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• Warren Hill: Georgia executes mentally disabled inmate despite lawyers' pleas

  28-01-2015 23:55
  
  Lawyers have called the execution of a man with learning disabilities in the US state of Georgia a“grotesque miscarriage of justice”.
  
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• Campaigners hail DPP's tough new rape guidelines as 'huge step forward'

  28-01-2015 23:43
  
  Radical changes to the way sex offences are investigated have been hailed as a “huge step forward” by campaigners.
  
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• Campaigners hail changes to the way sexual offences are investigated as 'huge step forward'

  28-01-2015 23:43
  
  Radical changes to the way sex offences are investigated have been hailed as a “huge step forward” by campaigners.
  
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• Tesco recalls 'foul smelling' drink

  28-01-2015 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco recalls its blackcurrant and apple squash drink after accidentally adding a flavouring with a "strong odour" similar to garlic.
  
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• Baftas poach Kasabian to open show after Brit Awards snub rockers

  28-01-2015 23:32
  
  Awards season has begun and the rivalry isn’t just between the nominees. The Baftas have stolen a march on the Brit Awards by signing up Kasabian to perform, after the rock band was snubbed by the music industry’s annual showcase.
  
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• Sheff Utd 2-2 Tottenham (agg 2-3)

  28-01-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tottenham set up a Capital One Cup final date with Chelsea at Wembley on 1 March with Christian Eriksen's late goal.
  
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• Why the league system no longer measures up

  28-01-2015 23:30
  
  Today's league tables make clear one big challenge facing the next government: the need to reform the accountability system for schools.After more than 20 years of league tables, the school system is too compliant and too ready to respond to changes in published performance indicators. And governments are too ready to modify indicators to drive change.
  
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• Carney urges EU fiscal sovereignty

  28-01-2015 23:20
  
  Bank of England governor Mark Carney has urged the eurozone to follow the example of the Union joining together the nations of the UK by making a "bold" move towards shared tax and spending arrangements.
  
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• Fishing boat missing in Channel

  28-01-2015 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two lifeboats and two helicopters are searching the English Channel for a boat reported missing in the Strait of Dover.
  
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• Thousands of women could benefit from ‘three-parent’ baby technique

  28-01-2015 23:04
  
  Nearly 2,500 British women carrying genetic mutations in their mitochondria – the tiny power packs of our cells – could potentially benefit from a controversial new IVF technique that could enable them to have babies who are free of the defects, a study has found.
  
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• Labour sources hit out at Tony Blair's former ministers for undermining Ed Miliband's election chances

  28-01-2015 23:04
  
  Tony Blair and his former ministers have been accused of harming Labour’s general election prospects after making a string of attacks on Ed Miliband’s strategy and policies in the past month.
  
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• Sheffield United vs Tottenham match report: Christian Eriksen breaks hearts after Che Adams had brought Blades back from the brink

  28-01-2015 23:00
  Brian Clough took his teams to six League Cup finals but the great man did not lose a semi-final quite as heroically as his son did here.
  
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• Treatment 'could help 2,500 women'

  28-01-2015 23:00
  
  Almost 2,500 women of reproductive age in the UK could potentially be helped by new IVF techniques aimed at curbing inherited mitochondrial diseases, a study has shown.
  
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• Ebola vaccine 'potential to work'

  28-01-2015 23:00
  
  Results from an early Ebola vaccine trial are said to be a "tad disappointing" but show that the drug is safe.
  
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• World War Z author Max Brooks honours WW1's Harlem Hellfighters in new graphic novel

  28-01-2015 23:00
  
  The US 369th Infantry Regiment was the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine as the First World War came to an end in 1918. Its soldiers had spent 191 days in combat, more than any other American troops. Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters" by the Germans, they were one of the most decorated units in the American Expeditionary Force. And yet, in the years that followed, they were all but forgotten by the American people. Why? Because they were black.
  
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• Wolf Hall, Entirely Beloved TV review: Like Game of Thrones, but without the dragons or White Walkers

  28-01-2015 23:00
  If last week was the start of this delicate and dangerous game of chess, the players merely assembled and ready, then tonight they begin to make their first moves. Just one step wrong and that could be the end - much like Cardinal Wolsey (Jonathan Pryce) who ends up dead leaving Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) to find a new master in Henry VIII (Damien Lewis).
  
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• The Hard Problem, theatre review: Nicholas Hytner's final production for the National is a disappointment

  28-01-2015 23:00
  Tom Stoppard's first new stage play in 9 years; Nicholas Hytner's last production as a great artistic director of the National Theatre. I wish I could say that The Hard Problem rises triumphantly to this hotly anticipated occasion. In truth, though, it's a bit of a disappointment.
  
