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• Labour 'must pick new-blood leader'

  08-05-2015 23:58
  
  Labour must pick its next leader from the emerging generation of MPs, a former cabinet minister has said as the party began a post-mortem examination of a disastrous General Election night that ended with Ed Miliband quitting after five years in charge.
  
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• Election results: Were you still still up when Ed Balls, Vince Cable and Jim Murphy lost?

  08-05-2015 23:56
  
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• Louis van Gaal ‘forced’ to sign Memphis Depay for Manchester United

  08-05-2015 23:56
  
  • Manager had to secure winger before end of season due to PSG interest
  • Van Gaal thinks some of current squad may not respond well to competition
  • Memphis Depay: a Tarzan with tattoos struts into Manchester UnitedLouis van Gaal has admitted some of his Manchester United players will not respond well to the competition provided by the signing of Memphis Depay or any new player because the manager says it can be “too much pressure”.The winger is due to join United at the close of the
  
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• Conservatives' election win met with relief by the City

  08-05-2015 23:46
  
  After lifting of fears that Labour would impose mansion tax and 50% tax rate, there was a boost for the FTSE 100, sterling and estate agents in London
  Shares, sterling and demand for multimillion-pound London homes soared after Labour’s heavy defeat in the general election banished the threat of tougher regulation and higher taxes for the rich.Related: What will the new Tory government do?Related: A message to the Tories: beware triumphalism, stormy waters lie ahead | Matthew d’AnconaContinu
  
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• Southwark shooting: Innocent woman shot in leg during street brawl

  08-05-2015 23:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POLICE are hunting for a gunman after a woman was shot in broad daylight in central London.
  
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• Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemeni province, hours after warning locals to leave

  08-05-2015 23:38
  
  Saudi-led warplanes have bombed targets in Yemen, hours after dropping leaflets in the province warning residents to leave.
  
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• Gerrard made me better - Mourinho

  08-05-2015 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea's Jose Mourinho says Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard made him a "better manager" ahead of their final meeting.
  
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• Burkina Faso and Niger exchange 18 towns to settle border dispute

  08-05-2015 23:35
  
  West African nations implement 2013 ruling by international court of justice to redefine shared 620 miles of border and exchange territoryBurkina Faso and Niger have agreed to exchange 18 towns in order to settle a long-running border dispute and end years of litigation.Burkina Faso is to gain 14 towns and Niger will receive four between now and the end of next year, when the boundary drawing is complete, the permanent secretary of the Burkina Faso national border commission, Joséphine Ko
  
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• José Mourinho: England’s top four could win the Champions League with Messi

  08-05-2015 23:30
  
  • ‘One thing is a team; another thing is a team with Messi. It is a different story’
  • Best way to mark Messi is man-to-man, says Chelsea manager
  • Messi: the genius who operates to a different set of physical rulesJosé Mourinho believes any of England’s top clubs would win the Champions League if they had Lionel Messi in their ranks. The Chelsea manager watched appreciatively as Messi inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 Champions League semi-final first-leg win at home to Bayern Muni
  
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• 'My beautiful granddaughter Princess Charlotte will look after me,' says cheeky Charles

  08-05-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PRINCE Charles has spoken publicly for the first time about his new granddaughter Princess Charlotte and confessed he wanted a girl to look after him when he is old.
  
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• Grace and Frankie: perfect chemistry among veteran actors in their prime

  08-05-2015 23:14
  
  Decades since they starred in 9 to 5, the chemistry between Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin is palpable, even if the show falls just short of television greatnessWhat’s the name of the show? Grace and Frankie.When does it premiere? All 13 episodes are available for streaming on Netflix. Continue reading...
  
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• And then there was one: Miliband, Clegg and Farage quit as party leaders

  08-05-2015 23:10
  
  Labour and Lib Dems swept aside as Conservatives take majority in parliament and leave Ukip and Greens with only one seat eachBritain’s political landscape was left ­transformed as a triumphant David Cameron hailed the sweetest ­victory of his career after defying his critics by securing the first Conservative working majority since 1992 and forcing three of his vanquished rival party leaders to resign in the space of two hours.With the Conservatives winning an overall majority – con
  
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• Cameron won big by selling stability over fear

