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Wartime agents foiled German plot before D-Day

01.09.09
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Iceland passes Bill to restore lost savings to stung Britons

28.08.09
Iceland’s parliament finally voted through the deal that will see the country repay Britain and Holland for the $5 billion (£3.1 billion) lost by savers in Icelandic deposit accounts ... more

She's ad it! Kerry Katona axed as face of Iceland after cocaine allegations

18.08.09
Kerry Katona has been dropped as the face of supermarket chain Iceland following allegations that she took cocaine... more

Iceland feeds public’s appetite for cheap food

12.06.09
Frozen food specialist Iceland is revelling in the recession as more customers seek cheap food and look to cut waste ... more

Alan Hutton: I'm fit and ready for crunch clash

31.03.09
Football: Alan Hutton has begged George Burley to unleash him on Iceland in a match Scotland cannot afford to lose... more

Eidur Gudjohnsen plans to add to Scottish pain

30.03.09
Football: Iceland star Eidur Gudjohnsen hopes Scotland's confidence has suffered a blow in the wake of their defeat to Holland ... more

Damning report: Havering Council was negligent putting millions into Icelandic banks

26.03.09
A council which may have lost £12.5million of tax payers' money in the Icelandic banking crisis is accused of negligence in a damning new government report... more

Death riddle of promising doctor

26.02.09
A promising young doctor was found dead in her bed on holiday in Iceland in a tragedy that has baffled medical experts... more

Why the US protecting its own spells global danger

09.02.09
I don't hold any brief for Sir Ronnie Cohen but I well recall sitting with the private-equity veteran and listening to his warning that unless something was done about the widening gap between rich and poor, riots would result... more

The great High Street fire sale but will there actually be any takers?

05.02.09
With £1bn debts, retail empire Baugur is set to be broken up and, says its founder, end up in the ‘hands of British vultures’. It seems he couldn’t be more wrong...... more

Iceland to appoint lesbian PM

28.01.09
Iceland is set to appoint the world's first openly-gay woman prime minister... more

Iceland bank to sue Britain over freezing of assets

06.01.09
The Icelandic bank which had its British offshoot placed into administration by Gordon Brown at the height of the autumn credit crisis is to sue the Government over the move... more

Mortgage approvals at lowest since 1997

23.12.08
Mortgage approvals slump to a fresh record low - but cash deposits in British banks rise as customers bring home money from bankrupt rivals in Iceland... more

IMF consortium 'to wrap up £3.8bn rescue deal for Iceland'

07.11.08
Iceland is to get its $6 billion rescue package from an International Monetary Fund-led consortium, according to Poland, one of the contributors... more

Interest rates hoisted to 18% (but don't worry, it's Iceland)

28.10.08
In a shock emergency move, interest rates were ramped up from 12% to 18%. But don't panic the surprise hike came in Iceland, probably the most devastated economy in Europe... more

Kerry Katona faces the axe from Iceland after This Morning debacle

24.10.08
Kerry Katona faces the axe as the face of Iceland after her disastrous appearance on This Morning, in which she slurred her words and appeared in a confused state... more

Iceland exchange opens again but suffers 76% crash

14.10.08
The Reykjavik stock exchange opened in disarray, with its main index crashing 76% on opening... more

Sterling hit by bets Iceland row will grow

10.10.08
The pound has tumbled to a five-year low against the dollar as currency speculators bet that the UK's dispute with Iceland could spread to other countries.... more

Investors have been let down by the watchdogs

10.10.08
A billion pounds of taxpayers’ money is frozen in Iceland. Yet all the empty promises should have been exposed by UK regulators and rating agencies... more

Upside of the downturn

10.10.08
Never mind all the gloom and doom — there are still lots of things to smile about... more

Another dark night to add to Iceland’s stormy saga

08.10.08
With Iceland's financial system heading into meltdown, there are growing fears for familiar names such as Hamleys, Debenhams, Gordon Ramsay and even Newcastle United — all backed by ailing Icelandic banks and investment houses. Yet the links between Britain and Iceland stretch back for centuries... more

Darling guarantees UK Icesave deposit

08.10.08
Alistair Darling has pledged that the estimated 300,000 British savers with defunct internet bank Icesave would not lose any money... more

Iceland woes deepen as Glitnir bites the dust

08.10.08
Iceland's financial crisis intensified when the state of its banks turned out to be even worse than thought... more

Iceland seeks £3bn from Russia to rescue banks

07.10.08
The Icelandic authorities go cap in hand to Russia for emergency funding after they were forced to bail out two of the island’s largest banks... more

200,000 UK savers hit by bank crash

07.10.08
More than 200,000 British savers face a fight for their money after a bank collapsed... more

West Ham chief hit by cash blow

07.10.08
West Ham insist it is business as usual after the bank controlled by the club's chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson went into receivership... more

Iceland freezes all bank share trades

06.10.08
Banking: Trading in the shares of all Iceland’s banks and financial institutions was suspended on the Nordic Exchange ahead of a long-awaited bailout plan from the government... more

Shoplifting 'epidemic' costs millions

11.07.08
Shoplifters are costing retailers millions of pounds in what one senior figure calls an "epidemic"... more

Pensioners trade blows in supermarket scooter clash

09.07.08
Two elderly women on mobility scooters had to be dragged apart as they exchanged blows and rammed into each other in the aisle of an Iceland supermarket... more

Iceland rate rise to 15% sparks worries

25.03.08
Fears about the state of Iceland rise as its central bank hoists interest rates to 15%... more

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