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• Breaking newsOne dead as ambulance - believed stolen - hits bus in North ... - The Northern Echo

  10-04-2015 23:55 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
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  AN ambulance, believed to have been stolen, has collided with a bus in North Yorkshire, killing the emergency vehicle's driver. "The collision occurred at about 8.30pm tonight (Friday 10 April) on the A64 near the Flaxton junction, east of York," a spokesman ...
  One dead, five injured, in ambulance-bus smashAberdeen Press and Journal
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• Brian Wilson: Welcome to Scotland's neverendum - Scotsman

  10-04-2015 23:41 via scotsman.com
  
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  Brian Wilson: Welcome to Scotland's neverendum
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  Party leaders Jim Murphy, Ruth Davidson, Nicola Sturgeon and Willie Rennie at the STV debate this week. Picture: Getty. BRIAN WILSON. 22:37 Friday 10 April 2015. 0. Have your say. The endless SNP repetition of the same independence debate means ...
  Election 2015: Vive la differenceBBC News
  Labour takes aim at SNP fiscal autonomy 'bombshell'Financial Times
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• One Dead As Stolen Ambulance Collides With Bus

  10-04-2015 23:33
  
  The driver of a stolen ambulance has been killed after the vehicle crashed into a double-decker bus in North Yorkshire, according to Sky sources. North Yorkshire Police tweeted: "The A64 at #York, near the Flaxton junction, is closed in both directions due to a serious collision.
  
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• Latest on Americas Summit: Canal tweets Obama's praise - Washington Post

  10-04-2015 23:30 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Latest on Americas Summit: Canal tweets Obama's praise
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  4:25 p.m. (2125 GMT, 5:25 p.m. EDT). He didn't put 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue under the address column, but President Barack Obama did leave a message in the Panama Canal's guest book. The president wrote: “The Panama Canal is a testament to ...
  Obama and Cuba's Raúl Castro Will Meet at SummitNew York Times
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• Galloway broke election law - Labour

  10-04-2015 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour accuses George Galloway of breaching election law by making false statements about its candidate in the Bradford West seat he's defending.
  
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• Hillary Clinton to announce 2016 bid Sunday with video - CNN

  10-04-2015 23:28 via cnn.com
  
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  Hillary Clinton to announce 2016 bid Sunday with video
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  (CNN) Hillary Clinton is planning to launch her presidential candidacy on Sunday through a video message on social media, a person close to her campaign-in-waiting tells CNN, followed immediately by traveling to early-voting states of Iowa and New ...
  Hillary Clinton 'to announce 2016 presidential campaign'BBC News
  GOP Hopefuls Give NRA Event an Earful on Hillary ClintonABC News
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• At NRA conference, Hillary Clinton jabs make easy applause lines - CBS News

  10-04-2015 23:24 via cbsnews.com
  
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  At NRA conference, Hillary Clinton jabs make easy applause lines
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  At the National Rifle Association (NRA)'s annual convention on Friday, a series gun rights advocates and would-be Republican presidential nominees rallied the thousands of attendees around conservative values -- at times using Hillary Clinton's presumed ...
  Democratic voters overwhelmingly predict Clinton will win nominationMSNBC
  Hillary 2.0 nears its unveilingThe Hill
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• Shell deal adds to pressure on squeezed oil services suppliers - The Times (subscription)

  10-04-2015 23:22 via thetimes.co.uk
  
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  Shell deal adds to pressure on squeezed oil services suppliers
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  It may have been champagne all round in the City as news broke of Shell's “mega deal” to buy BG Group, but suppliers to the oil and gas sector are not cheering. Services suppliers, who rely on the large oil companies to sustain them and are already under ...
  This Week In Energy: Oil Markets Reaching a Bottom? Shell Points the WayOilPrice.com
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• Conservative party pledges extra £8bn a year for NHS - The Guardian