  08-05-2015 23:08
  
  By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron sealed a surprise election win by persuading Britons to choose the security of modestly rising living standards over an implausible pretender many feared could become the puppet of Scottish nationalists. Blending the promise of "the good life" fuelled by a strong economic recovery with fear of resurgent Scottish separatists calling the shots in a country they want to break up, Cameron steamrolled the opposition Labour Par
  
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• Cameron savours shock triumph in British election

  08-05-2015 23:05
  
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron swept to a stunning election victory on Friday, confounding forecasts that the vote would be the closest in decades and winning a clear majority that left his Labour opponents in tatters. The sterling currency, bonds and shares surged on a result that reversed near-universal expectations of an inconclusive "hung parliament", in which Cameron would have had to jockey for power with Labour rival
  
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• David Moyes interview: Former Manchester United manager insists 'I am staying in Spain' ahead of Barcelona test

  08-05-2015 23:00
  David Moyes likes things to be done properly. That is one of the reasons why he’ll never forget an exchange of letters with Bobby Robson 18 years ago. As an aspiring coach at Preston North End, still months from taking his first job in management, he asked Britain’s most distinguished manager working abroad if he could visit him in Barcelona.
  
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• Fernando Amorebieta’s late goal gives Middlesbrough edge on Brentford

  08-05-2015 22:57
  
  This was the first instalment of a tie where everything is at stake, and how both Brentford and Middlesbrough demonstrated it. They provided a pulsating play-off first leg that Boro edged in stoppage time, taking a lead back to Teesside in this battle for Wembley and the potential golden goose of the Premier League. Continue reading...
  
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• Queen lights beacon to mark VE Day

  08-05-2015 22:54
  
  The Queen has lit the first of hundreds of beacons on display around Britain to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day.
  
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• Georgia politician who campaigned against motorcycle helmets dies in motorcycle crash

  08-05-2015 22:54
  
  A Georgia politician who was well known for his efforts to repeal a state law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets died this week in a motorcycle accident.
  
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• Andy Murray reaches semi-final in Madrid Open by beating Milos Raonic

  08-05-2015 22:49
  
  • British No1 beats fifth seed from Canada 6-4, 7-5
  • Murray will play David Ferrer or Kei Nishikori in last fourAndy Murray moved into the semi-finals of the Madrid Open after a 6-4, 7-5 victory over the fifth seed Milos Raonic on Friday.The second seed showed no ill effects from having to play twice on Thursday by brushing aside his Canadian opponent, who was nursing a foot injury, with relative ease to take a step closer to winning his second clay-court title after success at last week’
  
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• Motherwell 3-1 Kilmarnock

  08-05-2015 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Motherwell breathe new life into their fight to avoid the play-offs and confirm St Mirren's relegation.
  
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• Officer in Freddie Gray case demanded man's arrest as part of personal dispute

  08-05-2015 22:43
  
  Baltimore lieutenant Brian Rice used his position to threaten ‘heads will roll’ if officers did not arrest his ex-girlfriend’s husband, police report revealsThe most senior Baltimore police officer charged over the death of Freddie Gray used his position to order the arrest of a man as part of a personal dispute just two weeks before the fatal incident, prompting an internal inquiry by Baltimore police department.
  During an erratic late-night episode in March, Brian Rice boasted he was a B
  
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• Brentford v Middlesbrough: Championship play-off semi-final – as it happened

  08-05-2015 22:43
  
  Fernando Amorebieta’s stoppage-time winner means that Middlesbrough have a 2-1 lead to take back to the Riverside9.43pm BST What a game that was. Both sides were great, but it’s Middlesbrough who have taken command of this play-off semi-final thanks to Fernando Amorebieta’s dramatic winner. Brentford will feel aggrieved and they’ll have it all to do in the second leg at the Riverside next week. Middlesbrough aren’t going to let go of this 2-1 lead easily. Thanks for reading. Bye. 9.41p
  
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• The disunited kingdom: Cameron must work quickly to stop a declining power fragmenting fast

  08-05-2015 22:36
  
  The 2015 general election was a watershed which will determine whether we are to remain together as one United Kingdom – and one United Kingdom that can look forward to a future with its closest European neighbours. As with the emergence of Irish nationalism a century ago, and the discovery that it could not be contained within the UK’s parliamentary system, the very boundaries of the nation are now in play. At a time of rapid global change and fast emerging rival powers, that is not in the
  
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• Four Danish buses torched and daubed with 'anti-Israel' graffiti

  08-05-2015 22:36
  
  Danish police are investigating after four buses in Copenhagen were set ablaze and daubed with “anti-Israel” slogans.
  
