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• Space coffee run put on back burner

  13-04-2015 22:41
  
  SpaceX will have to wait another day to deliver groceries to the International Space Station.
  
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• Winslet overcomes her Rickmania

  13-04-2015 22:21
  
  Kate Winslet has confessed she would not have been able to star in her latest film had she not managed to overcome her fear of Alan Rickman.
  
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• Dog savages leafleting councillor

  13-04-2015 22:20
  
  A Conservative councillor had three fingers savaged by a dog as she delivered leaflets while out on the campaign trail.
  
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• Manuscript by Nazi code breaker Alan Turing sells for $1 million

  13-04-2015 22:05
  
  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 56-page handwritten notebook that belonged to World War Two Nazi code breaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing, played by actor Benedict Cumberbatch in the film "The Imitation Game," sold for more than $1 million (681,291 pounds) at an auction in New York, Bonhams said on Monday. Turing, a British mathematical genius, led a team of cryptographers who cracked the wartime Enigma code, which the Germans had considered unbreakable. Cassandra Hatton
  
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• Tories Surge Ahead In New Election Poll

  13-04-2015 21:16
  
  The Conservatives have surged ahead in a new election poll that puts the party on 39%, six points ahead of Labour on 33%. The ICM poll, published by The Guardian, has the Liberal Democrats unchanged on 8%, UKIP down two points on 7% and the Greens up three points on 7%. The Conservatives were up 3% in the poll and Labour down 2%. It is the best result for the Conservatives in an ICM poll since March 2012, before the so-called "omnishambles" budget.
  
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• Labour's plan to balance the books

  13-04-2015 21:01
  
  Labour would be a government of both change and "responsibility", Ed Miliband said as he launched a General Election manifesto centred on boosting voters' faith in the party to handle the economy.
  
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• Mugger Who Attacked 92-Year-Old For £5 Jailed

  13-04-2015 21:01
  
  Solomon Bygraves, 29, told Stanley Evans he was going to help him with his wheelie bag as he returned from a shopping trip. CCTV footage played at London's Southwark Crown Court showed Bygraves running off as the pensioner falls to the floor. Mr Evans remained lying in the entrance to the flats in Soho, central London, for 10 minutes after the attack on 31 January. The judge, Recorder Andrew Mitchell QC, said the attack on Mr Evans, now 93, could have been fatal.
  
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• Women's fiction prize shortlist

  13-04-2015 20:49
  
  A writer's first novel - the story of a lowly bee - has been shortlisted for this year's Women's Prize For Fiction.
  
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• Britain set to bask in sunshine

  13-04-2015 20:28
  
  Britain will be bathed in glorious sunshine this week as the country is set to bask in the hottest d ays of the year so far.
  
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• Labour Pledges Better UK But Funding Questioned

  13-04-2015 19:34
  
  Labour's leader has attempted to convince voters he can be trusted with the economy, pledging to cut the deficit every year and saying: "I am ready" to lead the country.
  
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• Hatton Garden robbery: 'Inside agent' likely involved in £200m heist

  13-04-2015 19:19
  
  An "inside agent" may have been involved in the audacious jewel and cash heist at a safety deposit vault in central London, a former armed robbery detective said on 13 April. Thieves used heavy cutting equipment to get into the vault at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit between 2 and 5 April, breaking into 60 to 70 boxes. London's Metropolitan Police said. Jim Dixie, a former detective for the Metropolitan Police's armed robbery and other armed crime unit, known as the Flying Squad,
  
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• Hospital Murders Accused: There's A Devil In Me

  13-04-2015 19:18
  
  A nurse accused of murdering and poisoning patients wrote that he was an angel who had turned into "an evil person" with the devil inside him. Jurors at Victorino Chua's trial have been told that police found the note inside a kitchen drawer at his home following his arrest in January 2012. Manchester Crown Court was told the nurse had been advised to express his frustration and anger in writing after seeing an employees' counsellor at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport wher
  
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• Tribunal slashes record UK fine against Deloitte over MG Rover

  13-04-2015 19:12
  LONDON (Reuters) - A British tribunal has slashed a record 14 million pound fine on accountancy firm Deloitte [DLTE.UL] in relation to work done for carmaker MG Rover Group, saying a key rule needed clarifying.
  
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• HBO goes to trial over alleged 'hoax' child labor report

  13-04-2015 18:39
  
  Jury selection began on Monday in a trial in which Home Box Office Inc faces libel claims over a report linking British sporting goods company Mitre Sports International to child labor in India. The trial in federal court in Manhattan is the culmination of years of litigation over the report on "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," which first aired in September 2008. U.S. District Judge George Daniels told potential jurors that the trial was expected to take up to four weeks. Mitre, estab
  
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• Patients may have to show passports

  13-04-2015 18:36
  
  Patients may be required to show their passports at hospitals under new Government guidelines to tackle health tourism.
  
