The recent dramatic increase in home repossession numbers looks set to destabilise the UK housing market because mortgage lenders say that lending rates and special deals will be affected.
This will have a knock-on effect on first time buyers which will in turn effectively greatly reduce numbers of house buyers.
New Fingerprint technique to track terror suspects
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Posted by Toby Serter
A new finger-printing detection technique is being used to track potential terrorists that may be planning to bomb the London Underground system.
Advances in modern technology have been able to prove that it is possible to detect traces of bomb material from fingerprints left on tube ticket machines and train doors and that soon, terror police will be equipped with highly sensitive detectors to track suspects movements.
The man that was apprehended at Glasgow airport on June 30th has died in hospital of his injuries sustained during the attack.
Kafeel Ahmed, 27 from Bangalore in India was one of two men who were inside the fuel filled Cherokee Jeep as it rammed into the main doors at the from of the arrivals terminal died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
At last the 38-years war really is over. The British Army withdrew this week - in the biblical sense of the word - from Northern Ireland after its longest ever operation.
The question that, in Northern Ireland at least, dares only reluctantly to speak its name is, who won and who lost?
My answer is, the British won hands down.
Mississippi bridge damage was covered up – say workers
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Posted by Pascal Molliere
So far, nine bodies have been dragged from the Mississippi river following the collapse of the main bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday.
Experts say that the structure was unsafe and that an inspection carried out in 2006 was flawed.
According to one insider, a major defect was discovered at the time of the inspection and was not reported via the correct channels.
Madeleine McCann ‘Cracker detectives in too late’ say police
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Posted by Patricia Harper
The teams of psychological profiling ‘Cracker’ style detectives that have been drafted in from the UK to work on the case of missing Madeleine McCann have been brought in too late say Portuguese Police.
The specialist Police teams from Portugal that have been assigned to the case since the beginning have criticized the move to bring in the ‘big guns’ and it is understood that the two sets of police are not collaborating on any evidence.
Home Information Packs - house price crash or long term gain?
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Posted by Toby Serter
Finally the much talked about and highly controversial Home Information Packs have been launched this morning after years of debate, argument and confusion. But are the newly devised obligatory reports a benefit or a hindrance to home buyers and sellers?
Critics suggest that there are too many loopholes, not enough enforceable regulations and that it would be very easy to ignore the HIP’s all together and not be fined.
Canary Islands - Arsonists at large in biggest ever fires.
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Posted by John McGinty
More than five people have been arrested in the Canary Islands accused of starting the devastating forest fires that have ravaged though Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera and Palma.
A 37-year-old forest ranger was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly confessed to having started the initial fire on Gran Canaria.
Big Brother housemates choose David and Kara-Louise to join them in the Big Brother house. Ziggy is chosen to enter the Halfway HouseFollowing the drama of Chanelle leaving the house, on Monday evening the Big Brother housemates were faced with the tough decision of deciding which two of the 'halfway housemates' they would choose to enter the Big Brother house to become permanent housemates.
Die Welt
A Hamburg woman stands accused of regularly supplying her son with marijuana while he was on remand at a care home. German police stated on Monday that the care home authorities in the Rotenburg district of the city were puzzled by the fact that the 16-year-old continued to test positive for drugs.
