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• VIDEO: Royal baby: How the day unfolded

  02-05-2015 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a daughter in a hospital in central London.
  
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• Jean Nidetch: As we mourn death of Weight Watchers founder, have we learned lessons on keeping weight down?

  02-05-2015 23:30
  
  An American pioneer died last week. In her heyday in the 1960s and 70s, with her bouffed blond hairdo and brassy Brooklyn  accent, Jean Nidetch might have been an aspiring actress or a gangster’s moll. In fact, she was the founder of Weight Watchers, the international dieting company aimed at solving the problem that torments Americans and much of better-off humanity today: how on earth do I lose weight?
  
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• Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao live: All of the latest from the 'fight of the century'

  02-05-2015 23:03
  
  It's finally here! Floyd Mayweather takes on Manny Pacquiao in the richest fight in boxing history at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The fight of the century of the century is now upon us.Ring-walk expected around 5amAnticipated welterweight bout six years in the makingThe contest is expected to generate more than £300m for the pair, with the split going 60/40 in Mayweather's favourUnbeaten Mayweather is an 11-time, five-division world championPacquiao is an eight-division world championMay
  
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• Sandi Toksvig's Women's Equality Party is a movement for which time has come

  02-05-2015 23:00
  
  As a comedian, and one who presented The News Quiz for nine years, Sandi Toksvig knows a thing or two about timing. No surprise, then, that she confirmed her intention to leave Radio 4 to help set up the Women’s Equality Party in a week when the news showed exactly why it is necessary.
  
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• Q&A: What’s the best way to invest for our baby?

  02-05-2015 23:00
  
  We’ve just had a baby and we’d like some advice on how to save for our son for the long term (without the money being eroded by inflation), while still having access to cash to meet any unexpected short-term costs. We don’t have a huge amount to start the ball rolling but would anticipate using a savings account for any child benefit, family gifts and a modest amount from our incomes each month.
  
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• Kenya loses patience over Dadaab refugee camp housing displaced Somalis

  02-05-2015 23:00
  
  Events that led Dagane Kenedid to Kenya from his village in Somalia in the early 1990s mark the most gruelling period of his life. Armed men swept into his village with murderous intent, killing four of his brothers and making off with all of their livestock.
  
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• James Rebanks: The farmer and best-selling author of The Shepherd’s Life on dealing with new-found fame - while delivering lambs

  02-05-2015 23:00
  James Rebanks may be a bestselling author, but lambing season makes few concessions to the literary life. The author of The Shepherd’s Life – a memoir that has spent the past three weeks at the top of the Sunday Times bestsellers list and was recently Radio 4’s Book of the Week – is spending 18 hours a day delivering lambs on his farm in the Lake District.
  
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• Hot air balloons: Try to avoid screaming like a baby as you soar up to 3,000ft

  02-05-2015 23:00
  
  I’m in Italy, in Piedmonte, staying in a lovely little town called Mondovi while I attempt to learn to fly a hot-air balloon. I’m not learning in my balloon; I’m the guest of a gentleman called Andrew Holly, a man who appears to have more balloons than is strictly necessary for one individual.
  
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• General Election 2015: With so much disillusionment, who can mend our broken hearts?

  02-05-2015 23:00
  
  We are not apathetic. We are heartbroken. It’s time the pollsters, pundits and politicians understood that, with days to go to an election.
  
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• General Election 2015: Whoever wins, these are my predictions for the next five years

  02-05-2015 23:00
  
  So what will the next five years be like? What will be the economic backcloth against which our politicians will have to perform? Our next government’s fate will be shaped by its own actions but will be affected, perhaps more, by the events thrown at it. Any reasonably competent government will appear a success if there is a benign global economy, but if things go pear-shaped the government of the day will suffer too. Of course no one can know what will happen, but here are five propositions
  
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• Surge of bets on Princess Charlotte

  02-05-2015 22:59
  
  Charlotte has emerged as a late bookies' favourite name for the new royal princess, and it could leave the industry facing a seven-figure payout to punters.
  