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• Dashcam catches speeding mechanic

  13-04-2015 18:29
  
  High Street giant Halfords has apologised after a customer caught one of its mechanics speeding in his car while it was booked in for an MOT.
  
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• Ex-star Facey 'fixer' over 'bribes'

  13-04-2015 17:56
  
  A former Premier League footballer "cast his net around" for players willing to take part in a plot to fix lower league matches, a court has heard.
  
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• Dame Maggie's Windsor Castle call

  13-04-2015 17:55
  
  The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have invited the "Dowager Countess of Grantham" to dine at Windsor Castle this evening.
  
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• Conservatives Surge Ahead In New Election Poll

  13-04-2015 17:54
  
  The Conservatives have surged ahead in a new election poll that puts the party on 39%, six points ahead of Labour on 33%. The ICM poll, published by The Guardian, has the Liberal Democrats unchanged on 8%, UKIP down two points on 7% and the Greens up three points on 7%. The Conservatives were up 3% in the poll and Labour down 2%. It is the best result for the Conservatives in an ICM poll since March 2012, before the so-called "omnishambles" budget.
  
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• Cameron's party leads one pre-election poll, but others suggest race still tied

  13-04-2015 17:49
  
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives have taken a six-point lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of Britain's May 7 election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, putting support for the centre-right party at a three-year high. The ICM poll for the Guardian newspaper put the Conservatives on 39 percent, up three points since last month, giving them their highest standing in that polling series since March 2012. Labour dropped two percen
  
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• Jail for 92-year-old's £5 mugger

  13-04-2015 17:45
  
  An "exceedingly large" robber who knocked over and hurt a frail 92-year-old pensioner to steal just £5 has been jailed for 30 months.
  
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• Poison-case nurse: 'Devil in me'

  13-04-2015 17:17
  
  A nurse accused of murdering and poisoning hospital patients wrote that there is a "devil in me" in notes seized by police from his house.
  
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• Cameron's Conservatives level with opposition Labour ahead of election - Ashcroft poll

  13-04-2015 17:10
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are neck-and-neck with the opposition Labour Party ahead of a May 7 national election, an Ashcroft opinion poll showed on Monday, giving both parties 33 percent support. For a graphic of the latest polls, pleased click on: http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/15/UK-election/index.html#section-2-polls (Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
  
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• Axe raiders caught on phone camera

  13-04-2015 17:08
  
  A "brave" member of the public photographed two raiders on a motorbike who attempted to smash their way into a jewellery store.
  
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• Scientists make Mars water finding

  13-04-2015 17:00
  
  A Nasa space probe has found evidence of brines on Mars, suggesting there could be water on the red planet.
  
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• Second time lucky for BGT Calum

  13-04-2015 16:41
  
  He may have got a standing ovation and Simon Cowell's golden buzzer on Britain's Got Talent, but Calum Scott's first stab at fame was anything but a roaring success.
  
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• Man convicted in child sex inquiry

  13-04-2015 16:41
  
  A restaurant boss is facing a lengthy jail sentence after he became the last of a string of men to be convicted of child sex offences on girls in Peterborough.
  
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• Conservatives take six-point lead in poll - ICM/Guardian

  13-04-2015 16:30
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives have taken a six-point lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of Britain's May 7 election, according to an opinion poll on Monday which showed support for the governing party at a three-year high. The ICM poll for the Guardian newspaper put the Conservatives on 39 percent, an increase of three points and their highest standing in that polling series since March 2012. Labour dropped two percentage points to 33 percent. Another survey by
  
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• Hillary Clinton presidential announcement: candidate hits the campaign trail with first of a million tweets

  13-04-2015 16:27
  
  Hours after she announced in a video message that she was making another run for the White House, Hillary Clinton popped up in Pennsylvania – and on social media – with a warning of what is to come.
  
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• General Election 2015: Labour’s ten key policies unveiled, but are they strong enough to make Ed Miliband our next Prime Minister?

  13-04-2015 16:19
  Ed Miliband declared himself ready to lead the country as he unveiled Labour’s manifesto in Manchester today.
  
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• Bus Stop Rapist Stalked Three Other Women

  13-04-2015 16:18
  
  Detectives hunting the rapist have found CCTV film of him following the three potential victims in Beeston, Leeds. He spotted his fourth target - a petite teenager - waiting at a bus stop in Beeston Road. Detective Superintendent Nick Wallen, leading the hunt, said: "He had been in Leeds city centre looking for victims - but didn't get what he wanted and moved on. On reaching it she is seen on film stopping and turning to see where he is," Det Supt Wallen said.
  
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• Three-year-old boy shoots baby Braylon Robinson dead in latest US child gun accident

  13-04-2015 16:05
  
  A one-year-old baby was killed yesterday after he was shot in the face with a gun fired by a boy, three, who had found it inside a house, police said.
  
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• Isis sniper 'shoots dead 13-year-old Palestinian girl trying to escape Syrian refugee camp'

  13-04-2015 16:03
  
  A 13-year-old girl has been shot dead by Isis snipers as she tried to flee a besieged refugee camp in Syria, Palestinian militants have claimed.
  
