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UK news, world news, global news http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/home-owner-wins-cliff-erosion-fight-116451-22413355/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:05:17 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/home-owner-wins-cliff-erosion-fight-116451-22413355/ A retired engineer has won a High Court battle for the right to attempt to save his clifftop home from falling into the sea. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/menezes-jury-told-to-ignore-protest-116451-22413049/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:05:16 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/menezes-jury-told-to-ignore-protest-116451-22413049/ The coroner at the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes has told jurors to "ignore" a courtroom protest by family members. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/boy-george-guilty-of-imprisonment-116451-22413108/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:05:16 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/boy-george-guilty-of-imprisonment-116451-22413108/ Singer Boy George has been convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/hain-cleared-in-campaign-cash-probe-116451-22412979/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:05:15 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/hain-cleared-in-campaign-cash-probe-116451-22412979/ Former Cabinet minister Peter Hain said he was "pleased" he had cleared his name after it emerged he would not be facing charges following an investigation into his Labour Party deputy leadership campaign. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/mp-seeks-review-in-shannon-case-116451-22412278/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:17 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/mp-seeks-review-in-shannon-case-116451-22412278/ Dewsbury MP and government minister Shahid Malik called for an independent review into the contacts social services had with Shannon Matthews prior to her disappearance in February. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/banks-urged-to-pass-on-rate-cut-116451-22411775/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:05:15 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/banks-urged-to-pass-on-rate-cut-116451-22411775/ Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he would be speaking to banks to press them to pass on the latest interest rate cut to borrowers. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/honda-staff-face-redundancy-116451-22411210/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:35:15 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/honda-staff-face-redundancy-116451-22411210/ Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a buyer can be found by the end of the month, it said. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/missionary-couple-held-in-gambia-116451-22411244/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:35:15 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/missionary-couple-held-in-gambia-116451-22411244/ A British couple are enduring a seventh day in custody after being arrested for sedition while working as Christian missionaries in the Muslim state of Gambia. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/boys-to-be-sentenced-for-gang-rape-116451-22410957/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:35:14 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/boys-to-be-sentenced-for-gang-rape-116451-22410957/ Nine schoolboy rapists are due to be sentenced for carrying out an attack on a 14-year-old girl. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/social-workers-warned-of-matthews-116451-22410902/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:35:13 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/social-workers-warned-of-matthews-116451-22410902/ The role of social services in the life of Shannon Matthews is being closely scrutinised following her mother's conviction for kidnapping her own daughter. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/menezes-jurors-resume-deliberations-116451-22410350/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:35:15 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/menezes-jurors-resume-deliberations-116451-22410350/ The jury in the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes is resuming its deliberations after relatives of the Brazilian staged a courtroom protest. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/mod-to-name-iraq-gun-death-soldier-116451-22410555/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:35:15 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/mod-to-name-iraq-gun-death-soldier-116451-22410555/ A British soldier killed in southern Iraq after suffering a gunshot wound to the head is expected to be named by the Ministry of Defence. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/lib-dems-snub-speaker-s-committee-116451-22410264/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:05:14 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/lib-dems-snub-speaker-s-committee-116451-22410264/ Plans by Speaker Michael Martin to set up a committee to look into last week's police raid at the House of Commons are hanging in the balance after Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg announced his party will boycott it. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/banks-urged-to-pass-on-interest-cut-116451-22410147/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:05:13 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/banks-urged-to-pass-on-interest-cut-116451-22410147/ Pressure is mounting on banks to pass on the full benefits of the interest rate cut to struggling homeowners and businesses. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/criticism-over-poverty-chief-s-pay-116451-22409974/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:35:21 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/criticism-over-poverty-chief-s-pay-116451-22409974/ A Government-owned business set up to help alleviate poverty in the developing world paid its chief executive almost £1 million last year, a report has revealed. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/eu-leaders-tackle-cash-crisis-116451-22409901/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:35:20 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/eu-leaders-tackle-cash-crisis-116451-22409901/ Gordon Brown will host a crunch summit with European leaders to discuss the economic crisis next week, it has emerged. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/foreign-workers-earn-7p-an-hour-116451-22409821/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:35:15 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/foreign-workers-earn-7p-an-hour-116451-22409821/ Foreign workers making clothes for high street fashion chain Primark are existing on as little as 7p an hour as living costs soar, a charity alleged. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/250m-funding-to-train-scientists-116451-22409710/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:05:16 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/05/250m-funding-to-train-scientists-116451-22409710/ A quarter of a billion pounds is to be invested in training scientists and engineers to tackle the problems Britain faces. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/04/jobs-set-to-be-axed-at-tory-hq-116451-22409244/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:05:15 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/04/jobs-set-to-be-axed-at-tory-hq-116451-22409244/ The Conservative Party is cutting the workforce at its London headquarters by as much as 10% because of the difficult financial climate. http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/04/more-mps-rebel-under-pm-brown-116451-22409035/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:05:16 GMT http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/world-uk-news/2008/12/04/more-mps-rebel-under-pm-brown-116451-22409035/ Labour MPs rebelled on more occasions during Gordon Brown's first full parliamentary session as Prime Minister than during the whole of Tony Blair's first four-year term in office, a new report has shown.