February 24, 2015 - Page 11

THE Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says further progress in UK living standards depends on higher productivity. It says the UK’s growth rate is now the highest in the G7

THE head of the United Nations climate change panel (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, has stepped down amid sexual harassment allegations. Indian police are investigating a complaint from a 29-year-old woman working in Mr

MASKED gunmen in southern Afghanistan have abducted 30 men from the Hazara ethnic minority, officials say. The men were travelling by bus from Iran when they were seized in Zabul province, on

A man has pleaded guilty to assaulting disabled pensioner Alan Barnes, for whom more than £300,000 was subsequently raised in donations. The 67-year-old suffered a broken collarbone when he was knocked to

PROSECUTORS in Colombia say they have dismantled a gang which allegedly kidnapped people and sold them on to the Marxist ELN rebel group. Twelve people have been arrested on suspicion of belonging

GREEN Party leader Natalie Bennett has committed her party to a “citizen’s income” of £72 paid to all adults, whether they are in work or not. Pressed on how it would pay

ISLAMIC State (IS) has abducted dozens of people from Assyrian Christian villages in north-eastern Syria, a monitoring group says. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least 90 people

THE number of teenage pregnancies in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level since 1969 when records began. Office for National Statistics data show the under-18 conception rate is now

BLACK rats may not have been to blame for numerous outbreaks of the bubonic plague across Europe, a study suggests. Scientists believe repeat epidemics of the Black Death, which arrived in Europe

ROLF Harris has been stripped of his Australian honours after his conviction last year for child sex offences. A brief statement said that the disgraced entertainer’s appointments as Officer and Member of