  10-04-2015 23:22 via theguardian.com
  
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  Conservative party pledges extra £8bn a year for NHS
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  NHS England currently has an annual budget of £102bn. With George Osborne's pledge factored in, this is forecast to increase in cash terms to £122bn by 2020. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters. Nicholas Watt Chief political correspondent. Friday 10 April ...
  David Cameron pledges £8 billion a year of extra funding for NHS by 2020Belfast Telegraph
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• Justin Bieber: Argentinian judge issues arrest warrant for singer - The Independent

  10-04-2015 23:18 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Justin Bieber: Argentinian judge issues arrest warrant for singer
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  An Argentine judge has issued an arrest warrant for Justin Bieber on Friday, saying the singer failed to respond to summons related to allegations he ordered bodyguards to attack a photographer in 2013. Judge Alberto Julio Banos ordered the “immediate ...
  Argentine court orders arrest of Justin Bieber over assault claimmirror.co.uk
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• Argentine court orders arrest of Justin Bieber over assault claim - mirror.co.uk

  10-04-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Argentine court orders arrest of Justin Bieber over assault claim
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  An Argentine has judge ordered the arrest of pop star Justin Bieber if he sets foot in the country after the Canadian singer failed to face questions about an alleged assault at a Buenos Aires nightclub in 2013, his court secretary said on Friday.
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• Justin Bieber: Argentinian judge issues arrest warrant for singer

  10-04-2015 23:09
  
  An Argentine judge has issued an arrest warrant for Justin Bieber on Friday, saying the singer failed to respond to summons related to allegations he ordered bodyguards to attack a photographer in 2013.
  
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• Flagging Majestic raids Naked Wines' cellar in £70m deal - The Times (subscription)

  10-04-2015 23:08 via thetimes.co.uk
  
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  Flagging Majestic raids Naked Wines' cellar in £70m deal
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  Majestic Wine made an unexpected response to its flagging performance yesterday by acquiring Naked Wines International in a deal valuing its online rival at up to £70 million. The takeover, for an initial cash sum of £50 million, also solves the problem of ...
  £720m UK online wine market 'unprofitable'The Drinks Business
  City morning headlines: Majestic buys Naked Wine
  
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• Obama, Castro to 'See Each Other' Saturday - Voice of America

  10-04-2015 23:06 via voanews.com
  
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  Obama, Castro to 'See Each Other' Saturday
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  PANAMA CITY—. The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, are expected to have a discussion on Saturday, in a historic encounter at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. The U.S. president's deputy ...
  Obama, Castro discuss ties, to meet at summit amid US-Cuba detenteReuters UK
  Latest on Americas Summit: Obama Says Growth Must Help AllABC News
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• India protest at Pakistan bail for Mumbai attack suspect - BBC News

  10-04-2015 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  India protest at Pakistan bail for Mumbai attack suspect
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  India has formally protested to Pakistan over its decision to release on bail the suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. India's ambassador in Islamabad met Pakistan's foreign secretary to "register our strong concerns" at the release of Zakiur ...
  Alleged mastermind of Mumbai attacks that left 166 dead leaves Pakistan jailFox News
  Lakhvi release: India lodges strong protest with P
  
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• Electric car buyers 'need to hurry'

  10-04-2015 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
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• Hatton Garden jewellery burglary: Extraordinary underworld of London's ... - The Independent

  10-04-2015 23:01 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Hatton Garden jewellery burglary: Extraordinary underworld of London's ...
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  There is a complex and hidden geography to the jewellery quarter of Hatton Garden, unknown even to those who have been working there for decades, that is sure to receive more attention since it became the scene of the biggest heist recorded in British ...
  Hatton Garden robbery: Everything we know about daring central London raidmirror.co.uk
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• CCTV: Bikers Hunted After Man Killed At Takeaway

  10-04-2015 22:55
  
  Police investigating the murder of a man at a takeaway have released CCTV video of two suspected killers fleeing the scene on a motorbike. Tipu Sultan was blasted with a shotgun at close range in a pre-planned attack just before 10pm on Tuesday. They said the CCTV footage shows two men on a motorbike heading down Lizard Lane and towards Whitburn and Sunderland. South Tyneside Superintendent Sav Patsalos said: "It was taken in the minutes after Tipu Sultan was shot and we believe that this i
  
