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- New curriculum workload 'too high'
BBC Scotland - Politics (Today) - More than 80% of nursery and primary school teachers in Scotland have warned of high workloads as a result of the new curriculum, a union claims.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- World's End Dance Battle
John Ward (Today) - Here is a visual feast throughout, from when Miku's group takes on Luka's (and although it's close, if you study it closely, Luka wins narrowly, I think) to when they shake hands and join up,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Look Here, Day Fever!
John Ward (Today) - Daytime by the seaside...what better place or time for two Japanese ladies to give us their performance of the Luka Luka Night Fever dance?Well, after some rehearsal, and the odd technical issue (aircraft noise), they... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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Davblog (Today) - I made a thing. On Sunday I mentioned how OpenTech always makes me feel a bit embarrassed that I’m not doing more useful stuff – particularly in the kinds of areas that OpenTech speakers care... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Royal Mail chief set for 500,000 sterling bonus - Sky News
Reuters UK News (Today) - (Reuters) - The chief executive of Royal Mail, Moya Greene, who is responsible for leading a turnaround of the business, is set to receive an annual bonus worth nearly 500,000 pounds, as the company readies... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - New curriculum workload 'too high'
BBC News - Politics (Today) - More than 80% of nursery and primary school teachers in Scotland have warned of high workloads as a result of the new curriculum, a union claims.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Yes Google is evil..so are Amazon, Starbucks and all such tax thieves
John's Labour blog (Today) - I was at a pension trustee meeting a little while ago where I was criticised for bringing up our share holding in companies who don't pay their fair share in taxes. I was told that... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- British police ponder conspiracy after soldier murder
Reuters UK News (Today) - LONDON (Reuters) - Police investigating the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a busy London street were looking on Friday into whether the two suspected killers, British men of Nigerian descent, were part... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Lucifer of the jockstrap: QUENTIN LETTS pays tribute to his childhood anti-hero, the wrestler Mighty Mick McManus
Quentin Letts (Today) - With his black trunks and inky hairdo, part Mr Spock, part ludicrous comb-over, Mick McManus was a podgy, sneering cheat, a snivelling, duplicitous, forearm-jabbing, lip-curling baddie. We loved him.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Growing Consciousness
Socialist Courier (Today) - Capitalism has become an obsolete oppressive system that ought to be got rid off but the old social order won’t simply disappear of its own accord. Its removal is dependent upon its replacement by socialism.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Lord Black: the Tory peer at the heart of media's biggest battle
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - The 'extremely efficient' Lord Black is one of those attempting to frustrate parliament's plans for press regulationThose who might think that the era of the press baron is over haven't heard of Lord Black. He... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Murder in Woolwich
Michael Meacher MP (Today) - It was a shocking, abominable murder. But the fear remains that this may not be the action of hatred-obsessed psychopaths, but the beginnings of a long-drawn-out saga of Muslim revenge. The words that the murderer... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Stephen House: Give seized crime money to police
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - SCOTLAND’S most senior policeman has urged the government to use funds seized from criminals to fight crime, saying it is “nuts” to refuse.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Net migration down by third as students shun UK
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - Net migration into Britain fell by more than a third in a year, according to figures published yesterday that show the number of immigrants arriving has dropped “significantly”.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- The people running so called social media like Google, Facebook and Apple are not dippy hippy capitalists, they're robber barons in chinos.
Organised Rage (Today) - Last week, I was waiting in the queue at the butcher while an elderly lady was being served. Clearly, she was not that well-off and chose the cheapest cuts of meat. When she was done,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- First Minister's Questions - 23 May 2013 - video
NewsNetScotland (Today) - In keeping with our aim to provide, as often as we can, a full recording of First Minister's Questions, we have uploaded the latest session.Many people are unable to navigate both the Scottish Parliament's own... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- UK Govt must talk to Scottish Govt before referendum to 'help voters' says Electoral Commission
NewsNetScotland (Today) - By a Newsnet reporter Following evidence given by John McCormick, Electoral Commissioner for Scotland, at the Referendum Bill Committee on Thursday, the SNP is making a fresh call for the UK government to engage in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Scottish Conservatives 'doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome'
NewsNetScotland (Today) - By a Newsnet reporter Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has come under renewed pressure to rethink her party's strategy in Scotland after Murdo Fraser, who narrowly lost the party's leadership election to Ms Davidson after... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- US congressional hearing told British security services new Pat Finucane was to be murdered and did nothing to stop it.
Organised Rage (Today) - You could hear a pin drop in Foreign Affairs Committee Room 2172 in the Rayburn building in Washington DC on Wednesday.The occasion was new hearings on the Patrick Finucane murder, the Northern Irish civil rights... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Parliament Conveners’ Group to Question First Minister
Scottish Parliament (Today) - In a parliamentary first, the Scottish Parliament’s Conveners’ Group today announced it will question the First Minister in September following his statement on the Government’s legislative programme.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Benefit Fraud Mother Claimed Five Of Her Children Were Disabled
Same Difference (Today) - A mother of eight has been found guilty of fraudulently receiving more than £350,000 in benefits and tax credits. Amanda Webber, 43, claimed five of her children had disabilities and medical conditions which affected their... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Baillie: Alex Neil either doesn’t know the truth or is hiding the truth
Labour Hame (Today) - Following conflicting statements from the Minister for Health Alex Neil and major drug manufacturer Merck, Scottish Labour’s shadow health spokesperson Jackie Baillie MSP said: “Alex Neil said bowel cancer patients who had had chemotherapy weren’t... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Curran: Is Salmond trying to create a tax haven?
Labour Hame (Today) - After two days during which the SNP have suggested slashing the rate of corporation tax and SNP MEPs voted against measures to tackle tax avoidance, the SNP must come clean on their approach to tax.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Another ‘Senseless Tragedy’
Biased BBC (Today) - Mr Thompson said: ‘Without question, “I complain in the strongest possible terms”, is different from, “I complain in the strongest possible terms and I am loading my AK47 as I write”. This definitely raises... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›


