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• Former driving instructor jailed for 17 years after killing his wife in deliberate car crash

  07-05-2015 23:59
  
  A former driving instructor has been convicted of murdering his wife after he deliberately drove their car into a motorway embankment.
  
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• General Election 2015: SNP 'delighted at prediction' as exit poll forecasts party winning all but one seat in Scotland

  07-05-2015 23:55
  The “tectonic plates” of Scottish politics have moved in favour of the SNP, the party has claimed as the first exit poll of the general election predicted it would win all but one of the country’s 59 Westminster seats.
  
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• General Election 2015: SNP claims to have replaced Labour as the party of the working classes as exit poll forecasts victory in all but one Scottish seat

  07-05-2015 23:55
  A “sea change” has taken place in Scottish politics with the SNP eclipsing Labour as the party of the working classes, sources said as the first exit poll of the general election predicted it would win all but one of the country’s 59 Westminster seats.
  
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• General Election 2015: SNP claim to have replaced Labour as the party of the working classes as exit poll forecasts victory in all but one Scottish seat

  07-05-2015 23:55
  A “sea change” has taken place in Scottish politics with the SNP eclipsing Labour as the party of the working classes, sources said as the first exit poll of the general election predicted it would win all but one of the country’s 59 Westminster seats.
  
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• Ukip discussed the most on Facebook

  07-05-2015 23:55
  
  Ukip has been the most discussed political party on Facebook in the run up to the General Election while David Cameron tops the leader chart, the social media website has revealed.
  
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• General Election 2015: Pound surges following shock exit poll that forecasts Conservatives as the largest party

  07-05-2015 23:49
  The pound surged instantly as the exit poll suggested a Tory election "win" and investors toasted the prospect of continuity in Britain's current austerity policies.
  
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• The Game, episode 2, TV review: BBC2's 1970s spy thriller seen through the prism of the general election

  07-05-2015 23:31
  Listen, it’s election night and you’re just not that into a 1970s spy thriller right now are you? So here is BBC Two’s The Game, seen through the prism of the 2015 General Election.
  
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• Detonated device found in County Down

  07-05-2015 23:30
  
  In the latest of a series of violent attacks in Northern Ireland, a detonated explosive device has been found in County Down.
  
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• Sturgeon says should treat exit poll with caution

  07-05-2015 23:30
  
  Scottish nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon said an exit poll showing her party winning 58 of Scotland's 59 seats in Britain's national election should be treated with huge caution. "I'd treat the exit poll with HUGE caution," the leader of the Scottish National Party tweeted. "I'm hoping for a good night but I think 58 seats is unlikely!" The exit poll showed Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are on course to win the most seats in parliame
  
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• Woman Spitfire pilot aged 92 takes to the skies to mark VE Day

  07-05-2015 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A WARTIME woman pilot has taken to the skies again in a Spitfire to celebrate VE Day.
  
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• London policeman rescues trapped baby by punching through car window

  07-05-2015 23:19
  
  A South London policeman used his hand to punch through a car window and rescue a trapped baby yesterday.
  
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• Senior Conservative says exit poll points to clear victory

  07-05-2015 23:18
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Senior Conservative lawmaker Michael Gove said on Thursday that an exit poll from Britain's national election pointed to a clear win for his party. "If it is right, then it means the Conservatives have clearly won this election, and Labour has clearly lost it," he told the BBC. The poll forecast Prime Minister David Cameron's party would win 316 seats in the 650-seat parliament. (Reporting by David Milliken and Paul Sandle; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
  
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• 14 years for thug who beat frail woman, 88, in her home

  07-05-2015 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A THUG attacked and robbed an 88-year-old woman in her home for just ?15 has been jailed for 14 years.
  
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• Cameron close to majority after election - exit poll

  07-05-2015 23:14
  
  By David Milliken and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are on course to win the most seats in parliament but will be just shy of an outright majority, an exit poll showed on Thursday after voting closed in a national election. The poll put the Conservatives on 316 seats and the main opposition Labour Party on 239. The Scottish National Party (SNP) is set to win 58 seats, all but wiping Labour out in its former Scottish stronghold. The centrist Libe
  
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• Election results live: England - BBC News

  07-05-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Votes are being counted across England after six weeks of campaigning and debate. As well as the General Election, there are more than 9,000 council seats being contested across 279 English local authorities. You can follow the latest results, news and ...
  What does it mean to lose your deposit in the General Election?Sunderland Echoall 31 news articles »
  
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• Tories to win most seats - poll

  07-05-2015 23:08
  
  David Cameron looks set to remain Prime Minister with Conservatives the largest single party in the new Parliament, according to an exit poll released as ballots closed in the General Election.
  
