THE Queen looks set to ask the government for a significant increase in her Civil List as annual accounts revealed yesterday that her reserve funds will run out by her Diamond

MEMBERS of David Cameron's shadow cabinet earn half a million pounds between them on top of their parliamentary salaries, it was disclosed yesterday, as he ordered them t

A SCHOOLGIRL has become Britain's third swine flu victim, as it emerged the number of cases across the country has soared to almost 6,000.

SCOTLAND is safer as part of the United Kingdom than it would be if it separated, the man who until recently headed the British Army has claimed.

UP TO 200,000 undated 20p coins that have gone into circulation by mistake - and they could be worth £75 each.

The party of Regions again insists on necessity of the parliament's control over the distribution of the loan, granted by the International Monetary Fund. "We can't allow today this money to be used at discretion of a group of politicians

Experts recommend Ukrainians willing to keep their money to pay attention to the gold, the Delo newspaper reports, according to MIGnews. Deputy chairman of the board at Finance and Credit bank Ihor Lvov says precious metal is a smooth water

The Party of Regions faction will block parliament if MPs don't increase the minimum wage, the party's leader, Viktor Yanukovych, said in a statement posted on the party's Web site on Thursday. "The parliament can't go on vacation without increasing

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko hopes that an investor for the construction of new terminal at the Lviv airport will be attracted by August, she said at a briefing during her visit to the construction site of new stadium in Lviv,

Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday there were no grounds for reviewing natural gas supply and transit contracts with Ukraine . "I cannot see any grounds for reviewing the pricing and transit conditions," Gazprom deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev told

As part of the July 4 celebrations special event stations which be active on HF from July 1-4 in each of the original 13 colonies

Following recent flooding in the south-western part of Poland, and a continuing flood threat to the region, the DASR Polish emergency group is reporting that 3760 kHz may be used for emergency communication

The Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA, called CQ Field Day from on-board the International Space Station

During the period from July 1 through July 5, at least nine of the Original 13 American Colonies will be active on the amateur satellites as part of a special event organized by Ken, KU2US, in New York

EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding made a speech last week 'Towards a European Strategy of High Speed Broadband for All'. It contained references to the recent Digital Britain report

Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW

A MAN and a 15-year-old boy were recovering from bullet wounds last night after a gunman wearing a motorbike helmet opened fire in a busy restaurant.

AN official report into the collapse of MG Rover has been submitted to the government more than four years after the car-maker's demise.

THE state will pay £25 billion more in welfare than it raises in income tax this year, amid further evidence of the crushing effects of the recession.

THE Scottish Government has stepped up calls for the UK identity card scheme to be scrapped.