• Global deal at next summit in Mexico impossible, says Prescott• ‘Disarray’ cited over UN organisation assessing pledgesA global deal to tackle climate change is all but impossible in 2010, leaving the scale and pace of action to slow global warming in coming decades uncertain, according to senior figures across the world involved in the [...]
• Demand for operations to correct gynecomastia grow by 80%• Overall male demand for cosmetic surgery surges by 21%Plastic surgeons are reporting a record number of “man boob” reduction operations as the rise in demand outstrips that for all other procedures, including women’s breast enlargement.Figures published by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons showed [...]
Seemingly divided Unite bosses and an ever-tough BA boss are set to make the imminent peace talks more difficultThe Union LeadersTONY WOODLEY and Derek Simpson are the key trade union figures in the BA cabin crew dispute as the joint general secretaries of Unite. The union has nearly two million members, brought together by the [...]
House price inflation looks set to reach double digits next monthHouse prices rose by 1.2% in January and the year-on-year rate of price inflation looks set to return to double figures next month, the UK’s largest building society said today.Despite the government’s decision to move the stamp duty threshold back down to £125,000 at the [...]
Shortage of candidates forces more schools to readvertise posts and offer perksSchools cannot fill vacant headteacher posts despite offers of six-figure salaries and perks, a study has revealed.A dire shortage of applicants has made it far harder for state schools to recruit teachers to the top job than it was a quarter of a century [...]
The start of the recession coincided with an increase in the number of people killing themselves, the official statistics reveal• Datablog: get the numbers behind this storyThe number of suicides in the UK has risen sharply since the recession began, reversing the downward trend of the past decade, according to figures released by the Office [...]
• Department for Work and Pensions paid out £2.6bn due to fraud and error last year• ‘It’s unforgivable while taxpayers tighten their belts’ says Conservative spokesmanTen benefit claimants were overpaid an average £100,000 each by the Department for Work and Pensions last year before the mistakes were realised and they were asked to return the [...]
If any general election could be said to be a good one to lose, it may be this oneBritain’s unexpectedly fragile return to economic growth has the potential to dent both of the core slogans at any general election. “Don’t let the opposition ruin it,” may ring hollow after six quarters of recession. But so [...]
Figures obtained from a Scottish government survey prompt questions about the quality of teaching in primary schools.
Resurgence of plays helps theatres to attendance and box office recordsFears that the record year for West End theatre in 2008 was going to be difficult to reach again have proved unfounded. Figures released today show that box office revenues were higher than ever while attendances passed the 14 million mark for the first time.The [...]