2015年10月4日 星期日

2015-10-05 U.K. Spotlight


BBC News
   
UK Parking Control disciplined over altered photos   
BBC News
A car park operator has been disciplined after some of its employees altered photographic evidence to unfairly impose parking charges. UK Parking Control, which operates more than 1,400 car parks, previously admitted some timestamps were changed to ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Forced marriage in Britain: It nearly happened to me   
Telegraph.co.uk
Last year in the UK, 1,267 people were assisted by the government's Forced Marriage Unit. Add to this the number of people supported by specialist independent charities, as well as local police forces up and down the country, and you have a figure ...

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The Economist (blog)
   
Monetary policy and economics   
The Economist (blog)
WHAT has quantitative easing (QE) done for us? Regular readers may be aware that your blogger is not the greatest fan of QE. But it should be criticised for the right reasons, not the wrong ones. It was not, as John McDonnell, the finance spokesman of ...


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BBC Sport
   
Super League: Leeds Rhinos 20-13 St Helens   
BBC Sport
Leeds Rhinos have a chance of completing their treble in next week's Super League Grand Final against Wigan after fighting back to beat St Helens. Saints' James Roby and Leeds' Zak Hardaker traded first-half tries before Luke Walsh slotted a drop-goal ...

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Express.co.uk
   
REVEALED: The most deprived area in the UK is forgotten seaside town   
Express.co.uk
A FORGOTTEN seaside village in Essex has been revealed as England's most deprived neighbourhood, according to a Government report. By Selina Sykes. PUBLISHED: 05:52, Thu, Oct 1, 2015 | UPDATED: 08:51, Thu, Oct 1, 2015. Two women walking ...


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Mirror.co.uk
   
Jeremy Kyle nurses his broken heart with a lads' holiday following split from ...   
Mirror.co.uk
Jeremy Kyle is going on a lads' holiday to Barbados to get over his split from wife Carla Germaine. The TV host has ended his marriage with the model after 13 years together as polo player James Carr claimed he bedded her more than 20 times . Jezza is ...


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BBC News
   
Parent groups want bigger voice in schools   
BBC News
Fewer than a fifth (18%) of parents in England think the government listens to them about their children's education, suggests research. And only a third (33%) of 1,000 parents polled for the parent teacher umbrella group, PTA UK, said they understood ...


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The Guardian
   
VW sold new cars with defeat devices in UK even after scandal broke in US   
The Guardian
Volkswagen has admitted that it continued selling new cars in the UK fitted with “defeat devices” to cheat diesel emissions tests even after US authorities uncovered the scandal. The revelation piles pressure on the German carmaker. Richard Lloyd ...

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International Business Times UK
   
Rugby World Cup 2015: Ireland's real tests yet to come says Joe Schmidt   
International Business Times UK
The World Cup starts now, was the message Ireland coach Joe Schmidt had for his players after a 44-10 win over Romania sent them top of Pool D, but with sterner tests on the horizon. With bonus points safely tucked away from their opening Rugby World ...


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Daily Mail
   
NHS hotline boss got £300000 pay-off on top of his salary   
Daily Mail
The official responsible for the disastrous launch of the NHS out-of-hours hotline was paid almost £500,000 last year, the Daily Mail can reveal. John McIvor's pay deal – which was never published – included a publicly funded 'golden goodbye' of almost ...


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