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• Conservatives take one point lead over Labour in YouGov poll - Sun newspaper

  21-04-2015 23:41
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives have taken a one point lead over the opposition Labour Party in a YouGov poll ahead of a May 7 election, The Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday. Cameron's Conservatives were on 35 percent, up one point on the previous day, while Labour was on 34 percent, down one point, the newspaper reported. It was the first Conservative lead in the YouGov poll for 13 days, the paper said. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) was on 13 percent, the Liberal Demo
  
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• Feckless father-of-40 is a 'model dad' says fiancee who is 'crazy' about him

  21-04-2015 23:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE fiancée of notorious dad-of-40 Mike Holpin said they can't keep their hands off each other and revealed he wants MORE children.
  
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• Tesco Loss To Be Among Biggest In UK History

  21-04-2015 22:49
  
  Tesco will guarantee itself an unwanted place in UK corporate history on Wednesday when it unveils an annual loss of well over £5bn, one of the biggest ever reported by a British company. Sky News has learnt that the UK's biggest retailer will announce that statutory pre-tax losses were significantly above £5bn - a figure which represents the most pessimistic of market expectations. Depending upon the final figure - which will confirm 2014 as the most turbulent year in the near-century
  
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• Shapps Denies Editing Rivals' Wikipedia Pages

  21-04-2015 22:30
  
  The Conservative Party chairman has strongly denied claims he edited his Wikipedia page and those of party rivals, after he was accused of removing mentions of embarrassing incidents from the site. The Guardian reported that Wikipedia has suspended an account, named Contribsx, which has been editing Grant Shapps' page, as well as other major political figures including Conservative and Labour MPs. Administrators told the newspaper they "believe that the account Contribsx is a sock-pupp
  
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• Police question Piers Morgan over phone hacking

  21-04-2015 22:16
  
  Piers Morgan, a former CNN television host, has been questioned for a second time by London police in connection with allegations of phone hacking at the Daily Mirror tabloid he used to edit. Morgan, who has denied any involvement in hacking, said in a statement on Tuesday he had attended a police station to be interviewed as part of an investigation into allegations of hacking at the newspaper he edited from 1995 to 2004. Britain's newspaper industry was rocked in 2011 by the revelation th
  
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• Clarkson final scenes to be aired

  21-04-2015 22:07
  
  Jeremy Clarkson's final scenes in Top Gear will be screened later this year, according to the boss of BBC2.
  
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• Primary children fail fitness tests

  21-04-2015 22:00
  
  Two-thirds of primary school-age children are falling below the recommended levels of fitness for their age group, research has warned.
  
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• Tube horror: Man hit on head by rush hour train dies from his injuries

  21-04-2015 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAN who was hit in the head by a Tube train while he bent down to pick up his bag has died, police have confirmed.
  
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• UK trader held over US shares crash

  21-04-2015 21:18
  
  A futures trader was arrested in Britain today in connection with the "Flash Crash" in the United States five years ago when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 600 points in five minutes.
  
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• Son held under Mental Health Act

  21-04-2015 21:18
  
  The 26-year-old man arrested in connection with the murders of his mother and sister has been detained under the Mental Health Act.
  
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• Boris Slams 'Namby Pamby' Campaign Complaints

  21-04-2015 21:18
  
  Boris Johnson has refused to apologise about negative campaigning by the Conservative party, saying that people should stop being so "namby pamby" about political attacks. On a day that the Mayor of London was unleashed to try to woo back UKIP voters, he told Sky News that he could not understand when Britain had become so unable to cope with the ferocity of the campaign trail. "I had someone saying to me that Nicola Sturgeon was deeply offended because I said putting the SNP in c
  
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• Radcliffe stars in Grand Theft show

  21-04-2015 21:17
  
  Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is to star in a new drama about hit computer game Grand Theft Auto.
  
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• Man Must Pay £460,000 Over Amazon DVD Fraud

  21-04-2015 20:20
  A 37-year-old man convicted of a counterfeit DVD scam on Amazon must repay hundreds of thousands of pounds. Nigel Bennetto, who has been sentenced to an 18-month suspended prison sentence after previously admitting fraud, was found to have set up seller accounts on Amazon using false company details in order to hide his identity. Bennetto, from Thirsk, was ordered to repay £464,838 at Teesside Crown Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act or face a three-year prison term in addition to the existi
  
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• Ex-Manchester United manager's granddaughter admits to £18,000 benefit fraud

  21-04-2015 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE granddaughter of ex-Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty has been spared jail after falsely claiming almost £18,000 in benefits.
  
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• Hacking Probe: Piers Morgan Questioned Again

  21-04-2015 19:51
  
  Scotland Yard detectives have questioned former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan for a second time in connection with claims of phone hacking. Mr Morgan was previously interviewed under caution in 2013 by officers looking into allegations of interception of voicemails by Mirror Group journalists. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "A 50-year-old man was interviewed under caution on April 21 2015 by officers from Operation Golding in connection with suspected conspiracy to intercept telep
  
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• UK Trader Faces US 'Flash Crash' Fraud Case

  21-04-2015 19:39
  
  A futures trader has been arrested in the UK on charges of wire fraud, commodities fraud and manipulation charges, the US Department of Justice has said.
  
