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• Sami Hyypia’s Brighton future uncertain after defeat by Millwall

  12-12-2014 23:44
  Sami Hyypia’s future at Brighton is uncertain after a 1-0 defeat by their fellow strugglers Millwall. A section of the home fans called for the former Liverpool defender to be sacked after Lee Gregory’s goal condemned Albion to a third straight defeat and left them in the relegation zone.Hyypia admitted he was unsure whether he was willing to fight on as the manager after one win from 17 league games. “At the moment, straight after the game, I feel very frustrated,” he said. “To answer
  
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• Ukip founder Alan Sked 'begged Enoch Powell to stand as a candidate'

  12-12-2014 23:37
  
  Ukip invited the right-wing politician Enoch Powell to stand as a candidate, it has been revealed.
  
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• The gay Asian men living a lie

  12-12-2014 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The gay Asian men pressured into marrying women
  
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• Louis van Gaal not concerned by Manchester City’s Football Academy

  12-12-2014 23:30
  
  • United manager very happy with his club’s youth structure
  • Van Gaal says injury list has been reduced to four playersLouis van Gaal dreams of Manchester United being in Chelsea’s or Manchester City’s position in the league, though the manager is not concerned by the champions’ new £200m academy as he is “very happy” with his own club’s training centre.United are in third place, five points behind City and a further three off Chelsea, going into a weekend in which Van G
  
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• Brendan Rodgers insists he is the best man for the Liverpool job

  12-12-2014 23:30
  
  • Manager defiant before Sunday’s trip to Manchester United
  • ‘My critics now thought I could do no wrong last season’
  • United v Liverpool: a rivalry detached from the title raceBrendan Rodgers has responded defiantly to mounting criticism of his Liverpool tenure and claimed he is the best man for the task of restoring fortunes at Anfield.Not for the first time this season the Liverpool manager is under pressure after his team’s elimination from the Champions League on Tuesday
  
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• Amir Khan and Devon Alexander have to deliver in career-defining fight

  12-12-2014 23:30
  
  • Winner can prepare for Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather
  • Amir Khan says pressure is on Devon Alexander in Las Vegas
  • No birthday cake for Amir KhanThere are cowboys everywhere you look. The national rodeo finals have rolled into Las Vegas bringing with them the widest array of Stetsons ever seen. For Amir Khan, though, it is time to saddle up and make sure a bucking bronco by the name of Devon Alexander does not throw him into the dirt once and for all.At the age of 28, with thre
  
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• Paul Clement interview: Englishman who plotted Real Madrid's European Cup joy

  12-12-2014 23:30
  
  Paul Clement will never forget the way his first season at Real Madrid ended in May – with him standing in line behind Zinedine Zidane high in the main stand at the Estadio da Luz waiting to collect a Champions League winner’s medal from Michel Platini.
  
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• Manchester United vs Liverpool: Liverpool's decline the more dramatic of fallen idols

  12-12-2014 23:30
  
  The transitory nature of football was most dramatically evident at Melwood where, 271 days after the 3-0 Old Trafford victory which defined the esprit de corps of Brendan Rodgers’ fearless young Liverpool team, the Northern Irishman found himself answering suggestions that he might be relieved of his duties. “I think the message for me is clear. I don’t think there would be anyone better to do the job here,” he said yesterday, the kind of observation which might have sounded like braggi
  
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• Louis van Gaal warns Paul Scholes over criticism of the Manchester United academy

  12-12-2014 23:30
  
  Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has delivered a sharp response to Paul Scholes’ claim in The Independent that Manchester City’s new academy is better than United’s, warning him that he should be careful what he says from the sidelines.
  
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• Sony email hack reveals Jennifer Lawrence paid less than male co-stars

  12-12-2014 23:23
  
  Leak shows that American Hustle’s female star was on 7% deal, while male co-stars Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper were on 9% eachShe’s an Oscar-winner, a Hollywood A-lister and one of the most bankable actors in the world – but all that wasn’t enough to get Jennifer Lawrence financial parity with her male co-stars in American Hustle. The emails from Sony Pictures hacked by a group called Guardians of Democracy have revealed that Lawrence was paid considerably less than Christian Bale a
  
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• Italian finance minister: Europe must act now to avoid stagnation

  12-12-2014 23:13
  
  Pier Carlo Padoan attacks European Investment Bank for worrying more about its credit rating than about growthItaly’s finance minister has warned that time is running out for Europe’s tottering economies to avoid stagnation.Speaking on the eve of a national strike in Italy and after figures showed the country’s industrial production fell yet again in October, he said: “There isn’t much time. Europe is at a fork in the road. One path leads to stagnation; the other to growth that we sore
  
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• Bath beat Montpellier comfortably as Matt Banahan upstages Sam Burgess

  12-12-2014 23:09
  
  • Quiet game for Burgess as Banahan gets hat-trick of tries
  • ‘It’s harder than it looks,’ admits former rugby league starThe very public rugby union education of Sam Burgess took a lively step forward on Friday night, the 25-year-old starting his first game for Bath but being upstaged by Matt Banahan, a back with his England career probably someway behind him, but the scorer of a hat-trick on Friday night.After 17 minutes against Harlequins and 27 minutes at Montpellier last weekend
  
