Europe's climate chief vows to fight on to save emissions trading scheme
Connie Hedegaard's attempts to introduce longer-term reforms will face fierce opposition from a powerful business lobby Europe's climate chief vowed on Wednesday to fight on to save the EU's flagship...
View ArticleHamish McRae: Leaders must admit failure before Europe can recover
The "three-speed world" was the vivid phrase Christine Lagarde used to describe the global economy now. The developing and emerging countries are growing fastest; North America and some other parts of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Europe 'must be more competitive'
Europe must make its economies more competitive, says analyst Bernd Brunke of Roland Berger Strategy. Reported by BBC News 23 hours ago.
View ArticleTV highlights 18/04/2013
Live Americas Cup World Series | The British Animal Honours 2013 | Brushing Up On – British Tunnels | Maureen Lipman: If Memory Serves Me Right | Could We Survive A Mega-Tsunami? | Playhouse Presents:...
View ArticleTesco's empire: expansion checked in UK and beyond
Tesco is struggling to find new avenues for growth on home turf and is scaling back some of its international plans, especially in a recession-scarred Europe *UK stores * As the UK's biggest...
View ArticleLancope CTO to Present on Detecting "Kill Chain" Steps at Infosecurity Europe
- Presentation to help attendees thwart sophisticated, targeted attacks on enterprise infrastructure LONDON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- INFOSECURITY EUROPE -- As part of this year's education...
View ArticleToday's media stories from the papers
Our roundup of the day's media stories, including the latest on the BBC-LSE row and press coverage of Thatcher's funeral If you are viewing this on the web and would prefer to get it as an email every...
View ArticleSteve Clarke still wants Europe for West Brom
Steve Clarke today insisted West Brom must aim for Europe despite the problems that have struck Saturday’s opponents Newcastle. Reported by Express and Star 14 hours ago.
View ArticleEurope's most threatened archaeological sites and landmarks
Fourteen of Europe's endangered cultural and historic sites have been shortlisted for a rescue mission by heritage body Europa Nostra. Tell us what you think of the list, and any other sites you'd like...
View ArticleMargaret Thatcher – a strong leader, but a resolute failure by any other measure
Margaret Thatcher was a conviction politician. But she never truly convinced the British people she was politically or morally right Margaret Thatcher was Britain's greatest 20th-century peacetime...
View ArticleRhino heads seized in gang raid on Ireland's national museum
Theft of eight heads, thought to be worth a total of £430,000, believed to be linked to Rathkeale Rovers Irish Gypsy gang Masked men have stolen eight stuffed rhino heads from Ireland's national museum...
View ArticleThe horse meat scandal: has anything changed yet?
McDonald's may be promising an ethical McMuffin but 5% of European ready meals still appear to be contaminated The upside of the horsemeat scandal was that mass-produced meat was going to get better,...
View ArticleThe Closer
ROUND-UP *FT markets round-up:* “Equity and commodity markets in the US and Europe had a choppy time as investors struggled to shake off lingering concerns about the prospects for global economic...
View ArticleVisa Expands Personal Payments Service
Tweet Visa Europe has added Multi-currency and Immediate Payments functions to its Visa Personal Payments mobile service. Personal Payments is a person-to-person payment service that enables anyone...
View ArticleKnights light up the A500
This is Staffordshire -- DRIVERS travelling north on the A500 cannot fail to miss the biggest outdoor digital display screen of any car dealership in the UK with the switching on of the latest...
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Pike stock being 'decimated' due to 'barbaric' fishing by Eastern Europeans...
This is Lincolnshire -- Lincolnshire fishermen claim that pike stocks are being "decimated" by people from Eastern Europe who are catching and eating the fish. Anglers say that long lines with...
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Gloucestershire County Council Elections 2013: St Paul's and Swindon...
This is Gloucestershire -- Today we meet the final set of candidates contesting a county council division in Cheltenham: St Paul's and Swindon. Emily Croft, Conservative At twenty years of age, Emily...
View ArticleThe car that talks
This is Tamworth -- Ford's compact MPV (or as Ford like to call it Multi-Activity Vehicle) the B-MAX has a multitude of technologies to make driving easier and more efficient. For example, Active City...
View ArticleChevrolet Trax
Chevrolet enters the compact crossover segment with the boldly styled and well equipped Trax Is Chevrolet finally beginning to turn its image around? For decades, this company defined itself as...
View ArticleJennifer Aniston wants to move to Italy and get fat (but er, probably won’t)
Jennifer Aniston has only been looking amazing and practicing yoga for oooh, all her life? But she’s revealed she has a secret fantasy – to move to Europe and get fat. Ironically, most fat people in...
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