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• VIDEO: Where is immigration welcome?

  24-04-2015 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unemployment has hit a seven-year low, but more than a third of the new jobs created last year went to workers from abroad.
  
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• Arsenal vs Chelsea: Mutual contempt burns as rivals Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho face off again

  24-04-2015 23:30
  
  After one last skirmish on Sunday, the battle between Jose Mourinho and Arsène Wenger will be decided for another year, a preface, no doubt, to one last argument over their competing ideologies until the bell rings on the season for the final time on 24 May.
  
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• MasterChef, TV review: The final climaxed in a frenzy of herbs and hyperbole

  24-04-2015 23:22
  
  After weeks of deliberating, cogitating and digesting our rosy-cheeked judges – tired Geography teacher John Torode and shaved Scotch egg Gregg Wallace – finally crowned their MasterChef 2015 champion, as tonight’s finale climaxed in a frenzy of herbs and hyperbole.
  
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• Murder probe begins after body find

  24-04-2015 23:03
  
  Police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a body at a flat in south Wales.
  
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• Colleagues support GP who assaulted police after being spiked with 'date rape' drug

  24-04-2015 23:01
  
  Former colleagues of a GP who had her drink spiked with a “date rape” drug which caused her to assault a police officer have backed a petition calling for her conviction to be overturned as it could end her career.
  
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• Everyday People project: Photographer Pablo Conejo placed an ad on Gumtree - and kickstarted a series of interesting encounters

  24-04-2015 23:00
  The idea for Everyday People came from observing people on the streets of London and wondering about their personal stories. Before then, my work revolved around architecture, but as an urban sociologist I wanted to get closer to people.
  
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• Doctor tells of 'emotional' donor baby story which inspired thousands

  24-04-2015 22:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE doctor at the birth of Britain's youngest lifesaver has spoken of the 'hardest decision' over the tragic yet heartwarming story which has encouraged thousands sign up to the donor register.
  
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• General Election 2015: What on earth happened to Ukip?

  24-04-2015 22:45
  
  As this Manuel election hobbles on with the polls swinging this way and that in super slo-mo, still we know nothing. Naaaaathing. And of the countless things we know we do not know, switching cultural references to the philosopher-poet Donald Rumsfeld, the most crucial is this: what will befall Ukip and its leader on 7 May?
  
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• MasterChef Series 2015: Simon Wood named winner

  24-04-2015 22:37
  
  Simon Wood has been named the winner of MasterChef, in a final which the judges said raised the benchmark for the competition.
  
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• MasterChef 2015: Simon Wood named winner

  24-04-2015 22:37
  
  Simon Wood has been named the winner of MasterChef, in a final which the judges said raised the benchmark for the competition.
  
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• From pogo-ing guinea pigs to 'hypnotised’ rabbits, scientists discover the many mysteries of our pets

  24-04-2015 22:27
  
  From pogo-ing guinea pigs to mesmerised cats and over-amorous dogs, it seems our pets have a limitless capacity for bizarre behaviour.
  
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• Lord Janner: How the Director of Public Prosecutions should have handled the Labour peer

  24-04-2015 22:14
  
  The appointment of Alison Saunders as the fifteenth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and second woman to ever hold the post was greeted with almost unanimous approval in 2013.
  
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• Shropshire villagers safeguard future of historic hill – by buying it for £240,000

  24-04-2015 22:07
  
  The Shropshire village of Pontesford has staged a remarkable show of people power by raising more than £240,000 to buy their local hill – rescuing a major historic landmark from potentially being closed off to the public.
  
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• Genetically modified embryos: a panacea for mankind – or a crime against scientific ethics?

  24-04-2015 21:58
  
  The announcement that Chinese scientists have attempted to genetically engineer human embryos took much of the world by surprise, but for those familiar with the latest gene-editing technology it was a long-anticipated inevitability.
  
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• General Election 2015: Rushanara Ali's campaign to win Bethnal Green and Bow - and undo the work of Lutfur Rahman

  24-04-2015 21:53
  Sitting in a Turkish café round the corner from Victoria Park, east London, Rushanara Ali – smart, truculent, with a newscaster’s steely glamour – is reluctant at first to give an opinion of the news that has rocked Tower Hamlets.
  
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• Teddy Houlston: Fundraising appeal for UK's youngest organ donor reaches £10,000 target in one day

  24-04-2015 21:47
  
  A fundraising appeal launched in memory of the UK’s youngest organ donor, a baby who lived for just 100 minutes, has hit its target within a day.
  
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• Business class to New York at economical prices - but will it fly?

  24-04-2015 21:39
  
  Bedfordshire has become reconnected with the Big Apple. Flight B06 took off from Luton airport just before 6pm, destination New York.
  
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• Chris Dercon to step down as Tate Modern director

  24-04-2015 21:34
  
  The Tate is losing its second major figure in the space of a month after Tate Modern director Chris Dercon announced he is to leave the gallery in 2017.
  
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• Britain's kitchens so filthy that they present a health risk, says new research

  24-04-2015 21:25
  
  Home cooking may be as popular as ever following the success of celebrity chefs on television. But amateur cooks appear to be less keen on kitchen hygiene.
  
