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Letters Uniting to help Ed Miliband transform Britain
o Perhaps Progress should be flattered by Len McCluskey's ongoing attention, but perspective is required. We understand it is daunting, difficult and time-consuming for people putting themselves forward for parliamentary selection, particularly when they don't come from the political class of advisers or full-time union officials. That is why our work around selections, overseen by our ...
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Government ready to hit football with bill to push through reforms
The government has issued a stark final warning to football, making it clear that it is already drawing up legislation in an effort to force the game into long overdue reforms, including becoming more diverse and involving fans in the running of clubs.In a letter to the culture, media and sport select committee, which published its initial report on the game's governance failings in July ...
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Lee Rigby an ordinary soldier who died in extraordinary circumstances
A picture of Drummer Lee Rigby is displayed with flowers left by mourners outside an army barracks near the scene of his killing in Woolwich. Photograph: Toby ...
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Jeremy Hunts blundering blaming of GPs makes for bad politics | Polly Toynbee
Jeremy Hunt, the secretary of state for health: his 'attempt to blame the GP contract is, even by his standards, an eye-watering, breathtaking economy with the truth'. Photograph: Stefan ...
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High street blight are pound shops better than empty shops
The north-west of England has the highest number of empty shop units in the UK, and as big retailers leave our town centres, the kind of businesses that thrive in hard times are moving in.Town centres across the region are becoming swamped with payday lenders, pawnbrokers and pound shops. As our high streets become increasingly geared towards making money from people who don't have any, ...
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Nissan recalls 800000 Micras over fears of steering failure
Nissan has been forced to recall 841,000 vehicles across the globe - including 133,869 models of the Micra in the UK - after discovering a glitch in the steering wheel of one of its ...
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Titanic struggle to prove violin’s authenticity resolved
The violin thought to have been played by the band leader on the Titanic as the ship sank has been declared genuine following a computerised scan at a ...
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Exclusive Suspect was inspired by cleric banned from UK after urging followers to behead enemies of Islam
One of the suspected killers who attempted to behead and disembowel a young soldier in the horrific Woolwich attack had listened to the preachings of a radical Muslim cleric banned from Britain over extremist activities, including alleged links to ...
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David Blunkett We are living in a climate of very nasty and angry politics
David Blunkett said he believed that the perpetrators of the Woolwich incident were not part of the al-Qaida network. Photograph: Martin Argles for the ...
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Nursery reforms could cut childcare costs by 28 DfE calculates
children to staff in nurseries.Government plans are currently stalled due to a disagreement within the coalition between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.The new calculations released by the Department for Education under a freedom of information request said parent costs could be cut from 4 an hour to 3.49 an hour (a 12% cut) while teacher salaries could go up. Alternatively, if the ...
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As temperatures plummet government unveils heatwave advice
With Britain enduring hailstones, temperatures below 10C and records revealing the UK's "worst" spring for 30 years, Public Health England has, with impeccable timing and without irony, published its heatwave strategy for 2013.The report, published annually since 2004, possibly takes the precautionary principle to an unattained level.The first chapter of the 46-page strategy asks ...
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Jeremy Hunt proposes a rewriting of GPs’ contracts - video
Jeremy Hunt discusses proposals to rewrite GPs' contracts on Thursday in a speech at the King's Fund in London. The health secretary claims GPs are not rewarded for putting patients first, but instead they are rewarded for ticking biomedical boxes. Hunt wants GPs to be championed for their patients' care and hopes his new plans will lead to 'bold experimentation with ...
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GPs threaten to quit commissioning to concentrate on patients
NHS organisations that control 65bn of treatment budgets, to help their surgeries cope with the sharply rising workloads, medical leaders are warning.A few GPs have already pulled out of involvement with their local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) because they could not spend enough time with patients while also helping run the groups. The growing demand for GP services is also making ...
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Woolwich attack Lee Rigby named as victim
WARNING: Pictures and video below may contain graphic content Soldier killed in attack named as 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby Victim leaves behind two-year-old son, Jack Two suspects shot by police are in hospital under armed guard Security increased at barracks across London Four people arrested during raid in Eastney Street, East Greenwich Police search property in Lincolnshire Email your ...
