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• Cable: I want to be Chancellor

  25-04-2015 23:41
  
  Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable has indicated that he would like to take over from George Osborne as Chancellor in any future coalition with Conservatives.
  
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• Everton vs Manchester United: Steven Naismith demands 'better' if Toffees are to upset the odds against United

  25-04-2015 23:30
  None  of the Everton players at Goodison Park the last time they faced Manchester United will ever forget it.
  
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• Labour Leading Tories By 2% In New Poll

  25-04-2015 23:24
  
  Labour are leading the Conservatives by 2% in a new poll by YouGov for The Sunday Times. A week ago the same survey gave Ed Miliband's party a four-point advantage over David Cameron's. In the new poll, Labour were down two points on 34% to the Conservatives' 32% (down one), with UKIP on 14% (up one), Lib Dems on 9% (unchanged) and Greens on 6% (up one). However, the Conservatives are leading Labour by 1% in a new poll by Opinium for The Observer.
  
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• Union boss hits at 'dangerous' Ukip

  25-04-2015 23:22
  
  A union leader will accuse Ukip of being "downright dangerous".
  
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• Conservatives take 3 point lead over Labour - Survation poll

  25-04-2015 23:12
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party has taken a 3 percentage point lead over the opposition Labour Party, according to a Survation poll for The Mail on Sunday newspaper ahead of the May 7 election. The poll put the Conservatives up 3 percentage points on 33 percent, with support for Labour dropping 4 percentage points to 30 percent. With less than two weeks to go before the May 7 election, most opinion polls have shown voters fairly evenly split between Britain's two main
  
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• Anderson leads England to victory

  25-04-2015 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Anderson inspires England to a nine-wicket win over West Indies on the final day of the second Test.
  
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• Miliband plans to cap rent rises

  25-04-2015 22:48
  
  Private landlords would be banned from above-inflation rent rises over a three-year period if Labour wins power after the May 7 General Election, Ed Miliband is set to announce.
  
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• Labour has 2 point lead ahead of election - YouGov poll for Sunday Times

  25-04-2015 22:32
  
  Britain's opposition Labour Party has a two percentage point lead over Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives, according to a YouGov poll for The Sunday Times. The poll showed Labour on 34 percent and the Conservatives on 32 percent, according to the paper. The two main parties have been neck-and-neck in most opinion polls since the start of the year, with neither establishing a sustained lead beyond the typical 3 percentage point margin of error. Opinion polls have consistently
  
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• Burglars target dead cyclist home

  25-04-2015 22:01
  
  Detectives are investigating a "despicable" break-in at the home of an elderly cyclist who was killed in a road accident.
  
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• Letter: Why we want Lib Dems to play a part in the next government, by 20 figures from renewable energy industry

  25-04-2015 22:00
  
  Dear Sir/Madam,When the Coalition took office, both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pledged to make it the ‘greenest government ever’.
  
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• General Election 2015: Keep Lib Dems in coalition, says green industry

  25-04-2015 22:00
  
  The Liberal Democrats must play a part in the next government, however it is constituted, to ensure the fight is maintained against climate change, 20 figures from the renewable energy industry and businesses say in a letter to The Independent on Sunday.
  
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• Minute's silence marks Bradford fire

  25-04-2015 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A minute's silence has been held before all Premier and Football league matches to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City fire.
  
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• Tories Leading Labour By 1% In New Poll

  25-04-2015 21:14
  
  The Conservatives are leading Labour by 1% in a new poll by Opinium for The Observer. A week ago the same survey gave David Cameron's party a four-point advantage over Ed Miliband's. In the new poll, the Tories were down three points on 34%, to Labour's 33% (up one), with UKIP on 13% (unchanged), Liberal Democrats on 9% (up one) and Greens on 6% (up one). If repeated on 7 May, it would produce a hung Parliament with the Conservatives the largest single party.
  
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• Tributes to GAA man killed in crash

  25-04-2015 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tributes are paid to Fermanagh hurler Shane Mulholland, who died in a road crash in County Fermanagh on Friday night.
  
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• Manchester City vs Aston Villa match report: Nervous City ride their luck as Fernandinho secures late victory

  25-04-2015 20:56
  Two goals in three minutes in the closing stages of an absorbing clash saw Fernandinho claim the winner for the defending Premier League champions in a game that could have major ramifictions at both ends of the table.
  
