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All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:33:35 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 7625 | MSPs banned from employing relatives - but not for six years http://en.redtram.com/go/236306496/top100/ 236306496 MEMBERS of the Scottish Parliament are to be banned from employing relatives and will be liable for capital gains tax when they sell second homes that have been funded by exp Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:32:51 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306496/top100/ 7625 | Copenhagen: Alex Salmond throws a lifeline to sinking Maldives http://en.redtram.com/go/236306479/top100/ 236306479 ALEX Salmond has pledged to help one of the world's most vulnerable nations to fight the effects of climate change, in an address to an international audience in Copenha Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:32:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306479/top100/ 7625 | Bureaucrats take lion's share of new NHS jobs compared to front-line staff http://en.redtram.com/go/236306468/top100/ 236306468 THE rise in the number of NHS bureaucrats has outstripped increases in front-line staff in Scotland, new figures reveal. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:31:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306468/top100/ 7625 | Challenge to 'bonus culture' http://en.redtram.com/go/236306461/top100/ 236306461 EXECUTIVES at Scottish Water were challenged yesterday to defend a "bonus culture". Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:31:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306461/top100/ 7625 | 100,000 new jobs for youths http://en.redtram.com/go/236306453/top100/ 236306453 THE government announced measures yesterday to tackle youth unemployment, including 100,000 new jobs, apprenticeships and training opportunities for under-25s as new figures s Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:31:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306453/top100/ 957 | Special needs pupils 'sidelined' by schools http://en.redtram.com/go/236303089/top100/ 236303089 Parents of children with special needs are being forced to "battle" for a decent education, according to a major Government review. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:40:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303089/top100/ 957 | Jewish school 'racially discriminated' http://en.redtram.com/go/236303080/top100/ 236303080 Dozens of faith schools face rewriting their admissions policies after a controversial Supreme Court ruling. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:40:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303080/top100/ 957 | Children need exposure to Christmas commerce http://en.redtram.com/go/236303070/top100/ 236303070 It's far better for children to learn from experience about hype and false promises than to be taught cynicism at a tender age, writes Liz Hunt. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:40:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236303070/top100/ 7626 | Invasion of Iraq was 'catastrophic success as Saddam fell too quickly' http://en.redtram.com/go/236297123/top100/ 236297123 THE 2003 invasion of Iraq was a "catastrophic success", the official inquiry into the war has heard. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:13:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297123/top100/ 7626 | Tackling warming is 'great moral crusade for our times' - Gordon Brown http://en.redtram.com/go/236297110/top100/ 236297110 PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has warned that saving the environment is the "great moral crusade for our times" - equivalent to the abolition of slavery. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:12:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297110/top100/ 7626 | Fiancee breaks down as 100th soldier killed in Afghanistan is repatriated http://en.redtram.com/go/236297099/top100/ 236297099 THE fiancee of the 100th British serviceman to die in the Afghanistan conflict this year wept uncontrollably as she saw his coffin returned to the UK yesterday. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:12:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297099/top100/ 7626 | Minister: We must lock up asylum children like Precious, to stop them ending up dead in lorries at Calais http://en.redtram.com/go/236297085/top100/ 236297085 CLOSING Dungavel detention centre to families and children would "end up with dead bodies in lorries in Calais" by boosting the human trafficking trade, immigration m Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:12:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297085/top100/ 7626 | BA launches court battle to stop Christmas strike action http://en.redtram.com/go/236297074/top100/ 236297074 BRITISH Airways will go to court today in a desperate attempt to halt a 12-day strike by cabin crew which threatens to ground most of its flights from next Tuesday. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:12:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297074/top100/ 7626 | British deaths in Afghanistan rise to 239 as two soldiers die in bombing http://en.redtram.com/go/236297062/top100/ 236297062 TWO British soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber yesterday while on patrol with Afghan troops. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:12:02 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297062/top100/ 7626 | Nursery sex abuser sent to jail indefinitely http://en.redtram.com/go/236297054/top100/ 236297054 A NURSERY worker jailed for "stomach-churning" child abuse is prolonging parents' ordeals by refusing to identify her victims, a judge told her. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:11:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297054/top100/ 7626 | Tobin joked with neighbour 'as he dug grave' http://en.redtram.com/go/236297046/top100/ 236297046 A CHILD killer joked with a neighbour as he dug a grave for the teenager he had abducted and strangled, a court has heard. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:11:19 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297046/top100/ 7626 | Arnold Schwarzenegger offers to take starring role in fight http://en.redtram.com/go/236297040/top100/ 236297040 CALIFORNIA governor and former film star Arnold Schwarzenegger told the talks in Copenhagen yesterday that the "planetary transformation" needed to tackle climate cha Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:11:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297040/top100/ 7626 | Charity's hard-hitting Christmas message http://en.redtram.com/go/236297029/top100/ 236297029 CHILDREN'S charity Barnardo's is to broadcast a "frank and revealing" online Christmas Day message minutes after the Queen's speech, featuring young people Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:10:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297029/top100/ 7626 | BMI prices soar for BA strike dates http://en.redtram.com/go/236297019/top100/ 236297019 SEAT prices on Scotland-Heathrow flights with BMI were significantly higher for dates during the 12-day strike period than preceding days, the website of British Airways' Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:10:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236297019/top100/