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• Labour Party leadership contenders: From Chuka Umunna to Andy Burnham - who will take the reigns?

  09-05-2015 23:57
  
  Tristram Hunt is poised to throw his hat into the ring in the contest to succeed Ed Miliband as Labour leader and rebuild the party after last week’s bitter election defeat, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.
  
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• Ukip and Greens lead calls for electoral reform - but what are the alternatives?

  09-05-2015 23:56
  
  The apparent perversity of the election result has prompted renewed demands for a change in Britain’s voting system. Those demands are led by an unusual alliance of Ukip and the Green Party. Nigel Farage, in his resignation speech as Ukip leader, referred to the fact that his party had a single MP despite the same number supporting it as the SNP and Lib Dems combined: “The first-past-the-post system is bankrupt, because one party can get 50 per cent of the vote in Scotland and nearly 100 pe
  
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• Naz Shah interview: Labour's new MP for Bradford West on beating rival George Galloway - and considering legal action against him

  09-05-2015 23:53
  Naz Shah has emerged victorious after what she describes as a nasty smear campaign against her during the general election by rival George Galloway, and says she is considering legal action against him for calling her a liar.
  
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• David Cameron tries to convince backbenchers he has changed leadership style in attempt to head off rebellions

  09-05-2015 23:45
  David Cameron will try to convince backbenchers that he has changed his leadership style, in an attempt to head off parliamentary rebellions that would wreck his legislative programme. 
  
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• Scuffles At London Anti-Austerity Protest

  09-05-2015 23:43
  
  Seventeen people have been arrested during an anti-austerity protest outside Downing Street against the new government. The Women's War Memorial in Whitehall was defaced with graffiti during the unplanned rally, which started outside Conservative campaign headquarters. The crowd then moved on to Downing Street to voice their anger at David Cameron's party, a day after he claimed victory in the General Election. A police officer and a member of police staff have been injured.
  
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• Gove to return as Justice Secretary

  09-05-2015 23:35
  
  Michael Gove is to make a dramatic return to the top of government as Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor.
  
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• National Comedy Centre to bring back famous historical comedians - as holograms

  09-05-2015 23:26
  
  For most comedians, being pelted by objects while on stage would be a problem but many of the performers at a new comedy club in upstate New York won’t be offended at such treatment – because they will be a hologram.
  
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• EU considering labelling British food to pinpoint its source

  09-05-2015 23:23
  
  Food sold in British shops would show more detailed labelling under new rules being discussed this weekend at a food safety conference organised by the European Commission. Following the horsemeat scandal in 2013, EU rules were introduced to ensure better traceability of meat. All fresh meat must clearly state which country the animal was born, raised and slaughtered in.
  
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• Tim Farron secures frontrunner status in bid to become Lib Dem leader

  09-05-2015 23:21
  
  Tim Farron has moved quickly to secure his frontrunner status for the Liberal Democrat leadership, writing in The Independent on Sunday that the party needs “a fresh start” after a disastrous general election. The party now has only eight MPs, down from 57 in 2010, after the Lib Dems were battered by the electorate for its record in the coalition government.
  
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• The election results were brutal for the Lib Dems - but the fight back begins today

  09-05-2015 23:19
  
  Let’s be blunt: last Thursday results for the Lib Dems were brutal – far worse than anyone expected.
  
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• General Election 2015: The winners and losers in the business world

  09-05-2015 23:18
  
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• Sam Hallam: The man who spent over seven years in jail for a murder he did not commit

  09-05-2015 22:51
  
  "I used to get really angry. But now, I say to people I feel more angry than I did then,” says Sam Hallam, who spent more than seven years in jail for a murder he didn’t commit.
  
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• New US fighter jet on course to becoming ‘one of history’s biggest white elephants’

  09-05-2015 22:44
  
  A plane so technologically advanced that it would give Britain and the US air superiority in any future conflict and billed as the world’s most advanced stealth fighter jet, could be one of “the biggest white elephants in history”, according to a former defence minister.
  
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• Let GPs offer mindfulness meditation to patients, say experts

  09-05-2015 22:40
  
  An ancient Buddhist approach to meditation rebranded as “mindfulness” should be made available to the millions of Britons who are suffering from stress, depression and anxiety, according to the Mental Health Foundation (MHF).
  
