Students turned off by vocational A-levels
The government's strategy to boost practical and vocational skills is failing to attract young people, yesterday's exam results revealed.
There was a further drop in th...
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I can't keep track of my FTSE linked account
Q I invested my savings in a FTSE tracker account on the advice of a banking advisor. I have since heard that these accounts are risky because the stock market is contr...
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Making the grade
Is there any point in an exam which no one fails? A-level results published today show the 22nd consecutive increase in the pass rate, by 0.6 percentage points to 96%. We...
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MPC confirms property cool-off
Hopes that interest rates have peaked grew after minutes of this month's monetary policy committee meeting, released yesterday, showed support for the view that the housi...
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Japanese giants have a yen for a merger
Corporate mergers in Japan are usually very private affairs. The public knows little about them until the deal is done and dusted. However, the saga unfolding between thr...
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Sowing the seeds of discontent
The schools standards minister, David Miliband, this week tried to forestall the doomongers who claim rising A-level pass rates mean standards are slipping.
But, as Mr ...
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Self-harm becoming 'epidemic
The number of Britons deliberately harming themselves is reaching "epidemic" levels, according to an NHS watchdog.
More than 170,000 people a year seek hospital care aft...
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Babies saved by operation in womb
Doctors have reported apparently significant improvements in survival rates in babies born with holes in their diaphragm, by enlarging their lung capacity in the weeks be...
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House prices begin to fall
House prices fell by 0.1% during July as rising interest rate rises took their toll on the property market, figures showed today.
The property website Hometrack said th...
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Out of touch, but not out of the woods
As his recent Houdini act demonstrated, Tony Blair has still got the Commons Touch. What neither he nor many political commentators do not seem to realise is that he has ...
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