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• Frank Warren: Tyson Fury will be closely watching Wladimir Klitschko... when he wins it'll be time to do a deal

  23-04-2015 23:42
  When Wladimir Klitschko fights on United States soil for the first time since February 2008 this weekend, he not only needs to woo a sceptical American public but demonstrate that, at 39, he is still the most formidable heavyweight on the planet and hasn’t taken his eye off the punchball because of helping to fight Ukraine’s political battles.
  
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• VIDEO: Britain 'to step forward' on migrants

  23-04-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Cameron has said "it is right for Britain to step forward" to tackle the migrant issue in the Mediterranean.
  
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• Inside No. 9, Nana's Party, TV review: League of Gentleman's Reece Shearsmith steals the show in this very clever drama

  23-04-2015 23:30
  Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have a knack for taking hoary old clichés and breathing tremendous new life into them. This particular one – the conceit of the birthday party gone awry, so beloved of hack playwrights throughout the ages – they had even rolled out themselves in the first series of the award-winning Inside No.9. This time around, in Nana's Party, the problems are of the more mundane variety (alcoholism, affairs, aging) but it is, as usual, a tightly wound and hugely imp
  
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• London Marathon 2015: Kenya's brothers in arms Wilson Kipsang and Dennis Kimetto ready to take on world

  23-04-2015 23:25
  
  It is a rivalry that traces its origins to the orange-baked surfaces of Iten in Kenya.
  
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• Second poll gives Cameron's Conservatives 4 point lead over Labour

  23-04-2015 23:24
  
  The Conservative Party took a 4 percentage point lead over the opposition Labour Party in a Comres poll published on Thursday ahead of a May 7 election, hours after another poll gave David Cameron's party the same lead. The poll for ITV and the Daily Mail put the Conservatives on 36 percent, up 2 percentage points, and Labour on 32 percent, down 1 point.
  
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• Google reports 12% rise in revenue

  23-04-2015 23:20
  
  Google has reported an increase in revenue on the same period last year, with money from advertising continuing to grow.
  
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• Hatton Garden Raid: New CCTV Images Of Robbers

  23-04-2015 23:00
  
  Detectives investigating the Hatton Garden jewellery heist have released new CCTV images of the robbers and offered a £20,000 reward in a fresh appeal. The gang of thieves made off with the contents of dozens of safety deposit boxes in London's jewellery quarter on the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. The new images, made public during an appeal on BBC1's Crimewatch, show six men entering and leaving the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company's building twice over the weekend. As part of
  
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• W1A, TV review: Too cosy to be cutting but, moving forward, it's totes worth sticking with

  23-04-2015 23:00
  
  A visit to Broadcasting House from HRH Prince Charles meant "basically, a huge opportunity to not f**k it up" in this new episode of BBC-based sitcom W1A. As if that wasn't taxing enough for Head of Values Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) and the rest of the Way Ahead Taskforce, there was also the problem of Wimbledon being "too white" and, what is "traditionally the first item on the agenda" at every meeting, a petulant Top Gear presenter whose name had been bleeped to protect audience sensibili
  
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• Lutfur Rahman is the latest example in a long line of crooks and chancers

  23-04-2015 22:55
  
  Local government has long been the weakest link in the country’s democratic infrastructure. The verdict that Lutfur Rahman, the one-time mayor of Tower Hamlets, was guilty of corrupt and illegal practices represents only the latest episode in a long line of crooks and chancers, of whom T Dan Smith, the corrupt leader of Newcastle upon Tyne in the 1960s, was the flashiest and most audacious.
  
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• Hatton Garden raid reward offered

  23-04-2015 22:52
  
  Police have offered a £20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of all those involved in the Hatton Garden safety deposit burglary.
  
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• Jewellery Heist: New CCTV Images Of Robbers

  23-04-2015 22:46
  
  Police investigating the Hatton Garden jewellery heist have released new CCTV images of the robbers.
  
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• Don't fear the artichoke: it's a good cook's staple, with more choice than you'd think

  23-04-2015 22:45
  
  Giuseppe Turi grew up on a farm in Puglia in southern Italy, where his family had the pick of fresh produce. The first artichokes would appear in November and, depending on the variety, were around until early May when the custom was to lightly char the young artichokes on a barbecue and eat them with the green leaves stripped from young garlic bulbs.
  
