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The number of state secondary schools in England considered to be underperforming more than doubles in a year. Full story >>>

Malaysia officially declares the disappearance of MH370 over the Indian Ocean in March 2014 an accident, and says all 239 people on board are presumed dead. Full story >>>

Heavy snowfall forces flights at Manchester Airport to be suspended as wintry weather disrupts travel across northern England. Full story >>>

There are no plans for any insurance products to help people plan ahead for their care needs in old age, leading firms tell the BBC. Full story >>>

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 has been recorded in the East Midlands, the British Geological Survey confirms. Full story >>>

An inquest into the Sydney siege hears that one hostage was killed by police fire as they stormed the cafe after the gunman killed the manager. Full story >>>

Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea say the virus has mutated and they are investigating if it could become more contagious. Full story >>>

Falling oil prices are forcing Royal Dutch Shell to cut back investment by some $15bn (£9.9bn) over the next three years. Full story >>>

Japan says it is investigating a purported new voice recording of hostage Kenji Goto, who is being held by Islamic State. Full story >>>

Astra Zeneca announces a research programme to develop a generation of medicines to treat the genetic causes of many debilitating diseases. Full story >>>

Malaysia officially declares the disappearance of MH370 over the Indian Ocean in March 2014 an accident, and says all 239 people on board are presumed dead. Full story >>>

An inquest into the Sydney siege hears that one hostage was killed by police fire as they stormed the cafe after the gunman killed the manager. Full story >>>

Scientists at the Institut Pasteur in France who are tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea say the virus has mutated. Full story >>>

Japan says it is investigating a purported new voice recording of hostage Kenji Goto, who is being held by Islamic State. Full story >>>

Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who died in unexplained circumstances, borrowed a gun as he feared for his security, a colleague says. Full story >>>

More details emerge from the AirAsia Flight QZ8501 flight recorder, including evidence the French co-pilot was controlling the plane before it crashed. Full story >>>

Italy's political leaders try to agree on candidates as parliament prepares to vote for a new president to replace Giorgio Napolitano. Full story >>>

EU foreign ministers are due to meet in Brussels to discuss imposing further sanctions on Russia amid an upsurge in fighting in Ukraine. Full story >>>

Israel says it has received a message from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah indicating it opposes military escalation after lethal border clashes. Full story >>>

Police in Ivory Coast set up a special unit to investigate a series of suspected ritual killings of children and to patrol areas near schools. Full story >>>

The number of state secondary schools in England considered to be underperforming more than doubles in a year. Full story >>>

Heavy snowfall forces flights at Manchester Airport to be suspended as wintry weather disrupts travel across northern England. Full story >>>

The number of women being sent to prison should be halved, says Justice Minister Simon Hughes. Full story >>>

Advice to police in England and Wales clarifying the circumstances in which a person can consent to sex has been given by the Crown Prosecution Service. Full story >>>

The BBC, Sky and ITN have confirmed that they will not be inviting the DUP to take part in the main televised debates ahead of the general election. Full story >>>

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 has been recorded in the East Midlands, the British Geological Survey confirms. Full story >>>

A postman from Cardiff is suspended from his job, following his arrest on suspicion of a terrorism offence, BBC Wales understands. Full story >>>

There are no plans for any insurance products to help people plan ahead for their care needs in old age, leading firms tell the BBC. Full story >>>

An eight-year-old boy from Pembrokeshire died of scurvy, a coroner says. Full story >>>

MPs will express their dissatisfaction with the progress of the official inquiry into the Iraq War, in a Commons debate. Full story >>>

MPs will express their dissatisfaction with the progress of the official inquiry into the Iraq War, in a Commons debate. Full story >>>

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg criticises David Cameron's "ludicrous" tactics over the proposed televised election debates. Full story >>>

A "Home Rule Bill for Scotland" would be introduced within the first 100 days of a Labour government, according to the party's leader. Full story >>>

Satisfaction with the NHS has "risen significantly", according to analysis of the influential British Social Attitudes survey. Full story >>>

The number of state secondary schools in England considered to be underperforming more than doubles in a year. Full story >>>

The Department for International Development has been accused of "unacceptably poor" oversight of a UK-funded development agency. Full story >>>

The maximum fine for benefit fraud that can be offered as an alternative to prosecution could be more than doubled if MPs give their approval. Full story >>>

