http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/ The Westmorland Gazette /uk_national_news/ en-gb Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:37:49 +0000 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:37:49 +0000 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/resources/images/616757/?type=rsslogo http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/ http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952898.EU_leaders_tackle_cash_crisis/ Gordon Brown will host a crunch summit with European leaders to discuss the economic crisis next week, it has emerged. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:39 +0000 3be3f1204e90e5e9f34fa6dfe7c2ed1b http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952897.Boys_to_be_sentenced_for_gang_rape/ Nine schoolboy rapists are due to be sentenced for carrying out an attack on a 14-year-old girl. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:39 +0000 50807db2a1077efa7a5bd397f6965c85 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952896.MoD_to_name_Iraq_gun_death_soldier/ A British soldier killed in southern Iraq after suffering a gunshot wound to the head is expected to be named by the Ministry of Defence. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:39 +0000 0a67aa912f1d716b5040c3f849b7e5f0 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952899.__250m_funding_to_train_scientists/ A quarter of a billion pounds is to be invested in training scientists and engineers to tackle the problems Britain faces. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:39 +0000 843e79c6a530207e9917f8ca50c17c4c http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952895.Menezes_jurors_resume_deliberations/ The jury in the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes is resuming its deliberations after relatives of the Brazilian staged a courtroom protest. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:38 +0000 f522486e980c50acd8c78692b58db4ca http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952893.Lib_Dems_snub_Speaker_s_committee/ Plans by Speaker Michael Martin to set up a committee to look into last week's police raid at the House of Commons are hanging in the balance after Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg announced his party will boycott it. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:38 +0000 7fc235ee20e192f8f18fce19d84fc0f3 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952891.Banks_urged_to_pass_on_rate_cut/ Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he would be speaking to banks to press them to pass on the latest interest rate cut to borrowers. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:38 +0000 61a391ceac175a0da046df2dfc532633 http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952892.Honda_staff_face_redundancy/ Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a buyer can be found by the end of the month, it said. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:38 +0000 da3136bca9da59ad1a30c195d71aaadd http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952890.MP_seeks_review_in_Shannon_case/ Dewsbury MP and government minister Shahid Malik called for an independent review into the contacts social services had with Shannon Matthews prior to her disappearance in February. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:38 +0000 f4417971089e800f53e7615502c269ba http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/uk_national_news/3952894.Missionary_couple_held_in_Gambia/ A British couple are enduring a seventh day in custody after being arrested for sedition while working as Christian missionaries in the Muslim state of Gambia. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:35:38 +0000 36c183028edde50121657940d6388443