http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/ This is Hampshire /uk_national_news/ en-gb Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:14:02 +0000 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:14:02 +0000 http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thisishampshire.net/resources/images/618004/?type=rsslogo http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/ http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067752.BA_staff_boosted_by_global_support/?ref=rss The union representing British Airways' cabin crews is gathering international support from across Europe and the US, including the Teamsters' union, ahead of a walkout due to begin this weekend. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:09:02 +0000 8aea753c538e0445865a402bde68b0e9 http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067747.Factory_awaits_news_on_electric_car/?ref=rss Motor giant Nissan is reportedly planning to build its new electric car at its plant in Sunderland. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:41:18 +0000 5f1757aba8b4ebcfed5bdef3e27ee403 http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067743.Five_held_after_kidnap_cash_traced/?ref=rss Dramatic new details have emerged about the kidnapping and release of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:22:32 +0000 df43f88bb6b14874e05a7b32ae047241 http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067735.Cameron_in_pledge_to_black_voters/?ref=rss David Cameron has reached out to black voters telling them that the Conservative Party had come "a long way" when it came to opening itself up to ethnic minorities. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:05:00 +0000 0547801b629d10985c0a598d065287ef http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067734.Police_recover_kidnap_ransom_money/?ref=rss Spanish police have confirmed they have recovered more than £100,000 in ransom money after arrests were made in the case of a five-year-old British boy's kidnapping in Pakistan. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:04:59 +0000 57b189f17811cc07b75413ec4b141a6e http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067706.Sian_Williams__would_appear_nude_/?ref=rss TV presenter Sian Williams's accountant told a tax tribunal she would be willing to present her BBC show naked, but BBC bosses would not let her. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:59:33 +0000 89bf9e07ccf7dae78784eadcb972eccc http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067483.Brown_admits_defence_spending_slip/?ref=rss Gordon Brown has admitted he wrongly claimed defence spending had risen in real terms every year when he gave evidence to the Iraq Inquiry. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:45:33 +0000 eb7151d477a1f7aa8b4b3d1c6effcbd0 http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067459.Afghan_victim_s_family_heartbroken/?ref=rss The family of a British Army officer who died in hospital three weeks after being wounded in Afghanistan said they were "heartbroken" by their loss. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:33:08 +0000 08156b1f545dbb00ecbab2ec1809ed21 http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067460.Bid_to_ban_mephedrone_within_weeks/?ref=rss The Government's drugs advisers could recommend a ban on mephedrone within weeks following the deaths of two teenagers thought to have taken the drug. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:33:08 +0000 590e53c6c5c45e48814a5031ddcf5900 http://www.thisishampshire.net/uk_national_news/5067189.Pilot_cleared_over_gyrocopter_death/?ref=rss The partner of a hunt supporter who was killed by a gyrocopter's rotor blade spoke of her devastation after the aircraft's pilot was cleared of manslaughter. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:47:38 +0000 3528bdc20532525baf2626f9184fcc53