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The horrible thing about China's 62-mile nine-day jam was that it destroyed the certainty that travel will inevitably result in arrivalHold on to your hats – or rather, don't bother, as we shan't exactly be proceeding at a great lick, and could in fact be here for aeons – because the Chinese tra[...]
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The Department of Health (DoH) has defended its plans to change how the NHS is held to account, after union leaders launched a legal challenge. Unison, the union which represents most of the UKs health workers, pledged to oppose the Health White Paper,
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.. Apple's new social media service Ping, with reports of users being bombarded with junk messages. Ping became available with Wednesday's iTunes 10 update ... senior security adviser at Sophos, told SCMagazineUS.
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Again. Longstanding Spectator Readers may be forgiven for groaning that they have heard all this before. Not for a long time they haven't, and when I last wrote about this it was well before the Online Days. Still, feel free to skip if you are bored with
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...labour market, for example, by requiring that unemployment benefits be only issued to those who undergo training or take up social work, they said. The IMF-ILO conference on September 13 in Oslo will discuss ways to bring about a "sustainable...
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Crumbling flats provided gritty, urban backdrop for Clint Eastwood film and TV shows including The Bill and SpooksLater this year when bulldozers begin to raze the sprawling Heygate housing estate in south London, few will mourn. The occasional remaining fan of early 70s Soviet-style brutalism may d[...]
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Giving GPs responsibility for commissioning alongside service provision is crucial for better integration of health services and thus overall outcomes, a report by The Nuffield Trust has concluded. According to the Trust, experience on the international
18 hours ago
A saving of 1% to 1.5% of the cost of healthcare would justify the cost of fibre to the premises throughout the UK, says the International Telecommunications Union. Speaking to the Westminster Media Forum on Thursday, ITU secretary general Hamadoun
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Widespread public confusion remains over how the adult care system works, two years after councils in England were set personalisation targets to improve information and advice for citizens, research has found.
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...Posted to Norrms by Norrms Charities feel burden of high social worker vacancy rates Posted to The Social Work Blog by The Social Work Blog Burstow’s vision Posted to Fighting Monsters by Fighting Monsters Picard backs...
19 hours ago
Three suspected sex traffickers arrested as police free 15 women in major crackdown on Belfast brothelsFifteen women have been rescued from sex traffickers in a major crackdown on brothels in Northern Ireland, it was announced today.The women, who are from EU countries, were being forced to work as [...]
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A SCHOOL has been rated 'good' across the board. Ofsted inspectors praised pupils for their hard work following a visit to Brightlingsea Junior School in Eastern Road. They awarded the second best of four possible grades -inadequate, satisfactory, good
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A retired academic from Suffolk who specialised in child care has admitted a string of child pornography charges.Former college lecturer Kevin Pettican, 64, of Saxmundham, admitted making and possessing indecent images of children.A judge at Ipswich
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The treatment of William Hague and Julia Gillard reflects the importance attached to children as an accessory to officeThe Australian prime minister Julia Gillard is attacked for being "deliberately barren". William Hague feels forced to reveal that he is longing for children. A nasty little tyranny[...]
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Young people in the County Borough have achieved Bridgend’s best-ever results in this summer’s WJEC GCSE examinations. The examination board’s figures show that 65.7 per cent of candidates achieved higher grade passes (grades
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Three sex trafficking suspects arrested after PSNI rescues 15 women from EU countries in crackdown on 'modern-day slavery'Fifteen women have been rescued from sex traffickers in a crackdown in brothels in Northern Ireland, it was announced today.The women, who are from EU countries, were being force[...]
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School aged Olympics begins in the North East Last night 1,600 elite school aged athletes watched the opening ceremony of the Sainsbury’s 2010 at the Gateshead International Stadium. Speaking at the opening ceremony Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for
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HUCKNALL'S National Comprehensive School enjoyed a phenomenal 17% leap in the number of pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C.The Annesley Road school's figure of 88% was an impressive improvement from last year's 71%. Dr John Edwards, the
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A 16-YEAR-OLD Hucknall girl has followed in the footsteps of her elder sister as an academic high-flyer.Zoe Haslam, of Piper Close, obtained five A* passes in her GCSEs, taken at Holgate Comprehensive School, Hucknall. The subjects were English
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IF you have passed the Art Gallery of Holgate Comprehensive School on Baker Street in Hucknall, there is a good chance you will have noticed a painting or a sculpture by Mae Hickling.It is this talent which has helped to earn Mae a GCSE A* grade in art,
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Bosses at Milton Keynes Hospital, Bucks, have come up with the 'Clean Hands Rap' to help doctors and nurses learn proper hand washing technique. The song - which includes the lyrics ''Now to clean between your fingers, Just in case the bad bug lingers''
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30AM BST. A headteacher who was run over twice in his school?s car park was back at work today after fighting back to health over summer. Austin Cheminais was airlifted to hospital following the accident outside Rushall JMI. He said doctors thought he
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Foster carers working for Slough Council face a 50% cut in the weekly fee paid for their first child.
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Three suspected illegal immigrants have been stopped from entering the UK after being found in a chemical lorry bound for Tyneside. Specially trained dogs discovered the three Eritrean nationals during a routine inspection on 27 August. They were taken
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SEVEN students have had to find alternative placements after A-levels were suspended at their college halfway through the course.East Durham College, in Peterlee, has temporarily halted its A-level provision while education bosses carry out a review of