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• Galloway Takes Legal Action Over Bradford Defeat

  10-05-2015 23:46
  
  George Galloway has announced he is taking legal action against the newly elected MP for Bradford West, alleging her team lied about him to affect the outcome of the election. Labour's Naz Shah comfortably beat the incumbent Mr Galloway, from the Respect Party, in what was one of the most bitter election battles in the country. And on Sunday night Mr Galloway announced he was seeking legal action in the hope of getting the election outcome overturned. Mr Galloway said he had added more info
  
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• Labour leadership: Dan Jarvis rules himself out of race - saying he won't do it because of his kids

  10-05-2015 23:28
  
  Dan Jarvis has ruled out himself out of the Labour leadership contest, after being made one of the early favourites to succeed Ed Miliband, insisting he wanted to put his children before his immediate political career.
  
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• Iain Duncan Smith Keeps Work And Pensions Job

  10-05-2015 23:23
  
  Iain Duncan Smith will remain in charge of the Government's welfare reforms as Work and Pensions Secretary, the PM has announced.
  
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• Jarvis rules out bid for leadership

  10-05-2015 23:09
  
  Dan Jarvis has ruled out himself out of the Labour leadership contest, one of the early favourites to succeed Ed Miliband insisting he wanted to put his children before his immediate political career.
  
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• Eurosceptic Tory MPs demand major concessions when David Cameron renegotiates Britain's EU membership

  10-05-2015 23:02
  David Cameron’s brief honeymoon after his stunning election victory ended as Eurosceptic Conservative MPs demanded that he win major concessions when he renegotiates the terms of Britain’s EU membership.
  
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• IDS keeps welfare reforms job

  10-05-2015 23:02
  
  Iain Duncan Smith is to remain in charge of the Government's controversial welfare reforms as Work and Pensions Secretary, David Cameron announced as he prepared to reveal the make-up of the rest of his new senior government team.
  
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• The Enfield Haunting, Episode 2, review: A kid possessed by a demonic paedophile? Scary stuff

  10-05-2015 23:00
  
  Back in the 1970s, when the country was in thrall to electric carvers, the colour brown and glass figurines, the idea of poltergeist activity was front page news. Now that we’re in the jaded future, with its iPads and different colours and ‘taste’, this kind of thing is resigned to the latter pages of the tabloids, somewhere between TV listings and those slightly weird soft porn-y cartoons. The Enfield Haunting doesn’t seem sure which decade it’s pitching its bumps in the night at.
  
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• Dan Jarvis Rules Out Labour Leadership Bid

  10-05-2015 22:40
  
  Dan Jarvis has ruled himself out of the running to be Labour leader, according to a report.
  
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• Cumberbatch misses out on Bafta

  10-05-2015 22:35
  
  Sherlock might have won a gong but Benedict Cumberbatch again missed out on a television Bafta for his portrayal of the master detective.
  
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• Bafta TV Awards 2015: Georgina Campbell and Jason Watkins win Best Actor and Best Actress

  10-05-2015 22:33
  Georgina Campbell and Jason Watkins have taken home the big prizes at tonight's Bafta TV Awards for Murdered By My Boyfriend and The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies respectively.
  
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• Mandelson: Labour 'back to 1980s'

  10-05-2015 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lord Mandelson warns Labour against a rushed leadership contest, as Liz Kendall confirms she is standing and Chuka Umunna and Tristram Hunt set out their visions.
  
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• Kendall confirms Labour leader bid

  10-05-2015 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shadow care minister Liz Kendall says she is interested in replacing Ed Miliband as Labour Party leader following the Conservatives' election victory.
  
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• Murray beats Nadal to Madrid title

  10-05-2015 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray claims his first Masters title on clay by defeating Rafael Nadal in the final of the Madrid Masters.
  
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• Baftas TV Awards 2015: Winners list in full - Marvellous and The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies win big as Cilla leaves empty-handed

  10-05-2015 22:16
  Marvellous, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies and, predicatably, Ant and Dec, have emerged as the big winners at tonight's Bafta TV Awards.
  
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• Ant and Dec repeat Bafta success

  10-05-2015 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ant and Dec pick up the Bafta for best entertainment programme for the second year in a row, as the ceremony begins at the Theatre Royal in London.
  
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• Elementary - Cumberbatch wins Bafta

  10-05-2015 21:48
  
  Benedict Cumberbatch scooped one of the top television BAFTA awards of the night, taking home best leading actor for his role as master detective Sherlock Holmes.
  
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• VIDEO: Stars out in force on Bafta red carpet

  10-05-2015 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stars have turned out in force for the 2015 Bafta award ceremony in central London.
  
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• Indonesia executions: Hope for death row British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford as UK diplomat’s ‘affair’ exposed

  10-05-2015 21:31
  
  The lawyer for a British woman sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling has called on the Foreign Office to offer her more help, after the “staggering” dismissal of a key UK diplomat for allegedly having an affair with the man accused of being behind the cocaine plot.
  
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• We will take over from Labour in the north, says Ukip's only MP

  10-05-2015 21:23
  
  Ukip is well placed to take over from Labour as the natural party of the north, its only MP has said.
  
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• Sky News Wins BAFTA Award For Ebola Coverage

  10-05-2015 21:18
  
  Sky News has won a BAFTA award for its coverage of the Ebola crisis in west Africa. Special Correspondent Alex Crawford reported from Liberia in 2014 where she was with recovery teams collecting the bodies of Ebola victims. Sky won the award for news coverage at the ceremony at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London.
  
