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£15m bonus bill as Rock cuts losses

£15m bonus bill as Rock cuts losses

Northern Rock will pay £14.9 million in bonuses to staff after losses narrowed last year.

Asda offers teenagers 'real work'

Asda offers teenagers 'real work'

Supermarket giant Asda is to offer 15,000 youngsters the chance of a week's worth of "real" work experience rather than simply making tea or running errands, it was announced.

Standing ovation for Phantom sequel

Standing ovation for Phantom sequel

Andrew Lloyd Webber and stars of Love Never Dies have received a standing ovation at the world premiere of the stage musical.

BA strike deal 'touch and go'

BA strike deal 'touch and go'

Hopes of a deal to avert a strike by thousands of British Airways cabin crew are hanging in the balance after a deadline to reach an agreement was extended.

Crime rehab failure 'costs £10bn'

Crime rehab failure 'costs £10bn'

The failure to rehabilitate tens of thousands of serial criminals is costing the country up to £10 billion a year, a report has said.

Credit card fraud losses drop 28%

Credit card fraud losses drop 28%

Fraud losses on UK credit and debit cards fell by 28% during 2009 as a raft of industry initiatives paid off, figures show.

Risk warning over Baby P rules

Risk warning over Baby P rules

Rules to improve child protection introduced after the Baby P tragedy may in fact leave vulnerable youngsters at greater risk, council leaders have warned.

Darling set to reveal Budget date

Darling set to reveal Budget date

Alistair Darling is to announce the date of the budget on Wednesday morning, the Treasury has disclosed.

Venables was 'trivial' risk: report

Venables was 'trivial' risk: report

A psychiatric assessment of James Bulger killer Jon Venables compiled prior to his release said he posed only a "trivial" risk to the public, it has been reported.

Daly: marriage worth fighting for

Daly: marriage worth fighting for

Tess Daly has said her marriage to fellow TV presenter husband Vernon Kay was "worth fighting for" after he admitted sending explicit messages to a string of women.

Ex-MI5 head: US concealed torture

Ex-MI5 head: US concealed torture

A former head of MI5 has claimed that US intelligence agencies had deliberately concealed their mistreatment of terror suspects.



Local News


Unreliable timetables ‘let rural bus services down’

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TRANSPORT minister Sadiq Khan posed as an undercover traveller on Hitchin’s buses in his efforts to improve rural transportation.

Extension opens at North Hertfordshire College

MORE than 280 students will benefit from a new extension at North Hertfordshire College Skills Centre in Stevenage. The extension, which opened on Thursday, will provide students with 8,700 sq ft of

Stevenage Library to close for improvements

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STEVENAGE Library is to close for eight weeks so that vital improvements can be made. The work includes improved ground floor layout, the installation of an information point, new carpeting,

More than 300 cannabis plants found in Stevenage

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MORE than 300 cannabis plants were found at a house in Stevenage on Saturday (March 6) after officers executed a drugs warrant.



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