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Hundreds sign up to new social work scheme
More than 200 graduates have signed up to a new scheme to attract the brightest candidates into social work within just 24 hours of its launch, it emerged last ...
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Judi Dench defends drama school in row over advertising boards
Judi Dench has come to the defence of the drama school where she learned her Oscar-winning craft.The London borough of Camden has banned two advertising hoardings outside the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama on supposedly aesthetic grounds.The Central says that it receives up to 150,000 a year from advertisers using the sites, which it donates to theatre charities involving thousands of ...
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Barack Obama must act like a true leader | Observer editorial
It is always hard for an American president in the second term, but both his country and the world need Obama to show strength and courage and put scandal behind ...
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The rules | Rafael Behr
So accustomed is modern society to the widespread practice of capitalism that some are inclined to think it has no rules; that the realm of economic activity is akin to a jungle where only the strongest survive. (Lions don't submit themselves to the authority of some enfeebled gazelle-market regulator.)In fact, capitalism does have rules but one of them is that the richer you get, the ...
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Academies are not the way forward for education | letters
Will Hutton's interesting analysis of the social consequences of the segregation of privately educated students from those in state-funded schools concluded (surprisingly and without evidence, apart from his visit to one school and Andrew Adonis's personal account of his reinvention of the comprehensive schools) that academies are the solution ...
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Trainee lawyer was denied permanent contract when she became pregnant
A trainee lawyer is in line for compensation from a top City law firm after winning her case for discrimination after she missed out on a job because she was pregnant.An employment tribunal found that law firm Travers Smith denied Katie Tantum, 33, a permanent job because she became pregnant in the final stages of her 42,000-a-year contract.A hearing will be held in June to determine what level ...
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British Study Raises Warning on Scottish Banks
LONDON -- An independent Scotland could find its banks too big to rescue in the event of another crisis, according to a British government report that compares the Scottish financial sector to those of debt-laden Iceland and ...
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Kate Middleton and Prince William gnome statues a first at Chelsea Flower Show
pregnant wife Kate are the first gnomes ever to go on show at the Chelsea Flower Show.Chelsea lifted a ban on the figures to mark the show's centenary, which starts on Tuesday, ...
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Cannes jewel heist was almost certainly an inside job say French police
A 1million Cannes Film Festival jewellery heist was "almost certainly" an inside job, cops said yesterday.Detectives confirmed that the hotel room safe from which the gems vanished was not insured, ...
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Broadmoor 150th anniversary Pictures show hospitals earliest criminals killers and poisoners
the Sunday People reports.Before 1863 the mentally ill - crooks or not - faced being caged in London's Bethlem asylum, nicknamed Bedlam.But the Victorians took a more humane view, founding Broadmoor in the leafy countryside around Crowthorne, Berks.And pioneering photographer Henry Hering captured the faces of many of the first intake, including some who played in the hospital band as well ...
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Anders Breivik Mass murderer is sole member of his own fascist party
The Sunday People reports the fanatic, 34, is serving 21 years for killing 77 people in a self-styled far-right crusade.Now he has applied to the authorities in Norway to form his own political party to peddle his extremist views, according to the Sunday People.Breivik wants to seize power in his home land and set up a state without any immigrants.But his bid to attract millions of supporters to ...
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Les Dawsons daughter plea to end family feud for 20th anniversary of comedians death
The youngest daughter of comic legend Les Dawson has made an emotional plea to her brother and sisters to end their long-running family rift.Charlotte, 20, has only ever spoken to Stuart, Julie and Pam on rare occasions since their father died in June 1993.She says Les would be devastated by the distance between his children and she is now urging her brother and sisters, who are all in their ...
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Tia Sharp uneasy about staying with Stuart Hazell three weeks before he murdered her
Tragic Tia Sharp seemed fearful about visiting paedophile Stuart Hazell's home THREE WEEKS before he murdered her there.The 12-year-old told gran Angie Niles she was "bored" staying with evil Hazell and her other grandmother Christine Bicknell.But heartbroken Angie, ...
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Pregnant orang-utan pictured clinging to final tree as bulldozers destroy rainforest around her
A starving, heavily pregnant orang-utan clings to a solitary tree high above what had been pristine rainforest for millennia - till giant bulldozers moved in and flattened it in days.Boon-Mee was too weak and frightened to leave the trunk where she had sought sanctuary as the machines tore down her jungle home in ...
