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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for April 2008:
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Nano switch hints at future chips
The world's smallest transistor is made out of a material that could one day replace silicon, say scientists...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Chelsea beat Everton to close gap
Chelsea close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester United to two points with a 1-0 win at Everton...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Gillett hits back at Hicks in row
Liverpool co-owner George Gillett says he will not sell out to Tom Hicks and accuses him of creating "turmoil" at the club...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Weller joins Girls at island gigs
Paul Weller and Girls Aloud are to headline two shows at Osborne House, Queen Victoria's Isle of Wight home...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
US seeks to end N Korea deadlock
The US scales back demands on a North Korean nuclear declaration to tackle a disarmament deadlock...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Rhys parents see murder accused
The parents of Rhys Jones, the boy shot dead in Liverpool, are in court to see a teenager charged with his murder...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Robinson confirmed as DUP leader
Peter Robinson is confirmed as the next DUP leader at a meeting of the party's executive committee...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
The cat's away...
Has Gordon Brown lost discipline while in US?...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Pair guilty of harassing dolphin
Two men who swam in the sea off Kent with a dolphin after a night out are found guilty of harassing the animal...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Online scam
How fraudsters cheated holidaymakers...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Brown: US link stronger than ever
Gordon Brown says the bond with the United States is "stronger than ever", after talks with President Bush...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Bomb kills many at Afghan mosque
A suicide bomb outside a mosque in the south Afghan city of Zaranj kills at least 20 people and injures 30...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Google shrugs off ad sales fear
Google reports a 30% rise in quarterly profits, easing worries of a slowdown in online advertising...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Mugabe's party 'offered deal'
Zimbabwe's opposition leader says the ruling Zanu-PF had offered a deal to remove President Mugabe from power...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
MP decides not to quit government
A ministerial aide decides she will not quit the government over tax policy, after talking to Gordon Brown...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Veteran MP Dunwoody dies
The longest serving female MP Gwyneth Dunwoody has died, aged 77, the Labour party has confirmed...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Moyes sympathises over switch
Everton manager David Moyes says he has sympathy for the fans after the rescheduling of his side's game with Chelsea...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Schools facing gang challenge
Teachers are witnessing an increase in gang-related activity in schools, according to research...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Thousands celebrate US papal Mass
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates an open-air Mass in Washington in front of more than 40,000 people...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Prosecutors charge Samsung chief
Prosecutors in South Korea indict Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee for tax evasion and breach of trust...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Georgia demands Russia reversal
Georgian President Mikhail
Saakashvili tells Russia to revoke decisions which he says breach Georgian sovereignty...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Killer Bellfield makes appeal bid
A former bouncer given a life sentence for the murder of two women appeals against his conviction and sentence...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Games 'magnet' for prostitution
Glasgow is warned that hosting the Commonwealth Games could make it a "magnet" for prostitution...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Mother guilty over heroin death
A mother is found guilty of killing through negligence her teenage daughter, who died from a heroin overdose...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Jail for sex abuse Olympic coach
A former Irish Olympic coach is sentenced to two years' imprisonment for sexually abusing a charge...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Pressing the flesh
Cameron is not the first to hit trouble on campaign trail...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Excuse me sir
Innocent folk taking photos are being stopped by police...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Washington diary
Matt Frei on the disadvantages of eloquence...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Britons fear race violence - poll
Almost two-thirds of people in Britain fear race relations are so poor that tensions are likely to spill over into violence, a BBC poll finds...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Gang jailed for £6m holiday scam
A gang who cheated thousands of people in a holiday booking scam are jailed for up to seven years each...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Russian wakes up after drinking binge to find knife in back
A Russian man trying to sleep off a night's drinking fails to notice a six-inch knife in his back...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Healing hands
Can Kenya's new PM solve its problems?...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Brown 'confident' over US links
Gordon Brown says he is "confident" of working with any of the three runners for US president, after talks...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
MP 'to quit government over tax'
A ministerial aide tells colleagues she is going to resign in protest at the abolition of the 10p tax rate...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
7/7 accused 'trained for jihad'
A convicted al-Qaeda terrorist has told a court how one of the men accused of helping the 7 July bombers had trained for jihad...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
S Africa's Zimbabwe role attacked
South Africa joins international calls for Zimbabwe to release results of last month's disputed presidential elections...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Six guilty of terrorism support
A Muslim preacher who heckled the home secretary is among six men convicted of supporting terrorism...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Digital move for Richard and Judy
Chat show hosts Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan will move to digital broadcaster UKTV, it is confirmed...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Parry unfazed by Hicks outburst
Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry says it is up to the board to decide his future after co-owner Tom Hicks again calls for him to quit...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Win keeps hopes alive - Strachan
Manager Gordon Strachan is delighted to see Celtic stay in the title race after a dramatic 2-1 win over Rangers...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Tory councils 'offer best value'
Tory leader David Cameron urges people to "vote blue, go green - and save money" in May's elections...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
