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Right Honourable David Cameron MP (Conservative)
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service.
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Right Honourable Nick Clegg MP (Liberal Democrat)
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When Amazon announced this week that it would be selling a new Kindle model "Kindle with Special Offers," one with advertisements, for $114 ($25 cheaper than the standard Kindle), the news was greeted enthusiastically by some. But not by all.
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A scheme at a Primary school in Kent is working wonders. Pupils who are unwilling to read aloud are introduced to dogs who are happy to listen to the children reading to them.
Educationalists say that the dogs do not judge whether the child is rea...
The Coalition Government has announced strange new plans for reading tests for 6 year olds.
A spokesperson for the Department of Education confirmed that children in England would be the subject of "an innovative approach to the testing of one's r...
A National Literary Trust survey of 17,000 children in the U.K. has revealed that kids who use their local library are likely to be above average readers.
Even more surprising was the news that children with a sub standard reading ability for their age were twice as likely not to go to a library.
In the wake of this controversial conclusion, the Centre For Stating The Bleeding Obvious has co...
Left Coast Mirror Magazine has just released its annual list of 'The 10 Worst Selling Adult Books of 2010.'
LCMM owner, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief Ambrose Appomattox, 46, started his career as a beat reporter for the La Brea, California-based tabloi...
In an amazing turn around, Spoof News learns that prisoners at Yorkshire's HMP Wakefield are holding classes to teach warders to read.
A recent Government enquiry focused on the illiteracy rate of England's prison warders, many of who cannot fill...
For many years, the Reading School of Reading has been the butt of jokes. Located on the outskirts of Reading, many people see the sign and wonder if it is pronounced as the REDding school of REEDing or the REEDing school of REDding.
Now the new d...
Angry Kindles, protesting against publishers who have turned off the text-to-speech function on some Kindle books, staged a demonstration on the steps of the entrance to the main branch of the New York City Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Str...
In an effort to delist Mississippi as the third-lowest ranking school in national test scores of reading ability, Governor Haley Barbour has decided to ban reading in public schools: "The people of the great state of Mississippi will no longer tolera...
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The Respect Programme, - the FA's programme of activities to combat unacceptable behaviour in football at every level - on the pitch and from the sidelines - is this morning in tatters, after a ridiculous blunder by the linesman in last weekend's Cha...
Picture the poor soul at the gay marriage ceremony of two octogenarian lesbians who have been together for more than half a century. There he stands armed with his preprinted placard reading: "Homosex is a Sin!"...
The latest book in the 'for Dummies' series - those bright yellow books on a range of subjects for the uninitiated - "Dummies for Dummies", is being published and launched today by literary giant Tara Palmer-Dumbkinson at the Acme B...
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After a recent survey indicated that 87 percent of American kids don't like to read, parents and teachers have been struggling to find good reading material for them. "They just don't care about reading. They'd rather play their vide...
BBC Sport, in a move calculated to revolutionise viewers' perception of women in sport, have agreed to a trial run of women reading the football results on Final Score on Saturdays. In a link-up with television and the BBC website, here are today's results read by chatty Chat Show host Gaby Logan:...