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Expenses: MPs must pay back £1.2m after inquiry that cost £1.1m | Print |  Email
Friday, 05 February 2010
Attempts to bring to end the furore over MPs' expenses collapsed yesterday after two senior civil servants charged with resolving the scandal delivered competing verdicts and the Crown Prosecution Service said it was poised to decide if any politicians would face criminal charges, report Polly Curtis and Sandra Laville in The Guardian
 
DUP wants Presbyterian society bailout in return for policing deal | Print |  Email
Friday, 05 February 2010
In an hour-long meeting with government representatives at Hillsborough Castle, the party was understood to be seeking additional concessions, mainly a bailout for the Presbyterian Mutual Society, which crashed leaving 10,000 savers short of £70m (€80m), reports The Irish Independent
 
Church appeals over £8m payout decision | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
There are 142 alleged victims of sexual and physical abuse from St William’s Community Home, in Market Weighton, near York, who could now seek damages from the Middlesbrough Diocese, reports The Northern Echo
 
Dementia 'losing out' to cancer in funding stakes | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
Dementia now costs the UK economy twice as much as cancer but gets a fraction of the funding to find causes and cures, a report seen by the BBC shows
 
Fury as giant Belo Monte Amazon rainforest dam is approved by Brazil | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
Brazil has approved the controversial construction of a giant hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon, defying a 20-year protest by indigenous and environmental campaigners who say that the project will devastate the surrounding rainforest and threaten the survival of local tribes, reports The Times
 
BLAIR'S DECEIT By CLARE SHORT | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
The ex-International Development Secretary told how a "deceitful" Mr Blair silenced Cabinet colleagues who questioned his plans for the 2003 invasion. She said she was jeered by Mr Blair and his pro-war "mates" when she raised objections, reports Jason Beattie in The Mirror
 
Climate scientist at centre of email row defends his research | Print |  Email
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
Phil Jones denies claims reported in the Guardian that he covered up flawed data on temperature rises, reports The Guardian
 
Obama Still Plans to Meet With Dalai Lama, Aide Says | Print |  Email
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
President Barack Obama still intends to meet with the Dalai Lama, a spokesman said today, after China said formal contact between the Tibetan spiritual leader and Obama would set back U.S.-China ties, report Hans Nichols and Edwin Chen for Bloomberg News
 
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