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• Student 'in hiding' after father threatens to kill her because of 'Westernised behaviour'

  29-04-2015 23:52
  
  A frightened student is at a “confidential address” after her father threatened to kill her because of her “Westernised behaviour”, a family court judge has been told.
  
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• Baltimore riots: Amnesty International sending team to observe how police deal with protesters in aftermath of Freddie Gray's death

  29-04-2015 23:48
  Amnesty International has said it is sending human rights observers to Baltimore to observe police and protesters in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray and the riots that erupted earlier this week.
  
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• Germanwings crash: US was close to denying killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz a flying licence

  29-04-2015 23:48
  
  Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who deliberately crashed a passenger plane into a mountain in the French Alps, lied about being treated for depression when he applied for a flying licence in the US, according to a report.
  
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• Conservatives take one-point lead ahead of election - YouGov

  29-04-2015 23:47
  
  (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives have a one percentage point lead over opposition Labour Party in the run up to Britain's general election, according to a YouGov opinion poll for the Sun newspaper published on Wednesday. The poll ahead of the May 7 election showed Conservatives at 35 percent, up one point from Tuesday, versus Labour at 34 percent, down one point, polling company YouGov said. The two main parties have been neck-and-neck in most opinion polls sinc
  
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• Jean Nidetch dead: Weight Watchers founder dies aged 91

  29-04-2015 23:37
  
  Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch has died at the age of 91, a company spokeswoman has said.
  
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• Sun newspaper comes out for Cameron's Conservatives in election

  29-04-2015 23:33
  
  Britain's best selling newspaper, The Sun, came out in support of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives citing the economy, fears about the power of Scottish nationalists and Cameron's promise of a referendum on European Union membership. Under the headline "It's a Tory", the newspaper ran a picture of Cameron swaddled as an infant, a play on the nation's wait for Prince William's wife, Kate, to give birth to a second child. "Today, after a gru
  
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• Inside No.9, Séance Time, TV review: Hide behind your sofas this is horror with a capital AHHH!

  29-04-2015 23:30
  
  I’ll tell you what, if the BBC don’t give Inside No. 9 a third series I am going to chain myself to Lord Hall of Birkenhead until he personally intervenes.
  
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• Labour and Conservatives tied at 35 percent ahead of election - ComRes poll

  29-04-2015 23:29
  
  (Reuters) - With Britain's May 7 election just eight days away, Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party were tied at 35 percent each, according to a ComRes poll. 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 exceeding the three-point margin of error. The poll, carried out for ITV News and the Daily Mail newspaper, put the Liberal Democrats, the junior member
  
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• The Sun comes out for the Tories

  29-04-2015 23:27
  
  David Cameron's final-week push for votes was given a boost as The Sun declared its support and urged readers to vote for the Conservatives at the General Election.
  
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• Crash victim's microsurgery miracle

  29-04-2015 23:27
  
  A former serviceman can now move his fingers for the first time since severing his arm in a car crash a decade ago.
  
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• Baltimore riots: Police will not make public a report into Freddie Gray's death this Friday

  29-04-2015 23:25
  
  Baltimore police have said they are not going to not going to issue a report on the death of Freddie Gray, who died earlier this month of a spinal injury suffered while in police custody.
  
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• What new Windows 10 software can do

  29-04-2015 23:15
  
  The "mixed reality" demo of HoloLens stole most of the headlines on day one of Microsoft Build, but Windows 10 is the software powering it.
  
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• Climate change: California governor orders drastic cut in greenhouse gas emissions

  29-04-2015 23:11
  
  California Governor Jerry Brown has issued an executive order for his state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent by 2030, a goal he said is “the most aggressive benchmark enacted by any government in North America”.
  
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• Clandon Park: Blaze Devastates Historic House

  29-04-2015 23:11
  
  Emergency crews were struggling to contain the flames which have ripped through Clandon Park, a National Trust property near Guildford in Surrey. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service tweeted: "Fire at Clandon House nr Guildford, a number of fire engines from @SurreyFRS on scene. The property, which has been run by the National Trust since 1956, is home to a large collection of 18th century furniture, porcelain and textiles and is also a popular venue for weddings. A notice on the Clandon Park web
  
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• General Election 2015: Labour claim a Tory government would extend VAT and cut tax credits despite Cameron's Five Year Lock pledge

  29-04-2015 23:03
  Labour has claimed the Conservatives would extend VAT to food, children’s clothes and rents despite David Cameron’s cast iron pledge not to increase the tax.
  
