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Japan orders emergency tunnel inspections after nine are killed by roof collapse
Monday 03 December 2012
Two people were also injured when concrete ceiling panels collapsed onto cars on Sunday morning
Robshaw's wrong call leaves England with a lot more questions to answer
Monday 26 November 2012
Suddenly, the public perception of Chris Robshaw – and, indeed, of the coach who made an England captain of him, Stuart Lancaster – is that they learnt all they know about leadership while studying at the King Lear Academy. Never mind that the national team, still in the early stages of its development, lost by a miserable point (16-15) against the second best side in world rugby. Robshaw and Lancaster are deep in clanger territory. If Lancaster and Robshaw find themselves on the wrong end of an All Black shellacking this coming weekend, they will have an awful lot of fire-fighting ahead.
Roberto Mancini: Manchester City will NOT buy Luis Suarez from Liverpool
Saturday 17 November 2012
Roberto Mancini arrived wearing a David Platt mask - an excellent, well-judged stunt of his own creation and a deft way of brushing off the fact that he had felt the need to swerve any public questions since barking the order "finish" at an unsuspecting TV cameraman, after Manchester City's latest Champions League fright night, against Ajax 11 days ago.
Amol Rajan: Hungry for education? No thanks: I've already Eton
Friday 16 November 2012
When Justin Welby was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury last week, a few guys in our newsroom joked that all application forms for major public posts should have a box you can tick, to say if you went to Eton (as Welby did) or not. The idea is that this would speed things up a bit. For positions such as Prime Minister, Mayor of London, and Archbishop, non-Etonians need not apply.
Gove pushes for external markers
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Children from ethnic-minority groups are more likely to be marked down by their teachers in exams, the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, will say today.
Beijing attacks Dalai Lama over islands dispute
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Beijing has accused the Dalai Lama of allying with Japanese right-wingers over a disputed archipelago.
Family of missing journalist Austin Tice pleads for information
Tuesday 13 November 2012
The parents of an American journalist who has been missing for three months in Syria made a heartfelt appeal for information about his whereabouts Monday and called on any group that may be holding him to release him unharmed.
Mental health academic warns of reality TV 'threat to British psyche'
Monday 12 November 2012
Reality television’s obsession with the “emotional meltdown of losers” is damaging the British psyche – creating a society in which we revel in seeing people hacked to pieces, a leading mental health academic has warned.
Stop The War Coalition to stage University College London protest ahead of 'secretive' Tony Blair speech
Monday 12 November 2012
Anti-war campaigners have criticised a leading university over a “secretive” speech being made by former prime minister Tony Blair.
Thief steals Tower of London keys from unlocked sentry box in embarrassing security blunder
Monday 12 November 2012
Police have launched an investigation after a set of keys were stolen at the Tower of London on Guy Fawkes Night.
Last Night's Viewing: Secret State,Channel 4
Comic Strip Presents...Five Go to Rehab, Gold
Thursday 08 November 2012
It's quite a cheeky touch to open your four-part political thriller with the question "Seen enough?" Who, after all, could answer "Yes" that early in the day, particularly as Secret State, Robert Jones's very free adaptation of Chris Mullin's thriller A Very British Coup, opens with a tantalising vision of local apocalypse. A pair of very shiny shoes is crunching through the cinders of a disaster zone – revealed, when the camera pulls back, as a blasted Northern town.
Bulls turn the tables on Turner with double by reborn Bowman
Sunday 04 November 2012
Hereford 3 Shrewsbury 1: Former Hereford owner returns as Shrewsbury manager to give his old club an unintended boost
Revealed: The texts between Cameron and Brooks
Sunday 04 November 2012
Messages were meant to be kept secret, sparking claims of cover-up by Leveson and No 10
Accrington Stanley FA Cup tie just the latest step for ambitious AFC Fylde
Friday 02 November 2012
They have never been this far in the world's oldest competition before, but when AFC Fylde manager Dave Challinor watched the draw for the FA Cup first round, the tie that was thrown up for his team presented more than a financially rewarding day out. It was more than the chance to claim a Football League scalp, and it was more than being seen by thousands on the late-night highlights show.
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- 5 Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria
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