Investors: AT&T and Verizon must say how much customer data goes to NSA
Phone companies' customers could switch networks if they feel their privacy is being compromised, say investment funds Big investors in America's two largest mobile phone companies have demanded they...
View ArticleWarsaw climate change conference: polluting corporations welcome | Amy Goodman
The COP 19 conference is sponsored by big polluters, including petroleum companies. Money is crowding out substantive action The United Nations is holding this year's climate conference in Warsaw, a...
View ArticleUK boss Jeremy Stafford quits Serco after overcharging row
Aim of departure is to 'refresh relations with central government' after company was accused of overcharging taxpayers The UK boss of Serco has left the troubled outsourcing company as it tries to...
View ArticleU.S. military says it may have to cut Europe budget by fifth
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States may be compelled to cut its military spending in Europe next year by as much as a fifth in the latest round of reductions under "sequestration", America's top...
View ArticleConservatives clash over European court ruling on prisoner voting rights
Crispin Blunt warned justice secretary Chris Grayling he was 'setting up a crisis' over human rights in Europe The justice secretary, Chris Grayling, was accused by former justice minister Crispin...
View ArticleSerco UK and Europe boss steps down to accelerate renewal plan
OUTSOURCING firm Serco said yesterday its head of UK and Europe would step down as the firm, currently under criminal investigation, looks to win back the trust of the UK government. In a statement the...
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Nottingham Panthers in Italy: Werner and Murray are ready for Euro Cup test
This is Nottingham -- ELITE League All Star Eric Werner is a man on a mission . . . a gradual mission. The defenceman, rated the best in the UK by many as he helped Nottingham Panthers to the grand...
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Immigrant influx may keep ferry firms busy
This is Kent -- AN EXPECTED wave of immigration from Eastern Europe in the new year could give a boost to the cross-Channel ferry industry. Thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians will be entitled to...
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Ukip under fire for its warnings
This is Kent -- UKIP leader Nigel Farage has locked horns with a local Tory MP over immigration from Romania and Bulgaria. Mr Farage was responding to criticisms his party was scare-mongering over the...
View ArticleEurope is falling out of love with open borders | Colin Hines
Fears about economic insecurity and EU migration are leading many voters to the right. The centre left must take note In six months' time Europe goes to the polls with the unsettling but unsurprising...
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50 reasons why Hull is the UK City of Culture 2017
This is Hull and East Riding -- As the celebrations continue, The Mail's Angus Young looks at 50 reasons why Hull is the next UK City of Culture. *1.* William Wilberforce: Still Hull's most famous son...
View ArticleBiogen wins protection for MS drug Tecfidera in Europe
LONDON (Reuters) - Biogen Idec has won regulatory protection for its top-selling multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera in Europe, paving the way for its launch in markets that could account for a large...
View ArticleYulia Tymoshenko calls for Ukraine protests as Vladimir Putin blasts Europe...
Government decision to ditch a proposed trade deal with Europe under Russian pressure draws fury from Ukraine's pro-Western camp Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 10 hours ago.
View ArticleGraphene - the new wonder material
Scientific interest rolls in for a material that is more solid than steel and a better conductor than copper The molecule is priceless but it is not a matter of cost – a few hundred dollars per kilo....
View ArticleEqualities Minister lauds Europe’s first 24-hour LGBT hackathon to help...
Helen Grant, the Minister for Equalities has welcomed the first LGBT hackathon to be held in Europe. The event, organised by the tech industry's LGBT forum, InterTech, is hosted at the London...
View ArticleMark Dampier: Neptune banks on Spain, Portugal and Italy to turn tide for Europe
One of the most impressive young fund managers I have met over the past few years is Rob Burnett, who manages Neptune European Opportunities. He went through a baptism of fire when the previous manager...
View ArticleLetters: Philosophers urge support for jailed Pussy Riot protester
For singing a "punk prayer" against Vladimir Putin in the cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Nadia Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, of the collective Pussy Riot, were sentenced in August 2012...
View ArticleMystery of man behind £850m plan for Europe's tallest residential tower
Developer Tom Ryan, who intends to build 75-storey Hertsmere House on Canary Wharf site, has mixed business record The post is piling up at Ryan House, a smart, four-storey Georgian townhouse in the...
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"We should pay more for our food" says struggling East Grinstead farmer
This is Sussex -- SHOPPERS aren't paying what they really should for food – as farmers are selling produce at a loss. This is the message from local livestock farmer Jez Wheatland who says he and his...
View ArticleHugh Muir's diary: the surreptitious rise of Syed Kamall; Euro Tories embrace...
History in the party of Enoch Powell • We're still the nasty party, says the Tory thinker Nick Boles. And yet interesting things are happening. Here's a turn-up. MEP Syed Kamall has been elected leader...
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