observer.guardian.co.uk:
• Which police force takes the most samples?Police officers are now routinely arresting people in order to add their DNA sample to the national police database, an inquiry will allege tomorrow.The review of the national DNA database by the government's human genetics commission also raises the possibility that the DNA prof (Read More)
National Review Online:
Harry Reid scored a victory Saturday night. And part of the line of argument from those urging that senators vote against the motion to proceed Saturday night was: The bill is not likely to get better from here on in. So is it over? Abortion, high costs -- is it all now a given? National Review Online asked a group of exper (Read More)
The Guardian:
Many schools find that National Challenge status has actually made it harder to improveIn the classrooms of Canterbury high school, students are receiving what Ofsted last year described as an "outstanding" education. Outside, meanwhile, the rest of the school is a 2012 Olympic training facility, with an indoor tennis centr (Read More)
The Guardian:
How will universities train enough nurses to degree level when the drop-out rate for such courses can be as high as 78%?Jane – not her real name – has thought many times about quitting her degree in adult nursing at a London university. "While I'm taking stool samples, my university friends are discussing a case study in cr (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Even at the best of times, it is hard to predict the future. To forecast an unprecedented flood is harder still, and to protect effectively against such a flood hardest of all. Yet the serious flood damage in Cockermouth and other parts of Cumbria over the past few days ought nevertheless to be a wake-up call to Britain. We (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Martin Forshaw jailed for life with minimum term of 18 years for what judge describes as 'brutal killing'A policeman was jailed for at least 18 years today for killing his fiancee by bludgeoning her with a hammer before trying to cover his tracks by staging a car accident.Claire Howarth, 31, a police constable, was declared (Read More)
guardian.co.uk: The Guardian newspaper: Editorials & reply:
Victor Keegan just can't bring himself to give the music industry credit for anything, can he (The strange death of illegal downloading, Technology, 19 November)? He can't acknowledge that the industry has been changing in recent years, enabling and supporting the small, smart technology companies which he champions. Where (Read More)
The Guardian:
Music executives in the UK are looking to the home of Abba for signs their declining sales can be stemmed by new lawsThank you for the music. Or rather thank you for paying for the music, to borrow from Abba.Record labels are pointing to the dramatic rise in Swedish music sales, just months after the country introduced anti (Read More)
The Guardian:
Special operations agent in wartime Crete who became an unconventional bishop of ReptonAs both special operations agent and priest, the Right Rev Stephen Verney, who has died aged 90, was brave, open-thinking and creative. After his experiences in Crete during the second world war, he took holy orders, and eventually became (Read More)
The Guardian:
A long-running conflict between rebels and government forces has entered a dangerous phase with attacks by Saudi forces forcing thousands of families into overcrowded refugee campsEyelashes still thick with the dust of a three-day journey, Nasser Mohammed stood with his family amid the plastic pots and bright blankets of th (Read More)
TreeHugger:
All over North America, people complain about deteriorating cities, dysfunctional governments, decline of industrial base and loss of jobs. That pretty much describes Malmö twenty-five years ago, when the shipping industry collapsed and there was 25% unemployment.In North America, we just let cities fend for themselves and (Read More)
The Guardian:
A painful 'parting of friends' followed my Catholic conversion. As Rowan Williams meets the pope, we must pray for reconciliationThe medium is the message. The church, united in faith and love, singing its song of glory to God, speaks eloquently of the reversal of the Tower of Babel. On the first Pentecost, folk from around (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• WBA light-welterweight champion defends title next month• Hatton may fight Juan Manuel MarquezAmir Khan believes Ricky Hatton can emulate him and make a winning return after a bad defeat. Khan, who defends his WBA light-welterweight title against the Ukrainian Dmitriy Salita in Newcastle on 5 December, said a revitalised (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
The Queen's speech, which outlined new legal guarantees for public services, reflects the trend for commitments and guarantees on public service delivery to be written into legislation (13 bills, seven minutes, one question: can it save Brown? 19 November). Unfortunately, this could result in claims being brought against sc (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Embattled children's services watchdog faces calls for radical overhaul to restore public confidenceOfsted today faces calls for a radical overhaul to restore public confidence amid fresh accusations that it is so concerned with protecting its own reputation that it is failing to properly protect children.The embattled chil (Read More)