http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/ Lancashire Telegraph /uk_national_news/ en-gb Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:32:11 +0100 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:32:11 +0100 http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/resources/images/585971/?type=rsslogo http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/ http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485165.Soldier_s_mother_in_legal_challenge/?ref=rss The mother of a soldier killed in a Snatch Land Rover in Iraq is launching a legal challenge over the Government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the continued use of the controversial, lightly-armoured vehicles. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:29:12 +0100 08e8c4e88513359b76180d6d33eaa089 http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485162.Obesity_rethink_for_British_Asians/?ref=rss An international health expert has called for the threshold for being overweight and obese to be lowered for British Asians. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:11:22 +0100 0f3010bf11c47e1aef1543e25f5c5d6c http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485164.Maths_A_level_plan__should_be_axed_/?ref=rss A proposed new maths A-level is "weak" and will "cannibalise" the subject, educationalists have claimed. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:11:22 +0100 b8849531a91f05a5487d90922ebf4268 http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485163.Fewer_dying_from_common_cancers/?ref=rss The number of people dying from three of the most common cancers has fallen to its lowest level in almost 40 years, a new analysis of figures has revealed. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:11:22 +0100 1014476bb949e9a3ebc16c8d5dfb24da http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485158.Parliamentary_hot_air_is_measured/?ref=rss A lot of hot air comes out of the Houses of Parliament, scientists have proved. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:05:37 +0100 3e236b0081af6ad6bc0e2988bbde9b0f http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485157.Young_people_to__shine__in_debate/?ref=rss Hundreds of young people are set to take part in a "groundbreaking" debate in the House of Lords as part of a national drive to highlight the achievements of youngsters. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:05:37 +0100 4e41f74933eb0f1c7e34a95778310914 http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485156.Flat_owners_urged_to_grow_veg/?ref=rss People living in the UK's five million flats are being urged to get gardening and grow their own veg - on their windowsills. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:05:36 +0100 eb53a9784487e0ff3ec8c63119911a1a http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485155.G8_s_pledge_to_feed_world_s_poorest/?ref=rss Leaders of the G8 group of industrialised nations are expected to promise £9.2bn to boost food security in the world's poorest countries. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:05:36 +0100 863ad249fd802586226ff263f22856ed http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485154.Top_prosecutor_probes_phone_hacking/?ref=rss Prosecutors are carrying out an "urgent examination" into claims of alleged phone hacking by the News of the World. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:57:46 +0100 bd184d86b42885e3293f0a0de70b64f7 http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/uk_national_news/4485153.TV_host_s_flu_scare_as_toll_hits_14/?ref=rss Fourteen people in the UK are now thought to have died after contracting swine flu - with dozens more critically ill with the bug. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:57:46 +0100 bb66056b55c610146b8dd2d967f4f31b