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14,000 British professors – but only 50 are black
Higher Education Statistics Agency reveals number of black professors in UK universities has barely changed in eight yearsLeading black academics are calling for an urgent culture change at UK...
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Air France crash inquiry details pilots' battle for survival
Initial findings from black box recorder reveal flight 447 fell 10,000ft per minute after Airbus jet hit heavy Atlantic stormAn Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic claiming 228 lives dropped...
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Bankers caused the crash and now they strangle recovery | Polly Toynbee
Instead of lending to small businesses, bankers are lining their own pockets. And yet we look the other wayHow hard it is to explain the banks' effortless escape from any painful punishment or real...
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Ed Miliband marries Justine Thornton – after leaving it late
Couple tie the knot on a day the wind and a whiff of Tory disapproval couldn't spoilIn the end it was all rather sweet. Even the photographers, as tough a bunch of brigands to be found this side of...
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Sharon Shoesmith turns on Ed Balls after court rules her dismissal unfair
Baby P 'scapegoat' in line for £500,000 payout as judges criticise former ministerSharon Shoesmith has said it was "justice, not money" that motivated her during a two-year legal challenge over her...
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Sharon Shoesmith tells of her anger at being dismissed by Ed Balls on live TV
Euphoria but regrets for child care director who was sacked over death of Baby PeterSharon Shoesmith admits mixed feelings about the appeal court ruling that found she had being unlawfully dismissed....
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Tunisia and Egypt promised G8 help on path to democracy
G8 leaders support Arab spring goals by pledging £20bn in loans and aid to Middle East countriesG8 leaders has promised $20bn (£12bn) of loans and aid to Tunisia and Egypt over the next two years and...
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Cleveland police chief constable investigated over use of influence
IPCC to find out whether Sean Price used his position to favour a job applicantOne of Britain's highest paid police officers is being formally investigated over allegations he unduly used his influence...
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Mother jailed for trying to sell baby for £35,000
Two found guilty on child cruelty and slavery charges after newspaper sting at east London hotelA mother has been jailed for seven years for attempting to sell her baby for £35,000.The 29-year-old...
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Ratko Mladic: Inside the fugitive's last bolt-hole
Once proud Ratko Mladic ended up in near-poverty, shielded by a cousin and by villagers who still refuse to condemn himRatko Mladic's 59-year-old second cousin Branislav – known to all as "Branko" – is...
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Is a Palin state visit too much to hope for? Run, Sarah, run! | Marina Hyde
The Arizona house, the movie, the bus tour – do we dare to dream Sarah Palin is going to run for the US presidency?As a rigid intellectual discipline, Palinology can be frustrating. Reading between the...
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Two teenagers hunted down and shot dead in Milton Keynes
Police seek witnesses to gunman's alleyway chase after killing of men aged 18 and 19 Two teenagers were hunted by a gunman and shot dead as they tried to escape down an alleyway, police have said.The...
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Disabled student insists Met police treated him brutally
Scotland Yard rejects complaints of assault and brutality at student fees demonstration in LondonThe student protester Jody McIntyre reacted angrily after the Metropolitan police rejected complaints...
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Yemen: A perfect storm
President Ali Saleh's latest move may well turn out to be his lastWhen Sadiq al-Ahmar, the chief of Yemen's most powerful tribe, announced a ceasefire after five days of fighting in the capital that...
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Armed forces face radical changes under Lord Levene plans
Powers and positions of senior officers under threat at a time when military is engaged in operations in Libya and AfghanistanThe top tier of Britain's armed forces will be slimmed down and their power...
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What to tell my daughter about Srebrenica | Vesna Maric
News of Ratko Mladic's arrest tugged at my gut. It was a long time coming but I feel no solaceLast year, when my daughter was just a few months old, I walked past an open-air exhibition at London's...
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Child protection work facing recruitment crisis after Baby P tragedy
Many social workers quit their jobs following vilification in media and attracting new entrants has become harderThe Baby P tragedy continues to cast a long shadow over the field of children's social...
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Jeff Conaway obituary
Actor best known as John Travolta's sidekick Kenickie in Grease, and Bobby Wheeler in the US sitcom TaxiIn the late 1970s and early 80s, Taxi was one of the best American television sitcoms. It won 18...
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WikiLeaks accused Bradley Manning 'should never have been sent to Iraq'
Guardian exclusive: Soldier held over US intelligence leak was known to be mentally fragile and unsuited to army lifeThe American soldier at the centre of the WikiLeaks revelations was so mentally...
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Bradley Manning: the bullied outsider who knew US military's inner secrets
Exclusive: Having been on the brink of discharge from the US army, Bradley Manning was posted to a desolate Iraq base where secret intelligence was the TV entertainmentBradley Manning, the 23-year-old...
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