Fire Minister Brandon Lewis probably had a fair idea what Sir Ken Knight would deliver when he asked him to conduct an "independent" report into fire and rescue services in England.
As LGBT activists worldwide celebrate anti-homophobia day we are reminded of prevailing prejudice
Bradford has seen the launch of a new campaign to battle the sources of child sex exploitation - and combat far-right bids to make it a racial issue
THE Royal College of Physicians warned yesterday that junior doctors taking a key medical examination have shown a sharp decline in performance.
BRITISH tourists remained seriously ill in hospital yesterday, following a tourist bus bombing in Turkey on Saturday.
THE Healthcare Commission warned yesterday that the lives of new mothers and babies are at risk from poor conditions on maternity wards.
WORKERS who are are allowed to "dress down" in the office are more productive than those who wear stuffy, formal clothes, new research showed yesterday.
HUNDREDS of people gathered at the International Brigade memorial in London at the weekend to remember those who gave their lives in the Spanish Civil War.
ANTI-LITTER campaigners Keep Britain Tidy warned yesterday that fast food rubbish is creating overweight "super pigeons" that rely on waste to survive.
SOUTH Camden Morning Star readers and supporters group raised £346.62 for Britain's only daily socialist newspaper at the weekend.
ANTI-FASCIST campaigners celebrated the defeat of a BNP candidate in a London council election yesterday, after his party used photographs of a bombed bus in its election campaign.
THE Communication Workers Union demanded immediate action from Royal Mail yesterday to stop the "reputation of honest postal workers being tarnished even further."
PUBLIC-SERVICE union UNISON welcomed plans from the government yesterday to make hospital bosses more accountable in the fight against the MRSA superbug.