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Snow drifts set to create more disruption
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Heavy snowfalls and ice in parts of the country are expected to cause disruption today, forecasters warned.
Retire at 68? Three-quarters of us will be too ill to work
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Report claims nation's health is so poor that bid to raise retirement age could be stopped dead in its tracks.
MoD increases payouts for injured troops
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Maximum compensation for soldiers wounded in Afghanistan rises to £1.5m
Israeli minister calls for action over insult
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Danny Ayalon furious at insult hurled during speech at Oxford Union
Rugby star says sorry after homophobic outburst on Twitter
Thursday, 11 February 2010
'No malicious intent' in post about gay referee, says lock forward
Paying labourers more than carers ruled sexist
Thursday, 11 February 2010
The Court of Appeal has ruled that inequality between the pay of mainly female carers working for Sheffield City Council and their predominantly male colleagues doing equivalent jobs, like gardening and rubbish collection, was "tainted by sexism".
Childcare costs more than public school
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
The spiralling cost of childcare in Britain is exposed today by figures which show it can now cost more to send a toddler to nursery than to one of the country's most prestigious private schools.
Hindu man wins funeral pyre battle
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Jerome Taylor: It took four years of legal wrangling, nearly bankrupted an ailing holy man and cost tens of thousands of pounds
Pay-outs for troops wounded in Afghanistan to increase
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Troops injured fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq will receive increased pay-outs under an overhaul of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme announced today.
Plunging temperatures bring fresh snow
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Temperatures fell to minus 6C (21.2F) overnight, bringing more snow and ice to Britain today.
Split-second decisions that saved the lives of 152 airline passengers
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Pilot reveals the heart-stopping moments before flight BA038 crash-landed at Heathrow
Aberdeen plan a real thorn in Lennox's side
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
The singer is opposed to the makeover of her home city's Union Terrace Gardens
Restaurant loses its Michelin star for third time
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Chef walks out as owner plans to turn award-winning eatery into a pub
Statement of Baba Davender Kumar Ghai
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
"I am overjoyed by the Court of Appeal's verdict, which I consider a vindication of every struggle and sacrifice over the last four years. I never doubted justice would be done but, in all honesty, I often feared that my health would fail me before the legal journey had ended. This case was truly a matter of life and death for me and today's verdict has breathed new life into an old man's dreams.
'I am not a hero', says BA crash pilot
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Captain Peter Burkill feared he was going to die in 2008's Heathrow crash landing. Chris Green gets an exclusive interview with him.
Assisted suicide is 'morally wrong'
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The Archbishop of Canterbury said changing the law was "dangerous" territory, writes Jerome Taylor.
Vicar suspended over 'inappropriate' relationship
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
A vicar has been suspended after having an "inappropriate" relationship with a member of his congregation.
Berezovsky dismisses 'outrageous' claim
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Oligarch Boris Berezovsky told the High Court today that it was "outrageous" to claim he was responsible for the horrific death of his friend Alexander Litvinenko by radioactive poisoning.
Overlooked dinner plate breaks Antiques Roadshow record
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
A dinner plate taken along to the Antiques Roadshow as an after-thought has turned out to be a £100,000 record-breaker.
Radical cleric Abu Hamza's home seized
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The property will be sold to pay the Egyptian's legal bills.
'I thought I was going to die' says crash-land pilot
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The former British Airways pilot whose stricken jet crash-landed at Heathrow Airport two years ago spoke today of his fear that all 152 people on board would die.
Ice 'probable cause' of Heathrow crash-landing
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Safety requirements did not cover the ice problem which probably caused crash-landing at Heathrow.
Seven children and mother escape house fire
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
A family with seven children managed to escape to safety, some by jumping from windows, after fire engulfed their home in the early hours today.
Hunger strike at detention centre
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Yarl's Wood, the Bedfordshire detention centre blighted by controversy since its opening in 2001, was in chaos yesterday after police were called to a disturbance involving around 50 women detainees on their fourth day of a hunger strike.
'Hold inquiry into Army abuse in Iraq'
Monday, 8 February 2010
Judge calls for single investigation to cover 46 claims by civilians
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