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Childcare costs more than public school

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.

A Palestinian leads a calf through a smuggler's tunnel from Egypt into the southern Gaza Strip at the Rafah Refugee Camp

Gaza's defiant tunnellers head deeper underground

Robert Fisk meets the Palestinian smugglers bringing oranges, car batteries and bottle tops to a territory under siege.

Man vs marine in the Chagos Islands

Conservationists want to turn archipelago into a giant sea-life reserve. But what about the exiled population, asks Michael McCarthy

Restaurant loses its Michelin star for third time

Chef walks out as owner plans to turn award-winning eatery into a pub

Gordon Brown at Royal Geographical Society yesterday, where he met staff back from stints in Afghanistan and Haiti

Brown wins big Commons victory for vote reform

Labour unites as Tories fail to block referendum on AV system.

EU President's secret bid for economic power

Leaked documents reveal he is using the fininancial crisis to his advantage, writes Sean O'Grady.

Fabricated quote used to discredit climate scientist

Sir John Houghton explains to Steve Connor how global warming sceptics have misrepresented his views.

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Demonstrators holding portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, founder of the Islamic republic, outside the Italian embassy in Tehran yesterday. There were protests outside several EU embassies against Europe's attitude towards Iran

Iran steps up nuclear game as Revolution Day looms

Islamic regime provokes confrontation with West but opposition prepares to hijack commemorations

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Annie Lennox says Union Terrace Gardens are the green, historical heart of Aberdeen

Aberdeen plan a real thorn in Lennox's side

The singer is opposed to the makeover of her home city's Union Terrace Gardens

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Manchester United fans protesting against the way the club has been run under the ownership of the Glazers. Fans have taken to wearing scarfs in the colours the club first wore in 1878 as a further form of protest

Steward sacked as United try to crush 'green and gold' uprising

Fans vow to step up protests against Glazers after club employee loses his job in row over match-day banner

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Manny Osborne-Paradis: 'It's just a race - a huge race, but just a race'

Manny Osborne-Paradis: 'In the downhill, anything can go wrong – fast'

'The Manimal' is Canada's big hope in the Winter Olympics – and he's no average alpine purist. Robin Scott-Elliot speaks to the lovable thrill-seeker who's afraid of heights.

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Irreverent: the amiable Marcus Brigstocke targets believers and atheists

Marcus Brigstocke: God Collar, Vaudeville Theatre, London (Rated 3/ 5 )

Faith, hope and occasional hilarity

Business

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Sants quits as chief executive of the FSA

Move could pave the way for job at Bank of England if Tories win election

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The study found that people with a damaged amygdala had a higher inclination to risk losing money as a result of reckless gambling

Genetic disorder turns risk-averse into gamblers

The brains of people who risk everything when gambling may be wired up differently to those of the naturally cautious, according to a study that appears to have discovered a neurological basis for reckless behaviour.

Life & Style

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'BioShock 2' video game cover

'Bioshock' sequel returns to morally-battered Rapture

Thousands of US videogame shops will be open the instant Tuesday arrives for expected hordes of "Bioshock" fans eager to return to the grim, morally-tattered undersea world of Rapture.

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Figures will show that the BBC spends £70 million a year from its £3.6 billion annual licence fee income on its "top talent" - names which have included Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton (pictured) - who receive at least £100,000 a year.

BBC's top stars paid £54 million

The BBC spends £54 million on its top-earning stars, according to figures out today.

Environment

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A rainforest is destroyed in Borneo. Indonesia and Malaysia are the biggest producers of palm oil in the world

Palm oil deal 'a threat to the rainforest'

EC's Renewable Energy Directive will allow greater mix in petrol and diesel

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Health awareness has risen but actual intake has hardly changed

Decade of spending on health messages 'has had little effect'

People are eating as badly as they were 10 years ago despite hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money being spent on healthy-eating campaigns, the Government's food watchdog admitted yesterday.

Education

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The Big Question: Should we encourage independent schools to set up a private university?

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Murtha addresses a press conference on Capitol Hill in 2007 on the subject of Iraq, whose invasion he came to oppose

John Murtha: Deal-making Democrat who championed military spending

John Murtha liked to say the middle initial P. in his name stood for "power". And he wasn't joking.

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