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Defamation Bill intended to kill off 'libel tourism'
Major changes to Britain's antiquated defamation laws will be outlined by ministers today with the publication of a bill to provide greater protection for free speech and an end to "libel tourism".
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Pay plans for public sector chiefs unveiled new
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Review rules out having a fixed limit on senior staff earning no more than 20 times the lowest paid workers.
Failed asylum-seekers face deportation back to Zimbabwe
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Thousands of failed Zimbabwean asylum-seekers face deportation back to their home country despite reports of human rights abuses by the Mugabe regime.
Care homes operator close to collapse after rents soar
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
A company whose care homes look after more than 30,000 vulnerable elderly residents was close to collapse yesterday after being hit by spiralling rents and a decline in fees.
Pathologist's reports flawed
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
A pathologist's post-mortem reports on the first victim of the "Camden Ripper" Anthony Hardy were partially flawed, a disciplinary panel has found.
Families 'struggling to repay debts'
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Job losses and falling incomes look set to leave rising numbers of households unable to repay their debts, the Consumer Credit Counselling Service warns in a report today.
Man dies in light aircraft crash in Wales
Monday, 14 March 2011
A plane crash in which one man died and another was injured could have claimed many more lives, locals said.
Gypsies braced for 'war' as bulldozers move in
Monday, 14 March 2011
Britain's gypsies and travellers are bracing themselves for "a state of war" as council chiefs, encouraged by the Coalition government, move to bulldoze the homes of hundreds of people who live on the largest traveller site in the country.
Football fan fractures skull in railing fall
Sunday, 13 March 2011
A football fan was recovering today after suffering a fractured skull when he fell 15ft from a railing at a match.
Duke of York's friend could be back in US courts
Sunday, 13 March 2011
Jonathan Owen: Lawyers to question Prince Andrew's sex offender associate.
Rebellion is part of human progress, says Lord Blair
Sunday, 13 March 2011
Lord Blair, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, will say rebelling against the status quo is "triumphantly admirable", in a speech for Lent to be broadcast on Radio 4 this week.
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