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• Two Dead As Wreckage Of Missing Plane Found

  04-04-2015 23:32
  
  The wreckage of a light aircraft which went missing in western Scotland has been found, police say. The wreckage was discovered in the Glen Kinglass area of Argyll at about 8pm after radar contact was lost around 1.50pm. The police said in a statement: "Police Scotland can confirm that following an extensive multi-agency search, the wreckage of a light aircraft was discovered on the northern aspect of the Glen Kinglass area of Argyll at around 2000 hours this evening. Chief Inspector Fergu
  
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• Plane wreckage and bodies found

  04-04-2015 23:15
  
  The remains of two people and the wreckage of a light aircraft which went missing in Argyll have been found by searchers.
  
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• Nigel Farage Defends 'Sensible' HIV Remarks

  04-04-2015 22:44
  
  Nigel Farage has defended his controversial remarks about the treatment of foreign-born HIV sufferers, telling Sky News "it is a sensible Christian thing to look after your family and your own community first". Mr Farage claimed 7,000 people are diagnosed as HIV positive in the UK every year - and 60% of them are foreign nationals. He said: "You can come into Britain, from anywhere in the world, get diagnosed with HIV and get the retro-viral drugs which cost up to £25,000 per yea
  
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• Chelsea 2-1 Stoke City

  04-04-2015 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stoke's Charlie Adam scores from inside his own half but Chelsea win to go seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.
  
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• Chelsea 2 Stoke 1, match report: Loic Remy grabs winner after Charlie Adam ... - Telegraph.co.uk

  04-04-2015 20:41 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Chelsea 2 Stoke 1, match report: Loic Remy grabs winner after Charlie Adam ...
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  David Beckham may well have the edge in the looks department, but Charlie Adam can now claim to have scored a better long-range goal than the former Manchester United and England midfielder. Adam's 65-yard stunner did not earn Stoke a point at ...
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• Clermont Auvergne 37-5 Northampton

  04-04-2015 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Premiership leaders Northampton Saints suffer an embarrassing European Champions Cup exit against Clermont Auvergne.
  
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• Kenyans Identify Relatives Killed at College - New York Times

  04-04-2015 20:32 via nytimes.com
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  NAIROBI, Kenya — They gathered in the hundreds outside the Chiroma Funeral Parlor, a morgue where the bodies of their loved ones had been brought. Some sat waiting for their turn to go inside, while others stood in a long line. Their faces went pale and ...
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• SNP leader denies saying she prefers Cameron as PM to rival - Reuters UK

  04-04-2015 20:28 via uk.reuters.com
  
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  SNP leader denies saying she prefers Cameron as PM to rival
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  LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of the Scottish National Party, which could help decide who governs Britain after May's election, denied on Saturday that she had said privately she wanted David Cameron to remain prime minister rather than his main rival.
  Nicola Sturgeon: Q&A on the civil service memo row that eclipsed the leaders ...The Independent
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• Chelsea vs Stoke match report: Eden Hazard and Loic Remy fire Chelsea into seven point lead despite brilliant Charlie Adam goal

  04-04-2015 20:24
  At this point, the idea of Chelsea somehow failing to win this title seems a longer shot than Charlie Adam’s breathtakingly audacious 65-yard goal. Although Diego Costa may face a lengthy absence after a recurrence of his hamstring injury, and the Stoke midfielder caught out a still suspect defence with one of the goals of the season – if not the decade – Chelsea persevered to take all three points.
  
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• Williams wins eighth Miami title

  04-04-2015 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World number one Serena Williams thrashes Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro to win her eighth Miami Open title.
  
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• Conservatives and Labour still neck and neck ahead of election - poll

  04-04-2015 20:15
  
  British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are still running neck and neck with the main opposition Labour Party ahead of next month's election, a poll on Saturday showed, further indicating a major TV debate had failed to sway voters. An Opinium/Observer newspaper survey put the Conservatives down 1 point on 33 percent, level with Labour whose rating was unchanged, with the anti-European Union UK Independence Party in third, up 1 point to 14 percent. The election on May 7 is
  
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• SNP leader denies saying she prefers Cameron as PM to rival

  04-04-2015 20:15
  
  The leader of the Scottish National Party, which could help decide who governs Britain after May's election, denied on Saturday that she had said privately she wanted David Cameron to remain prime minister rather than his main rival. Nicola Sturgeon, whose personal status has soared since an assured appearance in a major TV debate on Thursday, was said to have told the French ambassador to Britain in February that she would rather see Cameron remain in power over Labour leader Ed Miliband,
  
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• UKIP's Farage Faces Battle To Win Kent Seat

  04-04-2015 20:08
  
  "It's 10% Nige", "oh that's much too strong for me" suggests Nigel Farage as he decides what pint to drink next. We are in Margate, with an all too familiar scene, the UKIP leader, pint of British Bulldog in hand, canvassing voters. On his first full day of campaigning in the constituency he hopes to win, South Thanet, Mr Farage has unsurprisingly turned up at a beer festival in the seaside resort. Mr Farage said: "Clearly any party leader can't spend as
  
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• Search For Missing Plane In Western Scotland

  04-04-2015 20:07
  
  A major search is taking place for a light aircraft, believed to have two people on board, after radar contact was lost in Argyll.
  