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Jeremy Hunts claims sunk as leaked report reveals AE numbers are FALLING
Hospital casualty patient numbers are FALLING - blowing apart Jeremy Hunt's claim that record waiting times are caused by "overwhelming pressure" on A&E departments. A leaked NHS England report reveals 89,215 fewer emergency patients in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2012. The figure will raise fears over whether the Health Secretary has a ...
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David Moyes reveals fake Twitter account in daughters name has been shut down
New Man Utd boss David Moyes yesterday revealed how a bogus Twitter account in his daughter's name had leaked news of his appointment.Someone claiming to be his daughter Lauren announced he was to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson before his new job had been made official.Moyes, 50, said: "My daughter has never had a Twitter account and she was absolutely distraught by it."We had the ...
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Im TOO pretty to work Graduate says her good looks means shes harassed and bullied
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Police probe at least 54 more evil child sex grooming gangs
At least 54 evil child grooming gangs are being investigated by police.It comes as officers in the North of England are preparing to bust the biggest paedophile network ever seen in the country, with police set to swoop within days.Our disturbing figures can be revealed after reporters contacted every force across England and Wales, but the true number is likely to be much higher as many failed, ...
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Mick and Mairead Philpott banned from visiting gravestones of their six dead children
Child killers Mick and Mairead Philpott have had a plea to visit the unmarked graves of their six children turned down by prison officials.They begged permission to pay respects to the tragic youngsters they killed in a fire at the family home a year ago.But the authorities fear outrage and vendetta attacks from angry relatives and members of the public if the evil couple are allowed to visit ...
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Dan Snow to be appointed honorary colonel of Territorial Army in bid boost numbers
Territorial Army chiefs have signed up TV historian Dan Snow in a bid to double the number of reservists to 30,000. Top brass hope Snow, who has no direct military experience, will help to improve the image of the TA as he takes up the role of honorary colonel, heading the information unit. The position would normally be filled by a former senior ranking colonel, but rules allow Commanding ...
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Paul Hollywood feeling guilty after splitting from devastated wife of 15 years
TV star Paul Hollywood has told friends how the split from his wife of 15 years has left him racked with guilt.The Great British Bake Off host shocked fans last week when he revealed he was leaving Alexandra, mother of his 11-year-old son, amid claims he has grown close to TV chef Marcela Valladolid.Paul and mum-of-one Marcela, who was recently voted one of the world's top 60 most desirable ...
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Me and Tulisa the sister I never knew How one sons hunt for his dad took an amazing turn
Trembling with emotion, Neil Jones answered the phone. On the other end of the line was the half sister he never knew existed. Yet he already recognised her voice. It was Tulisa Contostavlos. The X Factor judge, superstar singerand the missing piece in the jigsaw of Neil's life. "We chatted for about an hour," says Neil, who hired a private eye to hunt for his real dad then ...
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Michael Le Vell love triangle Chilean beauty says she has not heard from Kevin Webster actor in a week
with Michael Le Vell has told of her heartbreak after not hearing from him in over a week.Blanca Fouche fears she has been dumped in favour of Emma Dodd, 27, who the Coronation Street actor was last week reported to have started dating.Mum-of-four Blanca, 31, assumed she and him were a couple - but yesterday she admitted: "I have no idea where I stand now."Meanwhile people close to the ...
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Queens Coronation 60 years on Pictures and memories of lucky few who witnessed it
Sixty years ago, the world watched in awe as Princess Elizabeth was crowned Queen of England. Those who saw the splendour of the Coronation will never forget it. As well as the millions who celebrated at home or at street parties across the country, there were the lucky few inside Westminster Abbey who witnessed the historic moment first hand. And while six decades have passed, many still ...
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Gay marriage David Cameron faces revolt from over 100 Tory MPs
DavidCameron faces a revolt by more than 100 Tory MPs this week over his plans to legalise gay marriage.Rebels plan to reignite the row over the issue tomorrow, demanding the Prime Minster holds a referendum on gay marriage before it becomes law.The Tory split comes after Defence Secretary Philip Hammond infuriated No10 by saying there was a "real sense of anger" among many people ...
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Scotland's waterways seeing revival
Scotland’s waterways, the canals used to transport bulky goods and vast quantities of coal in the days before the development of the railways, are of great significance in terms of their role in the development of the country, new projects are making sure they remain so.
Scotland recently began investing heavily in its canal system with the introduction of the Millennium Link, a project to restore the Union Canal and Forth and Clyde Canals for use by recreational boaters, tourists and to encourage investment in the tourism, retail and commercial sectors. Read more
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