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Soft
policy cannabis stays Cannabis is to remain a
Class C drug but there is to be a greater focus on the
mental health dangers it poses, Charles Clarke, the Home
Secretary, is expected to announce. health.telegraph
Cameron
against ID cards David Cameron has launched an
all-out attack on the Government's plans for a national
identity card scheme, telling Tony Blair it would become
a "monument to the failure of big government". Leader:
Policies postponed Commons
sketch Tories
now 'party for social
justice'
Arson
attack 'part of bullying war' An arson attack
that left a couple dead and their 16-year-old daughter
fighting for her life was the culmination of a
long-running bullying campaign, the girl's family has
claimed.
Bailiffs
to pursue absent parents Absent parents who
refuse to pay maintenance for their children will be
pursued by private debt collectors under radical plans
to reform the Child Support
Agency.
BNP
leader predicted London bombs The leader of the
British National Party predicted attacks by Islamic
terrorists living in England more than 12 months before
the bombings in London last year, a jury has
heard.
'Tosh'
worth £100,000 James Joyce's Ulysses has baffled
readers for a century with its dense prose and Virginia
Woolf declared that she had never read such "tosh". But
in the world of 20th century rare books, nothing is
rarer than an original Ulysses. 'I
threw away Potter first edition' Valuable
C20th fiction first editions arts.telegraph/books
Nursery
fees can be £15k Private nursery costs in some
parts of Britain are now so high that they match or even
exceed fees for private schools. Nursery
installs fingerprint ID system
Grade
II* to be axed The Government is to abolish the
Grade II* listing for historic English buildings in a
move designed to make the listing system easier for the
public to understand. property.telegraph How
the system works
Fury
over move to ban docking of dogs'
tails Countryside groups and dog breeders were in
uproar after the Government announced in a U-turn that
it would now support a full ban on docking dogs
tails. Dogs
of the docked breed variety
Haircut
ruined nurse's life A dental nurse whose ponytail
became the subject of High Court deliberation after it
was cut off by her boyfriend has said that he destroyed
her "pride and joy".
£14,000
World Cup packages to sell out Top-price
corporate packages for this summer's World Cup are
expected to sell out over the next few days, as football
fans protest about the number of tickets given to
companies.
Patients'
phone costs reviewed Relatives and friends are
being forced to pay exorbitant prices if they want to
telephone patients in hospital, an inquiry by the
telecoms regulator has found.
Men
hungrier for revenge Men appear to get greater
satisfaction than women from witnessing painful
retribution, according to a new brain scanner
study.
New
shops sell your junk for you A chain of shops
that will sell customers' unwanted items on eBay could
revolutionise Britain's market for second-hand
products.
Time
for a display of conviction politics Ministers
must ensure that offenders offered a 'prosecutor's
penalty' to cut court appearances do not also receive a
record , writes our legal editor Joshua Rozenberg. Law reports Brief
encounters
'Big
Brother' Blair attacked on tapping Diplomat's
air rage blamed on trauma Gay
weddings for priests 'unbiblical' Student
blackmailed over $1m website 'Wrong-way'
woman faces jail U-turn
on cancer drug
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