That'll do nicely
Over 50 City companies are backing a new financial services skills academy that opens at Tower Hamlets College this September. Skills academies, launched by the education...
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Clarke unveils immigration 'points system
Thousands of low-skilled foreign workers from outside the European Union will no longer be allowed to work in Britain under a new points-based immigration system unveiled...
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VW boss fights for survival in latest bout of tension at top
Bernd Pischetsrieder, chief executive of Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, comes out fighting for his job tomorrow against a brutal campaign by his chairman, Ferdina...
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Hugh McCartney
Hugh McCartney, who has died aged 86, was a quiet, moderate soft-left Scottish trade union loyalist. During his 17 years in the House of Commons for the Clydeside seats o...
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Doctors criticise online medical recruitment
Top medical students have been forced to reapply for training positions after failing to score enough points in a computer recruitment system that senior doctors warn is ...
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1980 British relay team
They had day jobs, they were up against the regimented Russians and East Germans - and they're still delighted by their performance.
Four women gather around a table in...
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Dying asbestos victims fear new court challenge will slash payouts
A landmark legal challenge starts in the House of Lords on 13 March in an attempt to limit payouts for the most deadly form of asbestos-related cancer.
Employers hope to...
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Russian student 'forced to behead man' in kidnap plot
When Roman Bespalov told police a local thug had savagely beaten him, he unleashed a chain of surreal events that allegedly led him to be forced into beheading a complete...
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New diplomatic priorities offer snapshot of changing world order
Last month, an American diplomat who had struggled through five months of Polish language training, just about long enough to get to grips with the irregular verbs, recei...
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Audit report on Rover rounds on DTI
The Department of Trade and Industry will face a drubbing next week from the National Audit Office (NAO) for its handling of the collapse of the MG Rover car company and ...
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