Sunday, October 31, 2010

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Adoption system fails the most vulnerable

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Hundreds of vulnerable children are stuck in foster care because local authorities are short of cash and begrudge paying adoption agencies to place youngsters with families.

Almost two-thirds of Britons oppose repeal of hunt ban

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Fewer than one in five people in the UK would support a repeal of the ban on hunting with dogs, according to a poll commissioned to coincide with the start of the hunting season this weekend.

Queen's English still rules: We say tomato... as does most of the world

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

The English-speaking world talks as we do in the UK, according to the biggest international study of English dialects ever undertaken. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have shattered the myth that Americanese has taken an unshakeable hold on the Anglophone world.

Bombs reveal major flaws in screening of international freight

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Security experts said last night that the Yemeni bombing plot had taken advantage of known weaknesses in the way international cargo is screened.

Cameron urged to sign EU ban on slave trafficking

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Thousands of people have signed up to this newspaper's campaign to combat modern slavery. It has garnered support from public figures including the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, the actress Juliet Stevenson and the leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas.

Harman says sorry for 'ginger rodent' comment

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

The former equalities minister Harriet Harman was forced to apologise last night for branding the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, a "ginger rodent".

Emperor 1998-2010: Grainy footage appears to confirm death of legendary red deer

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

The most convincing solution so far to the mystery of what happened to the Emperor, the legendary red deer of Exmoor, emerged last night. The well-known Devon film maker Johnny Kingdom told two Sunday newspapers that he has identified the final moments of the stag's demise.

Meet the godfather of the cuts

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

One might expect the godfather of public spending cuts to have an air of menace about him, hunkered down in his lair slicing away at treasured services. But to meet Paul Martin in a smart suite at the Grosvenor Hotel gives little away about his work eliminating Canada's $42bn budget deficit in the 1990s.

Harman apologises for 'ginger rodent' jibe

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 07:37 AM PDT

Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman was today forced to apologise for branding a senior coalition minister a "ginger rodent".

Cancer sufferer hits out after attacker walks free

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:34 AM PDT

A terminally ill cancer sufferer beaten up by a teenage thug expressed his dismay and disbelief today after his attacker walked free from court.

Britons 'waste 91 hours with alarm snooze button'

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:22 AM PDT

Lazy Britons are wasting up to 91 hours a year just by hitting the snooze button on their alarm clocks, according to a survey.

Carers could earn 'credits' towards own future care

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:18 AM PDT

A scheme allowing people who help the elderly or disabled to earn time credits for their own care later in life is being considered by ministers, it emerged today.

posted by Greg Shaw at Sunday, October 31, 2010