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• Adorable puppy returns in Budweiser's new Super Bowl ad

  28-01-2015 22:55
  
  Budweiser for years has been known for making popular Super Bowl commercials. From the “Bud” “Weis” “Er” frogs to the now infamous “Wasssssup” ad, the beer company usually has something up its sleeve come Super Bowl Sunday.
  
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• Four Missing As Fishing Vessel Is Lost At Sea

  28-01-2015 22:51
  
  A rescue operation is under way in the Channel after a fishing boat with four crew went missing in "very challenging" conditions. A Coastguard Rescue helicopter is scouring an area in the southeast of the English Channel, along with two all-weather lifeboats and a French search and rescue helicopter. "The coastguard has notified other vessels in the surrounding area to remain vigilant and contact them if they locate anything," a spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agenc
  
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• Bill 'for millions' over rail chaos

  28-01-2015 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Network Rail issues Thames Water with a "multi-million pound bill" after leaks and a burst water main forced the cancellation of 1,000 trains.
  
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• Missing fishing boat: Rescue teams searching the Channel for vessel and four crew members

  28-01-2015 22:34
  
  Rescue teams are scouring the English Channel for a fishing boat and its four crew members tonight, after they went missing in “very challenging” weather.
  
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• Tesco Drink Recalled Over 'Disgusting Smell'

  28-01-2015 22:32
  
  Tesco has recalled one of its own-brand squash drinks after customers complained of a "disgusting smell" and some children were reportedly left vomiting. The supermarket said it had withdrawn the Tesco No Added Sugar Double Concentrate Apple and Blackcurrant 750ml and 1.5-litre products. A flavour additive was added in error to the squash, but Tesco said it posed no food safety risk.
  
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• Has The Archers lost the plot with it's spicy storylines?

  28-01-2015 22:30
  
  It is a convention of a long-running drama series that each programme begins with a reminder of what's already happened. So, imagine this one (spoken in portentous tones)... Previously on The Archers: Eddie Grundy milks a cow, there's a crumpet under the grill at Lower Loxley Farm and Tom is having a crisis with his sausages. Since New Year's Day, 1951, there have been 17,575 episodes of The Archers and, for many of them, the events listed above (none of which I believe has actually happened) a
  
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• Tesco recalls squash after complaints of 'foul' smell

  28-01-2015 22:29
  (Reuters) - UK retailer Tesco Plc has recalled its No Added Sugar Double Concentrate Apple and Blackcurrant squash drink after getting complaints from customers regarding a foul smell coming from them.
  
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• Snow causing 'hazardous conditions'

  28-01-2015 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wintry weather is causing hazardous conditions across many roads in Scotland after the evening rush hour escaped major disruption.
  
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• Channel search for missing boat

  28-01-2015 22:23
  
  Rescue teams are searching the Channel after a fishing boat with four crew on board went missing in "very challenging" weather.
  
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• 'Coalition talks role' for Tory MPs

  28-01-2015 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Backbench Conservative MPs expect to be given a key role in any coalition talks involving their party after the next election, BBC Newsnight understands.
  
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• Apple's record profit leaves tech giant wondering how to spend $178bn

  28-01-2015 22:15
  
  Apple is no stranger to breaking records. But today it smashed one that, even by its giddy standards, it will have trouble topping. The tech giant yesterday reported the largest quarterly profit in corporate history.
  
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• Friendship Nine's civil rights-era convictions overturned by South Carolina court

  28-01-2015 22:06
  
  It will be 54 years ago on Saturday when the ‘Friendship Nine’ walked into McCrory’s in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and took their seats at its whites-only lunch counter only to be arrested, convicted of ignoring a segregation order and thereafter sent to serve thirty days on the county prison farm.
  
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• US Supreme Court delays executions while it decides on lethal injections

  28-01-2015 22:05
  
  The US Supreme Court on Wednesday shelved three executions in the state of Oklahoma while it decides whether or not execution by lethal injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
  
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• Jailed nurse not guilty of killing four elderly patients, says trial juror who helped convict him

  28-01-2015 22:01
  
  A jury foreman who helped convict a nurse of murdering four elderly patients has appealed for the verdict to be quashed – saying he now believes that the man is innocent.
  
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• Seattle star repeats himself again

  28-01-2015 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seattle Seahawks star Marshawn Lynch answered every reporters' question on Wednesday with, "You know why I'm here".
  
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• London bus strike: Workers to stage three 24-hour walkouts in February

  28-01-2015 21:22
  
  London bus staff plan to stage three 24-hour strikes as part of an ongoing pay dispute, unions have said.
  
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• Isis hostage crisis: Jordan offers prisoner in exchange for its captured pilot - but no mention of Japanese captive held by militants

  28-01-2015 21:12
  Jordan has become the first Arab state to agree to a prisoner/hostage swap with Isis. It has offered to hand over an Iraqi al-Qaeda prisoner it has on death row in exchange for a Jordanian fighter pilot taken captive last year – although the fate of Lieutenant Muath al-Kasaesbeh, and a Japanese hostage, remain unclear.
  
