http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/ Southend Standard /uk_national_news/ en-gb Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:25:34 +0000 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:25:34 +0000 http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/resources/images/999814/?type=rsslogo http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/ http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5071303.Joy_as_freed_kidnap_boy_flies_home/?ref=rss Relatives of kidnapped Sahil Saeed have said they are "ecstatic" and "over the moon" following his safe return to the UK. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:56:47 +0000 b3541342f10f7e9c23de4876176bf117 http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5071291.Time_running_out_to_avert_BA_strike/?ref=rss Frantic efforts to avert a damaging strike by British Airways cabin crew are continuing with time running out on breaking a deadlocked row over cost-cutting. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:25:47 +0000 860ecab2c31a23eaa4c1d0a52f07afea http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5071215.Bragg_to_curate_Glastonbury_stage/?ref=rss Billy Bragg is to curate his own stage at this summer's Glastonbury Festival, it has been announced. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:07:15 +0000 10811f4bb1ec0d7871c74f11e960f035 http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5071208.Freed_kidnap_boy_arrives_back_in_UK/?ref=rss The five-year-old boy freed by kidnappers in Pakistan after his family paid a £110,000 ransom has returned home to the UK. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:49:46 +0000 561d46c578339aed562adcfbf4e942e0 http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5071152.Army_bomb_disposal_heroes_honoured/?ref=rss Two Army bomb disposal experts have been awarded the George Cross for the extraordinary bravery they displayed in tackling Taliban explosives in Afghanistan. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:12:40 +0000 6be4637f34808b0b4edd13c9edd5fdce http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5071133.Bomb_disposal_experts_are_honoured/?ref=rss Two Army bomb disposal experts have been awarded the George Cross for the extraordinary bravery they displayed in tackling Taliban explosives in Afghanistan. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:59:18 +0000 e964ae3974cf020cd4dc386215497942 http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5071088.Man_guilty_of__weapon_dog__murder/?ref=rss A 22-year-old man who repeatedly stabbed a teenage boy is facing life in jail after the first case in which new dog DNA technology was used in a murder prosecution. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:39:07 +0000 2d9f0f81d8968cd750a74f9d54ef82ba http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5070633.Probe_into_M_way_lorry_crush_video/?ref=rss A haulage firm has launched an investigation after a video emerged that appeared to show a lorry driver speeding along a motorway unaware a car was trapped under its bumper. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:29:07 +0000 4f167645406e36b574f8e07889f2bda5 http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5070632.Five_year_old_took_4x4_on_joyride/?ref=rss A five-year-old boy took his family's automatic 4x4 on a four-mile "joyride" before crashing it into a wall, it has been disclosed. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:29:06 +0000 e31778b9ea9aa56c62e7440b63caebb4 http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/uk_national_news/5070560.George_Cross_for_bomb_disposal_men/?ref=rss Two Army bomb disposal experts have been awarded the George Cross for the extraordinary bravery they displayed in tackling Taliban explosives in Afghanistan. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:03:19 +0000 210664747136bf21565bed291e5419c4