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Schools letting down invisible minority of poorest pupils
The Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has called for the Government to deploy an army of top teachers in schools failing their poorest pupils.Teachers could be offered incentives such as bigger pay packets, higher status and faster career progression to sign up to become a National Service Teacher in "less fashionable, more remote or challenging places".In a major ...
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UK considers 10-20 percent price cut for medicines
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Department of Health said on Thursday it was considering cutting drug prices by between 10 and 20 percent under pricing arrangements with industry to ensure the state healthcare system gets good value for money.Governments across Europe have been taking a tough line on medicine costs as stagnant economic growth hits budgets. (Reporting by Ben Hirschler; editing ...
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Scotland make three changes
Scotland have made three changes in their starting team for their final international of the season against Italy in Pretoria on Saturday. In the backs Ruaridh Jackson has not recovered sufficiently from the shoulder injury he sustained against South Africa in Nelspruit last weekend, therefore Tom Heathcote will win his third cap at stand-off.In the pack Alastair Kellock wins his 55th cap in ...
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British Royal FamilyRoyal Baby Surprise 2 weeks for Prince William Duches Kate baby UK News
Will it be a girl or a boy ?In less than Two weeks, the Royal offspring at Windsor is expected,The British bursting with curiosity, but the expectant Prince William and Kate want to be ...
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Miss Saigon returning to London stage in 2014
LONDON -- "Miss Saigon," the musical that brought a real helicopter onto the West End stage, is descending on London again.Producer Cameron Mackintosh says a new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's musical will open at the Prince Edward Theatre in May, 25 years after the original production.A Vietnam War love story inspired by Giacomo Puccini's ...
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Prince Andrews ex-girlfriend Koo Stark walks free from court as she returns painting to a former partner
Koo Stark, a former girlfriend of the Duke of York, walked free from court today after she returned a 40,000 painting she was accused of stealing from a former ...
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Mickey Arthur says Australia have better bowlers than England for Ashes
the Ashes with a superior bowling attack.In an extended interview with ABC radio in Australia, Arthur declared his confidence that Michael Clarke will return from his back problem to lead the team in their first four-day tour match against Somerset starting in Taunton on Wednesday, and insisted that Warner could still come into contention for the first ...
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150 jobs created at Belfast service
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland said the new positions, which are mainly at administrative officer level, would be within the eastern division. The employment opportunities are part of a 3 million investment in the service. Mr McCausland said the announcement was fantastic news for the local economy. "Securing new jobs in the current climate is a challenge and it is ...
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British and Irish Lions 2013 Tourists demand better refereeing
The World Cup-winning Wallaby coach Bob Dwyer may have taken the first shot in the war over Test match refereeing and be held responsible for the outbreak of hostilities ahead of the Lions series, but the visitors have fired ...
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How a Manchester co-op is getting the food revolution moving
Manchester Veg People was set up to bring organic, sustainable farmers together with buyers from the restaurant and catering industries. Photograph: David ...
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Children hurt in car crash near school in south Wales
Several children have been hurt after a car overturned near Rhoose primary school in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Photograph: Jack ...
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LGBT people existed long before 1967 – as the British Museum reveals | Andrew Dobbin
'The Warren cup [at the British Museum], as well as being a sublime objet d'art, may bring a smile to the face of anyone who remembers the dinner scene in the 1996 film The Birdcage.' Photograph: Martin Godwin for the ...
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Anterior Approach Minimally invasive Hip replacement News
The traditional hip replacement is a highly successful operation, where a great number of people have regained mobility and quality of life. However, as with all operations the recovery is often quite demanding on the patient, and requires good pain control and plenty of physiotherapy to keep patients mobile in the those early stages. The Anterior approach is an innovative technique to hip ...
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Cardiff surgeon performs stent procedure to prevent erectile dysfunction
Dr Nick Gerning (Cardiologist), and colleague Dr Andrew Wood (Radiologist) based at Spire Cardiff Hospital in Pentwyn, performed the groundbreaking procedure using a stent - the result of a three-year research project in conjunction with other cardiology specialists in the USA, and a Cardiff based group of vascular surgeons, physicists and urologists. Stents are artificial tubes traditionally ...