David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash in the Commons over the NHS amid a row about new guidance to hospitals about declaring "major incidents". Full story >>>

Backbench Conservative MPs expect to be given a key role in any coalition talks involving their party after the next election, BBC Newsnight understands. Full story >>>

Government plans to give universities a legal duty to prevent people being radicalised could impact upon freedom of speech, a former MI5 head says. Full story >>>

Belief in the reality of climate change has risen among the British public, partly because of the 2013 winter floods, according to a report. Full story >>>

London's Natural History Museum is re-modelling its entrance, moving out the famous Diplodocus skeleton and moving in the bones of a blue whale. Full story >>>

Listening to icebergs could help to assess the extent of glacier melt, a study suggests. Full story >>>

An ancient skull discovered in Israel could shed light on the migration of modern humans out of Africa some 60,000 years ago. Full story >>>

Astra Zeneca announces a research programme to develop a generation of medicines to treat the genetic causes of many debilitating diseases. Full story >>>

The Scottish government announces a block on planned fracking operations, pending the outcome of further inquiries. Full story >>>

Nasa's Curiosity rover gets straight back to work after a software upgrade by drilling a new test hole. Full story >>>

Experts are pinning their hopes on in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) to save the northern white rhino from extinction. Full story >>>

Cutting carbon emissions can be achieved while improving living standards - but big trade-offs in land use and energy are needed, say ministers. Full story >>>

An ancient solar system similar to our own is discovered by scientists at the University of Birmingham studying data from the Kepler telescope. Full story >>>

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West Ham's Ravel Morrison is in talks with Lazio, who would be his sixth club in a career blemished by off-field controversies. Full story >>>

Managers and players from Mali and Guinea feel the drawing of lots should not be used to decide their Africa Cup of Nations fate. Full story >>>

Serena Williams faces Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final after the pair won their semi-finals in straight sets. Full story >>>

Real Madrid to get David De Gea on a free, Liverpool eye Ruben Neves, West Ham target Swansea's Gomez, plus more. Full story >>>

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir can return to domestic cricket in his home country following a review of his five-year ban. Full story >>>

Ex-South Africa coach Nick Mallett says England must work out how they want to play, with the World Cup looming. Full story >>>

Para-cycling will find out on Saturday whether it will be part of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic programme. Full story >>>

Exeter sign England lock Geoff Parling from Leicester and Bath wing Olly Woodburn for next season on two-year contracts. Full story >>>

The number of people swimming regularly has dropped as fewer people take part in sporting activity, a Sport England survey finds. Full story >>>

A 15 year old worker died at Pegatron (Shanghai) factory primarily making cell phones and tablets PCs for Apple. Full story >>>

Samsung, the world's 8th largest company, have been criticised for 'kidnapping' union leaders. Full story >>>

Students must have the right to protest on their campuses. In the week when Nelson Mandela died the #copsoffcampus protests hold even more significance, with student protest having played a key role in the 1980s in supporting his anti-apartheid movement. Full story >>>

In the past fortnight the Students' Councils at University of Glasgow, SOAS and four Oxford colleges have passed motions calling on their universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Full story >>>

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The Bank of England was visited today by five human â--Carbon Bubblesâ-- to warn of the huge financial risk posed by the â--Carbon Bubbleâ--. The message being delivered is that failure to divest from fossil fuels could see the biggest financial crisis the world has e… Full story >>>

Organise a candlelit vigil on your campus in solidarity with those affected by Typhoon Hayian in the Philippines. #DivestfromDisaster Full story >>>

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Workwear and uniform supplier to the education sector Premier Clothing has been found to be in the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh which collapsed last year killing 1129 workers. Full story >>>

On November 11th 2013, the Cambridge University Studentsâ-- Union Council voted unanimously to encourage the University and its constituent colleges to divest from non-renewable resources. Full story >>>

A 15 year old worker died at Pegatron (Shanghai) factory primarily making cell phones and tablets PCs for Apple. Full story >>>

Samsung, the world's 8th largest company, have been criticised for 'kidnapping' union leaders. Full story >>>

Students must have the right to protest on their campuses. In the week when Nelson Mandela died the #copsoffcampus protests hold even more significance, with student protest having played a key role in the 1980s in supporting his anti-apartheid movement. Full story >>>

In the past fortnight the Students' Councils at University of Glasgow, SOAS and four Oxford colleges have passed motions calling on their universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Full story >>>

