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• The Week Ahead: Wait for supermarkets' reports on Christmas trading

  04-01-2015 23:50
  
  The City expects supermarkets won’t have had turkey with all the trimmings for Christmas this year.
  
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• Seven-storey block of flats collapses in Nairobi

  04-01-2015 23:48
  
  A seven-storey block of flats in Kenya’s capital Nairobi has collapsed, killing at least one person and trapping an unknown number of others within the rubble.
  
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• Small Talk: Six questions that would-be entrepreneurs must ask themselves

  04-01-2015 23:45
  
  What does it take to start a small business? If you’re starting the new year with a resolution to make 2015 the year you finally go it alone, this is the fundamental question. Yet the high failure rate among start-up businesses – as many as one in two don’t make it through the first three years – suggests people aren’t thinking about their ambitions carefully enough. If you’re about to go for it, have you really considered what will be required of you – and whether your business ha
  
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• David Blanchflower: The productivity puzzle hasn’t been solved and that’s very bad news

  04-01-2015 23:38
  
  The Office for Budget Responsibility’s latest forecast, produced on the day of the Autumn Statement, was based on the assumption that the productivity puzzle was solved. The puzzle is that despite a big rise in employment and hours there has not been a corresponding rise in output per head or per worker. In fact, productivity has only been rising at around 0.5 per cent a year.
  
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• Pensioners will be able to sell annuity policies, says minister Steve Webb

  04-01-2015 23:36
  
  The pensions market could be set for further radical reform after a minister signalled he could allow retirees to sell their policies for cash.
  
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• Jobs boom for City in 2014 but year ahead promises uncertainty

  04-01-2015 23:34
  
  The City enjoyed a hiring boom last year, with the most jobs created in the final quarter of the year since 2010.
  
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• Black Friday broke records but I’d prefer normality says John Lewis boss Andy Street

  04-01-2015 23:32
  
  The boss of John Lewis has criticised the new sales phenomenon of Black Friday as an organisational headache, despite figures revealing that the imported US shopping craze helped the department store to record its best ever sales week.
  
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• Boston Marathon bombing trial: 30 federal charges facing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

  04-01-2015 23:22
  
  Jury selection is due to begin on Monday in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old accused of carrying out the bomb attack on the Boston Marathon which killed three people and injured more than 260. His brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who police say was also involved in the bomb attack, was killed in a shoot-out with officers.
  
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• Real Sociedad 1-0 Barcelona

  04-01-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Moyes inspires Real Sociedad to victory over Barcelona as the Catalans miss out on top spot in La Liga.
  
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• Osborne To Attack Labour's Spending Plans

  04-01-2015 23:13
  
  Five Tory Cabinet ministers led by Chancellor George Osborne are to launch an assault on Labour spending plans they claim will be based on costings carried out by the Treasury.
  
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• Rail commuters warned of delays

  04-01-2015 23:10
  
  Train passengers will have to contend with another Network Rail engineering work overrun when they return to work tomorrow.
  
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• Passengers delayed by 'door error'

  04-01-2015 23:09
  
  Thousands of passengers faced delays at Stansted Airport today after people arriving on a Ryanair flight went through an exit door "left open in error".
  
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• Miliband's plea to party activists

  04-01-2015 23:09
  
  Ed Miliband is to issue a rallying call to Labour activists to get out onto the doorstep in a "street by street" campaign to regain power at the general election in May.
  
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• Lebanese unrest over the growing number of Syrian refugees leads to violence on the streets

  04-01-2015 23:00
  
  The blood is still visible on Abdullah’s red hoodie. He has broken ribs from being hit with a lamp post, and a gash above his eye. His injuries are the result of a recent attack by a group of Lebanese men as he was walking home from his construction job. His crime? “I’m Syrian,” he says.
  
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• Lebanese unrest over growing number of Syrian refugees leads to violence on the streets

  04-01-2015 23:00
  
  The blood is still visible on Abdullah’s red hoodie. He has broken ribs from being hit with a lamp post, and a gash above his eye. His injuries are the result of a recent attack by a group of Lebanese men as he was walking home from his construction job. His crime? “I’m Syrian,” he says.
  
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• Last Tango in Halifax series 3, episode 2 review: Sally Wainwright’s drama is keeping us hooked

  04-01-2015 23:00
  
  Just when you think that Last Tango in Halifax can't get any better, writer Sally Wainwright manages to hook you right back in. 
  
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• Ed Miliband launches Labour election bid: 'We will win by having millions of conversations'

  04-01-2015 23:00
  
  Ed Miliband will kick off Labour’s “long election campaign” on Monday with a pledge by the party to speak directly to four million voters over the next four months.
  
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• Edward Brooke dies: Grandson of slaves and first African-American senator dies, aged 95

  04-01-2015 22:57
  
  Edward Brooke, the first black US Senator ever elected by a popular vote, has died. Mr Brooke, who was 95, passed away of natural causes on Saturday at his home in Florida.
  
