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• Childcare scheme gets six-month reprieve after DUP intervention

  13-03-2018 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Employee voucher scheme will not close in April after intervention by the Democratic Unionist Party.
  
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• Theresa May To Host Meeting On Post-Brexit Powers For Wales And Scotland

  13-03-2018 23:30
  Theresa May will meet Scottish and Welsh leaders in Downing Street on Wednesday in a bid to resolve a dispute over devolved powers after Brexit. First ministers Nicola Sturgeon and Carwyn Jones will be updated on the government’s negotiations, including a clause of the EU Withdrawal Bill which would see some - but not all - powers transferred from the EU directly to Holyrood and the Senedd. Representatives from the Northern Ireland civil service, which is effectively running the
  
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• Philip Hammond hints at 'headroom' for more NHS spending

  13-03-2018 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The chancellor gives the clearest indication yet he is prepared to find more cash for the health service.
  
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• Unite's Jennie Formby On Course For 'Coronation' As Labour General Secretary After GMB Swing Behind Her Candidacy

  13-03-2018 20:11
  Unite’s Jennie Formby is on course for a ‘coronation’ as Labour’s new general secretary after the GMB union swung behind her candidacy, HuffPost can reveal.GMB general secretary Tim Roache said that he had discussed the vacancy with colleagues and decided that Formby was the candidate who could best unite the party and the labour movement.“This isn’t a small decision, we’ve taken time as a union to discuss it, to think about where Labour needs to be.&ldq
  
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• Free School Meal Eligibility Cuts Go Ahead In England After Tory And DUP MPs Vote For Universal Credit Changes

  13-03-2018 19:29
  Tory and DUP MPs have voted for controversial cuts to free school meals in England – despite protecting Northern Ireland from similar curbs.Labour staged a last-gasp bid to block the changes to universal credit benefit thresholds, but was defeated by 312 votes to 254.Crucially, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - which is propping up Theresa May’s government - backed the Government.Nine DUP MPs sided with 302 Conservatives.In a rare English-only breakdown of the vote, the Commons d
  
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• The Crown’s Matt Smith Was Paid More Than Claire Foy, Executive Producer Reveals

  13-03-2018 19:28
  Despite the fact she plays the lead role in Netflix’s ‘The Crown’, it has emerged that Claire Foy was paid less for her work on the drama than co-star Matt Smith. The actress played a young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons while, Matt played her husband, Prince Philip.Producers Suzanne Mackie and Andy Harries were speaking on a panel in Israel, alongside production designer Martin Childs on Tuesday (13 March), when they made the revelation that Matt was paid more.Var
  
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• Three Bits Of Bad News Buried In Philip Hammond's Spring Statement

  13-03-2018 19:08
  Philip Hammond tried hard to focus on the positives as he delivered his spring budget statement.His Commons address on Tuesday was on the short side, lasting just 26 minutes, but he promised “light at the end of the tunnel” with the UK’s economy growing faster than expected.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) revised up its growth forecast for 2018 from 1.4% to 1.5%, while borrowing is forecast to be £45.2bn this year, £4.7bn lower than forecast in November -
  
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• Russia Snubs Theresa May Over Spy Poisoning Accusation As Deadline Passes

  13-03-2018 19:07
  PM poised to unveil Russia response as deadline loomsMoscow refuses to yield to ultimatum without seeing samplesTrump tells May he stands “with the UK all the way” on SalisburyMerkel joins allies in supporting UK with “full solidarity” pledgeFresh terror probe as another Putin enemy dies in UK Donald Trump has told Theresa May the US backs the UK “all the way” after blaming Russia for the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury as
  
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• Donald Trump Tells Theresa May: US Backs UK 'All The Way' Over Russia Spy Poisoning Accusation

  13-03-2018 19:07
  Donald Trump has told Theresa May the US backs the UK “all the way” after the Prime Minister outlined how it was “highly likely” Russia was to blame for the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury.During a telephone conversation between the Prime Minister and US President, Trump agreed that Moscow must provide “unambiguous answers as to how this nerve agent came to be used”, according to Downing Street.A No 10 spokesperson said: &ldquo
  
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• Spring Statement: Philip Hammond hails better debt and growth forecasts

  13-03-2018 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Chancellor hails better growth and debt figures - but Labour accuses him of "astounding complacency".
  
