The European Central Bank said yesterday it would start publishing accounts of its monetary policy meetings next year — a move that will raise transparency but still leave it behind other big central banks.

From China to Canada and London, fast-rising property markets are haunting the global economy again, five years after the US subprime mortgage bubble burst and triggered the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.

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The country’s first whistleblowers’ ethics and anti-corruption helpline goes live tomorrow.

BABIES who persistently cry and those who have difficulties with sleeping or feeding are more likely to develop behavioural problems in later life, a study revealed.

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THE most senior official in the lower house of parliament apologised to the British nation for an expenses scandal among lawmakers that has prompted growing calls for an early general election.

FAR from being the preserve of the politically correct, the acting profession is afflicted by “deeply ingrained discrimination”, particularly affecting older women and those from ethnic backgrounds.

BRITAIN’S Labour Party lost one of its safest parliamentary seats yesterday, deepening doubts within the party about Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s ability to win the next election.

SUNDERLAND manager Roy Keane insists his real education starts now after gaining his UEFA Pro Licence last week.

A WOMAN in England has been awarded compensation after an employment adjudicator ruled she was discriminated against because she was Irish.

Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder is this week re-starting the process of gaining his UEFA pro licence.

Thomas Reed, a Warwick University history graduate, took the first prize in the under-26 category at the 14th annual Martin Wills Memorial Trust awards.

A MOBILE phone implanted with a sunflower seed and made from biodegradable material has been unveiled by scientists.

Watford were today expected to name Leeds first-team coach Adrian Boothroyd as their new manager.

A rapid fall in house prices is the biggest threat to the UK economy this year, a survey showed today.

As the manager of a football club steeped in history and yet staring relegation in the face, Glenn Roeder has been living under prolonged periods of stress all season.

IT may be a shadow of its former self, but Iraq's Republican Guard is still a combat-hardened force. And it stands at the gates to Baghdad.