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UCKG totally committed to building church after EMD cinema appeal rejected
By Joe Curtis A religious group remains "totally committed" to building a church in Walthamstow after its appeal against a decision blocking its conversion of a former cinema into a centre of worship was rejected. Secretary of state for communities Eric Pickles today dismissed an appeal from the United Church for the Kingdom of God (UCKG) to overturn Waltham Forest ...
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Female motorcyclist killed in Forest Hill accident
By Mark Chandler A WOMAN has died in Forest Hill after her motorcyle collided with a lorry. Lewisham police said they were called to Sydenham Rise at the junction with London Road at 12.45pm to reports of the accident. The motorcyclist, a female believed to be in her 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic. Officers believe they know who the deceased is but next ...
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Woolwich suspect Michael Adebolajo described as the typical boy next door from devout Christian family
Michael Adebolajo, one of the men arrested over the Woolwich murder, was a polite and well-mannered schoolboy rapper who turned to militant Islam after rebelling against his devoutly Christian ...
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Unhappy Mondays Its the day of the week when muggers steal the most phones
It is the most miserable day of the week, a return to reality from the elation of the weekend. To compound Monday's reputation problem, new figures indicate it is also the day when people are most likely to have their mobile phone stolen - with skint thieves who have spent their funds over the weekend to ...
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Don’t forget about my rights says Julian Assange ‘sex victim’
A lawyer for one of the women who have accused Julian Assange of sex crimes has called for more pressure to be placed on Ecuador to allow the WikiLeaks founder to face Swedish ...
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GP leaders clash with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt over AE crisis
Jeremy Laurance is Health Editor of The Independent and the i and has covered the specialism for more than 20 years. He thinks the harm medicine does is under-appreciated, the harm it prevents over-rated, and that cycling works better than most drugs. He was named Specialist Journalist of the Year in the 2011 British Press ...
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Attacks on Muslims spike after Woolwich killing
Tell Mama hotline for recording Islamaphobic crimes and incidents recorded 38 incidents overnight on Wednesday, including attacks on three mosques, with more reported on Thursday.The Metropolitan police put 1,200 more officers on the street on Thursday, with extra patrols deployed to mosques and religious sites as far-right groups reacted to the tragedy.The Tell Mama co-ordinator Fiyaz Mughal, ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary Woolwich Twitter witness Boya Dee refuses to sell story
Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio ...
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No 10’s new energy adviser is a former British Gas lobbyist
Tara Singh, whose previous role as public affairs manager at British-Gas owner Centrica involved frequent contact with the Conservative Party, took up her newly-created role at Number 10 this week.She is responsible for briefing the prime minister on a day-to-day basis on issues relating to energy and climate change.This is a crucial role as the government works furiously to complete the Energy ...
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Leading headteacher Michael Gove chickening out on return of grammar schools
One of the country's leading headteachers is to accuse Education Secretary Michael Gove of "chickening out" of bringing back a return to grammar ...
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National archives reveal MI5 bugged Edward VIII’s phone calls
Cahal Milmo is the chief reporter of The Independent and has been with the paper since 2000. He was born in London and previously worked at the Press Association news agency. He has reported on assignment at home and abroad, including Rwanda, Sudan and Burkina Faso, the phone hacking scandal and the London Olympics. In his spare time he is a keen runner and cyclist, and keeps an ...
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London bike sharing a success
London in July of 2010 became one of over 44 cities in the world to introduce an aspect of communal consumerism into its public transport system with the implementation of a bike-sharing network and just ten weeks later had recorded over 1 million trips taken, proving the initiative to be feasible and sustainable.
Bike-sharing has been around since as early as the 1960s when the first community bike-sharing scheme was introduced in the Netherlands, but it lacked formal sharing systems and was overly-reliant on the good nature of the public, leading to mass theft, which ultimately destroyed the system. Read more
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