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• VIDEO: O'Sullivan plays with no shoes

  21-04-2015 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ronnie O'Sullivan is forced to briefly play in his socks during his first-round match against Craig Steadman at the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
  
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• Nurse 'intended to cause havoc'

  21-04-2015 19:28
  
  A "caring, unassuming and conscientious" hospital nurse took out his frustrations by poisoning and murdering patients, a court has heard.
  
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• Piers Morgan quizzed over hacking

  21-04-2015 19:22
  Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has been questioned by Scotland Yard detectives in connection with claims of phone hacking.
  
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• Migrant Drownings Branded 'A Stain On Europe'

  21-04-2015 19:12
  
  Ed Miliband has criticised European leaders over their planned response to the crisis of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean. As Prime Minister David Cameron prepares for Thursday's EU Summit in Brussels on the issue, Mr Miliband has warned it will be "a stain on the EU" if proper action is not taken. But Mr Miliband said: "We've got to restart the search and rescue that was ended in November. In what is becoming the first foreign affairs row of this election, opinion
  
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• Nick Clegg's Wife Reveals Secret Food Blog

  21-04-2015 18:57
  
  Nick Clegg's wife has been writing an anonymous food blog for the last three years without telling Lib Dem party officials. Miriam Gonzalez Durantez revealed she and her three sons regularly upload their favourite recipes to the blog. The 46-year-old, the daughter of two Spanish teachers, made the the revelation during an online chat on the website Mumsnet. Ms Gonzalez Durantez, who has been married to Mr Clegg since 2000 after meeting him while he was working in Europe, wrote on Mumsnet: &
  
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• Price must pay over privacy action

  21-04-2015 18:56
  
  Katie Price must pay £200,000 into court to continue her privacy claim for misuse of confidential information against ex-husband Peter Andre and former manager Claire Powell.
  
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• Child loses alcohol damage case

  21-04-2015 18:55
  
  A child born with serious, alcohol-related problems after her mother drank excessively whilst pregnant has been refused permission to take her battle for compensation to the Supreme Court.
  
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• Jamelia slammed over sizes comment

  21-04-2015 18:52
  
  Loose Women panellist Jamelia has sparked controversy after saying that shops should not stock clothes for bigger women.
  
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• IS smuggles jihadists to Europe disguised as desperate refugees, warns Nato chief

  21-04-2015 18:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ISLAMIC State is exploiting the Middle East refugee crisis to smuggle jihadists into Europe, a Nato security chief has warned.
  
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• Fans wonder Who lurks in the box

  21-04-2015 18:26
  
  Doctor Who fans will be wondering what lurks within, after a mysterious picture of a monster from the new series was unveiled.
  
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• Sienna Miller joins Cannes jury

  21-04-2015 18:22
  
  Sienna Miller has been signed up to join the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival to help decide which movie carries off the prestigious Palme d'Or.
  
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• Britons sizzle as sunshine hits UK

  21-04-2015 18:19
  
  Britain sizzled in sunshine today as temperatures hit a high of 20C (68F) - making the country hotter than the popular party island of Ibiza.
  
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• Call over 'antibiotic Armageddon'

  21-04-2015 18:16
  
  An "antibiotic Armageddon" could result in a superbug death toll of more than a million across Europe by 2025, experts have warned.
  
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• Cox goes potty for new BBC show

  21-04-2015 18:12
  
  DJ Sara Cox is to present a new show that hopes to do for pottery what The Great British Bake Off did for cakes.
  
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• Nigella returns for new BBC 2 show

  21-04-2015 18:08
  
  Nigella Lawson is coming back to British TV for the first time since the breakdown of her marriage and revelations about her private life in a controversial court case.
  
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• Branson applauds UK anti-slavery law, urges firms to clean up supply chains

  21-04-2015 18:05
  
  Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has defended a new British law designed to stamp out modern day slavery against criticism that it does not do enough to tackle forced labour in supply chains. Under the new legislation, British businesses will have to disclose what action they have taken to ensure slave labour has not been used in their products and services.
  
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• Two Jailed Over 'Ferocious' Murder Plot

  21-04-2015 17:49
  
  Pennie Davis was stabbed in a field at Leygreen Farm in Beaulieu, Hampshire while tending her horses in September last year. Ben Carr, 22, recruited 36-year-old Justin Robertson to kill the mother-of-five because of allegations of sexual assault she had made against him when he was 14 and repeated in a message sent to his father's new partner. Prosecutor Richard Smith QC told Winchester Crown Court Carr had harboured a "lasting hate and anger" towards Mrs Davis, who was in a re
  
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• Prince Charles And Camilla To Visit Ireland

  21-04-2015 17:45
  
  The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are set to make their first official joint visit to Ireland next month. The royal couple will spend four days in Ireland between 19 and 22 May, and will also visit Northern Ireland during the same period, Clarence House has revealed. In April last year, Charles and Camilla welcomed Irish President Michael D Higgins to the UK as part of the Irish State Visit. The Prince has officially visited Ireland on two occasions - in May 1995 and February 2002.
  
