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• Sir Philip Green losing his knighthood is real possibility, says minister

  12-02-2019 11:25 via Evening Standard - News
  
  A Government minister today claimed Sir Philip Green is not "worthy" of his knighthood as pressure grows on him to be stripped of his honour.
  
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• Mountain lion gets stuck in tree outside home in California

  17-02-2019 22:10 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Firefighters have rescued a mountain lion from a tree outside a home in the southern California desert.
  
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• UK weather forecast: Brits warned to brace themselves for rain after balmy weekend

  17-02-2019 21:34 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Brits who enjoyed a balmy February weekend should brace themselves for more familiar weather conditions on Monday.
  
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• Man dies as tree falls on car in Egham, Surrey, while four others are injured

  17-02-2019 19:50 via Evening Standard - News
  
  A man has died after a tree fell on top of a car in Surrey.
  
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• Brexit news latest: Nigel Farage claims 100,000 people have signed up to new Brexit Party

  17-02-2019 19:15 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Some 100,000 people have signed up to the new Brexit Party, Nigel Farage has claimed.
  
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• Ministry of Defence called to Harwich beach in Essex as unexploded device found

  17-02-2019 18:06 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Ministry of Defence bomb disposal experts have been scrambled to an Essex beach after an unexploded device was discovered.
  
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• Scottish police force mercilessly mocked for stopping football supporters' bus and confiscating fans' alcohol

  17-02-2019 17:25 via Evening Standard - News
  
  A Scottish police force has been mercilessly mocked after stopping a football supporters' bus and confiscating fans' alcohol.
  
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• Russian flag hung from Salisbury cathedral in 'stupid stunt mocking Novichok poisonings'

  17-02-2019 16:52 via Evening Standard - News
  
  A Russian flag was hung from scaffolding on Salisbury cathedral in what has been branded a "stupid stunt" by the city's MP.
  
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• Seven Sisters crash: Cyclist, 43, fighting for her life after being hit by car in north London

  17-02-2019 16:36 via Evening Standard - News
  
  A cyclist is fighting for her life after being hit by a car in north London.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion protest: Climate change campaigners block roads in bid to disrupt London Fashion Week

  17-02-2019 16:00 via Evening Standard - News
  
  A group of climate change campaigners are staging protests in a bid to disrupt London Fashion Week.
  
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• Jussie Smollett 'angered and devastated' by reports he had role in own attack, lawyers say

  17-02-2019 15:59 via Evening Standard - News
  
  US actor Jussie Smollett's lawyers have denied he had any role in an attack on him last month that he alleged was carried out by two white men.
  
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• Yellow Vest protest London: Six charged after police officers hurt at pro-Brexit demo in central London

  17-02-2019 15:25 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Six people have been charged after police officers were assaulted at a pro-Brexit "Yellow Vest" protest in central London, Scotland Yard said.
  
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• ISIS bride Shamima Begum after giving birth to baby boy: I was just a housewife and people should have sympathy for me

  17-02-2019 14:35 via Evening Standard - News
  
  ISIS bride Shamima Begum does not regret leaving the UK to join Islamic State in Syria because it made her "stronger and tougher" and said she believes "people should have sympathy" towards her.
  
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• Brighton stabbing: Murder probe launched after brother of two Syria fighters knifed to death

  17-02-2019 14:18 via Evening Standard - News
  
  The brother of two British teenagers killed fighting for Islamists in Syria has been stabbed to death in Brighton.
  
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• Brighton stabbing: Man arrested after brother of two Syria fighters knifed to death

  17-02-2019 14:18 via Evening Standard - News
  
  The brother of two British teenagers killed fighting for Islamists in Syria has been stabbed to death in Brighton.
  
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• Aurora shooting: Student, 21, on first day working as intern named among five killed by 'dismissed employee'

  17-02-2019 13:04 via Evening Standard - News
  
  A 21-year-old student on his first day working as an intern has been named among five people killed when a dismissed employee opened fire at an Illinois warehouse.
  
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• Cancun shooting: Five dead and five injured after gunmen open fire at nightclub in Mexico resort city

  17-02-2019 12:22 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Five people were killed and five more wounded after gunmen burst into a bar in the Mexican resort city of Cancun and opened fire.
  
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• ISIS bride Shamima Begum 'gives birth to baby in Syria', family say

  17-02-2019 11:42 via Evening Standard - News
  
  ISIS bride Shamima Begum has given birth to her baby in Syria, her family have been told.
  
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• Glenn Hoddle reveals sound engineer had to break seven of his ribs during CPR to bring him back to life after cardiac arrest at BT Sport studio

  17-02-2019 11:15 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Hoddle said his heart stopped for at least 60 seconds and that he had been playing a game of keepy-uppy with Robbie Savage when he suffered the cardiac arrest
  
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• Support for Labour and Tories neck and neck, new poll suggests

  17-02-2019 10:12 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Support for Labour and the Tories among the public is neck and neck, according to new research.
  
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• Theresa May's plea to Tories over Brexit: History will judge us

  17-02-2019 10:11 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Theresa May has issued a desperate plea to Tory MPs to unite and deliver on Brexit, telling them: "History will judge us."
  
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• Flybmi collapse: What customers affected by flight suspension should do

  17-02-2019 09:35 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Hundreds of passengers have had their travel plans disrupted after airline flybmi suspended all flights, and said it was filing for administration.
  
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• Oxford Street stabbings: Three men knifed and two arrested after fight near nightclub in Mayfair

  17-02-2019 09:26 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Three people were taken to hospital and two men arrested after a triple stabbing during a fight near to a celebrity nightclub in Mayfair.
  
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• Flybmi collapse: Customers vent frustration after airline suspends all flights and files for administration

  17-02-2019 09:24 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Flybmi passengers have vented their frustration after the airline collapsed into administration and cancelled all flights.
  
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• Eurostar disruption: World War Two bomb deactivation to spark delays and cancellations all day

  17-02-2019 08:58 via Evening Standard - News
  
  The deactivation of an unexploded World War Two bomb will cause major disruption to Eurostar trains today.
  
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• Donald Trump says Britain should 'take back' ISIS fighters captured in Syria

  17-02-2019 08:37 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Donald Trump has said Britain and other European allies should "take back" more than 800 Islamic State fighters captured in Syria.
  
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• Crystal Palace FC to shelter homeless 'for years to come' after promising start to first of its kind project

  17-02-2019 08:29 via Evening Standard - News
  
  Crystal Palace FC's homeless shelter, which provides emergency accommodation for people on the streets when temperatures drop below freezing, is set to continue for years to come.
  
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• Special Forces hopeful rejected over nut allergy calls for review of tight medical restrictions

  17-02-2019 08:27 via Evening Standard - News
  
  A Special Forces recruit is calling for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to relax its tight medical restrictions after he passed a series of tough selection tests but was eventually rejected over a nut allergy.
  
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• People's Vote campaign announces London march for weekend before Brexit day

  16-02-2019 23:23 via Evening Standard - News
  
  The People's Vote campaign for a second referendum on Brexit has announced a march the weekend before the UK leaves the EU.
  
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• Haydock Park brawl: Mass punch-up erupts at Merseyside racecourse as mother and child get caught up in fighting

  16-02-2019 22:05 via Evening Standard - News
  
  A racecourse has vowed to take a "zero tolerance" approach after a mass brawl broke out at Haydock Park on Merseyside.
  
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