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• General Election 2015: 'Slippery snake-oil' Tories' secret plan to slash child ... - mirror.co.uk

  29-04-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Millions of working families face a huge raid on their household budgets this summer as part of a secret £58 billion Tory cuts plan. Labour warned David Cameron will slash tax credits and child benefit for hard-pressed Brits if he wins the election next week.
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• General Election 2015: Tory promise not to raise taxes was a foolish move

  29-04-2015 23:01
  
  If people don’t think a brand of washing powder will get their clothes white, stamping the word “guaranteed” over the slogan “washes whiter” is unlikely to persuade them. Thus, David Cameron’s promise of a law against tax rises is not just evidence of Conservative desperation but of his failure to understand psychology. If the voters fear a Conservative government would put their taxes up, promising to pass a law is hardly going to reassure them.
  
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• Diesel cars could be banished as Britain ordered to cut air pollution - Telegraph.co.uk

  29-04-2015 23:01 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Diesel cars could be banished as Britain ordered to cut air pollution
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  Diesel cars could be phased out in Britain after the Supreme Court ruled that the Government must take urgent steps to tackle air pollution in cities. The UK is facing millions of pounds of fines from the European Commission for failing to cut levels of nitrogen ...
  Diesel drivers face curbs on entering city centresThe Times (subscription)
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• Leicester City 1 Chelsea 3, match report: Champions elect come from behind to ... - Telegraph.co.uk

  29-04-2015 23:01 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Leicester City 1 Chelsea 3, match report: Champions elect come from behind to ...
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  And that's why they will be champions. That's why Chelsea are the best team in the land because they never give up, because they can play like a drain in the first half and like an unstoppable train in the second. That's why a victory over Crystal Palace on ...
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• Nepal earthquake: Crowds grow angry as emergency relief fails to reach them

  29-04-2015 23:01
  
  Frustrations over the slow pace of aid delivery has erupted across Nepal with many people short of food and water and in desperate need of supplies.
  
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• DNA feedback 'no one size fits all'

  29-04-2015 23:00
  
  A vast majority of people around the world would like to be told if their genetic data indicates serious preventable or treatable disease, research has shown.
  
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• Pushkin Prizes: Unusual exchange programme aims to bring countries together through culture

  29-04-2015 23:00
  
  Two weeks before Christmas every year, a thick packet bearing a Russian postmark drops through Lindsey Fraser's letterbox. This mysterious parcel doesn't have just one story to tell, but many – and all of them written by schoolchildren in St Petersburg.
  
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• Nepal earthquake: Amid all the sadness and death, the talk is of hope and rebirth

  29-04-2015 22:58
  
  At night, from a descending flight, Kathmandu looks as if it has been enveloped by a dark shroud, the result of power cuts that have followed last weekend’s devastating earthquakes. But in one corner of the city, through the blackness, there are lines of bright, shining lights.
  
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• Nepal earthquake: British man tells of 'horror' in Kathmandu as he arrives back in UK

  29-04-2015 22:43
  
  A British man who survived the earthquake in Nepal has described the moment it struck and the terror that followed as the land around him was destroyed.
  
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• Leicester vs Chelsea match report: Didier Drogba, John Terry and Ramires complete comeback

  29-04-2015 22:38
  
  It told you everything you need to know about how Chelsea’s support regard their reputation in some quarters for having bulldozed their way to a fourth Premier League title that the banner in the away end before the game proclaimed proudly they had been “ruining football since 2003”.
  
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• British fatality at Nepal earthquake and second possible at Everest base camp - Daily Mail

  29-04-2015 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  British fatality at Nepal earthquake and second possible at Everest base camp
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  The first British fatality of the devastating Nepal earthquake has been confirmed and reports of the death of a second UK national at Everest base camp are being 'urgently investigated'. The British Foreign Office said the victim of Saturday's powerful 7.8 ...
  Nepal quake: Foreign Office confirms a British national died in the disasterTelegraph.co.uk
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• UK to host largest radio telescope - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

  29-04-2015 22:30 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
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  UK to host largest radio telescope
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  The permanent headquarters of the world's biggest radio telescope is set to be based in Britain, it has been announced. Members of the international Square Kilometre Array (Ska) project said they had chosen to work out of Jodrell Bank in Cheshire and ...and more »
  
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• Iwan Rheon interview: Game of Thrones star returns to his Welsh roots to record debut album

  29-04-2015 22:30
  
  Good thing Iwan Rheon has two day-jobs. The singer-songwriter's debut, Dinard, is a beautiful album. It's Welsh psychedelia in the glorious Super Furry Animals tradition, but gently shaded and spaced with folk textures, and sung in a huskily mellifluous voice. His parents, native Welsh speakers who raised Rheon and his elder brother to speak the language before they spoke English, should be immensely proud.
  
