Jackie Long
No fairytale ending for Osborne’s welfare reforms
This is the moment when we get George Osborne’s famed fairytale scrounger, idling in bed with the curtains drawn all day, up and off his backside and into work. Or do we?
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Disability benefits shake-up ‘unfair’ to deaf children
The government’s plans to reform disability benefits will penalise deaf children, according to a leading charity.
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Jackie Long
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Jon Snow
What Mandela's illness tells us
Many struggles across the world have seen in Nelson Mandela’s example of forgiveness, leadership and hope a lodestar by which they can win their own struggles.
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Measles warning after new outbreak
Measles cases are spreading with “alarming” speed despite urgent calls to ensure children have vital MMR protection.
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One Mile Away: driving young people from crime
Birmingham’s gang war made headlines when Charlene Ellis and Latisha Shakespeare were killed in a drive-by shooting. A new film, One Mile Away, looks at efforts to end the gang feuding in the city.
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Faisal Islam
Nicosia’s corralito: the kids leading Cyprus’s controlled anger
Chanting “Troika go home” to the White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army, Economics Editor Faisal Islam meets the kids leading the controlled anger in Cyprus at its bailout terms.
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Chetham’s teacher Michael Brewer jailed for sexual abuse
Choirmaster Michael Brewer, who sexually abused a former pupil at Chetham’s in Manchester, one of Britain’s top music schools, was today jailed for six years.
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Jon Snow
Dar al-Shifah clinic: the news report you cannot afford to miss
Nowhere describes Syria’s disintegration as a nation more acutely than her shattered second city of Aleppo. Nowhere describes the agony of Syria more acutely than that city’s Dar al-Shifah clinic.
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Bad behaviour is on the rise, say teachers
Teachers report a rise in disruptive behaviour at schools and colleges, which they put down to a “lack of boundaries” at home.
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Liam Dutton
Heavy snow and blizzards – live blog
Throughout the day, I’ll be bringing you regular snow updates on this blog, with the latest on where the worst of the weather is, the effects it’s having and what is likely in the coming hours.
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Victoria Macdonald
How to rate the NHS in a way patients can use
Could a ratings system for the NHS increase accountability, improve patient choice and enhance performance? The Nuffield trust has been investigating.
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Transsexual teacher dies after media coverage
A transsexual teacher is found dead at her home just three months after her transition was made public – a sign, one transsexual ex-teacher tells Channel 4 News, of the struggle trans people face.
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Woman dies as snow and floods batter Britain
Rescuers uncover a body trapped under a landslide after heavy rain, amid school closures and power cuts caused by extreme weather during the coldest March in decades.
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Gary Gibbon
Two pre-budget leaks: childcare and £2.5bn cuts
The two leaked bits of George Osborne’s budget show a government trying to connect with voters and trying to get growth with little money in the kitty.
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Jackie Long
The hugely stressful fight for a primary school place
The reality for many is a hugely stressful fight to get something that you might hope would be a given – a place at school where your child is safe, happy and getting the best possible education.
