http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/default.stmGet the latest BBC News: breaking news, features, analysis and debate plus audio and video content from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.en-gbWed, 17 Mar 2010 04:41:51 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reusehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/15http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gifhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/default.stmHead teachers say a ban on the legal drug mephedrone should be considered following the death of two teenagers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8571599.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8571599.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 03:55:17 GMTUKTens of thousands of hospital beds in England must be axed to save money and improve care, a think tank says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8570822.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8570822.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 01:34:29 GMTHealthTwo government press advertisements to raise awareness of climate change are banned for overstating the risks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8571353.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8571353.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 01:51:10 GMTPoliticsBritish Airways union Unite will meet with its US counterpart Teamsters to discuss the impending strike by cabin crew.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8571456.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8571456.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 22:23:08 GMTBusinessBenefit claimants owe £1.85bn in overpaid money but the government is recovering less than £300m a year, MPs say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8571361.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8571361.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 00:32:12 GMTPoliticsA doctor calls for the ban on visitors sitting on patients' beds to be removed, saying it is "demeaning" and "joyless".http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8570866.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8570866.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 00:41:55 GMTHealthNorthern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers meet the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/8571377.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8571377.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 23:22:34 GMTNorthern IrelandLondon 2012 organisers are urged to be up front about how many tickets will be available and how much they will cost.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/london/8570679.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8570679.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 00:38:37 GMTLondonThe mother of a five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped while in Pakistan describes his release as "amazing".http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8570555.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8570555.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 19:45:38 GMTUKComedian Harry Hill clinches the top prize at the Royal Television Society Awards for his TV Burp show on ITV1.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/8570852.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8570852.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 01:22:02 GMTEntertainmentThe poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy explains why she has penned a poem about David Beckham's Achilles injuryhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8570282.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8570282.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 16:23:55 GMTArts & CultureJose Mourinho makes a winning return to Stamford Bridge as Inter Milan knock Chelsea out of the Champions League.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/football/europe/8568613.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8568613.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 21:37:03 GMTEuropeJames Milner underlines his potential as a possible World Cup starter for England with the winner as Aston Villa reignite their top-four push at Wigan.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8567310.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8567310.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 21:43:08 GMTPremier LeagueIain Dowie is expected to be named manager of struggling Hull City on Wednesday, BBC Sport understands.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/8571513.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/8571513.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 23:15:37 GMTHullDelon Armitage, Ugo Monye and Courtney Lawes are released from the England squad for Saturday's Six Nations game against France.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8564550.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8564550.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:57 GMTRugby UnionFashion royalty meet the Queen at Buckingham Palacehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8571409.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8571409.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 22:59:09 GMTUKEngland sets out 2018 World Cup business case http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8570896.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8570896.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 23:46:48 GMTBusinessWhy hair tongs and garlic bread sum up modern Britainhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/8569082.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8569082.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 15:07:48 GMTMagazineDo we really need an airline that's British?http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/8570178.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8570178.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 12:19:35 GMTMagazineHidden problem of children sexually abusing childrenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8569219.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8569219.stmMon, 15 Mar 2010 21:39:32 GMTNewsnightMPs scared of public; public scared of realityhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/nickrobinson/2010/03/its_the_deficit.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2010/03/its_the_deficit.htmlTue, 16 Mar 2010 13:14:47 GMTPoliticsA man and a woman have died after an incident at a house in Bishopbriggs to the north of Glasgow, police confirm.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8571438.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8571438.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 22:25:50 GMTGlasgow, Lanarkshire and WestRetailers suffered their worst February for more than a decade, according to the latest sales figures.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/8570924.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8570924.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:14 GMTScotlandThe head of Ireland's Catholic Church "should consider his position", Martin McGuinness has said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/8570954.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8570954.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 23:02:30 GMTNorthern IrelandA man who claimed to be the illegitimate son of a top financier is convicted of conning a woman out of £300,000.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8571195.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8571195.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 21:26:59 GMTGloucestershireAn American playboy is charged over the deaths of two English tourists in a hit-and-run crash, a lawyer claims.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/8571407.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8571407.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 21:45:25 GMTEnglandThe government rules out forcing all dog owners to insure against their pet attacking people - a week after suggesting the idea.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8570830.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8570830.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 18:26:53 GMTPoliticsDowning Street defends its refusal to share intelligence over the 1998 Omagh bomb in which 29 people died.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/8569651.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8569651.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 19:08:17 GMTNorthern IrelandThe Conservatives step up attacks on Gordon Brown over his links with the political director of the union behind the BA strike. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8570183.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8570183.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 16:57:12 GMTPoliticsThe vice-president of Kraft Foods says he is "terribly sorry" for the firm's pledge to keep open Cadbury's Keynsham plant.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8569438.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8569438.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 13:34:26 GMTBusinessWhat's so wrong with being called a kingmaker?http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/8568319.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8568319.stmMon, 15 Mar 2010 14:21:39 GMTMagazineRemember QXL and Beenz? 10 now defunct dotcomshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/8568509.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8568509.stmMon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:30 GMTMagazineHow a rape investigation can go seriously wronghttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/8563956.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8563956.stmMon, 15 Mar 2010 09:33:58 GMTMagazineThe European Commission has warned that Britain is not on course to cut its deficit in line with EU rules by 2015, many papers report.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8569515.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8569515.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 07:38:57 GMTUKA stalker who carried out a "frenzied" attack on his ex-girlfriend outside a restaurant is jailed for at least 20 years.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/london/8570862.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8570862.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 16:28:37 GMTLondonComedian Chubby Brown is cleared of assaulting a 21-year-old woman during an argument in a Teesside car park.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/tees/8571304.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/8571304.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 19:28:32 GMTTeesThe Housing Executive calls in the police to investigate its role in a controversial development site in north Belfast. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/8571261.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8571261.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 18:25:42 GMTNorthern IrelandPolice had to hit a dog with a truncheon following an attack on two people in Hillsborough, County Down.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/8571397.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8571397.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:46:06 GMTNorthern IrelandWhisky supplier Whyte & Mackay is to re-appear before MSPs amid concern over the case it made against minimum drink pricing.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/8570996.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8570996.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 00:20:40 GMTScotlandA possible link between a smoking ban in bars and a reduction in severe heart attacks is found by Edinburgh scientist-led research.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8570916.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8570916.stmWed, 17 Mar 2010 00:27:08 GMTEdinburgh, East and FifeConcern about a child protection service, including claims referrals were "binned", leads to calls for an inquiry.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/north_east/8570794.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8570794.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:17 GMTNorth East WalesA man is charged with the murder of a 27-year-old woman in Newport almost two years ago.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/south_east/8571427.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8571427.stmTue, 16 Mar 2010 21:56:27 GMTSouth East Wales