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Report critical of Border Agency

Taxpayers were left more than £30 million out of pocket after only a fraction of the fines imposed on employers who hire migrants illegally...

'Oil crunch' prompts energy warning

The UK must speed up the switch to alternative energy sources to protect the country from the impacts of rising oil prices, business leaders...

Cameron faces grilling over cuts

David Cameron is facing a grilling by panel of some of Parliament's most senior MPs, with the impact of massive public spending cuts high...

Emergency cancer admissions doubled

Emergency hospital admissions among cancer patients have doubled in almost a decade, according to a report.While such admissions are supposed to be the "exception",...

Bolivia will not compensate UK firm

Bolivia has said it does not plan to compensate British power company Rurelec plc for a subsidiary the government nationalised earlier this year. Legal Defence...

Pardon urged for late Doors star

Outgoing Florida Governor Charlie Crist is looking to pardon long-dead rocker Jim Morrison, who was convicted of exposing himself at a raucous concert in...

Gates gives £315m to savings drive

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a 500 million dollar (£315 million) pledge to support projects that encourage poor people around the...

More problems for Qantas planes

A bird and a bolt of lighting have struck two separate Qantas planes and caused more problems for the Australian airline. Qantas spokesman Tom Woodward...

14 die as tractor hits land mine

Fourteen people have died in western Cambodia when their home-made tractor ran over an anti-tank mine left over from the country's civil war in...

Electric car completes epic journey

An electric sportscar developed by British engineers has finished a remarkable road trip on the Panamerican Highway, travelling from near the Arctic Circle in...

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