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PRIVATE FUNDING 'THREATENING FURTHER EDUCATION'
EDUCATION, POLITICS Speech
17 May 2008 - 02:46
Further education is under threat from "creeping privatisation", according to a union leader.
NELSON INQUIRY LOSES PERSONAL DETAILS
ULSTER Nelson
16 May 2008 - 19:40
A disc containing personal information have been lost by the public inquiry team probing the loyalist murder of a Catholic solicitor in Northern Ireland.
NO FULL-TIME WORKERS IN 4.6m HOUSEHOLDS
POLITICS, CITY Jobless
16 May 2008 - 17:45
There are more than 4.5 million households in the UK where no one works full-time, according to research released by the Conservatives today.
COMMONS CONSIDERS APPEAL AGAINST EXPENSES RULING
COURTS, POLITICS Expenses
16 May 2008 - 17:33
The House of Commons is considering whether to launch an urgent appeal after losing its High Court battle to keep secret details of MPs' expenses.
160mph CRASH DEVASTATES BIKE CHAMPION'S FAMILY
ULSTER Dunlop
16 May 2008 - 16:59
The family of a motorcycle legend killed on his home race course in Northern Ireland are "in pieces", a friend said tonight.
THIS WEEK AT WESTMINSTER
WESTMINSTER Week
16 May 2008 - 16:01
MONDAY: Controversial legislation to regulate the use of human embryos for research cleared its first Commons hurdle. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill was given a second reading by 340 votes to 78, with nine Labour backbenchers defying the whips. Labour MPs will only be allowed free votes on three issues - hybrid embryos, creation of "saviour siblings" and preventing fertility clinics from refusing treatment to single women or lesbians. Health Secretary Alan Johnson said: "Some elements of this Bill require the same complete free vote for ministers and others. But the Bill itself, a flagship Bill of Government now building on a precedent that has gone on for 18 years, should be whipped at second and third reading."
