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• ‘Syria-bound’ British family detained in Moldova after being held in Turkey

  05-05-2015 23:53
  
  Asif Malik, his partner, Sara Kiran, and their four children were arrested last month in Ankara on suspicion of travelling to Isis-controlled SyriaA British family held in Turkey on suspicion of seeking to travel to a part of Syria under the control of Islamic State have now been detained in Moldova, the UK Foreign Office has said.Asif Malik, 31, his partner, Sara Kiran, 29, and their four children – all aged under eight – were arrested in Ankara last month after British police launched an a
  
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• General Election 2015: Ukip sacks candidate who threatened to shoot his Tory rival

  05-05-2015 23:46
  
  Ukip’s penultimate day of campaigning appeared to spontaneously combust after a series of embarrassing incidents, including the suspension of a parliamentary candidate who was recorded threatening to shoot his Conservative rival.
  
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• Manny Pacquiao faces $5 million lawsuit over shoulder injury

  05-05-2015 23:43
  
  Two Las Vegas residents filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday seeking more than $5 million in damages from Manny Pacquiao.
  
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• The Audience review – Kristin Scott Thomas is an icy, imperious Queen

  05-05-2015 23:36
  
  Apollo theatre, London
  Peter Morgan’s play about the monarch and her prime ministers is essentially a series of sketches – and has less to say than King Charles IIIWith Helen Mirren enthroned in New York, Kristin Scott Thomas now plays the Queen in this revival of Peter Morgan’s play about the monarch’s weekly meetings with her prime ministers. Scott Thomas gives a highly accomplished performance that veers between mischievous irony and icy hauteur, but without quite convincing us of the
  
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• EU to investigate claims McDonald's avoided $1bn in tax

  05-05-2015 23:33
  
  Officials say they are examining allegations, made by trade unions, that fast-food giant exploited controversial tax loophole in LuxembourgThe European Union is investigating claims that McDonald’s avoided more than €1bn ($1.1bn) in tax by exploiting a controversial royalties loophole through Luxembourg.
  The European Union competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said on Tuesday that she was examining claims, made by trade unions, that McDonald’s paid just €16m of tax on royalties wor
  
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• Conservatives take 3-point lead before May 7 election - ComRes poll

  05-05-2015 23:33
  
  (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party took a 3-point lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of Thursday's national election, according to an opinion poll by ComRes. The poll showed Conservatives at 35 percent, up 2 points from Saturday, versus the Labour party at 32 percent, down 1 point. ComRes' poll on Saturday had shown both the parties tied at 33 percent. The poll, conducted for ITV News and the Daily Mail newspaper, also put the Liberal Democrats,
  
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• English National Opera gets RPS award boost

  05-05-2015 23:31
  
  Company currently in special funding measures wins opera and music theatre category at prestigious awards for ‘consistently outstanding work’
  Offstage it may be fighting for its future; onstage English National Opera is flourishing, taking a highly-coveted live classical music award on Tuesday night.ENO won the opera and music theatre category at the Royal Philharmonic Society awards, not for a specific show but for the company’s “consistently outstanding work” across a range of repert
  
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• Juventus 2 Real Madrid 1: Five things we learnt, including Iker Casillas is past it and Carlos Tevez remains effective

  05-05-2015 23:30
  1. Casillas past his peakThree years ago, goalkeepers Iker Casillas and Gianluigi Buffon faced each other in the Euro 2012 final in Kiev, each at the peak of a long and successful career. Since then, Buffon has somehow managed to maintain the same level, winning three more Serie A titles and staying as important as ever to his club, even at the age of 37.
  
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• Parties pull out stops for votes

  05-05-2015 23:27
  
  Party leaders are criss-crossing the country in a frenetic final round of campaigning ahead of Thursday's election - with David Cameron predicting a high turnout in one of the closest contests in living memory.
  
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• Garland shooting: Pamela Geller, organiser of Prophet Mohamed exhibition, vows to continue 'free speech' campaign

  05-05-2015 23:23
  
  The organiser of the event that was the target of a gun attack for which Isis has claimed responsibility, has vowed to continue her so-called free speech campaign. 
  
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• Fans file $5m lawsuit over Manny Pacquiao injury in Floyd Mayweather fight

  05-05-2015 23:15
  
  Fans believe injury was not reported correctlyFighter’s lawyer says case is ‘demonstrably false’Mayweather willing to fight Pacquiao again
  If losing to Floyd Mayweather on Saturday wasn’t bad enough, it appears that Manny Pacquiao is the subject of a lawsuit over the “fight of the century”.The $5m lawsuit has been filed against Pacquiao and his management team over allegations they knew about the fighter’s shoulder injury before the fight in Las Vegas but failed to report it to the
  
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• General Election 2015: Women would suffer £7.8bn of £8.6bn cuts to tax credits and child benefit under Tories, say Labour

  05-05-2015 23:09
  Women would suffer £7.8bn of £8.6bn of cuts to tax credits and child benefit the Conservatives would implement if they retain power, Labour have claimed.
  
