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Is the public education system one that best serves the students? The answer, even for people whose kids attend decent schools is, "Obviously not."

Teachers fear the age of pupils could dictate how much they are paid under plans to scrap national pay rates.

24 hours of news photos: 3 April 2012

Trip Advisor adds its voice to growing list of firms claiming Google abused its dominant position in search.

Victoria Pendleton believes she and women's team sprint partner Jess Varnish can go "even faster" than their world record set at the World Cup in London in February at the forthcoming World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne's Hisense Arena. (UK only)

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) -- Most people associate the drama of the Titanic with icebergs, lifeboats, and flares fired into the night. Few think of the heartbreak that took place as news of the tragedy filtered home....

Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera hits the two millionth run in Test cricket on the first day of the second Test against England.

How hard is it to convict a killer when there is no body?

PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million ($1.33 million) a year....

PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million ($1.33 million) a year....

PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million ($1.33 million) a year....

The Ministry of Defence must invest in science and technology now or suffer the consequences in coming years, a meeting in London hears.

Boris Johnson accuses Ken Livingstone of "lies" in a row over their tax affairs during a radio debate - with the dispute continuing off-air in a lift.

The European Commission orders two investigations into Motorola Mobility's patent lawsuits after complaints by Apple and Microsoft.

How universities might have greater involvement in A-levels

After initially disqualifying a transgender contestant, organizers of the Miss Universe beauty pageant have reversed course saying she can participate.

PARIS (AP) -- Preliminary charges are being filed against 13 Islamist radicals in France, a prosecutor announced Tuesday, saying some had been calling for Muslim Shariah law in the country, doing weapons training and even planning to kidnap a judge....

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A nursing student expelled from a small Christian university and upset about being teased over his poor English skills opened fire at the school, going from room to room in a rampage that left six students and a secretary dead, police said Tuesday....

The former leader of Worcestershire County Council is sentenced to four years in prison for sex assaults.

A family-owned supermarket chain with stores in Powys and Flintshire is sold to a branch of the Co-op, which says its 449 jobs are secure.