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• Lib Dem MP issues leader message

  08-05-2015 22:34
  
  The next Liberal Democrat leader must be someone who defied Nick Clegg over student fees, one of the party's few remaining MPs has declared in an apparent endorsement of Tim Farron.
  
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• General Election 2015: Paddy Ashdown handed chocolate hat on Question Time, then Alistair Campbell receives edible kilt

  08-05-2015 22:33
  In a moment of TV gold proving that elections aren’t exclusively serious affairs, former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown was handed a chocolate cake during Question Time after he said he’d eat his hat if exit polls were correct.
  
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• General Election 2015: Paddy Ashdown handed chocolate hat on Question Time, then Alastair Campbell receives edible kilt

  08-05-2015 22:33
  In a moment of TV gold proving that elections aren’t exclusively serious affairs, former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown was handed a chocolate cake during Question Time after he said he’d eat his hat if exit polls were correct.
  
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• VIDEO: Dimbleby presents Ashdown with a hat

  08-05-2015 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Dimbleby presents Paddy Ashdown with a cake-shaped hat at the start of Question Time programme.
  
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• A divided nation

  08-05-2015 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How will the PM keep the kingdom united?
  
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• Alberta’s rulers were untouchable - but then the climate changed on its oil

  08-05-2015 22:28
  
  Predicting local elections in oil-rich Alberta, traditionally Canada’s most conservative province, has never given punters much value. The Progressive Conservatives (only Canada could have a conservative party that also calls itself “progressive”) held power for 43 years, with an assault from the left about as likely as a Marxist insurrection in Surrey.
  
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• Party Leaders Side By Side To Mark VE Day

  08-05-2015 22:24
  
  A service has been held at the Cenotaph in Whitehall starting formal commemorations of the victory over Nazi Germany 70 years ago. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg appeared together - just hours after the results of a bitter General Election  were announced. Mr Clegg and Mr Miliband were performing their last major public roles as party leaders after resigning. The ceremony started at 3pm - the time Prime Minister Winston Churchill informed the nation of the German surrender.
  
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• Will this be the week when Greece’s future is decided?

  08-05-2015 22:24
  
  Greece has endured quite a few “last chance” weeks over the past five years. Another now looms. Is this yet another cry of “Grexit” wolf? Or could this really be the seven days that sees the Mediterranean country slip from the embrace of the single currency?
  
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• James Ashton: Champagne corks were popped in the City – but EU vote brings uncertainty

  08-05-2015 22:18
  
  Let us finish the job, the Conservatives were imploring us for months. It was a dangerous message, not least because of the tacit admission that the Coalition had not managed to fix the broken economy at the first time of asking.
  
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• Market Report: Just Eat announces plans to buy local peer Menulog for £445m

  08-05-2015 22:14
  
  Most attention was on the election result, but shareholders on the FTSE 250 mid-cap index were still watching the usual updates.
  
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• Ebola virus found in eye fluid of US doctor months after he was declared fully recovered

  08-05-2015 22:05
  
  Ebola has been found in the eye of a US doctor months after he was thought to have fully recovered.
  
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• David Moyes: Real Sociedad ‘was a gamble but it was the right time’

  08-05-2015 22:00
  
  After the travails of Old Trafford, David Moyes feels vindicated by his move to Real Sociedad, where he has overseen a steady revival in a welcoming atmosphere
  • Moyes at Manchester United one year on: was it as bad as we thought?The sun is setting over San Sebastián, where David Moyes is out for an evening stroll alongside the river Urumea towards the sea as it winds through the elegant narrow streets of the old town where endless bars are piled high with pintxos, Basque-style tapas na
  
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• Election earthquake has opened chasms David Cameron will struggle to bridge

  08-05-2015 21:56
  
  With Labour and Lib Dems decimated, coming battles over two unions – the EU and the UK – have taken on a dramatically different complexionThose who stayed awake saw the earthquake for themselves. Those that slept through the night arose on Friday to glimpse a landscape changed utterly. Its contours were redrawn, its borders painted in newly vivid colours. And, most spectacularly, some of the most familiar human landmarks were suddenly gone, toppled like statues in a street revolution. By lun
  
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• Sturgeon: Scotland 'voted for change'

  08-05-2015 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon warns David Cameron that it cannot be "business as usual" in Scotland after her party's historic election success.
  
