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• Bicester revealed as new garden city

  01-12-2014 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bicester in Oxfordshire has been chosen as the site for the coalition's second new garden city, government sources have confirmed.
  
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• Duncan Campbell is this year's Turner Prize winner

  01-12-2014 23:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IRISH-BORN artist Duncan Campbell has been named this year's Turner Prize winner for his series of films called It For Others.
  
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• Webber 'angle of impact' saved him

  01-12-2014 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber says the 'angle of impact' saved him from a worse injury in his Brazil race crash.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Numpties are running riot without Michael Gove

  01-12-2014 23:29
  
  Right at the end of Commons Education Questions on Monday, something snapped for Labour’s Barry Sheerman. The Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, had been “casting a spell” on her ministerial team, he claimed. “I have never seen a bunch of numpties with [such] a lack of vision, lack of passion,” he added, or rather shouted.
  
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• Green carpet for Hobbit premiere

  01-12-2014 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Film stars gathered on a green carpet earlier for the world premier of the third and final instalment of Sir Peter Jackson's The Hobbit films.
  
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• Briton 'killed girlfriend and left body in Paris hotel' - The Times (subscription)

  01-12-2014 23:07 via thetimes.co.uk
  
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  A British businessman accused of battering to death his girlfriend in a luxury hotel admitted yesterday that he had been seeing another woman at the time. Ian Griffin, 45, from Warrington, was speaking as he went on trial in Paris for the murder of Kinga Legg, ...
  
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• British Fashion Awards: John Galliano begins his rehabilitation with a little help from Anna Wintour

  01-12-2014 23:02
  
  The British Fashion Awards are an annual backslapping event where UK fashion lauds and applauds the industry members who made the greatest impact over the previous 12 months.
  
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• Poll: Tories still more trusted than Labour on the economy

  01-12-2014 23:02
  
  David Cameron and George Osborne are winning the economic argument against Ed Miliband and Ed Balls as voters make up their mind in the run-up to next May’s general election, according to an opinion poll for The Independent.
  
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• Duncan Campbell wins Turner Prize 2014 with essay film

  01-12-2014 22:43
  
  By Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON (Reuters) - Irish-born artist Duncan Campbell won Britain's prestigious Turner Prize on Monday for an "essay film" which draws on an array of sources, including African art, the Irish Republican Army, dance and Marxism. The annual award for contemporary art was presented to Campbell by actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, the star of '12 Years a Slave', in a televised ceremony at Tate Britain, which oversees the often controversial prize. ...
  
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• HIV evolving 'into milder form'

  01-12-2014 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  HIV is evolving to become less deadly and less infectious as it spends more time infecting people, according to an Oxford University team.
  
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• Gordon Brown defied Enoch Powell’s law that 'all political careers end in failure' - but election defeat will haunt him

  01-12-2014 22:35
  
  “I am too old to be the comeback kid and too young to be an elder statesman,” Gordon Brown said after halting the Scottish National Party bandwagon during the referendum on Scottish independence in September.
  
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• Moldova’s pro-Europe parties set to form coalition – despite losing to pro-Moscow Socialists

  01-12-2014 22:22
  
  In a blow to Russia’s ambitions, Moldova’s pro-Europe parties appeared certain of being able to form a new coalition to press on with a drive towards the European mainstream after elections even though the pro-Moscow Socialist Party took first place.
  
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• Another Russian neighbour turns west as pro-European coalition prevails in Moldovan election

  01-12-2014 22:22
  
  In a blow to Russia’s ambitions, Moldova’s pro-Europe parties appeared certain of being able to form a new coalition to press on with a drive towards the European mainstream after elections even though the pro-Moscow Socialist Party took first place.
  
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• Duncan Campbell wins Turner Prize

  01-12-2014 22:11
  
  Irish-born artist Duncan Campbell has won this year's Turner Prize for his series of films called It For Others and hinted he might follow in the footsteps of another winner - Steve McQueen.
  
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• Suspects' bail 'lengthened by cuts'

  01-12-2014 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spending cuts are delaying police inquiries and contributing to a rise in people kept on police bail for months, and in some cases years, Newsnight is told.
  
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• The migration numbers game - Financial Times

  01-12-2014 22:00 via ft.com
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  The migration numbers game
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  Given the rambunctious immigration debate in countries around the world, it is tempting to believe that the globe is awash with migrants. Whether it is the heated debate in the US over President Barack Obama's move to normalise the status of some 5m illegal ...
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  Germany attracts far more EU migrants than UK, says reportIrish Times
  Migrants flock to prosperous Germany: OECDThe Da
  
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• Hobbit stars gather on green carpet

  01-12-2014 21:53
  
  Hobbit stars past and present were reunited on the green carpet for the world premiere of the final film, The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies.
  