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• Conservatives to be biggest party, close to majority - exit poll

  07-05-2015 23:06
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are on course to win the most seats in parliament but will be just shy of an outright majority, an exit poll showed on Thursday after voting closed in a national election. The poll put the Conservatives on 316 seats and the opposition Labour Party on 239. The Scottish National Party (SNP) is set to win 58 seats and the centrist Liberal Democrats 10 seats in the 650-seat Westminster parliament, according to the poll, released by national broadcast
  
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• Walk away your back pain: How a stroll could offer best cure

  07-05-2015 23:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SIMPLE stroll is the easiest way to beat crippling back pain, experts say.
  
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• Exit polls: Hung Parliament predicted in tightest election in a generation with Conservatives largest party

  07-05-2015 23:03
  Exit polls have predicted a hung Parliament, with the Conservatives the largest party in the tightest general election in more than 30 years.
  
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• Exit poll results: Forecast says Tories will win 316 seats - just 10 short of a majority, while SNP to take all but one seat in Scotland

  07-05-2015 23:03
  Exit polls have predicted a hung Parliament, with the Conservatives the largest party in the tightest general election in more than 30 years.
  
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• Can The Leaders Survive The Election Fallout?

  07-05-2015 23:00
  
  David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage could all be wondering if they will have a job when the dust settles on the General Election. There is an argument about Nick Clegg's time in coalition that runs along the lines that he is the politician who has achieved the most, with the least power. They need Mr Clegg if they want a Lib Dem coalition. Labour, however, would arguably rather deal with Vince Cable, who has held the Coalition at arms' length/missed very few opportu
  
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• Exit Poll: Conservatives Largest Party

  07-05-2015 23:00
  An exit poll carried out for the major broadcasters forecasts the Tories will be the largest party after the General Election.
  
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• Jack Green puts demons behind him to get back on track

  07-05-2015 23:00
  
  The last time Jack Green wore a GB vest it was supposed to be the highlight of his career. But in the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles at London 2012, he hit one of the barriers and clattered to the ground.
  
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• Palestinian statehood: Fears Israel's new coalition government will 'bury' the possibility of a two‑state solution

  07-05-2015 22:55
  Palestinian officials have warned that the newly formed, and potentially unstable, government in Israel would “bury” the possibility of a two‑state solution between the two sides – one of a number of issues that threatens to damage Israel’s standing in the international community.
  
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• General Election 2015: From the hugs to The Trews, what made the news in the campaign

  07-05-2015 22:54
  
  It has been one of the longest general election campaigns in history. Thanks to the Fixed Term Parliament Act, we have known the date of the election since September 2011 – the first time in British political history the date has been set in law independent of the Prime Minister’s control.
  
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• Royal Navy rescues more than 100 migrants off Libyan coast

  07-05-2015 22:49
  
  A Royal Navy vessel has rescued more than 100 migrants off the shores of Libya just as their dingy was in danger of sinking.
  
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• Walking tall: Bone cancer sufferer who can finally wear high heels

  07-05-2015 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BONE cancer survivor Sophie Hartley is wearing high heels for the first time, thanks to dramatic treatment to lengthen one of her legs.
  
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• Kids' comics Trevor and Simon have relaunched themselves in podcast Strangeness in Space

  07-05-2015 22:45
  
  "Imagine if the Pet Shop Boys were played by the Chuckle Brothers," says Simon Hickson, attempting to describe the characters he and Trevor Neal play in their new podcast, Strangeness in Space.
  
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• The UK is not set up for surrogacy, so we went to America where it is a different proposition - but more expensive

  07-05-2015 22:37
  Three years ago, my fiancé Lester and I decided that we wanted to start a family. When we made our momentous decision, we had already been together for five years. We talked about having kids quite early on, but somewhere along the line it got put into the “too-difficult-box”.
  
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• Navy rescues refugees in the Med

  07-05-2015 22:36
  
  The Royal Navy's flagship has rescued a more than 100 refugees adrift in the Mediterranean - its first mission since being deployed in the region.
  
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• Don't bribe your children to behave better: Fine them instead

  07-05-2015 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE stick may be better than the carrot in controlling behaviour, parents were told yesterday.
  
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• Election 2015: Voting enters final half-hour - BBC News

  07-05-2015 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Millions of people have been casting their ballots across the UK as voting enters its final half-hour. Polls close at 22:00 BST with results from the first constituencies expected before midnight and the final result due on Friday afternoon. After six weeks of ...
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• General election 2015: Ukip supporters 'intimidate voters outside South Thanet polling stations,' Labour claims

  07-05-2015 22:30
  People claiming to be Ukip supporters have reportedly been “intimidating” voters at polling stations in Nigel Farage’s target seat of South Thanet.
  
