Ashcroft peerage subject of probes
Two parliamentary committees are beginning inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the award of a peerage to major Conservative donor Lord Ashcroft.
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Many female students suffer assault
One in seven female students has been the victim of a serious sexual or physical assault, a damning report has found.
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BA staff boosted by global support
International support for a proposed walkout by British Airway's cabin crew is continuing to grow, jeopardising management plans to fly 60% of customers regardless.
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Universities will see funding cut
The vast majority of England's universities will see their public funding slashed next year.
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23% of MPs 'would escape politics'
A quarter of MPs (23%) would not go into politics if they were starting their careers again, according to a poll which uncovered low morale at Westminster in the wake of the expenses scandal.
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Hunt for chef's 'mystery boyfriend'
Police investigating the disappearance of university chef Claudia Lawrence have revealed she spent the night with a mystery boyfriend just two days before she went missing.
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Dragons' Den stars in non-dom spat
Duncan Bannatyne has had a dig at Dragons' Den colleague James Caan over his tax status.
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Used car dealers shamed in report
As many as 20% of consumers who buy used cars from dealers end up having a problem with the vehicle, a report by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.
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Eco-friendly plans boost car giants
The motor industry has been given a double boost with news of huge investments by two of the UK's biggest carmakers, safeguarding thousands of jobs.
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Kidnap boy reunited with father
A five-year-old boy freed by kidnappers after his family paid a £110,000 ransom has been reunited with his father.
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Sian Williams 'would appear nude'
TV presenter Sian Williams's accountant told a tax tribunal she would be willing to present her BBC show naked, but BBC bosses would not let her.
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Apology over Bulger killers comment
The Children's Commissioner has apologised for the "hurt" she caused James Bulger's mother but insisted there should be a "serious conversation" about raising the age of criminal responsibility.
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Pilot cleared over gyrocopter death
The partner of a hunt supporter who was killed by a gyrocopter's rotor blade spoke of her devastation after the aircraft's pilot was cleared of manslaughter.
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Bid to ban mephedrone within weeks
The Government's drugs advisers could recommend a ban on mephedrone within weeks following the deaths of two teenagers thought to have taken the drug.
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Afghan victim's family heartbroken
The family of a British Army officer who died in hospital three weeks after being wounded in Afghanistan said they were "heartbroken" by their loss.
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Brown admits defence spending slip
Gordon Brown has admitted he wrongly claimed defence spending had risen in real terms every year when he gave evidence to the Iraq Inquiry.
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Cameron in pledge to black voters
David Cameron has reached out to black voters telling them that the Conservative Party had come "a long way" when it came to opening itself up to ethnic minorities.
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Patrolling police men are desperately needed, reveals new study
Police spend more than a fifth of their time doing paperwork and training, according to new figures.
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Youth ‘shook’ his little girl to death in hospital whilst she was being treated
A young father who inflicted ‘massive injuries’ on his baby daughter in hospital was convicted of manslaughter yesterday.
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Illegal downloading 'cost £1.4bn'
Illegal downloading of music, films and television programmes cost Britain 39,000 jobs and retail losses of £1.4 billion in 2008, a report has claimed.
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British jobseekers stop looking for jobs according to new research
More than one in five Britons of working age is unemployed and has stopped trying to find a job, new figures show.
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Shamed teacher left boy to die in corridor despite warning
A boy of 11 was left dying in a school corridor by a teacher who waved away classmates when they told her he was gasping for air.
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Conman who frequently raped girl and scammed a single mother is jailed
An ‘accomplished conman’ who claimed to be the illegitimate son of financier Edmund De Rothschild was yesterday jailed for 18 years for repeatedly raping a girl and defrauding a single mother.
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Priest refused to baptise boy as his parents are not Catholics
A couple were left feeling humiliated after a priest refused to baptise their son as they weren’t Catholic.
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Widow wins long fight to evict own daughter from farmhouse
A widow of 92 yesterday won the right to kick out her daughter and son-in-law from the farmhouse they share after a long-running family spat.
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