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Poor Children Are Being 'Failed By Schools'

Poor Children Are Being 'Failed By Schools'

Disadvantaged children are being failed by the education system, according to the chief inspector of schools.

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Sopranos Star James Gandolfini Dies Aged 51

Sopranos Star James Gandolfini Dies Aged 51

Actor James Gandolfini has died of a suspected heart attack while on holiday in Italy at the age of 51.

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NHS 'Cover-Up' Staff Could Be Named

NHS 'Cover-Up' Staff Could Be Named

A decision not to name those accused of covering-up failures by an NHS watchdog to properly investigate baby deaths could be reversed.

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TWA Crash: 'New Evidence' Of Missile Strike

TWA Crash: 'New Evidence' Of Missile Strike

Calls have been made for a new inquiry into the 1996 crash of a TWA jet off the coast of New York amid fresh claims that a missile was involved.

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Poor Children Are Being 'Failed By Schools'

Sopranos Star James Gandolfini Dies Aged 51

NHS 'Cover-Up' Staff Could Be Named

TWA Crash: 'New Evidence' Of Missile Strike

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Chancellor Unveils Plan For State-Owned Banks

Chancellor Unveils Plan For State-Owned Banks

George Osborne has unveiled Government plans for the future of state-owned banks during his annual speech on the state of the UK economy.

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Britain's fattest cat is put on diet

Britain's fattest cat is put on diet

Britain's fattest cat has been put on a strict diet after piling on the pounds by pilfering from his sister's food bowl.

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Sopranos Star James Gandolfini Dies Aged 51

Sopranos Star James Gandolfini Dies Aged 51

Actor James Gandolfini has died of a suspected heart attack while on holiday in Italy at the age of 51.

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Regulator Reveals £27.1bn UK Bank Shortfall

Regulator Reveals £27.1bn UK Bank Shortfall

A City regulator has revealed the capital holes at UK banks total £27.1bn - with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) facing the biggest shortfall.

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Steve Carell and Miranda Cosgrove pose with the minion costume characters from Despicable Me 2 in central London. (PA)

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On the second day of his visit to Germany, Mr Obama walked down a red carpet during military honours at Schloss Bellevue. (AP)

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Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger - carries her one month-old 'liliger' cub - half-liger, half-lion - in Russia's Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub's father is a lion called Sam. Photo: PA

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