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• Relive the classic 1988 FA Cup final

  04-01-2015 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Des Lynam to Vinnie Jones, John Aldridge to Lawrie Sanchez, relive the 1988 FA Cup final on Monday with BBC Sport.
  
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• 'Interstellar' director Christopher Nolan doesn't own a mobile

  04-01-2015 22:52
  
  Christopher Nolan has taken audiences through the outer reaches of space and into black holes using cutting-edge visual effects.
  
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• Woman arrested after flat deaths

  04-01-2015 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman is arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of two men were found following a fire at a flat in central London.
  
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• Exclusive: Three-parent IVF treatment to be legal within weeks

  04-01-2015 21:55
  
  Controversial regulations effectively legalising so-called “three-parent” IVF babies are expected to be debated and voted on by MPs before the general election, and could even be passed within weeks.
  
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• Exclusive: Labour MP Sadiq Khan admits young people are 'neglected by politicians'

  04-01-2015 21:51
  
  Political parties are being incentivised to govern Britain only in the interests of the elderly – because they are the one generation who reliably vote, a leading Labour politician warns today.
  
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• Robert Fisk: When will Palestinians learn? Turning to international law isn't the answer — just ask America and Israel

  04-01-2015 21:49
  
  Throw an old dog a bone and sure enough, he’ll go chasing after it. So it is with “Palestine’s” request to join the International Criminal Court. An obvious attempt by Mahmoud Abbas to try Israel for war crimes in Gaza this year, we are told.
  
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• Ched Evans to Oldham exclusive: League One Latics manager Lee Johnson against idea of signing Evans

  04-01-2015 21:45
  
  The Oldham Athletic manager, Lee Johnson, has expressed grave reservations about the League One club signing Ched Evans during four weeks of discussions but has been overruled by the club’s owner, The Independent understands.
  
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• What suicidal urge drives royal people into the toxic embrace of these rich 'friends'?

  04-01-2015 21:41
  
  It was more than 20 years ago, but I still remember the “Squidgygate” calls from the Palace press office. After an alleged lover was recorded calling Diana, Princess of Wales by the pet name “squidgy” on multiple occasions, I knew it meant another ruined holiday.
  
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• Katja Hall interview: 'People must start to feel the difference in their pockets'

  04-01-2015 21:41
  
  “Shall I start talking?” asks Katja Hall, as soon as she spies the red light on my recording device. Never let it be said that the Confederation of British Industry, the top employers’ body, doesn’t have something to say, especially with a general election looming.
  
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• Ebola outbreak: Congo showed transfusion therapy can work, but scientists don’t know why

  04-01-2015 21:32
  
  The experimental transfusion treatment that now forms the best of a limited pool of options for any doctors treating Ebola patients was first used during the Kikwit outbreak in 1995 in Zaire – now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  
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• Arsenal beat Hull comfortably to progress to FA Cup fourth round - The Guardian

  04-01-2015 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
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  Arsenal beat Hull comfortably to progress to FA Cup fourth round
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  Arsenal's Per Mertesacker heads the opener past Hull's Steve Harper at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday evening. Photograph: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images. David Hytner at Emirates Stadium. Sunday 4 January 2015 14.46 EST. Share on ...
  Arsenal 2 Hull City 0, match report: Alexis Sanchez inspires the holders to ...Telegraph.co.uk
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• Pope favours developing world in naming new cardinals - Sydney Morning Herald

  04-01-2015 21:25 via smh.com.au
  
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  By Philip Pullella. VATICAN CITY, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday named new cardinals to the group that will choose his successor, with appointments that strengthened the Catholic Church in Asia, Africa and Latin America and further shifted its ...
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• Ebola in UK: Infected nurse Pauline Cafferkey remains in critical condition

  04-01-2015 21:23
  The British nurse infected with the Ebola virus remained in a critical condition in intensive care on Sunday night.
  
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• Hoegh Osaka cargo ship will remain stuck off Isle of Wight for another 3 days - Daily Mail

  04-01-2015 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Hoegh Osaka cargo ship will remain stuck off Isle of Wight for another 3 days
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  The owners of a 52,000 ton cargo ship stricken off the Isle of Wight say it was deliberately grounded to prevent it from capsizing after it began listing as it left port last night. The Hoegh Osaka carrying 1,400 cars became grounded on Bramble Bank in the ...
  Hoegh Osaka cargo ship 'grounded deliberately' in SolentBBC News
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• QPR 0-3 Sheffield United: Blades continue cup run to cruise past lacklustre Hoops - Daily Mail

  04-01-2015 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  QPR 0-3 Sheffield United: Blades continue cup run to cruise past lacklustre Hoops
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  It would be far too kind to paint QPR as any kind of giant, so a measure of realism is needed when assessing the latest 'scalp' in the hands of Nigel Clough and his slayers from Sheffield United. A fine victory, certainly. And an extension to the magnificent ...
  QPR 0-3 Sheffield United: Blades produce FA Cup shock as Campbell-Ryce ...Mirror.co.uk
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• Prince Andrew prepares for grim year ahead as 'sex abuse' claims refuse to go ... - Telegraph.co.uk

  04-01-2015 21:05 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  The Duke of York knows he could spend months and perhaps years fighting off allegations that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl who was being kept as a “sex slave” by his former friend Jeffrey Epstein. The Duke, 54, thought he had put the matter behind him ...
  Palace takes unusual step to deny Prince Andrew underage sex claimsThe Guardian
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• Coastguard suspends ship crew search

  04-01-2015 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The search for the eight missing crew of the cargo ship Cemfjord in the Pentland Firth is suspended by coastguards.
  
