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Damian Hinds to cut workload to tackle teacher shortage By Sean Coughlan BBC News education and family correspondent 10 March 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Recruitment targets for teaching have been missed for five years in a row The education secretary wil…
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Talks on three-year pay deal for NHS staff 'positive' 9 March 2018 Image copyright PA NHS chiefs and health unions in England are understood to be close to agreeing a three-year pay deal. Talks on an award for all health staff - except for doctors and dentists - are said to be constructive and going well. The government has already said it would scrap the 1% cap on pub…
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Talks on three-year pay deal for NHS staff 'positive' 9 March 2018 Image copyright PA NHS chiefs and health unions in England are understood to be close to agreeing a three-year pay deal. Talks on an award for all health staff - except for doctors and dentists - are said to be constructive and going well. The government has already said it would scrap the 1% cap on pub…
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By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst 9 March 2018 Image copyright PA A proposal to impose a so-called latte levy on throwaway coffee cups has been rejected by the government. MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee had suggested a charge of 25p for disposable coffee cups to reduce their use. But ministers say it is better for shops to offer voluntary di…
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By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst 9 March 2018 Image copyright PA A proposal to impose a so-called latte levy on throwaway coffee cups has been rejected by the government. MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee had suggested a charge of 25p for disposable coffee cups to reduce their use. But ministers say it is better for shops to offer voluntary di…
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This is the moment a man in his underpants wrestled a suspected thief to the ground in an exclusive London street. The suspect was said to have smashed the rear window of a Mercedes car before the owner was alerted. Footage captured on a mobile phone yesterday evening shows the defiant owner grappling with the helmeted man in Park Walk, https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-in-his-boxers-wrestles-suspected-thief-to-ground-in-chelsea-a3784641.html
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International Women's Day: Spain's workers in 'feminist strike' 8 March 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhy are women in Spain going on strike? Women workers in Spain are marking International Women's Day with an unprecedented strike targeting gender inequality and sexual discrimination. Work was being halted as part of a 24-hour strike organised by the 8 March Commission and backed by 1…
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An interesting read on being the only cop in town, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-07/policeman-paul-toora-only-cop-in-town/9352046
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Gary Cohn: Key Trump economic policy aide resigns 6 March 2018 US President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said. It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump's team. In a statement released by the White House, Mr Cohn said it had been "an honour to serve my country". Mr Cohn, a former president of the Goldman Sachs bank, helped Mr Trump…
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Hundreds of foreign criminals including rapists and violent offenders are on the run after the Government took too long to deport them, new figures suggest. In just over two years immigration authorities lost track of nearly 500 overseas nationals who were facing removal from the UK after serving prison sentences for their crimes. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/hundreds-of-foreign-criminals-including-rapists-and-violent-offenders-are-on-the-run/ar-BBJRNtp?li=AAmiR2Z&MSCC=1520252474&ocid=spartanntp
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New homes crackdown on 'Nimby councils' - Sajid Javid 4 March 2018 Image copyright Getty Images "Nimby councils" in England that fail to build enough new homes could be stripped of planning powers, Housing Secretary Sajid Javid has warned. The government says councils will be told how many homes a year they must build and a failure to do so will see independent inspectors …
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Weather-related water problems hit 20,000 London homes 4 March 2018 Related TopicsUK snow Image caption Thames Water said freezing temperatures followed by a "sudden thaw" has led to an increase in burst pipes More than 20,000 homes in London were left without water or suffered from low pressure because of freezing weather. Thames Water said it wa…
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Warnings of travel disruption as snow continues 27 February 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSome rural communities could become cut off, forecasters sayHeavy snowfall has hit parts of the UK, causing road and rail disruption. Amber weather warnings of more snow and very low temperatures are in place for Tuesday, and police say driving conditions are "treacherous" in places. The M20 in K…
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Weather-related water problems hit 20,000 London homes 4 March 2018 Related TopicsUK snow Image caption Thames Water said freezing temperatures followed by a "sudden thaw" has led to an increase in burst pipes More than 20,000 homes in London were left without water or suffered from low pressure because of freezing weather. Thames Water said it wa…
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Sir Bradley Wiggins retired from cycling in December 2016Sir Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky "crossed an ethical line" by using drugs allowed under anti-doping rules to enhance performance, instead of just for medical need, a report by MPs says. The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee said it is "not in a position" to state what was in the 'jiffy bag' delivered to Wiggins at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine. But it added there is no "reliable evidence" to back up Team Sky's claim the medical package contained a legal decongestant. The report also said Team Sky used the anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone to prepare Britain's most decorated Olympian fo…