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• Terror Police Investigate 'Unexplained' Death Of Russian Exile Nikolai Glushkov

  13-03-2018 18:10
  Counter-terrorism police are investigating the death of a Russian exile who was friends with the late oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who famously fell out with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Nikolai Glushkov, who received political asylum in the UK, was found dead at his London home on Monday by friends and family. He was 68. On Tuesday the Met Police issued a statement, saying: “At this stage the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command is leading the investigation as a pre
  
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• In full: Laura Kuenssberg interviews Philip Hammond

  13-03-2018 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Chancellor Philip Hammond speaks to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about the economy and his future spending intentions after delivering his Spring Statement.
  
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• ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Trailer Gives First Glimpse Of Jude Law As Albus Dumbledore

  13-03-2018 18:07
  Warner Bros have unveiled the first official trailer for ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ - or ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald’, to give the film its full name. Clocking in at just under two minutes, the clip includes our first proper look at Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore, as he enlists former student Newt Scamander to help thwart the title character’s dangerous plans.Johnny Depp, returning as Gellert Grindelwald, features in the trailer for just a few seconds and d
  
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• Apple Has Designed A Coffee And Crumb-Proof Keyboard

  13-03-2018 17:51
  Apple has patented a keyboard that is potentially immune to spilled coffee and crumbs, two of the most dangerous substances to be allowed near a gadget. Spilled coffee is about as destructive to a keyboard as a 40ft drop.This is a scientific fact that can be confirmed by anyone who has tried, desperately, to mop up their now ruined keyboard with tattered bits of napkin.Then there are crumbs, don’t even get us started on the devastating damage that crumbs can cause.Thankfully, Apple&rs
  
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• How Brides-To-Be Are Spending Less On Their Wedding Dresses And Still Looking A Million Dollars

  13-03-2018 17:50
  Wedding season is upon us and, with the royal wedding coming up in May, there’s been a notable shift in wedding trends, with an increased interest in brands associated with Meghan Markle.Though many may want to look like royalty on their wedding day, they know they don’t have to fork out to look amazing. According to fashion search platform Lyst, wedding dresses are getting cheaper. In April 2017, the average price of a wedding dress on Lyst was £832, which was 25% lo
  
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• Mothers Just Want To Keep Their Children Safe. We Need To Help Them Do It

  13-03-2018 17:45
  This weekend, families across Britain celebrated Mother’s Day. And so they should. Mothers ought to be honoured every day for the tireless work they do. From the pre-work school run to cheering from the sidelines of a muddy football pitch, their first instinct is almost always striving for what is best for their children.But what mothers want more than anything is for their children to be safe. And while they should not be afraid, the challenges of protecting children, especially in an inc
  
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• Elon Musk Is Teaching Us How To Love Tech Again

  13-03-2018 17:43
  “Better video coming soon, but it would look a bit like this,” says Elon Musk in a tweet a few days ago.He must be joking. That video is the most exciting thing we’ve seen in a long time. It shows a pavement and just a few people (looks like between six and ten) in a pod the size of a small bus on a pavement. The pod is lowered directly into the ground and passes along an underground tunnel, driverlessly, at speed, passing smoothly along through a series of tunnels, elevating a
  
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• Two Years Ago My Love Died

  13-03-2018 17:42
  Two years ago my love suddenly died. You probably know the story by now. He felt rough at work. He went home and spoke to his mum. He told her he had a headache. He evidently took some pain killers, lay down on his bed and died. He was out of touch with me and I was out of my mind with worry. It took a couple of days for me to sound the alarm, three days for his friends and I to break into his house to find him there. He was only fifty-three. We’d only been seeing each other for about eigh
  
