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Petrol tanker drivers attack squeeze on safety and training by oil firms
Unite drivers claim government warnings jumped the gun on possible strike over outsourcing and 'dangerous cost-cutting'Motorists planning their holiday getaway were not the only group expressing relief...
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A mayor will give Birmingham the boost it deserves | Lynsey Hanley
Despite being the UK's second-largest city, Birmingham has never quite believed in itself nor reached its full potential – yetIf there were ever a city that needed a mayor, it's Birmingham; not that...
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Aung San Suu Kyi's celebrity eclipses splintered Burmese opposition
Parties lacking the funds of the ruling USDP or the fame of the NLD are nonetheless fighting for greater freedoms in BurmaHer shiny black hair is sideswept and pinned back with white flowers, her...
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George Galloway hails 'Bradford spring' as Labour licks its wounds
Helen Pidd, the only national newspaper reporter at the Bradford West count, explains how the former MP defied all expectationsFor a result which seemed to knock the major parties for six, you didn't...
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Face to faith: Richard Dawkins, rationalism, and religion as a team sport
You don't have to share the New Atheists' beliefs to treat their culture with some respect – and be interested in why people are drawn to itJonathan Haidt's recent book on morality aims to explain "why...
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Tombstone on grave of Adolf Hitler's parents removed
Alois and Klara Hitler's remains to be removed from Austrian village cemetery after request from descendantThe tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler's parents, a place of pilgrimage for...
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Spain announces 'extraordinary' €27bn budget cuts
Prime minister Mariano Rajoy's conservative government announces Spain's most austere budget for more than three decadesMariano Rajoy's conservative government announced Spain's most austere budget for...
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Women paying the price for Osborne's austerity package
Impact on women is more than £11bn out of £15bn savings with working tax credit change set to raise burden, study shows• Datablog: how have coalition government budgets affected women?George Osborne's...
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Former Reckitt boss Bart Becht in line for £45m in future share awards
Barch Becht received a package worth £12.1m last year, including £10.2m in shares, taking his total to over £200m in less than six yearsBart Becht, former boss of the company behind Cillit Bang and...
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Friends Reunited pins hopes on nostalgia
School's out for site once valued at £175m: now it wants people to collect and share their most cherished momentsWhen Friends Reunited was launched in 2000, Mark Zuckerberg was writing software...
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Pasty tax and fuel crisis expose Tory flaws
Senior Conservatives question the judgment of David Cameron and George Osborne after a tough weekEd Miliband had hoped to re-enact a little ritual he has performed on several occasions over the past...
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How do you acquire and keep rich friends? I suggest dinner | Andrew Martin
There must be a cautionary note in one of those etiquette guides about offering 250 grand to your hostDavid Cameron does a lot of running, yet has a persistent paunch. Why? Dinner or rather, dinners....
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Bo Xilai: downfall of a neo-Maoist party boss who got things done
The 'princeling' son of a Communist veteran Bo Xilai was a risk-taker in a profoundly cautious systemIn a doggedly grey political system, colourful Bo Xilai divided everyone, from China's most senior...
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Working tax credit changes are ticking timebomb, says campaigners
Many would happily work longer but opportunities are in short supply, and with hardship looming, anger is commonplaceEmma Mcleister's voice catches as she recounts shopping last Christmas for a present...
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Aung San Suu Kyi - saviour or inaccessible demigod?
Questions surround the stability of the splintered opposition ahead of Burma's electionsIt is the election that the world hopes will usher in democracy to a nation that has lived under five decades of...
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Ed Miliband's eight meetings with Unite leader tops Labour donors' list
Party publishes details of all 43 meetings and dinners that Miliband had with trade union bosses and individual donorsEd Miliband has had eight formal meetings or dinner with Len McCluskey, the Unite...
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How the League of Gentlemen stars conquered the West End
Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton are performing in three of the most celebrated shows in LondonOn Halloween 2002 The League of Gentlemen's third and final series came to an end....
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Country diary: Cambrian Mountains, Wales: A moorland walk through a stolen...
Cambrian Mountains, Wales: The Tywi slides foam-streaked over shingle-beds, accelerating between outcrops towards a weir, beyond which a new reservoir awaits its tributeIn the field beyond the Elenydd...
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Good to meet you … Laura Winterbottom
A family lawyer with the Guardian in her veins, she likes pictures from Crufts and always saves the quick crossword until lastMy family has always got the Guardian. It was delivered by the paper boy...
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Letters: Scaling the heights
The chancellor has (sensibly) indicated that he expects the pension age to rise as life expectancy increases (New graduates will have to work until 71 before qualifying for state pension, 25 March). He...
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