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New date for BA's Heathrow Terminal 5 flights new

British Airways will start transferring its Heathrow long-haul flights to the new Terminal 5 (T5) on 5 June, it was announced today.

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Radical Muslim cleric with links to Bin Laden is freed on bail

Friday, 9 May 2008

Abu Qatada, the Islamist preacher described as "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe", could be freed on curfew within weeks after being granted bail by an immigration tribunal.

Freedom Of Information: Businesses must disclose what they tell ministers

Friday, 9 May 2008

The role of lobby groups in influencing government policy by holding private meetings with ministers has long been a bone of contention among those who want to see more transparency in the corridors of Westminster. Unless there is proper disclosure about the comings and goings of corporate bodies and campaign groups to Downing Street and the Palace of Westminister, there will be always a whiff of prejudicial dealing surrounding such meetings.

Boy awarded damages over bouncy castle accident

Thursday, 8 May 2008

A teenager who was brain damaged when he was kicked in the head on a bouncy castle today won his damages action against the couple who hired it for their children's birthday party.

Murder inquiry after body found in blast house

Thursday, 8 May 2008

Detectives were investigating today whether a man found dead after a massive explosion ripped through four homes was murdered.

Huge landslide hits Dorset's Jurassic Coast

Thursday, 8 May 2008

It began as a low rumble on Tuesday night, but soon giant chunks of land "the size of cars" were cascading into the sea off Dorset. By yesterday morning, a 400m section of the World Heritage Jurassic Coast between Lyme Regis and Charmouth had disappeared, in what has been described as the biggest landslide Britain has seen in a century.

Smith tightens laws on cannabis

Thursday, 8 May 2008

Cannabis users could in future be automatically arrested and charged on their second offence, Jacqui Smith announced as she defied her own experts to tighten laws on possession of the drug.

Cannabis laws to be strengthened

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Jacqui Smith defied the Government's own experts today by announcing that laws on cannabis will be toughened up.

Reefer madness: Do the drug laws work?

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Defying the weight of medical and scientific opinion, Gordon Brown is to order tougher new laws today on cannabis possession. The Prime Minister has decided to overrule his own expert advisers and reverse the downgrading four years ago of Britain's favourite illegal drug from a class B to a class C substance, threatening cannabis smokers with five-year prison terms.

Hyde Park concert for Mandela's 90th

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Twenty years after a historic Wembley Stadium concert called for his release from Robben Island, Nelson Mandela will travel to London next month for another musical extravaganza to celebrate his 90th birthday and raise awareness of Aids in Africa.

Non-EU football stars will have to take English test

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Foreign footballers and managers will have to pass an English test before they are allowed to display their talents in this country under new immigration rules.

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