News Headlines - 27 December 2014

▽Swedish centre-left do eight-year deal with opposition to avert snap election

Sweden’s three-month-old minority centre-left government announced a deal with the opposition on Saturday to sideline the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, who hold the balance of power in parliament, and avert a fresh election.

▽Network Rail faces multi-million pound fine over trains chaos - Telegraph

Network Rail faces multi-million pound fines after an extraordinary day of travel chaos that left tens of thousands of holiday passengers stranded or suffering major delays.

▽Snow shuts airports and brings roads to standstill across Britain - Telegraph

Thousands of travellers had their journeys severely disrupted as heavy snow and winter storms swept the UK, closing roads and airports and bringing chaos to large parts of the country.

▽BBC News - Thatcher and FitzGerald talks: Redrawing of Northern Ireland border was discussed

Newly-released files from the Irish National Archives have revealed how the British and Irish Governments discussed redrawing the Northern Ireland border in 1984.

▽Father Christmas (aka the ISS) spotted flying over Britain - Telegraph

With a trail of light following behind as it zoomed through the skies across Britain, anyone could have been forgiven for thinking it was Father Christmas making his annual rounds.