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• Rory McIlroy: Spoty win would be major boost to golf’s popularity

  12-12-2014 23:00
  
  McIlroy favourite to become the first golfer to win the award since Nick Faldo in 1989 and, if he succeeds, hopes to inspire youngsters to pick up a set of clubsRory McIlroy is the favourite to round off an epic year by lifting the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award in Glasgow on Sunday night. No golfer since Nick Faldo in 1989 has claimed the prize, which in itself is a nod to the sport’s battle for popularity. Should McIlroy prevail, his wish is for a positive spin-off. Which is ty
  
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• Climate talks: summit chief warns 'we need to work' as deadline passes – live updates

  12-12-2014 22:55
  
  Updates and reaction from the UN climate summit in Peru, where nearly 200 countries are trying to agree the draft text for a deal to avoid dangerous global warming 9.55pm GMT Deep distrust rankles some representatives at the talks, especially among small nations and the US and China. Ahmed Sareer, negotiator for the Maldives, has succinctly expressed to my colleague Suzanne Goldenberg (@suzyji):“How many CoPs will it take for us to really see any tangible results? We have been going from CoP t
  
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• UK Flights Chaos After Traffic Control Glitch

  12-12-2014 22:37
  
  More than 100 flights have been cancelled and many others delayed after a major computer failure grounded planes in London and the South.
  
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• Oregon shooting: At least 3 shot outside Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland

  12-12-2014 21:57
  
  Two boys and a girl have been shot at a street corner outside a school in Portland, Oregon, say officials.
  
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• Oregon school shooting: At least 3 shot at Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland

  12-12-2014 21:57
  
  At least three people have been shot at a school in Portland, Oregon, say officials.
  
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• Oregon high school shooting: At least 2 shot in Portland

  12-12-2014 21:57
  
  At least two people have been shot at a High School in Portland, Oregon, according to police.
  
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• Undercover officer pulls gun on Oakland protesters after cover blown

  12-12-2014 21:51
  
  Plainclothes California highway patrol officers have walked among demonstrators for weeks, report stated Continue reading...
  
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• Jim Murphy set to be Scottish Labour leader but rival’s progress surprises

  12-12-2014 21:46
  
  Former Scottish secretary expected to see off challenge from leftwinger Neil Findlay as contest becomes left-right battleLabour’s hard-fought Scottish leadership battle concludes on Saturday, with Jim Murphy, MP for East Renfrewshire and former Scottish secretary, expected to prevail in a contest where his lesser-known rival has attracted more support than anticipated.Neil Findlay, an MSP, garnered support from the unions and the party’s diminished activist base – gaining enough momentum t
  
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• Computer glitch flight chaos clears

  12-12-2014 21:45
  
  The chaos that hit UK airports today is clearing, with air traffic control company Nats declaring its systems are back to full operational capacity.
  
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• Martin Rowson on Britain and the CIA torture report – cartoon

  12-12-2014 21:43
  
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• VIDEO: Jail for £500,000 Cardiff heroin gang

  12-12-2014 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seven members of a gang who were caught with £500,000 worth of heroin to be sold on the streets of Cardiff and Swansea have been jailed.
  
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• FTSE 100 Suffers Worst Week In Three Years

  12-12-2014 21:13
  
  More than £110bn has been wiped off the value of Britain's leading companies as the FTSE 100 suffered its worst week in three years.
  
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• Passengers and airlines left furious as London airspace closes after computer error

  12-12-2014 20:55
  
  With tens of thousands of airline passengers in the wrong places, and aviation disruption set to continue into the weekend, the air-traffic control firm Nats faces fury from airlines, passengers and the Transport Secretary about another failure of the world’s most complex air navigation system.
  
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• New era of cheap oil 'will destroy green revolution'

  12-12-2014 20:45
  
  The collapsing oil price that is reshaping the global economy could derail the green energy revolution by making renewable power sources prohibitively bad value, experts have warned.
  
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• EE top for disgruntled customers

  12-12-2014 20:25
  
  The UK's largest mobile network operator also has the biggest number of disgruntled customers, according to research released by communications watchdog Ofcom.
  
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• 'Black Lives Matter' protests: Undercover police officer monitoring demonstrators points gun at Oakland crowd

  12-12-2014 20:19
  
  Protesters at a demonstration in Oakland, California, were stunned when an undercover police officer pulled his gun on the crowd, after his disguise was blown.
  
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• Ken Weatherwax: Child actor who found roles difficult to come by after playing Pugsley in the 1960s series 'The Addams Family'

  12-12-2014 20:10
  Ken Weatherwax was a child actor who played Pugsley, the talented but devious son of the house, in The Addams Family television series in the 1960s.
  