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• US Federal Reserve 'patient' as it keeps rates on hold till the summer at least

  28-01-2015 21:01
  
  The Federal Reserve has signalled that it will not raise US interest rates before June as it held the cost of borrowing near zero.
  
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• Hezbollah convoy attack: Israel considers its response after missiles kill two soldiers on border with Lebanon

  28-01-2015 20:56
  Civilians on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border are bracing for the worst as Israel weighed up its response to a Hezbollah missile attack over the border which killed two soldiers.
  
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• Virtual reality thrusts viewers into the frontline of global events - and puts film-goers at the heart of the action

  28-01-2015 20:47
  I'm surrounded by protesters on Nathan Road in Mong Kok, at the centre of the pro-democracy protests that have consumed Hong Kong. Turning to my left, I watch a roiling sea of umbrellas stretching into the distance. To my right, a line of riot police holds back a crowd, batons raised. Chanting fills my ears. Then I take off my headset and put it down on my desk, 6,000 miles from Hong Kong.
  
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• George Osborne vowed to revitalise the cities of the North – but have the benefits been shared fairly?

  28-01-2015 20:44
  
  Last summer, George Osborne travelled to Manchester’s Science and Industry museum to make a speech which, at the time, received scant attention in the London press.
  
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• SNP Surge 'Is Real', Says Pollster Lord Ashcroft

  28-01-2015 20:37
  
  Pollster Lord Ashcroft has told Sky News in a rare interview that the surge in support for the SNP in Scotland "is real". It comes a day after a Sky News projection said the nationalist party could increase its number of seats at the General Election from its current six to 53. The polling also suggested there would be a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party ahead of the Conservatives, and the SNP could hold the balance of power on 8 May. Lord Ashcroft pointed to last year&#
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko post-mortem was the most dangerous ever conducted

  28-01-2015 20:34
  
  The post-mortem examination of the polonium-poisoned body of Alexander Litvinenko was the most dangerous ever conducted, the public inquiry into his death has been told.
  
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• Muslims urged on peaceful protest

  28-01-2015 20:34
  
  The Muslim community has a "unique responsibility" to help ensure that there are fewer terrorist acts in the future, according to a leading private headmaster.
  
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• Isis retreat from Kobani: Most of the militants have left the embattled Syrian town, and its residents are eager to return home

  28-01-2015 20:32
  Ferid Wali is eagerly anticipating returning to a Kobani free of Isis, four months after he and his family were forced to flee its advance. He, his wife and three children now live in a small apartment in Suruc, a small town 15 miles north over the border in Turkey.
  
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• Prince Philip: Engineers Make The World Better

  28-01-2015 20:29
  
  The Duke of Edinburgh has described engineering as "making a greater positive difference to human life than almost any other human endeavour". In an article in the New Scientist called "Make things better", Prince Philip discusses how engineering can transform lives.
  
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• Tweet taunts Labour over Sinn Féin

  28-01-2015 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Conservative Party taunts Labour over claims that the party had discussed a post election coalition with Sinn Féin.
  
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• Eculizumab: 'The £10m-per-patient NHS drug gave me my life back’

  28-01-2015 20:17
  
  A woman with a rare kidney condition has told how she was “given her life back” by a new ‘£10 million per patient’ drug that was today made available on the NHS.
  
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• EU officials fly in as Greeks start cancelling austerity policies

  28-01-2015 20:15
  
  Less than 36 hours after being sworn in as Greece’s new Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras and his cabinet got down to business today, spooking markets and raising eyebrows across Europe by cancelling bailout policies.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Ed Miliband fails to weaponise himself for NHS clash at PMQs

  28-01-2015 20:12
  
  David Cameron said today that he had asked the new Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, what his “long-term economic plan” was. Since this is a bit like suggesting to a man whose house is burning down that it might be a good time to do a bit of loft insulation, it was presumably a joke. But hardly in the best of taste.
  
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• In photos: The dogs of Winter Storm Juno

  28-01-2015 20:08
  
  Winter Storm Juno has been all the rage this week in the news and on social media, whether it was the total shutdown of public transit in New York or the actual blizzard that hit Long Island and parts of New England.
  
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• Awards honour the inspirational

  28-01-2015 20:06
  
  The inspiring stories behind individuals whose work will be recognised at the inaugural British Citizen Awards (BCA) tomorrow can be revealed by i.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: The Tories' missing reports on 'weaponising' mass distraction

  28-01-2015 20:04
  
  David Cameron is right on one point: no one seriously doubts that Ed Miliband dropped a comment in the hearing of BBC executives about “weaponising” the NHS. The PM says it was a “disgusting” thing to say.
  
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