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Train firms slammed amid cold snap

Under-fire Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has warned train companies to keep stranded passengers better informed but said transport problems were inevitable as a blanket...

Brown 'showed lack of charisma'

American diplomats in London had formed a damning judgment on Gordon Brown's premiership within a year of his arrival at 10 Downing Street, according...

Prison guards die in forest blaze

Dozens of Israeli guards trying to rescue prisoners threatened by the worst forest fire in the country's history have died when their bus became...

N Korea warned over future strikes

President Lee Myung-bak's choice for new defence minister said that South Korean jets will bomb North Korea if Pyongyang stages an attack similar to...

Drunk tank pilot scheme recommended

Drunk tanks and booze buses should be used to take some of the burden of hopelessly intoxicated people off the hands of police, a...

200,000 'help mentally ill parents'

Up to 200,000 young people in the UK are thought to be caring for a parent with severe mental health problems, a report said.Young...

Karzai 'criticised UK armed forces'

Britain's military operations in Afghanistan have been harshly criticised by the country's president Hamid Karzai, local officials and the American commander of Nato troops,...

Gender pay audits 'to be voluntary'

Businesses will not be required to publish the pay gap between male and female employees, it has been announced.Instead, companies will be expected to...

Jump in holiday sales boosts Dow

Strong retail sales and a healthy reading on the housing market helped US stocks start December with a two-day winning streak.The Dow Jones industrial...

Putin: World Cup decision was fair

The contest to host the 2018 World Cup was "fair", Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has insisted.Putin, who did not go to Zurich until...

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