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BBC News - Spies like us: How defectors come in from the cold
It is 60 years since British spies Burgess and Maclean sensationally fled to the Soviet Union. How do defectors like these adjust to their new lives?
06-30-2011 by CarrieMoon Tags , , , ,

BBC News - Pensioners at work: The Little Old Motel Lady
American pensioners are, in many cases, still working - though they don't show up in official statistics, reports James Srodes.
06-30-2011 by CarrieMoon Tags , ,

BBC News - Libya: Nato 'regrets' loss of life from Ajdabiya strike
Nato says it strongly regrets the loss of life after a "friendly fire" attack, following an earlier refusal to apologise by a Nato commander.
04-09-2011 by LizTaggart Tags , , , , , , , ,

BBC News - Detective writer HRF Keating dies aged 84
British detective writer HRF Keating, best known as the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Mumbai CID, dies at the age of 84.
03-30-2011 by MarkHeiss Tags , ,

BBC News - Midsomer producer to 'step down' after current series
The suspended producer of Midsomer Murders is to leave his role after the end of the current series, ITV announces.
03-27-2011 by MichaelBrace Tags , , , , ,

BBC News - Jodie Jones: Manchester police to pounding beats with Tinchy Stryder
Jodie Connor has traded a job with Greater Manchester police for a career in music. She talks about her friendship with Tinchy Stryder and why she has a back up career if singing does not work out.
03-27-2011 by MikeWellington Tags , , , , , , ,

BBC News - Spammers sought after botnet takedown
After the dismantling of the world's biggest spam network, investigators seek who was behind the Rustock botnet.
03-27-2011 by SallyBurke Tags , , , , ,

BBC News - Disco singer Loleatta Holloway dies at 64
US singer Loleatta Holloway, best known for her vocals which were sampled on Black Box's 1989 hit Ride On Time, dies at the age of 64.
03-27-2011 by JenPotter Tags , , , ,

BBC News - Budget paints in green and brown
A minimum price for carbon and more cash for the Green Investment Bank (GIB) are among the Budget's tools for encouraging a UK green energy expansion.
03-24-2011 by LillianReynolds Tags , , ,

BBC News - Jodie Foster: 'No regrets' over hiring Mel Gibson
Jodie Foster has said she had "no regrets" about casting troubled actor Mel Gibson as the lead in her latest film, The Beaver.
03-19-2011 by WilliamCleary Tags , , , ,

BBC News - School crucifixes 'do not breach human rights'
Displaying crucifixes in schools in Italy does not breach the rights of non-Catholic families, the European Court of Human Rights rules.
03-19-2011 by DebbieEdwards Tags , , , ,

BBC News - Prof Brian Cox and Miranda Hart win twice at RTS Awards
Musician turned academic Professor Brian Cox and comic actor Miranda Hart are double winners at the Royal Television Society Awards.
03-16-2011 by LizTaggart Tags , , , , , ,

BBC News - Daffodil-picking girls warned by police in Poole park
A couple warned by police after their children picked daffodils from a park say they did not know their daughters were committing a crime.
03-16-2011 by LouiseHovick Tags , , , , ,

BBC News - US 'well-positioned' to start Afghan withdrawal - Gates
The US is "well-positioned" to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says during a visit to Kabul.
03-08-2011 by LizTaggart Tags , , , ,

BBC News - In Pictures: Annie Leibovitz Disney portraits
The acclaimed photographer releases her latest set of images featuring celebrities set in Disney fantasy settings.
03-06-2011 by ReneeMarchand Tags , , , , ,

BBC News - Sony apology over Japan boy band Kishidan's Nazi gaffe
Sony Music Artists, managers of the popular Japanese boy band Kishidan, apologises after the group appeared on national TV dressed like Nazis.
03-06-2011 by CarrieMoon Tags , , , ,

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