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Concerns Raised For Music Education

PA | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK

Many young children are missing out on decent music education because teachers often have little experience or training in the subject, research sugge...

Ali Dizaei Suspended After Reinstatement By Met Following Corruption Appeal

Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK

A former police chief facing trial for corruption has been reinstated as a commander at Scotland Yard following an appeal against his dismissal. Al...

Rail Passengers Hit By Fresh Delays After More Cable Thefts

PA | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK

Rail passengers have suffered fresh delays because of another incident of cable theft, a problem a union leader said was now "out of control"...

Students 'Cannot Meet Living Costs' Union Warns

PA | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Many students are left thousands of pounds out of pocket because Government grants and loans do not cover the cost of studying, a union has claimed.Â...

Having A Haircut Is Not Jobseeking, Says Think Tank

PA | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK

Slack rules that allow the unemployed to count haircuts as job hunting must be toughened, a leading think tank has said.  Instead p...

Scottish Students Rally Together To Stage Fees Sit-In

PA | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Protesters are holding a sit-in at a university over plans to charge future students from across the UK £27,000 in tuition fees. O...

Extremists Linked To 21 July Bomb Plot 'Walking The Streets'

PA | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK

Two extremists linked to the failed July 21 bomb plot are among at least seven foreign-born terrorists who should have been deported but are still fre...

Theresa May In Lost Diary Blunder

Press Association | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK Politics

Scotland Yard has been called in after Home Secretary Theresa May's personal engagements diary was mislaid. Britain's biggest force is looking into...

Head Teachers To Vote On Pensions Strike

PA | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

PA -- Head teachers are to begin voting on whether to take strike action in the continuing bitter row over public sector pensions. The National Ass...

Harman Accuses Tories Of Trying To Deny Labour Supporters Their Vote

PA | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK Politics

Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman is to accuse the Conservatives of plotting to wipe out millions of Labour's core votes by pushing people off ...

Pupil 'Taught Self' Chemistry Due To Education Cuts

PA | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

A schoolgirl has captivated the Labour conference after she claimed she had to teach herself chemistry because of education cuts. A-l...

Pictures: Brits Lap Up Unseasonally Warm Weather

PA | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Britain is basking in the warmest temperatures of this week's mini-heatwave, weather forecasters said. The...

Balls Drops Hints At Graduate Tax

PA | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has indicated that Labour would still prefer to introduce a graduate tax rather than adopt the Government's policy of ...

Police Cutbacks 'Playing Fast And Loose With Public's Safety'

PA | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK Politics

The Government is "playing fast and loose" with the public's safety by cutting police numbers, the chairman of the federation which rep...

Banking Reforms Should Be 'All Or Nothing' Commission Says

PA | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK Politics

A far-reaching package of reforms for the banking sector should be implemented on an "all or nothing" basis, according to the commission whi...

PHOTO: Baby Gorilla Born At Bristol Zoo

PA | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK

Staff at a British zoo are celebrating the arrival of a baby gorilla - one of a critically-endangered species. The baby western lowla...

Australia Could Send Convicted Killer Back To Britain

PA | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK

A British engineer has been jailed for killing his lover in Australia more than 26 years ago. Stephen Hutton, now 56, from Farnboroug...

Labour Claim Scrapping Elected Commissioners Could Save 2,000 Police Officers

PA | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK

A major review of policing headed by former Scotland Yard chief Lord Stevens is to be set up by Labour, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper is set to ...

Simple HPV Screening Could Cut Number Of Smear Tests

PA | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle

Thousands of women every year could be spared invasive tests thanks to simple screening for the virus that causes cervical cancer. I...

'Kidnap Loophole' Lets Child Abductors Escape Life Sentences

PA | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK

Criminals who entice children into their cars without lying or using force are escaping kidnap charges due to a loophole in the law, the Government&ap...

Men Are The Weaker Sex, Say Scientists

PA | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle

Women are genetically better than men at resisting infections and cancer, research has suggested. The discovery sheds light on why me...

Miliband's School Rejects Academy Plans

PA | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Ed Miliband's former school has abandoned plans to become an academy. The Labour leader and his brother, former foreign secretar...

Third Of Private Schools 'Not Good Enough', Says Ofsted

PA | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

A third of private schools inspected by Ofsted in the last year are not good enough, according to new figures. Of the 303 fee-paying ...

Facebook Pair Jailed For Inciting Riots Challenge 'Excessive' Sentences

PA | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK

Two men jailed for four years for setting up Facebook pages inciting others to riot have challenged their "manifestly excessive" custodial t...

First Clinic Opens For Users Of 'Club Drugs'

PA | Posted 26.11.2011 | UK

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