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Fed up Brits should come to Canada, says Minister sent to lure workers to emigrate

Canada is putting skilled British workers on a fast track for immigration visas to exploit our soaring cost of living... more |  Add your view 

 

Kate and Gerry McCann to be cleared as Portuguese police close Madeleine investigation

No evidence: Kate and Gerry McCann outside their house in Rothley, Leicestershire Kate and Gerry McCann are set to be cleared of any involvement in the disappearance of their missing daughter Madeleine... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Worst figures since 1990s crash as property prices fall for eighth month in a row

Property House prices fell for the eighth month in a row during June, gloomy figures showed today - while annual growth fell at its fastest since the 1990s crash... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

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House prices falling £130 a day

For sale signs The average London house is worth £11,500 less than it was a year ago

Branson backs third runway

Richard Branson Sir Richard Branson throws his weight behind the Heathrow's expansion plans

Baby for bus advert woman

Linda Weeks A woman who advertised for an egg donor on the side of London buses has given birth

Huge rise in rail fares

Train Annual rail ticket prices will soar as rail companies are hit by the economic turmoil

Darling to boost confidence in banks by raising savers' protection to £50,000

Darling Savers will receive full Government compensation for up to £50,000 in the event of a bank collapsing, Alistair Darling is expected to announce today... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Prince Charles' income rises to £16m - but his taxes drop by £5,000, private accounts show

Prince Charles The Prince of Wales's private income rose by 7 per cent to more £16 million last year, Clarence House accounts showed today... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Brown calls snap poll in Scotland as another by-election defeat looms

Politician or celebrity? Alan Johnson pays either a compliment or a criticism to Gordon Brown A by-election is to be held in Scotland on 24 July, forcing Gordon Brown to order a rushed campaign in a bid to out-manoeuvre opposition parties... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Patients' happiness with treatment will determine hospital funding in radical NHS shake-up

Lord Darzi Patients' happiness with their treatment will be used to set hospital budgets under a radical shake-up of the NHS announced yesterday... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

It's a scorcher! Get ready for the hottest day of the year so far as temperatures hit 28C

beach Today will be the hottest day of the year for many areas, forecasters have predicted... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 
 
 

Pictured: Disgraced footballer Joey Barton's horrific attack on reveller during festive night out

Joey Barton Premier League footballer Joey Barton pleaded guilty yesterday to assaulting a former team-mate in a training ground row... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

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Model's 18th birthday party ends in a 'football riot after her millionaire father made racist comments'

Nicky Chequer A model's 18th birthday party erupted into a 'football riot' after her millionaire father made racist comments. Police were called after a caterer was glassed in the face at the party... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

24-hour drinking 'is failure that has cost us £100m'

Man Getting Drunk at Pub Police, hospital and council bosses united last night to damn the introduction of 24-hour drinking as a failure. They warned that violence continues to blight the streets... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

1,300 clergy threaten to defect in the women bishops row

Canon Lucy Winkett More than 1,300 clergy have written to the Archbishop of Canterbury saying they will defect from the Church of England if women are consecrated as bishops... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

4,000 foreign convicts released straight back onto UK's streets last year

Behind bars: But many foreign convicts, who were meant to be deported after release, have been allowed back out onto the streets Half of the foreign prisoners released last year were allowed to walk straight back onto Britain's streets. Despite a promise by Gordon Brown to deport them, 4,150 burglars, muggers and other convicts remained in the UK... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

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'You should be proud of your son,' coroner tells parents of schoolboy who died saving a friend

Hero: Hayden Waller died trying to save his friend A schoolboy who plunged to his death while trying to save a friend on a ski trip was yesterday hailed a hero by a coroner who told his parents: 'You should be proud of him.'.. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

British woman, 23, jumped to her death from Golden Gate Bridge after studying suicide websites

Olivia Crowther A young graduate caught a plane to San Francisco and leapt to her death from the Golden Gate Bridge after looking at suicide websites... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Jailed for life: Jealous husband who murdered wife and tried to suffocate their toddler son