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• Twitter cracks down on online abuse

  21-04-2015 17:31
  
  Twitter has announced an update to its policies to expand the site's powers to deal with abusive behaviour.
  
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• 30,000 migrants 'may drown' in 2015

  21-04-2015 17:27
  
  As many as 30,000 migrants could be killed attempting to cross the Mediterranean this year unless the crisis is brought under control, analysts have warned.
  
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• Johansson eyes Black Widow spin-off

  21-04-2015 17:27
  
  Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has revealed she would like her own Marvel spin-off movie, as she reprised the role of Black Widow for the fourth time.
  
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• US, UK aim for Deutsche Bank Libor settlement on Thursday - sources

  21-04-2015 17:17
  
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. and UK officials are preparing to announce a settlement with Deutsche Bank as soon as Thursday over allegations that it tried to rig benchmark interest rates like Libor, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Deutsche Bank said it was working with the relevant authorities but declined to comment further. The penalties are likely to exceed $1.5 billion (£1 billion), the amount UBS Group AG paid in 2012, Reuters reported previously. (Reporting by Andreas Kroener
  
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• Better time by most accurate clock

  21-04-2015 17:07
  
  Modifications to the world's most accurate clock means it is not expected to lose or gain a second in 15 billion years - a period of time greater than the age of the universe.
  
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• Minimum 32 years for woman's murder

  21-04-2015 16:51
  
  A man has been jailed for a minimum of 32 years for stabbing to death a mother of five as she tended her horses in a New Forest field after he was recruited to stop her making an accusation about a sexual assault.
  
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• Labour two points ahead of Conservatives in TNS pre-election poll

  21-04-2015 16:41
  
  Britain's opposition Labour Party holds a 2 percentage point lead over David Cameron's Conservatives, pollster TNS said on Tuesday, showing neither of the main parties had seen a decisive bounce after launching their manifestos. "All the indications are that we continue to face a result where no one party secures an overall majority," TNS UK director Jamie Willard said. Labour has gained two points in the TNS survey to 34 percent while the Conservatives have lost 2 points, do
  
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• Reid 'in trouble' over Renner flirt

  21-04-2015 16:39
  
  Susanna Reid has a reputation for flirting with a few of her male guests - and she admitted that she was going to "get into trouble" after an encounter with Hollywood star Jeremy Renner.
  
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• 'Romanians can bring family to UK but I CAN'T' Brit squash champ fuming after visa refusal

  21-04-2015 16:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FORMER British squash champion is fuming after being told she CAN'T bring her family back home to the UK after her Australian husband was refused a visa.
  
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• Amazon carbon levels hit by loggers

  21-04-2015 16:24
  
  Human activity has robbed the Amazon rainforest of more than 10% of its ability to store carbon in its vegetation, a study has found.
  
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• Jury Considers Verdict In Baby Rape Plot Case

  21-04-2015 16:08
  
  A jury in Bristol is considering its verdict in the trial of two men accused of plotting to rape a baby. John Denham, 49, from Wiltshire, and Matthew Stansfield, 34, from Hampshire, both deny conspiring to rape a child under the age of 13. The court has heard that five men have admitted a range of offences after members of a gang carried out sex crimes against a baby and pre-school child. On several occasions, it is alleged, one of the men - Robin Hollyson, who had access to a victim - would arr
  
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• Two Jailed Over Pennie Davis Murder Plot

  21-04-2015 15:58
  
  Pennie Davis was stabbed in a field at Leygreen Farm in Beaulieu, Hampshire while tending her horses in September last year. Ben Carr, 22, recruited 36-year-old Justin Robertson to kill the mother-of-five because of allegations of sexual assault she had made against him when he was 14 and repeated in a message sent to his father's new partner. Prosecutor Richard Smith QC told Winchester Crown Court Carr had harboured a "lasting hate and anger" towards Mrs Davis, who was in a re
  
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• UK's future on the line in election, says former PM Major

  21-04-2015 15:57
  
  By Kylie MacLellan and Andrew Osborn SOLIHULL/LONDON (Reuters) - The future of the United Kingdom would be imperilled if Scottish nationalists prop up a Labour government after May 7's election because they would use the role to prepare another independence vote, former prime minister John Major said on Tuesday. Speaking in Solihull, central England, former Conservative leader Major described such an arrangement as "a recipe for mayhem" that threatened the integrity of the United
  
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• Anger at Major's SNP 'mayhem' claim

  21-04-2015 15:49
  
  Sir John Major's prediction of "mayhem" if the General Election results in a Labour government propped up by Scottish nationalists provoked a furious response today.
  
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• Man jailed for New Forest murder

  21-04-2015 15:48
  
  A man has been jailed for a minimum of 32 years for stabbing to death a mother of five as she tended her horses in a New Forest field after he was recruited to stop her making an accusation about a sexual assault.
  
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• Potter books 'cast spell on brain'

  21-04-2015 15:43
  
  Certain words and sentences from Harry Potter stories cast a spell on the brain, activating regions that process emotions, research has shown.
  
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