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Disappointment over no change to Belfast parade ruling
The Ulster Unionist Party has expressed disappointment at the decision of the Parades Commission last night not to amends it’s determination on Friday night’s Tour of the North parade. The commission met for a number of hours on Wednesday night to discuss its decision to place a number of restrictions on the annual parade in north Belfast.The parading body initially issued a ruling ...
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Nigella Lawson photos Battered wifes open letter to TV chef after shock pictures
But, after 70-year-old Saatchi accepted a caution for assault, friends and family are reported to be urging the celebrity chef to think again about going back to her ...
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James Gandolfini died on boys trip with teenage son after suffering heart attack in hotel bathroom
The 51-year-old actor is believed to have collapsed in a bathroom of his Rome hotel while at dinner with 13-year-old Michael and his ...
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British Olympic rowing champion Hosking retires aged 27
Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...
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Outgoing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King to get life peerage
Mervyn King will retire from Threadneedle Street on 30 June after a decade at the helm, and will become a member of the House of Lords after his nomination by the prime minister for his "significant public service".King joined the Bank as a non-executive director in 1990 during Margaret Thatcher's premiership, and subsequently served as executive director, chief economist, and ...
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Petrol bombs thrown at Belfast home
It happened in the Kells Avenue area of west Belfast on Wednesday night.It's understood after a hearing a loud noise outside her home, a woman found the burning remains of suspected petrol bombs.One of the devices was discovered at the door of her home.There were no reports of any injuries or of any damage caused.Police are appealing for anyone with information to come ...
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Santander says to base asset management arm in London
LONDON, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:13am EDT LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander confirmed on Thursday it would base its global asset management business in London, following last month's deal to sell half the business and team up with private equity partners. Britain's finance minister George Osborne had told bankers in a speech on Wednesday evening that London ...
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Qatada could step closer to extradition with UK days away from ratifying treaty
The UK parliamentary process of ratifying the treaty, expected to be completed by Friday, has already had the agreement approved by the King of Jordan and the Jordanian parliament in their country.To complete the process the treaty will have to be published in the Jordanian government's official gazette and a number of ratification instruments must be exchanged.The agreement was unveiled by ...
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South Wales School Car Crash Several Casualties
A car has overturned outside a primary school in South Wales, leaving a number of casualties including children and adults. An air ambulance is at the scene of the "very serious" accident at Rhoose Primary School, in Fontygary Road, with "multiple casualties" reported. Lucy Short, from Bro Radio, spoke to Sky News from the scene and said she understood there were eight ...
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Theres something quite unpleasant going on Nigel Farage confronted for second time on visit to Scotland ahead of Donside by-election
From 'tired and emotional' to Nigel Farage's lunchtime pint: The wheels of Westminster democracy have always been well lubricated by ...
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DealBook British Banks to Raise Extra $21 Billion in Capital
LONDON - British authorities on Thursday called on five of the country's largest banks to raise a combined 13.4 billion ($20.7 billion) in extra capital by the end of the year to protect against future financial shocks.The demands form part of attempts by the Prudential Regulatory Authority, a British regulator, to strengthen the capital reserves of British lenders after many suffered major ...
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Metrolink expansion delays ongoing
Expansion plans for Manchester’s Metrolink seem shrouded in continual controversy or bureaucracy, from spending cuts and revisions, environmental concerns and claims that not enough is being done to ensure that the local workforce is employed in expanding the tram system. It seems that just as the benefits to be reaped from the tram line expansion are significant, so too are the problems associated with seeing it through.
It was way back in the 1980s that Manchester news media first reported that local government were considering expanding the tram system, but it wasn’t until 2001 that concrete action was taken in the form of half a billion pounds being set aside by the national government to expand the tram lines from Manchester’s city centre out into the Greater Manchester region. Read more
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