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Hugh Muir's diary
Slush fund or no, BAE tries to be nice to people, and no mistake • Nothing tangible yet from BAE\'s attempt ...
Welfare concerns over UK meat imports
Farmers and consumers demand greater import restrictions as a Guardian investigation reveals many bacon, pork and poultry products come from nations with lower animal welfare standards At least one quarter o...
UK 'withheld SAS from Falluja assault'
British commanders feared 2004 assault on Iraqi town would fuel both Sunni and Shia insurgencies, author Mark Urban claims SAS troops were prevented from joining an American a...
Not all bankers are fat cats
Most workers in the financial industry are ordinary people not getting big bonuses, says banker Arnold Philips It\'s no secret that we bankers are not the best-loved people in Britain ...
By 2020, 80% of men will be overweight, study shows
Adult obesity predictions are \'not optimistic\', according to Oxford University professor Eight out of 10 men and almost seven in 10 women will be overweight or obese by 2020, according to a study published t...
Barclays top brass shun bonuses but staff share £2bn
President Bob Diamond and chief executive John Varley decline multimillion payments The two top executives at Barclays are not taking their bonuses for 2009 in an attempt to assuage public anger over pay even...