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• Conservatives take one point lead over Labour ahead of May 7 vote - YouGov

  02-05-2015 22:57
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party has taken a one point lead over the opposition Labour Party, according to a YouGov poll for The Sunday Times. The poll showed the Conservatives on 34 percent, Labour on 33 percent, the UK Independence Party on 13 percent, the Liberal Democrats on 8 percent and the Greens on 5 percent, the newspaper said. A YouGov seat projection by the pollster's president Peter Kellner indicated the Conservatives would win 283 seats, Labour 261 seats,
  
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• How Texas could have been French-speaking... had it not been for this maritime disaster

  02-05-2015 22:40
  
  Timber by timber, stave by rotted stave, the wreck of a 17th-century French ship that had a profound if largely unknown impact on American history is being pieced back together, and is now set to reach its final resting place.
  
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• Tech executive Goldberg dies at 47

  02-05-2015 22:34
  
  Tech executive David Goldberg, head of the online SurveyMonkey site and husband of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, has died.
  
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• Labour takes three-point lead over Conservatives ahead of UK election - Survation

  02-05-2015 22:20
  
  Britain's opposition Labour Party has taken a 3 percentage point lead over Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives, according to a Survation poll for the Mail on Sunday newspaper. The poll showed Labour support was on 34 percent, Conservative support on 31 percent and support for the anti-European Union UK Independence Party was at 17 percent. The Liberal Democrats were on 8 percent, the Greens on 4 percent and the Scottish National Party were on 5 percent. The election, which cou
  
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• The Rothschild Libel: Why has it taken 200 years for an anti-Semitic slur that emerged from the Battle of Waterloo to be dismissed?

  02-05-2015 22:00
  In the summer of 1846, a political pamphlet bearing the ominous signature "Satan" swept across Europe, telling a story which, though lurid and improbable, left a mark that can be seen to this day.
  
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• After the election: What will Britain's financial future look like on 8 May?

  02-05-2015 22:00
  
  Taxes
  
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• Baby princess spends night at home

  02-05-2015 21:51
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have given the world a glimpse of their baby princess - who slept through her first photocall.
  
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• Baby Princess Spends First Night At Home

  02-05-2015 21:40
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have left hospital with their newborn daughter to roaring applause from waiting crowds. They are now back home at Kensington Palace for their first night as a family of four. Kate wore a white and yellow floral Jenny Packham dress while her husband Prince William looked relaxed in a white shirt and blue jumper. William placed the newborn on the back seat of a Range Rover and then he drove the family to their home at Kensington Palace.
  
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• Teenage Girl Dies After Speedboat Overturns

  02-05-2015 21:29
  
  Mark Criddle, coxswain of Torbay's RNLI lifeboat, said: "We located the girl and brought her onboard the lifeboat where she was immediately given first aid by a doctor and paramedic who were members of the lifeboat crew. "We took the girl back to shore where she was handed into the care of paramedics who took her to hospital.
  
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• Horror as teenage girl dies and three others are injured in speedboat tragedy

  02-05-2015 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SPEEDBOAT overturned at a marina in Devon killing a teenage girl and leaving three others injured.
  
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• Teenager dies after speedboat spill

  02-05-2015 21:14
  
  A teenage girl has died and three others needed medical treatment after a speedboat overturned in a marina.
  
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• Conservatives one point ahead of Labour before UK election - Opinium poll

  02-05-2015 21:01
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party was one point ahead of the opposition Labour Party before the May 7 election, according to a poll carried out by Opinium for the Observer newspaper. The poll put Cameron's party on 35 percent, up one point on a week ago, and Labour also up one point on 34 percent. Support for anti-European Union UKIP remained firm on 13 percent, while the Liberal Democrats were down one point to 8 percent.
  
