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  1. Banks should pay a new 10% tax on their profits in return for their taxpayer bail-out, the Liberal Democrats say. http://bit.ly/3wWrby about 1 hour ago from twitterfeed
  2. People living near the Ormeau Bridge in south Belfast are moved from their homes following a suspected gas leak. http://bit.ly/1GrMn3 about 2 hours ago from twitterfeed
  3. Barack Obama is set for a summit with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing as he continues his first presidential.. http://bit.ly/1yQvb8 about 3 hours ago from twitterfeed
  4. A 27-year-old man is charged with murdering a taxi driver who was found with stab wounds to his head in the Wes.. http://bit.ly/Tnc8q about 3 hours ago from twitterfeed
  5. The first international flight for 15 years leaves the Russian region of Chechnya with pilgrims bound for Saudi.. http://bit.ly/467jpl about 3 hours ago from twitterfeed
  6. World stocks have risen on optimism about a global economic recovery, with UK shares touching a 14-month high. http://bit.ly/3Ho8Ob about 3 hours ago from twitterfeed
  7. A Tory parliamentary candidate who had an affair with an MP fights off a bid by a Norfolk constituency associat.. http://bit.ly/49JK2A about 3 hours ago from twitterfeed
  8. The US space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Florida on a mission to deliver spare parts to the International .. http://bit.ly/1E4aHL about 5 hours ago from twitterfeed
  9. Police investigating the firing of a distress flare which critically injured a four-year-old boy arrest a teena.. http://bit.ly/1q36x about 5 hours ago from twitterfeed
  10. British rapper Derek B, who had chart success in the late 1980s and is credited with breaking down barriers for.. http://bit.ly/1ZQeGy about 6 hours ago from twitterfeed
  11. The UK public favours tackling the ballooning public deficit with cuts in spending and tax credits, a BBC poll .. http://bit.ly/3wDSQ0 about 6 hours ago from twitterfeed
  12. A council looks at turning off a third of its street lights for five hours a night to save money. http://bit.ly/1ZEfrD about 6 hours ago from twitterfeed
  13. At least 12 people are shot dead by gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms in a village south-west of Baghdad, offi.. http://bit.ly/44ozcx about 6 hours ago from twitterfeed
  14. Afghan officials launch a force tasked with fighting corruption, amid increasing Western pressure for the probl.. http://bit.ly/2lIIp about 6 hours ago from twitterfeed
  15. A mother who left her four children while she went on a drink and drugs binge is given a suspended sentence. http://bit.ly/20i2wo about 7 hours ago from twitterfeed
  16. A youth accused of murdering a 17-year-old girl by pouring petrol over her and setting it alight at a flat in A.. http://bit.ly/13wCQu about 7 hours ago from twitterfeed
  17. A soldier from 33 Engineer Regiment has died in a blast in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says. http://bit.ly/4gJ9r9 about 7 hours ago from twitterfeed
  18. The downturn in the Northern Ireland housing market may have run its course, a survey by the University of Ulst.. http://bit.ly/2siOzA about 8 hours ago from twitterfeed
  19. At least 10 people are reported killed in a rocket attack on a market in north-east Afghanistan, officials say. http://bit.ly/28f9q0 about 8 hours ago from twitterfeed
  20. A Zambian journalist is acquitted of pornography charges after sending top officials pictures of a woman giving.. http://bit.ly/1Fwp8U about 9 hours ago from twitterfeed