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• History Will Judge Theresa May’s ‘Hostile Environment’ On Immigration As Economically Damaging And Dangerous

  13-03-2018 17:38
  Throughout history, at times of economic crisis and difficulties we have seen the danger of scapegoating vulnerable and minority communities, often accompanied by a rise in the far right as happened in the 1930s. Following the crash of 2008, we are currently seeing the rise of the far right across Europe and even an emboldened KKK in the US.  The governments of the US and across Europe are enacting draconian policies which contribute to a hostile climate on migration, Islamophobia and racis
  
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• YouTube Boss Blasted By MPs For Failing To Take Action Against Online Terrorists

  13-03-2018 17:30
  YouTube bosses have been blasted by MPs for failing to remove extremist material posted on their website by known terrorist groups.Parliament’s home affairs select committee told William McCants, global policy lead for counter terrorism, that his organisation’s processes for taking down radical and dangerous material were “simply not good enough”.It follows repeated requests from the committee to remove content uploaded by a number of banned far-right organisations, inclu
  
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• Channel 4 Moving Jobs Outside London Is Great News For The Future Of British Broadcasting

  13-03-2018 16:43
  Over the years, Channel 4 has demonstrated time and again its commitment to providing quality television programmes - many of which have become instantly recognisable in households across the UK as well as abroad.Presently it boasts an impressive media portfolio, encompassing E4, More4, Film4 and 4Music, as well as online activities, a bespoke video-on-demand service and other standalone digital projects. However, in considering the future of our publicly owned, national broadcasting organisatio
  
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• Kids Drawings Of The Cars Of The Future Show How Forward-Thinking They Are

  13-03-2018 16:42
  Cars have come on a long way in recent years with developments in driverless models and those powered by electricity rather than petrol. But according to children, the cars of the future will go far beyond our current dreams: they will be powered by chocolate, with touch-screen doors, magnetic hover plates and rainbow headlights.A group of kids were asked to draw their ideal car of the future, by insurance comparison site, Go Compare. They then asked an illustrator to bring t
  
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• Labour HQ Governance Chief And Potential General Secretary Emilie Oldknow Resigns

  13-03-2018 16:27
  Labour’s governance chief Emilie Oldknow has decided to quit the party, HuffPost can reveal.In a letter to colleagues, the party’s Executive Director for Governance, Membership and Party Services said she was stepping down this summer to pursue ‘other opportunities’.Oldknow was tipped only last month as a possible new Labour general secretary following the decision of Iain McNicol to resign from the top job.But it appears that she has concluded that she would have little
  
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• 'Coronation Street': Billy Mayhew Actor Daniel Brocklebank Defends Heroin Storyline

  13-03-2018 16:20
  Coronation Street’s Daniel Brocklebank has defended an ongoing storyline, which has seen his character, vicar Billy Mayhew, descend into heroin addiction. Billy was shown trying the drug for the first time last week and, with the scene having aired before the watershed, more than 80 complaints were made to Ofcom. Speaking on Tuesday’s (13 March) ‘Lorraine’, Daniel defended the storyline, and highlighted the positive impact it could have.“To tell the story, to show t
  
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• Who Is Gina Haspel, The Woman Set To Become The First Female CIA Director?

  13-03-2018 16:18
  Gina Haspel, who is set to become the first-ever female director of the CIA, had a “leading role” in the torture of two terrorism suspects – and later helped secure an order to destroy videotapes documenting the interrogations. US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Haspel would become the new head of the intelligence agency, after he made the shock announcement that her boss, Mike Pompeo, would become Secretary of State.The reshuffle came after Trump uni
  
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• The Spring Statement Failed To Confront The Social Care Crisis

  13-03-2018 16:02
  Tuesday’s statement from the Chancellor has shown once again that the Government lacks the will to tackle a mounting national crisis.  Since Phillip Hammond delivered last November’s Budget, we’ve seen all too clearly how the pressures on social care and the NHS are not going to go away. Over this winter, there have been countless headlines about cuts to services and growing concerns about the sustainability of councils’ budgets. Some are now warning that they f
  
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• Labour: Hammond's 'complacency'

  13-03-2018 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour's John McDonnell says public services face a crisis "on a scale we have never seen before".
  