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• VIDEO: Brown: There is no deal with SNP

  23-04-2015 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says there is no chance of a deal between Labour and the SNP.
  
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• Whitney Museum of American Art opens the doors of its new New York City home

  23-04-2015 22:17
  
  The museum that houses the world’s most important collection of American art has shown off its new home – a $422 glass and steel construction with stunning views of New York City and the Hudson River.
  
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• PM's Political Calculation At Migrants Summit

  23-04-2015 22:14
  
  The language from European leaders was unambiguous - they insisted their urgent summit, aimed at addressing the deaths of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean, had an "immediate priority" of saving lives. Many humanitarian campaigners want to see a return to the wide-reaching search-and-rescue operation known as Mare Nostrum. It will carry out search and rescue but does not seek to do so. Governments - including the UK - made controversial arguments that the search and rescue acte
  
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• PM's Political Calculations At Migrants Summit

  23-04-2015 22:09
  
  The language from European leaders was unambiguous - they insisted their urgent summit, aimed at addressing the deaths of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean, had an "immediate priority" of saving lives. Many humanitarian campaigners want to see a return to the wide-reaching search-and-rescue operation known as Mare Nostrum. It will carry out search and rescue but does not seek to do so. Governments - including the UK - made controversial arguments that the search and rescue acte
  
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• General Election 2015: Northern Ireland party to show pro-marijuana broadcast

  23-04-2015 22:08
  
  A party political broadcast outlining the benefits of cannabis use is set to be screened on 23 April.
  
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• Migrant crisis: EU leaders struggle to reach agreement on how to prevent deaths of refugees crossing the Mediterranean

  23-04-2015 22:05
  Crisis talks between European leaders aimed at preventing the deaths of migrants crossing the Mediterranean have raised as many questions as answers.
  
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• Migrant crisis: EU declares war on people traffickers as leaders vow to 'identify, capture and destroy' their vessels at talks in Brussels

  23-04-2015 22:05
  The European Union has effectively declared war on people traffickers blamed for the deaths of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean, by vowing to “identify, capture and destroy” their vessels.
  
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• Guy Ritchie is the latest filmmaker to tackle King Arthur - one of our most versatile heroes

  23-04-2015 22:00
  
  King Arthur is back at his mythical home – Wales. Guy Ritchie's Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur is being filmed in Snowdonia, starring Charlie Hunnam opposite villain Jude Law. This in the same week that Bangor University's rare books collection boasts the extension of its Arthurian archive after a generous donation from Flintshire County Library. Ritchie's Hollywood blockbuster is due to be released in the summer of 2016, and there are early reports that it could be the first of up to
  
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• Scientists develop technique that could stop a genetic disease being passed on to future generations

  23-04-2015 21:57
  
  Scientists have developed a technique that could stop a genetic disease being passed on to future generations; it would offer an alternative to the “three-parent” IVF baby approach that has recently been made legal in Britain.
  
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• UK Wants Short-Term Solution In Migrant Crisis

  23-04-2015 21:57
  
  The language from European leaders was unambiguous - they insisted their urgent summit, aimed at addressing the deaths of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean, had an "immediate priority" of saving lives. Many humanitarian campaigners want to see a return to the wide-reaching search-and-rescue operation known as Mare Nostrum. It will carry out search and rescue but does not seek to do so. Governments - including the UK - made controversial arguments that the search and rescue acte
  
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• Top Gear: Executive producer Andy Wilman resigns from motoring show, then meets with Clarkson, Hammond and May

  23-04-2015 21:53
  The executive producer of Top Gear has quit the beleaguered motoring show, a month after the BBC sacked Jeremy Clarkson.
  
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• PM hails efforts on migrant crisis

  23-04-2015 21:51
  
  David Cameron has hailed an emerging agreement among European leaders to go after the people traffickers blamed for causing hundreds of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean as he announced the deployment of Britain's biggest warships to the region.
  