EU warns against food export bans
The EU's senior trade official Peter Mandelson warns food producers not to restrict exports because of rising prices...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Monsoon warning for Bangladeshis
Aid agencies say millions of Bangladeshis are still in dire need of help five months after Cyclone Sidr...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Write-downs add to Merrill woes
Merrill Lynch reports heavy losses in the first three months of 2008, after more credit market write-downs...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Odinga sworn in as Kenyan premier
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga officially becomes prime minister as a new coalition cabinet takes office...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Two killed during West Bank raid
Two Palestinians are killed in an Israeli raid targeting militants near Jenin in the West Bank...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Shopkeeper foils crossbow raider
A shopkeeper chases away a raider who shot a crossbow at him during an attempted robbery...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Richey's tears over cancer battle
Freed death row Scot Kenny Richey tells how he wept after being diagnosed with mouth cancer...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Ex-MP arrested in assault claim
Former Welsh Office minister Rod Richards is arrested after claims of an assault on a Tory party worker...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Big drop in hospital wait lists
Hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland have been cut drastically in the last year, figures show...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Kidnap silence
Family's anxious wait for news of missing Iraqi father...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Bush fails to exit- and other top videos from BBC News
The best video : From a crash landing at Heathrow to Richard Hammond...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Harare witness
Rights worker sees victims of torture and beatings...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Prize fight
No clear winner in Pennsylvania debate...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
First-time buyer?
Find out how the market's changed in England...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
'Bad habits' link to Alzheimer's
Heavy smoking and drinking leads to early onset of Alzheimer's disease, say US researchers...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Gerrard 'fixer' is given 14 years
A robber who once allegedly helped protect footballer Steven Gerrard is jailed for 14 years...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Many mourners killed in Iraq bomb
At least 30 people are killed when a suicide bomber attacks a crowd of mourners in Baquba, north of Baghdad...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Heavy security for torch in Delhi
The Olympic torch relay begins
the latest leg of its world tour in Delhi, as 15,000 police secure the city centre...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Brown to meet presidential rivals
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet the three US presidential candidates and hold talks with President Bush...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Men trapped in collapsed building
Two men are trapped in a derelict school building when it collapses in South Yorkshire...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Youth remanded over Rhys killing
A teenager appears in court charged with the murder of Rhys Jones who was shot in Liverpool...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Building firms 'rigged contracts'
The Office of Fair Trading accuses 112 construction companies of rigging bids for contracts...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Flaws 'could sink diploma scheme'
The new diploma qualification for England risks failing if flaws are not ironed out, an exam board head warns...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Man City triumph in FA Youth Cup
Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-1 in the second leg of the FA Youth Cup final, to claim a 4-2 aggregate win...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Tories kick off election battle
The Conservatives begin their local election campaign with pledges on the environment and housing...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Call for NHS staff police guard
Police should be deployed in A&E units and ambulances to deal with weekend binge drinkers, NHS staff say...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Brazil president defends biofuels
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rejects allegations that biofuels are responsible for rises in global food prices...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
East Timor president returns home
East Timor's president flies back to Dili, after treatment for gun wounds received during a rebel attack...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Nepal king told: 'Go gracefully'
A senior Maoist leader in Nepal urges the country's beleaguered King Gyanendra to step down "gracefully"...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Mbeki defends record on Zimbabwe
South African President Thabo Mbeki defends his record on Zimbabwe, while playing down the country's crisis...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Gaffes dominate Democratic debate
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pick each other up on slips during a debate ahead of the Pennsylvania primary...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Dolphin Dave 'disturbed men'
Two men accused of disturbing a dolphin were actually bothered by the animal itself, a court hears...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Wallace and Gromit fan patents one of his inventions
A five-year-old boy is thought to be the UK's youngest person to patent an idea after inventing a labour-saving broom...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Cold War legacy
The Vulcan bomber takes to the skies once again...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Prime suspect
The parents of a murdered student see her 'killer'...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Torch reaches locked-down Delhi
The Olympic flame arrives in India from Pakistan amid tight security on the latest leg of its troubled world tour...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Plants 'thrive' on Moon rock diet
European Space Agency scientists believe they are nearer to finding a way to grow plants on the Moon...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
'Blind spot' on migrant suspects
Top officers say a lack of information from Eastern European countries hampers inquiries into migrant suspects...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Rhys murder suspect faces court
A 17-year-old boy charged with the murder of Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones will appear in court along with several others...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Pope attacks US sex abuse record
Benedict XVI criticises US bishops' conduct during child sex scandals, which he says were "badly handled"...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Day of Gaza unrest leaves 22 dead
At least 22 people are killed in the worst day of violence across the Gaza Strip for more than a month...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Brown and Bush to discuss economy
Gordon Brown and President Bush are to meet to discuss ways of avoiding a world recession...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
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