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• UK Will Keep Paying Brussels' Bureaucrats Pensions For 45 Years After Brexit

  13-03-2018 15:52
  UK taxpayers will pay EU bureaucrats pensions for 45 years after Brexit – almost as long as the entire time Britain was a member of the Brussels club.Fresh analysis of the financial deal the UK agreed with the EU in December shows taxpayers’ money will still be transferred to Brussels until 2064.This means the UK will be paying towards pensions of people who have not yet even started working in Brussels.The 45 years of the payments is just a year shy of the 46 years the UK will have
  
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• The Growing Ageing Population Is A Challenge That Faces All Of Us - Here's How Britain Is Leading The Way

  13-03-2018 15:23
  “It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.” - Adlai E. StevensonThe growing ageing population is a challenge that faces all of us in today’s society. The reality is that we are all living longer – 15,000 centenarians live in the UK, and 10million of us can now expect to live to our 100th birthday.This is having a profound impact on us both as individuals and collectively. As a society, we need to think about not just ageing, but ag
  
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• 6 Ways Theresa May Could Strike Russia When The Midnight Deadline Runs Out

  13-03-2018 15:16
  Relations between the UK and Russia are in free-fall in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, an act Theresa May has said Moscow was “highly likely” to be responsible for.Vladimir Putinfaces a midnight deadline to give a “credible explanation” as to how a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union was used to strike down a former double agent who passed secrets to British intelligence.Russia has denied any involvement and if the tense interna
  
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• 6 Ways Theresa May Could Punish Russia When The Midnight Deadline Runs Out

  13-03-2018 15:16
  Relations between the UK and Russia are in free-fall in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, an act Theresa May has said Moscow was “highly likely” to be responsible for. The prime minister gave Vladimir Putin a midnight deadline to give a “credible explanation” as to how a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union was used to strike down a former double agent who passed secrets to British intelligence.However, the Russian Em
  
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• Donald Trump Says US Will Accept Russia Behind Salisbury Poisoning 'If We Agree' With UK Findings

  13-03-2018 15:07
  Donald Trump has said he would accept that Russia was behind the Salisbury poisoning if Theresa May tells him so, but left open the possibility he would decide to ignore the UK’s conclusions.“As soon as we get the facts straight, if we agree with them, we will condemn Russia or whoever it may be,” he told reporters on Tuesday afternoon.The US President was speaking moments after he dramatically and unexpectedly sacked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson using Twitter.Trump
  
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• This $10,000 3D Printed Home Could Provide Cheap Housing For Millions

  13-03-2018 14:55
  As proof that 3D printing is so much more than a gadget that some of us have in our sheds, a company has demonstrated how it could provide cheap, quick housing for millions.This home, designed by construction company ICON, costs just $10,000 to make and took less than 24 hours to print, and then finish.Why does it cost so little? Well because almost all of it has been 3D printed by a robot. Using the Vulcan industrial 3D printer, the team were able to digitally send the building plans to the pri
  
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• Philip Hammond's 'Jam Tomorrow' Spring Statement Shows He's Hearing But Not Yet Listening - HuffPost Verdict

  13-03-2018 14:35
   K E Y   P O I N T S Philip Hammond has announced the UK economy is growing faster than predicted in November and there was ‘light at the end of the tunnel’.The chancellor said the economy grew by 1.7% in 2017, compared to the 1.5% forecast at the Budget.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has revised up its growth forecast for 2018 from 1.4% to 1.5%. But Labour’s John McDonnell attacked the ‘complacency’ of the government. ‘We
  
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• Seven Long-Term Lessons From Parenting After Divorce

  13-03-2018 14:25
  I divorced in 2006 at the age of 30, with two kids then aged 3 and 7. My overriding feelings were of fear and uncertainty, and as I considered my future, I could only contemplate the loss of things I’d previously taken for granted, most worryingly my role as a parent.The divorce was amicable but there were still differences to resolve. Around 18 months after first parting we’d moved on sufficiently such that we could consider co-parenting (where each parent fulfils an equal or near-e
  
