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Breaking News: Obama set to host world leaders

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:05:20 GMT

More than two dozen world leaders will join President Barack Obama in an extraordinary weekend of back-to-back summits to tackle Europe's mounting economic woes and solidify plans for winding down the decade-long war in Afghanistan.

Breaking News: Caretaker PM takes helm in Greece

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:05:19 GMT

A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.

Breaking News: Vauxhall set for investment boost

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:05:17 GMT

The UK economy is set to receive a major boost with news of a huge investment in a Vauxhall car plant, creating new jobs and adding an extra production shift.

Breaking News: Double record for kidney donor

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:24 GMT

An 83-year-old man has achieved a double by becoming the oldest living kidney donor in the UK and the oldest person in the country to give a kidney to a stranger.

Breaking News: Queen to visit zoo on jubilee tour

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:16 GMT

The Queen is visiting Chester Zoo as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour to celebrate 60 years on the throne.

Breaking News: Coe relishes 2012 flame touchdown

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:15 GMT

The touchdown of the Olympic Flame on British soil could trigger the greatest buzz yet about the London 2012 Games, Lord Coe hopes.

Breaking News: Old films bring back the memories

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:19 GMT

Archive films are being used to help people with dementia and other memory disorders in a new project.

Breaking News: Home-working side-effects revealed

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:18 GMT

Mothers face unexpected side-effects when they work from home, including higher energy bills and having more washing-up to do, according to a new study.

Breaking News: More growing own food to save cash

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:18 GMT

One in six adults have started growing their own food in the last four years, with the majority saying they have done so to save money, according to a poll.

Breaking News: Three held after far-right protest

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:19 GMT

Three people were arrested as far right-groups were accused by police of using diversionary tactics to promote their message.

Breaking News: PM queries single currency survival

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:16 GMT

The survival of the European single currency is in question, creating "huge risks" for Britain's economy, Prime Minister David Cameron is to say.

Breaking News: Spain 'snubs Queen's jubilee lunch'

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:17 GMT

Queen Sofia of Spain will not be attending a lunch to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee amid a row over Gibraltar, it has been reported.

Breaking News: Short apprenticeships 'no benefit'

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:17 GMT

Apprenticeships of less than six months provide "no real benefit" to trainees or their employers, a parliamentary report has warned.

Breaking News: Parents attack 'narrow' inquest '

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:19 GMT

The grieving parents of a baby boy killed by a falling lamppost have accused a coroner's court of failing to provide answers about their son's death.

Breaking News: Greece caretaker PM takes new role

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:19 GMT

A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as it lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.

Breaking News: Prosecution over runaway train

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:17 GMT

London Underground is to be prosecuted by the rail regulator over a runaway engineering train, it has been disclosed.

Breaking News: 2,800 jobs axed as card shops close

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:16 GMT

Nearly 3,000 jobs are to be axed after the administrators of Clinton Cards announced plans to close 350 stores.

Breaking News: Appeal man bailed in dramatic twist

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:23 GMT

A young man who has always pleaded his innocence over a 2004 murder has enjoyed his first taste of freedom in more than seven years after a dramatic twist in his case at the Court of Appeal.

Breaking News: Cheers as murder appeal man bailed

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:20 GMT

A young man who has spent more than seven years behind bars for a murder he has always insisted he did not commit was greeted by emotional scenes as he was freed on bail by the Court of Appeal.

Breaking News: Teenager guilty of conker killing

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:19 GMT

A 15-year-old youth is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of stabbing a student to death in a row over conkers.

Breaking News: Cameron and King urge euro action

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:18 GMT

Sir Mervyn King and David Cameron have led an attack on a lack of progress in tackling the eurozone crisis as the region's problems threatened to hamper UK growth.

Breaking News: Straw and Brooks commuted together

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:15 GMT

Former Cabinet minister Jack Straw has told how he often used to "gossip" with Rebekah Brooks on the train.

Breaking News: Unemployment fall 'welcome news'

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:14 GMT

The Government has welcomed a fall in unemployment and the number of dole claimants but admitted there were too many people in part-time jobs who wanted full-time work.

Breaking News: Children's TV to leave BBC1, BBC2

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:20 GMT

Children's television programmes including Blue Peter and Newsround will be moved off BBC1 and BBC2 as part of the corporation's cost-cutting measures.

Breaking News: Man freed in chef murder appeal

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:19 GMT

A man found guilty of a 2004 murder is to be freed on bail after the prosecution announced it was not opposing his appeal against conviction.

Breaking News: Memorial service for Marie Colvin

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:19 GMT

Leading figures from the worlds of media, politics, and the arts have gathered to pay emotional tribute to "bravest of the brave" war correspondent Marie Colvin.

Breaking News: Heckled May faces calls to resign

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:18 GMT

The Home Secretary has faced calls to resign as she was told she had lost the trust of the police.

Breaking News: Bank chief's verdict on debt woes

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:16 GMT

Sir Mervyn King has delivered a hard-hitting verdict on Europe's debt woes as he admitted the crisis will hamper UK growth this year and next.

Breaking News: Bosnia hails start of Mladic trial

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:05:18 GMT

Ratko Mladic has gone on trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, 20 years after his troops began ethnically cleansing Bosnian towns and villages of non-Serbs.

Breaking News: Cameron: sex ring case 'dreadful'

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:05:17 GMT

The Rochdale sex grooming scandal was a "truly dreadful case" which must be investigated further, David Cameron has said.