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Leading health experts round on the health secretary Andy Burnham today, warning him off reversing a Labour programme of modernisation and competition within the health service.Burnham surprised cabinet ministers and policy officials alike when he announced in September that the NHS would return to the "preferred provider" (Read More)
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Up to 80% of crime in the UK is committed by people who had behavioural problems as children and teenagers, according to a report published today.Early-intervention programmes for young children could significantly lower crime levels, according to a study by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.The cost of crime related t (Read More)
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The tiny creatures can cover 100 miles in two daysAt just 1.5mm in size, the fig wasp is easily missed. But new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals it is a world champion among insects. The previous longest recorded distance for an insect transporting pollen was roughly six mile (Read More)
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A flurry of executions and death sentences has raised concern that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to quell pockets of unrest around the nation.
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The new EU foreign minister is an alumnus of my sixth-form college in WiganThere was one crucial detail missing from this week's many profiles of Baroness Ashton, the EU's first high representative for common foreign and security policy.Before she worked for CND or enrolled to study economics at Bedford College, or became d (Read More)
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Schools watchdog mauled as critics bite back at 'wasteful' bureaucracyOfsted is facing a crisis in public confidence as it comes under a series of attacks on its authority this week, with the watchdog accused of being "flawed, wasteful and failing".The children's services inspectorate will be criticised today by service hea (Read More)
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• Meersseman: 'I see no reason why he couldn't play till 40'• If he wants to do it, he is going to do it, says medical directorA radical fitness coach who ensured that Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta played at the highest level until they were in their 40s has claimed that David Beckham could still be playing for En (Read More)
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Bawdy farce involving Tom Jones's penis becomes a multiplex sensationThe Hollywood blockbusters 2012 and A Christmas Carol are playing to respectable audiences Merthyr Tydfil's Vue multiplex, entertaining fans with their multimillion pound effects.But in screen eight, the staff are having to drag in extra beanbags in an att (Read More)
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If the president had talked instead about Jiwai or Fanfou – Twitter's Chinese rivals – China would have been less confusedWhen Barack Obama told students in Shanghai last week that he had never used Twitter, there were two responses. In the west, surprise from some of his 2.6 million followers. And in China, reportedly, a s (Read More)
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The digital economy bill is misnamed. A more honest title for the legislation, recently introduced in the Lords, would be the copyright protection and punishment bill. It is less about creating the digital businesses of the 21st century than protecting the particular 20th century business models used in music and film.The b (Read More)
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A letter from several lobby groups (4 November) left the impression that proposed Danish legislation intends to reduce the rights of members of the public to protest openly. This is misleading. Denmark is committed to including civil society in important events like Cop15. The Danish government supports efforts by Danish NG (Read More)
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• Support groups explore masculinity as a concept• Critics claim societies a front for 'macho activities'After decades of feminism, equal rights and "women-only" support networks, a lower, deeper voice is attempting to make itself heard at some of Britain's leading universities.Male students are "manning-up", setting up men (Read More)
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• Canoeist dies and woman is swept away by river• Checks on 1,800 Cumbria bridges after six collapseTorrential downpours claimed a second victim today in Devon as emergency medical supplies and food parcels were sent to communities marooned by floods in Cumbria, and rescue teams searched the swollen river Usk in Wales for a (Read More)
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• Levy on City trading aimed at restoring trust in banks• Survey shows more than 50% of voters back planGordon Brown will take his radical proposal to tax City trading to Britain's business leaders today, as a survey shows that more than half of voters would back the plan, if the proceeds went to help the poorest in society (Read More)
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The prime minister planned his war while telling parliament he was doing no such thing, and the determination to keep the reality hidden created difficulties for the army as it struggled to get soldiers the right kit. The latest Iraq revelations in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph come as the Guardian is told how the failings i (Read More)