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• Freddie Gray officer threatened to kill himself and ex-partner's husband, court document alleges

  05-05-2015 23:09
  
  Baltimore lieutenant Brian Rice, who has been charged with manslaughter over Gray’s death, was disciplined over incidents and twice had guns confiscatedThe Baltimore police lieutenant charged with the manslaughter of Freddie Gray allegedly threatened to kill himself and the husband of his former partner, during incidents that led to him being disciplined and twice having his guns confiscated.
  Brian Rice, who pursued and arrested Gray after the 25-year-old “caught his eye” on 12 April, was
  
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• General Election 2015: Post-election 'shambles' looms as 70 per cent of voters say SNP should not be able to veto UK government policies

  05-05-2015 23:06
  Fears that the next government will be hamstrung by claims that it lacks democratic legitimacy have been intensified by new research for The Independent suggesting that seven out of 10 people believe the Scottish National Party (SNP) should not be able to veto any UK government policies if they do not affect Scotland.
  
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• Ancient Roman mosaics ruined in botched restoration job

  05-05-2015 23:01
  
  Officials in Turkey are attempting to fix at least eight ancient mosaics, after they were ruined during a shoddy restoration job.
  
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• The Audience, Apollo Theatre, review: Kristin Scott Thomas' slicing comic subtlety is a treat

  05-05-2015 23:00
  
  We’re on the brink of discovering who our next prime minister will be, a royal princess has just been born… it seems the perfect time to revive Peter Morgan’s hit play, staging the private audiences between Queen Elizabeth II and her various prime ministers.
  
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• Carlos Tevez penalty gives Juventus narrow advantage against Real Madrid

  05-05-2015 22:57
  
  When Juventus needed a striker with ice in his veins, Carlos Tevez answered the call. This pulsating Champions League semi-final was balanced precariously when the Juventus striker tore into the Real Madrid penalty area and was tripped by Dani Carvajal. The English referee, Martin Atkinson, was correct with his penalty award.Tevez’s heart must have pounded and plenty of thoughts might have crowded into his head. This was pressure of the most extreme kind. But he found focus and he never looked
  
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• Man 'Stole His Lawyer's Mobile' In Court

  05-05-2015 22:49
  
  A man has been charged with stealing his own barrister's phone during a court appearance.
  
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• Colorado police caught on video taking black man to the ground without giving reason

  05-05-2015 22:45
  
  A video taken during a police stop in Colorado shows officers refusing to inform two black men why they were pulled over before officers took one of the men to the ground.
  
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• Juventus v Real Madrid: Champions League semi-final, as it happened

  05-05-2015 22:41
  
  Carlos Tevez’s second-half penalty gave Juve the edge in the first leg against the European champions. 9.37pm BST Kroos, from the right, sends a free kick straight down Buffon’s throat. The ball’s claimed, and so is the victory for Juventus! That’s a deserved win for the Italian champions over the European version. Whether it’s enough to see them into their first final since 2003 is another matter: home victories are ten a penny when these two teams meet, and that away goal of Ronaldo�
  
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• Juventus vs Real Madrid match report: Carlos Tevez gives Juve the edge after goals from Alvaro Morata and Cristiano Ronaldo

  05-05-2015 22:41
  Juventus and Real Madrid played out an entertaining semi-final first leg as they battle for a place in the Champions League final.
  
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• General Election 2015: Ed Miliband's unlikely journey from hapless geek to heart-throb

  05-05-2015 22:39
  
  Simply by happening to be on the 18.55 train from Chester to Crewe three Saturdays ago Debbie Jackson, 55, may have had more impact on this election than she imagined.
  
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• Starbucks being sued for $50,000 by cop who burned himself with free coffee

  05-05-2015 22:32
  
  A North Carolina police officer is suing Starbucks Coffee after spilling a free cup of coffee and burning himself.
  
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• In a galaxy far, far, very far away

  05-05-2015 22:29
  
  Astronomers have discovered a baby blue galaxy that is farther away in distance and time than any galaxy ever seen. It is among the universe's first generation of galaxies, from 13.1 billion years ago.
  
