Bournemouth Echo | National News

80,000 rise in jobless forecast

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:13:24 +0000

The Government is braced for more bad news on the jobs front with new unemployment figures expected to show another increase, sparking fresh calls for action.

Bid to rescue crisis-hit Rangers

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:47:55 +0000

Efforts have begun to secure the future of football giant Rangers after the club went into administration.

Clergyman 'found dead at vicarage'

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:44:03 +0000

A man has been found dead at a vicarage in an old market town in suspicious circumstances.

Inequality 'hits child development'

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:04:41 +0000

England is failing its young children "on a grand scale" due to inequality, with many not achieving basic levels of social and emotional development, according to a leading expert.

PM to tackle drink abuse 'scandal'

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:04:39 +0000

David Cameron will vow to take on the "scandal" of public drunkenness and alcohol abuse that costs the NHS £2.7 billion a year.

Legal challenge to pensions reform

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:04:40 +0000

A leading teachers' union is to issue a legal challenge to the Government over its controversial pension reforms in a fresh blow to ministers' hopes of an end to the long-running dispute, it has been announced.

MPs seek 'answers' on independence

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:04:40 +0000

A Commons committee has called for clarity on the "unanswered" questions of Scottish independence.

Poll reveals GP hospital care fears

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:04:40 +0000

A third of GPs know a patient who was given "dangerously sub-standard" care at their local hospital in the past year, according to a poll. One in 10 have even had one of their patients die, potentially as a result of poor hospital care, in the past 12 months.