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BBC payoffs caused divide between managers and staff, admits Tony Hall
Broadcaster's director general says he understands anger at severance payments but defends high salaries for 'right people'
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Fall in GCSE grades blamed on school 'exam factories'
Concerns raised as 'damaging' targets lead to big rise in multiple exam entries
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Syrian eyewitness accounts of alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus
Victim: I could see people coming out of their homes but they would fall down – there was foam coming out of their mouths
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David Miranda wins partial court victory over data seized by police
Judges curtail using or sharing of material, but authorities can examine it for 'national security'
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UK terror law watchdog promises rapid report on David Miranda detention
• David Anderson promises 'snapshot report'
• QC asks to speak to officials who advised home secretary
• Miranda's lawyers win partial court victory over data
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NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies
• Top-secret files show first evidence of financial relationship
• Prism companies include Google and Yahoo, says NSA
• Costs were incurred after 2011 Fisa court ruling
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Kevin Spacey: television has entered a new golden age
Actor cites Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad as examples of modern triumphs, but rails against shift towards conservatism
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Syria crisis: US holds talks as concern grows over chemical weapons claims
John Kerry discusses options with foreign counterparts, while Ban Ki-moon sends UN disarmament chief to Damascus
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Syria deaths: powerful asphyxiant in strike was probably sarin, say experts
Specialists say symptoms observed in footage of victims offer strong evidence that nerve agent was used near Damascus
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France warns Syria of forceful response over chemical weapon claims
Calls for UN investigative team to be allowed immediate access to site of attack but French foreign minister rules out ground troops
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Syria records its millionth child refugee
Unicef says the global community has failed in its responsibility to the children displaced by the violence in Syria
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Syrian missiles similar to 'ones used in previous chemical weapons attacks'
Rockets appear to have been made in Syria and of type first used by Assad forces in January, analysis of images suggests