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• Thea Gilmore interview: The folk singer on fighting Ukip, the demon she keeps in a cage - and why children are terrifying

  02-05-2015 21:00
  I was furious about what Russell Brand said about voting How someone so intelligent could make such a dumb statement – about there being no point supporting a system you are disenfranchised from… it's deeply irresponsible. You cannot change the system you live in when you are not engaging with it. If you don't engage with politicians, they don't have to reach out to you. It's our democratic responsibility to get out and make our mark.
  
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• General Election 2015: How do immigrants from Britain's smallest minorities feel about one of the hottest issues affecting the polls?

  02-05-2015 21:00
  Unurmaa Janchiv, Mongolian Translator and art manager, 46. Now in central London, Janchiv has lived in Britain since 1998
  
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• Food Photographer of the Year 2015: From candy floss sellers to Michelin venues

  02-05-2015 21:00
  
  It's the variety that gets you," says David Loftus, award-winning photographer and judge of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2015 competition – the winners of which are set to be announced on Wednesday. "We have to compare very different types of images. It's anything from a still life to a picture of somebody eating an apple to a shot from a busy market. It's tough, especially as some of the entrants are only nine years old."
  
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• Ferdinand wife loses cancer fight

  02-05-2015 20:58
  
  The wife of former England captain Rio Ferdinand died last night following a battle with cancer.
  
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• Manchester United vs West Brom match report: United’s slip hands Liverpool fresh hope of Champions League qualification

  02-05-2015 20:55
  There is life yet in the race for fourth place. Manchester United may still need six points to secure Champions League football, depending on Liverpool, and United have just lost three consecutive league games for the first time since 2001. Louis van Gaal’s team have not scored once in those losses.
  
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• British police in Madeleine McCann case probe 10 MORE similar break-ins at ... - Daily Mail

  02-05-2015 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  British police in Madeleine McCann case probe 10 MORE similar break-ins at ...
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  British police searching for Madeleine McCann are investigating ten more similar break-ins at holiday apartments in Portugal's Algarve, it has been revealed. Detectives were already probing 18 burglaries at tourist hotspots in the Praia da Luz area in the hope ...and more »
  
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• UK's Conservatives, Labour tied ahead of May 7 election - ComRes poll

  02-05-2015 20:45
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party and the opposition Labour Party are running neck-and-neck ahead of Thursday's national election, according to a latest opinion poll by polling firm ComRes poll. The poll, conducted for the Sunday Mirror and Independent on Sunday newspapers, put support for the Conservatives and for Labour at 33 percent with both parties losing two percentage points compared with the previous ComRes telephone poll. The anti-Eur
  
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• Isis on the run? The US portrayal is very far from the truth

  02-05-2015 20:40
  
  A graphic illustration of Western wishful thinking about the decline of Islamic State (IS) is a well-publicised map issued by the Pentagon to prove that the self-declared caliphate has lost 25 per cent of its territory since its big advances last year.
  
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• Quake Britons flown from monastery

  02-05-2015 20:27
  
  Eight Britons stranded in a monastery in disaster-hit Nepal were rescued this morning a week after the devastating earthquake struck.
  
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• Dissidents’ fury at Hammond’s 'secret' Bahrain visit

  02-05-2015 20:00
  
  Bahraini dissidents, human rights activists and Labour have condemned Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond for secretly visiting the repressive Gulf state’s leaders on the same day that Bahrain extended the detention of its most prominent critic.
  
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• General election 2015: Four charts that show who's winning in the swing constituencies (according to Twitter)

  02-05-2015 19:56
  The Question Time election leaders special on 30 April 2015 saw the last chance for David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband to answer the big questions on a national stage.
  
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• Royal baby: Two charts that show how your politics affect how you feel about the new princess

  02-05-2015 19:55
  
  If you’re a Ukip or a Labour voter, chances are you’re less likely to be bothered about the birth of the royal baby girl, a study has shown.
  
