Iran warned it had a lawful right to act against the Taliban over Iranian diplomats missing
Iran warned it had a lawful right to act against the Taliban over Iranian diplomats missing, feared killed, in Afghanistan.. UN appeals for Bangladesh aid
The United Nations appealed for $223m (pounds 135m) in emergency aid for Bangladesh, where the death toll has risen to more than 600 in floods which have inundated half of the country.. Tehran steps up pressure on Taliban
Iran stepped up pressure on Taliban militia as US intelligence analysts said Tehran had troops and attack aircraft at the ready. Falling tree kills British campers
Two British holidaymakers, a man and a woman, died in a freak accident when a tree fell on to the tent they were staying in at a campsite in Sant Pere Pescador, Spain..
A report on alternative voting systems is being prepared by a commission chaired by Lord Jenkins The findings will go to a referendum.. A third man, believed to be Spanish, escaped from the scene.. Tories launch campaign against PR
The Conservative Party launched a campaign to maintain the present voting system rather than switch to another, such as proportional representation. Bomb detection officers were seen scouring the building to guard against retaliation from Islamic fundamentalists targeting Britain following the US bombing raids last month in Sudan and Afghanistan.. Two men, one British and one Irish, were being questioned by detectives about the drugs. Irish police swoop on cocaine yacht
Irish police seized cocaine with a street value of up to pounds 24m from a Spanish-registered yacht in Kinsale harbour in County Cork. Security men scour the Commons
House of Commons security was stepped up last week as MPs were recalled to debate the Northern Ireland terrorism bill.
The campaign reflects Whitehall concern that businessmen are angry that their hands will be tied by the new regulations.. “If you remove a growth at that stage, it can be prevented.”. Bosses wooed over 48-hour week law
The Government is to spend pounds 1m on an advertising campaign trying to persuade businesses to support its legislation on workers’ rights. The Working Time Directive, which comes into effect on 1 October, imposes a 48-hour week, three weeks paid leave, and the right to 11 hours consecutive rest in a 24-hour period It also entitles workers to at least one day off a week. She founded the Crocus Trust campaign organisation after being mis- diagnosed for a year.The announcement will be welcomed by campaign groups, such as the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, which has been conducting its own pilot study into methods of screening for bowel cancer.”Bowel cancer is a bit like cervical cancer – it has a pre-cancerous stage,” said a spokeswoman for the fund. More than 31,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with the disease each year.