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• What’s app, Doc? Patients send their medical data via smartphone

  09-05-2015 22:34
  
  Patients at thousands of GP surgeries will be able to link health information recorded on their iPhone with their confidential medical records using a new app that promises to transform the care of the long-term ill.
  
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• Syria conflict: With the men away fighting, women take the mantle of community leaders in Lebanon's refugee camps

  09-05-2015 22:16
  Sitting cross-legged in her makeshift tent, and due to go into labour any day now, Kharieh Fares is blunt about her role as the leader of a refugee camp in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
  
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• South Africa's Obama: Mmusi Maimane set to lead challenge to ANC’s rule

  09-05-2015 22:12
  
  A part-time pastor is the man tipped to become the first black leader of South Africa’s biggest opposition party on 10 May and take the fight to the African National Congress (ANC), which has governed the country since the end of apartheid.
  
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• Star-Studded Concert Marks VE Day Anniversary

  09-05-2015 21:59
  
  A star-studded concert is under way in London to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day. The concert, at Horse Guards Parade, includes musical performances influenced by the era from Katherine Jenkins, Pixie Lott, Status Quo and couples from Strictly Come Dancing. Tomorrow, around 1,000 veterans and their families will attend a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey.
  
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• Last great regions of pristine wilderness from Asia to Amazon under threat from massive road-building projects, scientist warns

  09-05-2015 21:58
  The last great regions of pristine wilderness – from Asia to the Amazon – are threatened by an unprecedented road-building programme financed by aggressive development banks with little interest in protecting the natural world, a leading environmental scientist has warned.
  
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• London protesters scuffle with police at anti-Cameron rally

  09-05-2015 21:35
  
  Protesters threw bottles, cans and smoke bombs at riot police in central London on Saturday in a demonstration against the re-election of Britain's Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. A Reuters photographer estimated that a couple of hundred people took part in the protest, including a group of about 25 black-clad youths with sunglasses and face masks.
  
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• Anti-Austerity Protest Outside Downing Street

  09-05-2015 21:34
  
  Four people have been arrested during an anti-austerity protest outside Downing Street against the new government. The Women's War Memorial in Whitehall was defaced with graffiti during the unplanned rally, which started outside Conservative campaign headquarters. The crowd, estimated by police at 100 people, then moved on to Downing Street to voice their anger at David Cameron's party, a day after he claimed victory at the ballot box. A police officer and a member of police staff have
  
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• VIDEO: Voters: 'Why we did not trust Labour'

  09-05-2015 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Ben Wright reports from the marginal seat of Stevenage, where the Tories retained their seat in the general election.
  
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• Crystal Palace vs Manchester United match report: Julian Speroni gifts United victory as Marouane Fellaini heads home winner

  09-05-2015 20:44
  The week in which the Glazer family celebrate the tenth anniversary of taking over Manchester United will begin with a Champions League place almost secured. They appeared to be in danger of a fourth successive defeat after substitute Jason Puncheon equalised Juan Mata’s penalty but the otherwise anonymous Marouane Fellaini took advantage of a defensive howler to earn a flattering victory.
  
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• MoD halts new plane use after crash

  09-05-2015 20:37
  
  Britain has temporarily stopped using a new military transport plane after one crashed near Seville airport in south-west Spain today, killing four crew members and seriously injuring the other two.
  
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• Salmon 'bored' of black Bond debate

  09-05-2015 20:20
  
  James Bond star Colin Salmon has said he is "bored" of the debate about whether a black actor could play 007 in the future.
  
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• Quo relationship 'like marriage'

  09-05-2015 20:20
  
  Status Quo star Rick Parfitt has compared working with bandmate Francis Rossi to being in a "marriage" after admitting the pair's relationship "isn't always as healthy as it should be".
  