Danielle Bidgway A jealous husband strangled and suffocated his wife when she offered him £40,000 to leave so she could start a new life with her lover. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Man sues old schoolfriend for libel after he made 'fake' entries on Facebook

Facebook A company boss whose personal details were displayed on Facebook under a fake entry has launched a landmark High Court claim for damages... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

'We face three decades of terrorist threats', warns former police chief

Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Stevens says we can expect a terror threat for 30 years Former police chief Lord Stevens delivers the chilling warning that Britain faces the threat of attack by 'increasingly adaptive and capable' terrorists for the next three decades... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

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Junk food mothers could condemn unborn children to a life of ill health

PREGNANT WOMAN EATING APPLE Unborn children could be condemned to a lifetime of ill health by their mothers gorging on junk food during pregnancy. Such mothers put their child at greater risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Misery for commuters as energy costs force huge rise in rail fares

Commuters Rail passengers could be hit with inflation-busting fare rises that will add hundreds of pounds to the cost of season tickets. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

High Street stores slash prices in desperate bid to shift unsold summer stock

Grab your bargains here: High Street stores are dropping prices to shift their summer stock Some of the country's biggest High Street stores have slashed their prices by half in a desperate attempt to shift unsold summer stock... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Top-rate taxpayers have doubled to four million since 1997

Four million people are now in the 40% tax bracket. The increase is partly down to a reshuffle of the tax brackets after the 10p tax changes The number of workers who have to pay the top rate of tax has doubled under Labour, official figures reveal. Four million are now paying the 40 per cent rate... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Internet giant eBay fined £32m over sale of 'fake' merchandise

Fine mess: Online auctioneer eBay and French luxury group LVMH clashed in court and eBay came off worse EBay has been ordered to pay compensation of £32million over the sale of counterfeit products in a test case that is expected to have a huge impact on web retailing .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

African summit 'will press Mugabe to negotiate', as Tsvangirai calls on leaders not to recognise Zimbabwe despot

Under pressure: Robert Mugabe, listens to opening remarks at the 11th Ordinary African Union summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Discredited but unbowed, Robert Mugabe was met with hugs and smiles at an African summit as leaders steadfastly ignored calls to boycott the Zimbabwean president... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Girl, 14, mauled by a bear during a mountain bike race

Scary: A grizzly bear like this one is thought to have attacked the teenage cyclist A girl of 14 has been attacked by a bear as she competed in a mountain bike race... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

'Axe killing' grandfather held after two grandchildren and wife discovered hacked to death

Arrested: John Walsh is being questioned by detectives A Grandfather suspected of hacking his two grandchildren and wife to death with an axe and badly wounding his daughter has been arrested, police said today... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

McCain praised but not endorsed by Billy Graham, as Obama works out, then spends the rest of his day with family

Meeting of minds: Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain  with Christian Evangelist Billy Graham and his son Franklin Graham On a day off from their contest for the U.S. presidency, Republican John McCain went to a mountaintop to sit down with renowned evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Supermodel, 20, who threw herself from her ninth floor New York flat was 'on top of the world', say stunned friends

Ruslana Korshunova Supermodel Ruslana Korshunova was 'on top of the world' in the days before she leapt nine floors to her death. The striking beauty from Kazakhstan appears to have left no hints that she was suicidal. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Tear gas and riot police on the streets of Madrid as Spain's Euro 2008 victory celebrations turn ugly

Ole: Spanish supporters celebrate after beating Germany in the final of the Euro 2008 football championships in Madrid Joyous fans lit flares and waved Spain's red and yellow flag after a 1-0 victory over Germany in the European Championship final on Sunday ended a 44-year gap between major titles... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

U.S. food aid ship arrives in North Korea as rioters in the South continue to protest over American beef imports

