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LOST RECORDS
Almost a million taxpayer records were accidently deleted from Inland Revenue computer systems between 1997 and 2000 due to a software problem which went unnoticed for several years.

GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
The government is launching a revolutionary new website that allows people to print their own money in the comfort of their own homes.

PERSONALISED POSTCODES
In a new plan to generate increased profits, the Royal Mail is to take a leaf out of the DVLA’s vanity licence plate business and enable the public to change ‘functional but drab’ post codes.

BLOGGER WHOSE ABUSE FORCED A COUNCIL TO QUIT
A town council has disbanded after members walked out over being constantly criticised by a lone internet blogger. Eleven of the 15 members of the town council resigned after being subjected to three years of online scrutiny and abuse.

NATIONWIDE
The Nationwide Building Society was fined £980,000 following the theft of a laptop from a Nationwide employee's home which contained confidential customer data.

THE TONY MARTIN STORY
Tony Martin became a focus of huge national debate after shooting dead a teenager who was burgling his home.

LITTLE RED HEN
Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs. Hillary got $8 million for hers. That's $20 million for memories from two people, who for eight years, repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything.

DERBYSHIRE MONOPOLY
The makers of a Derbyshire version of Monopoly asked people to nominate which local landmarks they'd like to see feature in the game.

TRAFFIC WARDEN SCHOOL
More than five million tickets were slapped on cars in 2003.

COUNCIL MISTAKES
A mother returned from a weekend break to find the council had boarded up her home.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Everyone is entitled to their opinion - providing they keep it to themselves.

MULTIPLEXED OPTICAL DATA STORAGE
Future DVDs could hold 100 times more information than current discs.

APPLE'S iTUNES RIP-OFF
Apple's iTunes music download service has been accused by the Consumers' Association of overcharging UK users.

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING...
More than four million surveillance cameras monitor our every move, making Britain the most-watched nation in the world.

GCSE ANSWERS
Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen." As a queen she was a success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all shouted "hurrah."

HISTORY
Lady Godiva demonstrates against high taxes, causing all to forget what she's demonstrating against.

SCIENCE
"A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it is, the more extinct it is."

SPEEDING TICKET
You have rights if you're stopped for speeding.

THE FRONTLINE
Locals originally gave Normanton the nickname because this acre of inner-city deprivation was where prostitutes and drug dealers openly piled their trades.

ROAD TOLLS
Despite the fact that drivers in Britain already pay some of the highest road user taxes in the world, the government has confirmed that continental-style motorway tolls will be introduced here.

GOVERNMENT SECRECY
Ministers are to keep nearly 150 laws that deny the public a right to information.

CULTURE IN THE CITY
Derby residents are being asked what cultural services the city council should provide in order to attract more visitors.

COMMERCIAL BREAK
It could herald the biggest shake-up in British commercial television since a tube of toothpaste floated into view.

HUMAN RIGHTS
A driver who handed over seven illegal immigrants hiding in his lorry has been ruined because of human rights laws.

POVERTY
The UK may soon move out of the bottom of the European poverty league because of "real progress" by government since 1997, say experts.

SMOKING
Tobacco should be made illegal and the possession of cigarettes a crime in order to curb the menace of smoking, a leading medical journal has said.

CYCLING
Driving organisations are concerned that proposed European legislation will mean that cyclists causing accidents could cost motorists heavily.

ROADWORKS
A bid to tackle Britain's traffic jams is at the heart of a package of measures set to be unveiled.

THE FURNITURE
So, the Luddites who run Derby City Council have once more excelled themselves.

NEW HOME FOR CITY COUNCIL
Derby City Council could move out of its city centre premises and into purpose-built modern offices.

ST HELEN'S HOUSE
Senior council officials agreed behind closed doors to auction-off four items of antique furniture, worth more than £20,000 from St Helen's House.

MUSEUM
A museum for local Georgian, Victorian and historical sporting artefacts could be built in Derby.

EAGLE CENTRE
An inquiry into the planned £200m Eagle Centre refurbishment declared it "must go ahead" as Derby city centre was losing out to Nottingham, Leicester, Sheffield and even Derby's own Wyvern Centre because it was failing to meet the needs of shoppers.

ST WERBURGH'S CLOISTERS
St Werburgh's Cloisters has been left derelict and decaying since its transformation into a shopping centre failed in 1995.

MOTORISTS ARE THE REAL CRIMINALS
A motorist was arrested at his home, driven 150 miles and held by police for nearly 24 hours without food, because of a SPEEDING ticket.

CCTV CAMERAS
Residents are demanding that closed-circuit television cameras are fitted in part of Chaddesden because of a "crime wave" which is blighting the area.

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
People visiting the CAB in Sitwell Street may have received guidance from a convicted criminal.

VILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
A piece of land at a former Derby school could be sold off for housing because the council cannot afford the £4m maintenance and repair bill.

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