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• 'Bag of ringside air' from Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao on sale for over £1,300 on eBay

  09-05-2015 19:55
  
  Tickets for last weekend’s Las Vegas super-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao spiralled to extortionate prices, with some going for as much as £100,000.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon faces tricky balancing act following David Cameron's surprise election victory

  09-05-2015 19:49
  
  Imagine you are my former colleague Sue Inglish, the BBC’s head of political programmes. At 9.30pm on Thursday, psephological guru John Curtice is handing you the final findings of the general election exit poll. The methodology is sophisticated now, and, though the scars of the 1992 debacles will never fade, every exit poll since then has been spot on.
  
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• Peter Moores Sacked By England For Second Time

  09-05-2015 19:19
  
  The coach of the England cricket team has been sacked, ushering in a new guard at the head of one of the country's oldest organised sports. Peter Moores has been removed from his post on the day former England captain Andrew Strauss was chosen as director of cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced. The ECB said Strauss was involved in the decision to fire Moores along with ECB chief executive Tom Harrison. "Peter is a man of great integrity and has offered a huge amount
  
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• Islamists jailed for chopping of teacher's hand 'because exam paper insulted Prophet Mohamed'

  09-05-2015 18:57
  
  A group of Islamists who cut off a teacher’s hand in revenge for “blasphemy” against the Prophet Mohamed have been jailed in India.
  
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• England Cricket Sacks Head Coach Ahead Of Ashes

  09-05-2015 18:56
  
  The coach of the England cricket team has been sacked, ushering in a new guard at the head of one of the country's oldest organised sports. Peter Moores has been removed from his post on the day former England captain Andrew Strauss was chosen as director of cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced. The ECB said Strauss was involved in the decision to fire Moores along with ECB chief executive Tom Harrison. "Peter is a man of great integrity and has offered a huge amount
  
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• Beckham tells of motherhood worries

  09-05-2015 18:41
  
  Victoria Beckham has spoken candidly about the "daily uncertainties and unending joy" of being a mother, in a heart-felt open letter about raising her four children.
  
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• British Student Among Nepal Earthquake Dead

  09-05-2015 18:38
  
  A British backpacker has been confirmed dead following the earthquake in Nepal, the Foreign Office says.
  
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• Restaurant offers discounts on 'White Appreciation Day'

  09-05-2015 18:36
  
  Colorado’s Rubbin' Buttz BBQ restaurant will be giving out discounts on “White Appreciation Day” in June. The Hispanic owners said it started as a joke but it is now going ahead.
  
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• Police: 36 killed as 40 inmates escape in Iraq prison break - Daily Mail

  09-05-2015 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Police: 36 killed as 40 inmates escape in Iraq prison break
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  BAGHDAD (AP) — Forty inmates in a prison in northeastern Iraq, including some convicted of terrorism charges, escaped amid a riot that killed at least six police officers and 30 prisoners, authorities said Saturday. There were conflicting casualty reports on the ...
  Iraq jail riot: up to 50 inmaes and 12 police killed as dozens escapeThe Guardian
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• Briton confirmed among Nepal dead

  09-05-2015 18:33
  
  A British backpacker missing in Nepal following last month's earthquake has been confirmed as being among the dead, the Foreign Office has said.
  
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• British student Matthew Carapiet confirmed dead after being caught in Nepal earthquake

  09-05-2015 18:31
  
  A British student who went missing during the Nepal earthquake while trekking on his gap year has been confirmed dead.
  
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• Military Plane Crashes During Seville Test Flight - Sky News

  09-05-2015 18:24 via news.sky.com
  
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  Several people are reported dead as a military aircraft crashes during a test flight, closing Seville's airfield. 17:21, UK, Saturday 09 May 2015. Play video "Emergency Services Attend The Scene" ...
  Spain plane crash: emergency crews find wreckageTelegraph.co.uk
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• Unions demand Scottish Labour leader resigns as MSP goes citing need for 'radical change'

  09-05-2015 18:22
  
  The leader of the Scottish Labour Party is being urged to step down by trade unions. The demand comes as the man who challenged him for the leadership resigned claiming the party’s problems need “radical change”.
  
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• Unions demand Scottish Labour leader resigns as deputy goes citing need for 'radical change'

  09-05-2015 18:22
  
  The leader of the Scottish Labour Party is being urged to step down by trade unions and as his former deputy resigns claiming the party’s problems need “radical change”.
  
