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• Hillary Clinton could lure prized advisor John Podesta if she launches presidential campaign

  13-01-2015 23:38
  
  In another unmistakable sign that Hillary Clinton is preparing a bid for the White House in 2016, one of President Barack Obama’s most prized advisors, John Podesta, has indicated he will move to work inside her putative campaign when he leaves the White House at the end of next month, it emerged tonight.
  
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• Measles cases traced to California Disney parks

  13-01-2015 23:17
  
  They went to Disneyland for fun, they left with measles.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo: Where to read the first edition since the Paris terror attacks

  13-01-2015 23:14
  
  The first issue of Charlie Hebdo to be created since its offices were targeted by terrorists last week will hit shelves across the world on Wednesday.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo: Where can you read the first edition since the Paris terror attacks

  13-01-2015 23:14
  
  The first issue of Charlie Hebdo to be created since its offices were targeted by terrorists last week will hit shelves across the world on Wednesday.
  
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• VIDEO: Dog eyes chance of a new home

  13-01-2015 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Border Collie with unusual odd-coloured eyes is seeking a new home.
  
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• Airline JetBlue issues an etiquette guide for uncouth passengers

  13-01-2015 21:55
  
  Anyone who has flown more than once in their life has a story about another passenger behaving badly, whether it’s someone who’s removed their shoes or who’s had one too many inflight cocktails and is berating the flight attendant.
  
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• FA intends to close work permit loophole to protect English talent

  13-01-2015 21:53
  
  The Football Association is determined that this month will be the last transfer window in which clubs will be able to use a discredited appeals process to sign the non-European Union players who, the governing body fears, block the progress of young English footballers into Premier League squads.
  
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• Lib Dems criticise David Ward tweet

  13-01-2015 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Remarks made on Twitter by Lib Dem MP David Ward during French solidarity marches were "clearly in bad taste", the party says.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: 'I am the Prime Minister,' Tony Blair told Select Committee - and he acted as if he was

  13-01-2015 21:29
  
  It’s hard to know why Tony Blair resisted coming to the Northern Ireland Select Committee. A politician (and lawyer) who had proved a past master at defending the indefensible was hardly going to implode when he actually had a strong case.
  
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• Peace process 'could have collapsed'

  13-01-2015 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair says the Northern Ireland peace process would probably have collapsed without the controversial On the Runs scheme.
  
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• VIDEO: Escaped Rhea caught on camera

  13-01-2015 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rhea, an ostrich-like bird which is believed to have escaped from its owner a year ago, is filmed running across a field.
  
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• Sir Ben thanks Branson for rescue

  13-01-2015 21:24
  
  Olympic sailing champion Sir Ben Ainslie and his wife Georgie Thompson have spoken of their gratitude to Sir Richard Branson after he came to their aid when their boat suffered mechanical problems during their honeymoon.
  
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• Information commissioner calls for protection of private data amid calls for 'snooper's charter'

  13-01-2015 21:08
  
  The information commissioner has called for the establishment of a US-style agency to defend the privacy of citizens amid growing calls for the reintroduction of the “snoopers’ charter”.
  
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• Farewell to The Groucho Club's bar: Bad behaviour, legendary walk-ins, and U2

  13-01-2015 21:01
  
  That temple of well-heeled bohemianism and media gossip, the Groucho Club, is currently closed for refurbishment – and when it's fully re-opened in mid-February, something important will be missing. The old bar will have gone, to be replaced by some modernist monstrosity. To acknowledge its importance in the history of metropolitan culture, bits of it are being auctioned off to members, all proceeds going to charity.
  
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• Southern Railway's 7.29 to London Victoria: The train of shame

  13-01-2015 20:52
  
  "Late. It's always late." So says Tim Waddell, the first passenger off the Train of Shame as it arrives at London Victoria. No routine commuter's whinge – his observation is borne out by official figures. Last year, the 7.29am from Brighton failed to make its 8.35am appointment at Britain's second-busiest station every single time.
  
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• A&E in crisis: The junior doctor's inside story

  13-01-2015 20:45
  
  Having read my blogs and articles on dealing with disability following a serious road accident and my experiences of the NHS, I was recently contacted by someone I shall call Dr Maitland to protect her identity.
  
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• Only two per cent of local economies in US have recovered from recession

  13-01-2015 20:33
  
  After months of stories of a burgeoning US economy, a sobering report on the economic recovery of American counties has emerged, casting shadows on the recovery narrative.
  
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• Jimmy Dunn: Creative inside-forward at the heart of Wolverhampton Wanderers' Cup-winning side in 1949

  13-01-2015 20:30
  
  Jimmy Dunn followed in his father's footsteps to taste football glory, playing an influential role as Wolverhampton Wanderers lifted the FA Cup in 1949. Both men were creative, goal-scoring inside-forwards, and while Jimmy Snr touched more rarefied heights – he was one of the Scottish side dubbed "The Wembley Wizards" after humbling England 5-1 in 1928 – Jimmy Jnr was no slouch, either, serving the Black Countrymen with dash and guile.
  
