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Miliband puts NHS centre stage in election campaign
Labour leader Ed Miliband outlines plans to increase NHS spending, with fees for tobacco companies, a “mansion tax” for owners of £2m plus homes and a crackdown on tax avoidance.
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FactCheck Scotland: 10 facts you need to know before you vote
Are you voting in Scotland on Thursday? Then read this – 10 things you need to know about the referendum vote (but may have been scared to ask).
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FactCheck: which treatment is best for Ashya King?
Doctors treating Ashya King have defended their decision not to send the five-year-old for proton beam therapy.
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Jihadi wife guilty over ‘cash in knickers’ terror plot
The wife of a Muslim convert who went to fight in Syria is convicted of arranging for a friend to smuggle 20,0000 euros to him in her underwear.
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Do you need to be privileged to do well in sport?
A new report says white working-class children are failing at sport because they are not being encouraged enough in schools – but does class really matter when competing on the field?
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Ten reasons why you should vote in the European elections
From making pigs happy to making bankers sad – ten reasons why, whatever you think about the European Union, you should be voting in the elections on Thursday.
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Colin Pillinger the ‘British boffin’ – what you didn’t know
Colin Pillinger may be best known for Britain’s failed Beagle 2 landing on Mars, but the inspirational scientist had plenty more up his sleeve. Here are just some of his less well known achievements.
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Many student loans ‘may never be repaid’
New figures suggest many students will never repay the debts incurred when paying for university tuition fees.
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Using research to ease the pain of stillbirth
The UK has one of the highest stillbirth rates in the industrialised world. But now a team from Manchester has published data which shows certain ethnic groups are more susceptible than others.
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Al Jazeera trial puts focus on Egypt’s media crackdown
The trial of Al Jazeera journalists puts Cairo’s crackdown on the media in the spotlight – but for Egyptian journalists a climate of fear has been pervasive since the military took control last June.
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‘I want best state schools in world’ – Gove
Education Secretary Michael Gove says he will break down the “Berlin wall” between state and private schools, as a row over Ofsted’s leadership continues.
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London calling – and creating 80 per cent of new jobs
A third of 22 to 30-year-olds who leave home move to London. But with the capital creating 80 per cent of private sector jobs, who can blame them? Channel 4 News hears from young people on the move.
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More flooding to come in worst winter storms for 20 years
More flood warnings and alerts are issued across England and Wales, as David Cameron pledges that lessons will be learned from the damage caused by severe flooding from Cornwall to Scotland.
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March of the machines: is the future of warfare robotic?
As military top brass warn of an obsession with “exquisite” equipment and the RAF opens up UK drone HQ, Channel 4 News asks if the next generation of battles will be fought not by man, but by machine.
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Osborne: austerity is working – but repair ‘far from over’
The chancellor says he is scrapping employers’ national insurance contribution for under 21s from April 2015 and insists his austerity measures are working, but says the hard work is not over yet.