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  1. 1. 'There are cases of women having 15 miscarriages and never having a baby'

    UK Foreign Secretary William Hague deliv

    Foreign secretary William Hague has revealed his wife has suffered 'multiple miscarriages'. Only when a woman suffers three do doctors refer her to a gynaecologist or specialist miscarriage clinic

  2. 2. How the Blitz created the welfare state

    blitz-survivor-tale

    As the 70th anniversary of the Nazi bombardment of Britain approaches, Bob Holman recalls how adversity brought a nation together

  3. 3. Sharon Shoesmith given leave to appeal against court ruling on dismissal

    Sharon Shoesmith, former director of children's services at Haringey council

    Ed Balls' conduct criticised as judge rules that Shoesmith will pay only fraction of £350,000 costs

  4. 4. Two arrested over assisted suicide

    Dignitas room, Zurich, November 2009 Friends are believed to have helped Douglas Sinclair, 76, who had multiple system atrophy, travel to Switzerland to die
  5. 5. Society daily 01.09.2010

    Scissors cutting a £20 note

    Cuts; crisps; plus, brilliant blogs

  6. 6. Life in America's toughest jail

    englishman-in-us-prison

    Shaun Attwood's blog about the appalling conditions in a US jail earned him a major book deal. Erwin James, a veteran of the British prison system, compares notes

  7. 7. Alcohol ID checks 'infantilising' young adults, says survey

    Alcohol ID checks Over-zealous checking of younger shoppers' ages penalises the innocent, civil liberties group claims
  8. 8. The 'fair' budget that wasn't | Tom Clark

    Tom Clark: Why did it take us so long to figure out that the coalition was clobbering the poor?

  9. 9. I want to spend a penny, not go to the shop: nurses to be taught euphemisms

    foreign nurses

    Norfolk hospital organises lessons for foreign nurses to avoid cultural misunderstandings with patients

  10. 10. NHS trust chiefs offered £130,000 payout to quit

    nhs manager Health service managers to receive year's salary as lump sum if they volunteer to leave instead of waiting for possible redundancy

Last 7 days

  1. 1. Atheist doctors 'more likely to hasten death'

    Doctor examining a patient Study finds medics' faith affects care of terminally ill, as hospital clinicians admit 'ethically controversial' decisions
  2. 2. London in the blitz: How crime flourished under cover of the blackout

    Loot Alley As the 70th anniversary of the start of the blitz approaches, Duncan Campbell reveals how black marketeers, thieves and looters took advantage of the misfortunes of war
  3. 3. 'There are cases of women having 15 miscarriages and never having a baby'

    UK Foreign Secretary William Hague deliv

    Foreign secretary William Hague has revealed his wife has suffered 'multiple miscarriages'. Only when a woman suffers three do doctors refer her to a gynaecologist or specialist miscarriage clinic

  4. 4. Pass notes, No 2,836: Gonorrhea

    The sexually transmitted disease is making a big comeback among young people
  5. 5. Charities condemn plans to let councils house locals before immigrants

    Social housing reform

    Government urged to put need before nationality

  6. 6. Young adults may have to wait until middle age to buy their first home

    A survey for the National Housing Federation highlights the bleak scale of Britain's financial crisis

  7. 7. Super-strength alcohol 'is killing more homeless people than crack or heroin'

    Dead drinker

    Charities urge ministers to save lives by bringing in punitive pricing to save a generation of 'young olds' who are pressing the fast-forward button to self-destruction

  8. 8. How the Blitz created the welfare state

    blitz-survivor-tale

    As the 70th anniversary of the Nazi bombardment of Britain approaches, Bob Holman recalls how adversity brought a nation together

  9. 9. Joan McFadden talks to two disabled women about their sex lives

    It's often assumed that people with disabilities can't enjoy sex. Joan McFadden meets two women who want to change that perception.
  10. 10. Sharon Shoesmith given leave to appeal against court ruling on dismissal

    Sharon Shoesmith, former director of children's services at Haringey council

    Ed Balls' conduct criticised as judge rules that Shoesmith will pay only fraction of £350,000 costs