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PM hails role of children's centres
9:43am Tuesday 16th March 2010
Gordon Brown has hailed plans to boost childcare - and warned that Tory cuts would hit the service.
Man dies after attack outside pub
9:43am Tuesday 16th March 2010
A man has died after being assaulted and then run over by a car outside a pub, police said.
Joy as Pakistan kidnap boy found
8:16am Tuesday 16th March 2010
The family of the five-year-old British boy kidnapped by gunmen in Pakistan were "overjoyed" after he was found safe and well.
Nursery food standards face review
6:20am Tuesday 16th March 2010
The Government is set to announce a review of food standards in nurseries as ministers launch a fresh pre-election assault on the Tories over their plans for Sure Start centres.
Pakistan kidnap boy found safe
5:50am Tuesday 16th March 2010
A British boy kidnapped while on holiday in Pakistan nearly two weeks ago has been located safe and well, the British High Commission has confirmed.
Expat Britons await pension ruling
5:34am Tuesday 16th March 2010
More than half a million retired Britons living abroad could be in line for Government payouts if a group fighting a legal battle over pension rights win their case.
Minister numbers 'should be cut'
5:19am Tuesday 16th March 2010
The number of government ministers should be slashed by up to a third, an influential committee of MPs said.
'Saddened' Winslet and Mendes split
5:19am Tuesday 16th March 2010
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes have separated after nearly seven years of marriage.
UK debt plan 'not ambitious enough'
4:02am Tuesday 16th March 2010
Government plans to deal with Britain's ballooning debt are not ambitious enough and need to be "significantly reinforced", according to a European Commission report.
Op ends Beckham's World Cup dream
2:49am Tuesday 16th March 2010
David Beckham's chances of appearing in a record fourth World Cup are over as he starts recovering from an operation on his Achilles tendon.
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