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Workwear and uniform supplier to the education sector Premier Clothing has been found to be in the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh which collapsed last year killing 1129 workers. Full story >>>

On November 11th 2013, the Cambridge University Studentsâ-- Union Council voted unanimously to encourage the University and its constituent colleges to divest from non-renewable resources. Full story >>>

A People & Planet student who won the Sweatshop Free campaign on his campus in the UK pulls the same trick off in Oklahoma and Sweatshop Free support from students in the US Full story >>>

The movement to divest UK universities from fossil fuels was officially launched last weekend at Shared Planet, People & Planet's annual conference. Full story >>>

For the last three years, Cheney's People and Planet group have organized loads of exciting school events for World AIDS Day on 1 December and this year was no exception. Full story >>>

The Forum is P&P's democratic decision-making event - submit your proposals by 8 December Full story >>>

For P&Per Kirsty Styles, Barack Obama's victory rapidly went from tangible, to imminent, to - 634 days after his campaign began - confirmed, making him the first ever African-American President of the US. Kirsty reflects on the opportunities and challenges this may bring to campaigners. Full story >>>

The largest student conference in the UK on Poverty, Human Rights and the Environment is less than 3 weeks away. Here's why we think you should come.. Full story >>>

Here's why you should put it in your diary and book your place now... Full story >>>

Order a pack with the film 'Can pay, Should pay' and see why the government has no excuse not to Treat AIDS Now. Full story >>>

A report on, and the outcomes of, People & Planet's annual decision making event, The Forum, which was held in Manchester between Friday 7 and Sunday 9 March 2008. Full story >>>

MPs challenged and campaigning celebrated, students gathered in London on 11 March to push government to take tough action on access to treatment. Full story >>>

Malmesbury School makes it onto the front cover of local newspapers during Treat AIDS Now's Week of Action. Jason Peel, Malmesbury Sixth Form student reports: Full story >>>

Oxford University student and Campaign Advocate Nick Chan reports: Oxford University People & Planet met with local Oxford West MP Evan Harris just before the Treat AIDS Now Week of Action to press him to include our campaign demands in his work in Parliament and to present him with the action c… Full story >>>

Students must have the right to protest on their campuses. In the week when Nelson Mandela died the #copsoffcampus protests hold even more significance, with student protest having played a key role in the 1980s in supporting his anti-apartheid movement. Full story >>>

In the past fortnight the Students' Councils at University of Glasgow, SOAS and four Oxford colleges have passed motions calling on their universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Full story >>>

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The Bank of England was visited today by five human â--Carbon Bubblesâ-- to warn of the huge financial risk posed by the â--Carbon Bubbleâ--. The message being delivered is that failure to divest from fossil fuels could see the biggest financial crisis the world has e… Full story >>>

Organise a candlelit vigil on your campus in solidarity with those affected by Typhoon Hayian in the Philippines. #DivestfromDisaster Full story >>>

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On November 11th 2013, the Cambridge University Studentsâ-- Union Council voted unanimously to encourage the University and its constituent colleges to divest from non-renewable resources. Full story >>>

The movement to divest UK universities from fossil fuels was officially launched last weekend at Shared Planet, People & Planet's annual conference. Full story >>>

Fossil Free Tour concludes in London tonight, officially launching divestment campaign across the UK and Europe Full story >>>

Moments before a banner protest by students and Oxford residents, police cordoned off a Shell recruitment stand in the city centre today, preventing Shell from actually recruiting students to work in the fossil fuel industry. Full story >>>

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Lisa Butcher gives her support to People & Planet's Wear Fair campaign for Fairtrade school uniforms and sports kits. Full story >>>

Watch students delivering your messages to Asda during Fairtrade Fortnight demanding Fairtrade cotton uniforms Full story >>>

Students at City & Islington College made mini-movies and spray-painted t-shirts to raise awareness of climate change and human rights in clothing supply chains at their Sustainability and Volunteering Conference last week. Full story >>>

Edinburgh University is hosting a FREE conference aimed at getting more Fairtrade products into universities and colleges around Scotland. Full story >>>

Students at Barrs Hill school, Coventry, promote the Fair trade message to the local Tamil community. Full story >>>

We now have -500 worth of vouchers for Emma Watson's exclusive new People Tree collection to give away to the winners of our Wear Fair fashion show competition. Full story >>>

