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• VIDEO: UKIP receives £1m from Express owner

  16-04-2015 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Richard Desmond, whose publishing company owns the Daily and Sunday Express, donates £1m to UKIP.
  
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• Miliband wins final TV debate of election campaign - poll

  16-04-2015 23:45
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband won the final TV debate of the election campaign on Thursday, a snap poll showed, but Prime Minister David Cameron declined to take part and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was not included. The poll, by Survation and the Daily Mirror newspaper, said 35 percent of those asked thought Miliband won the debate, 31 percent believed Scottish nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon had triumphed, and 27 percent judged Nigel Farage, the leader
  
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• Miliband 'wins' despite attacks

  16-04-2015 23:34
  
  Ed Miliband was judged the "winner" of the second TV debate of the General Election campaign in an instant poll conducted after he clashed with leaders of smaller parties who urged him to form a "progressive" coalition to run the country.
  
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• Murs and Flack to front X Factor

  16-04-2015 23:30
  
  Olly Murs and Caroline Flack are to present The X Factor following Dermot O'Leary's departure after eight years, the show's supremo Simon Cowell has confirmed .
  
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• Murs and Flack to host X Factor

  16-04-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olly Murs and Caroline Flack are confirmed as the new presenters of The X Factor
  
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• VIDEO: Opposition leaders in debate clash

  16-04-2015 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The leaders of Labour, SNP, UKIP, Greens and Plaid Cymru take part in a pre-election debate.
  
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• England push for West Indies victory

  16-04-2015 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Gary Ballance's century and a stunning Chris Jordan catch set up England's bid for victory over West Indies in Antigua.
  
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• Smith into final on GB comeback

  16-04-2015 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Louis Smith qualifies top for the European pommel final in his first GB appearance for Britain since London 2012.
  
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• Leaders argue over public spending

  16-04-2015 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Party leaders clash over public spending, in the BBC's live opposition leaders' debate.
  
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• Miliband: Thanks Nicola, But No Thanks

  16-04-2015 23:22
  
  Nicola Sturgeon laid down her offer to Ed Miliband to hand him the keys to Downing Street at the end of the final showdown between party leaders before the General Election. The SNP leader demanded Mr Miliband replace the Tories with something better and not just the "Tories light" before she would throw her support behind him. Setting out her key conditions for a coalition with Labour, Ms Sturgeon said the Labour leader needed to be "bolder" in fighting austerity and she cou
  
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• Waterman train sale makes £600,000

  16-04-2015 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An auction of part of the model railway collection owned by record producer Pete Waterman raises more than £600,000.
  
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• Debate - The Ed v Nicola Show

  16-04-2015 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This was a debate unlike any we've ever seen. I can't believe there will ever be another like it.
  
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• Waterman train sale hits £627,000

  16-04-2015 22:47
  
  Pete Waterman swapped music tracks for railway tracks and hailed his model train auction as "fantastic" with a sale total of more than £600,000.
  
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• Farage 'Insults' Audience At Leaders' Debate

  16-04-2015 22:19
  
  Nigel Farage "insulted" the audience of the final televised showdown saying they had failed to understand the issues and were too left wing. During heated debate over the shortage of affordable housing in the UK, the UKIP leaders said that "even by the standards of the BBC", the audience was too far Left.
  
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• WikiLeaks puts Sony files online

  16-04-2015 22:19
  
  Whistleblower site WikiLeaks has put hundreds of thousands of emails and documents from last year's crippling cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment into a searchable online archive.
  
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• Miliband under fire in PM's absence

  16-04-2015 22:06
  
  Ed Miliband was accused of "letting the Tories off the hook" as he faced demands from the leaders of smaller parties urging him to form a "progressive" coalition to run the country.
  
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• Miliband and Farage clash on cuts

  16-04-2015 22:06
  
  The leaders of the five main opposition parties are going head-to-head in front of a live television audience at the BBC "challengers" debate.
  
