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Watchdog: Give women over 40 IVF

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has suggested women up to 42 should be entitled to IVF treatments

5:29am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Women struggling to have babies should be offered IVF treatment into their 40s, the health watchdog has said.


Model's killer to hear minimum term

Aspiring-model Emily Longley was murdered by jealous boyfriend Elliot Turner (Dorset Police/PA)

3:59am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A violent boyfriend who strangled his aspiring model girlfriend in a jealous rage is to hear the minimum term he will serve before he can be released.

Ofsted: Maths teaching must improve

Ofsted has called for both weaker and stronger maths pupils to be given more help

3:59am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

More must be done to help both weaker and stronger pupils in maths, according to a major survey.

Inflation set to hit 20-month low

The consumer prices index rate of inflation is forecast to fall in April

3:59am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Cost of living figures are to provide further evidence that the consumer spending squeeze is loosening its grip as the rate of inflation falls to a 20-month low.

Six hurt as gas blast destroys home

The scene in Gateshead where a police officer suffered serious burns to his face in a suspected gas blast which injured five others

3:59am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A suspected gas explosion has injured six people, including three police officers.

Allies on path to end Afghan war

David Cameron with President Obama during the meeting on Afghanistan at the Nato Summit (AP)

3:18am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

World leaders have set the seal on their exit path from the war in Afghanistan, saying they would close the largely-stalemated conflict at the end of 2014 but keep their troops fighting there for two more years.

Clegg condemns social mobility myth

Inequality is a form of social engineering, Nick Clegg is due to say

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Inequality in modern Britain is a form of social engineering, and claims that promoting social mobility artificially skews society are nonsense, Nick Clegg is to insist.

MPs hit out at nursery top-up fees

MPs say some families are being denied access to free nursery education unless they pay compulsory 'top-up' fees

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Some families are being denied access to free nursery education unless they agree to pay compulsory "top-up fees" for extra hours, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.

William 'tore up wedding guestlist'

The Duke of Cambridge revealed how he tore up the official guestlist for his wedding on the Queen's advice

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

The Duke of Cambridge has revealed how he tore up the official guestlist for his wedding on the Queen's advice.

Asbo replacements 'won't work'

Home Secretary Theresa May is to announce a replacement for Asbos

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A new community trigger to force police to investigate any incident of anti-social behaviour reported by at least five people will do little to tackle the problem in the long-term, campaigners have said.



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