Sibford school-s People & Planet group have stormed ahead with the Wear Fair campaign for Fairtrade cotton, and have convinced the school to stock Fairtrade cotton t-shirts ready for their summer sports day. Full story >>>

Students at Princethorpe College wowed the school with their Fairtrade fashion show yesterday Full story >>>

Take part in the Big Swap to Fairtrade cotton in schools and colleges Full story >>>

Don't miss your chance to win fantastic designer prizes Full story >>>

Lisa Butcher gives her support to People & Planet's Wear Fair campaign for Fairtrade school uniforms and sports kits. Full story >>>

Watch students delivering your messages to Asda during Fairtrade Fortnight demanding Fairtrade cotton uniforms Full story >>>

Students at Princethorpe College wowed the school with their Fairtrade fashion show yesterday Full story >>>

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Dramatic success for People & Planet's Wear Fair campaign as retail giant agrees to double it's stock of Fairtrade cotton school uniforms Full story >>>

It was a year of twists, turns and amazing successes. Three new campaigns were launched. Thousands more people got involved and we found exciting new ways to work together as an incredible, powerful, inspirational network. Full story >>>

People & Planet joins with students from the US in day of action against trade union busting in Honduras, as university boycott becomes 'biggest ever'. Full story >>>

Under pressure from the international boycott campaign, Fruit of the Loom subsidiary Russell release 'Corrective Action Plan'. Serious doubts are expressed by workers' rights groups as to the credibility of the plan. Full story >>>

The Scottish Greens show support for-People and Planet's campaign to curb exploitation in the garment industry Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the release of <a href="https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.2.0.php">Plasma 5.2</a> are available for Kubuntu Plasma5 14.10 and our development release. You can get them from the Kubuntu Next Backports PPA for 14.10, users of the development release… Full story >>>

The second Alpha of Vivid (to become 15.04) has now been released! <BR /><BR /> The Alpha-2 images can be downloaded at: <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/vivid/alpha-2/" title="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/vivid/alpha-2/">http://… Full story >>>

<blockquote>"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" - Guybrush Threepwood, Monkey Island </blockquote> <p>The first Alpha of Vivid (to become 15.04) has now been released!</p> <p> The Alpha-1… Full story >>>

<img src="http://www.calligra.org/wp-content/themes/calligra/images/calligra-logo-200.png" width="200" height="142" /> <p> Packages for the release of <a href="http://www.calligra.org/news/calligra-2-8-7-released/">KDE's document suite C… Full story >>>

<p>Our instant messaging application <a href="http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/ktp_0.9">KDE Telepathy 0.9.0</a> has been released. Packages are avaialble for Kubuntu 14.10 and our development version Vivid. </p><p>Bugs in the packaging should be reporte… Full story >>>

<img src="http://www.hellotux.com/productimages/black_kubuntu_pique_polo_shirt_index.JPG" width="304" height="228" align="right" /> Kubuntu T-shirts and Polo Shirts are available again. This time our supplier is HelloTux who are working with the Hungari… Full story >>>

<p>Kubuntu 14.10 is available for upgrade or install. It comes in two flavours, the stable Plasma 4 running the desktop we know from previous releases, and a tech preview of the next generation Plasma 5 for early adopters.</p> Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the release of <a href="https://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.14.2.php">KDE SC 4.14.2</a> are available for Kubuntu 14.04LTS and our development release. You can get them from the Kubuntu Backports PPA, and the Kubuntu Utopic Updates PPA </p> … Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the release of <a href="https://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.14.1.php">KDE SC 4.14.1</a> are available for Kubuntu 14.04LTS and our development release. You can get them from the Kubuntu Backports PPA. </p> <p>Bugs in the packaging sh… Full story >>>

<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/Beta2/Kubuntu">Kubuntu 14.10 beta 2</a> is out now for testing by early adopters. This release comes with the stable Plasma 4 we know and love. It also adds another flavour - Kubuntu Plasma 5 Tech Preview. Full story >>>

<h4>Foil identity thieves – put your data on a giant floating target</h4> <p>IBM is marketing cloud-based technology to help consumers better protect their personal data online.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>Virtualisation biz axing workers, certain leases and products</h4> <p>Hundreds of workers at Citrix Systems are to be shown the door to counter nose-diving profit and boost the R&amp;D pot.…</p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --… Full story >>>

