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Why dreaded inspections are not making the grade

Most teachers face inspections with worry and dread. They see the process as labour-intensive and not rewarding, or reflecting, the professionalism given to teaching.

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Who breeds wins: falling birth rates pose challenges

Friday, 25 May 2012

A remarkable cultural shift was apparent in the US over the past week: the New York Times disclosed that white Americans are now destined to be a minority in the future of the country.
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Labour values hold key to a fresh political approach

Friday, 25 May 2012

As the Troubles recede into the past, a new political organisation is slowly, but surely establishing itself in Northern Ireland - the Labour Party. For many, the feeling is the time is right for a different type of politics.
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How the correct course was never a serious option

Friday, 25 May 2012

Why was the £2.2m BTI scandal allowed to happen? Blame the cossetted, cocooned civil service elite in Northern Ireland, argues Robin Wilson
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New Elizabethans we would much rather forget about

Thursday, 24 May 2012

In a game attempt to whip up a spirit of patriotism for the Queen's Jubilee, the BBC has drawn up a list of 60 famous people who have 'defined a reign'. Its august panel of judges has come up with a glittering roll-call of 'New Elizabethans'.
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Eurovision hosts will only let us sing songs they like

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Jedward and Engelbert Humperdinck are accustomed to being under fire for their questionable musical output. But the decision to hold the Eurovision Song Contest in the ex-Soviet republic of Azerbaijan may see them offending people's taste for a wholly different reason.
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Think diets will make you thin? Fat chance!

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Dieting makes you fat. It shouldn't be a secret, since there is a huge amount of scientific evidence that people who diet today gain weight tomorrow.
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Why Trierweiler has been cast as the femme fatale

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

British women have long been scared of their French counterparts. If not scared, then suspicious. And if not suspicious, then (go on, admit it) just a tiny bit jealous.
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Ignore the dementia care challenge and pay the price

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Like Woody Allen, I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens. I want to be living the high life in some tropical paradise, dancing the merengue while drinking a pina colada. Probably you feel the same.
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Devolution will be in the air as roadshow hits town

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

It won't be quite as spectacular as Titanic Belfast, or the MTV Awards, but the devolution roadshow, which rolls into Belfast next month, is worthy of attention.
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Clamping down on petrol prices

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

The cost of petrol and diesel will again come under the spotlight this week, courtesy of Conservative MP Robert Halfon.
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Victims' petition given to No10

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

A Petition was delivered to 10 Downing Street yesterday from victims of the Troubles who say they have been overlooked by the Government.
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The secret war games terrorists can never win

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

A police source, speaking to this newspaper, described a "constant battle" with dissident republicans - much of which is unseen.
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Inclusion not exclusion is needed to fix Middle East

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Is boycotting Israel kosher, asks Belfast Telegraph columnist Eamonn McCann. To this Jewish reader, who co-chairs the Northern Ireland Friends of Israel (NIFI), it's about as kosher as a bacon sandwich.
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Belfast buzz: the quiet sound of a confident city

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

A homeless man with a bicycle and a sign hangs around Belfast's Great Victoria Street, haranguing passers-by with curses and threats.
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Campaigners fighting to keep Boston tapes in US

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

More than six weeks have passed since the last courtroom chapter of the Boston College tapes saga and the ultimate fate of some of the college's archived IRA interviews remains nebulous.
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I'm determined to face our health challenges head on

Saturday, 19 May 2012

Long before I became minister, I knew the health service faced massive challenges. On my first day, I promised that I wouldn't be afraid to make tough decisions and I have been true to my word.
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Sectarianism: it hasn't gone away, you know

Saturday, 19 May 2012

If Jonathan Bell ever met John Wayne, then he really would be sorry. "Never apologise, never explain. It's a sign of weakness," was The Duke's maxim in the 1949 film She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.
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Get new dads to stay at home with baby and we all win

Friday, 18 May 2012

Imagine you're interviewing a 30-year-old woman for a job. She got married a year ago and there's this question in your mind. Not only do you dare not ask it - the law prevents you from asking it. So instead you think, "Great CV. Terrific personality. But I think I'd better hire the male candidate instead."
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Sinn Fein is happy to see unionists celebrate Queen

Friday, 18 May 2012

In March this year, the mayor of Belfast, Niall O Donnghaile, unveiled a beautiful stained-glass window entitled 'Celtic Myths and Legends' right in the heart of the City Hall.
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Sinn Fein's forked-tongue approach just doesn't cut it

Thursday, 17 May 2012

Flying high in the opinion polls in the Republic, Sinn Fein speaks from both sides of its mouth when it talks about spending cuts in the south and government budgets in Northern Ireland.
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