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Letters Christian Brothers' history of abuse You assert that Edmund Rice, the founder of the Irish Christian Brothers, "banned the physical punishment of children " ( The Brothers grim , 28 November). This piece of fiction is part of a...

EngineeringUK highlighted concerns, including a diminishing pool of talent, a fall in lecturers and fewer students studying manufacturing and engineering degrees. The report predicted more than 350,000 skilled workers would be needed in the transport sector by 2017, the construction...

The body of the 28-year-old, who has not been named, was found in a flat in Maiden Street, Peterhead, on Sunday. A Grampian Police spokesman said: "A 33-year-old male and a 23-year-old female have been arrested regarding the death, which...

Published Date: 01 December 2009 UNION leaders are to hold last-ditch talks with the government today to press for the closure of a loophole they say allows ferry operators to ignore minimum wage legislation and pay non-UK seafarers as little...

According to figures from the first half of 2009, there are 111,865 people in the country’s prisons...A total of 276 permanent staff teachers provide an education to these school-aged children and, on average, each teacher is tasked with supervising the...

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Because they were taking orders and were calmly carrying out a state policy of genocide, it was hard to convict them of homicidal acts fuelled by hate or cruelty...Many Germans and foreign observers regarded West German justice as a joke...

Liberal Democrat leaders beat a hasty retreat yesterday from controversial plans to impose a "mansion tax" on the owners of £1m homes. Although the policy proved popular with the public in surveys, it was heavily criticised by Lib Dem MPs...

A Latin American and Iberian summit yesterday struggled to overcome leaders' differences and reach a consensus on Honduras' post-coup election result which Spain and Brazil have rejected. The Honduran crisis is not officially on the agenda of the summit in...

N.H.— A Portsmouth school bus driver has been charged with soliciting a 13-year-old student for sex. Sixty-year-old Quentin E...The Portsmouth Herald is reporting that the arrest wasn't made public until Monday because of a related police investigation. McKenney drove bus...