Simon Israel
Damning report into UK prisons highlights rise in violence
Week after week there seems to be yet another damning report on the state of this country’s prisons. Today it is the Serco privately run Doncaster Prison.
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Michael Crick
Would elected mayors ‘put the rockets’ on northern cities?
George Osborne has returned to that old favourite – elected mayors. A Heseltine old favourite, to be precise, developed during his period in the political wilderness.
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Finally laid to rest: ten world war one soldiers named
Ten soldiers, who were killed during world war one, are formally identified after their relatives provide DNA samples.
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French oil giant Total joins shale rush in Britain
Oil giant Total invests in fracking exploration in the UK, by taking a share in a licence in the Midlands currently operated by a US firm.
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Birmingham children’s chief ‘cannot guarantee’ child safety
Birmingham children’s services missed opportunities to save three-year-old Keanu Williams in the weeks before he was beaten to death by his mother. A report describes how the child became “invisible”.
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‘Generation rent’ – trapped with no hope of buying a home
The government is intent on helping people onto the housing ladder. But for some, property ownership doesn’t come into it. Their dream is to be able to afford to rent a flat, not just a single room.
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Gary Gibbon
Ed side-steps unions to focus on the ‘cost of living crisis’
Ed Miliband side-steps the issue of trade union reform at the Labour conference, but his bigger problem lies in a perception of his party as the “villains” of the economic piece.
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Horse racing drugs scandal hits Godolphin stables
One of the world’s best known horse racing stables, Godolphin, is engulfed in a doping scandal as one of its top trainers admits using prohibited drugs on its horses.
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UK snow chaos continues
Power cuts and travel disruption continue to blight Britain, as more snow falls across the country on another bitterly cold day.
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UK snow storms claim second victim
Wintery storms claim a second victim with a body found in deep snow in Lancashire, as the torrid weather continues to disrupt much of the country.
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Big freeze shuts schools and hits transport
Snow season: Thousands of schools close and transport struggles to cope as Britain continues to suffer in the grip of heavy snow and icy conditions.
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Twitter and Facebook crime complaints on the increase
Police are struggling to cope with complaints of menacing behaviour, stalking and sexual offences on social media. Forces may soon need dedicated Twitter and Facebook squads, a senior officer claims.
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Paterson defends cuts to flood defence budget
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson defends cuts to the flood defence budget, telling Channel 4 News that reductions have been small considering the “dire economic inheritance” from Labour.
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Weather chaos: roads, trains, ferries affected
A-roads shut, trains crawling to the next station and the AA gearing up to service 15,000 breakdowns on a miserable day in the UK, with almost 200 flood warnings and more rain on the way.
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Labour regains Corby but police vote turnout is low
Krishnan here – two big news stories jostling for the top spot tonight. I’m not sure if we’ll lead on elections here or fighting between Gaza and Israel.
