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'Misleading' policing advert banned by watchdog
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Alistair Darling: we will cut deeper than Margaret Thatcher
Front page
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Peter Mandelson blocks Jack Straw's Lords reform
Top stories p2
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Gang behind kidnap of Sahil Saeed in Pakistan 'involved in 22 murders'
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Police officer unlawfully killed on firearms exercise
UK news p4
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Cash for culture can boost UK economy, says arts alliance
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Mephedrone ban would do more harm than good, says ex-drug adviser
Mephedrone should be allowed under controlled conditions, says David Nutt, ex-head of Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
UK news p6
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NHS management increasing five times faster than number of nurses
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Prince Charles visits British troops in Afghanistan
UK news p8
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Gordon Brown's euro journey from villain back to good favour
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Gordon Brown floats idea of European peace corps
UK news p9
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Lord Ashcroft may bid for £100K Crimea Victoria Cross
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T-rex's slightly less terrifying ancestor unearthed in Australia
UK news p14
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I feared the crowd, says G20 policeman charged with baton assault
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North Yorkshire police chiefs accused of bending rules to get jobs for relatives
• Inquiry into head of force and deputy
• Alleged nepotism attempt during recruitment drive
UK news p16
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Inquiry call after video evidence clears man accused of violence at protest
Lawyers say police delayed releasing footage that undermined case against man accused of disorder at Israeli embassy -
Police failed to arrest robber who went on to commit murder, IPCC says
Three West Mercia detectives face disciplinary action for not arresting Anselm Ribera despite DNA evidence
UK news p17
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Blighted beaches: Britain's shores are drowning in litter
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Barrister standing for BNP at election loses post at chambers
UK news p18
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Princess Diana's former home becomes the Enchanted Palace
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Death rates in hospitals too high, says professor
UK news p19
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Space Mandy: lord of the universe
Simon Hoggart: Peter Mandelson, business secretary (and now emperor of the cosmos) -
Banned policing advert had failed to get its story straight
UK news p20
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Budget 2010: Extra tax makes smoking long cigarettes a drag
Every 3cm of a cigarette longer than 8cm, excluding the tip, will be taxed as another cigarette from next January -
Saving of £1.2bn can be found by stopping duplication of services
UK news p23
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Andrew Motion to write sequel to Treasure Island
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Winner announced for world's oddest book title award
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina beats Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich to the top spot
UK news p25
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US commander in Afghanistan bans burger and pizza bars at Kandahar base
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Afghan anti-corruption court tries Briton on bribe charge
International p28
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Thieves stumbled on £270m treasure haul in derelict house in Spain
International p29
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De Villepin takes first steps on comeback trail against Sarkozy
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UK backs move to refer Burma's leaders to war crimes tribunal
International p30
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FSA warns EU rules may stop building societies' plan to raise capital
Mutual ordinary deferred shares could breach European rules, according to the City regulator -
2,000 jobs at risk as Jarvis collapses into administration
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Angela Merkel agrees on Greece rescue package – but wants new euro rules
Germany's chancellor pushes for tougher penalties against countries whose fiscal misconduct endangers the euro
Financial p35
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Next and Kingfisher warn of bumpy ride to economic recovery
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RBS hopes to boost profits by £1.25bn this year
Edinburgh-based bank admits it will pay £950m in staff bonuses but hopes to recover strongly from posting a £3.6bn loss in 2009
Financial p36
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Call for airlines to take over services to remote Scottish islands
The demise of Highland Airways leaves islands in the Hebrides missing vital lifeline services -
General Electric to build offshore wind manufacturing plant in UK
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Apprentices to be paid minimum wage
Minimum wage of £2.50 to apply to apprentices under 19 or in their first year of training -
One in three interns works for nothing, says TUC
Financial p38
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Camelot sold to Canadian pension fund for £400m
Lottery operator becomes latest British company snapped up by overseas buyers
Financial p40
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Scientists may gloat, but an assault is under way against the arts
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Diary
Hugh Muir: The whistle hasn't yet blown and the fat lady isn't singing. Stand by for Lobbygate part 2
Comment & debate p41
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A few parting thoughts
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Venice changes – but for me it stays seductively, tantalisingly the same
Comment & debate p42
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Pope blasts Irish bishops over sex abuse cases and tells victims: 'I am truly sorry'
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Easy peerages for MPs stink. Now the reek is intolerable
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Holes in China's great firewall
Comment & debate p43
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Country diary
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Corrections and clarifications
Glasgow East | Britain's War on Poverty | Slippers and flippers -
In praise of … Radio La Voz de Bagua
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US-Russia nuclear deal: Two tribes don't go to war
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The budget: Putting Darling to the test
Editorials & reply p44
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BA strikers deserve public support
Letters: Strikes, workplace occupations and other militant actions are the only way to prevent the costs of the recession being unloaded on to working people -
I am ashamed – the pope should resign
Letters: Nothing but the resignation of the pope can put this behind us -
Cliched ideas
Letters: With the upcoming election, I challenge readers to put on their thinking caps and find ways of combining the power of cliches with a progressive take on things -
Science funding cuts will not help us into the future and beyond
Letters: University science departments are already cutting budgets to prepare for uncertain times ahead, whatever party forms the next government -
Pros and cons of the digital future
Letters: Those employed in the UK's creative industries have waited four years for laws to tackle illegal file-sharing -
We'll never protect children through box-ticking and checklists
Editorials & reply p45
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Bruce Graham obituary
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Paddie O'Neil obituary
Obituaries p46
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Alan King-Hamilton obituary
Obituaries p47
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Macbeth
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Erdmann/Goerne/Hahn