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• Statue of Liberty evacuated after bomb threat; everyone safe - Daily Mail

  24-04-2015 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Statue of Liberty evacuated after bomb threat; everyone safe
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  NEW YORK (AP) — The Statue of Liberty was evacuated as a precaution on Friday after a bomb threat, forcing hundreds of tourists to be herded off the island. A 911 caller made the threat late Friday morning, "stating they were going to blow up the Statue of ...
  UPDATE 3-Statue of Liberty evacuated, suspicious package reportedReuters
  Statue of Liberty 'evacuated after caller threatened to blow it up
  
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• No Bad Blood: David Miliband Backs Brother Ed

  24-04-2015 21:19
  
  David Miliband has publically given his little brother a vote of confidence, tweeting #Ed4PM alongside a picture of his postal ballot envelope. As Ed Miliband pounds the campaign trail ahead of one of the tightest General Elections in decades , he can take some comfort in the fact that one very important voter is in the bag. "It was a difficult contest between me and David.
  
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• Anzac 100: What stunned Peter FitzSimons most about the Gallipoli story - Sydney Morning Herald

  24-04-2015 21:17 via smh.com.au
  
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  Anzac 100: What stunned Peter FitzSimons most about the Gallipoli story
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  The faces of the men who fought at Gallipoli · Homeless Diggers reveal Australia's double standards · Bugler Andrew Barnett playing at Gallipoli · Dawn landings on tiny strip of sand called the Sphinx · Comment: Has Australia learned nothing from the ...
  Abbott and princes at Gallipoli servicesThe Australian
  From the Monitor Archives: Invasion
  
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• UK's last remaining Guantanamo Bay detainee could be released within weeks, say US officials

  24-04-2015 21:16
  
  Britain’s last remaining Guantanamo Bay detainee could be released within weeks, US government sources have indicated.
  
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• Ed Miliband accused of 'new low' after blaming David Cameron over migrant ... - Telegraph.co.uk

  24-04-2015 21:14 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Ed Miliband accused of 'new low' after blaming David Cameron over migrant ...
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  Ed Miliband has been accused of attempting to “weaponise drowning migrants” after Labour blamed David Cameron for deaths of hundreds of refugees in the Mediterranean. The Conservatives were left furious after Tom Baldwin, Labour's chief spin doctor, ...
  HSBC threatens to leave the UK over David Cameron's European Union ...mirror.co.uk
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• SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru join host of celebrities in petition to push incoming government to scrap Trident

  24-04-2015 21:01
  A new campaign has been launched to scrap the planned renewal of Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system in the hope of forcing a Labour-led government to drop its support for the move.
  
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• General Election 2015: Cameron to blame for failing to lead Labour in polls, says Lord Ashcroft

  24-04-2015 21:01
  
  The influential Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft has blamed David Cameron for the party’s failure to open up an opinion poll lead over Labour, as the election heads for a draw that could put Ed Miliband in Downing Street.
  
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• Teaching profession headed for crisis as numbers continue to drop and working lives become 'unbearable'

  24-04-2015 21:01
  The working lives of teachers have become “unbearable” because of constant monitoring and as a result they are quitting in such numbers that the profession is heading for a crisis, according to an open letter to The Independent signed by 1,200 teachers.
  
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• Syrian woman who almost drowned in the Mediterranean urges UK to help migrants

  24-04-2015 20:57
  
  Watching the news without crying has been difficult for Hanan this week. For the 37-year-old mother from Syria, it is a vivid reminder of how close she and her four-year-old son Sami came to being another death toll statistic in the Mediterranean.
  
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• Police on scene at incident in Pontypridd town centre - BBC News

  24-04-2015 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Police on scene at incident in Pontypridd town centre
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  An incident in Pontypridd town centre has led to traffic congestion and delays, South Wales Police have said. At least four police vans and around 10 officers are at the scene between Sardis Road and Lanelay Crescent, Rhondda Cynon Taff. The car park ...
  Rugby stadium shut in police alertDroitwich Advertiser
  Live updates from Pontypridd as police investigate 'major incident'WalesOnline
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• Rugby stadium shut in police alert

  24-04-2015 20:47
  
  A rugby stadium has been made off limits while police investigate a "serious incident" in south Wales.
  
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• In Armenia, the plea rang out: never forget our tragedy - The Independent

  24-04-2015 20:40 via independent.co.uk
  
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  In Armenia, the plea rang out: never forget our tragedy
  The Independent
  A solemn plea to ensure that no genocide was ever forgotten rang out on a hilltop high above the Armenian capital, Yerevan, as the country's president led a ceremony to mark 100 years since 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.
  Hints of reconciliation in Turkey as Armenians mark massacreReuters
  A solemn anniversaryThe Economist
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• In Armenia, the plea rang out: never forget our tragedy

  24-04-2015 20:37
  
  A solemn plea to ensure that no genocide was ever forgotten rang out on a hilltop high above the Armenian capital, Yerevan, as the country’s president led a ceremony to mark 100 years since 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.
  