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• Boston Marathon bombing: Jury selection in trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to begin on Monday

  04-01-2015 20:53
  
  Almost two years after two explosions tore through the Boston Maraton, killing three people and injuring more than 260, the formal trial process is to begin tomorrow with the selection of a jury.
  
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• Prince Andrew: Aides step up defence amid further details of sex allegations

  04-01-2015 20:51
  
  Prince Andrew was due to return to Britain last night as allegations that he had sexual relations with a teenage girl continued to swirl and Buckingham Palace issued a second denial of the claims.
  
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• Arsenal 2-0 Hull City

  04-01-2015 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal begin their defence of the FA Cup with a narrow win against Hull City in a repeat of last season's final.
  
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• Germany's Gabriel says Berlin wants Greece to stay in euro zone - Reuters

  04-01-2015 20:46 via reuters.com
  
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  Germany's Gabriel says Berlin wants Greece to stay in euro zone
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  BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government wants Greece to stay in the euro zone and there are no contingency plans to the contrary, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday, responding to a media report that Berlin believes the currency union ...
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• Over 150 cases of child abuse in the Scouts have now been reported — and it's only likely to get worse

  04-01-2015 20:44
  
  December 10 may not have been an important news day for many, but for some a short segment on the BBC news evoked painful memories.
  
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• Boyfriend brutally beats alleged rapist after catching him 'sexually abusing his girlfriend'

  04-01-2015 20:43
  
  A man brutally beat a man whom he allegedly found raping his girlfriend on New Year’s Eve.
  
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• German protesters from anti-Islamic 'Pegida' movement attack migrant youths

  04-01-2015 20:40
  
  As Germany prepares for further mass street demonstrations by the controversial anti-Islam protest movement “Pegida”, disturbing evidence has emerged linking the group’s supporters to a brutal knife and club attack on migrant youths.
  
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• US distributer of 'Pride' accused of playing down film's gay subject matter

  04-01-2015 20:38
  
  Hailed as one of the feelgood films of 2014, Pride was also celebrated for championing gay rights in a way that few movies have done before – but clearly not everyone thought that would make people want to watch it.
  
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• Homeless Veterans Appeal: Stephen Fry backs The Independent's Christmas appeal

  04-01-2015 20:24
  
  Stephen Fry has joined Prince William, Angelina Jolie and the leaders of the three main political parties in backing The Independent’s Christmas appeal, urging the public “to ensure that no veteran faces a future without a home”.
  
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• David Cameron tells Euro sceptic ministers: 'If you're not with us you're against us' - Mirror.co.uk

  04-01-2015 20:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  David Cameron tells Euro sceptic ministers: 'If you're not with us you're against us'
  Mirror.co.uk
  David Cameron risked a Cabinet revolt by refusing to give ministers a free vote on the European referendum. The Prime Minister gave warning that senior Tories could face the sack if they failed to back his stance on on the EU. And he revealed he could bring ...
  Tory election poster is based on a photo of road in GERMANYDaily Mail
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• Cargo ship 'deliberately grounded'

  04-01-2015 20:10
  
  A car carrier stranded next to a busy shipping lane was grounded deliberately to prevent it from capsizing, its owners have said.
  
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• Police hurt in 'drink-drive' crash - Belfast Telegraph

  04-01-2015 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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  Police hurt in 'drink-drive' crash
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  Two police officers have been "seriously injured" after a suspected drink driver crashed into them, West Midlands Police said. Also in this Section. 51,000 ton car carrier that ran aground in the Solent listing an astonishing 45 degrees · Plane crash boy fighting ...
  
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• Crew Grounded Stricken Ship After Capsize Risk

  04-01-2015 20:08
  
  A car carrier was grounded on a sandbank on purpose by its crew because it was severely listing and could have capsized.
  
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• Police hunt hotel murder suspect

  04-01-2015 20:02
  
  Police have released a new image of a "dangerous" murder suspect they are hunting after a woman was found dead in a hotel room, as detectives look into whether the pair met online.
  
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• Uptown Funk holds on to top spot

  04-01-2015 20:00
  
  Hit record producer Mark Ronson has scored his third week in a row at the top of the singles chart with Uptown Funk, along with a new record for the amount of times the track has been streamed.
  
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