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• Missing fishing boat: Two bodies found in search for Belgian trawler

  29-01-2015 23:37
  
  Teams searching in the English Channel for a Belgian-registered fishing boat which went missing in rough seas and high winds yesterday have found two bodies, the RNLI has confirmed.
  
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• New BBC Radio 3 Controller promises more female composers

  29-01-2015 23:08
  
  The new Controller of BBC Radio 3 has promised to give more airtime to female composers and vowed that the station will not “dumb down” in an attempt to copy commercial rival Classic FM.
  
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• British Woman Sandra Dunham Guilty Of US Fraud

  29-01-2015 23:08
  
  Sandra Dunham, 58, pleaded guilty in December last year after she and her husband Paul lost a High Court fight to avoid being sent to the US. She received credit for time served and will return to the UK next month after 18 days of home confinement, her UK solicitor, Michael Evans, told the Press Association. The couple admitted to conspiring to commit wire fraud through 59-year-old Paul Dunham's company, Pace, which manufactured soldering irons for the electronics industry. The Dunhams we
  
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• Labour's plan to break up the bus cartel lacks clarity

  29-01-2015 23:05
  
  No one in Britain much under the age of 40 can recall a time when bus services were owned by the state and run as a public service with little reference to profitability. Presumably, unless he was even more precocious than we thought, even Ed Miliband can have but a dim recollection of such a world. In any case, Mr Miliband’s plan to break up the bus gang run by the likes of Stagecoach and First Group is not driven by nostalgia for the good old days so much as a simple appeal to voters’  pr
  
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• Labour plans transport overhaul with not-for-profit licenses for local bus operators

  29-01-2015 23:04
  
  Local bus services would be handed to “not-for-profit” operators including community groups under a plan by Labour to end the market dominance enjoyed by five big companies.
  
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• Move over, kale - cabbage is the new rising star

  29-01-2015 23:00
  
  If you're the type of cook or diner who's always in search of something new, you might be unsettled by a curiosity creeping on to menus this winter: cabbage. I know, I know. It's so boring, isn't it? So drab and uninspiring is cabbage, it's the principal ingredient in the most boring diet ever invented – remember cabbage soup? In the US, it's one of the main fillers in a "loaf" fed to prisoners as punishment, while throughout Dostoyevsky's writing it is emblematic of hardship and monotony, wi
  
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• Google misses Wall Street forecasts again, while investors cheer Amazon's numbers

  29-01-2015 22:54
  
  Google, the world’s largest search engine company and a technology bellwether, added to the somewhat gloomy week on Wall Street by falling short on revenue and profit expectations for the fifth quarter in succession.
  
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• Snow continues to cause disruption

  29-01-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Snow showers are continuing to affect the road network across Northern Ireland on Thursday and there is also the risk of ice on roads.
  
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• Sleeping driver caused fatal crash

  29-01-2015 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man admits falling asleep at the wheel seconds before his car crashed into another, killing the driver.
  
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• Overnight ice warning after snow

  29-01-2015 22:35
  
  Hundreds of schools closed, roads ground to a halt and flights were cancelled as "thundersnow" storms battered Britain today.
  
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• The 20 Republicans who want to be president

  29-01-2015 22:23
  
  The Republican Party’s potential presidential nomination right now is looking similar to a high school race for student body president.
  
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• Andy Murray Defends Fiancee Kim's Outburst

  29-01-2015 22:19
  
  Andy Murray has defended his fiancee Kim Sears over what appeared to be an expletive-laden rant directed at his semi-final opponent at the Australian Open tennis championships. Sears was caught on camera apparently swearing as tensions boiled over during a tetchy first set with Czech Tomas Berdych serving at 5-3. The build-up to the match had been dominated by talk of Murray going up against his former coach Dani Vallverdu, who is now helping world number seven Berdych. Murray lost the first set
  
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• Freedom of Information Act 10 years on: How the legislation changed journalism

  29-01-2015 22:15
  
  In 1996, New Labour revealed the manifesto that would, a year later, stretch Tony Blair's grin almost beyond the limits of his then untanned face. Under the "We Will Clean Up Politics" promise, a sub-promise read: "Unnecessary secrecy in government leads to arrogance in government and defective policy decisions… We are pledged to a Freedom of Information Act."
  
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• Managing the Old Firm - views of past bosses

  29-01-2015 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How do you manage Celtic and Rangers in a derby clash?
  
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• Cars stuck in snow amid ice warning

  29-01-2015 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Several cars stuck in snow on the A470 in north Wales after snow caused hazardous driving conditions are able to move on.
  
