Not all the proposals are undesirable. There is red tape and also necessary regulation
NHS education reforms 'lack detail'
Wednesday 23 May 2012
The Government's plans to reform education and training in the NHS are unclear and lack detail, MPs have warned.
Southeastern admits Stonegate station overshoot
Tuesday 22 May 2012
A rail company will be sentenced next month over an incident in which one of its commuter trains overran a station by nearly two-and-a-half miles.
Twenty workers killed in China tunnel blast
Sunday 20 May 2012
A blast in a tunnel has killed 20 workers at a road construction site in central China.
Banksy gets the bunting out in north London
Tuesday 15 May 2012
A new piece of street art bearing all the hallmarks of a Banksy (pictured, above) appeared overnight in north London.
Record number of staff spurn sick days
Monday 14 May 2012
A record number of workers are taking no days off sick, but long-term absences are growing because of rising stress and back pain, according to a new workplace survey.
Blood clot risk with contraceptives
Friday 11 May 2012
Women who use a vaginal ring or skin patch as contraceptive methods are at around double the risk of a blood clot compared to those who take the second generation of contraceptive pills, according to a large-scale study.
Leading article: Essex is not the only way, Prime Minister
Wednesday 09 May 2012
Politicians are wooing the upwardly mobile children of the working class again
Britain's army of unpaid carers 'being pushed to breaking point'
Tuesday 08 May 2012
New poll of carers reveals 60 per cent are suffering health problems and many are aged 60 or over
The Western Lit Survival Kit: How to Read the Classics Without Fear, By Sandra Newman
Sunday 06 May 2012
Debunking literature's untouchables
Tanning salons failing to check teens' sunbed use
Tuesday 01 May 2012
Tanning salons are still putting teenagers at risk of skin disease by failing to check the age of sunbed users.
Newmarket to get free preview of Frankel
Tuesday 01 May 2012
Those who get to Newmarket on Sunday with time to spare before the 1,000 Guineas card will have the considerable bonus of seeing the best horse on the planet go through his paces before racing.
Leading article: If only Apple could be more like Puma
Sunday 29 April 2012
Any hope that the 21st-century, high-tech corporate giants might be more ethically aware than their older, dirtier cousins has been sadly scotched.
Vatican censures 'feminist' nuns for supporting US healthcare reform
Friday 20 April 2012
Holy See faces new PR disaster as it orders a crackdown on what it views as liberal dissenters
Gas fitter Andrew Hartley jailed over boiler death
Tuesday 17 April 2012
A gas fitter wept today as he was jailed for the manslaughter of a millionaire's daughter who died from carbon monoxide poisoning following his botched installation of a boiler.








