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• Tories criticised over ‘misleading’ Twitter account during election debate

  20-11-2019 11:10 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Social media giant warns of 'corrective action' after party rebrands account as a fact-checking service during TV debate.
  
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• Three men in their 20s killed in retail park crash

  15-04-2024 10:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five men were in the car when it crashed in Staples Corner retail park on Sunday night.
  
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• Standoff continues as MPs to vote on Rwanda bill

  15-04-2024 10:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK is reported to have held talks with other countries to replicate the scheme if it is successful.
  
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• How will Ulez sway voters in the mayoral election?

  15-04-2024 09:20 via bbc.com
  
  Candidates are clear on what they want to do with Ulez so will it also influence voters?
  
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• Girl seriously hurt in suspected XL Bully attack

  15-04-2024 08:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The girl was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Terrified British family forced to flee Portugal after angry neighbours send death threats

  15-04-2024 08:13 via express.co.uk
  
  Lynn and Richard Appleby-Brisco quit the UK for a quality life in the Guarda district of Portugal but claims locals weren't happy about their move.
  
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• Mini rope bridges built for forest dormice

  15-04-2024 07:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The solution comes after the removal of diseased ash trees left the rodents' habitats disconnected.
  
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• Dame Judi Dench helps theatre after funding cut

  15-04-2024 07:31 via bbc.com
  
  The actress is making an appearance at a fundraising show for the theatre.
  
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• Silence marks 35th Hillsborough anniversary

  15-04-2024 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A minute's silence is to be held in Liverpool at the time the FA Cup semi-final halted 35 years ago.
  
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• Blue Lights series two promises 'absolute chaos'

  15-04-2024 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Belfast-based police drama returns to our screens on Monday 15 April.
  
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• Long waiting lists for children 'a catastrophe'

  15-04-2024 07:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new report finds waiting lists increased by 172% for general outpatient care over seven years.
  
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• Parents concern over brain cancer treatment scheme

  15-04-2024 07:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jack Craven, from Sherburn in Elmet, is being treated as part of a compassionate access scheme.
  
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• Investigation launched over building site smell

  15-04-2024 07:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Building work stops amid concerns about a chemical odour coming from the site in east London.
  
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• Cancer survivor urges others to seek GP help early

  15-04-2024 07:04 via bbc.com
  
  Tony Gillard says if he had ignored his symptoms, he might never have met his great-grandchildren.
  
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• The shameless Albanian criminal who's become famous boasting about owning UK drugs empire

  15-04-2024 07:00 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: How convicted criminal Aleks Visha built a following by openly promoting life working and operating multiple cannabis farms.
  
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• Israel 'vows revenge' as it 'weighs up response'

  15-04-2024 06:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fallout from Iran's unprecedented aerial attack and fears of regional escalation dominates the papers.
  
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• Salman Rushdie: Losing an eye upsets me every day

  15-04-2024 03:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The author, who was stabbed on stage in 2022, tells the BBC that he thought he was dying.
  
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• Sarah Snook's chicken and nine other Olivier moments

  15-04-2024 02:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Nicole Scherzinger's Sunday roast love to David Tennant's jacket causing a stir, these are the ten highlights.
  
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• Primary school places 2024: When do parents find out offers?

  15-04-2024 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parents will soon be finding out which primary school their children will be going to.
  
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• Universal Credit 'must change' to tackle sickness

  15-04-2024 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain faces new challenges from an older and sicker population, according to a new report.
  
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• Bullish Kemi Badenoch hails Brexit freedoms for powering UK manufacturing juggernaut

  15-04-2024 01:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Pulsating "made in the UK" sector is now worth £518billion and supports 7.3million jobs in the clearest sign yet post-Brexit Britain is on the up and the economy is firing
  
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• American left in stitches after discovering what Brits call crossing guards

  15-04-2024 00:29 via express.co.uk
  
  An American woman has gone viral after sharing her reaction to discovering what Brits call crossing guards - and people from the UK are just as shocked.
  
