Article Archive - 07 March 2008

07 March 2008

England on the back foot
Minister Margaret Hodge sparks fresh row claiming she can solve white working-class tensions with coffee and biscuits
Now the health and safety experts wilt under pressure and take time off with stress
Ministers must scrap GCSEs and A-levels for new diplomas to succeed, say teachers
Patients charged up to 40p a minute to call family doctors
Top Barack Obama aide quits after calling Hillary Clinton a 'monster'
Chancellor Alistair Darling could halt rise in petrol duty - but his Budget won't spare the gas guzzlers
Francis Pym, doyen of the Tory wets, dies aged 86
Diana inquest: The Queen and Prince Philip will not be called to give evidence
Makers of Gaviscon accused of cheating NHS out of millions by 'monopolising the market'
Ed Balls: Parents denied 'fair choice' because one in five secondary schools is failing
Cheap dental crowns from China may contain dangerous levels of LEAD
Blood found in Jersey care home 'torture chamber' at the centre of child abuse investigation
Now Woolies joins the war on plastic with 1p bag charge
The brown-eyed, blonde RAF hero who is proud to wear her uniform
Fire crews tackle large hotel blaze
Terror chief who called himself 'Osama Bin London' jailed indefinitely
Eastern Europeans get �28m in benefits for children living outside UK, as twice as many claim since last year
McCoy fan club start gamble on their man
Far from finished, look at Barnsley's man of Steele now
Gerrard and Carragher pushed me to re-sign Owen but I believed Torres would be better, reveals Rafa
All change, Ramos: Spurs boss rests his stars to rescue European dream
I�ll still be boss at 70, says Fergie
Don't kill magic of Wembley: Fergie ignites semi-final row
Migrants receive �28m child benefit
Indeterminate sentence for rapist
Late birdie keeps Dougherty on top
Government warned over diploma plan
Wilkinson the reluctant hero finds talk of a record so dull
Tories propose tax rise on alcopops
Hamas withdraws claim over shooting
Chambers silver: Dwain one of three Brits to finish in second
Chambers storms into final
Family in plea over hostage Britons
We need the Boro fans to be our 12th man to drive us to Wembley, says Southgate
Benitez backs Reds hotshot Torres to smash Van Nistelrooy goal record
Lesbian 'vampire' lovers jailed for life for bludgeoning to death British teenager with concrete block
Curb your enthusiasm - Hammers boss tells fans to be 'more realistic'
Sarah Jessica Parker takes a tumble during Vogue photoshoot
Why was Cambridge graduate ever put on trial for sex assault after drunken night of passion?
Actress Kate Hudson gets a digital boob job to promote new movie
Brown condemns Jerusalem massacre
Don't look now Katherine Heigl, fashion disaster Britney Spears is wearing your top!
From 'wee Scottish lassie' to LA star - the rise of Ashley Jensen (with a bit of help from Ricky Gervais)
Eva Longoria gets a Cartier necklace from a handsome man - and it's not her husband
Sienna's relationship with Rhys gets the seal of approval from stepmum Kelly Hoppen
Labour in embryos 'conscience vote'
Killer can challenge appeal refusal
Drug firm accused of cheating NHS
Chambers cruises to heat victory
It was my decision alone - Ashton hits back in row over Cipriani axe
Now that IS posh, Posh! Queen Victoria adopts a regal pose
Former Bond girl apologises for 3-day disappearance after being found safe and well in Brussels
UK teacher 'delighted' to be free
Shady ladies: Now Paris Hilton has got the blues
Jennifer Aniston brings a smile back to Owen Wilson's face
Pair remanded over park killing
It's impossible to say when I'll retire, insists United's French-speaking boss Sir Alex Ferguson
Moyes laments below-par Toffees
Cipriani 'totally heartbroken'
Sunderland boss Roy Ramblers on about the pitfalls of being promoted
Parents are to blame for under-age binge drinking and so are drunken stars, says pubs boss
Inmates threaten to hang killer nurse as mother vows to stand by her son
FIFA want action on dangerous tackles
Ramos plays down Gilberto howler
Adam revels in Ibrox effect
Becks in 'perfect' shape for England
Fergie: Three more years
Violence against offenders blasted
Three more years and I'm out of here: Sir Alex to call time after quarter of a century in Old Trafford hotseat
Megson irked by officials
Radcliffe out of London Marathon
Woman who cried rape five times is spared jail for perverting the course of justice
Man arrested over 'disposal' of red car at centre of Milly Dowler murder
Park Avenue princess: Catherine Zeta-Jones makes a return to classic glamour
I'm fit and confident of winning my 100th cap against France, declares Beckham
Slow start cost Murray
Military Cross for 'hero' soldier
Boy, 4, forced to walk home after school bus drops him at wrong stop half a mile away
Mamma, I'm dying: Chilling words of the boy, five, killed by E.coli in his school dinner