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• Belfast police arrest man in connection with killing of Gerard 'Jock' Davison

  05-05-2015 22:18
  
  Northern Ireland detectives say there is no sectarian motive as they hold man hours after the shooting dead of former IRA commander The Police Service of Northern Ireland has arrested a man in Belfast in connection with the murder of one of the IRA’s most senior members in the city earlier on Tuesday.
  Detectives detained the man in the north of the city several hours after Gerard “Jock” Davison, a one-time IRA commander, was shot dead close to his home in the Market district of central Bel
  
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• Inmate Charged After Wandsworth Prison Death

  05-05-2015 22:13
  
  An inmate at Wandsworth prison has been charged with murder after another prisoner died in hospital on Monday. Nykolyn will appear in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. Wandsworth, which can hold more than 1,800 prisoners, is the largest prison in Britain and one of the biggest in Western Europe.
  
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• EC slashes Greek growth forecasts, as Athens hits out at troika - as it happened

  05-05-2015 22:04
  
  Greece’s bailout crisis deepens as the European Commission rips up its previous growth forecastsGreece blames divisions between IMF and EUSummary: EC piles pressure on AthensGreek 2015 growth slashed to 0.5%, from 2.5%FT: IMF taking hard line on Greece
  Introduction: Greek ministers hold crunch meetings 7.04pm BST Hello again: Just to flag up a few newsflashes from Frankfurt tonight, following the talks between Greek deputy PM Dragasakis and ECB president Mario Draghi.Nothing too spectacular, b
  
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• Disused Tube Stations May Be Opened For Business

  05-05-2015 22:03
  
  Some of London's disused Tube stations could be opened to the public for the first time in decades as the city's transport bosses try to raise funds for rebuilding work. Transport for London is looking for investors to work with them after they identified seven former stations that could be turned into bars, restaurants, clubs or art galleries. One such station is Down Street, which closed in May 1932 after 25 years as a Tube station. Winston Churchill held secret meetings there in the
  
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• Prisoner murdered in cell named

  05-05-2015 21:53
  
  A man allegedly murdered in jail was named tonight as Wadid Barsoum, 66.
  
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• Police watchdog in death inquiry

  05-05-2015 21:53
  
  A police watchdog has appealed for witnesses after a man died following an incident in which a police officer was also injured.
  
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• Accused 'stole his lawyer's phone'

  05-05-2015 21:53
  
  A man has been charged with stealing his own barrister's mobile phone during an appearance at a magistrates' court.
  
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• UKIP Suspends Candidate For 'Abhorrent' Views

  05-05-2015 21:48
  
  One of UKIP's candidates has been suspended for apparently making racist comments and threatening to murder a political rival. Robert Blay, who was standing in North East Hampshire, has been suspended with immediate effect, the party has confirmed. It comes after the Daily Mirror published a video of Mr Blay apparently threatening to shoot his Conservative rival for the seat, Ranil Jayawardena. UKIP said in a statement "the views expressed by Mr Blay are abhorrent".
  
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• Isis claims responsibility for Texas attack

  05-05-2015 21:47
  
  No evidence Islamic State had actual hand in attack as details emerge about would-be gunmen Elton Simpson and Nadir SoofiThe Islamic State group proclaimed early on Tuesday that it had carried out its first terrorist attack on American soil and warned of “bigger and more bitter” strikes to come as it took responsibility for the failed assault on an art contest featuring cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad held in Texas at the weekend.Isis broadcast a statement on its al-Bayan radio station decl
  
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• Nebraska could become first conservative state in 40 years to abolish the death penalty

  05-05-2015 21:41
  
  In the very heartland of the US, something startling is taking place.
  
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• General Election 2015: A guide to the smaller parties, from the the National Health Action Party to the Church of the Militant Elvis Party

  05-05-2015 21:40
  During the great debate about the debates at the start of this campaign, the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland was outraged ("Outrageous!" cried its leader, Peter Robinson) after being excluded from the seven-way ding-dong on ITV. Elsewhere, there was concern about overcrowding. But had you extended that line of lecterns to include all of the parties vying for votes in tomorrow's elections, it would have been almost a mile long.
  
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• Pope Francis to receive Cuban president Raul Castro at the Vatican

  05-05-2015 21:35
  
  Cuban President Raul Castro will visit Pope Francis at the Vatican this weekend and is expected to thank the pontiff for catalysing the recent improvement in relations between Cuba and the US, among other discussions.
  