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• Richard Meade: Britain's most successful Olympic equestrian, a towering presence in the world of eventing for two decades

  13-01-2015 20:27
  Richard Meade was this country's most successful Olympic equestrian and the first British rider to win an individual Olympic title, which he did at the 1972 Munich Olympics. With his dashing good looks and golden locks he was a linchpin of the British three-day event team for 21 years. In individual and team events he won three Olympic golds as well as five golds, three silvers and two bronzes at the world and European championships. It is a testimony to his skill that he had such longevity in
  
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• Sonya d’Artois: SOE agent who showed extraordinary courage and resourcefulness in Nazi-occupied France

  13-01-2015 20:24
  
  Sonya d'Artois was one of the youngest and latest of the women spies sent by Britain into France in the Second World War, and also one of the luckiest and most successful. The local Gestapo chief honoured her with a salute in August 1944 on the revelation, after the advancing Allies had taken him prisoner, that she was a British military officer.
  
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• Brother doubts killer will be caught

  13-01-2015 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The brother of an 86-year-old woman murdered two years ago says he doubts her killer will ever be brought to justice.
  
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• Word Warriors: Vocabulary puritans urged to focus on bringing back long-lost words

  13-01-2015 20:17
  
  Every year newly coined words, or neologisms, are included in dictionaries and greeted with outrage from vocabulary puritans.
  
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• Shomrim Jewish security group steps up patrols in London following deadly terror attack at Paris kosher supermarket

  13-01-2015 20:16
  A civilian security group run by volunteers from the Hasidic Jewish community in north London has stepped up its patrols, in the wake of terrorist attacks in France last week.
  
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• Equalities minister: Playing with dolls will help young boys develop a caring side

  13-01-2015 20:04
  
  Young boys should be encouraged to play with dolls to help develop their “nurturing and caring” instincts, the equalities minister, Jo Swinson, has argued. She condemned the stereotyping at an early age which eventually pushed men and women into different careers as she warned of the “huge shortage” of men working as carers.
  
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• Sleet And Snow Will Be Followed By High Winds

  13-01-2015 19:56
  
  The next 48 hours could bring some difficult travelling conditions, with the risk of ice and snow and then heavy rain and severe gales.
  
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• US designates Pakistan Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah 'a global terrorist'

  13-01-2015 19:55
  
  The United States on Tuesday declared Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah a global terrorist, making it a crime to engage in transactions with the man behind the December 16 attack in which 134 children at a Peshawar school were killed
  
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• EDL in 'Russell Brand' meeting row

  13-01-2015 19:52
  
  Police were called to a book club meeting after members of the English Defence League disrupted the event believing Russell Brand was due to attend.
  
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• Hamish McRae: Low inflation is welcome news for consumers – and not so bad if you’re a saver

  13-01-2015 19:52
  
  If you think 0.5 per cent inflation is stunningly low, wait a month or two. It looks very much as though the consumer price index will actually go negative in the next couple of months, the first time it will ever have done so. Indeed the much longer series, the retail price index, has not gone negative since the middle of 1959, when it dipped briefly. Falling prices are a rare experience indeed.
  
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• Motorists Warned As UK Is Put On Snow Alert

  13-01-2015 19:51
  
  Drivers have been warned of "treacherous conditions" on the roads with more snow forecast in the coming hours after heavy falls earlier.
  
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• Chilcot inquiry: Commons debate will try to fast-track publication of Iraq war report

  13-01-2015 19:50
  
  A Commons debate on the delayed Iraq War Inquiry will attempt to pressure Downing Street into fast-tracking its publication before the general election in May.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: The price of justice? £277,600, to the tax payer

  13-01-2015 19:50
  
  One of the most shocking murders to take place on British soil in recent years was the shooting of PC Ian Broadhurst on a street in Leeds on Boxing Day 2003 – not least because of a heart-rending recording in which the badly wounded officer was heard pleading: “No don’t, don’t, please, please no,” before receiving the final bullet in his head.
  
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• 'I saw people's heads stamped on'

  13-01-2015 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What's life like in Feltham young offenders institution?
  
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• Kayak manufacturer guilty of corporate manslaughter after employee burns to death in oven

  13-01-2015 19:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A KAYAK manufacturer was found guilty of the corporate manslaughter of a man who burnt to death in a factory oven.
  
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• OTRs scheme 'key to peace process'

  13-01-2015 19:46
  
  Tony Blair has said the On The Runs (OTRs) scheme for fugitive IRA members probably prevented Northern Ireland's fragile peace process from collapsing.
  
