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• Prince George: New Photos Of Royal Toddler

  13-12-2014 23:56
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released three new photos of their son Prince George as he prepares to celebrate his second Christmas.
  
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• Glitch Causes Items To Be Sold On Amazon For 1p

  13-12-2014 23:50
  
  Business are furious after a piece of software used by retailers on Amazon went wrong, causing hundreds of items to be sold at 1p.
  
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• Confident George growing up fast

  13-12-2014 23:47
  
  Prince George is growing up fast and quickly turning from a toddler to a young boy, three official Christmas photographs released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge show.
  
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• Air system failure unprecedented

  13-12-2014 23:44
  
  An unprecedented systems failure at the UK's national air traffic control centre involving computer code written a quarter of a century ago was responsible for widespread disruption at British airports, it has emerged.
  
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• Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho wants Quadruple glory insists Blues star Cesc ... - Mirror.co.uk

  13-12-2014 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
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• Perfect 40 for Strictly's Caroline

  13-12-2014 22:20
  
  Flawless Caroline Flack's steamy salsa saw her shimmy her way into pole position to win Strictly Come Dancing, getting the first perfect score of the series.
  
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• Starmer to contest safe Labour seat

  13-12-2014 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former director of public prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer is selected to fight a safe Labour seat in next year's general election.
  
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• Tories 'more right-wing' than Ukip

  13-12-2014 20:42
  
  David Cameron and the Conservatives are seen by voters - and themselves - as more right-wing than Nigel Farage and Ukip, a poll has found.
  
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• Arsenal vs Newcastle match report: Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla help Arsenal overcome 'crisis' and blow Magpies away

  13-12-2014 20:32
  Maybe Arsène Wenger has gone on too long at Arsenal, but on nights like this you have to think most clubs would welcome a ‘crisis’ like theirs. Newcastle, the Premier League’s form team, were made to look distinctly ordinary by an Arsenal side that, despite glimpses of anxiety, for the most part played with poise and purpose.
  
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• VIDEO: Migrant who hid on lorry dies on M25

  13-12-2014 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A migrant who smuggled himself into Britain under a lorry, died trying to get out while the vehicle stopped on the M25.
  
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• Ex-DPP Starmer to fight Dobson seat

  13-12-2014 19:57
  
  Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer has been selected to fight a safe Labour seat in next year's general election.
  
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• VIDEO: Nats CEO: 'We regret what happened'

  13-12-2014 19:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nats chief executive Richard Deakin says he regrets the flight disruption caused by a computer failure, but says the problem will not happen again.
  
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• Mel B Too Sick To Make X Factor Final

  13-12-2014 19:40
  
  Mel B will not appear as a judge at the X Factor finals on Saturday night because she is ill.
  
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• Family meet to honour VC submariner

  13-12-2014 19:24
  
  The first submariner to receive the Victoria Cross has been honoured 100 years to the day after he launched an audacious raid on a Turkish battleship during the First World War.
  
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• Sports Personality of the Year 2014: How can you compare levels of sporting genius?

  13-12-2014 19:07
  
  How to weigh the achievements of a 25-year-old champion golfer against the deeds of a 41-year-old mum on the track?
  
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• Plane Chaos 'Unprecedented Systems Failure'

  13-12-2014 19:03
  
  The computer meltdown that hit UK airports yesterday was sparked by an unprecedented systems failure, it has been disclosed.
  
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• Manchester United vs Liverpool: Why Brendan Rodgers must become king of his own destiny

  13-12-2014 18:57
  
  Brendan Rodgers admits: “I always think in ink.” He is a compulsive note-taker, and a pile of flip charts litter his office at Liverpool’s Melwood training ground. The pages are intermittently decorated by child-like drawings of a stick man, with a crown on his head.
  
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• Ancient mummy prepared for public exhibition after excavation in 2012

  13-12-2014 18:51
  
  French archaeologists are carefully preparing a 1,000-year-old Peruvian mummy ahead of a new exhibition.
  
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• JK Rowling reveals the character she regrets killing off from the Harry Potter stories

  13-12-2014 18:47
  
  JK Rowling has revealed the one wizard she regrets having killed off by Voldemort in her best-selling Harry Potter series.
  
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• Wintry weather set for balmy blip

  13-12-2014 18:40
  
  Respite from the chill is on the way - after temperatures plummeted to lower than some parts of the Arctic Circle last night, next week they are likely to be rather warmer.
  
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• Toulon vs Leicester Tigers match report: Champions avenge last week's defeat as Leigh Halfpenny sticks the boot in

  13-12-2014 18:39
  Leigh Halfpenny's metronomic boot helped Toulon to cruise past Leicester 23-8 and avenge last week's defeat to the Tigers in the European Champions Cup.
  
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• ‘Where are the men in the room?’ Iceland’s Foreign Minister defends his controversial UN 'men-only' gender equality conference

  13-12-2014 18:23
  
  Iceland’s Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson has defended what his critics dubbed a "men-only" UN conference on gender equality, arguing "we all need a seat at the table" in the discussion.
  
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• Christmas delivery delays: Yodel admits parcels will be days late and stops taking new collections

  13-12-2014 18:16
  
  The second largest delivery firm in the UK has been forced to temporarily suspend new collections and said packages currently in its possession will be up to three days late.
  
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• London airspace closure was 'simply unacceptable': Nats faces political onslaught as delays and cancellations continue

  13-12-2014 18:13
  As nearly 1,000 people caught in the aftermath of Friday’s air-traffic control chaos remained out of position, Nats faced angry questions from politicians about the "unprecedented" computer failure at the Swanwick Centre.
  