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• Rex Tillerson Fired By Donald Trump, CIA Director Mike Pompeo To Become US Secretary Of State

  13-03-2018 13:50
  Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, has been fired by Donald Trump via social media after just 14 months in the job.The President confirmed the news in a tweet announcing Mike Pompeo, the current Director of the CIA, will take his place. Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations
  
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• 'Where Is Safe?': Salisbury Residents Respond To Deadly Novichok Nerve Agent Attack

  13-03-2018 13:42
  The world may be watching intently as Theresa May and Vladimir Putin go head-to-head over the poisoning of a former double agent, but at the scene of the crime in Salisbury, locals are becoming increasingly concerned about possible health risks, as details of the nerve agent used are revealed.The UK Prime Minister has given Russia until midnight on Tuesday to account for how an extremely rare Soviet-developed nerve agent called Novichok found its way into the system of Sergei Skripal, 66, and hi
  
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• EastEnders’ Jessie Wallace Admits She Wasn’t A Fan Of Kat Slater’s ‘Redwater’ Makeover

  13-03-2018 13:39
  Ahead of her return to ‘EastEnders’, Jessie Wallace has revealed what she really thought of Kat Slater’s ‘Redwater’ makeover and, well, it’s safe to say she wasn’t a huge fan. Last summer, Kat and Alfie Moon took the lead in ‘Redwater’, their very own spin-off series, which focussed on Kat’s search for her long-lost son. For the series, Kat underwent a ‘Snog Marry Avoid?’-style makeunder, purchasing an incredible amount
  
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• Police Hunt 'Gordon', Bristol's Greetings Card Stalker

  13-03-2018 13:34
  Police are hunting a stalker who has been sending “graphic and threatening” greeting cards to a woman in Bristol for the last six years.The notes - some of which have included threats of rape - are often signed by someone calling themselves “Gordon”, with the culprit believed to be sending the cards from the Bristol area. “The content is becoming increasingly sexually explicit and aggressive in nature and includes threats to commit rape and stalking offences,&r
  
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• Taylor Swift's 'Delicate' Music Video Accused Of Copying Kenzo World Ad

  13-03-2018 13:25
  Taylor Swift has come under fire over her latest music video, with some commenting that it bears a striking resemblance to a Spike Jonze-directed perfume advert.Earlier this week, Taylor unveiled the music video for ‘Delicate’, the latest cut to be taken from her ‘Reputation’ album.The four-minute clip sees a frustrated Taylor growing bored of being recognised, and suddenly being afforded the opportunity to do whatever she wants when she realises she’s become invisi
  
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• This Hotel Has A Robot Butler To Bring You Midnight Snacks

  13-03-2018 13:17
  Everyone knows that the whole point of ordering hotel room service is being able to avoid interacting with other people and stay in your bath robe (while you eat several portions of chips).Now a hotel chain in America has acknowledged that none of us really want to talk to human member of staff and would rather our midnight snack be delivered by a tiny (adorable) robot butler, wearing a bowtie.The droid, named YO2D2, has been rolled out in a couple of hotels in the USA, including the Aloft
  
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• Civil Service Scheme Taking On More Privately Educated People Despite Drop In Privileged Applicants

  13-03-2018 13:03
  Privately-educated pupils are increasingly more likely to be accepted on to a prestigious Civil Service scheme than comprehensive students, Government figures have revealed.Statistics released by the Cabinet Office show the numbers from a fee-paying background recruited to the Civil Service Fast Stream has increased since 2013 – despite the number of privately-educated applicants falling.In the 2016 intake, 28.6% of those who made it on to the scheme went to a private school – despit
  
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• Highest Recorded Levels of Microplastics Found In A Manchester River

