Bank Of England Mulls Negative Interest Rate

By Ed Conway, Economics Editor The Bank of England has raised the prospect of introducing negative interest rates to get borrowing going in Britain again. Paul Tucker, the BoE's deputy governor for financial stability, said it was one of the ideas...

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West Coast Rail: £50m Bill Left For Taxpayers

Failures by civil servants over the West Coast rail contract will cost taxpayers at least £50m, MPs have said. There was a lack of leadership at the Department for Transport (DfT) and a failure to "get basic processes right" over the West Coast fiasco,...

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Tamara Ecclestone's Ex Jailed Over Plot

The former boyfriend of socialite and model Tamara Ecclestone has been jailed for four years after trying to blackmail her in a £200,000 plot. Derek Rose, who dated the daughter of Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone in 2002, had threatened to reveal...

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Burger Sales Plunge 43% Amid Horsemeat Scare

Frozen beef burger and ready meal sales have plunged dramatically, according to the first retail sales data since the horsemeat scandal erupted. Kantar Worldpanel said that in the four weeks ending February 17, frozen burger sales plunged by 43% while...

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Tom Maynard: Dead Cricketer Was On Drugs

By Jason Farrell, Sky News Correspondent A promising young cricketer was high on a cocktail of drink and drugs before he was hit by a train and died, an inquest has heard. Tom Maynard, 23, had taken cocaine, ecstasy and was almost four times over...

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Beyonce Announced As V Festival Headliner

US star Beyonce has been named as one of the headliners for August's V Festival. Organisers say the appearance will be her only European festival show of the year, with the other main act revealed as Kings Of Leon. Beyonce is also doing a UK tour,...

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Police Allowed 'Rapist' To Go Free And Kill

By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent A maverick Scotland Yard rape squad allowed a rape suspect to go unquestioned and free to later kill his two children, it has emerged. A woman who alleged Jean Say, 62, had raped her was persuaded to retract...

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Litvinenko Killing: 'UK Tries To Block Truth'

By Mark White, Home Affairs Correspondent Lawyers for the family of murdered former spy Alexander Litvenenko have accused the British Government of trying to block the truth over the killing in order to protect trade with Russia. Ben Emmerson QC,...

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Lord Rennard: I Refute These Allegations

Former Lib Dem chief executive Lord Rennard has said he received no complaints about his behaviour during 27 years in the party. Several women have come forward to accuse him of inappropriately touching and propositioning female party workers. A new...

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Blackpool Primary School Teachers Suspended

A headmistress and five teachers have been suspended after a police investigation was launched into "pupil wellbeing" at their Blackpool school. The suspensions at Revoe Community Primary School, including head teacher Cath Woodall, came after a member...

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