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Plans to pay compensation to British victims of terrorism overseas were dropped from the Queen's Speech amid a Whitehall row. The Daily Telegraph has learned that a proposal to compensate British victims of terrorism was to...
Athletes with intellectual disabilities can once again take part in the Paralympics after an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) vote. They had been banned since it was found that most of Spain's intellectual disability...
One summer evening I found myself in the bedroom of the owner of a lap-dancing club. I sat primly on a chair, he lounged grim-faced on his grubby counterpane. It was the only place we could hear each other talk, since outside...
It is immoral to encourage young people to risk brain injury by repeated blows to the head Your article on the resurgence of boxing highlights an irrational, immoral and dangerous funding strategy that encourages people to risk...
I am struggling to persuade myself that today's Queen's speech was anything other than a trivial occasion Was the turnout of Labour MPs ready to troop over to the Lords for the Queen's speech even thinner than usual? About 50%...
The Thick of It is a savage send-up of Labour, politics and spin. So would its star feel uneasy inside Parliament? ' It's a ridiculous building, isn't it?" says Chris Addison. We're hurrying past the Houses of Parliament. "It...
• Pressure could arise if Stratford site is kept at 80,000 • Debate continues as to future use of Olympic stadium The financial pressures on Wembley could increase if the Olympic Stadium in Stratford is retained as an...
The tax fraud trial of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi reopened today after a year but was immediately adjourned to January. The premier was at a global food summit in Rome and did not attend the hearing in Milan. His lawyers...
A decade ago there were calls for the sport to be banned on safety grounds. Now even its harshest critics have been won over Boxing is undergoing a big resurgence, with tens of thousands of people taking part in schools and...
TWO entrepreneurial Sunderland women are heading to 10 Downing Street after a personal invitation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Home care boss Margaret Elliott and health and fitness expert Lynn Summerside have been invited...
