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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Asylum failings damage lives, says immigration watchdog
Parliamentary ombudsman says UK Border Agency is not managing its workload or resolving applications in timeThe UK Border Agency's failure to manage its workload is penalising individuals, draining public funds and jeopardising confidence in the asylum and immigration system, according to a…
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Raise the bar for teacher recruits, schools committee says
MPs call for trainee teachers to have at least a lower second-class degree to drive higher school standardsMPs will today call for sweeping changes to the way teachers are trained in England, recommending that no candidate should be recruited to a graduate teaching course without at least a lower…
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Speaker warns Commons MPs' trial could be put at risk by careless talk
Political leaders were warned to choose their words with care when discussing the Labour MPs charged with criminal offencesPolitical leaders were given a pointed warning yesterday to choose their words with care when discussing the three Labour MPs charged with criminal offences, amid fears that a…
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Ali Dizaei sentenced to four years in jail
The most senior British police officer ever convicted was found guilty of arresting a web designer in a dispute over moneyThe most senior British police officer ever convicted of corruption offences was starting a four-year prison sentence yesterday after a jury found he had tried to frame an…
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Ian Blair: police 'unaffordable' and Tory plans 'entirely wrong'
Former head of Metropolitan police says elected police commissioners will not work and calls for bipartisan inquiryPolicing is becoming unaffordably expensive due to the failure of political parties to back cheaper alternatives to full-time police officers, the former Metropolitan police…
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Police 'ignore' rights of sex trafficking victims
Human rights watchdog suspects sexual exploitation of overseas women being wrongly treated as immigration issueThe police and immigration services may be illegally ignoring the human rights of foreign women who have been forced into prostitution, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has…
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University applications reach record levels for fourth year in a row
• Hundreds of thousands could miss out on a place • Graduates face 'double whammy' in jobs marketMore than 200,000 would-be students are likely to be left without a place at a UK university this year as undergraduate applications reach record levels for the fourth year running.Applications are…
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Royal Collection - Artemisia Gentileschi
They have Artemisia's self-portrait!!!
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How to travel by train from London to Italy | Venice Florence Rome & other cities
Train times, fares & how to buy tickets for train travel from London to Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Naples, Sicily, or anywhere in Italy. Taking the train to Italy is the safe, comfortable, affordable & environmentally-friendly alternative to flying.
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Londres receberá festival de cultura brasileira - 08/02/2010 - UOL Entretenimento - Notícias - BBC
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London's Latest Property Bubble - WSJ.com
Overall, British prices have only fallen about 12% from the peak. When compared to household incomes, they stand far higher than they did even in 1989, at the peak of the last property bubble. This matters for everyone—including those who will never visit Britain and have no direct interest in…
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London Sperm Bank whips out its wedding tackle • The Register
It's Friday, so as we nip off to the nearest boozer for a few pre-weekend liveners, let's consider raising a hearty pint to the London Sperm Bank whose splendid logo was recently spotted by a Reg reader: The London Sperm Bank logo, including stylised penis The man oyster repository in…
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Pitt and Jolie to sue News of the World over 'split' story
Claim of separation 'false as well as intrusive', say lawyers, as Pitt and Jolie begin action in London high courtAs Hollywood's most famous power couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are used to every aspect of their life together being dissected in the world's media, whether it's rumours over…
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Restaurant, Bar, Cafe, Pub & Club Review Guide - TrustedPlaces
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Hugh Muir's diary
Slush fund or no, BAE tries to be nice to people, and no mistake• Nothing tangible yet from BAE's attempt to offer its military-style spy planes to the Kent police force – which considered they might be useful, not least for patrolling the Channel. But that's not for…
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Letters: Banks, tax havens and corruption
I was both fascinated and disgusted by reports about BAE (6 February) but was not sure what shocked me most. Was it the bribery? Or the fact that BAE was and is peddling the tools of death? Or the fact that some of the systems they sold went to poor countries who had absolutely no need for such…
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High street feels the January chill as shoppers stay away
• Wintry weather helps push January sales to a 15-year low• Retail figures dash government's hope of spring election boostThe high street suffered its worst January in at least 15 years last month as snow storms, higher VAT and anxious consumers all took their toll on sales, the British Retail…
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Simon Hoggart's sketch: Shafted by a smooth operator
Jack Straw's lawyerly evasions and the Chilcot inquiry's gracious courtesy made for a perfect couplingThe stenographers at the Iraq inquiry type up a record of everything that is said a few seconds after it's been said. They are brilliantly quick, but mistakes can creep in, such as at the start of…
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The 72-year-old Scot who's won judo's highest accolade
George Kerr has been playing judo since he was eight; now he's one of only seven people in the world to have attained 10th Dan'It is a huge achievement, I must admit," says George Kerr when pushed, with a slight note of reticence in his Scottish accent. On Saturday, Kerr was given the status of…
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Alistair Darling criticised over hidden £18bn indemnity plan
Treasury flouted rules to conceal underwriting plan at the height of the banking crisis, according to report by MPsThe Treasury flouted parliamentary rules to conceal an £18bn plan to underwrite loans made by the Bank of England to failing banks at the height of the banking crisis, according to…
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In praise of… Sir John and Lady Dankworth
In the distant days when the Sir and Lady tags were first applied to musician Johnny Dankworth and his wife, the singer Cleo Laine, the intention was ironic. Sure, the pair were the first family of postwar British jazz, but that boho scene was no place for picking up honorifics. As young John…
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Pass notes No 2,725: Joel Benenson
The tough political strategist is taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching Gordon Brown for TV election debatesAge: 57.Appearance: Earnest, grizzled New York pollster and political strategist.And what is he? An earnest, grizzled New York pollster and political strategist.Claim to fame:…
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Post office closure consultations 'a sham', says consumer group
Post Office Ltd 'missed opportunities' to discover how closures would effect local communitiesThe national consultation that led to the government's controversial post office closure programme was deeply flawed and so ineffective that it was regarded by many consumers as "a sham", a hard-hitting…
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Response: The military do more than fight – they protect our global interests
Aircraft carriers are floating pieces of British real estate, proclaiming us as a serious nationSimon Jenkins's assertion that "the general is right and the admiral is wrong" misinterprets Britain's security needs (Naval nostalgia and edgy kit are no basis for sane defence, 20 January). The…
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Metropolitan police: Failing the test
Forty years ago, when the most influential British police chief of the postwar era, Robert Mark, took over as the Metropolitan police commissioner, he made a celebrated and shocking remark. "The basic test of a decent police force is that it catches more criminals than it employs," Mark said. Then…
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Seasonal adjustment
Global warming could be changing seasonal timing with profound consequences, according to analysis of 726 species of plants and animalsAs snow flurries continued to cause disruption across the country today, spring may feel further away than ever. But recent winters have been ending earlier than…
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Country diary: Somerset
SomersetThe Mendip foothills north of Bruton can be steep and sudden. When I first went that way, I had to engage first gear in an elderly Austin to grind painfully up the last gradient to Batcombe. But down below lies Batcombe Vale and at its heart, largely unnoticed, the isolated hamlet of…
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