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VIDEO: Brains may be ‘wired’ for addiction

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:22 +0000

Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge.(read article…)

Euro MPs reject new food labels

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:21 +0000

Euro MPs block changes to food labels that would have allowed claims such as “now contains 15% less sugar”.(read article…)

Record ‘legal highs detected’

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:21 +0000

A record number of potentially dangerous new legal highs were found in Europe last year, say doctors.(read article…)

Legionella Britons die in Spain

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:20 +0000

Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.(read article…)

1.1 million face £100 tax fines

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:38 +0000

Just over one million taxpayers face a penalty of £100 for failing to submit their self-assessment tax returns on time, HM Revenue and Customs says.(read article…)

How to build an empire out of a bikini

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:37 +0000

Jacqueline De Biase, 49, describes how an idea to start making her own bikinis at home 30 years ago blossomed into one of Brazil’s leading bikini brands.(read article…)

Financial risks: Danger or opportunity?

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:36 +0000

During a financial crisis the instinctive reaction is to take cover but, according to some people, that is the perfect time to take risks.(read article…)

What drives US entrepreneurship?

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:35 +0000

What is the secret behind the high number of successful business start-ups in the US? We talk to three American business people.(read article…)

India’s richest shrine goes green

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:33 +0000

India’s Tirupati Temple has adopted a range of green technologies – and the shrine is now trading carbon credits.(read article…)

Olympics ‘boosting’ Scots tourism

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:33 +0000

Tourist bookings for visits to Scotland around the time of the London Olympics are rising, it is claimed.(read article…)

Redknapp lies ‘extremely telling’

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:32 +0000

Harry Redknapp’s admission of lying to a News of the World reporter is “extremely telling”, a court is told.(read article…)

Score draw in TV football case

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:31 +0000

The Premier League and the importers of foreign satellite TV decoder boxes and cards are both claiming victory after their latest court battle(read article…)

Air India asked to pay fuel bill

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:30 +0000

Air India assures it will pay its dues for jet fuel to three state-owned oil firms by Friday after its fuel supplies are cut.(read article…)

China miner gets gold price boost

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:29 +0000

Chinse mining group Zijin says it expects a 20% jump in profits for 2011 boosted by higher gold prices during the year.(read article…)

Cold front ad for Mini backfires

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:27 +0000

An advertising agency for BMW pays to name Europe’s cold weather “Cooper” in Germany, after the firm’s Mini Cooper car, but the stunt backfires.(read article…)

Pilkington to close one UK line

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:26 +0000

Japanese glass manufacturer Nippon Sheet Glass says it will close one of its three UK production lines as it cuts costs.(read article…)

UK recession looms, says report

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:25 +0000

The UK will enter recession in the first half of the year as households continue to cut back, says the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.(read article…)

Hutchison to buy Orange Austria

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:24 +0000

Hong Kong’s Hutchison 3G agrees to buy Orange Austria in a bid to expand it presence and boost market share in the country.(read article…)

BT cuts costs to increase profits

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:23 +0000

Telecoms group BT reports a sharp rise in profits, thanks largely to a jump in the number of broadband users.(read article…)

Interest rate ‘collusion’ probe

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:23 +0000

Swiss authorities investigate 12 US, European and Japanese banks over claims they have been fixing their interbank lending rates.(read article…)

Uganda signs oil production deal

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:22 +0000

Oil production is set to start in Uganda after a deal is signed between the government and London-based Tullow oil, which also draws in Chinese and French firms.(read article…)

Service sector sees strong growth

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:21 +0000

The UK’s service sector grew at its fastest rate since March 2011 in January, according to a closely watched survey.(read article…)

Panasonic predicts a record loss

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:20 +0000

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic forecasts a record net annual loss of $10bn for the year to March.(read article…)

Eurozone service sector growing

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:19 +0000

The eurozone’s service sector grows for the first time in four months, although Spain and Italy continue to struggle.(read article…)

Many die at S Sudan peace meeting

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:47:33 +0000

At least 37 people have been killed in South Sudan following a shoot-out at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence, officials say.(read article…)

Cairo clashes over football anger

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:46:56 +0000

At least two people are killed in clashes between Egyptian protesters and police in the capital Cairo, amid ongoing anger over deaths after a football match.(read article…)

Tactical nukes ‘an anachronism’

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:42:23 +0000

Images of tactical nuclear sites still operating in Europe(read article…)

Funds U-turn for US women’s group

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:35:34 +0000

A major US breast cancer charity reverses a decision to cut funding to women’s group Planned Parenthood, after a furious outcry.(read article…)

Labour: Banks must serve society

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:34:55 +0000

Ed Miliband calls for a culture of “one nation banking” in which financial institutions are not “isolated” from the rest of the economy and society.(read article…)

VIDEO: Cardboard Ayatollah lampooned

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:31:55 +0000

A cardboard cut-out version of the founder of Iran’s Islamic revolution is mocked online after touring Tehran.(read article…)