Armed Services take first big public spending hit

December 12, 2008 NEWS BULLETIN Dear Reader Visit Times Online today, for dynamic news and views, videos, podcasts and blogs, plus your chance to comment Today's headlines Armed Services take first big public spending hit Two programmes worth £20 billion will be cut and delayed after defence chiefs were told that they could not be funded West pays Taleban protection money Taleban commanders are successfully charging protection money to allow convoys of military supplies to reach Nato bases Germans seek to buy British out of Eurostar Germany's state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn plans to add new continental destinations and introduce greater competition Ancient coral points to another tsunami Pioneering study off west coast of Sumatra discovers that earthquakes have occurred in a series of shocks over decades OTHER HEADLINES UK Ghettos fear as recession kills off mixed estates For the first time in 20 years new 'affordable' housing association estates will no longer include homes for private sale World Car bailout plans hang in the balance Fate of US car industry remains in doubt as Senate Republican Leader says he opposes using federal funds to save the firms Business Zavvi creditors call in Ernst & Young Deloitte has drafted an emergency restructuring team into the struggling 125-store high street music and DVD retailer Sport Rooney could face three-match suspension Uefa to study video evidence of alleged stamp in Champions League clash with Aalborg after referee misses the incident BLOGS News blog: the big stories of the day from the newsdesk Inside Iraq: Deborah Haynes writing from Baghdad Charles Bremner: Paris blog from The Times France correspondent IFA Search Find specialist local IFAs E-paper Get The Times and Sunday Times printed layout on your PC or mobile Job hunting? Executive positions from The Times and Sunday Sunday Times Dating Meet like-minded individuals for love and friendship Free Credit Report Get your credit report for free Legal Advice Search for legal specialists If you no longer wish to receive the News Bulletin, please click here to unsubscribe. If you wish to speak to a Customer Services Representative, please call 020 7860 1133. You have received this e-mail from a member of the News International Group. News International Limited, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY, is the holding company for the News International Group and is registered in England No 81701. VAT number GB 243 8054 69 Times Newspapers Ltd is a member of the Direct Marketing Association and registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. To see our privacy policy, click here.