City broker 'posh bird' sacked after lifting the lid on male-dominated, drink-fuelled world
Iran will hang me - gay teenager
THAT WAS THE SPORTING WEEK: Tim Cahill is public enemy No 1
WATT was Ian Poulter wearing?
AND Jonathan Woodgate's continued search for an affordable London pad
Ramos refuses to blame Gilberto for defeat and insists: He will be better after a few games
Old Trafford trip is a nightmare come true reveals Pompey striker Baros
Flagship M1 car-sharing lane is brought to a standstill before it even opens due to safety fears
Burrell faces perjury probe after refusing to return to Diana inquest, saying he was 'showing off' and drunk in video
Mother gives birth to healthy baby hours after being run over by her own car
Hicks due to meet DIC
Lisa Marie Presley confirms: Yes, I'm pregnant
Sienna Miller makes a return to boho style in a flirty ruffled minidress
Dangerous tacklers are criminals and should be prosecuted, insists Blatter
BBC in race row after BNP leader blames Muslims for Britain's drug problems
'How I lived in Gatwick airport for three years' by former �80,000-a-year chef
Clegg prepares for first conference
Israel college massacre condemned
Abuse probe: Specialist search ends
They said it: Sporting quotes of the week
What the back pages of the papers say - March 7
Cipriani 'totally heartbroken'
Windies choose Gayle as captain
Shannon was bullied at school on day she disappeared, says best friend of missing nine-year-old
WELL done Ramos, the tactical genius - you've unearthed Gilberto, a Brazilian who cannot play football
SPURS wing wizard Aaron Lennon - why are you rubbish now?
AND poundstretcher Hammers striker Ashton must weight for his chance
HMRC bonuses 'unjustified' say MPs
Extradition case duo celebrate
England face uphill battle
Burrell could face perjury probe
Embryos bill 'conscience vote' urged
Killer to serve at least 38 years
Minister 'sorry' for mocking email
Buyer packs branded 'waste of time'
Questions over 'free' ID cards plan
Eight die in Jerusalem gun attack
England make progress
RAF personnel told to hide uniforms
Prescription cost up 25p in England
Unveiled: The new supergun weapon against the Taliban can kill from over a mile away
OAP terrorists? Pensioner and his wheelchair-bound wife stopped by security guards for taking a photo in a shopping mall
Illegal immigrants arrested at Dover - while trying to LEAVE Britain
Heading for a poverty-stricken future, the 'Tiswas generation' of thirtysomethings
Jab that will make blood pressure pills history and save tens of thousands of lives
Hospital patients more at risk at nights and weekends, say specialists
Seroxat makers escape prosecution despite failing to reveal link to teenage suicides for FOUR years
Prescriptions up to �7.10 (but only in England)
Weathermen warn: Don't venture outside on Sunday night
Coastguards win support for strike
Vaughan digs deep for England
Top architects in fight to save East End block of flats
Circling around the final curtain
Bruce Willis eyes �30m London penthouse
Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey
Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind by Julian Baggini
Pimply Preston reveals his geeky side
Beslan: The Tragedy of School No 1 by Timothy Phillips
44 new carriages gives Thameslink commuters boost
Paul McCartney's �200m iTunes payday
What to do this weekend in East London
Mayor's laughing all the way to Banksy - thanks to mystery bidder
Posh makes it on to front cover of Vogue
M1 fast lane is brought to a standstill before it even opens
Carlyle cashflow alert stokes fears
Pubs giant slumps as smoke ban saps sales
Darling's fuel duty plan rocked by oil price rise
Cantor's sacked 'Posh Bird' hits back
Ashton told his banning of Cipriani will spark a backlash
Drunken stars fuel culture of booze, says pubs boss
Mayoral rivals say cut back on bottled water
IOC chief Rogge vows to keep GB drug cheat out of Beijing Games
Battle of Trafalgar Square
A reality check for Ramos as Spurs are humbled by Dutch
V&A's paintings catalogued
Wilde? More like crazy
Off the record
Hayward�s 40th birthday for 40p
Party-goers get hump over stolen camel Brian
Someone's pulled the plug on Paddington Basin
�1m in grants to restore city's historic churches
Under the arches
A date with the old timers who can still rock my world
Battle of Trafalgar Square
Book now for Shine a Light
Milly Dowler murder breakthrough
Win Love in the Time of Cholera prizes
Taste the Hottest Tickets in Town!
Yau's latest project named as best new restaurant
Students ban the military
Public should let forces wear uniforms with pride, says PM
Election diary
I was sacked for lifting the lid on the City's macho drinking culture
Ashton's schoolboy error teaches a sobering lesson
Cast it from the mind
A bad trip in any language
Gergiev attracting flak
CDs of the week
Cranach the Crude
Just like the City

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