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• The Masters 2024: final round at Augusta – live

  15-04-2024 00:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Hole-by-hole updates from the fourth day at AugustaAny thoughts? Feel free to mail Scott | Official leaderboardTommy Fleetwood sends his wedge into 1 before giving it a contented twirl. His ball lands safely in the heart of the green. Then he rakes in a 25-footer for an opening birdie. The perfect start for the Evertonian, who will perhaps benefit from a little extra spring in the step in the wake of one of this afternoon’s football results. He’s -2. Also heading in the right way: Ma
  
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• Region is on the brink, says UN secretary general – Middle East crisis live

  14-04-2024 23:55 via theguardian.com
  António Guterres warns of ‘real danger of devastating full-scale conflict’at meeting of UN security councilFull report: Iran warns it will strike again if Israel or US retaliateWhat we know so farJordan declared a state of emergency amid Iran’s drone attack on Israel, Reuters reported, citing state media.Two regional security sources told Reuters that the country’s air defenses are prepared to intercept and shoot down any Iranian drones that enter its air space.In
  
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• Sunset Boulevard equals Olivier Awards record

  14-04-2024 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The musical won seven prizes including best revival and best actress for Nicole Scherzinger
  
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• New York’s Vessel to reopen with steel-mesh safety measures after suicides

  14-04-2024 23:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Climbable sculpture in Hudson Yards in Manhattan closed in 2021 after four people died by suicideThe Vessel, the huge climbable centerpiece of New York’s upmarket Hudson Yards development that saw a number of suicides, is set to reopen later this year with new safety features, according to developers.The 150ft sculpture, designed by Thomas Heatherwick and built at a cost of $260m, was closed three years ago after four people jumped to their deaths. Besides overall criticism of its design &
  
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• Vi~ales makes it a perfect weekend at MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas

  14-04-2024 23:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Aprilia rider adds race victory to sprint race triumphAcosta becomes youngest rider to take back-to-back podiumsAprilia’s Maverick Viñales completed the perfect weekend at the Grand Prix of the Americas when the pole sitter and sprint winner claimed victory in Sunday’s race despite dropping outside the top 10 on the opening lap after a poor start.Viñales became the first rider to win a Sunday race with three different manufacturers – having won with Suzuki and Yam
  
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• Bayer Leverkusen clinch historic Bundesliga title with rout of Werder

  14-04-2024 23:08 via theguardian.com
  
  The seats began to empty with around 10 minutes remaining. First a few, then in their dozens, and then in their hundreds and thousands: Bayer Leverkusen fans pouring down the steps, massing behind the advertising hoardings, separated from the pitch only by a thin yellow string of ­stewards. Waiting for their time. Waiting for the moment when they could no longer be held back.“Ihr werdet nie deutscher Meister!” rival fans always used to sing as a taunt to their Leverkusen counterp
  
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• Big Zuu Goes to Mecca review – a quietly revolutionary portrait of Islam

  14-04-2024 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This thoroughly sweet look at the grime artist and TV chef making a pilgrimage is that rarest of things – an intimate profile of being male and MuslimThere’s no one way to be a religious person. For some, it’s all about a deeply personal connection between you and God. For others, its value comes from how it places you within a larger community of like-minded believers. Either can bring comfort and meaning to a person’s life, and in the case of the grime musician and awar
  
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• Sun still rises for Tiger Woods but dreams of glory have long since faded

  14-04-2024 22:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Five-time Masters champion is maybe the only person who hasn’t cottoned on to the fact he is playing exhibition golfThe sun rose at 6.58am on Sunday in Augusta, a full three hours after Tiger Woods. Across the city, people were asleep and sharing the very same sorts of dreams, about the view down through the pines along the first fairway, the shots over the water at Amen Corner, the long walk uphill to the 18th green, where the club chairman Fred Ridley and last year’s champion Jon R
  
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