The headteacher of the teenager murdered in an unprovoked attack when he refused to take part in a fight has paid tribute to a "very well-liked, gentle student who always tried his best".
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Gordon Brown has pledged fundamental reform to social care of the elderly and disabled in England as the Government warned that the system is facing a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years.
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The threat of the first national rail strike for 14 years was raised when the industry's biggest union announced that it was balloting 17,000 workers for industrial action.
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Controversial legislation to widen the scope of embryo research is due to begin what is likely to be a stormy passage through the House of Commons.
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Britain is paying the price for a decade of Labour rule which had put "bureaucratic neatness" ahead of social value, David Cameron is due to claim.
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Cherie Blair has revealed how her husband made public the fact that she had lost the baby she was carrying in order not to cause a panic over Iraq.
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Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for "radical change" in social care amid claims the system in England is heading towards a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years.
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A government minister has maintained that post office closures were necessary because the network continued to lose half-a-million-pounds every day.
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Cherie Blair has revealed how her husband made public the fact that she had lost the baby she was carrying in order not to cause a panic over Iraq.
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The Burmese government is under increasing international pressure as aid agencies warned that the death toll following the cyclone disaster could reach 1.5 million.
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Gordon Brown is expected to try to reclaim the political initiative this week, setting out his draft Queen's Speech programme for the autumn with promises of new measures on schools and health.
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