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• The remarkable highs and lows of Gordon Brown

  01-12-2014 21:35
  
  Even the announcement that Gordon Brown is standing down as an MP is complicated. After all, we have known for some time that Brown would not be running for Parliament again. He has rarely been in Westminster since his electoral loss in 2010 and could not have played such a semi-detached role after the next election. Brown has agonised over the precise timing of the announcement, not wishing to undermine his role in the recent Scottish referendum campaign. Now he makes a formal statement. An ep
  
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• Gordon Brown: Has a politician ever scaled such heights, and plumbed such depths?

  01-12-2014 21:35
  
  Even the announcement that Gordon Brown is standing down as an MP is complicated. After all, we have known for some time that Brown would not be running for Parliament again. He has rarely been in Westminster since his electoral loss in 2010 and could not have played such a semi-detached role after the next election. Brown has agonised over the precise timing of the announcement, not wishing to undermine his role in the recent Scottish referendum campaign. Now he makes a formal statement. An ep
  
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• VIDEO: Judge bans car cruising events

  01-12-2014 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A judge has banned car cruising events across the Black Country.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: Michael Ashcroft’s apology to Ed Miliband delights an old foe

  01-12-2014 21:19
  
  Tom Baldwin, who quit journalism to be Ed Miliband’s strategy adviser, has not looked happy these past weeks, which is not surprising given the way his boss has been put through the mangle. But he certainly perked up today – and all because of a mathematical miscalculation.
  
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• Turner Prize Won By Irish-Born Video Artist

  01-12-2014 21:18
  
  Artist Duncan Campbell has won this year's Turner Prize for his series of films called It For Others.
  
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• Dopey driver causes commuter chaos by wedging Waitrose delivery van under bridge

  01-12-2014 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BUNGLING delivery driver put the 'WAIT' into Waitrose this morning after he delayed drivers AND train commuters by JAMMING his lorry under a railway bridge.
  
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• Russia announces war games; UK worried by 'extremely aggressive' probing of air space

  01-12-2014 21:17
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused NATO on Monday of destabilising northern Europe and the Baltics by carrying out drills there and announced new military exercises of its own, increasing tension over the Ukraine crisis.
  
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• 'Up to £650m spent' on Cyber Monday

  01-12-2014 21:14
  
  Shopaholics have been binge-buying online as the pre-Christmas spending splurge continues.
  
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• Duncan Campbell wins Turner Prize 2014 with IRA film

  01-12-2014 21:04
  
  By Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON (Reuters) - Irish-born Glasgow artist Duncan Campbell won Britain's prestigious Turner Prize on Monday for an essay film using a famous image of an Irish Republican Army guerrilla to explore how histories can be constructed. The annual award for contemporary art was presented to Campbell by BAFTA-winning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor in a televised ceremony at Tate Britain, which oversees the prize. ...
  
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• Turner Prize 2014: Video artist Duncan Campbell wins

  01-12-2014 21:02
  
  Dublin-born artist Duncan Campbell last night won the Turner Prize for a “topical though not always obvious” film that ranges from African masks and comedy ketchup bottles, to the IRA and Marx’s theories interpreted through dance.
  
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• Homeless Veterans Appeal: Finding a hostel to stay in can be tough if you're down on your luck, but you can help us make it easier

  01-12-2014 20:58
  Ashley Rosser was living in a tent in the Oxfordshire countryside when he finally made his call to Veterans Aid. His marriage had collapsed, his savings run out and he found himself ineligible for benefits due to time spent out of the country. Jobless, his tent had seemed the only option. The call to Veterans Aid showed otherwise.
  
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• Syrians face hungry winter as funding shortfall forces UN to halt food scheme

  01-12-2014 20:58
  
  More than 1.7 million Syrian refugees are facing a winter of food shortages after a funding squeeze forced the World Food Programme to withdraw critical support.
  
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• Gordon Brown announces he will step down as MP and out of frontline politics

  01-12-2014 20:54
  
  Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that he will leave Parliament after 32 years at next May’s general election.
  
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• Gordon Brown announces he will step down as MP and away from frontline politics

  01-12-2014 20:54
  
  Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that he will leave Parliament after 32 years at next May’s general election.
  
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• Israel Analysis: Benjamin Netanyahu in no mood for any more subversion from coalition partners

  01-12-2014 20:51
  
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned his increasingly restive coalition partners today that he will opt for dissolving the government and calling early elections unless they stop “subversion” of his domestic and foreign policy.
  
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• Paedophile care home boss gets life

  01-12-2014 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A paedophile who ran children's homes in Wrexham is jailed for life for sexually assaulting youngsters in a campaign of abuse spanning decades.
  