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• My part in Lutfur Rahman’s downfall – in the face of verbal attacks and threats

  23-04-2015 21:48
  
  In many ways I owe Lutfur Rahman a great deal of thanks. After his first election victory in 2010 I blogged he would, over the coming years, create the Nirvana sought by all reporters: Storyville. He didn’t let us down.
  
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• General David Petraeus handed two years’ probation, $100K fine for sharing classified information

  23-04-2015 21:48
  
  David Petraeus, the most esteemed general from US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been sentenced to two years’ probation and fined $100,000 for leaking classified materials to his biographer and mistress, Paula Broadwell.
  
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• PM Offers Navy Ship To Tackle Migrant Crisis

  23-04-2015 21:46
  
  Britain has offered to send one of the largest ships in the Royal Navy to help deal with the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. David Cameron said HMS Bulwark could be deployed along with three helicopters and two border patrol vessels as part of a European operation. HMS Bulwark - an assault ship - is currently in Turkey for the Gallipoli centenary commemorations and could deploy relatively quickly. Mr Cameron stressed that any migrants rescued from the sea by the Royal Navy would not automat
  
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• These academics complaining of Lancet's pro-Palestinian bias are fighting a lost battle

  23-04-2015 21:25
  
  Richard Horton has taken The Lancet back to its radical roots, speaking truth to power, holding the powerful to account and giving a voice to those who are not heard, like the children of Gaza. Most editors follow their readers, but the way Richard has led on global health is extraordinary.
  
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• Major medical journal Lancet under attack for 'extremist hate propaganda' over its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  23-04-2015 21:21
  One of the world’s oldest and most venerable medical journals is under attack from an international group of more than 500 doctors over its coverage of the humanitarian disaster caused by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  
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• Clarkson Pal Quits As Top Gear Exec Producer

  23-04-2015 21:20
  
  The executive producer of Top Gear has quit following Jeremy Clarkson's departure from the TV motoring show. Andy Wilman's decision was confirmed by the BBC - but bosses would not reveal whether it was related to the controversial presenter. Clarkson's contract was not renewed after an internal investigation into his verbal and physical attack on Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.
  
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• SNP 'to prop up Labour minority'

  23-04-2015 21:19
  
  Scottish nationalists could prop up a minority Labour administration even if Ed Miliband's party ends up with 40 fewer MPs than the Conservatives after the General Election, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said.
  
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• Apple Watch: Will it live up to expectations for the man or woman on the street?

  23-04-2015 21:15
  
  Just inside the Apple Store in London's Covent Garden, there's a row of people peering inquisitively into a glass case containing a dozen or more watches, some with brightly coloured plastic straps, others with a much heftier bling quotient. For customers used to getting their hands on Apple products before buying them, that glass case represents something of an annoyance; the Apple Watch is, at least for the moment, tantalisingly out of reach, untouchable for punters wandering in off the piazz
  
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• 2010 Wall Street 'flash crash': US establishment under fire for not acting sooner to charge accused trader

  23-04-2015 20:55
  
  America’s financial establishment was facing embarrassing questions about why it took it so long to bring charges against the Hounslow-based trader who was sensationally accused this week of helping to bring about the 2010 Wall Street “flash crash”.
  
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• General Election 2015: Return of £70,000 in donations to convicted fraudster and his wife a blow to Tory pledge to crack down on tax evasion

  23-04-2015 20:52
  The Conservatives found themselves having to return a further £20,000 in donations after accepting money from a convicted tax fraudster earlier this month, days after an investigation by The Independent forced the party to hand back more than £50,000 to his wife.
  
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• Reese Witherspoon to narrate recently discovered Harper Lee novel

  23-04-2015 20:49
  
  The recently discovered novel by iconic American author Harper Lee, “Go Set a Watchman”, will be brought to life by Academy Award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon, who will narrate the book’s audio edition.
  
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• Thousands of homeless people moved around London without councils informing each other

  23-04-2015 20:45
  
  Thousands of homeless people are being moved around London without councils informing each other, potentially leaving families unconnected to health, education and support services.
  
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• How Etsy became a crafty little earner: The online market has been floated for £1.2bn, but can craft and capitalism coexist?