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• Hatton Garden robbery: Everything we know about daring central London raid - mirror.co.uk

  10-04-2015 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Hatton Garden robbery: Everything we know about daring central London raid
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  The Mirror has uncovered dramatic footage showing the men responsible for one of Britain's biggest ever jewellery raids. In the first real-time account of how the daring theft was executed, we have revealed how the gang arrived late on the night before Good ...
  Hatton Garden jewellery burglary: The extraordinary underworld of London's ...The Independent
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• Haiti: 40 feared to have perished after migrant boat runs aground in Caribbean

  10-04-2015 22:39
  
  The dream of a better future may have cost up to 40 Haitians their lives after a boat carrying migrants ran aground while bound for the Turks and Caicos Island.
  
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• Stage Being Set for Historic Obama-Castro Meeting Saturday - New York Times

  10-04-2015 22:36 via nytimes.com
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  Stage Being Set for Historic Obama-Castro Meeting Saturday
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  PANAMA CITY — President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro moved toward a groundbreaking meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas Friday in what would be a remarkable display of reconciliation between two nations with ...
  Latest on Americas Summit: CentAm Chiefs Seek Less MigrationABC News
  Obama, Castro expected to meet in Panama on Saturday: White HouseReuters
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• Hillary Clinton will be a commanding front-runner facing high expectations - Los Angeles Times

  10-04-2015 22:35 via latimes.com
  
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  Hillary Clinton will be a commanding front-runner facing high expectations
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  Hillary Rodham Clinton will enter the 2016 Democratic presidential race — finally, officially — as the most commanding front-runner in generations. Yet her path to the White House will not be easy, much less assured. For every advantage she carries an ...
  Clinton to announce White House run Sunday; her fame both bonus and burdenReuters UK
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• Andy Murray wedding: Tennis star's concern after photographer suffers serious ... - mirror.co.uk

  10-04-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Andy Murray wedding: Tennis star's concern after photographer suffers serious ...
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  This is the moment tennis superstar Andy Murray stopped to check on a photographer who fell at the cathedral where is due to wed tomorrow. The nasty accident happened as the tennis star was greeted by photographers on his arrival at the cathedral ahead ...
  Andy Murray 'Very' Excited As Wedding NearsSky News
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• Alleged mastermind of Mumbai attacks that left 166 dead leaves Pakistan jail - Fox News

  10-04-2015 22:33 via foxnews.com
  
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  Alleged mastermind of Mumbai attacks that left 166 dead leaves Pakistan jail
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  Jan. 1, 2015 - FILE photo of Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, the main suspect of the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, raising his fist after his court appearance in Islamabad, Pakistan. A lawyer says Lakhvi has left a jail near Islamabad following a court order that he be ...
  Lakhvi release: India lodges strong protest with PakThe Hindu
  No country should provide shelter to terrorists: PM Narendra ModiEconom
  
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• Hillary Clinton will not be the next president of the US, says NRA chief

  10-04-2015 22:25
  
  The National Rifle Association held a political rally on Friday in which several potential Republican presidential candidates were set to take the stage, but it did not take a conservative candidate to start the bashing of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Fiennes finishes desert marathon

  10-04-2015 22:24
  
  Sir Ranulph Fiennes has become the oldest Briton to complete the Marathon des Sables.
  
