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Olympics minister under fire for criticising sponsors of 2012 London Games

Tessa Jowell is under fire for appearing to lecture multi-national food and drink firms who are spending tens of millions of pounds sponsoring the 2012 Olympic Games. By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor Critics said Miss...

Plans to build detention centre internet cafe criticised as report reveals inmates get free mobiles

Plans to build an internet cafe at a detention centre for immigrants has been criticised by the Chief Inspector of Prisons. Anne Owers fears detainees at Campsfield House in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, could search inappropriate...

gOS Cloud: Browser-based OS for Netbooks

Good OS, the people who brought you the Linux-based gOS found on the US$199 Wal-Mart gPC last year, announced a browser-based OS called Cloud at the Netbook World Summit in Paris ... Join CNET Asia's communityGet your tech...

MPs express anger as Baby P council chief suspended on full pay

The council executive ousted over failings exposed by the Baby P tragedy should not remain on full pay, senior opposition MPs said today. Sharon Shoesmith (pictured, right), director of children's services at Haringey Council...

David Cameron says Baby P workers must be sacked not suspended

David Cameron led a growing revolt against the suspension on full pay of three council executives who failed in their duty to protect Baby P. By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter David Cameron says Baby P workers should not be...

'Bonkers' council dreams up new way to curb binge drinking.... blowing bubbles

Forget tougher sentences and more bobbies on the beat, the latest weapon in the war on drunk yobs is... bubble blowing. Revellers at pubs and clubs will be handed bubble-blowers with the aim of channelling over-boisterous...

PCA first-quarter honor roll, lower grades

DOVER — Portsmouth Christian Academy has released its first-quarter honor roll for Grades 3 through 8. Named to it were: Grade 3 — High honors Abigail Barker, Dover; Cade Baussmann, Dover; Adrienne Beatty, Rochester; Alexis...

Nine strategic health bosses paid more than Gordon Brown

Nine regional NHS bosses were paid more than Prime Minister Gordon Brown last year, with some receiving inflation-busting pay rises of up to 20 per cent, figures show. By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor Analysis of the...

Mint and Met Office at risk under budget review, critics warn

The government has been warned that its planned review of public sector organisations such as the Royal Mint, Met Office and Ordnance Survey could put their work at risk if they are sold off.The review by the Treasury and the...

Flip-flops issued to revellers

Late night revellers in a Devon resort are being offered flip-flops to help them get home. Police in Torquay say it makes it easier for women, rather than struggling along in high heels. Campaigners The Taxpayers' Alliance said...

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