  13-03-2018 12:59
  The largest recorded level of microplastic pollution in the world has been found in a British river, causing researchers to call out for tighter regulations on water wastage.Experts from the University of Manchester ran the first study of its kind, examining the microplastics found in river sediments across 40 sites in Greater Manchester. A detailed catchment-wide study of this kind of pollution has never been ran anywhere in the world before. A site at the River Tame in Denton, Greater Man
  
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• Quiche Is In And Pork Pie Is Out, ONS Inflation Shopping Basket Reveals

  13-03-2018 12:55
  Quiche is having something of a revival, according to the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) annual basket of goods.ONS updates its basket annually to measure how the prices of goods are changing in the UK, however it’s also incredibly reflective of consumer trends - so we can hazard a few guesses about what’s popular and what’s not.2018′s basket includes new additions like quiche, raspberries and women’s activewear leggings, while Edam cheese, pork pie and
  
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• Noel Edmonds Says He Does Not Regret Asking Cancer Survivor If ‘Negative Thoughts’ Caused Their Disease In Awkward ‘Victoria Derbyshire’ Interview

  13-03-2018 12:50
  Noel Edmonds says he has no regrets for asking a cancer survivor if they thought their negative thoughts caused the disease in an awkward interview on Victoria Derbyshire’s BBC show.The former ‘Deal Or No Deal’ presenter appeared on Tuesday morning’s show (13 March) to talk about his legal battle with Lloyds when talk turned to his unconventional beliefs.Victoria – who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 – asked if he regretted tweeting the cancer survivo
  
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• The Genius Ways Kids Are Using Google Docs To Get Round Social Media Bans

  13-03-2018 12:35
  A mum has explained how her 10-year-old son is getting around a social media ban by using a Google Doc to chat to his friends. Twitter user @IjeomaOluo shared the insight online and her tweet resonated with many other parents, as she has more than 6,000 likes and hundreds of replies.Google Docs are similar to Microsoft Word documents, but they can be shared and edited with others at the same time from a computer, phone or tablet connected to the internet. “My 10-year-old cre
  
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• WhatsApp Now Gives You An Hour To Unsend Those Messages

  13-03-2018 12:27
  WhatsApp has quietly increased the amount of time you have to unsend a message to over an hour.Having initially unveiled the ability to unsend messages back in October WhatsApp inexplicably gave you just seven minutes to delete the message from the moment you sent it.According to WABetaInfo that time limit has now been increased to an equally as specific one hour, eight minutes and 16 seconds. Why so specific? Currently no-one has a clue.Unsending a message on WhatsApp effectively allows you to
  
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• Looks We Love: Venus And Serena Williams' Sweet Sportswear At The BNP Paribas Open

  13-03-2018 12:24
  We Love...Tennis virtuosos and sisters Venus and Serena Williams, looking fierce in stylish tennis dresses, as they played against each other at the BNP Paribas Tournament on 12 March. Why It Works:The key to sportswear is how practical it is for the activity you’re partaking in. But when you find an outfit that makes you feel good not just because of the way it works with your body as you move, but also because you love the way it looks, that’s a winning combination.All-in
  
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• Sheridan Smith Takes Action After Discovering Fake Tinder Profile In Her Name

  13-03-2018 12:23
  We’ve got disappointing news for anyone who recently matched with a certain British star of stage and screen on Tinder, as Sheridan Smith has revealed that someone has made a fake profile using her name and photos on the dating app.According to The Sun, the fake profile featured six photos of Sheridan, along with the bio: “I like changing my hair colour, dogs, laughing and sleeping.”The profile also listed her job as working at London’s Theatre Royal.However, a representa
  
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• Scrap GCSEs And Prepare Students For Life After 16

  13-03-2018 12:02
  School leaders booing the Education Secretary is hardly headline news. But applause? That’s a different matter. When Damian Hinds promised head teachers this weekend there would be no further changes to exams or the curriculum during this Parliament, his words were warmly received. Teachers, he said, are leaving the profession because they feel overworked. Racing to keep up with top-down reforms contributes to that. But, speaking as a former teacher and a student of educational leadership,
  
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