Daily updated National news for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland from http://www.4ni.co.uk http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp Wed, 16 May 2012 22:29:14 +0000 A house fire in which 6 children died was started deliberately, using petrol, police have confirmed.Speaking at a media conference police have said the blaze was believed to have originated below the home's letterbox.Jade Philpott, 10, and brothers John, nine, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, all died in the fire. Duwayne, 13, died later in hospital.The children's father, Mick Phi..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144421 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144421 Newly published figures show that UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million between January and March.The Office for National Statistics said the jobless rate fell to 8.2% and youth unemployment was down by 17,000 to 1.02 million. But the number of people unemployed for more than a year increased by 27,000 to 887,000, the worst total since 1996.The number of people claiming Jobseeker's ..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144423 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144423 Home secretary Theresa May is facing harsh criticism from rank-and-file police officers, who say she is "on the precipice of destroying" a police service admired throughout the world.The comments come ahead of the Police Federation conference in Bournemouth, where May will tell officers the government is standing firm and that cuts and reforms are essential.Forces in England and Wales are expe..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144389 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144389 A prostate cancer drug should be given to NHS patients, a health watchdog has said.The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) revised its recommendations on the drug Abiratone after fresh information from the manufacturer, Janssen. Experts have welcomed the draft guidance.The drug, marketed as Zytiga, can extend the lives of late-stage cancer sufferers by more than three ..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144398 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144398 Former chairman of the BBC Trust, Sir Michael Lyons, has said the search for the corporation's next director general must look beyond the small group of internal candidates who have applied.Blamed a failure to institute succession planning Lyons has said he does not believe there is a single standout successor to Mark Thompson within the BBC."There isn't one. I don't believe Mark has a preferr..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144404 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144404 Following the discovery of new evidence a young man, convicted of murder in 2005, will take his case to the court of appeal today.24-year-old Sam Hallam was 17 when he was convicted of killing trainee chef Essayas Kassahun in Hoxton in October 2004. He was sentenced to life with the recommendation he serve 12 years.New evidence recently emerged raising doubts over key parts of the prosecution ..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144401 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144401 News plans to tackle postnatal depression have been announced by the government, as part of this mothers will receive one-to-one care from a named midwife during labour and.Women who have a miscarriage or stillbirth and parents who are forced to cope with the death of a baby will also be offered increased support from the NHS.Under the new plans, health workers will be given enhanced training ..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144395 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144395 New research has revealed that UK families are wasting £270 a year on unused food and drink, and massively underestimate the amount of food they throw away each week.The survey shows that despite the economic downturn shoppers admit to buying more than they need, often tempted by supermarkets' "Buy One Get One Free" and similar offers.The survey of 2,116 adults, carried out by frozen food gian..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144408 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144408 The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints over an advert for bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people.The ad broadcast during February ahead of Ladies' Day at the Cheltenham Festival invited viewers to spot the "stallions" from the "mares".The ASA investigated 92 complaints that the advert was offensive and condoned harmful discriminatory behaviour and has now r..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144413 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144413 b Britain Needs To Go Metric Says Lord Howe /b Former foreign secretary Lord Howe has called for an urgent changeover to metric claiming that Britain's mixture of measurement systems will give this summer's Olympic visitors the impression the country is "a nation living in the imperial past".He told peers the lack of action to deal with the "confusing shambles" was the "most glaring omission"..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144425 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=144425