BBC UK News: 30 November 2008

November 30th, 2008 • BBC News, UK, World

• Man held after ’suspicious’ death
  Gwent Police question a 39-year-old man after a man aged 20 dies in suspicious circumstances.
• Troublemakers ’stay away’ warning
  Fans join police in urging troublemakers to stay away from the Swansea-Cardiff football derby.
• Teenager dies in three-car crash
  A 17-year-old dies after a road crash involving three cars on the A91 near Cupar in Fife, police have said.
• Events held to mark saint’s day
  A series of special events are scheduled across Scotland to celebrate the nation’s patron saint, St Andrew.
• Gritters out as snow is forecast
  Roads across Northern Ireland will be gritted overnight as temperatures plunge and snow showers are expected.
• Baby hurt in masked gang attack
  A baby boy is bruised and his mother’s wrist is broken after masked men attack them at a house in east Belfast.
• Police hunt man over knife attack
  A 26-year-old man is missing after a woman is found with serious knife injuries at a house in York.
• Woman held over bungalow deaths
  A woman is detained by police after two elderly people are found dead at a bungalow in Bournemouth.
• Papers’ concern over MP’s arrest
  The arrest of Tory MP Damian Green on Thursday continues to shock in the Sunday papers.
• 10 things fungi have done for us
  Number one, Marmite. Mmmm. And beer, fake sausages for vegetarians, and LSD. Oh, and athlete’s foot. What else?
• The High Street
  As the country plunges into recession, shoppers in our High Street are still showing bags of optimism.
• Terror chic
  When a movie dramatises the lives and times of an easy on the eye bunch such as Germany’s Baader Meinhof gang, it does tend to glamorise the murder and kidnapping they got up to, says Clive James.
• Second arrest in murder inquiry
  A second male has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 31-year-old who was found dead in his Fife home.
• MD’s firm buy-out saves 70 jobs
  More than 70 vehicle breakdown and recovery jobs are saved after an MD buys his company out of administration.
• Legal challenge to HBOS takeover
  A last-ditch attempt to block the planned Lloyds TSB takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland is launched.
• Concern over new home reports
  A group of experts says home reports, which will be introduced in Scotland from Monday, could be disastrous for the market.
• Four hurt as bus driver collapses
  Four pedestrians are injured when a bus driver collapses and the vehicle crashes into a hotel in Shropshire.
• Top earners ‘to share sacrifice’
  The prime minister defends raising the tax bracket for top earners, saying they must “share the sacrifice”.
• Lottery results: are you a winner?
  The winning numbers in the Lotto main draw for Saturday 29 November were 10, 34, 35, 39, 43 and 47, and the bonus number was 33.
• Minister targets viable companies
  Business Secretary Peter Mandelson outlines plans to draw up a list of industries that could be saved from collapse.
• Brunel revisited
  Engineer’s works captured using replica camera
• Journalist cleared
  Reporter recounts how she feared being jailed for life
• Week in quotes
  How his Polish cleaner dented Frank Skinner’s ego
• 10 things
  Chocolate tasters don’t swallow, and other snippets
• Saving lives
  How a new trolley may breathe life into resuscitation
• Waiting game
  Britons tell of being stranded by Thai airport protests
• Wales hold on to win thriller against Australia
  Wales survive a late Australian fight-back to seal a thrilling 21-18 win at the Millennium Stadium.
• England’s troubles continue in All Blacks defeat
  England pay for their indiscipline as New Zealand comfortably secure a ‘grand slam’ of the home nations on their autumn tour.
• England wait on security report
  England arrive home and could decide as soon as Monday whether to return to India following the attacks in Mumbai.
• Keane unsure of Sunderland future
  Roy Keane hints his future as Sunderland boss may not be certain after the club’s defeat to Bolton sees them slip into the relegation zone.
• Mystery over Italian Job’s cliff-hanger ending is resolved
  Sir Michael Caine says he knows what happened after the credits rolled on cult film The Italian Job
• Singer Ruth Lorenzo is voted off X Factor, as Britney performs
  The public vote Ruth Lorenzo off the X Factor the same night Britney Spears performs for the first time in the UK in four years.
• Britons still stuck in Thai chaos
  British travellers stranded in Thailand because of the anti-government airport protests face several more days of frustration.
• More arrests over serious assault
  Two more teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an attack in Northamptonshire.
• SNP says PFI bill ‘up by £27bn’
  The Scottish National Party accuses the government of hiding the cost of Public Financial Initiative (PFI) contracts.
• ‘No evidence’ of UK Mumbai link
  A top Indian official says there is “no authentic information” suggesting UK citizens were involved in the Mumbai attacks.
• £6bn HIV plan ’short on detail’
  There is no evidence that a £6 billion UK drive to tackle the Aids epidemic abroad will meet its early targets, say MPs.
• Paper ‘misled’ on Diana sex claim
  A complaint by former royal butler Paul Burrell against the News of the World newspaper is upheld by the Press Complaints Commission.
• Four injured in flats explosion
  At least four people are injured, two critically, in a blast in a block of flats in Wigan, police say.
• Decision due on conjoined twins
  Doctors are to decide whether to operate on conjoined twins born to an 18-year-old in London, the youngest ever such mother.
• PM urged to condemn MP’s arrest
  David Cameron calls on Gordon Brown to condemn the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green over Home Office leaks.

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