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• Prison security crisis: Instagram photos show inmates with drugs, cash and weapons

  29-01-2015 21:36
  
  The lack of security at some UK prisons has been laid bare, as prisoners post images of drugs, cash and even a dangerous weapon on their social media accounts.
  
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• We could find ourselves back in the Europe of our nightmares

  29-01-2015 21:35
  
  Europe has got into the habit of advancing by leaps and bounds – and only then being forced by events to confront the consequences of its rashness.
  
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• Dealing with Isis: Britain and the US are right to object to negotiations - but also not to insist too forcefully that others do likewise

  29-01-2015 21:30
  To trade or not to trade? The tangled affair of the mooted exchange of a Japanese journalist and/or a Jordanian air force pilot – both held by Isis – for a woman terrorist sentenced to death by a Jordanian court has opened a new front in the debate over negotiating with the militant group that controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq. Having previously sought ransom for hostages, Isis was today demanding a prisoner swap, in a clear attempt to elevate its status as an actor with whom everyone
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Iraq war revisited is a chance for MPs to quip 'I told you so'

  29-01-2015 21:28
  
  You have to hand it to Jack Straw. It’s not easy to sit through a three-hour debate as the sole representative of a government which took Britain to war in a 2003 decision reviled by almost all the 30-odd MPs present today – those who voted for it at the time parading their regret, and the rest taking every chance to recall they hadn’t.
  
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• Murder 'may be linked to flat row'

  29-01-2015 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who was found stabbed to death in Belfast may have been involved in a row in a nearby flat that spilled out onto the street, police say.
  
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• Missing salvage expert who found $50m of sunken treasure before disappearing, tracked down at last

  29-01-2015 21:21
  
  For two years their faces were plastered by the FBI on electronic billboards in Ohio and across southern Florida and it had begun to look like Tommy Thompson, once America’s most famous hunter of sunken treasure, and his companion, Alison Antekeier, had vanished for good. Now their time on the run is over.
  
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• Murray in fourth Aussie Open final

  29-01-2015 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray comes storming back after a poor start to beat Tomas Berdych and reach his fourth Australian Open final.
  
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• British grandmother spared extra jail time after admitting £660k fraud

  29-01-2015 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BRITISH grandmother has struck a deal to spare her any further time in prison after admitting to her part in a £660,000 fraud scheme.
  
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• Fraudster will serve time 'at home'

  29-01-2015 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman who admitted conspiring to commit wire fraud after being extradited to America is ordered to spend 18 days in home confinement.
  
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• Names of abuse victims published

  29-01-2015 20:51
  
  The names of four child abuse victims have been inadvertently published on the website of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee.
  
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• EU countries could hire PR firms to beat back Isis

  29-01-2015 20:46
  
  European countries could hire public relations experts to counter extremist propaganda on the internet under plans being drawn by the European Union.
  
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• Save Dippy: Natural History Museum dinosaur loses his spot

  29-01-2015 20:45
  
  The Natural History Museum was forced to deny that it is removing Dippy the dinosaur from its main entrance hall to raise more money from corporate events, as an online campaign was launched to save the skeleton.
  
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• VIDEO: Restoring 'Britain's Sistine Chapel'

  29-01-2015 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Work to give the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College its first major restoration in over half a century is due to begin.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo attack: War of ideas hots up as French police quiz eight-year-old

  29-01-2015 20:34
  
  France is divided over the case of an eight-year-old boy who was questioned by police for saying: “I am not Charlie. I am with the terrorists.” A moderate Islamic association said that the interrogation of Ahmed and his father was proof of a “collective hysteria” since 17 people died in terrorist attacks in Paris three weeks ago.
  
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• Isis hostage crisis: The prisoner swap has only one purpose for the militants - recognition its Islamic State exists and that foreign nations acknowledge its power

  29-01-2015 20:32
  However tragic the ending, the weird and unprecedented prisoner swap – of a failed suicide bomber, an air force pilot and a journalist – has only one purpose for Isis: recognition that its Islamic State exists and that foreign nations acknowledge its power.
  
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• Hard line on immigration could cost Tories the election

  29-01-2015 20:32
  
  Anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies could cost the Conservatives dear at the general election in May, when a record four million foreign-born people will be eligible to vote, party chiefs have been warned.
  
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• 'Armed man demanding airtime on Netherlands' TV', Dutch media reports

  29-01-2015 20:28
  
  An gun-wielding man was quickly arrested after he entered the studios of the national Dutch broadcaster on Thursday evening, according to reports from Dutch news agencies.
  