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• Ukip candidate suspended for threatening to 'put a bullet in' Tory rival

  05-05-2015 21:32
  
  Robert Blay filmed telling journalist that Conservative candidate Ranil Jayawardena is ‘not British enough to be in our parliament’A Ukip parliamentary candidate has been suspended after saying he would shoot his Tory rival if he ever became prime minister.In an expletive-laden rant, Robert Blay said the Conservative party’s candidate in North East Hampshire, Ranil Jayawardena, was “not British enough to be in our parliament” and accused him of timing the birth of his child to coincide
  
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• Ann Barr: Writer and editor who in the 1980s identified the new social groups of 'Sloane Rangers' and 'Foodies'

  05-05-2015 21:29
  
  As a journalist Ann Barr had an extraordinary sense of timing. Though her great coups were based on flair, collegiality and observation, she had an impeccable sense of when a trend would become news. She spotted, sometime in the 1980s, that the British class system had become tribal, its oddest grouping a dim but definable lot which she and her co-author, Peter York, identified as "Sloane Rangers" in 1982. Two years later, with me, she targeted a new groupuscule, "Foodies", who lived to eat and
  
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• Miliband Adviser Makes 'Slip Of The Tongue'

  05-05-2015 21:24
  
  Ed Miliband claims his campaign adviser made a "slip of the tongue" when she suggested the Labour leader may break the promises he had carved into an 8ft stone. Eyebrows were raised when Mr Miliband unveiled a limestone slab inscribed with six pledges and claimed it could be installed in the Downing Street garden. The #EdStone hashtag trended on Twitter. The vice-chair of Labour's campaign went on to say Mr Miliband "stands by his promises".
  
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• UKIP Candidate Threatens To Shoot Tory Rival

  05-05-2015 21:18
  
  :: Follow the election results live on skynews.com, our mobile apps and on Sky News TV from 10pm on Thursday. Robert Blay, the UKIP candidate for North East Hampshire, has been suspended with immediate effect, the party has confirmed. It comes after the Daily Mirror published a video of Mr Blay threatening to shoot his Conservative rival for the seat, Ranil Jayawardena. UKIP said in a statement Mr Blay's views were "abhorrent" and he was suspended "as soon as they were brough
  
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• Inmate Charged After Murder At Wandsworth Prison

  05-05-2015 21:14
  
  An inmate at Wandsworth prison has been charged with murder after another prisoner died in hospital on Monday. Police were called to the jail in south London after receiving reports a male prisoner had been found apparently dead in his cell. Tarsa Nykolyn, 46, was arrested and he has now been charged with the murder of 56-year-old Wadid Barsoum and he will appear in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. Wandsworth is the largest prison in Britain and one of the biggest jail
  
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• General Election 2015: Battle for Thurrock turns nasty as Ukip plays race card

  05-05-2015 21:03
  
  Of all the seats being fought in this election the three-way battle to win the Essex conurbation of Thurrock is perhaps the closest three-way fight of them all. And it is also one of the most unpleasant.
  
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• Elephants, rhinos and hippos facing extinction, experts warn

  05-05-2015 20:54
  
  Large grass-eating animals including elephants, rhinos and hippos are facing extinction, a new study has warned.
  
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• General Election 2015: Bullingdon tailor prevents access to picture of David Cameron posing in his best attire

  05-05-2015 20:51
  He may have his critics, but it appears that in the Oxford branch of Ede & Ravenscroft, robe makers to the Queen, David Cameron has a friend.
  
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• Israel election: Benjamin Netanyahu's hawkish new coalition bodes ill for the peace process

  05-05-2015 20:48
  
  Six weeks after he was declared the clear victor of Israel’s election, Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to unveil a government with only a wafer-thin majority when he attempts to meet the deadline to form a new administration.
  
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• Omar Khadr: Court to decide whether man who was youngest prisoner in Guantanamo Bay should be released

  05-05-2015 20:47
  
  A court in Canada is expected to announce this week on whether not a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr should be released on bail.
  
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• Bill Wyman cars to be auctioned

  05-05-2015 20:43
  
  Two cars owned by former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman are to be sold at auction next month.
  
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• Regent Street theatre is back in the picture 120 years after original screening

  05-05-2015 20:35
  
  When the Lumière brothers brought the first moving picture show to Britain in the late-19th century, legend has it that audience members were so terrified by the images of an approaching train they fled the Regent Street theatre.
  
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• Professor Sir Raymond Carr: Celebrated scholar whose work explained and illuminated Spanish society before, during and after the Franco regime

  05-05-2015 20:35
  Thirty years ago, working on an "O" level history project on 20th century Spain, I borrowed (and to my shame, never returned) several books from a library. One of them – on its cover a famous pro-Republican poster depicting a priest, two soldiers and an industrialist, complete with Nazi Party badge, key elements of Spain's reactionary forces in its Civil War – turned out to be Modern Spain, 1875-1980, by Sir Raymond Carr.
  
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• Army recruitment sergeant found guilty of sex attacks on young female recruits

  05-05-2015 20:29
  
  An Army recruitment sergeant has been found guilty of sex attacks on young female recruits.
  
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