s hope that Jonathan Ross can now get back to his edgy best

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

We have these sporadic fussing-sessions over the BBC because the BBC isn’t simply a thing that makes TV shows. It is – in design, if not always in practice – responsible for analysing, and then reflecting back, Britain as a whole. And if we don’t like what it reflects back, we often attack the BBC when we are, underneath it all, taking issue with an entire cultural climate.
Olympic success provokes a chain reaction as millions turn to bikes

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

The lights change to red at Hyde Park Corner and tensions rise as the tail end of a queue of commuters becomes trapped on the roundabout, unable to move forward.

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Jonathan Ross to keep job as Radio 2 executives take blame

Posted: November 22nd, 2008, 12:25pm CST

Britain braced for an icy blast from the Arctic Circle

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Pope asked to pick from four names as Archbishop of Westminster steps down

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Huge sea eagles are on the way back, but 'they wouldn't hurt a lamb'

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

I wish I were Chancellor now, says Ken Clarke

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Trust me, we need more risk, less health and safety, says new chief

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Season ticket buyers face hefty rises as train companies dodge fare regulations

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Only drastic action now will save us, says Gordon Brown

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Let’s hope that Jonathan Ross can now get back to his edgy best

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Olympic success provokes a chain reaction as millions turn to bikes

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST