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Sikhs protest after 'sex attack'

Members of the Sikh community are protesting outside Buxton Road police station in Luton

1:19am Wednesday 30th May 2012

Members of the Sikh community are holding a sit-down protest outside a police station in Luton following allegations that a young woman was sexually assaulted.


Work plan 'finds jobs for 100,000'

Employment minister Chris Grayling said the Government's Work Programme was delivering a 'revolution in welfare-to-work'

12:23am Wednesday 30th May 2012

As many as 100,000 people may have found employment during the first year of the Government's flagship Work Programme, with "a substantial majority" staying in jobs, employment minister Chris Grayling has said.

KFC ad 'generated most complaints'

A TV advert for Kentucky Fried Chicken is the most complained-about UK campaign of all time, with a record 1,671 people raising objections

12:07am Wednesday 30th May 2012

A Kentucky Fried Chicken advert featuring call centre workers singing with their mouths full is the most complained-about UK campaign of all time, the official watchdog has revealed.

Five-year-olds now worry about size

A report found that girls as young as five now worry about their size and appearance

12:07am Wednesday 30th May 2012

More than half the British public suffers from a negative body image, an inquiry by MPs has been told.

Ofsted U-turn on no-notice policy

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has backed down on contentious plans to give schools no notice ahead of inspections

12:07am Wednesday 30th May 2012

Ofsted's controversial chief inspector has made a U-turn on one of his key policies.

Free childcare changes announced

Deputy PM Nick Clegg has announced extra free places for pre-school children

12:07am Wednesday 30th May 2012

Almost 1,000 two-year-olds are to benefit from free childcare a year early after it was decided to bring forward trials in 10 areas in England to this September, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced.

William looks forward to children

Prince William revealed in a US interview he would like to have children

11:29pm Tuesday 29th May 2012

The Duke of Cambridge has said he is looking forward to having children.

Loach film comes home to Glasgow

The UK premiere of Ken Loach's new film The Angels' Share has taken place in the city where it is set

9:22pm Tuesday 29th May 2012

The UK premiere of Ken Loach's new film The Angels' Share has taken place in the city where it is set.

Price bid to set up free school

Katie Price aims to send her visually-impaired son Harvey, 10, to the special school as the one he goes to faces closure next year

7:04pm Tuesday 29th May 2012

Model and businesswoman Katie Price wants to set up a free school to help children who are visually-impaired and suffer from other disabilities, it has emerged.

Gove warns over new press laws

Michael Gove heaped praise on media mogul Rupert Murdoch while appearing at the Leveson Inquiry

5:56pm Tuesday 29th May 2012

Michael Gove has clashed with the man leading the inquiry into media ethics and warned him against new laws regulating the press.



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