Snow spreads across country
Heavy snow conditions have spread across Scotland, Wales and northern England as commuters in London and the south east prepare to get back to work. Higher parts of the Pennines and Jedburgh in the Borders saw extensive falls overnight. Areas hit by the UK's... [continued]
In pictures: London under snow 
‘British jobs’ strikers stand firm
Wildcat strikes over foreign labour are showing no sign of dying down, despite warnings from the Government about the issue stoking the "politics of xenophobia". Hundreds of strikers at Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire pledged to continue a protest over operator Total bringing an entire overseas... [continued]
Daniel Hannan: EU has all the trappings of a state except labour mobility
Iran puts satellite into orbit
Iran has launched its first home-produced satellite into orbit, according to state media reports. Iranian TV said yesterday's night-time launch from a Safir-2 rocket was "another achievement for Iranian scientists under sanctions". Iran is subject to UN sanctions because the US and other Western... [continued]
US Politics: Why Barack Obama should visit Tehran
BP oil profits shoot up by 39%
BP has revealed its annual profits jumped 39% to $25.6bn (£18.1bn) as last year's soaring oil prices fuelled results. The performance came despite a profits blow in the final three months of the year, as prices retreated sharply from the record of almost $150bn a barrel reached... [continued]
Why Big Oil is not to blame for fuel prices
Charge over China PM shoe demo
A 27-year-old man has been charged after a shoe was thrown at Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao during a visit to Cambridge University. Police said the man, who has not been named, would appear before magistrates in Cambridge on 10 February accused of committing a public order... [continued]
Obama scales down bail-out plans
US President Barack Obama is scaling back his spending plans to win cross-party support for his $820bn (£573bn) stimulus package. He told Republicans he would remove proposals which did not directly help create jobs. Opposition senators had vowed to fight the bill, saying... [continued]
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