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• Barry George wins libel damages from NoW and Sun

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Barry George, acquitted of killing Jill Dando, receives apology from News Group newspapers over series of stories Barry George, the man acquitted at a retrial of killing Jill Dando , has won substantial damages and an apology from the publisher of the Sun and News of the World over a series of articles suggesting ...
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• How I helped the Tories pick their candidate for Cambridge | Michael White

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  From a field of four women, two ethnic minority contenders and one blind male, Cambridges Conservatives opted for the familiar default setting: the bright young professional bloke from London I had an unusual experience last weekend. In the Guildhall at Cambridge on Saturday I helped the local Conservative ...
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• The tax factor | The Spoon

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The rich have always tried to move away from higher taxes, but a lower rate isnt the only consideration when moving abroad One of my trader buddies, Mark, made an announcement this morning. During a brief moment of calm in the markets he paused to tell us of his discovery. He has done the research and found out that ...
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• British Airways strike: Management offers to meet union today for last-ditch talks

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The prime minister admitted he was very worried by the prospect of industrial action British Airways has offered to meet union leaders at 3pm today to hold last-ditch talks to avoid a crippling strike over the Christmas period. Both sides in the dispute indicated today that they are prepared to negotiate, as ...
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• Danish police arrest 150 activists as world leaders arrive in Copenhagen

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Security measures stepped up around city as thousands of demonstrators set off for mass invasion of Bella Centre Around 150 people have been arrested this morning at various points around Copenhagen, where world leaders and officials are meeting for UN climate talks . The news came as thousands of protesters set ...
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• Parents of children with special educational needs feel let down by system

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Review of special educational needs services calls for national helpline for parents and extra funding Parents of children with special educational needs feel let down and unsupported in the English education system, a review will say today. Government, local authorities and schools must do more to help children ...
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• Unemployment benefit claims tumble

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • ILO measure rises by 21,000 in the three months to October to 2.49m • Young people out of work highest since records began in 1992 • Number of people economically inactive close to 8m Britains claimant count measure of unemployment unexpectedly fell for the first time since February 2008 last month in the ...
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• Lockerbie bomber Megrahi missing

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  British authorities had been unable to reach convicted man who was released on compassionate grounds in August Concern over the whereabouts of the Lockerbie bomber has eased after East Renfrewshire council was able to contact Abdelbaset al-Megrahi this morning. Journalists from the Times trying to reach Megrahi ...
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• Snow forecast as temperatures drop

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Heavy snow expected in east and south-east of England but a white Christmas is uncertain Temperatures dropped to as low as -7C in the early hours of this morning as the UK braced itself for snow and bitingly cold winds. South-east England was the coldest area of the country last night with most areas of the region ...
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• Leaders Christmas cards 2009

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Seasons greetings from Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Boris Johnson and Alex Salmond
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• Video: John Harris travels to Blaenau Gwent, the lost Labour heartland

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  John Harris: Video: With a general election on the horizon, John Harris travels to the Welsh valleys to find out why voters turned their back on the Labour party John Harris John Domokos Natalie Hanman
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• British Airways strike: watch staff celebrate as the vote was announced

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The cabin crews jubilant reaction echoes the roar of punters as a well-backed favourite thunders past the finishing post While passengers have been left fuming by British Airways 12-day Christmas strike , it has emerged that the airlines own staff greeted the news with undiluted joy. A video shot at Mondays the ...
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• Bankers and the Human Rights Act | Afua Hirsch

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The HRA is unlikely to stop the bonus tax, but those hit by public sector cuts cant even frame their pain in the language of rights Money and human rights go hand in hand, and there is no clearer evidence than the reverberations from last weeks pre-budget report . Bankers, apparently oblivious to the direct causal ...
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• Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg unveil Christmas cards | Andrew Sparrow

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Even the most innocuous image is likely to be subject to an instant pscychobabble analysis • Gallery: Leaders Christmas cards 2009 Downing Street appears to have shrunk. Gordon Brown has been sending out his Christmas cards, which feature a tiny model of the No 10 door, dangling from a holly bush by a red ...
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• Unemployment: government hopes for slowdown in jobless rise

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Analysts said unemployment had risen at a much more subdued pace in recent months than they had expected given the ongoing contraction in the economy Ministers were today braced for the final set of unemployment figures of the year , hoping for further signs that the increase in the jobless total has started to ...
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• Poll: Whos to blame for the British Airways strike?

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  BA is threatening to take cabin crew to court over plans to strike over Christmas. Who is at fault?
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• Burmas opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets NLD party leaders

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Detained democracy leader allowed to hold talks with senior officials of her National League for Democracy party Burmas detained opposition leader was allowed out of her home today to meet three ailing elders of her political party, with whom she discussed a reorganisation of its leadership. Reporters were not ...
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• ITV1 dominates list of 2009s most-watched TV shows

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Channel claims six of the top 10 programmes, with Britains Got Talent final drawing the biggest audience of the year Table: most-watched TV shows of 2009 ITV1 is set to claim the 2009 ratings crown, with the Britains Got Talent final proving the most popular show of the year and the broadcaster airing six of the ...
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• Guardian Daily podcast: Tory leader on Copenhagen; plus the world pie-eating championships

  
  News: News blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 128
  David Cameron tells our chief political correspondent Nicholas Watt what kind of deal he would like to see at Copenhagen, and outlines how a Conservative government would create green incentives to help tackle global warming. Tom Clark looks at the latest Guardian/ICM poll, which shows that three out of four UK ...
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• Ballss plans for home education should be scaled back, Sheerman says

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Select committee criticises plans to monitor home-educating families as too aggressive Ed Ballss plans to monitor home-educating families were "too aggressive", based on "less than robust" evidence and should be scaled back, according to a powerful committee of MPs. Government reforms that would see all ...
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