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Three more government drugs advisers quit
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Alan Johnson failed in an attempt to defuse the damaging row between the Government and Britain's top scientists after three more of his drugs advisers resigned last night.
'Big Brother' database cancelled
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Nigel Morris and Robert Verkaik: Plan to store details of every phone call and email 'kicked into long grass' after furore
Brown pays tribute to troops killed in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The PM was speaking as controversy raged over his 'disrespectful' condolence letter to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Dead soldier's mother confronts PM over lack of equipment
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Gordon Brown was confronted over the lack of equipment for British troops by the mother of a dead soldier when he called to offer his condolences.
Labour forces secret inquests Bill through the Commons
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Secret inquests which will bar bereaved families and the public from attending hearings into controversial deaths were forced through Parliament last night.
'Mortified' PM apologises over condolence note
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Brown telephones soldier's mother after spelling son's name wrong in letter
Bob Ainsworth: The conflict in Afghanistan is one of necessity, not choice
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Tomorrow, as we commemorate military sacrifice, my thoughts will be with our forces on the frontline in Afghanistan.
Anger at 'cloak of secrecy' for Freemason judges
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Jack Straw's decision to no longer force applicants for the judiciary to declare if they are Freemasons was today branded a "disgrace" by a Labour MP.
Andrew Grice: Sombre Brown
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
A very sombre Gordon Brown on display at his Downing Street press conference this morning, the first of these once-monthly events since July. Inevitably, it was dominated by Afghanistan. He wore a black tie and it felt a bit odd when he spoke slowly and deliberately about the NHS too. He brought the presser to an end so that it did not clash with the bodies of six other servicemen killed in the conflict arriving home.
Oliver Wright: Oops... how The Telegraph got it wrong
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Interesting to see that The Telegraph has taken down what was the main story in their newspaper this morning from the home page of their website .
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1 Afghan war is bad for security, voters say
2 Schoolboy confronts Griffin at memorial
3 I understand the pain of losing a child, says Brown
4 'Big society' is the solution to poverty, declares Cameron
5 Three more government drugs advisers quit
6 'Drunk' United Airlines pilot charged
7 Wife says noisy sex conviction breaches rights
8 View from Wootton Bassett: 'It's like losing a brother – everyone is crushed'
9 Treasure island – the best archaeological finds in Britain
10 Ministers cancel 'Big Brother' database
11 Justin Fenton in Lambeth: Keeping children out of the gangs' clutches
12 Father gives up fight to keep baby alive
13 Hacker attacks police website
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1 Father gives up fight to keep baby alive
2 I understand the pain of losing a child, says Brown
3 X-rated: What is so special about the letter 'X'
4 Brown pays tribute to troops killed in Afghanistan
5 Labour forces secret inquests Bill through the Commons
6 Airline pilots condemn sky marshal plan as flawed and dangerous
7 Soldier 'too afraid to tell truth' on Baha Mousa
8 Sharp rise reported in child abuse by women
9 'Big society' is the solution to poverty, declares Cameron
10 Huge rise in number of racist attacks
11 Afghan war is bad for security, voters say
12 Expenses row MP in 'election U-turn'
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5Leading article: A vicious and unfair personal attack
6Dominic Lawson: The only options are to double up in Afghanistan or leave
7Dead soldier's mother confronts PM over lack of equipment
8Tensions grow as Chavez masses troops on border
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