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• VIDEO: Farage 'fighting fit' for election

  25-04-2015 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UKIP leader Nigel Farage has admitted to being "in a great deal of pain" at the start of the election campaign and is now "fighting fit".
  
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• UK experts to aid quake operation

  25-04-2015 20:25
  
  The UK has deployed a team of humanitarian experts to Nepal after a devastating earthquake ripped through the country, killing more than 1,000 people.
  
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• UK's richest double their wealth

  25-04-2015 20:18
  
  The collective wealth of Britain's richest people has more than doubled in the last ten years, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
  
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• Do people's hustings turn the tables?

  25-04-2015 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can "people's hustings" put voters in control of the agenda?
  
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• London Marathon 2015: Paula Radcliffe and the mother of all goodbyes

  25-04-2015 19:41
  
  A photo hangs in the Monaco home of Paula Radcliffe, beaming with a Union Jack draped over her shoulders, daughter Isla in her arms, as she celebrates victory in the New York Marathon. It is Radcliffe at her peak, a snapshot of what life once was and part of an interesting tale into the machinations of family life with her husband Gary Lough and the couple’s two children – they also have a son Raphael.
  
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• Top Gear's Falklands number plate row was provoked deliberately, Argentine judge rules

  25-04-2015 19:39
  Jeremy Clarkson and the Top Gear crew intentionally provoked an Argentinian reaction by driving through parts of the country with a licence plate referencing the Falklands conflict, a judge has ruled.
  
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• Top Gear's Argentine number plate row was provoked deliberately, judge rules

  25-04-2015 19:39
  Jeremy Clarkson and the Top Gear crew intentionally provoked an Argentinian reaction by driving through parts of the country with a licence plate referencing the Falklands conflict, a judge has ruled.
  
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• Hundreds protest at gentrification

  25-04-2015 19:29
  
  The front window of a branch of Foxtons estate agents has been smashed amid dramatic scenes at an anti-gentrification protest.
  
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• McCoy Bids Farewell Without Box Office Finish

  25-04-2015 19:24
  
  There was no blockbuster ending for Tony McCoy on board Box Office. 'AP' was cheered from parade ring to the start and all the way back again by an 18,000-capacity crowd at Sandown Park on his final day as a jockey. The 20-times champion jockey had two chances to add to his career tally of 4,358 jumps winners in Britain and Ireland, but neither was able to stretch the target for future generations even further into the distance. Riding Mr Mole in the race named for him, the AP McCoy Ce
  
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• The confessions of men who ordered mail-order brides

  25-04-2015 19:19
  
  70 per cent of Thai women in England are married to UK men and, while it is difficult to quantify how many of these are “mail-order” brides, a large proportion will have been brought over for such arranged marriages.
  
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• Premature baby couple stuck in Spain

  25-04-2015 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple from Bolton whose baby was born 12 weeks prematurely on holiday in Spain say they could be stranded there for three months.
  
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• Arsenal vs Chelsea: Praise to Arsene Wenger for having the courage of his convictions

  25-04-2015 19:16
  
  Poses were struck, prejudices were confirmed. Arsène Wenger wore a Mona Lisa smile and was politely provocative. Jose Mourinho charmed with cheap comedy and was artfully disrespectful. It felt formulaic, over-familiar, over-played.
  
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• Conservatives' lead narrows to 1 point over Labour in Opinium poll

  25-04-2015 19:12
  
  David Cameron's Conservative Party saw its lead in an opinion poll narrow on Saturday, with a survey for the Observer newspaper giving it a 1 percentage point lead over the Labour Party ahead of the May 7 election. The poll by market research company Opinium put the Conservatives on 34 percent, with support for Labour at 33 percent.
  
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• Cameron, Miliband deflect deal talk

  25-04-2015 19:08
  
  David Cameron and Ed Miliband have tried to damp down speculation about coalitions, after Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg set out the conditions which he suggested would grant "legitimacy" to a government in a second hung Parliament.
  
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• Thousands pedal on parliament

  25-04-2015 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people from across Scotland converge on Holyrood in the fourth annual Pedal on Parliament event.
  
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• Sunderland slip further despite Connor Wickham hitting Stoke City early

  25-04-2015 18:43
  
  A turbulent few days for Sunderland ended with them claiming a point towards their Premier League survival bid but also dropping into the relegation zone as they drew 1-1 with Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.The Black Cats were in front within the opening few seconds when Connor Wickham pounced on an error by Potters goalkeeper Asmir Begovic. Continue reading...
  