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• 'Armed man demanding airtime on Netherlands' TV' arrested, Dutch media reports

  29-01-2015 20:28
  
  An gun-wielding man was quickly arrested after he entered the studios of the national Dutch broadcaster this evening and demanded to be given airtime, according to reports from Dutch news agencies.
  
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• Armed man demanding airtime on Netherlands NOS TV station arrested

  29-01-2015 20:28
  
  A gun-wielding man was arrested this evening, after he entered the studios of the national Dutch broadcaster and demanded airtime, according to its director.
  
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• Isis hostages: On Syria’s border, the sun goes down on a desperate waiting game

  29-01-2015 20:27
  
  The Akcakale border crossing was busy at sunset today, its gates leading into the territories of Isis-controlled Syria. It was thought that the number of those crossing from Turkey into Syria may be increased by one: a failed suicide bomber called Sajida al-Rishawi.
  
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• Louise Mensch: 'Prince Charles must tackle Saudis on their human rights record'

  29-01-2015 20:24
  
  Britons find Prince Charles’ friendship with the Saudi royal family “repellent” due to the Gulf state’s human rights record – something he should tackle during his official visit there next month, according to former Conservative MP Louise Mensch.
  
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• MH370 has been declared an accident - what are the consequences?

  29-01-2015 20:19
  
  Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation has said: “We officially declare Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident.”
  
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• MH370: After the greatest aviation accident in history was declared an accident - What are the consequences?

  29-01-2015 20:19
  
  Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation has said: “We officially declare Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident.”
  
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• Russian jets 'disrupted UK aviation'

  29-01-2015 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russian military planes flew near UK airspace, causing "disruption to civil aviation" and prompting RAF jets to "escort" them, the Foreign Office says.
  
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• Major hospitals veto planned tariff - Your Local Guardian

  29-01-2015 20:17 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Major hospitals veto planned tariff
  Your Local Guardian
  Major NHS hospitals in England have vetoed a proposed "tariff" of payments for next year because they believe reductions in the amount they receive for treatments will leave them unable to guarantee "sustainable and safe care". Watchdog Monitor ...
  
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• UK Summons Ambassador Over Russian Bombers

  29-01-2015 20:11
  
  Britain has summoned Russia's ambassador to explain why two Russian bombers flew over the English Channel, forcing civilian aircraft to be diverted. British Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled on Wednesday when two Russian TU-95 'Bear' long-range bombers flew near UK airspace. A Foreign Office spokesperson said while the planes stopped short of entering British airspace, the incident was part of an "increasing pattern of out of area operations by Russian aircraft". A spo
  
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• Looted artefacts are funding Isis campaign

  29-01-2015 20:11
  
  Isis is looting artefacts in Syria and Iraq on a massive scale, MPs have warned.
  
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• Families hit out over loss of data

  29-01-2015 20:10
  
  The families of three men whose deaths sparked judge-led inquiries have told of their dismay after it emerged that information relating to the investigations has gone missing in the post.
  
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• Hamilton drives new Mercedes F1 car

  29-01-2015 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mercedes' new W06 hybrid was given a brief 'shakedown' test at Silverstone by Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
  
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• Boston Marathon: Mystery over as Chris Laudani is revealed as man who cleared snow from finishing line as sign of respect

  29-01-2015 20:08
  His name was Chris Laudani and he wanted – in his own quiet way – to show respect to those who had suffered in his city
  
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• 'Berserker' right-wing Tory MPs tried to sabotage BBC documentary

  29-01-2015 20:06
  
  A small band of right-wing Conservative MPs, known to their colleagues as the “berserkers”, have been accused of plotting to sabotage a television documentary.
  
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• Ombudsman resigns over £20,000 train fares

  29-01-2015 20:06
  
  The head of the Government’s legal complaints ombudsman was inappropriately paid £20,000 in travel expenses so he could live in London and commute to work in Birmingham, the National Audit Office has concluded.
  
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• Homeless Veterans appeal: ‘If you’re hard on the world you are hard on yourself’

  29-01-2015 20:04
  
  Over the past few weeks this newspaper’s campaign for Homeless Veterans has been endorsed by some extraordinary figures, from Prince William and the Archbishop of Canterbury to Angelina Jolie and the leaders of the three main political parties.
  
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• Chicks show 'number mapping' skills

  29-01-2015 20:00
  
  New born chicks show a human tendency to place numbers in ascending order from left to right, scientists have learned.
  
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• Sex abuse inquiry: 'Victims receive death threats' after MPs release names online

  29-01-2015 19:56
  
  Survivors of sex abuse say they have received death threats and been approached by their abusers, after MPs published their details online last week.
  
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