Sponsors' payments fail to ease dome fears
It is, as the organisers never tire of telling us, on time and on budget. Yesterday the Millennium Dome at Greenwich, south-east London, passed two milestones: 300 days t...
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Saudi arms payment boosts BAe shares
Saudi Arabia repaid the up to ?1 billion it owed on its controversial Al Yamamah arms contract with the UK despite being hit by the collapse in oil prices, and reports th...
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Paul Gascoigne agrees 'generous' divorce payment
Paul Gascoigne split up with his girlfriend at least six times before their wedding, subjected her to his endless drinking and beat her up.
But yesterday, football's n...
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Benefit victims of computer faults to get ?10 payments
As many as 400,000 people will receive a special ?10 payment as compensation for delays and disruption caused by the new national insurance computer.
The payment will ...
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PM considers fast-tracking payments for mesothelioma sufferers
The prime minister pledged today to consider fast-tracking compensation payments for mesothelioma sufferers.
Ministers announced yesterday that they will change compens...
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King quits Jamaica in dispute over towels, payments and curfews
Marlon King is in dispute with Jamaica after quitting the national team squad who will provide England's final World Cup warm-up opposition. The Watford striker is unders...
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Payments to rise in line with average earnings
The chancellor reaffirmed his commitment to halving child poverty by 2010, promising families on low incomes that certain tax credit payments would rise at least in line ...
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Royle bridges balance of payments deficit
Joe Royle was indisposed. He has a bad back, and - wait for it - his strikers look pretty sickly too. The score claims these teams are equal, but all the other evidence s...
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Severance payments
They were plucked from their families as young children and sent to live in church-run schools where they were forbidden to speak their own languages. The idea was to pre...
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Equality at a price as benefit payments slashed
Gay and lesbian couples who live together and receive tax credits or other forms of government financial assistance could see their income drop as a result of the new Civ...
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