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• Farage Challenges Audience At Leaders' Debate

  16-04-2015 21:51
  
  Nigel Farage insulted the audience of the final televised showdown for failing to understand the issues and for being too Left wing. During heated debate over the shortage of affordable housing in the UK, the UKIP leaders said that "even by the standards of the BBC", the audience was too far Left.
  
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• Hacked Sony files in online archive

  16-04-2015 21:45
  
  Whistleblower site WikiLeaks has put hundreds of thousands of emails and documents from last year's Sony hack into a searchable online archive.
  
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• Hardy inspired by Sesame St Count

  16-04-2015 21:38
  
  London-born star Tom Hardy has revealed his Russian accent for his latest film was inspired by an unlikely source - Sesame Street.
  
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• Absent Cameron under fire at debate

  16-04-2015 21:22
  
  Ed Miliband and Nicola Sturgeon have attacked David Cameron for failing to take part in the second televised leaders' debate of the General Election campaign, with the Labour leader saying that the Prime Minister had "chosen not to defend his record".
  
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• It's The Final Showdown: Leaders' Debate

  16-04-2015 21:13
  
  While UKIP's Nigel Farage said the General Election had turned into a "farce". SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon laid out her offer to form a coalition and said:  "Now the truth is that no one party looks likely to win an outright majority at this election. "That means we will need to build bridges between our different parties, if we are to deliver real change. With a majority looking unlikely all the small parties could play a crucial part in delivering either David Cameron
  
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• Farmer loses bid to keep castle

  16-04-2015 21:02
  
  A farmer has been ordered to tear down a mock Tudor castle that he built after losing a seven year-legal battle.
  
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• Police seeking missing Briton find body in two parts near Bordeaux

  16-04-2015 21:00
  BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - Police searching for a missing 80-year-old British woman have found body parts in the Lot-et-Garonne region in southwest France, prosecutor Pascal Prache told reporters on Thursday.
  
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• Waterman trains sell for £100,000

  16-04-2015 20:54
  
  It was full steam ahead as Pete Waterman hailed the result of his model train auction as "fantastic".
  
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• Express owner Desmond gives UKIP £1m

  16-04-2015 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UKIP says a £1m donation from Express owner Richard Desmond will help it "significantly" in its election campaign.
  
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• NI abortion law change recommended

  16-04-2015 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A limited change to Northern Ireland's abortion law, to allow terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormality, is recommended by Stormont's Department of Justice.
  
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• Trio charged in 'Syria' fraud probe

  16-04-2015 19:53
  
  Three men have been charged following an investigation into fraud linked to UK extremists travelling to Syria.
  
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• 20% 'miss primary school choice'

  16-04-2015 19:30
  
  Up to one in five infants in some parts of England are missing out on their top choice of primary school.
  
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• MH370 Search May Be in the Wrong Place Again - Daily Beast

  16-04-2015 19:22 via thedailybeast.com
  
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  MH370 Search May Be in the Wrong Place Again
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  Australia admits it may look at a new patch of ocean. What's more worrying than the undiscovered yet is that not one piece of floating wreckage has been spotted where it should've washed up. Something significant was missing when senior ministers from ...and more »
  
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• Nurse Denies 'Confession' Related To Deaths

  16-04-2015 19:15
  
  A nurse accused of murdering three hospital patients and poisoning others has denied deliberately causing the deaths by altering prescriptions and administering insulin. Under cross-examination, Victorino Chua, 49, told the jury that a letter written by him in which he wrote "got lots to tell, but I just take it to my grave" had nothing to do with the patients' deaths. Chua is accused of murdering three patients - Tracey Arden, 44, Arnold Lancaster, 71, and Derek Weaver, 83 - and
  
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• Express Owner Desmond Gives £1m To UKIP

  16-04-2015 19:14
  
  The owner of the Daily Express newspaper has donated £1m to Nigel Farage's UKIP. It is the second large donation the party has received from the media magnate - he donated £300,000 in December - and will significantly bolster UKIP's war chest with 20 days to go to the General Election. Mr Desmond has expressed public support for Mr Farage's immigration policies and the extent of Brussels' influence over Britain's domestic affairs. The Daily Express owner said: "I
  
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• Express boss Desmond gives Ukip £1m

  16-04-2015 19:10
  
  The Daily Express owner Richard Desmond is donating another £1 million to Ukip's election fighting fund.
  