  23-04-2015 20:45
  Earlier this month, Etsy, the online market place for handmade goods, launched on the New York stock market. In scenes reminiscent of the Facebook flotation three years ago, a crowd of Etsians, as they like to be called, gathered under the flickering Nasdaq screens and clapped and cheered as ticker tape wafted down over Times Square.
  
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• General Election: SNP 'exploiting poverty' in order to blame Westminster and push independence, Gordon Brown claims

  23-04-2015 20:40
  The SNP are “exploiting poverty” in Scotland so they can blame the Westminster government and pursue their ultimate goal of independence, Gordon Brown has claimed.
  
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• Lord Janner: Britain's top prosecutor defends decision not to charge Labour peer with child sex crimes

  23-04-2015 20:29
  Britain’s top prosecutor has defended her decision not to charge the former MP Lord Janner with child sex crimes – telling her critics to “challenge me in court”.
  
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• 'Challenge me in court': Britain's top prosecutor defends decision not to charge Labour peer Lord Janner with child sex crimes

  23-04-2015 20:29
  Britain’s top prosecutor has defended her decision not to charge the former MP Lord Janner with child sex crimes – telling her critics to “challenge me in court”.
  
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• Clues to woolly mammoth decline

  23-04-2015 20:27
  
  The world's last woolly mammoths suffered from a loss of genetic diversity probably caused by inbreeding, according to a new report.
  
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• Minneapolis's Somali community in shock following arrest of a group of its young men for attempting to fly to Syria to fight alongside Isis

  23-04-2015 20:27
  They barged into her house, told her and her family to get out and handcuffed her husband, albeit briefly. Exactly why the FBI were in her home, Farhiyo Mohamed couldn’t fathom. What she did know, though, was her eldest son, Abdirahman Daud, had been missing since the previous day. The answers, when they did come, left her distraught and baffled – a state she remains in today. Her 21-year-old son was no longer in Minneapolis. He had driven non-stop to San Diego where, along with another you
  
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• Tube station renamed Buxton Water

  23-04-2015 20:21
  
  A Tube station is to be named after a sponsor for the first time - but just for one day.
  
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• Executive producer exits Top Gear

  23-04-2015 20:16
  
  The executive producer of Top Gear has quit the motoring show in the wake of Jeremy Clarkson's departure.
  
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• Armenia genocide victims canonised on centenary of atrocity that Turkey still refuses to recognise

  23-04-2015 20:13
  
  In Echmiadzin, the sounds of ringing bells and chanting filled the air. A hundred years ago, the town, 13 miles west of Armenian capital, Yerevan, became a sanctuary for Armenian refugees fleeing the massacres of the Ottoman Empire.
  
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• Texas county to become first to confiscate guns from domestic abusers

  23-04-2015 20:13
  
  One Texas county is about to take an unprecedented step to get guns out of the hands of convicted domestic abusers.
  
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• Conservatives take four point lead over Labour - Survation poll

  23-04-2015 20:10
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives have taken a 4 percentage point lead over the opposition Labour Party in a poll by Survation for Daily Mirror, ahead of the British general election on May 7. The poll shows Labour down four percentage points on Survation's April 17 survey to 29 percent, while the Conservatives retain the lead, but lose one percentage point to 33.
  
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• General Election 2015: Tories and Lib Dems throw their star names west to grab votes

  23-04-2015 19:52
  
  Rosemary White can’t remember the last time the Conservatives showed this much interest in Cornwall. “David Cameron comes down here on holiday and says he’s all for it,” the nurse says in the middle of St Austell. “But the only thing he wants to do is improve the mobile signal so he can phone his friends back in London.”
  
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• UK Teenager Charged Over Oz Terror 'Plot'

  23-04-2015 19:45
  
  A 14-year-old boy from Blackburn has been charged in connection with a terrorist plot in Australia. Deborah Walsh, from the Counter Terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "The first allegation is that, between 15 and 26 March 2015, the defendant incited another person to commit an act of terrorism, namely to carry out an attack at an Anzac parade in Australia with the aim of killing and/or causing serious injury to people. Counter-terrorism officers in Australia also arrested two
  
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• General Election 2015 explained: Law

  23-04-2015 19:40
  
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