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The suspicion in 1999 was that arch-Tories in the ranks of the civil service were deliberately hindering New Labour’s reforms via leaks to journalists. The BBC wanted a film about the early days of the Tony Blair government, and here was an enticing narrative of a battle fought between red Blairites and blue permanent secretaries. Months of off-the-record interviews with special advisers and civil servants revealed nothing. There were later leaks in relation to the Iraq war, but the picture pre-2001 was more the slow-turning cogs of a bureaucratic institution, not a Sir Humphrey with â�...

BELLAIRE — Fire destroyed the home of a family of six outside Bellaire Tuesday. The structure was the home of Bellaire Assistant Fire Chief Tim Bell. He was not there at the time of the blaze, but his family escaped safely. The fire broke out late Tuesday morning, and firefighters were still on the scene at about 4:30 p.m. No injuries have been reported. Newsletter I'm interested in (please check all that apply) Daily Newsletter

AP file A temporary staffing agency and three companies have agreed to pay $280,000 in civil penalties to resolve allegations of workplace segregation and sex discrimination when hiring. Illinois Attorney Gen. Kwame Raoul filed consent decrees Thursday reached with Fibre Drum Sales Inc.; DSI Holdings Corp., the parent of Service Master; Amylu Foods LLC; and Alternative Staffing Inc. and Resource Management Group Inc., which operate jointly. “The companies seeking to hire workers based on sex — not qualifications — barely attempt to hide their discriminatory hiring practices because su...

Police have been criticised for their handling of the situation outside Ibrox Park and in the city centre on Sunday THERE is much debate today over the Rangers celebrations in Glasgow over the weekend, with criticism of fans, the club, the police and anyone else you can think of ("Sturgeon tells Rangers fans: You’re risking lives by celebrating title win", The Herald, March 8). There are some points, however, which have not been made. I would like to focus on whether the police could and should have dealt with it better or even prevented it from happening. First and foremost, they canno...

486 shares The NXE400 3D printer is the size of a fridge and up to 20 times more productive than competing machines (Nexa 3D) 3D printing is set to change the way we make everything – from residential homes to artificial bone implants. No longer reserved for prototypes and models, 3D printing – technically known as additive manufacturing – is now precise enough for dentistry, durable enough for car parts, and on course to disrupt the entire manufacturing industry. In America, where dentists are turning to digital technology to provide better services for patients, refrigerator-siz...