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• Body of newborn baby girl found dead in wheelie bin

  01-12-2014 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A newborn baby girl has been found dead in a wheelie bin, prompting an urgent police appeal to trace the mother.
  
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• VIDEO: Roger Daltrey gatecrashes wedding

  01-12-2014 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Who's Roger Daltrey gatecrashes a wedding and takes to the stage to sing to the happy couple and their guests near Glasgow.
  
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• Father of Ashya King accused Border Force of treating him 'like a criminal' on UK return

  01-12-2014 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ASHYA King's father has complained of being treated "like a criminal" by Border Force staff as he returned to the UK.
  
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• Ex-PM Brown to stand down as MP

  01-12-2014 20:38
  
  Former prime minister Gordon Brown has confirmed he is standing down as an MP and ruled out becoming a Labour peer.
  
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• Bruce Springsteen steps in for Bono

  01-12-2014 20:38
  
  Chris Martin and Bruce Springsteen are to step in as frontmen for rock band U2 - to replace singer Bono, who has been ordered to rest by doctors after a cycling accident.
  
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• My war on terror and Abu Hamza: Reda Hassaine on battling Islamic extremism

  01-12-2014 20:38
  
  Terrorism thrives on manufacturing chaos and spreading fear. In the heat of battle, it is sometimes difficult to make sense of who is fighting whom, and why. For 20 years, I have felt like I was in a battle for survival in which I – an ordinary Muslim democrat – tried to face down jihadist theocrats who have a profound hatred of democracy.
  
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• Ian Griffin trial: Briton before court in Paris for girlfriend’s murder

  01-12-2014 20:38
  
  A British businessman accused of killing his girlfriend in a five-star Paris hotel has gone on trial five years after her death, claiming he remembers nothing of what had happened.
  
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• Gordon Brown Announces He Is Quitting As MP

  01-12-2014 20:37
  
  Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed he is standing down as an MP at a meeting in his Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
  
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• Did North Korea hackers leak Sony films in revenge for comedy The Interview?

  01-12-2014 20:31
  
  Kim Jong-il was North Korea’s Barry Norman; a man with an unqualified passion for films; the “cinephile despot” of a regime where art never imitated life. His son, Kim Jong-un, evidently takes a different approach.
  
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• Key player: Rupert Harrison is the most important person in Government who you've never heard of

  01-12-2014 20:30
  
  In early February 2013 David Cameron and George Osborne convened a meeting of the Government’s most senior strategists in Downing Street with just one item on the agenda: The perilous state of Britain’s economy.
  
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• Does coconut oil live up to its superfood hype?

  01-12-2014 20:30
  
  Halfway through applying coconut oil to the annual winter cold sore attractively positioned under my nose, I began to have doubts. Was this really going to work where other, more medicinal products failed? Could it honestly be as simple as dab oil on suppurating sore, see it miraculously disappear?
  
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• Advent calendars for grown-ups: cosmetics, whisky, and porcelain ornaments behind every door

  01-12-2014 20:30
  
  There was a time when children around the country would count down the days to Christmas with a simple Advent calendar. Behind each door was a festive picture: some robins; a decorated tree; a mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
  
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• Social housing in crisis as right-to-buy depletes stock

  01-12-2014 20:28
  
  A flagship housing scheme which allows tenants to buy their council house at a discount is eroding Britain’s stock of affordable housing – with only one home being built for every four sold off.
  
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• Commonwealth athlete jailed after admitting sexual activity with schoolgirl

  01-12-2014 20:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AN ATHLETE who competed in the Commonwealth Games has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for engaging in sexual activity with a schoolgirl.
  
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• Scott Panetti execution: Activists in last-ditch bid to halt death of mentally ill killer in Texas

  01-12-2014 20:21
  
  This week, the state of Texas intends to execute Scott Panetti, who in 1992 shot dead his mother-in-law and father-in-law in front of his estranged wife and their three-year-old daughter. That Mr Panetti, now 56, committed the murders has never been in doubt; he admitted as much at his trial in 1995, when he defended himself while dressed in a purple cowboy outfit and attempted to call more than 200 witnesses, including John F Kennedy and Jesus Christ.
  
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• Vince Cable to investigate UK arms fairs laws to prevent sales of torture devices

  01-12-2014 20:14
  
  Business Secretary Vince Cable has promised to review whether the law should be strengthened to ensure that torture equipment is not advertised at arms fairs in the UK.
  
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• Private Cheryl James inquest: Family of soldier asks for her body to be exhumed

  01-12-2014 20:09
  
  The body of a young woman soldier who died from a gunshot wound at Deepcut Barracks should be exhumed as part of a new investigation into her death, her family have said.
  
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