A blood test during pregnancy could one day replace more invasive tests for Down's syndrome, say researchers.
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June 30th, 2010
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June 30th, 2010
A transsexual yesterday lost a publicly funded battle to force the NHS to give her a breast enlargement.
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June 30th, 2010
The government's "poverty tsar", Labour MP Frank Field, says benefits reform should target workless fathers rather than single mothers.
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June 30th, 2010
The student son of radical cleric Abu Hamza was today jailed for a year after confessing to throwing missiles at police officers during violent protests outside the Israeli embassy.
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June 30th, 2010
What has happened to a significant number of Britain's working-class men?
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June 30th, 2010
A cheap blood test that could allow doctors to check unborn children for Down's syndrome and other disorders has been developed by scientists.
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June 30th, 2010
A Tory MP who was probed by police for alleged racial hatred earlier this year has launched a landmark bid to ban Muslim women from wearing the burkha in Britain.
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June 30th, 2010
Italy has launched an appeal against a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that banned the display of crucifixes in state schools.
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June 30th, 2010
The Italian government appeals to the European court of human rights to overturn a ban on crucifixes in Italy's classrooms.
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June 30th, 2010
My first classroom, in a convent school in Rome, was adorned with a wooden crucifix in a corner.