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UK & World News: Greece's credit rating downgraded

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:05:15 GMT

An influential financial ratings agency has downgraded debt-crippled Greece deeper into junk territory.

UK & World News: Bank shareholders voice frustration

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:05:16 GMT

Taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group has faced frustrated calls from shareholders wanting to know when the lender expects to rebuild its battered share price.

UK & World News: PM issues warning on euro stability

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:05:15 GMT

David Cameron has warned fellow European leaders of the need for the eurozone to take "decisive action" to ensure stability in a high-level conference call to discuss the Greek crisis.

UK & World News: Peter Hain contempt case shelved

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:19 GMT

A court case which saw the Northern Ireland judiciary pitted against Westminster MPs has been shelved with both sides claiming moral victory.

UK & World News: Olympic Flame handed over to London

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:18 GMT

The Olympic Flame has been handed over to London.

UK & World News: Ahmadinejad 'blocked from Olympics'

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:18 GMT

Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims he has been blocked by the UK authorities from attending the Olympic Games in London.

UK & World News: Singer Donna Summer dies, aged 63

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:17 GMT

Disco star Donna Summer has died aged 63, her publicist has said.

UK & World News: Vauxhall deal secures future jobs

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:05:15 GMT

The future of a car factory has been secured for years after workers agreed to a "ground-breaking" pay and conditions deal clearing the way for investment worth £125 million.

UK & World News: Peter Hain contempt case dropped

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:05:17 GMT

A contempt of court case taken against Labour MP Peter Hain over criticisms he made of a judge in Northern Ireland will not proceed, the High Court in Belfast has ruled.

UK & World News: Cameron 'told how to treat Murdoch'

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:05:16 GMT

News International executives briefed David Cameron on "what to say and how to say it" before he met Rupert Murdoch but he "refused to play ball", the Leveson Inquiry has been told.

UK & World News: New twist in solar tariff cuts saga

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:05:19 GMT

The Government is considering "tweaking" the start date for the next reduction in solar tariffs, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey has said, insisting there would be no "massive change".

UK & World News: Two held over attack on woman, 93

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:05:18 GMT

Police have arrested two people in connection with an attack on a 93-year-old woman who was severely beaten in her own home.

UK & World News: GP denies claims over TB death girl

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:05:18 GMT

A doctor has denied recommending a spiritual healer to a 15-year-old schoolgirl in the weeks before she died from tuberculosis.

UK & World News: Hallam murder conviction quashed

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:05:17 GMT

A young man who spent more than seven years behind bars for a murder he insists he did not commit had his conviction quashed by judges.

UK & World News: Mladic UN war crimes trial delayed

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:05:20 GMT

The war crimes trial of ex-Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic has been delayed by a judge in The Hague due to "errors" by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to defence lawyers.

UK & World News: Support Greece or see euro fail: PM

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:05:18 GMT

David Cameron has issued a call for action from eurozone states and institutions to support weaker economies like Greece or see the single European currency break up.

UK & World News: Media wins video footage battle

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:05:18 GMT

Media organisations have won their High Court battle against orders forcing them to give police film footage of the high-profile evictions of residents from the Dale Farm travellers' site.

UK & World News: Vauxhall wins £125m jobs boost

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:05:17 GMT

The UK economy has received a major boost with news of a £125 million investment in Vauxhall's car plant, creating thousands of new jobs.

UK & World News: Social care 'at breaking point'

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:05:15 GMT

The social care system is at breaking point, with 88% of social workers fearing that cuts are putting vulnerable children's lives at risk.

UK & World News: Warning given over 'housing crisis'

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:05:15 GMT

More new homes must be built to tackle "the country's burgeoning housing crisis", a new report has said.

UK & World News: Pay vote clears way for investment

Your Vale — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:05:15 GMT

Vauxhall car workers have voted massively in favour of a new pay and conditions deal which clears the way for huge new investment in the UK motor industry.

UK & World News: Obama set to host world leaders

Your Vale — 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.

UK & World News: Caretaker PM takes helm in Greece

Your Vale — 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.

UK & World News: Vauxhall set for investment boost

Your Vale — 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.

UK & World News: Double record for kidney donor

Your Vale — 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.

UK & World News: Queen to visit zoo on jubilee tour

Your Vale — 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.

UK & World News: Coe relishes 2012 flame touchdown

Your Vale — 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.

UK & World News: Old films bring back the memories

Your Vale — 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.

UK & World News: Home-working side-effects revealed

Your Vale — 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.

UK & World News: More growing own food to save cash

Your Vale — 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.