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• Election results: Labour hastily search for new leader as Ed Miliband steps down

  08-05-2015 21:53
  
  Labour faces a three-month battle for the soul of the party after Ed Miliband resigned in the wake of its worst electoral performance since the 1980s.
  
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• Atlanta: Four members of family perish after plane crashes into busy highway on route to graduation ceremony

  08-05-2015 21:46
  
  Four family members flying to a graduation ceremony have been killed after their small plane crashed flames on a busy Atlanta highway.
  
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• Marouane Fellaini cried after Manchester United sacked David Moyes

  08-05-2015 21:43
  
  • Fellaini worked with Moyes for six years at two clubs
  • Belgian says he was made a scapegoat last season
  • Fellaini impossible to drop, says Louis van GaalMarouane Fellaini has admitted he cried when David Moyes was sacked as Manchester United manager.Fellaini followed Moyes from Everton to Old Trafford two seasons ago when the Scot was chosen to replace Sir Alex Ferguson. Things did not work out for Moyes, though, and he was sacked last April, 10 months into a six-year contract. Continu
  
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• Election results: Tory triumph lifts share prices across the board

  08-05-2015 21:41
  
  The sectors where share prices have rocketed following the Tory victory:
  
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• Start preparing for possible EU exit following Cameron's victory, businesses warned

  08-05-2015 21:33
  
  Businesses should start preparing now for the consequences of a possible UK exit from the EU, lawyers have warned, as the City began to digest the implications of the Conservatives’ victory.
  
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• General election: charting the SNP's political earthquake in Scotland - video

  08-05-2015 21:31
  
  In the final video of his Election 2015 series, John Harris experiences election night mayhem in Glasgow, as the SNP wins seat after seat and Labour effectively undergoes total wipe-out. Voters talk about their mood of hope, Nicola Sturgeon tells him about her message for lefties in England, and he ends up in nearby Coatbridge, the constituency snatched from Labour on a 36% swing. Finally, he sets off home with a new mission: in this darkest of moments for England, can he find some political hop
  
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• Manchester United's dip in form can be put down to one significant factor – the absence of Michael Carrick

  08-05-2015 21:30
  There was only ever one thing on our minds when it came to playing Manchester United during the years at Stoke when we were working to hold our place in the Premier League – Paul Scholes.
  
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• Election results: City concerned after many senior MPs in charge of pensions voted out

  08-05-2015 21:29
  
  The City was grappling with a near wipeout of the senior MPs in charge of pensions. Industry leaders warned that Westminster now seemed bereft of knowledgable policymakers at a time of unprecedented change for people’s retirement savings.
  
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• Election results: Poll result electrifies markets, but fears over British EU exit remain

  08-05-2015 21:12
  
  David Cameron’s shock victory for the Conservatives triggered a huge relief rally for the pound despite warnings over the potential impact of a looming “Brexit” referendum on the EU and a possible fresh vote on Scottish independence.
  
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• Why Tina Fey's Letterman striptease was a tongue-in-cheek feminist fail

  08-05-2015 21:07
  
  Fey is a pro at denouncing the standards of performative femininity but her Spanx-baring stunt would not have gotten praise if she were Kim KardashianDave Letterman leaving late night marks the end of an era. And appearing as a guest last night on one of the last episodes of the host’s The Late Show, Tina Fey announced the end of something else, too.“This is my last time wearing a fancy dress on a talk show and conforming to gender norms,” she told Letterman and his audience. “I dress up
  
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• David Cameron stands up to make a victory speech he never thought he would utter

  08-05-2015 21:00
  
  It’s the routine-sounding first sentence of David Cameron’s speech outside No 10 that he must have hardly dared, during the five long weeks of his ruthless campaign for another term, to fantasise he would ever utter. And that he will surely want to keep repeating at top volume in the coming days, in the privacy of his bath, or on his morning run.
  
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• Pelé expected to be released from hospital on Saturday after operation

  08-05-2015 20:59
  
  • Brazil legend ‘recuperating well’ after prostate surgery in São Paulo
  • Pelé was hospitalised with kidney problems last yearPelé is expected to be released on Saturday after undergoing prostate surgery, the hospital treating him in São Paulo said on Friday.In a statement, the Albert Einstein Hospital said Pelé was recuperating well after a transurethral resection of the prostate. The hospital said Pelé had been treated for benign prostatic hyperplasia, or
  
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