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• John Martin Fearn: One of the last members of the 'heaven-born' elite of the Indian Civil Service in the run-up to independence

  12-12-2014 20:04
  John Martin Fearn was one of the last of the Indian Civil Service elite, the “heaven-born” 800 or 900 men who at any one time governed 250 million people in British imperial India.
  
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• Sheila Stewart: The singer who succeeded her mother Belle as doyenne of the Scots Travellers' tradition of folk songs and storytelling

  12-12-2014 20:02
  Sheila Stewart ranked as one of the foremost exponents of Scots Travellers’ traditional ballads and folk songs and storytelling.
  
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• Juncker warns UK over migrant curbs

  12-12-2014 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president of the European Commission warns the UK not to "beat up" EU migrants as it tries to reduce immigration numbers.
  
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• George Tenet: The torturer-in-chief?

  12-12-2014 19:51
  
  If foreign travel is in George Tenet’s Christmas plans, he may want to reconsider. Human rights groups bayed last week for former top CIA and Bush-era officials to be tried, outside America if need be, for allegedly abetting the torture of terror detainees after 9/11.
  
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• Ex-security minister: British intelligence might have known about CIA torture

  12-12-2014 19:48
  
  British spies could have known that the CIA was torturing terrorist suspects, a former security minister has conceded, as the clamour grew for an independent inquiry into whether the UK turned a blind eye to abuse of detainees.
  
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• Hong Kong's protest movement opens a door that won't be closed

  12-12-2014 19:44
  
  Rush hour traffic whizzed along Harcourt Road on Hong Hong island yesterday morning, after the tent city which had filled it for 75 days was cleared away by police.
  
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• South African father told he cannot stay in UK with family - because his wife doesn't earn enough

  12-12-2014 19:43
  
  A South African man accused the UK immigration authorities of acting against the interests of its own citizens today after he lost his battle to remain in the country with his British wife and their 18-month-old daughter.
  
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• 'Nut rage' exposes the many cracks in South Korea's elite

  12-12-2014 19:41
  
  When South Koreans heard last week that a Korean Air Lines executive delayed a flight because she was angry at being served macadamia nuts in a bag, as opposed to a plate, there was outrage – but no surprise.
  
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• President François Hollande finds third way out of the euthanasia stalemate

  12-12-2014 19:39
  
  Terminally ill and suffering patients in France should be put to sleep with “deep sedation” until their death, President François Hollande suggested yesterday.
  
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• Striker Balotelli accepts FA charge

  12-12-2014 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli accepts an FA charge for a post on social media but writes a letter in mitigation.
  
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• Police called to man on pub roof

  12-12-2014 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are dealing with a serious incident in Holyhead on Anglesey and have warned members of the public to avoid the area.
  
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• Vatican chic today: Out with the ermine, in with the nylon as clergy copy the Pope's simplicity

  12-12-2014 19:34
  
  The reign of Pope Francis is not only shaping the great moral and theological debates of the day.
  
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• Man faces removal over UK wife's pay

  12-12-2014 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man from South Africa faces deportation with his family after his British wife is deemed not to be earning enough by an immigration panel.
  
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• Man will plead guilty to smuggling baseball star

  12-12-2014 19:32
  
  The saga of how Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig signed up with the team after being spirited out of his native Cuba on a speed boat deepened yesterday after it emerged that a Miami man plans to plead guilty next week to helping finance the venture in return for a cut of the player’s  contract.
  
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• Grim second life of the 'breastaurant': The oft-loathed sector is booming in the States thanks to Hooters, Twin Peaks and Tilted Kilt

  12-12-2014 19:30
  It's Sunday lunchtime in St Louis, close to the very middle of Middle America, and there's a healthy crowd at Hooters for the weekend's big football game.
  
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• Particle collider ready for new run

  12-12-2014 19:29
  
  The scientific organisation that operates the world's biggest particle accelerator has said it is gearing up for a second three-year run.
  
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• UK flights hit by computer failure

  12-12-2014 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Passengers are facing widespread disruption after a serious computer failure at the UK's air traffic control centre grounded and diverted flights.
  
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• The ghoulish legal battle over Oswald's coffin

  12-12-2014 19:27
  
  Two days after he assassinated President John F Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald was himself killed – shot dead by a nightclub owner as he walked through the basement of the Dallas police headquarters.
  
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• LGBT activists taking Pride in the Golden Globes 2014

  12-12-2014 19:23
  
  Here at Stonewall we know that the media is hugely influential for the LGBT community, whether in documentary form, soap opera storylines or real-life representation on screen.
  
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• Porn protest: Westminster hosts a new take on 'sitdown protest'

  12-12-2014 19:15
  
  The first protester to take the plunge and lower her bottom to ankle-level over the face of another, consenting, adult before the Palace of Westminster yesterday gave her name as Lady S.
  
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• Jules Stenson: Another former ‘NOTW’ editor convicted for phone hacking

  12-12-2014 19:13
  
  A senior former News of the World editor has become the latest journalist to be convicted of plotting to hack phones at the now defunct Sunday tabloid.
  
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