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• Search under way for light aircraft - Burnley and Pendle Citizen

  04-04-2015 19:57 via burnleycitizen.co.uk
  
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  A search operation is under way after a light aircraft understood to have two people on board went missing in Argyll. Police Scotland said that radar contact with the plane was lost at around 1.50pm and it is now missing in Beinn nan Lus, Glen Kinglass.and more »
  
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• N.J. largest egg hunt marks Easter weekend - NJ.com

  04-04-2015 19:50 via nj.com
  
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  N.J. largest egg hunt marks Easter weekend
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  An evangelical church with thousands of followers held its biggest event to date this Easter weekend: what is being considered the biggest Easter egg hunt in New Jersey history. The Liquid Church hid some 100,000 eggs filled with candy, toys, and even ...
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• Search under way for light aircraft

  04-04-2015 19:48
  
  A search operation is under way after a light aircraft understood to have two people on board went missing in Argyll.
  
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• Conservatives and Labour still neck and neck ahead of UK election - poll

  04-04-2015 19:45
  
  British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are still running neck and neck with the main opposition Labour Party ahead of next month's election, a poll on Saturday showed, further indicating a major TV debate had failed to sway voters. An Opinium/Observer newspaper survey put the Conservatives down 1 point on 33 percent, level with Labour whose rating was unchanged, with the anti-European Union UK Independence Party in third, up 1 point to 14 percent. The election on May 7 is
  
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• Family remain critical after fire

  04-04-2015 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A baby girl and her parents remain in a critical condition in hospital following a house fire in north Belfast.
  
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• Thousands attend anti-Trident rally

  04-04-2015 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of protesters take part in a rally in Glasgow, calling for Britain's Trident nuclear weapons programme to be scrapped.
  
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• Ed Miliband unveils Labour's plan to generate £5bn for 125000 new homes - The Guardian

  04-04-2015 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
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  Ed Miliband unveils Labour's plan to generate £5bn for 125000 new homes
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  Labour party leader Ed Miliband poses for a supporter's selfie after speaking to a rally in Warrington. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. Press Association. Saturday 4 April 2015 13.32 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email ...
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• Search for missing light aircraft

  04-04-2015 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A major search is under way after contact with a light aircraft was lost at Loch Etive near Oban.
  
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• Emergency grant for 96-year-old veteran who fought Nazis almost made homeless by cost of care

  04-04-2015 19:16
  
  He survived Hitler’s 1,000-mile ‘death march’ across frozen Eastern Europe after being taken prisoner while fighting the Nazis for Britain.
  
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• Teachers threaten tests boycott

  04-04-2015 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teachers at the NUT conference back a ballot on a boycott of new literacy and numeracy tests for four-year-olds.
  
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• Man shoots himself next to Despicable Me ride at Universal Studios

  04-04-2015 19:05
  
  The former boyfriend of a worker at Universal Studies fatally shot himself inside the Hollywood theme park yesterday.
  
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• Beer and selfies on Farage campaign trail

  04-04-2015 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage hits the UKIP campaign trail
  
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• Detained plane spotter 'suffering'

  04-04-2015 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The wife of a plane spotter held in a United Arab Emirates (UAE) jail says her husband has lost two stone in weight since his detention.
  
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• Collider to start dark matter hunt

  04-04-2015 18:52
  
  The world's largest and most powerful atom smasher will be re-started tomorrow after an upgrade that could see it making scientific history for a second time.
  
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• Thunderbirds Are Go, TV Review: Retro feel really does go well

  04-04-2015 18:43
  
  Thunderbirds Are Go! And how. They are so relentlessly go, in ITV’s brand spanking new CGI no-strings remake, that watching it is akin to being stuck in a room with a gaggle of six-year-old boys and a bucket of action figures.
  
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• Asylum seekers' accommodation set on fire in suspected far-right arson attack in Germany

  04-04-2015 18:41
  
  A centre for asylum seekers has been set on fire in a suspected arson attack in Germany.
  
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• Sturgeon hits out at 'dirty tricks'

  04-04-2015 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon accuses Whitehall of "dirty tricks" over an account of her meeting with the French ambassador - with a leak inquiry ordered into how the memo became public.
  
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• Footage Of Harry's Aerial Stunt In Spitfire

  04-04-2015 18:27
  
  Video has been released of Prince Harry performing a dramatic roll in a Spitfire over the chalk cliffs of southern England. Phil O'Dell, Rolls-Royce's chief test pilot and head of flying, sits in front and gives instructions for the engine to be started. The plane - which became the symbol of Britain's aerial fight against Hitler in the Second World War - is then seen taking off in formation with an identical aircraft. As they land at Boultbee Flight Academy in Goodwood, West Suss
  
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• Michael Calvin: Does three-per-cent solution for agents actually hold water?

