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Internet 4hr 59min ago

More than 3m UK children have no internet access at home, warns charity

28 Dec 2010: E-learning Foundation fears gap between rich and poor at school will widen unless more get home internet access
Flu 4hr 59min ago

Fears of flu epidemic grow as experts urge people to get jabs

28 Dec 2010: Labour party accuses health secretary of forcing NHS to play 'catch up' and misjudging flu threat
Crime 7hr 37min ago

Joanna Yeates: the tears of a family confronted by tragedy

27 Dec 2010: Family visit spot where landscape architect was found as police wait for postmortem, which they hope will confirm how she died
Office for National Statistics 7hr 57min ago

Fears for next year's census after errors in 2001

27 Dec 2010: Distorted counts a decade ago led to miscalculations in grants for local authorities
Politics 7hr 57min ago

Public to choose policies as coalition gets the X Factor

27 Dec 2010: Popular ideas to become bills, as government looks to reduce disconnection between public and parliament
Music 8hr 35min ago

Nick Park denies plugging friend Joe Rose's music on Desert Island Discs

27 Dec 2010: Interest in Joe Rose's music grows after Radio 4 show, with Plain Song becoming internet-assisted mini hit
Trade unions 8hr 51min ago

Jayaben Desai, leader of the Grunwick dispute, dies aged 77

27 Dec 2010: The trade unionist's 'strikers in saris' achieved recognition for the rights of Asian female workers
David Miliband 9hr 45min ago

David Miliband may be offered US ambassador post

27 Dec 2010: Backers say former foreign secretary has skills for job, which would end political career at Westminster
Basel III 9hr 51min ago

Basel committee calls for transparency over bankers' pay and bonuses

27 Dec 2010: Banks told to release more data about remuneration and the risks posed to financial institutions that pay guaranteed bonuses
Mikhail Khodorkovsky 10hr 4min ago

Khodorkovsky's conviction condemned by Britain and US

27 Dec 2010: Foreign office says the ruling could threaten trade relations between Russia and UK
Weather 10hr 32min ago

Big freeze presents old problem for modern boilers

27 Dec 2010: British Gas records 100,000 broken boiler call-outs as extreme cold stalls even most modern condensing boilers
Liberal Democrats 10hr 53min ago

Liberal Democrats publish list of manifesto commitments they achieved

27 Dec 2010: The party fears a loss of trust will damage it in May's English local elections
Higher education 11hr 40min ago

Universities pay thousands to students to compensate for mistakes

27 Dec 2010: Guardian investigation reveals dozens of students' tuition fees were waived over complaints
Tax avoidance 14hr 16min ago

Everest wins tax dispute over its cashback scheme

27 Dec 2010: Tax tribunal rejects HMRC claims that the double-glazing specialist's cashback offer is an attempt to sell loans

All today's UK news stories

Crime

Joanna Yeates: the tears of a family confronted by tragedy

Family visit spot where landscape architect was found as police wait for postmortem, which they hope will confirm how she died
'Christmas terror plot' suspects are remanded in custody

Nine men accused of carrying out reconnaissance missions on targets and testing incendiary devices
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Health

David Cameron's NHS reforms may leave him feeling sick

Jackie Ashley: Over-optimistic efficiency savings and bureaucratic mayhem do not bode well for the health service
Are you getting fatter or thinner?

Open thread: Are you worried by the Oxford university study that says British men and women have piled on the pounds since 1986?
More on health

Business

The cold claims lives while energy companies get rich

George Monbiot: Successive governments have allowed Britain's privatised, liberalised utility companies to get away with murder
Basel committee calls for transparency over bankers' pay and bonuses

Banks told to release more data about remuneration and the risks posed to financial institutions that pay guaranteed bonuses
More UK business

Politics

Fears of flu epidemic grow as experts urge people to get jabs

Labour party accuses health secretary of forcing NHS to play 'catch up' and misjudging flu threat
The nudge is no policy fudge

Francis Maude: Laws have limits. The power to deliver benefits to people and save money starts at community level
More on politics