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Stand by our firefighters

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.

Features

A timely reminder of the long fight ahead

by Yvonne Washbourne

As LGBT activists worldwide celebrate anti-homophobia day we are reminded of prevailing prejudice

Fighting child abuse in the community

by Ann Czernik

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

Britain

Physicians warns on exam standards

Monday 18 July 2005

THE Royal College of Physicians warned yesterday that junior doctors taking a key medical examination have shown a sharp decline in performance.

British tourists caught in bus explosion at Turkish holiday resort

Monday 18 July 2005

BRITISH tourists remained seriously ill in hospital yesterday, following a tourist bus bombing in Turkey on Saturday.

Maternity ward conditions risk patients' lives

Monday 18 July 2005

THE Healthcare Commission warned yesterday that the lives of new mothers and babies are at risk from poor conditions on maternity wards.

Dressing down helps workers' performance

Monday 18 July 2005

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.

Remembering Spanish Civil War

Monday 18 July 2005

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.

Expanding vermin populations provoke new anti-litter campaign

Monday 18 July 2005

ANTI-LITTER campaigners Keep Britain Tidy warned yesterday that fast food rubbish is creating overweight "super pigeons" that rely on waste to survive.

Star says it with flowers

Monday 18 July 2005

SOUTH Camden Morning Star readers and supporters group raised £346.62 for Britain's only daily socialist newspaper at the weekend.

BNP propaganda fails to clinch council seat

Saturday 16 July 2005

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.

CWU defends posties against TV claims

Saturday 16 July 2005

THE Communication Workers Union demanded immediate action from Royal Mail yesterday to stop the "reputation of honest postal workers being tarnished even further."

UNISON backs plan to blame bosses for bugs

Saturday 16 July 2005

PUBLIC-SERVICE union UNISON welcomed plans from the government yesterday to make hospital bosses more accountable in the fight against the MRSA superbug.