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• Teenage jihadist Kazi Islam urged his vulnerable friend Harry Thomas to kill two ... - Metro

  29-04-2015 22:18 via metro.co.uk
  
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  A teenage jihadist who tried to groom his autistic friend into carrying out a Lee Rigby copycat killing is facing years behind bars. Kazi Islam, 18, gave Harry Thomas extremist propaganda to manipulate him into murdering a British soldier. He hatched the plan ...
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• Facebook users could miss out on new features if European regulators keep up privacy efforts, site warns

  29-04-2015 22:18
  Facebook users won’t be given new features if European regulators move to regulate the site because of privacy concerns, the site has warned.
  
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• UK to host largest radio telescope

  29-04-2015 22:16
  
  The permanent headquarters of the world's biggest radio telescope is set to be based in Britain, it has been announced.
  
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• Better Life Index: Infographic shows what people around the world value most

  29-04-2015 22:12
  
  An infographic map has shown the main priorities in almost every country around the world based after a survey asked people what they value most in life.
  
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• Over 50,000 families shipped out of London: Two women affected by the crisis

  29-04-2015 22:06
  
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• How to read the different university rankings - Telegraph.co.uk

  29-04-2015 22:06 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  How to read the different university rankings
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  University rankings have always proved popular. Both among prospective and current students - not to mention the university alumni who happily share new tables should their university be doing well. There is nothing like a successful ranking to bring out ...
  UK loses young university rankingBelfast Telegraph
  'Young university' rankings: DCU up, Maynooth downIrish Times
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• Over 50,000 families shipped out of London in the past three years due to welfare cuts and soaring rents

  29-04-2015 22:05
  
  More than 50,000 families have been silently shipped out of London boroughs in the past three years, an investigation by The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Police question trader in £130m suspected Ponzi investment fraud

  29-04-2015 22:03
  
  Fraud squad officers are questioning a currency trader linked to a suspected global £130m Ponzi scheme.
  
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• Work tasks 'impact brain health'

  29-04-2015 22:00
  
  Professional jobs that challenge the brain may provide the best protection against mental decline in old age, research suggests.
  
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• Expert views on latest moves

  29-04-2015 21:58
  
  The keynote address at Microsoft's annual developer conference, Build, has given developers and consumers a closer look at how the company sees their products and the technology industry moving forward.
  
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• General Election 2015: Labour accuse BBC of stacking pro-Coalition audience for final debate

  29-04-2015 21:57
  
  Labour accused the BBC of stacking the audience for the final election “debate” with supporters of the Coalition Government.
  
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• US says ties to Saudi Arabia to stay 'close, enduring' - Al-Arabiya

  29-04-2015 21:43 via english.alarabiya.net
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  US says ties to Saudi Arabia to stay 'close, enduring'
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  Acting State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf also paid tribute to outgoing Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, who is stepping down after holding the post for four decades. (File photo: AFP) ...
  Salman makes his play in a Saudi game of thronesFinancial Times
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• British dual national killed

  29-04-2015 21:41
  
  A British dual national has been killed in the devastating earthquake in Nepal, the Foreign Secretary has said, as more than 100 British nationals left stranded by the disaster are being flown back to the UK.
  
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• Russell Brand's interview with Ed Miliband has got everyone talking about The Trews

  29-04-2015 21:35
  
  Russell Brand was hardly an unknown entity on 27 February 2014, when he casually uploaded a new video to his YouTube channel. There were already hundreds of clips on it, starting two years earlier with a trailer for one of his chat shows. But after a hiatus of several months, he tried something new – a resolutely amateurish review of that day's Daily Mail – and called it The Trews (that's "true news" in Brand-speak).
  
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• Writer's memoir wins literary prize

  29-04-2015 21:26
  
  A writer's memoir of her husband's illness and eventual death after being diagnosed with a brain tumour has won a prestigious literary prize.
  
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• Clandon Park House: 18th Century building engulfed with smoke as fire breaks out in basement

  29-04-2015 21:22
  
  A huge fire has broken out at an 18th Century stately home in Surrey.
  
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• British soldiers dig to unearth history of Waterloo

  29-04-2015 21:17
  
  By Miranda Alexander-Webber WATERLOO, Belgium (Reuters) - British army veterans and serving troops, some of them wounded in recent campaigns, are working alongside archaeologists to unearth the history of the Battle of Waterloo from a soldier's perspective, 200 years on. The battle of June 18, 1815, saw British and Prussian forces defeat Napoleon's French in what is now Belgium, dealing the final blow to the empire he had established, at a cost of almost 50,000 dead or wounded on both
  
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• Baltimore riots: Unrest forces baseball game to be played without fans

  29-04-2015 21:13
  
  The Baltimore Orioles took the field against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon but for the first time in Major League Baseball history the teams played without any fans in the stadium.
  
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