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• Clinton to announce White House run Sunday; her fame both bonus and burden - Reuters

  10-04-2015 22:12 via reuters.com
  
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  Clinton to announce White House run Sunday; her fame both bonus and burden
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  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will announce her second run for the presidency on Sunday, starting her campaign as the Democrats' best hope of fending off a crowded field of lesser-known Republican rivals and retaining the White ...
  Hillary Clinton will be a commanding front-runner facing high expectationsLos Angeles Times
  Ready to Run, Clinton to Announce 2016 Bid on SundayABC N
  
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• Justin Bieber issued arrest warrant from Argentina for 2013 nightclub incident - The Guardian

  10-04-2015 22:07 via theguardian.com
  
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  Justin Bieber issued arrest warrant from Argentina for 2013 nightclub incident
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  Justin Bieber allegedly told his bodyguards to attack photographer Diego Pesoa outside a Buenos Aires nightclub in 2013. Photograph: Miami Beach Police Department/REX. Associated Press in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Friday 10 April 2015 16.07 EDT Last ...
  Argentine judge orders arrest warrant for Justin BieberThe Globe and Mail
  Interpol notice requested for BieberSky News Australia
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• Artist Hideyuki Sobue unveils first portrait of William Wordsworth in 200 years

  10-04-2015 21:57
  
  The first new portrait of William Wordsworth in two centuries years – depicting him much younger than in previous likenesses – is to go on display after a Japanese artist found a “life mask” made years before the poet became a Victorian celebrity.
  
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• Scores of ships and aircraft from 13 countries to take part in Nato war games

  10-04-2015 21:50
  
  Scores of ships and aircraft from 13 countries will take part in war games, in an unprecedented show of military strength.
  
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• Hatton Garden jewellery burglary: Met police under fire for failing to respond to alarm

  10-04-2015 21:45
  
  Scotland Yard has come under fire after it emerged police were told a burglar alarm had gone off at the scene of the Hatton Garden safety deposit raid, but decided it did not require a response.
  
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• Conservative candidate Michael Fabricant reveals he has skin cancer

  10-04-2015 21:44
  
  Michael Fabricant, the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Lichfield, has revealed he has been diagnosed with skin cancer.
  
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• New monkey discovered by scientists - who noticed its unique penis

  10-04-2015 21:39
  
  It’s an unspoken rule of penis etiquette that you shouldn’t stare – but new research suggests that with one species it would be appropriate to throw the rule-book out of the window and take a good, long look at their member.
  
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• VIDEO: Belsen survivor meets liberator

  10-04-2015 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman who survived the Holocaust and was in Bergen-Belsen as World War Two ended has met one of the British soldiers who liberated the camp.
  
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• Hottest day brings health concerns

  10-04-2015 21:35
  
  Parts of the UK have experienced the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures soaring across the country.
  
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• Election 2015: Vive la difference - BBC News

  10-04-2015 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Election 2015: Vive la difference
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  A remarkable week. A remarkable week, driven by remarkable leaders' debates, further remarkable polls - and an intriguing survey of your priorities for this election. If we needed further evidence that politics in Scotland differs from the southern variety - and ...
  Labour issues warning to elderly as Miliband declares war on SNP over full ...Herald Scotland
  Highlights from the campaign trail: 26 days to goTelegraph.co.uk
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• The Chagossians: The Indian Ocean islanders exiled from their home and struggling to make ends meet in Britain

  10-04-2015 21:33
  For Bernard Nourrice and his wife, Willie, their life is contained in a bedsit above a garage in West Norwood, in south London. It feels a long way from an Indian Ocean island paradise. “We have no sitting facilities; nowhere to relax, apart from the bed,” says Bernard.
  
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• Clarkson chipping in for charity

  10-04-2015 21:30
  
  Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson appeared in public tonight to help a charity close to his Cotswolds home.
  
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• Andy Murray 'Very' Excited As Wedding Nears

  10-04-2015 21:28
  
  Andy Murray has shared his excitement as he gears up for his wedding to long-time girlfriend Kim Sears in his home town. As the tennis star left the rehearsal at the Dunblane Cathedral with his bride-to-be on Friday, he was asked if he was excited about the big day. The Wimbledon and US Open champion will wed Sears, his partner of nine years, on Saturday afternoon in Dunblane. "It's good for Dunblane," one man told Sky News.
  