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• US diplomatic overture to N. Korea met with missile-firing - Fox News

  09-05-2015 18:18 via foxnews.com
  
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  US diplomatic overture to N. Korea met with missile-firing
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  May 9, 2015: A South Korean man watches a TV news program showing an image published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's ballistic missile believed to have been launched from underwater, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, ...
  US calls on North Korea to refrain from inflaming tensions in regionThe Guardian
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• Leicester 2-0 Southampton: Riyad Mahrez brace boosts Foxes survival hopes - Daily Mail

  09-05-2015 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Leicester 2-0 Southampton: Riyad Mahrez brace boosts Foxes survival hopes
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  Riyad Mahrez may well be Nigel Pearson's best piece of transfer business to date at Leicester City, at a slender cost of £400,000. Two goals to defeat Southampton have placed the club on the precipice of Premier League survival, and much greater riches.
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• Ukip takes control of first council in Thanet where Nigel Farage failed - Daily Mail

  09-05-2015 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Ukip takes control of first council in Thanet where Nigel Farage failed
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  Ukip has taken control of its first council today - in the seat where Nigel Farage failed to get voted in as MP. The party gained Thanet District Council in Kent, returning 33 out of 56 councillors, and beating the Conservatives 18, Labour's four and Independent's ...
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• Hull City 0 Burnley 1, match report: Danny Ings strike not enough as Burnley ... - Telegraph.co.uk

  09-05-2015 18:15 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  ... • Follow all today's latest scores • Latest Premier League table. Burnley ended a run of four straight defeats by completing the double over Hull City but results elsewhere mean that Sean Dyche's side are relegated anyway as time finally ran out on their bid ...
  Burnley are relegated despite Danny Ings sealing win at HullThe Guardian
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• Farron mulling Lib Dem leader bid

  09-05-2015 18:11
  
  Former Liberal Democrat party president Tim Farron has said he will decide "in the next few days" whether to throw his hat in the ring to succeed Nick Clegg.
  
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• Aston Villa 1 West Ham 0, match report: Tom Cleverley continues his and Villa's ... - Telegraph.co.uk

  09-05-2015 18:10 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Aston Villa 1 West Ham 0, match report: Tom Cleverley continues his and Villa's ...
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  Tim Sherwood has taken another step towards Premier League survival after Tom Cleverley continued his own renaissance at Aston Villa. Cleverley's third goal in three games was enough to settle the David Cameron Derby, as it was dubbed in these parts, ...
  Aston Villa take step toward safety with confident display against West HamThe Guardian
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• Former New Labour minister Alan Johnson says Labour lost because it ... - The Independent

  09-05-2015 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Former New Labour minister Alan Johnson says Labour lost because it ...
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  The Labour Party in part lost the general election because it distanced itself from Tony Blair's government, a former Labour minister has claimed. Alan Johnson, who served as Home Secretary, Health Secretary, and Education Secretary in the Blair and Brown ...
  David Lammy considers Labour leadership bidBBC News
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• Ed Miliband's 'Edstone' for sale on eBay as Twitter mocks auction of the former leader's monument

  09-05-2015 18:08
  
  Just a day after Ed Miliband quit as Labour leader, following a disastrous night for the party at the polls, jokers have listed his stone plinth on eBay.
  
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• Letting agents fined for colluding over fees just hours after voters reject Labour's plan to ban the charges

  09-05-2015 18:08
  
  The competition watchdog has imposed a six-figure fine on the letting agent industry for colluding over agency fees – just hours after voters rejected a Labour government with plans to reign in the charges.
  
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• Iraq jail riot leaves up to 50 prisoners and 12 police dead as dozens escape - The Guardian

  09-05-2015 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
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  Iraq jail riot leaves up to 50 prisoners and 12 police dead as dozens escape
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  Locals and security forces gather at the site of a car bomb attack outside a Shia mosque in Balad Ruz, Iraq, which killed at least 11 people on Friday. Photograph: Reuters. Damien Gayle and agencies. Saturday 9 May 2015 12.07 EDT Last modified on ...
  'Dozens dead' and many escape in Iraq prison breakBBC News
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