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• Royal baby: One chart that shows how your politics affects how you feel about the new royal

  02-05-2015 19:55
  
  If you’re a Ukip or a Labour voter, chances are you’re less likely to be bothered about the birth of the royal baby girl, a study has shown.
  
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• UK weather: Severe weather warning for snow and torrential rain over bank holiday weekend

  02-05-2015 19:47
  
  Severe weather warnings for snow and torrential rain have been issued for the bank holiday as forecasters warn of a wash-out for most of the UK.
  
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• Baby princess makes public debut

  02-05-2015 19:26
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have proudly shown their baby princess to the world - just hours after she was born.
  
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• William, Kate And Baby Girl Leave Hospital

  02-05-2015 19:20
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have left hospital with their newborn daughter to roaring applause from waiting crowds. The as-yet unnamed princess was born at 8.34am and Prince William had been present for the birth at St Mary's in London. Both mother and their second child, who weighed 8lb 3oz, are "doing well", Kensington Palace said. Prince George has visited his baby sister for the first time but has now been taken back to the palace separately.
  
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• Royal baby: First pictures of new princess as Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leave hospital with their daughter

  02-05-2015 19:20
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have left hospital with their new daughter, giving the world's media and royal supporters outside the Lindo wing their first look at the new princess.
  
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• School infants checks attacked

  02-05-2015 19:02
  
  Schools should reject new literacy and numeracy checks for infants if they believe they are not right for their pupils, it has been suggested.
  
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• Bruce Jenner is sued by stepchildren of woman killed in car crash for 'wrongful death'

  02-05-2015 18:53
  
  Bruce Jenner is being sued by the relatives of a woman who died in a multi-vehicle car crash involving the Olympic champion.
  
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• Royal Baby Girl To Leave Hospital Imminently

  02-05-2015 18:53
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their newborn daughter are to leave hospital imminently after Kate gave birth this morning. The as-yet unnamed princess was born at 8.34am and Prince William had been present at the birth. Both mother and the newborn girl, who weighed 8lb 3oz, are "doing well" at London's St Mary's Hospital, Kensington Palace said. The trio will head back to Kensington Palace as the princess spends her first night at home.
  
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• US-led air strikes 'kill 52 civilians including seven children' while targeting Isis in Syria

  02-05-2015 18:46
  
  At least 52 civilians, including seven children, have been killed in air strikes by the US-led coalition in Syria, according to a monitoring group.
  
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• Kate taking little princess home

  02-05-2015 18:43
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will take their baby daughter home tonight to start their new life as a family of four.
  
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• Kate, William And Baby Girl To Leave Hospital

  02-05-2015 18:34
  
  The Duke of Cambridge has taken his son George to hospital to meet his baby sister for the first time. Prince William had been present as Kate gave birth at 8.34am to the couple's second child, who weighed 8lb 3oz. Both mother and the as-yet unnamed princess are "doing well" at London's St Mary's Hospital, Kensington Palace said. Before leaving hospital to pick up George from the palace, William told reporters he was "very happy".
  
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• Haemophiliac cyclist breaks record

  02-05-2015 18:32
  
  Haemophiliac cyclist Alex Dowsett has smashed the world record for riding the furthest distance in 60 minutes.
  
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• Woman may have caught Ebola after having sex with survivor in Liberia

  02-05-2015 18:20
  
  A woman who died from Ebola may have contracted the disease after having sex with a survivor in Liberia, a report says.
  
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• Italians mock McDonalds' culturally insensitive anti-pizza advert

  02-05-2015 18:03
  
  Italians are up in arms after McDonalds aired an advert suggesting that children prefer happy meal burgers to pizza.
  
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• General election flow chart 2015: The Independent on Sunday's best graphics to make sense of it all

  02-05-2015 17:55
  Not only the best writing, best photography and best illustration, but also the best graphics. The Independent on Sunday has brought you the best election coverage, with stunning graphics to try to make the complexities of seven-party politics readily intelligible.
  
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