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Bishop condemns trafficking stance

Dr John Sentamu criticised the Government's decision to stay out of a new draft EU directive on human trafficking

2:23am Saturday 4th September 2010

The Archbishop of York has called the Government's decision to stay out of a new draft EU directive on human trafficking "seriously flawed".

No charges for airport body pair

Gitta Jarant and her daughter Anke Anusic were arrested at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in April

12:24am Saturday 4th September 2010

Two women arrested when trying to take a dead relative on a plane will not face charges, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

X-Factor hopefuls come to blows

Contestants Abbey and Lisa performing on the ITV programme The X-Factor in Birmingham

12:10am Saturday 4th September 2010

Temper tantrums are nothing new on The X-Factor but Saturday night's show takes things to a whole new level when two contestants come to blows on stage.

GCSE 'not academically challenging'

GCSEs are no longer 'academically challenging', a leading headmistress has said

12:10am Saturday 4th September 2010

GCSEs are no longer "academically challenging", a leading headmistress has said.

Checks urged over web alcohol sales

Not enough is being done to stop teenagers buying alcohol online, a report suggests

12:10am Saturday 4th September 2010

Not enough is being done to stop teenagers buying alcohol through supermarket online delivery services, according to a report.

Taxpayers 'should not pay for Pope'

Pope Benedict XVI will visit Britain later this month

12:10am Saturday 4th September 2010

More than three quarters of Britons think the taxpayer should not contribute to the cost of Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming visit to Scotland and England, according to a survey.

Blair's pride over Northern Ireland

Tony Blair appears on The Late Show at RTE TV studios in Dublin

10:53pm Friday 3rd September 2010

Tony Blair has claimed the Northern Ireland peace process was one of the few times in politics he felt proud.

Warning over primary school cuts

Education Secretary Michael Gove has reportedly been warned an increase in the birthrate has boosted demand for school places by about 15%

10:29pm Friday 3rd September 2010

A surge in the number of four-year-olds will require primary schools to find an extra 350,000 places over the next four years, at a time when education spending is set to be cut by up to 20%, it was reported.

Leave Hague alone, media warned

A Government minister has warned the media to back off William Hague after a turbulent week for the Foreign Secretary

10:12pm Friday 3rd September 2010

A long-standing friend and political colleague of William Hague called on the press to "back off", branding coverage of the Foreign Secretary's personal life "contemptible".



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