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EU executive adopts climate fight blueprint
The European Union's executive adopted landmark proposals on Wednesday that will make the 27-nation bloc a world leader in the fight against climate change, but tradeoffs will include higher energy bills.
Police to view video of Winehouse
Police said on Wednesday they would investigate video footage of soul singer Amy Winehouse allegedly smoking crack cocaine. Still images from the footage first appeared on the front page of the Sun tabloid on Tuesday, and the Times newspaper quoted the head of Winehouse's record company saying that it may abandon plans to promote her in the key U.S. market.
Johnson to urge food label clarification
Health Secretary Alan Johnson will call on retailers and food producers on Wednesday to end a split over health labels on food and agree to a single scheme to help tackle obesity.
Straight As no longer enough for top universities
Achieving three A grades at A-level will no longer be enough to ensure a place at a top university, academics warned on Wednesday.
ID card scheme 'to be postponed'
The multi-billion pound plan to introduce national identity cards, one of the world's biggest IT projects, is to be postponed until after the next election, the Conservatives claimed on Wednesday.
Arrests made over fatal hotel fire
Detectives said on Wednesday they had arrested two men in connection with a fire, believed to have been started deliberately, which gutted a hotel in Cornwall last summer leaving three people dead.
Man held over 'frenzied' attack on girl
Police said on Wednesday they had arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the frenzied knife attack on a teenage girl who was left for dead in a Lancashire park.
Thousands of police march over pay 'betrayal'
About 18,500 off-duty police officers marched through central London on Wednesday in an angry protest at the government's decision not to backdate a pay rise.
French President's religious mixing riles critics
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is drawing criticism from opponents for his increasingly frequent remarks on religion in society, which critics say is a very "un-French" thing to do.
Church schools not 'creaming off' best students, says Lichfield Diocese
The Diocese of Lichfield has taken the unusual step of issuing a Rationale for Church of England Schools following a number of years in which the role of faith in schools has come under fire by commentators and sections of the media.
Moorlands College offers new 'Children and Schools Work' option
Moorlands College to offer an exciting new Children and Schools Work option for students studying for a BA or BA (Hons) in Applied Theology.
Christian leaders call for more black male teachers
"Black teachers play crucial role for young black men," says BCLF.
New CAP Money course to turn tide on debt crisis
Christians Against Poverty challenges Christians to be bringers of hope in the most depressing week of the year.
Bishop of St Albans to retire
The Rt Rev Christopher Herbert has announced today that he will retire as Bishop of St Albans on 7 January 2009, his 65th birthday.
Christians hope BBC's Passion will get nation talking about Jesus
The Chair of the Churches' Media Council has written to a hundred national church leaders urging them to prepare for the broadcast of BBC1's series The Passion.
Palestinians blow up border wall
Palestinian gunmen blew up a section of the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Wednesday, allowing tens of thousands of Palestinians to cross freely into Egypt, witnesses said.