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Coe's London legacy challenge

bbc.co.uk     yesterday   16 related          

When London stages the Games in 2012, organising chairman Lord Sebastian Coe faces a very different challenge to those he faced on the track. During a tour of Beijing's Olympic venues, I asked whether it compared to the 1980...                    

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Obituary: Leopold Abse

guardian.co.uk     yesterday          

The politician, social reformer, writer and lawyer Leo Abse, who has died aged 91, was a unique figure in the public life of our time. Abse painted the British political scene with a Freudian brush, and for 29 years from...                    

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telegraph.co.uk: Jubilant students: Vocational courses telegraph.co.uk

Vocational courses 'used to boost results'

telegraph.co.uk     yesterday   5 related          

Schools are inflating examination results by forcing pupils to ditch GCSEs in favour of easier vocational courses, according to research. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor Record numbers of pupils gained top marks Photo:...                    

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Leo Abse: MP who fought to reform homosexuality and divorce laws

timesonline.co.uk     yesterday   2 related          

As Labour Member of Parliament for the eastern Welsh valleys constituency of Pontypool (later renamed Torfaen) for almost 30 years from 1958, Leo Abse was regarded as one of the great reforming backbenchers of his age. His...                    

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Remembering Leo Abse

libdemblogs.co.uk     yesterday          

When the definitive history of the social liberalisation of 20th century Britain comes to be written, the name of my old friend Leo Abse, who has died aged 91, will be writ large. An indefatigable campaigner, both as a lawyer...                    

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Family outing, with champagne

dailymail.co.uk     yesterday          

We're on our way to Beijing, though at this rate we'll miss all the medals. Trust Tony Blair to get there first. This trip is an unusual one already: Gordon Brown has cast aside his normal caution with anything to do with his...                    

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Tributes to Leo Abse – ‘courageous and principled’

icnetwork.co.uk     yesterday   1 related          

TRIBUTES were paid last night to the prolific social reformer and arch anti-devolution MP Leo Abse, who has died at the age of 91. Abse, MP for Pontypool (later renamed Torfaen) from 1958 to 1987, introduced the private...                    

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Colourful Abse a successful social reformer

icnetwork.co.uk     yesterday          

Aug 21 2008 Western Mail Chris Moncrieff, the doyen of Westminster correspondents, offers this personal assessment of Abse LEO ABSE, a Lilliputian fire-cracker, spent nearly 30 years as a Labour MP in a career seemingly...                    

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GEOFFREY WANSELL: Why Leo Abse was a very dangerous dandy

thisislondon.co.uk     yesterday          

With his elaborate silk waistcoats and pompadour hair, Leo Abse MP, who died in a London hospital on Tuesday evening at the age of 91, was a flamboyant and controversial figure in the House of Commons until his retirement in...                    

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Jowell: Beijing has taken Games to new level

sportsjournalists.co.uk     yesterday          

From Barry Newcombe, SJA Secretary Beijing, Wednesday: Culture Secretary Andy Burnham and Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell held a breakfast time conference for some of the British media today with Burnham admitting that the...                    

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