Buitenlands Nieuws

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09-12 BBC - England The humble computer mouse celebrates its 40th anniversary The first public demonstration of the computer mouse took place 40 years ago on 9 December, 1968.
09-12 BBC - England Rodent bites back Why the computer mouse can damage your health
09-12 BBC - England A&E doctor numbers 'inadequate' A doubling of the number of A&E consultants is urgently needed in hospitals across the UK to ensure patient safety, experts warn.
09-12 BBC - England Pupil power lights up Christmas Environmentally conscious primary pupils use pedal power to make the Christmas tree lights shine at their school.
09-12 BBC - England Funding for anti-sectarian drive Projects which tackle sectarianism in the west of Scotland are given funding worth £412,731.
09-12 BBC - England Scotland 'may need nuclear power' New nuclear power plants should be considered to ensure energy security for Scotland, a report suggests.
09-12 BBC - England Downturn 'boosting cyber-crime' The economic downturn is "proving a hotbed" for global cyber-crime, a study by security firm McAfee warns.
09-12 BBC - England MPs attack 'cash-in-hand culture' The government must do more to ensure tax cheats are caught and punished, a committee of MPs says.
09-12 BBC - England House sales 'are still falling' Property sales fell even further in November, the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows.
09-12 BBC - England Retail sales 'fall still further' Total UK retail sales have fallen in consecutive months for the first time in at least 13 years, a closely-watched survey finds.
08-12 BBC - England Unexploded bomb found under pier Divers find an old unexploded torpedo wedged in the structure of an Ayrshire seaside town's pier.
08-12 BBC - England Brown wants hotline for revellers People making their way home form a night out should be able to phone the police for personalised travel advice, says the prime minister.
08-12 BBC - England Five charged over airport protest Five people are charged with aggravated trespass after protesters cause major disruption at Stansted Airport.
08-12 BBC - England Wrong oil blamed for pork scare No pigs in NI are believed to have consumed contaminated feed but people are still advised not to eat NI pork products.
08-12 BBC - England Fine for Woolworths over asbestos Woolworths is fined £40,000 after staff at two Devon stores were exposed to lethal asbestos dust.
08-12 BBC - England Benitez anger at pay rise claims Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is furious at claims he has demanded a massive pay rise in his contract negotiations.
08-12 BBC - England West Ham 0-2 Tottenham Ledley King and Jamie O'Hara score as Tottenham earn victory in a hard-fought derby against West Ham.
08-12 BBC - England Fans hurt at X-factor group's gig Fans of X-Factor band JLS have been injured in a crush at a music venue in south London
08-12 BBC - England Embassies owe £1.5m parking fines Embassies in central London owe £1.5m in unpaid parking fines and are being told to pay up.
08-12 BBC - England Scolari unfazed by Blues pressure Luiz Felipe Scolari insists he is feeling 'zero pressure' ahead of Chelsea's crucial Champions League tie against CFR Cluj on Wednesday.
08-12 BBC - England Baby P official fired without pay Haringey Council sacks its director of children's services without pay in the wake of the Baby P case.
08-12 BBC - England Pc denies blackmailing offenders A police officer tried to blackmail sex offenders and criminals after getting their details from a police computer, the Old Bailey hears.
08-12 BBC - England Dead Chinook pilots not cleared The BBC understands two RAF pilots will not be cleared of blame for the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre.
08-12 BBC - England Flag burned at UK Greek embassy Demonstrators burn a flag outside the Greek Embassy in London to protest the police shooting of a teenager in Athens.
08-12 BBC - England Man 'strangled elderly parents' A mentally ill man killed his parents then dumped their bodies 150 miles from their home, a court is told.
08-12 BBC - England 460 NI education jobs 'set to go' It is believed about 460 jobs will be lost in the NI education sector due to the merger of the existing five area boards.
08-12 BBC - England 'Obama too British' case rejected by US Supreme Court The US Supreme Court has turned down an appeal claiming Barack Obama is too British to become president.
08-12 BBC - England MSP pushes free football for kids Labour sports spokesman Frank McAveety calls on Scotland's football clubs to allow free entry to games for kids.
08-12 BBC - England Williams election 'breaks mould' Wales has its first female party leader as Kirsty Williams wins the race to head the Welsh Liberal Democrats.
08-12 BBC - England Five years for escape bid killer A man who fled the dock after being convicted of an Orkney murder is jailed for the escape bid and for hiding weapons.
08-12 BBC - England Incident at young offenders' unit Police and prison service officers deal with "a disturbance" at Aylesbury Young Offenders' Institute in Buckinghamshire.
08-12 BBC - England Review sought after Stansted demo Ryanair calls for an urgent review of security at Stansted airport after protesters cause major disruption to flights.
08-12 BBC - England 'Report cards' would rate schools A consultation seeks views on whether England's schools should have report cards rating their performance.
08-12 BBC - England Teenager's knife attacker jailed A man is jailed for at least 12 years for repeatedly stabbing a 14-year-old girl in a Lancashire park.
08-12 BBC - England Crimewatch shown at murder trial Extracts from the BBC's Crimewatch programme are shown in court as part of a double murder trial.
08-12 BBC - England Bank cuts jobs in outsource move More than 100 banking jobs are to be axed as a leading bank outsources one of its departments.
08-12 BBC - England Stuck at Stansted The passengers caught up in runway protest
08-12 BBC - England Illness sees Menezes jury adjourn Jurors at the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest are sent home until Tuesday after one of them fell ill during the third day of deliberations.
08-12 BBC - England Reid rules out Sunderland return Former Sunderland boss Peter Reid insists he would not consider a return to the Stadium of Light.
08-12 BBC - England Data on crimes 'must be improved' Police forces in Scotland need to address inconsistencies in recording and reporting crimes, a report finds.
08-12 BBC - England Sex act fatal crash driver jailed A drunk driver who killed a father and son was performing a sex act on himself before the collision, a court hears.
08-12 BBC - England DNA traps 2002 Germany murderer A 50-year-old Welshman is found guilty of murdering a woman at her home in Germany six years ago.
08-12 BBC - England Toddler's death ruled accidental The death of a toddler who was hit by her father's car as he reversed was a tragic accident, a coroner rules.
08-12 BBC - England Fake snow Is Lapland in the UK always going to be a bit rubbish?
08-12 BBC - England Children died in 'modified' car A Lincolnshire man carried out "incompetent" changes to the car in which four of his children died, a court hears.
08-12 BBC - England Child taken from Gambia Britons The two-year-old adopted daughter of British Christian missionaries arrested in Africa is being cared for by a family friend, the Foreign Office said.
08-12 BBC - England Age of rock - how Jim Morrison would have looked at 65. Scientists reveal what late Doors frontman Jim Morrison would look like if he were still alive today as a pensioner.
08-12 BBC - England Surviving conjoined twin stable A baby girl who survived surgery to separate her from her conjoined twin is in a stable condition in intensive care, doctors say.
08-12 BBC - England Yes guv'nor Can this 26-year-old handle violent prisoners?
08-12 BBC - England Pc in court on 'escort' charges An officer from the Northumbria force appears in court following an investigation into prostitution.