News Headlines - 20 December 2010

▽Anti-terror police arrest 12 people in nationwide raids - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8215598/Anti-terror-police-arrest-12-people-in-nationwide-raids.html
An al-Qaeda plot to target Christmas shoppers with a wave of suicide bomb attacks in London was foiled by a series of raids across the country yesterday.

▽Vince Cable: I could bring down the Government  - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/liberaldemocrats/8215462/Vince-Cable-I-could-bring-down-the-Government.html
Vince Cable has privately threatened to “bring the Government down” if he is “pushed too far” during fractious discussions with his Conservative colleagues, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

▽Mixed response on first anniversary of High Speed One - Kent News
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/p_12/Article/a_9922/Mixed_response_on_first_anniversary_of_High_Speed_One
And with a survey showing more than 95 per cent of passengers are satisfied with the high speed service, rail bosses met this week to celebrate a successful first year.

▽No direct Heathrow high-speed line ‘for decades’ - FT.com
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a1d5926-0c73-11e0-8408-00144feabdc0.html#axzz18htNXOQp
There will be no direct high-speed rail services to Heathrow airport during the initial development of the system, the transport secretary said while unveiling plans for a London to Birmingham line.

▽Internet porn block 'not possible' say ISPs - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12041063
Government plans to block pornography "at source" are unlikely to prove effective, say ISPs.