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Stolen personal details of 400,000 witnesses and defendants at Salford Magistrates Court found for sale on eBay
Wednesday 24 July 2013
The £1,200 server was returned but police found insufficient evidence to find the thief
MoD awards £45m battlefield radios contract
Wednesday 24 July 2013
A new multimillion-pound contract for the maintenance of British troops' battlefield radios will secure hundreds of defence jobs across the country, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.
Mid-Staffs nursing chief: I’m not to blame
Monday 22 July 2013
Janice Harry tells hearing that the word 'nursing' in her job title was 'misleading'
Stoke City announce free coach travel for fans attending away games
Friday 19 July 2013
The move comes amid anger over rising prices of attending Premier League games
Cover-up or recent decline? Politicians lock horns over who is to blame for NHS failings
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Parliament divided as Keogh report results in special measures for 11 hospitals
Report out today will highlight major failings across 14 NHS hospital trusts
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Sir Bruce Keogh's investigation will suggest that 14 trusts had higher than average mortality rates
Gareth Southgate keen for return to football amid speculation over England Under-21 role
Friday 12 July 2013
The former Middlesbrough manager is the favourite to replace Stuart Pearce
Cavendish Review: Healthcare assistants are performing the same tasks as nurses and even doctors without standardised training
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Review calls for standardised training for healthcare assistants
Dentists' charges for check-ups are soaring
Saturday 29 June 2013
The price of a check-up at the dentists can vary by as much as 200 per cent depending on where you live in the country.
Stoke reveal interest in Netherlands international Erik Pieters
Monday 24 June 2013
Chairman admits club are seeking a left-back
Caution urged over 'knee jerk reaction' to CQC watchdog reform
Monday 24 June 2013
Ministers should not have a "knee jerk reaction" and overhaul England's health and care regulator, doctors' leaders have said.
CQC storm: ‘Bullying culture’ may mean care scandals go undetected
Friday 21 June 2013
A former inspector of the Care Quality Commission has described how criticism was quashed and ‘good people’ were forced to shut up or quit
CQC storm: ‘I can’t believe what your people have been doing. Bloody hell’
Friday 21 June 2013
As the revelations about the alleged CQC cover-up emerge, Emily Dugan visits its call centre
Supreme Court ruling that soldiers have the right to life even in war zones will have major ramifications for MoD
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Relatives of three men killed by roadside bombs while in Snatch Land Rovers can pursue damages under the Human Rights Act
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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