Fury: Protesters use ropes to move a police bus placed to block their march on the road leading to the presidential house A U.S. ship carrying thousands of tons of food aid arrived in North Korea after the impoverished nation agreed to open up to widely expanded international assistance, the UN food agency said Monday... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Horror at French military show: 17 people seriously hurt after live bullets are fired into crowd

Carcassonne Seventeen people, including five children, were seriously injured when live bullets instead of blanks were fired into a crowd at a military open day... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Millionairess gets 11 years for abuse of domestic staff she held in 'modern-day slavery' in New York mansion

Abuse: Varsha Sabhani has been jailed for 11 years for treating her domestic staff as 'less than human' A millionaire businesswoman who inflicted years of abuse on her two housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her suburban New York mansion has been jailed for 11 years... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Alistair Darling faces new backbencher challenge over 10p tax compensation

Alistair Darling Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling are facing another damaging clash with Labour MPs over the 10p tax rate... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

If you earn £40,000 you can afford to pay higher taxes, say unions

s Trade union leaders are drawing up a long shopping list of policy demands - including tax hikes for the middle classes - in exchange for rescuing Labour from bankruptcy... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

SNP starts war of words with Labour after leader ignores Brown's pleas and steps down

Scottish Labour Party Leader Wendy Alexander has stepped down following an £8,000 funding scandal The Scottish National Party wasted no time today in sticking the knife into Labour following the resignation of its leader in Scotland after a donations row, claiming the party was 'fighting like ferrets in a sack'... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Cameron on the spot over MPs with £1m stake in Zimbabwe

On the spot: Six MPs in David Cameron's party have dealings worth £1m or more with companies in Zimbabwe The Tories' new shadow home secretary is among seven MPs facing questions over financial links to dictator Robert Mugabe. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Prezza snubs Brown's plea for help with planning bill

d John Prescott has snubbed a personal plea for help from Gordon Brown to help him by voting on a planning bill... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

MPs to spend £6m more from the taxpayer on plush new offices in their constituencies

ir Nicholas and Lady Ann Winterton Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money will be spent improving the constituency offices of MPs as part of a shake-up of their expenses... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

It sounds like heresy but we've got to stop treating the NHS like a national religion

Elderly male patient Every healthcare system throughout the world is currently in the middle of a perfect storm. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

It was a cold, but 24 hours later I was paralysed ... and the same could happen to you!

Robin Sheppard Robin Sheppard remembers precisely when he took his last unaided steps. He was feeling under the weather and within 24 hours he had collapsed, paralysed and in excruciating pain... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

A wasted chance to save the NHS as it turns 60-years-old

Prime Minister Gordon Brown Why do the words 'deckchairs' and 'Titanic' spring to mind as the Government publishes its long-awaited plans to reform the 60-year-old NHS? .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

The baby that will die in two weeks unless he gets a donor heart for his first birthday

Theo Davies has two weeks to live unless a donor heart becomes available For 11 long months Theo Davies has battled to stay alive. Now, it has all come down to 14 days. Doctors have warned his devastated parents that without a heart transplant, Theo will not survive another fortnight... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

STI rate has doubled in a decade among over-45s due to 'sexual risk-taking'

couple The rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among over-45s has soared in the last 10 years, a study has found. The failure to practise safe sex has led to the number of infections to rocket 127 per cent. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Met Chief faces Asian officer's 'dossier of discrimination'

Sir Ian Blair (right) is on a collision course with Tarique Ghaffur (left) over 'dossier of discrimination' Sir Ian Blair looks to be on a collision course with Britain's most senior Muslim policeman as the stakes increased in the Scotland Yard 'race war'... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Sciences 'a whole grade harder' than arts subjects at A-level

A-levels Arts subjects are so easy at A-level that achieving an A grade is the equivalent of getting just a B in a science subject, according to research published today... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Sir Al Aynsley-Green

mail On June 15, 2008, we ran a story headlined “Children's Tsar has 9ft fence built around his house to protect him from the 'yoof' he champions”. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 
 


 
 

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