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• Chelsea vs Hull match report: Eden Hazard head start leads to Blues cruise

  13-12-2014 18:10
  It wasn’t so much a football match, as a total procession for Chelsea. Jose Mourinho’s side quickly recovered from their defeat at Newcastle United, by easily beating Hull City with goals from Eden Hazard and Diego Costa.
  
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• Chelsea vs Hull match report: Diego Costa scores first in five after Tom Huddlestone was sent off in ill-tempered affair at Stamford Bridge

  13-12-2014 18:10
  Jose Mourinho's men edged their card-laden clash with Hull City - but it was not one of the impressive, dominant displays Chelsea fans have become accustomed to.
  
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• Another newborn premature baby found dead on same recycling plant conveyor belt, inquest hears

  13-12-2014 17:55
  
  The body of a premature baby boy has been discovered on a moving conveyor belt of a recycling plant after being placed in rubbish bags and thrown out.
  
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• EastEnders actress Kiruna Stamell's discrimination case sees Post Office pledge to change 11,000 branches across UK

  13-12-2014 17:53
  
  An actress with dwarfism who was unable to use the chip-and-pin machines in the Post Office because they were fixed on to the counter, has had her disability discrimination case settled, and resulted in the Post Office pledging to change 11,000 of its branches.
  
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• EastEnders actress' discrimination case sees Post Office pledge to change 11,000 branches across UK

  13-12-2014 17:53
  
  An actress with dwarfism who was unable to use the chip-and-pin machines in the Post Office because they were fixed onto the counter, has had her disability discrimination case settled, and resulted in the Post Office pledging to change 11,000 of its branches.
  
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• Weight loss could boost breast cancer patients survival rates

  13-12-2014 17:49
  
  Losing weight could boost breast cancer patients’ chances of survival, new research claims.
  
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• Horror crash leaves two teenage girls dead after sports car hits into wall

  13-12-2014 17:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TWO teenage girls died after a sports car crashed into a wall today.
  
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• Sitcom star Hart fears viewer pity

  13-12-2014 17:28
  
  TV start Miranda Hart has revealed she is bringing her award-winning sitcom to a close because she does not want the main character to become an ill-fated older woman the audience grows to pity.
  
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• NI talks set to resume next week

  13-12-2014 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Talks between Northern Ireland's political parties are to resume next week, it is believed on Tuesday.
  
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• 'Hundreds' of UK troops to go to Iraq

  13-12-2014 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of British troops will be sent to Iraq in the New Year, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says.
  
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• The Sainsbury's Christmas advert parody is finally here

  13-12-2014 17:03
  
  It was only a matter of time before a parody of the Sainsbury’s Christmas advert appeared.
  
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• British forces going back to Iraq: Hundreds of UK "boots on the ground" set for return

  13-12-2014 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITISH forces were today braced for a dramatic return to Iraq with the warning that hundreds of "boots on the ground" are being deployed.
  
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• Toys R Us 'angels' donate almost $40,000 to pay off debt on children's toys

  13-12-2014 16:49
  
  Lucky shoppers in two of Massachusetts' Toys R Us stores were treated to a special Christmas surprise after anonymous donors paid for all the reserved presents – worth almost $40,000.
  
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• Anonymous 'layaway angels' donate almost $40,000 to pay off debt on children's toys

  13-12-2014 16:49
  
  Lucky shoppers in two of Massachusetts' Toys R Us stores were treated to a special Christmas surprise after anonymous donors paid for all the reserved presents – worth almost $40,000.
  
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• Murder probe after woman found dead

  13-12-2014 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a house in Stockport.
  
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• Alabama police officer who caught grandmother stealing eggs turns up with bags of food to feed her hungry family

  13-12-2014 16:30
  A police force in Alabama has been inundated with offers of food, money and clothing for a grandmother who was caught stealing a box of broken eggs for her starving family.
  
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• London-wide air traffic control failure was caused by an unprecedented computer fault

  13-12-2014 16:29
  
  The computer error that caused the skies over London to be cleared of planes had never been seen by engineers before, according the company in charge of the system.
  
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• Plane Chaos Was 'Unprecedented Systems Failure'

  13-12-2014 16:24
  
  The computer meltdown that hit UK airports yesterday was sparked by an unprecedented systems failure, it has been disclosed.
  
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• Paper to detail English law options

  13-12-2014 16:15
  
  Proposals to give English MPs a "decisive say" over legislation affecting English laws will be published next week as the Conservatives push for a ban on Scottish representatives blocking laws which do not apply north of the border.
  
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• Book-sharing 'transforms lives'

  13-12-2014 15:59
  
  Sharing books could transform the lives of children living in the poorest parts of the world, a new study has shown.
  
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• Farmers win uplands legal challenge

  13-12-2014 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Upland farmers in Wales win a legal challenge over the way EU subsidy payments are paid by the Welsh government.
  
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• The Great Escape actor Tom Adams dies aged 76

  13-12-2014 15:56
  
  The Great Escape actor Tom Adams has died at the age of 76, his agent has confirmed.
  
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• Computer fault identified as flight chaos abates

  13-12-2014 15:47
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A system failure affecting air traffic control workstations was to blame for disruption to thousands of passengers coming in and out of Britain's biggest airports, officials said, as services returned to normal on Saturday. A small number of flights remain delayed or cancelled at London's Heathrow Airport, which calls itself the world's busiest international airport, according to its website. Air traffic officials said Friday's system failure occurred durin
  
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• Air traffic glitch 'not seen before'

  13-12-2014 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Widespread disruption at UK airports was caused by a computer system failure "which has not been seen before", National Air Traffic Services says.
  
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• Pub fatal assault roofs examined

  13-12-2014 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police and fire officers examine the scene in Holyhead where one man died after an assault and another climbed on to a pub roof.
  
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