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Remembrance Sunday: 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944'
Cahal Milmo: This year's commemorations were given added poignancy by events in Afghanistan.
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Branson hopes for third time lucky on lottery bid
Monday, 9 November 2009
Bruised by his two unsuccessful bids in the past to run the National Lottery, Sir Richard Branson will make an attempt to acquire a stake in the current lottery operator, Camelot, this week, as the deadline looms for the sale of up to an 80 per cent stake in the company.
Revealed: Government's 'heartless' treatment of forced marriage victims
Monday, 9 November 2009
Traumatised British citizens told to take out loans to pay for flights home
One-third of armed forces have no vote
Monday, 9 November 2009
Ministers are accused of a "scandalous failure" to help Britain's servicemen and women exercise their democratic right to vote in the next general election after it emerged that more than 60,000 are still unregistered – one-third of the regular armed forces.
Minister defends mission as a nation remembers
Sunday, 8 November 2009
As the Queen led the nation's remembrance of the war dead, the Defence Minister said the British mission in Afghanistan could not be determined by public opinion.
In search of a family: The 'problem' children left behind
Sunday, 8 November 2009
As National Adoption Week begins, figures show prospective parents are shunning youngsters with complex needs
Academics attack Professor Nutt over 'incorrect statements' on drugs
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Some of Britain's leading drug experts yesterday launched an attack on Professor David Nutt, who was sacked as chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs after he argued that alcohol and tobacco were more dangerous than cannabis.
Plans to fast-track nuclear plants to be unveiled
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Plans to fast-track a new generation of nuclear power stations are set to be unveiled tomorrow by the Government.
Passengers rail route warning due to lack of drivers
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Passengers were warned not to travel on a busy rail route today because of a lack of available train drivers.
Billy Griffiths: How St Dunstan's gave me back my independence
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Billy served in the Royal Air Force as an aircraftsman in the Second World War. Having become a Japanese Prisoner of War in Java in 1942 he lost both his hands and his sight as a result of a sudden explosion.
British ticket holders share £90m lottery jackpot
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Two British ticketholders shared a massive £90 million jackpot in last night's Euromillions draw, Camelot said.
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1 Two Britons share £90m lottery jackpot
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3 Nuclear veterans win compensation case
4 Plans to fast-track nuclear plants to be unveiled
5 Remembrance Sunday: 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944'
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7 Minister defends Afghan mission as a nation remembers
8 Hague warns against rewriting expenses reforms
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10 Green beliefs win legal protection
11 Casualties of war: how forces children bear scars of conflict
12 Murder hunt launched to find firework killer
13 Plans to fast-track new nuclear power stations
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2Schoolboy confronts Griffin at memorial
3Tory Eurosceptics threaten 'all-out war' over Brussels
4Minister defends Afghan mission as a nation remembers
5Academics attack Professor Nutt over 'incorrect statements' on drugs
6Leading article: Why we must leave Afghanistan
7Public support 'crucial' to Afghan success, says general
8BNP set to advance in ex-Speaker Martin's Glasgow seat
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• Bruce Anderson: The EU battle isn't over for Cameron
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Binge-drinking was once praised as being safer than steady soaking
• Philip Hensher: Berlin... but that was in another country
A great wall rises up between us and what we remember
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