NASCAR sources have confirmed to SPEED.com an Associated Press report that at least two of the sport’s premier drivers have been fined for comments that the sanctioning body viewed as detrimental to the sport. The names of the drivers have not been confirmed and apparently will not be released, but the AP report said one [...]
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Andrew Lansley announces shakeup of health regulators
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has launched a £180m cull of regulators aimed at cutting NHS costs and bureaucracy. Photograph: David Graeme-Baker/PA Wire Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, today announced a cull of regulators to save £180m in the health sector, consigning the agency that handles public health emergencies to oblivion and splitting up the fertility [...]
First private university for over 30 years
David Willetts said a private sector in higher education would create a ‘dynamic and flexible degree system’. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Britain is to have its first new private university for more than 30 years, it was announced today. BPP, which offers business and law degrees at 14 sites across the country, will become a university [...]
