Teenagers' epidemic of self-harm
A hidden epidemic of self-harm is affecting teenagers across Britain, with one adolescent in 12 deliberately injuring themselves on a regular basis.
The most comprehensi...
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Campbell backs calls for tougher green taxes
The Liberal Democrats must embrace stringent green taxes, Sir Menzies Campbell said yesterday in his first major speech as new leader of the party.
He urged the Lib Dems...
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Stop the text. I want to get off
Premium rate telephone services watchdog Icstis is investigating mobile download giant Monstermob after Cash highlighted a number of complaints over its charging.
The in...
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Pressure on China to bring economy down to earth
China will come under renewed pressure at this weekend's Group of Seven meeting in London to ditch its fixed exchange rate regime and instead allow the yuan to float free...
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Fleece the audience
It is now all but impossible to remember a time when Saturday-night TV did not come with an unwelcome adjunct, insidious tax. Almost every new format that has appeared on...
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Nursery care costs soar
The cost of childcare in Britain is rising at over three times the rate of inflation, with nursery fees in inner London soaring by 17% over the last year, according to a ...
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Fatal fallout
It is the little girl's body cut in half, her legs and bottom separated from her head, arms and torso, that regularly features in James Heer's nightmares. A guardsman in ...
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Ringing the changes
A children's charity is breaking new ground, and could be courting controversy, by launching a premium-rate phone line to raise funds.
The Children's Society is aiming ...
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A poor aim
The government's education watchdog, Ofsted, is today expected to highlight weaknesses in some areas of teaching of the literacy and numeracy strategies in primary school...
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Freeserve gets its lines crossed
Customers who sign up with Freeserve, Britain's most popular internet access provider, for its flat rate £13.99 a month AnyTime service can find themselves with tele...
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