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• Boko Haram massacre: Insurgents slaughter at least 150 people in north-east Nigeria as thousands flee the carnage

  13-01-2015 19:42
  
  The Nigerian military, fighting a losing battle against Boko Haram’s rampant insurgency, says 150 people were massacred at the north-eastern fishing settlement of Baga. Those forced into exile by the attacks claim up to 2,000 may have been killed.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo cover: We are not Charlie say the dissenting voices angered further by French solidarity

  13-01-2015 19:37
  
  “They talk about unity and how we are all together – and then they do this”, Walid spat out. “Then when someone gets hurt, they will blame Muslims as usual.” His friends provided a chorus of support; this was another appalling attempt to provoke and insult their religion and their community.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo attacks: 'Have no fear, we don't kill women,' gunman told massacre survivor

  13-01-2015 19:28
  
  A survivor of the Charlie Hebdo massacre spoke of the “big, gentle, troubled, black eyes” of one of the Kouachi brothers as he spared her life.
  
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• 'Up To 5,000' Terrorists Could Return To EU

  13-01-2015 19:24
  
  Up to 5,000 potential terrorists could return to Europe from countries such as Syria, the director of Europol has warned.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo cover: Magazine's surviving journalists refuse to apologise for latest edition featuring 'adorable' Prophet Mohamed on front

  13-01-2015 19:23
  Surviving Charlie Hebdo journalists have refused to apologise for the “adorable” Prophet Mohamed who will occupy the front cover of the first, post-massacre edition on Wednesday.
  
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• Don't run Mitt! Six reasons why Mitt Romney should think long and hard before another White House campaign

  13-01-2015 19:19
  
  After telling a group of party donors last Friday that he was seriously considering jumping into the ring for a third time to try to become US president, Mitt Romney then spent the weekend calling old chums to make sure they got the memo.
  
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• Warning of deflation risk after inflation drops to lowest level in 14 years

  13-01-2015 19:18
  
  Britain is in danger of following Europe into deflation, economists warned yesterday as inflation dropped to its lowest level in 14 years and the Bank of England Governor predicted further falls.
  
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• Duchess of Northumberland accuses Kew Gardens of 'copying' her treehouse idea

  13-01-2015 19:13
  
  It is a dispute about a treehouse that threatens to divide two of Britain’s finest horticultural institutions and pit one of the country’s most distinguished aristocratic families against the former chairman of Barclays bank.
  
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• Jay Leno, Tony Blair to speak at U.S. Republican retreat

  13-01-2015 19:13
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans, two weeks into controlling both houses of Congress, have invited comedian Jay Leno and former Prime Minister Tony Blair to speak at their annual retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania, party aides said on Tuesday. The closed-door Republican gathering will be held on Thursday and Friday at Hershey Lodge, near Hersheypark, the chocolate company's family theme park in central Pennsylvania. ...
  
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• Charlie Hebdo cover: Free speech debate stirred again as magazine unveils cover showing cartoon of Prophet Mohamed

  13-01-2015 19:12
  
  The debate over the freedom of expression was stirred again after an image of the forthcoming Charlie Hebdo issue was revealed today showing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohamed on the front cover of the satirical magazine.
  
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• Thailand's Khao Yai national park facing jumbo-size traffic problem after elephants attack cars

  13-01-2015 19:11
  
  Visitors to Thailand’s Khao Yai national park have been warned to be cautious after attacks by elephants damaged cars, a shop and a restaurant.
  
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• Japan's Samurai warriors battle to halt building of eight-storey block of flats next to their temple

  13-01-2015 19:06
  
  The “47 ronin” samurai, who inspired the long-loved saga of loyalty and honour eulogised in films, books and plays, are fighting a new kind of battle in urban Japan.
  
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• TTIP: Activists triumph as contentious US free trade deal clause suspended

  13-01-2015 19:02
  
  A proposed free trade deal between the European Union and the United States has suffered a huge setback after the most controversial element was taken off the negotiating table in the face of huge public opposition in Britain and other parts of Europe.
  
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• Charlie prepares biggest print run

  13-01-2015 18:59
  
  French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is preparing its biggest ever print run in the wake of the massacre at its Paris offices, as French president Francois Hollande paid tribute to three police officers killed in last week's deadly attacks.
  
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• Giorgio Napolitano resigns: Italian politics bids farewell to the President who gave Silvio Berlusconi the boot

  13-01-2015 18:48
  
  President Giorgio Napolitano, Italy’s king-maker and its longest serving head of state, is set to resign on Wednesday in a development that will spell yet more political uncertainty for a fragile coalition government struggling to put the country’s moribund economy back on course.
  
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• Blair apologises for error that saw Irish bomb suspect go free

  13-01-2015 18:47
  
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Tuesday defended a scheme informing Irish nationalist militants they were no longer wanted by police, but apologised that such a letter was wrongly sent to a man wanted over a deadly car bombing in London. Suspected members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) received the letters as part of a 1998 peace deal that largely ended three decades of sectarian violence over Britain's rule of Northern Ireland that cost
  
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