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Delay of forest sale is ‘not a U-turn’ say campaigners
The planned sale of some of England’s publicly owned forests is being put on hold – but campaigners say it is not the climbdown they are looking for.
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Jeremy Bamber: ‘New evidence proves unfair trial’
Exclusive: Jeremy Bamber, who was sentenced to life in 1986 for the murder of five of his family members, has claimed that previously-unseen police photographs prove he was not given a fair trial.
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Can marriage row prevent political divorce?
It seems like yesterday they were dewy-eyed newlyweds. But seven months on, the odd couple of British politics would like it to be known they are at loggerheads about marriage, writes Gaby Hinsliff.
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Anthony Howard: ‘A wonderful combination of paradoxes’
Political historian Anthony Howard died suddenly in December. His eulogy, by writer Robert Harris, describes a uniquely talented man who was a privilege to know.
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A ceasefire 'deal' in Sangin that may cost even more lives
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, looks at the reported “deal” between US forces and local tribes in the Sangin area of Afghanistan which could see an end to attacks on allied forces in return for some degree of autonomy for local people.
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Defence Secretary Liam Fox calls off Sri Lanka trip
As Liam Fox calls off a controversial trip to Sri Lanka, Jonathan Miller looks at claims the defence secretary recently discussed “investment opportunities” in the country accused of war crimes.
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Mastercard website attacked as part of WikiLeaks protest
As hackers claim to have brought down Mastercard’s website in revenge for the firm suspending services WikiLeaks, Julian Rush explains what “Distributed Denial Of Service” really means.
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Turner Prize 10: Angela de la Cruz
Angela de la Cruz creates paintings using the language of sculpture and vice-versa, creating works with an element of slapstick comedy which strike at a deeper emotional tension.
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#Iamspartacus Twitter campaign takes off
A Twitter campaign in support of a man convicted over a ‘joke’ Tweet threatening to blow up an airport has exploded globally.
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Norgrove death could result in ‘severe punishment’
Channel 4 News has learned that a US soldier would face “severe punishment” if he failed to quickly inform his superiors about throwing a grenade which killed aid worker Linda Norgrove.
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US probe into aid worker’s Afghanistan death
The United States Central Command has launched an investigation into how the captive British aid worker Linda Norgrove died during a rescue attempt by US special forces in Afghanistan.
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7 July bombings inquests begin
The inquests into the deaths of the 52 victims of the London bombings on 7 July 2005 begin today. Home affairs correspondent Andy Davies says their families hope to finally get some answers.
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Afghanistan: will trouble at the top slow progress?
It was a pretty harsh move, designed perhaps to cure the impression that Obama is a soft-touch, indecisive, slow to move. Even Robert Gates, the defence secretary, counselled against it. But in the end McChrystal had to go. The logic is there: how can allies and Afghans listen to US policy if the face of…
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NHS has more nurses and a hundred new hospitals?
The claim “You are a force now of half a million nurses, 80,000 more than in 1997… We have built more than 100 new hospitals and we’ve built hundreds upon hundreds of new health centres and walk in clinics.” Gordon Brown, speech to the Royal College of Nurses, 26 April 2010 The analysis Lets take a…
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Stirrup admits Iraq body armour problems
Short session but some pretty important points. Missing kit and procurement problems have come up before but remember this; the Chief of the Defence Staff is “the professional head of the UK Armed Forces and the principal military adviser” to the Defence Secretary and the government. Put another way: top brass. Jock Stirrup got in…