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• Manchester City v Aston Villa: Premier League – live!

  25-04-2015 18:40
  
  Live updates on the Premier League action from the Etihad StadiumEmail [email protected] or tweet @NickAmes82Saturday scoreboard: all the day’s goals across Europe 5.40pm BST 9 min: Silva tries to pick the lock and appeals for a handball, but no dice. Then we see the first of Grealish and indeed Villa, in a move that sees Richardson make some inroads down the left before Navas gets back to clear. 5.39pm BST 8 min: City have had a few early gifts like that this season – I remember the
  
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• Barcelona see off Espanyol through Neymar and Messi despite Alba’s red

  25-04-2015 18:36
  
  Neymar scored the opener to continue his rich vein of form as Barcelona won a one-sided La Liga derby against Espanyol 2-0 despite the dismissal of Jordi Alba early in the second half.Neymar followed up his two goals against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday by slotting home after Luis Suárez dummied an Alba cross inside the area to open the scoring after 17 minutes. Continue reading...
  
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• Woman given a new home for throwing a mango at the president

  25-04-2015 18:33
  
  A woman who pelted the Venezuelan President with a mango as he was driving a bus through a crowd has been rewarded with a new home.
  
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• Sabeen Mehmud, Pakistani women's rights activist, shot dead

  25-04-2015 18:31
  
  Country’s prime minister condemns killing of campaigner after forum about disappearances of nationalists in Balochistan regionA leading member of Pakistan’s small band of liberal social activists has been gunned down outside the pioneering Karachi arts venue she founded, in an apparent bid to silence discussion about the country’s brutal efforts to smother separatism in the restive province of Balochistan.
  The murder of Sabeen Mahmud on Friday sent shockwaves through Pakistan’s embattled
  
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• Lasith Malinga strikes to give Mumbai Indians win over Sunrisers Hyderabad

  25-04-2015 18:30
  
  • Mumbai Indians 157-8; Sunrisers Hyderabad 137-8
  • Mumbai win by 20 runs after Malinga takes three wickets in four ballsThey needed a victory, and they got one. But it was a near thing for Mumbai Indians, who flirted with a sixth defeat in seven IPL outings before the bowling of Lasith Malinga carried them over the line against Sunrisers Hyderabad.The signs looked auspicious for Mumbai when Lendl Simmons racked up a solid half century inside 12 overs. But the West Indian batsman’s woeful
  
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• Tranmere and Cheltenham relegated to Conference while Shrewsbury rise

  25-04-2015 18:30
  
  • Tranmere beaten 3-2 at play-off chasing Plymouth Argyle
  • Shrewsbury win 1-0 at Cheltenham to earn promotion to League OneTranmere Rovers and Cheltenham Town have been relegated to the Conference from League Two, after defeats at Plymouth and at home to Shrewsbury Town, respectively.Tranmere, who have been in the Football League since 1921, lost 3-2 at Plymouth Argyle, who are in the final play-off spot. Continue reading...
  
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• Football clockwatch: Premier League, Football League and more – as it happened

  25-04-2015 18:27
  
  Leicester and Hull earned vital away wins to leave Sunderland in the bottom three, Newcastle suffered a seventh straight league defeat against Swansea and Watford sealed promotion to the Premier League on a dramatic afternoon 5.27pm BST So, to conclude as concisely as possible – a good day for Leicester, Hull and Swansea, a bad day for Burnley, QPR and football in the northeast, a dark day for Tranmere and Cheltenham, and a day to remember for Watford and Shrewsbury, who were both promoted.All
  
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• Row over second referendum warning

  25-04-2015 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour and the SNP clash on the issue of a second independence referendum as general election campaigning continues in Scotland.
  
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• General Election 2015: Gordon Brown warns of 'chilling SNP plan for second independence referendum'

  25-04-2015 18:25
  
  The former Prime Minister, Scottish MP Gordon Brown, has warned that the SNP will have a “chilling plan” for a second independence referendum.
  
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• West Indies v England: second Test, day five - live!