<h4>Activists to the left, big data the right</h4> <p><strong>+Comment</strong> Elliott Management, the activist investor with its <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/12/activist_elliott_gets_two_seats_on_emc_board/">hooks into EMC</a&… Full story >>>

<h4>Last year's contract win, that is. Profits are up, though</h4> <p>Revenue at Canadian outsourcer CGI Group dipped by four per cent in the first quarter of 2015 to $2.5bn (£1.7bn), compared with the same period in 2014.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>Cellist Zoë Keating strikes back with YouTube transcript</h4> <p><strong>Analysis</strong> It's not often a $450bn multinational is humbled by a single classical musician with a tape recorder. Yet that seems to be what happened this weekend.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>Where are my generating wellies?</h4> <p><strong>Feature</strong> Despite regular headlines about self-powered gadgets and a deluge of stories claiming that any day now we should expect our smart phones to start gathering power from the environment around us, the pr… Full story >>>

<h4>Really? Even 100-year-olds, claim clipboard wielders</h4> <p>Online banking has seen a boom among the older generation, with nearly 2.3 million aged between 70 and over 100 years old now using internet banking, according to figures compiled by the British Bankers’ Association… Full story >>>

<h4>Samsung's phone business takes an even nastier dive</h4> <p>Samsung's mobile phone businesses took a nasty tumble in 2014's fourth quarter, with profits at the company's electronics division falling by 27 per cent to 5.35 trillion won ($4.9bn).…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>Malvertising hits xHamster thanks to recent Adobe 0-day</h4> <p>A massive malvertising campaign leveraging the recent Adobe Flash zero day vulnerability has surfaced on popular^* adult site xHamster, analysts say.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>All because his wife asked to cancel their TV package</h4> <p>A Washington woman in the US has revealed how Comcast made her husband the butt of a joke – by changing his name to "Asshole" on their account.…</p> Full story >>>

See if you recognize this syndrome. There is a file you need to read. Maybe it has some important stuff in it. A contract that went through a bunch of revisions. That sort of thing. Only, when you go to the directory on your company samba share there are 30 files that it could be.Inevitably at lea Full story >>>

A little interlude since third day of Lua. Today I was playing with Factor, a stack orientated, concatenative programming language with a postfix syntax. You heard me right, Factor&#8217; uses Reverse Polish Notation. Interesting idea.In some ways, I can see how useful being able to compose fun… Full story >>>

I have a confession to make. I use strong crypto. There I&#8217;ve said it. In the opinion of some that makes me a terrorist. I also drink water. I have heard terrorists do that too.UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, would certainly like to be able to read everything I ever write. He isn&#8… Full story >>>

The other day, I was having some problems with Network Manager (I only ever have problems with it to be honest). It kept overwriting my /etc/resolv.conf &mdash; the file where you configure what nameservers your system will use. Even after I uninstalled Network Manger, on rebooot I would find m… Full story >>>

Not really an update on my progress on Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks this time. After day 3 of Lua I needed a day off!However, I did find a rather amusing little ASCII art-based promo video for the book which I enjoyed. So I thought I would share. Next instalment will be day 1 of Facto Full story >>>

The third and final day with Lua was a fun day. We consolidated what we had learned so far by building a multi channel MIDI player using the RtMIDI library and Lua&#8217;s ability to play well with others. In this case C++. Once again, I needed to make a fair number of tweak Full story >>>

I tried a couple of cracking dry ciders over my new year sojourn &mdash; Rich&#8217;s Cider Scrumpy and Burrow Hill Sparkling Dry Kingston Black. So, I thought it appropriate to have a crack at something less dry. In this case a single variety c Full story >>>

The second day of the Lua introduction is certainly heavier going than the first. We are introduced properly to the data structure that is at the heart of Lua, the table.Tables are efficiently implemented datastructures that can work like arrays or like hashes or like both at the same time. Lua al Full story >>>

This year I was celebrating the new year on the beach. So obviously I needed a cider that was a bit special as an accompaniment to the celebrations.I picked up a bottle of Burrow Hill Kingston Black Dry cider at th Full story >>>

Well, the first day of my adventure has been relatively straightforward and, aided by a little cider brandy, I have finished the exercises.The first of the seven new languages is Lua and the chapter covering it is written by Ian Dees. He compares Lua to Indiana Jones and tells a story of how Lua h Full story >>>