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• Hatton Garden jewellery burglary: The extraordinary underworld of London’s jewellery quarter

  10-04-2015 21:21
  
  There is a complex and hidden geography to the jewellery quarter of Hatton Garden, unknown even to those who have been working there for decades, that is sure to receive more attention since it became the scene of the biggest heist recorded in British history.
  
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• Max-Herve George's legal war with Aviva: The dusty old policy that proved a golden ticket

  10-04-2015 21:15
  
  Charlie Bucket spent his last, precious penny on chocolate to find his Willy Wonka golden ticket. Max-Hervé George got his through a more conventional route: his wealthy father.
  
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• Dying veteran's final farewell to grandson denied by visa delay

  10-04-2015 21:06
  
  The family of a decorated Second World War veteran with only a few days to live say he may miss “the last chance to say goodbye” to his grandson, due to delays at an outsourcing company paid millions by the Home Office to process travel visas.
  
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• Man critical after being hit in the head by Tube in Stockwell station - Evening Standard

  10-04-2015 20:52 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Man critical after being hit in the head by Tube in Stockwell station
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  A commuter has been seriously injured by an oncoming train on a platform at Stockwell station in an horrific accident during the morning rush hour. Cat found beheaded and with tail sliced off in 'ugly and terrifying crime'. A cat was found decapitated and with ...
  Rush hour horror: Commuter hit by Tube train as he bends down on platformExpress.co.uk
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• Farage locked in three-way battle for political survival - Financial Times

  10-04-2015 20:50 via ft.com
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  Farage locked in three-way battle for political survival
  Financial Times
  In “The Battle For Thanalot”, a thinly disguised satire playing this week in the Kent coastal town of Broadstairs, a 5th-century electorate is wooed by Len Mordrage, leader of the Free Independent Britons. Tankard in hand, Mordrage insists “I'm thinking what ...
  UKIP leader Farage goes local to hunt votes amid signs his party may have ...Chicago Tribune
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• CCTV Of Bike Suspects After Takeaway Murder

  10-04-2015 20:48
  
  Police investigating the murder of a man at a takeaway have released CCTV video of two suspected killers fleeing the scene on a motorbike. Tipu Sultan was blasted with a shotgun at close range in a pre-planned attack just before 10pm on Tuesday. They said the CCTV footage shows two men on a motorbike heading down Lizard Lane and towards Whitburn and Sunderland. South Tyneside Superintendent Sav Patsalos said: "It was taken in the minutes after Tipu Sultan was shot and we believe that this i
  
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• Annie the Owl event finally opens doors following anger and 'threats' to organisers

  10-04-2015 20:44
  A pop up event in London which uses live owls has finally opened its door to the public following a backlash from animal rights activists and "personal attacks" on its organisers. The Annie the Owl event, held for six nights at a secret location in east London, was originally meant to take place in April at another venue, but had to be put back and changed following widespread complaints from the public. The event was originally promoted as an 'Owl Bar' which would have sold
  
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• Andrew Porter: Distinguished music writer and critic who penned librettos and wrote piercingly on classical music for 'The New Yorker'

  10-04-2015 20:43
  “Music critic” seems a wholly inadequate term with which to describe Andrew Porter, who has died in London aged 86. He called himself a “writer on music” – which encompassed reviews, articles, librettos, opera translations, and much more.
  
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• Richie Benaud: Much-loved 'voice of cricket' who led Australia to Test glory before becoming a peerless commentator

  10-04-2015 20:42
  
  “Morning everyone,” came Richie Benaud’s warm greeting, at the beginning of every one of the cricket matches on which he commentated.
  
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• Illinois tornados: Two declared dead as governor visits ravaged region

  10-04-2015 20:42
  
  Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner declared two counties in his state disaster areas and said two people were killed in the violent storms that shook north-central Illinois on Thursday.
  
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• Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Islam's most devastating critic

  10-04-2015 20:35
  
  Life, they say, is a journey. If so, then the life of Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been a scarcely believable global odyssey, of both body and mind.
  
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