  25-04-2015 18:19
  
  Over-by-over updates on the final day’s play at St George’s, GrenadaEmail [email protected] or tweet @DanLucas86Mike Selvey’s day four report: Brathwaite’s century frustrates EnglandGet the very latest from the IPLCricket, music and comedy! Get tickets for The Cricket Pitch here 5.19pm BST Just a quick reminder, that you can get your tickets to The Cricket Pitch, with Emma John, Andy Zaltzman, Alex Horne and The Horne Section by clicking right here.When I was a student in Lancast
  
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• Liverpool pay for lack of firepower in goalless draw at West Brom

  25-04-2015 18:18
  
  In the end it was a game that confirmed to Brendan Rodgers what he already knew. With Luis Suárez long gone and Daniel Sturridge absent once again, Liverpool are unrecognisable from the team that swept opponents aside last season and it is easy to see why the manager talked on the eve of this match about signing a consistent goalscorer who can perform “at a top level every week”.Making his first league start in five months, Mario Balotelli showed why he is not that man on a day when S
  
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• QPR’s Charlie Austin blows penalty against West Ham as relegation looms

  25-04-2015 18:17
  
  Without his goals this season Queens Park Rangers would have long been dead and buried in the race for survival but Charlie Austin’s first half penalty miss in this otherwise dull scoreless draw has left Chris Ramsey’s team on the brink of a Championship return.The QPR manager had spoken before kick-off of his team requiring three victories from their remaining five games if they were to survive. Continue reading...
  
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• Football clockwatch: Premier League, Football League and more – live!

  25-04-2015 18:14
  
  Six 3pm BST kick-offs in Premier LeaguePromotion and relegation matches taking place in Football LeagueEmail [email protected] or tweet @niallmcveighSaturday scoreboard: all the day’s goals across Europe 5.14pm BST Bradford 1-0 Barnsley 5.10pm BST Burnley 0-1 Leicester 5.04pm BST That result, and Tranmere’s defeat to Plymouth, combined with Hartlepool beating Exeter, means both Tranmere and Cheltenham lose their Football League status, with Hartlepool surviving despite being ten
  
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• Hull survival hopes improve as Dame N’Doye’s double sees off Crystal Palace

  25-04-2015 18:13
  
  The opening goal might have been disallowed by another referee on another day, and what would have been a vital equaliser for Crystal Palace was ruled out for a foul that only Mark Clattenburg saw – but Hull City will not care as they took three priceless points that kept them out of the bottom three of the Premier League.The Yorkshire side have a tricky series of fixtures remaining, with home matches against Liverpool, Arsenal, Burnley and Manchester United and a trip to Tottenham. So this wa
  
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• Burnley vs Leicester match report: Matt Taylor misses vital penalty to put Clarets up before Jamie Vardy scores winner a minute later

  25-04-2015 18:13
  For the first time in five months Leicester have climbed out of the Premier League's bottom three as their unlikely great escape edged a step closer to reality with a fourth successive league victory, a 1-0 win at Burnley.
  
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• Murder victim found dismembered

  25-04-2015 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The murder victim whose body was found in a flat in Pontypridd is named as Tracey Woodford as police reveal she was dismembered.
  
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• Leicester City down Burnley through Jamie Vardy to continue great escape

  25-04-2015 18:12
  
  Leicester City are in danger of turning into an unstoppable winning machine. The endless hard-luck stories of a weeks ago have been replaced by an unmistakable sense of belief and, as bizarre as it may sound, one of the greatest escapes in Premier League history could be completed with something to spare in Leicester carry on like this.Nigel Pearson’s side did not deserve to beat Burnley. It was a grim match, error-strewn and low on quality, and Leicester did not play well. But they did beat B
  
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• Swansea’s Jack Cork makes it another day of misery for Newcastle

  25-04-2015 18:10
  
  John Carver had dubbed Swansea’s visit a “World Cup final” but it ended in by now familiarly crushing disappointment for Newcastle United’s head coach as his side sunk to a seventh straight defeat.The afternoon’s preamble featured both Sting and Jimmy Nail lending their backing to supporter rebellions against Mike Ashley’s ownership of Newcastle while, at lunchtime, around 30 fans staged a protest outside a city centre branch of Ashley’s Sports Direct. Continue reading...
  
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• Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab: IPL 2015 – live!

  25-04-2015 18:10
  
  Over-by-over updates on the IPL match taking place in ChennaiEmail [email protected] or tweet @Simon_BurntonCatch up with all the latest news and reports from the IPL 5.10pm BST 20th over: Chennai 192-3 (Dhoni 40, Jadeja 18)Sandeep Sharma bowls the last, the main question being whether Chennai can clear 200. They start with three singles, but then Dhoni decides, before the ball is bowled, to sweep the fourth, and the ball is way too wide for it and he gets nothing. Another dot ball �
  
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