http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Electronic Editions"  in "Europe" Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:27:26 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 957 | Ofsted has become a jack of all trades http://en.redtram.com/go/232005463/top100/ 232005463 Telegraph View: Ofsted should never have been asked to oversee child protection - it has enough trouble trying to raise standards in our schools. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:21:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232005463/top100/ 957 | Ofsted commentary: schools no longer free to educate http://en.redtram.com/go/232005418/top100/ 232005418 There has been an impressive investment in education over the past 12 years but it is clear that there has not been a commensurate improvement in the overall quality of provision. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:21:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232005418/top100/ 7625 | We discussed toppling Saddam Hussein a year before invasion, mandarin admits http://en.redtram.com/go/232004160/top100/ 232004160 BRITISH officials secretly discussed the prospects for "regime change" in Iraq in late 2001 - more than a year before the invasion - the inquiry into the war has been Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:18:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232004160/top100/ 7625 | Cost of free care up 11% but Holyrood saves £838m http://en.redtram.com/go/232004084/top100/ 232004084 THE cost of providing free care for the elderly in Scotland increased by 11 per cent last year, according to new Scottish Government figures. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:18:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232004084/top100/ 7625 | Fewer than one in three voters wants independence - poll http://en.redtram.com/go/232004004/top100/ 232004004 THE Scottish Government was facing renewed calls last night to drop its £9 million referendum bill after a poll revealed that support for independence has fallen to its lowest Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:18:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232004004/top100/ 7625 | Salmond must play long game to win his independence http://en.redtram.com/go/232003962/top100/ 232003962 POLITICAL weather conditions look to have turned decidedly wintry for Alex Salmond and the SNP. After the downpour of Labour votes that drowned his party in the Glasgow North Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:18:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232003962/top100/ 7625 | 'Repeat' domestic abuse soars 40% http://en.redtram.com/go/232003851/top100/ 232003851 THE number of repeat victims of domestic abuse in Scotland soared by almost 40 per cent last year, amid a general rise in domestic violence, official statistics reveal. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:18:01 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232003851/top100/ 7625 | Holyrood backs plan to honour Scottish heroes http://en.redtram.com/go/232003670/top100/ 232003670 SOLDIERS, philosophers and inventors are among those who may be immortalised at the Scottish Parliament under plans announced yesterday to name the building's commi Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:17:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232003670/top100/ 7625 | Ministers urged to examine safety of level crossings http://en.redtram.com/go/232003611/top100/ 232003611 THE Scottish Government is to examine the results of a survey launched yesterday to gauge public opinion on the safety of unmanned rail crossings. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:17:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232003611/top100/ 7625 | Ban on tobacco product blasted http://en.redtram.com/go/232003563/top100/ 232003563 A TORY ex-minister yesterday branded the government "arrogant and irresponsible" for refusing to legalise the sale of "smokeless" tobacco. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:17:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232003563/top100/ 7625 | Migrant workers to face job restriction http://en.redtram.com/go/232003500/top100/ 232003500 NEW measures to restrict migrant workers' access to British jobs will come into force next month. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:17:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232003500/top100/ 7626 | Widow praises warrior but pleads for peace http://en.redtram.com/go/231879127/top100/ 231879127 THE widow of a bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan the day before he was due to return home made an emotional plea for peace at his funeral yesterday. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:49:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231879127/top100/ 7626 | Parents are robbed of choice over MMR jab http://en.redtram.com/go/231879032/top100/ 231879032 PARENTS will have no choice but to give their children the MMR jab after the world's only single mumps vaccine manufacturer stopped production, it was revealed yesterday. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:49:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231879032/top100/ 7626 | Afraid, in pain and alone - new mothers' NHS ordeals http://en.redtram.com/go/231878979/top100/ 231878979 MORE than one in three new mothers are left alone and worried during labour or shortly after giving birth, a poll found yesterday. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:49:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231878979/top100/ 7626 | Motorists are 'milked' for £900,000 of parking fines every day http://en.redtram.com/go/231878934/top100/ 231878934 MOTORISTS are being used as "cash cows" with parking fines seen as a lucrative source of income for local councils, despite penalties falling, campaigners have claime Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:49:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231878934/top100/ 7626 | Ainsworth blames US delay for fall in Afghan war support http://en.redtram.com/go/231878896/top100/ 231878896 AMERICA'S delay in deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan has contributed to falling public support in the UK for the mission, Defence Secretary Bob Ainswort Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:49:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231878896/top100/ 7626 | Brother of victim hits out at Straw as murderer goes on run http://en.redtram.com/go/231878855/top100/ 231878855 THE brother of a man murdered by former royal aide Jane Andrews - now on the run from prison - has called on Justice Secretary Jack Straw to resign. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:48:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231878855/top100/ 7626 | 'I'll be back for Tony Blair, to see him face to face and hear what he has to say' http://en.redtram.com/go/231878780/top100/ 231878780 MORE than six and a half years after Tony Blair defied opposition at home and abroad to invade Iraq, feelings are still raw among those who campaigned against the war or lost Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:48:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231878780/top100/