Stretford ends served by youth
Proactive has reacted to the depression gripping the transfer market by altering its recruitment strategy, turning away from seasoned professionals and instead concentrat...
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Grasp the nettle
This is truly the era of lifelong learning, says the white paper. "Lifelong learning implies a fundamental shift from a
'once in a lifetime' approach to
higher education ...
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Not the Great Escape
For some years now, many students have been wondering if they were actually full-time workers doing part-time courses, as they struggle to keep their debts below five fig...
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Australia on top of the world again
Australia became the first country to win the World Cup three times after retaining the trophy with a 125-run victory over India at the Wanderers.
After amassing 359 for...
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Home care senior, Rhyl
My job description has not changed. We provide care for people who have become housebound either through age or infirmity. As a senior, I not only provide home care but a...
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Fergie: Sven said yes to United
Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that Sven-Goran Eriksson was offered the Manchester United manager's job last year - and shook hands on a move to Old Trafford.
Ferguson's ...
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The Powerhouse
So how is London's first ever schools "tsar" getting on in his new job? As he nears the end of his first half-term in this new government appointment, what does Tim Brigh...
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Family reunion for Old Peculier
One of Britain's most celebrated breweries is returning to family hands in a surprise move which promises to return control of jobs, training and the legendary tipple of ...
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Bush seeks an exit strategy as war threatens his career
George Bush will attempt tonight to convince the American people that he has a workable 'exit strategy' to free his forces from the rapidly souring conflict in Iraq, as B...
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Where there's a will there's a way
You have suffered a bereavement and the last thing you can contemplate is winding up the estate. But do not rush to hand the job to professionals; they can be very expens...
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Van Nistelrooy back to his predatory best
Not for the first time in his Manchester United career, and probably not the last, Ruud van Nistelrooy's sense of timing was impeccable. Questioning the striker's instinc...
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Top man
Sir Alan Wilson, vice-chancellor of Leeds University, has made a career out of solving big problems. This week he landed himself one of the biggest. Appointed the governm...
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We will act on unsuitable recruits
We, the undersigned chief police officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, met yesterday morning and considered the BBC programme The Secret Policeman (Secret film...
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Ainslie's gold secures Olympic Finn place
Sailing
It was a golden day for Britain here at the world championships yesterday, with Ben Ainslie retaining the Finn title and Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks winnin...
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How their kids will learn
Lita Alexander felt bitterly cold in her learning cubicle, as her clava simulated the effect of being at the North Pole in the old days, when it still had ice you could s...
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Heidfeld beats British to Jordan
The career prospects of the British drivers Ralph Firman and Allan McNish in formula one receded sharply yesterday with the announcement from the Jordan team that they ha...
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Personal finance pre-budget wish list
Pensions
Malcolm McLean
Office of the Pensions Advisory Service
"I would like to see a bit of support for employers. We have a system where employers are closing fin...
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Would planting more trees save us from global warming?
Delegates at this week's meeting of the UN climate change convention in Milan hope so: planting and retaining forests is likely to feature heavily in their efforts to ham...
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Wilde side
I live on a boat and really want to lay a lawn on the roof. Any advice?
Forget turf; this sounds like a job for Enviromat (01842 828266, enviromat.co.uk)- a living 'carp...
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Hughes stays focused on Euro appeal
Mark Hughes will begin exorcising the biggest disappointment of his career this evening while retaining genuine hopes that Wales will still be able to take part in Euro 2...
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BG fends off talk of takeover with earnings promise
BG, the gas and oil producer, yesterday cocked a snook at would-be predator Shell and promised to deliver earnings growth beating its bigger rival and other leading oil f...
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Work this way
When Tom Louvre, now 25, graduated from his politics degree at Southampton University in 2001, he did "the usual": went travelling for seven months - Australia and south ...
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I hate making people redundant, but we have to move with the times
In a light and airy room in Manchester, engineering group Trumeter employs 14 graduates to think up the measuring devices of the future.
Downstairs, in a white room sme...
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Emma, Free Me
Seven years ago, you wouldn't have picked quiet, unassuming Baby Spice as the Spice Girl likely to achieve the most enduring solo career.
Yet Emma Bunton's now the only...
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Battersea Bomber launches world-title challenge
Howard Eastman, also known as the Battersea Bomber, underlined his claims to a world-title challenge by retaining his European middleweight championship with a clear poin...
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Start spreading the newsletters
Getting customers is far from easy, but retaining them is even trickier. A good newsletter, on paper or screen, can be very useful. Mike Fuller, UK marketing manager at I...
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O'Driscoll returns to Ireland centre stage
O'Driscoll replaces his long-time midfield partner Kevin Maggs, with the Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan retaining Gordon D'Arcy, one of the few players to emerge from Par...
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Teachers union blasts 'pay for performance' scheme
The biggest classroom union today condemned new government proposals which could see the best classroom teachers earning up to £41,000.
The National Union of Teachers (N...
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Class of 97 clear their desks
When the number of Tony Blair aides leaving Downing Street's payroll reaches double figures, as it did this week, MPs wonder if the career driven rats are jumping off a s...
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Old courts cast aside
The original occupants may have been slightly less impressed than the architectural historian by Keswick's "row of pristine cells retaining their beautiful iron doors and...
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