The Speaker John Bercow has confirmed that Sir Ian Kennedy is chairman-designate of the new MPs watchdog, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). A noisy House became noisier still as he announced that Sir...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar's appreciation at the height of the financial crisis shows that markets still view the dollar as a safe haven and the world's main reserve currency, a senior Federal Reserve official said on...
LONDON (Reuters) - Coca-Cola , the world's largest soft-drink maker, is planning to more than double its number of bottling plants in China within a decade, the Financial Times said. Doug Jackson, president of Coca-Cola's China...
A road in Suffolk was being closed last night as engineers investigated reports of a gas leak. The road being shut was the B1119 at Knodishall, near Saxmundham, which was also thought to have partially collapsed. Last night, a...
Barry Richardson said it was hard not being able to afford presents "If you're unemployed and you've got no money coming in it's hard," said Barry Richardson, who has lived his whole life in Coventry's Wood End estate. Many of...