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Millions celebrate chilly new year

Hundreds of thousands of revellers have taken to the streets to begin saying goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011.Masses gathered in London to...

Call for tax on bankers' bonuses

Charities are calling for a new tax on bankers' bonuses to protect their services for the sick and vulnerable from government funding cuts.Sir Stephen...

Next to kick off trading updates

Speculation over the impact of snow and weak consumer confidence on the retail sector will finally end next week with the first of a...

Estonia adopts the euro currency

The Baltic state of Estonia has become the 17th European Union member to adopt the joint European currency, the euro.The small nation's decision to...

Airline announcements have X Factor

Passengers boarding New Year flights to and from Belfast are being greeted by a familiar voice.Peter Dickson, known to the nation as the voiceover...

Six die as tornado hits US towns

Tornadoes fuelled by unusually warm winter air have sliced through parts of the southern and midwestern United States, killing at least six people.Dozens more...

Bomb 'kills 30' at Nigeria barracks

A bomb has exploded at a beer garden at a Nigerian army barracks where revellers had gathered to celebrate New Year's Eve. State-TV says...

Fixing leaks priority vows minister

The Northern Ireland minister who oversees the region's crisis-hit water system has said fixing leaks - not securing resignations - was his immediate priority...

Trading quiet as year draws to end

Stock indexes were mixed in quiet New Year's Eve trading.The last day of the year contrasted with a sometimes gut-wrenching 2010. Despite investors' concerns...

Police name teenager shot at flats

A 17-year-old boy who died after he was shot in the head and chest has been named by police.Sylvester Akapalara, from Streatham in south-west...

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