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'Apartheid' call system filters out poor Barclays clientsSat, 13 Mar 2010 15:04 +0000


A new banking phone system will identify those with low credit approvals and put them through to a call centre in India.

Union calls on BA to end 'needless war' with staff and reinstate pay offer in hope of avoiding Easter strikesSat, 13 Mar 2010 13:40 +0000


Unite insisted cabin crew are not 'mindless militants' as they pleaded with BA to put its latest offer on pay staff levels back on the table.

Gordon Brown is like Ashley Cole - he wants another chance, says LibDems' Vince CableSat, 13 Mar 2010 14:45 +0000


The Prime Minister is like love rat Cole begging for forgiveness and another chance despite leading the economy to the brink of ruin, Mr Cable claimed.

Girl, 8, found hanged in her bedroom had been 'abandoned to her fate' by her parentsSat, 13 Mar 2010 00:56 +0000


Charlotte Avenall's parents Susan and Simon Moody both admitted child cruelty between August 14 and September 12 last year.

Portakabin primaries: Immigrant baby boom has schools overflowingFri, 12 Mar 2010 23:04 +0000


Tens of thousands of children are being taught in temporary huts or overcrowded classrooms after primary school admissions leapt by almost a quarter.

Bonus tax 'won't be used to cut deficit': Windfall from bankers to go on more spending Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:50 +0000


Alistair Darling is planning to use an expected £2billion in extra revenue from the 50 per cent City 'supertax' for more public spending, according to Whitehall sources.

Restaurant owner foils burglary... then HE'S thrown in cell when yobs complain Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:19 +0000


Sal Miah spent five hours in a police cell after he chased down the hoodies and held them in the bar while his staff dialled 999.

Judge bans racist BNP from taking on any new membersSat, 13 Mar 2010 01:19 +0000


Judge Paul Collins today declared the far Right group's membership rules illegal.

Greece gets a £22bn bailout to help stabilise vulnerable euroFri, 12 Mar 2010 22:05 +0000


Finance ministers of the 16 member states that use the euro, including Greece, are preparing to finalise details of the rescue on Monday.

BBC spends thousands of pounds teaching staff how to use FacebookFri, 12 Mar 2010 20:29 +0000


The corporation has been holding classes called Making The Web Work For You, which teaches them how to set up accounts on social networking sites.

The last supper: The unbearably haunting picture of a father surrounded by his loving family the night before he killed himself at Dignitas clinic Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:34 +0000


To the casual observer, they must have seemed like all the other families dining in the elegant riverside restaurant in Zurich that night.

Free banking, forget it! More current accounts now charge a feeSat, 13 Mar 2010 17:52 +0000


The news fuels fears that the era of free banking is rapidly disappearing, with customers forced to pay up to £25 a month for a current account.

Why having TWO children is best for your healthSat, 13 Mar 2010 17:40 +0000


A study of more than 1.5million men and women found that becoming a parent has a clear effect on the chances of developing conditions like cancer and heart disease.

The police were sure James Bulger's ten-year-old killers were simply wicked. But should their parents have been in the dock?Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:58 +0000


Can children really be born evil? Detectives who worked on the James Bulger murder inquiry certainly believed so.

Enter SamCam, the Tories' new poll weapon (and guess what... she can't wait to tell us about life with Dave)Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:49 +0000


Until now, Samantha Cameron has avoided the limelight, preferring not to give interviews.

Teenage 'tormentor': Online rant of youth remanded over death of man with learning difficultiesSat, 13 Mar 2010 12:19 +0000


In his own words, peppered with expletives and semi-literate slang, a teenager suspected of harassing a defenceless man brags about his life and reveals the hopelessness of his existence.

Sweet-toothed toddler climbs INSIDE lolly machine to grab sweets... and gets trapped Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:22 +0000


After clambering through a tiny hatch and up into the arcade machine where he was surrounded by his sugary feast, little Cohen Stone, two, realised there was no way back.

Alarm as NHS allows sales reps and photographers access to mothers just hours after giving birth Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:05 +0000


The National Childbirth Trust charity is calling for such companies to be banned from NHS wards.

Mother who let her daughter, 7, starve to death in a house full of food is jailed for 15 yearsFri, 12 Mar 2010 22:47 +0000


Khyra Ishaq died after a 'chilling' punishment regime carried out by Angela Gordon and Junaid Abuhamza, a judge said.

Open to the public for the first time in 145 years, Brunel and son's 'eighth wonder of the world' under the Thames Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:50 +0000


The tunnel, which runs from Wapping to Rotherhithe at a depth of 75ft below the river's surface, quickly became a thriving shopping arcade and entertainment centre for the Victorians.

Fury as German soccer boss says: 'There's no place in football for gays'Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:40 +0000


Rudi Assauer, who formerly headed up Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga, went on to say: ‘Perhaps they are OK in other sports but not in football.

First-time buyers are stung by stamp duty after holiday period endsFri, 12 Mar 2010 23:01 +0000


Figures show the number of mortgages approved fell by half in January following the end of the stamp duty 'holiday' on homes worth between £125,000 and £175,000.

Two teenagers arrested over murder of have-a-go hero killed chasing after robbers who stole woman's handbagSat, 13 Mar 2010 14:01 +0000


The pair are being held at an east London police station over the killing of Sukhwinder Singh on January 8, Scotland Yard said.

New York restaurants face salt ban in new health bill... causing chefs' blood pressure to soarFri, 12 Mar 2010 21:20 +0000


Politicians are voting on a bill that, if passed, would see restaurateurs fined $1,000 (£660) each time they were caught adding the condiment to food.

Suicide bombers kill 39 in marketplace in Pakistan's fifth attack this weekFri, 12 Mar 2010 21:20 +0000


The bombers walked up to army vehicles in the crowded R A Bazaar of Lahore, blowing themselves up as people sat down to eat before Muslim weekly prayers began.

Replica of big skull from 28,000 years ago suggests human brains have started to shrink Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:02 +0000


Scientists, who claim to have produced one of the best replicas yet of an early modern human’s skull, say it is up to 20 per cent bigger than ours.

YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN: Why I believe we must take vulnerable children away from inadequate parentsFri, 12 Mar 2010 21:20 +0000


How in heaven's name can we give shape to the revulsion and dismay we collectively feel? How, this time, will those responsible excuse themselves, as surely they will?

RICHARD O'HAGAN: Burglars must do community service AFTER serving their time - not as part of itSat, 13 Mar 2010 01:07 +0000


It is just over two years since I was burgled. The thief had obviously seen my wife and baby son go out and used that opportunity to steal a crowbar from the shed next door.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: I look down on him because...Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:01 +0000


The General Election debates between the three main party leaders threaten to be uninspiring, sterile affairs, smothered by a catalogue of ground rules and restrictions.

JAN MOIR: Forget Dave and Gordon, it's their wives I'd vote for! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:05 +0000


Like an oiled gun being rolled towards the Tory ramparts, Samantha Cameron will make her television interview debut this weekend.