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• Armenian genocide: Turkey's day of denial amid remembrance for a genocide in all but name

  24-04-2015 20:32
  
  They were brave Turks and they were brave Armenians, the descendants of the murderers of 1915 and the descendants of their victims.
  
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• Frederic Morton: Writer who fled from the Nazis and for whom the refugee experience was central to much of his work

  24-04-2015 20:27
  Frederic Morton became an internationally renowned author in part thanks to books on the Austrian homeland he was forced to flee because of the Holocaust.
  
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• Professor Katharine Worth: Theatre scholar whose long friendship with Samuel Beckett illuminated her work in theory and practice

  24-04-2015 20:26
  Katharine Worth was a leading theatre scholar who worked closely with Samuel Beckett. Her friendship with Beckett, which lasted many years, enabled her to appreciate and emphasise, in her scholarship as well as her theatre practice, a rather more relaxed Beckett than the bleak, curmudgeonly writer of literary myth.
  
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• Sir Philip Carter: Everton chairman who helped transform domestic football as a leader of the group that founded the Premier League

  24-04-2015 20:25
  Because he never kicked a ball in anger, Sir Philip Carter was amused, and often embarrassed, to hear himself hailed as an “Everton legend”, an epithet he owed to the firm leadership he showed in the face of adversity and the four glorious, trophy-laden seasons which ensued.
  
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• General Election 2015 explained: Leaders

  24-04-2015 20:19
  
  The big beasts
  
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• Karen Buckley: Nurse was 'struck with spanner and covered with corrosive substances'

  24-04-2015 20:14
  
  Irish student Karen Buckley was struck on the head before her body was doused in “corrosive substances”, prosecutors have claimed.
  
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• Manny Pacquiao: Heavyweight contender to President of the Philippines?

  24-04-2015 20:08
  
  Manila’s traffic-choked streets will be almost deserted next Saturday. Across the violence-racked Philippines, the crime rate will plummet.
  
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• Man Charged In Wembley Preacher Murder Probe - City Talk 105.9

  24-04-2015 20:07 via citytalk.fm
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  Man Charged In Wembley Preacher Murder Probe
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  Police investigating the murder of a Syrian-born preacher in Wembley have charged a 61-year-old man. Sky News. © 2015 Sky News, all rights reserved. Police investigating the murder of a Syrian-born preacher in Wembley have charged a 61-year-old man.
  Second man charged over London street murder of Syrian-born preacher ...Daily Mailall 11 news articles »
  
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• General Election 2015: From sex appeal to trust - three charts that show how voters view our political leaders

  24-04-2015 20:03
  Ed Miliband experienced a sudden outpouring of passion from smitten teenagers on Twitter this week but the rest of the female population are not turned on by the Labour leader.
  
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• A summer of cinema and champagne in the city of love

  24-04-2015 20:03
  
  Forget Los Angeles. Paris is aiming to be the cinematic capital of the world this summer. There will be any number of options for devoted film fans – fitting for a city that boasts hundreds of screens, close to one for every 5,000 of its citizens.
  
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• Former Yemeni president calls for political dialogue to end war: statement - The Daily Star

  24-04-2015 19:53 via dailystar.com.lb
  
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  Former Yemeni president calls for political dialogue to end war: statement
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  A Yemeni poses with a shell he found in his house a day after an air strike by Saudi-led coalition warplanes on the nearby base on Fajj Attan hill on April 21, 2015 in the capital Sanaa. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS. RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share.
  Iran ships 'turn back' from Yemen as fighting ragesEconomic Timesall 903 news articles »
  
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• The next hound of Hounslow could do far worse damage: If a man working in the suburbs can wipe billions off the markets, what does the future hold?

  24-04-2015 19:53
  The first question that arises from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s case against Navinder Singh Sarao is: why did it take them five years to bring the action?
  
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• The secret diary of an MP: Out on the hustings – where students ask the best questions

  24-04-2015 19:43
  
  If last week was the week of the manifesto launches, this week has been the week of the hustings.
  
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• General Election 2015: Tories published English manifesto to promote SNP, says Jim Murphy

  24-04-2015 19:37
  
  Labour’s Scottish leader has accused David Cameron of “playing with fire” by intentionally publishing the Tories’ first “English manifesto” in the hope that it will increase resentment towards Westminster and promote the SNP.
  
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• Prince in tribute to Gallipoli dead

  24-04-2015 19:35
  
  The Prince of Wales has laid flowers on the graves of British and Irish soldiers who died 100 years ago storming the beaches at the start of the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign.
  
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• Spanish Ambassador to Britain caught up in financial controversy

  24-04-2015 19:31
  
  Spain’s ambassador to Britain, Federico Trillo, has become the latest senior figure within the country’s governing PP party to be caught up in a scandal that polls indicate will cost it this year’s general election.
  
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• Reporter blasts 'failing' Elveden

  24-04-2015 19:27
  
  A Sun reporter launched a scathing attack on a "flailing and failing" Operation Elveden after becoming the latest to be cleared of paying a public official for tips.
  
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• Karen murder accused in court

  24-04-2015 19:27
  
  The man charged with the murder of Irish student Karen Buckley has made a second private appearance in court.
  
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