  04-04-2015 18:25
  
  It might have been overshadowed by Louis van Gaal’s supposed application of astrology and Arsène Wenger’s apparent introduction of left-footed footballs, but the attempt to slash the earnings of football agents has the potential to be the greatest of April Fools’ pranks, simply because it is true.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon: Q&A on the civil service memo row that eclipsed the leaders' debate

  04-04-2015 18:13
  
  Is the leaked letter genuine?
  
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• Manchester United vs Aston Villa reaction: Wayne Rooney stunner keeps United ticking over nicely

  04-04-2015 18:13
  
  Manchester United overtook rivals City into third place in the Premier League as a double from Ander Herrera and Wayne Rooney’s late stunner were enough to see off battling Aston Villa.
  
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• Prince Harry flies a rolling Spitfire

  04-04-2015 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Footage is released of Prince Harry flying a Spitfire upside down in a stunt to promote a charity that offers in-the-air training for wounded service personnel.
  
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• Footballer's knife apology to fans

  04-04-2015 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Galatasaray player apologises for endorsing knives as Leeds United paid tribute to fans fatally stabbed before a match against his side.
  
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• Westminster Council housing: Local authorities now have to prove homes are not available in borough before shipping tenants out

  04-04-2015 18:05
  Councils are no longer allowed to send homeless and social housing tenants to live out-of-borough without showing proof that no other homes are available, the Supreme Court has ruled.
  
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• Harry's delight at Spitfire flight

  04-04-2015 18:03
  
  Prince Harry has flown a Spitfire - and put it through a dramatic roll - as he caught up with an injured serviceman and veteran hoping to pilot the aircraft in a Battle of Britain flypast.
  
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• Madonna Fights Tyranny of Instagram by Posting Photo on Instagram - Kentucky Post Pioneer

  04-04-2015 18:01 via postpioneer.com
  
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  Madonna Fights Tyranny of Instagram by Posting Photo on Instagram
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  Madonna isn't fond of Instagram's policy of banning topless pictures, so Madonna posted a topless photo to Instagram. In a classic #rebelheart moment, Madonna tore off her clothing, drenched herself with water, arched her back on a fish (?) sculpture,.
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• Prince Harry displays Battle of Britain spirit for veterans - Telegraph.co.uk

  04-04-2015 18:01 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Prince Harry displays Battle of Britain spirit for veterans
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  In a gesture that recalls the young Battle of Britain heroes who defended this country during World War Two, Prince Harry has taken to the skies in the cockpit of a vintage Spitfire fighter plane. Video footage released on Saturday shows the Prince giving the ...
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• Jourdan Dunn on her son's sickle-cell anaemia: 'That I can't take the pain away is so hard'

  04-04-2015 18:00
  
  Jourdan Dunn has opened up about caring for her young son, who has sickle-cell anaemia.
  
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• Tristram Hunt named ‘hottest MP’

  04-04-2015 17:56
  
  Labour’s Tristram Hunt has been named ‘hottest MP’ by Attitude Magazine as part of the election issue.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon: Jeremy Heywood orders inquiry into leak of documents on SNP leader's conversation with French ambassador

  04-04-2015 17:55
  Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has initiated an inquiry into how a civil service account of a private meeting between SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and the French ambassador was obtained by The Telegraph.
  
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• Inquiry into memo leak ordered

  04-04-2015 17:52
  
  Whitehall's most senior civil servant has ordered an inquiry into the leak of a UK Government account of a private meeting between Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon and the French ambassador.
  
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• Hunt promises teachers 'respect'

  04-04-2015 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour's Tristram Hunt says he wants to put "trust back in the relationship" between education ministers and teachers.
  
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• Ben Elton on Labour campaign trail

  04-04-2015 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Writer and comedian Ben Elton recalls his days campaigning for Labour in the 1980s and 1990s as he introduces Ed Miliband at a rally in Warrington.
  
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• Investigation Ordered Into Leaked Sturgeon Memo

  04-04-2015 17:40
  
  An investigation will be carried out into how a controversial memo about a meeting between Nicola Sturgeon and the French ambassador was leaked. A Daily Telegraph report claims a leaked UK government memorandum - likely from the Foreign Office - sets out an account of a meeting between the SNP leader and the French ambassador to the UK Sylvie Bermann. It claims she told the ambassador she would rather see David Cameron than Ed Miliband as PM after the election, a claim she strongly denies. Ms St
  
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• Britain’s biggest pillow fight going down in Trafalgar Square

  04-04-2015 17:40
  
  The stoic figures of Trafalgar Square including Gandhi, Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela have guided the world through some of history's great struggles - but today they witnessed a fight like none they'd ever seen before as thousands took to the square for for International Pillow Fight Day.
  
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• Yemeni tribal fighters enter Mukalla to drive out Al Qaeda - Al-Arabiya

  04-04-2015 17:25 via english.alarabiya.net
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  Yemeni tribal fighters enter Mukalla to drive out Al Qaeda
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  Witnesses and tribal sources said armed men were gathering outside Mukalla, and were waiting for reinforcements. (File photo: Reuters). Text size A A A. Reuters, Dubai Saturday, 4 April 2015. Tribal fighters entered the Yemeni coastal town of Mukalla on ...and more »
  
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