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• General Election 2015: Constituency results checker, updated as results are declared

  07-05-2015 22:30
  
  While a proportion of the electorate may be mainly influenced by which party leader they prefer, others will take a look at their local candidates and weigh up their decision based on what policies are being offered in their constiuency.
  
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• Back home: British mum who was first to give birth with help of artificial pancreas

  07-05-2015 22:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BRITISH woman who has become the first diabetic in the world to go through pregnancy and give birth naturally with the aid of an artificial pancreas, is now home with her little boy.
  
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• Road to riches: Armed police called as £1million in cash spills out of crash lorry

  07-05-2015 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARMED officers were called after 'more than £1million in cash' spilled onto a road following a lorry crash today.
  
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• Record numbers of women set to become MPs

  07-05-2015 22:07
  
  Record numbers of women are set to be elected to the House of Commons whatever its final political complexion. About 30 per cent of MPs are expected to be female, compared with fewer than 25 per cent in the last parliament.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Election Diary: How the campaign taught us some new words

  07-05-2015 22:04
  
  A quick, post-poll word or two
  
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• General Election 2015: Few gains for Plaid Cymru expected

  07-05-2015 22:02
  
  Leanne Wood cast her vote in Rhondda on 7 May, with few expecting her party to get more than their current three seats despite her participation in the televised leaders’ debates.
  
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• 'Burly blokes' accused of intimidating voters in Scotland's only Tory seat

  07-05-2015 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CLAIMS that "burly blokes" were intimidating voters in the Conservatives' only Scottish seat have triggered a police probe.
  
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• General Election 2015: How the Ukip ‘people’s army’ refused to melt in heat of the battle

  07-05-2015 21:53
  
  Ukip’s heady predictions that dozens of parliamentary seats would fall to the “people’s army” were abandoned once the campaign got underway and it concentrated on the more realistic ambition of maintaining its Commons foothold. Seats which had potentially seemed within its grasp dropped off its radar as it channelled its efforts into a handful of key targets headed by Nigel Farage’s attempt to capture South Thanet.
  
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• General Election 2015: The Lib Dems and their struggle to be heard during the campaign

  07-05-2015 21:46
  
  It has been a frustrating election campaign for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats, who have had to shout much louder than they did five years ago to be heard above the competing SNP, Green and Ukip voices.
  
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• Last known surviving member of the US-German team that landed a man on the moon dies

  07-05-2015 21:46
  
  The last known surviving member of the German engineering team that took US astronauts to the moon has died.
  
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• Ivory Coast bans skin whitening creams over health fears

  07-05-2015 21:45
  
  Ivory Coast has banned skin whitening creams, widely used in West Africa, after issuing a health warning over the products.
  
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• General Election 2015: The Green party and the 'surge' that never was

  07-05-2015 21:40
  
  The campaign will most likely be remembered for failing to generate the hoped-for “Green surge”, even if ex-leader Caroline Lucas wins her fight to retain the party’s sole parliamentary seat.
  
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• Michael Flaig: Off-duty cop accused of drunkenly biting a man's testicles

  07-05-2015 21:40
  
  An off-duty police officer has been arrested in Baltimore after allegedly assaulting a man on Cinco de Mayo.
  
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• The tycoon who did deals in some of the world's most dangerous countries got unstuck in Guinea

  07-05-2015 21:32
  
  Widely thought to be Israel’s richest man, Beny Steinmetz learnt the diamond trade from his father, Rubin. He also inherited a taste for doing deals in the world’s most dangerous places. Angola, Sierra Leone; if there was a hotspot with a possibility of a gemstone fortune, he would be there.
  
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• Google users can now download their full search histories - and delete their archive

  07-05-2015 21:30
  
  In 2006, I was mainly into Google for the cute stuff. Take one search session from October of that year, when I keyed in kitten, then sleeping dog, then leonardo dicaprio, then kitten with baby chick. Then kangaroo penis.
  
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• Mining company accused of bribing its way into the world's largest iron ore project claims it was victim of a conspiracy, High Court hears

  07-05-2015 21:27
  A mining company accused of bribing its way to the world’s largest iron ore project and potentially billions of pounds in profits was the victim of an international conspiracy, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Exit poll: What is it and how accurate has it been in the past?

  07-05-2015 21:27
  
  At 10pm a national exit poll for the BBC, ITN and Sky will be published, using surveys of roughly 20,000 people to tell us how the nation has voted.
  
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