UK & USA Today Editoweb 12May 2010

Miliband throws Labour leadership hat into ring
David Miliband is the first out of the traps in the race to replace Gordon Brown as Labour leader.

Cameron hails 'seismic shift' in politics
David Cameron has hailed "a historic and seismic shift" in Britain's political landscape as he launched his new coalition government.

'Labour must learn from defeat'
A leading Labour backbencher has urged the party to understand why it lost millions of voters.

Stamp of approval for Sir Winston
Sir Winston Churchill is given a first class commemoration on a new series of Second World War stamps issued by Royal Mail.

Iraq vets 'prone to alcohol abuse'
British forces who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to have serious alcohol problems than other troops, according to a major new study.

Shoppers revisit 'wartime' tastes
Shoppers have developed a taste for old-fashioned "wartime" food since the recession, figures show.

What went wrong at oil rig? A lot, probers find
Bad wiring and a leak in what's supposed to be a "blowout preventer." Sealing problems that may have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead battery, of all things.

Student: Suspected impostor 'played the part good'
A lot of guys dream about going back to high school and recapturing their athletic glory days. A man who went by the name of Jerry Joseph did it, police say, and now he's in big trouble.

Portland police chief fired following settlement
Portland Mayor Sam Adams fired the city's police chief Wednesday, a day after the city agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a mentally ill man in police custody.

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