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Scarlett accused of misleading Chilcot inquiry
Michael Savage: Former MoD expert contradicts claim by former spy chief over Iraq weapons of mass destruction
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MI6 chief reveals advance Abu Ghraib warning new
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Michael Savage: Sir John Sawers said that possible violent mistreatment of inmates by US troops was known within months of the invasion in March 2003.
Youth unemployment hits record high
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work was 952,000 in the three months to October, up 6,000.
Minister plans more 20mph speed zones
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
New proposals to allow local councils to bring in more 20mph speed-limit areas were announced today by the Government.
Government aid to car industry is branded 'wasted opportunity'
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Not one company has received money through the £2.3bn loan guarantee plan
Chilcot inquiry censored for more than a minute
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The openness of the Iraq inquiry has been thrown into doubt again after its chairman, Sir John Chilcot, censored its public proceedings for the first time yesterday.
Chief medical officer to step down after 11 years
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Government's chief medical officer, will step down next May, it was announced yesterday. He has been in the job since 1998, and had originally intended to leave earlier this year.
Mother of all parliaments to open first nursery
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The squabbling and shouting that takes place within the House of Commons has led many to conclude that the mother of all parliaments better resembled a nursery than a hub of democracy. Yet while honourable members may have been accused of behaving like children for years, their repeated demands for childcare facilities for their own offspring have been rejected.
MPs reject crackdown on 'home school' parents
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
A Government plan to crack down on parents who educate their children at home will be rejected today by MPs.
Andrew Grice: Not with a bang but a whimper
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The final Prime Minister's Questions of the noughties was a bit of a damp squib. With Gordon Brown at the Copenhagen summit, it was B team time: Harriet Harman versus William Hague.
Tories reveal partnership plan to turn homes green
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
A £20 billion plan for major retailers and energy firms to help people to "green" their homes was unveiled by David Cameron today.
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1 Found guilty in 15 minutes: the serial killer
2 Stop & search & photos: Know your rights
3 Exclusive: Scarlett accused of misleading inquiry
4 UK gets a sprinkling of snow
5 Police ‘should have reason to stop pictures being taken’
6 Tobin's first victim: a 15-year-old schoolgirl
7 Tobin: 18 years in a serial killer's life
8 Tobin: Jewellery checked for links to unsolved murders
9 Paul Gascoigne arrested for being drunk and disorderly
10 Passengers cut free as crash bus topples
11 MI6 chief reveals advance warning of Abu Ghraib problems new
12 Johnson building an army of private police
13 Warning: Do not take this picture
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1 Exclusive: Scarlett accused of misleading inquiry
2 Paul Gascoigne arrested for being drunk and disorderly
3 Passengers cut free as crash bus topples
4 LAW REPORT: Council hunting ban was unlawful
5 MI6 chief reveals advance warning of Abu Ghraib problems new
6 Gang convicted of sub-postmaster's murder
7 UK gets a sprinkling of snow
8 Tobin: Jewellery checked for links to unsolved murders
9 Found guilty in 15 minutes: the serial killer
10 Youth unemployment hits record high
11 Tobin's first victim: a 15-year-old schoolgirl
12 Tobin: 18 years in a serial killer's life
13 Tobin's third victim: hidden beneath church
14 Glasgow is Britain's murder capital as knife crime spirals
Commented
1Mark Steel: Sussex will be desert before the climate deniers accept reality
2Sir Geoffrey Bindman: Livni has no right to claim immunity from prosecution
3The Road: A film that every one of us needs to see
4Johann Hari: It's the protesters who offer the best hope for our planet
5Exclusive: Scarlett accused of misleading inquiry
6Fans' fury as Wolves field reserves at Old Trafford
7Climate deal 'an uphill struggle', admits PM
8Johnson building an army of private police
Columnist Comments
• Hamish McRae: We have a lot to learn from Ireland
The biggest lesson is that, if a country has to impose austerity, do so swiftly
• Mark Steel: Sussex will be desert before the climate deniers accept reality
Many prominent sceptics seem to be in the pay of the energy industry
• Terence Blacker: Governed by the ill wind of deception
There are, it seems, two categories of lying in public life
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