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• 'Accidental PM' Warning As SNP Enjoys Poll Boost

  13-04-2015 16:03
  
  Labour has been rocked by a new opinion poll in Scotland suggesting the SNP has almost doubled its lead in the past month. More than half of voters certain to take part (52%), said they would vote SNP, against 24% backing Labour. The poll is a severe blow for Labour's Scottish leader Jim Murphy, who has been energetic in his efforts to clawback support for Labour from the SNP. Mr Murphy told Sky News the poll showed the nationalists were "David Cameron’s little helpers" and coul
  
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• ‘Great Cannon of China’: censorship tool hijacks internet traffic to shoot it at unwanted websites

  13-04-2015 16:02
  
  China has a new cyberweapon that can be used to hijack internet traffic and turn it against websites that it doesn’t like, according to researchers. The tool has already been used to attack two major websites, Github and GreatFire.org.
  
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• Support for Britain's Conservatives jumps in poll - ICM/Guardian

  13-04-2015 15:55
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Support for Britain's Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, has increased by three percentage points to 39 percent, an opinion poll published showed on Monday ahead of Britain's May 7 election. The ICM poll for The Guardian newspaper also showed the opposition Labour Party down 2 percentage points at 33 percent. The survey suggests the Conservatives are at their highest standing in an ICM poll since March 2012. ...
  
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• North Carolina college shooting: One dead in Wayne County Community College shooting

  13-04-2015 15:49
  
  One person has been confirmed dead in a shooting on the campus of Wayne County Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, according to CNN.
  
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• Labour's Miliband tells voters - Trust me on the economy

  13-04-2015 15:39
  
  By William James and Andrew Osborn MANCHESTER/LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband tried to overturn a damaging perception his party cannot be trusted on the economy, unveiling a manifesto he said showed it had the most responsible plan to manage Britain's finances. In a speech tackling what experts say is one of Labour's greatest electoral weaknesses, Miliband sought to reverse his party's low ratings for economic credibility, an area where Prime Minister David
  
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• Video: Nigel Farage has an awkward exchange with an immigrant worker who doesn't speak a lot of English

  13-04-2015 15:30
  The scene may have conformed to Nigel Farage's key political rallying cry but that didn't make the encounter any less awkward.
  
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• Hillary Clinton presidential announcement: #WhyI'mnotvotingforHillary tops Twitter

  13-04-2015 15:27
  
  In the opinion of mother political commentators and punters, Hillary Clinton's announcement that she was making a second run for the White House was just about right.
  
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• Hillary Clinton presidential announcement: #WhyI'mnotvotingforHillary hashtag tops Twitter

  13-04-2015 15:27
  
  In the opinion of mother political commentators and punters, Hillary Clinton's announcement that she was making a second run for the White House was just about right.
  
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• The Incredibles 2 is finally happening as Brad Bird confirms he has started writing the script

  13-04-2015 15:26
  
  Fans of The Incredibles have been awaiting a sequel for more than a decade and finally, their dreams look set to be realised.
  
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• Body found in search for British woman on dream holiday feared dead after boat sinks

  13-04-2015 15:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BODY has been found on the hunt for a British woman feared dead after a cruise boat hit rocks and sank within a minute.
  
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• Stepping Hill Nurse Chua 'Had Devil Inside'

  13-04-2015 15:14
  
  A nurse accused of murdering and poisoning patients wrote that he was an angel who had turned into "an evil person" with the devil inside him. Jurors at Victorino Chua's trial have been told that police found the note inside a kitchen drawer at his home following his arrest in January 2012. Manchester Crown Court was told the nurse had been advised to express his frustration and anger in writing after seeing an employees' counsellor at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport wher
  
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• With love from the Continent: Britain on smog alert as pollution sweeps in

  13-04-2015 15:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN is on smog alert again this week with another swathe of dust-laden air about to sweep in from the Continent.
  
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• Katherine Jenkins expecting a baby

  13-04-2015 15:03
  
  Singer Katherine Jenkins is pregnant with her first child - a baby girl.
  
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• Body found in missing Briton hunt

  13-04-2015 15:03
  
  Rescuers searching for a missing British tourist who disappeared after a boat capsized in south east Asia have found a body.
  
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• Mother 'can't read April book'

  13-04-2015 15:03
  
  The mother of murdered April Jones has refused to read the book which she and her husband have published about their ordeal.
  
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• Rivals attack Labour's economy vows

  13-04-2015 15:02
  
  Labour would be a government of both change and "responsibility", Ed Miliband said as he launched a General Election manifesto centred on boosting voters' faith in the party to handle the economy.
  
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• What a load of RUBBISH: Council blasted for 'Big Brother' spying on residents

  13-04-2015 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A COUNCIL has been blasted for installing new ‘Big Brother’ technology to spy on which residents are late - putting out their rubbish bins.
  
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