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• Kane among four named for PFA double

  16-04-2015 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane is one of four players to make the shortlist for both the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year prize.
  
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• Body at farm is missing student Karen Buckley

  16-04-2015 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A body found at a farm north of Glasgow is missing Cork student Karen Buckley, Police Scotland confirm.
  
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• 'IS bid' trio face terror charges

  16-04-2015 18:43
  
  Three men who allegedly tried to smuggle themselves out of Britain in an attempt to travel to Iraq or Syria to join Islamic State have been charged with terror offences.
  
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• Pippa slammed for eating whale meat

  16-04-2015 18:39
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge's sister, Pippa Middleton, has been criticised by an animal welfare group for admitting to eating whale meat.
  
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• Accused nurse's 'bitter confession'

  16-04-2015 18:39
  
  A nurse wrote he was going "straight to hell" because he had poisoned and murdered patients, a court heard.
  
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• Missing teen 'groomed then murdered'

  16-04-2015 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man groomed "troubled" Blackpool teenager Paige Chivers before murdering her, a jury hears.
  
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• Three Charged With Syria Terror Offences

  16-04-2015 18:17
  
  Three men from Birmingham who were arrested at Dover on Good Friday have been charged with Syria-related terrorism offences.
  
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• Body confirmed to be missing Karen

  16-04-2015 18:07
  
  The family of Karen Buckley say they are "absolutely heartbroken" after remains found on farmland outside Glasgow were confirmed to be that of the missing student.
  
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• Beauty secret to female fundraisers

  16-04-2015 18:00
  
  Men donate competitively on women's donation pages - especially for attractive fundraisers, a new study has found.
  
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• Family's Heartbreak As Student's Body Found

  16-04-2015 17:54
  
  A body found near Glasgow is that of an Irish student who went missing after a night out, police have confirmed. Karen Buckley, 24, was last seen in the early hours of Sunday morning after a night out with friends. A family statement said parents John and Marian, along with Ms Buckley's three brothers, were "absolutely heartbroken". John Buckley said: "Karen was our only daughter, cherished by her family and loved by her friends.
  
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• VIDEO: UK youth unemployment crisis continues

  16-04-2015 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Employment in the UK is once again increasing but there are still areas of great concern, particularly youth unemployment
  
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• Remains confirmed as missing Karen

  16-04-2015 17:27
  
  Remains found by officers investigating the disappearance of Karen Buckley are that of the Irish student, police have said.
  
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• Ukip apology over poppy advert

  16-04-2015 17:03
  
  Ukip's use of a Royal British Legion poppy in an advert for one of its candidates is "wholly unacceptable", the charity has said.
  
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• Pensioner jailed for stranger rape

  16-04-2015 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 74-year-old is jailed for 11 years for raping a woman after claiming he was 45 miles away at the time of the attack.
  
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• Epilepsy drug may help MS sufferers

  16-04-2015 17:00
  
  A drug commonly taken to prevent epilepsy seizures could be used to protect people from an eye condition that is often associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), research has found.
  
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• Janner no-trial decision 'perverse'

  16-04-2015 16:48
  
  A former Labour peer should have stood trial 25 years ago for sex attacks on children - but will now not face court because he has dementia, Britain's top prosecutor said.
  
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• BP boss 'happy' with portfolio

  16-04-2015 16:32
  
  BP boss Bob Dudley has indicated that the oil giant has no regrets over rival Royal Dutch Shell's £47 billion takeover of BG as he faced shareholders at its annual general meeting.
  
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