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Talks aimed at saving the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland resume with Sinn Fein and the DUP expressing optimism.

Breast reductions for men are the fastest growing part of the cosmetic surgery industry for the second year running.

Bosses whose companies annoy the public will have to come face-to-face with the public to explain their failings, the government says.

Retailers selling more than 32kg of batteries a year must now provide recycling bins in a bid to cut the amount going to landfill.

A public inquiry is called for to examine the case of a man left with a permanent brain injury after being found in a coma in a police cell.

Young children are waiting for up to two years for swimming lessons at public pools in parts of Scotland, it emerges.

There is a warning over a university places shortfall, as England’s university funding body sets out where the spending axe will fall.

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!• Health secretary Andy Burnham keen to extend 2007 law• Plan to protect non-smokers and reduce UK smokers to 10%Smokers could be forced to light up away from the entrances to public buildings under government moves aimed at ensuring that [...]

Keep Calm and Carry on has been usurped as the slogan of the day. What does it tell us about ourselves?With the end of the recession, the British sense of cynicism has resurfaced. Finally people are tiring of the nauseating mantra “Keep Calm and Carry On”. Slogans far truer to our national character [...]

Victim says actions of the Met and IPCC were more harmful than harassmentA social worker who was forced into hiding by a man dubbed Britain’s most prolific stalker has spoken out for the first time over “appalling” failures of the Metropolitan police in investigating her harassment, followed by what she describes as an “incompetent” internal [...]