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Dramatic video of cable theft blaze
A botched cable theft sparks a dramatic explosion along a row of houses in West Yorkshire, moments after firefighters evacuate 30 people from the scene.
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FactCheck: The MoD’s missing millions and the taxi ride for a pair of boots
The tale of the Army boots that cost £700 to get to a barracks provided some light relief in Parliament today. FactCheck put the MoD through its paces.
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Watching the detectives
As an MP calls for proper regulation of private detectives in the wake of the phone-hack revelations, one investigator tells Channel 4 News about the inner workings of his shadowy trade.
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Shropshire Council sacks all staff and offers pay cut deal
Dismissal letters have been sent to around 6,500 people employed by Shropshire council, who have been told they will be immediately rehired if they accept a 5.4 per cent pay cut.
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FactCheck: the case for our luxury Legal Aid budget
The claim “The only place with more expensive Legal Aid than England and Wales is Northern Ireland, and no doubt they’ll be addressing the same question” Ken Clarke, Justice Secretary, on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, June 29, 2011
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Many Greeks feel their country is already broken
Jonathan Rugman blogs from Athens, where a two-day strike against austerity measures needed to secure an EU/IMF bailout is beginning. One man tells him the crisis has been a “plague” for Greece.
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‘Three injured’ as Athens police clash with protesters
Unconfirmed reports says that three people have been injured in Athens during clashes between police and thousands of protesters demonstrating against austerity measures.
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Ministry of Defence faces ‘radical’ reform
As the Defence Secretary outlines major reforms for the MoD, the head of a defence think tank tells Channel 4 News the military realises it must change or face being “hung out to dry” by politicians.
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Gove warning to teachers ahead of walkout
As public sector workers prepare for walkouts across the country on 30 June, Education Secretary Michael Gove warns that teachers risk losing public respect if they engage in “militancy”.
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Greek default is ‘almost inevitable’
Ahead of a confidence vote in Greece’s government, which is battling to save the country’s economy, a leading economist tells Channel 4 News a Greek debt default is “almost inevitable”.
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Ken Clarke forced to scrap prison sentencing plans
The Justice Secretary is forced to scrap plans to halve sentences for offenders who plead guilty early, as David Cameron confirms there will be no change in the current position on early guilty pleas.
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Ed Balls warns unions of trap over pension strikes
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has urged trade unions not to fall into the Government’s “trap” of calling mass strikes in opposition to planned public sector pension reforms.
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Union warns of biggest strike since 1926 over pensions
Planned pension reforms will lead to the biggest wave of industrial action in Britain since 1926, according to one trade union.
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NHS: Government U-turn gives drug powers back to NICE
The Government has backed down on its plans to strip the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) of its duty to recommend drugs and treatments for the National Health Service.
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Has politics or policy won on the NHS?
Good policy and good politics don’t always go hand in hand – do politicians act primarily on what they believe to be right, or what is right for their political position? After the kicking the Lib Dems took in May’s elections Nick Clegg declared the NHS was his priority – he seemed to have decided this was the issue on which to define himself as different to his coalition partners, to prove the Liberal Democrats were still a political force with a different point of view. The Conservatives too needed to show they had listened to the concerns of the medical profession and patients. So the politics has been addressed – but what about the policy?