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• Election results: Left-wing lecturer attacked for comparing Tories to racists and sexists

  10-05-2015 21:16
  
  Britain’s liberal intelligentsia normally tries to react to setbacks in the spirit of peace, love and understanding. But, for one member of this oft-scorned tribe, the Conservatives’ shock victory in the general election and the thought of “shy Tories” lurking among her social media friends proved too much.
  
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• Election results: Backlash as liberal philosopher asks people to 'unfriend' Tories

  10-05-2015 21:16
  
  Britain’s liberal intelligentsia normally tries to react to setbacks in the spirit of peace, love and understanding. But, for one member of this oft-scorned tribe, the Conservatives’ shock victory in the general election and the thought of “shy Tories” lurking among her social media friends proved too much.
  
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• South set to bask in 24C sunshine

  10-05-2015 21:15
  
  Parts of Britain will enjoy temperatures as hot as Portugal tomorrow as a "tropical continental air mass" moves into the country.
  
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• Michael Gove's Ministry of Justice promotion threatens to reignite personality clash which could impact on who succeeds Cameron

  10-05-2015 21:07
  Michael Gove’s promotion to head of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) threatens to intensify a personality clash which caused ructions in the Cabinet last year – and could have an impact on who eventually succeeds David Cameron.
  
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• Miliband lost the election because he ditched New Labour, says Tony Blair

  10-05-2015 21:01
  
  Tony Blair and his allies have blamed Labour’s crushing election defeat on Ed Miliband’s decision to ditch New Labour as they tried to prevent the trade unions installing another left of centre figure as his successor.
  
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• Tory victory a huge blow to UK green energy industry, campaigners warn

  10-05-2015 20:59
  
  The Conservative election victory has dealt a severe blow to Britain’s green energy industry, campaigners have warned, as the new majority government prepares to scrap crucial subsidies for renewable power; champion the development of polluting shale gas; and make significant cuts to spending.
  
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• VIDEO: Celebration and remembrance

  10-05-2015 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Queen has joined around 1,000 veterans and their families in a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day.
  
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• Bafta TV Awards 2015 red carpet pictures: Sheridan Smith, Maisie Williams, James Corden and more arrive for star-studded ceremony

  10-05-2015 20:50
  It's Baftas time again, with TV in the spotlight tonight at London's Theatre Royal.
  
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• Labour leadership: A scan of runners and riders reveals poor form - or no form at all

  10-05-2015 20:50
  
  As the field for the Labour Leadership Stakes languidly trots towards the starting stalls, the answer to at least one of the anguishing questions raised on 7 May becomes apparent.
  
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• Liberalism? It’s been tweaked and polished and sold by the Tories

  10-05-2015 20:46
  
  Nick Clegg was grief-stricken as he delivered his valedictory statement. It was both personal and burningly political. His leadership had been bullwhipped, the party roundly thrashed; voter fears and grievances had been encouraged and exploited, “liberalism” was waning, possibly expiring here and across Europe. A worthy speech, genuine, and, as ever, well enunciated. But his views on liberalism are, frankly, bunkum.
  
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• Ant and Dec scoop Bafta award

  10-05-2015 20:24
  
  Comic duo Ant and Dec are the first winners of the night at the television Bafta awards.
  
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• Lib Dem leader to be chosen before Parliament breaks for summer

  10-05-2015 20:21
  
  The man with the daunting challenge of rebuilding the shattered Liberal Democrat party will be chosen before Parliament breaks up for summer.
  
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• Police Probes After Battle For Bradford West

  10-05-2015 20:20
  
  Although the election is over in Bradford West, West Yorkshire Police have still got work to do with multiple investigations into what is being described as the wildest election contest in the country. Alleged smearing, online trolling, assault and a possible infringement of election law are all being investigated by police after the bitter election battle between Respect's George Galloway and Labour's Naz Shah. Mr Galloway won a 2012 by-election by more than 10,000 votes, in the Bradf
  
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• Police Probe After Battle For Bradford West

  10-05-2015 20:20
  
  Although the election is over in Bradford West, West Yorkshire Police have still got work to do with multiple investigations into what is being described as the wildest election contest in the country. Alleged smearing, online trolling, assault and a possible infringement of election law are all being investigated by police after the bitter election battle between Respect's George Galloway and Labour's Naz Shah. Mr Galloway won a 2012 by-election by more than 10,000 votes, in the Bradf
  
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• Stars hit red carpet for Baftas

  10-05-2015 20:18
  
  Stars have started arriving on the red carpet for one of the most glittering nights of the British showbusiness calendar - the TV Bafta awards.
  
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• VIDEO: VE Day veteran's appeal to not forget

  10-05-2015 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As VE Day is marked in Britain, 89-year-old Barbara Weatherill from Selby, who was just 17 when she joined the army, tells her story to the BBC's Daniela Relph.
  
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• Mumford & Sons top UK album chart

  10-05-2015 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mumford & Sons top the UK album chart, recording an impressive 81,300 chart sales with third studio album Wilder Mind.
  
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• No stone unturned - British press hunt giant Miliband tablet

  10-05-2015 19:59
  
  Forget the worries about economic austerity, Scotland's future and Britain's place in Europe. Among Britain's fiercely competitive tabloid papers, the race is on to find out what became of an 8-foot (2.4-metre) slab unveiled by opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband four days before voting day and inscribed with six election promises that he said were literally carved in stone. The stunt backfired, with critics mocking the so-called Ed Stone as the "heaviest suicide note in his
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury calls on Christian groups to be more tolerant after revealing he receives 'poison pen letters' from co-religionists

  10-05-2015 19:57
  The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on Christian groups to be more tolerant towards each other and other faiths after revealing the worst “poison pen letters” he receives are from his co-religionists.
  
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• Battle For Bradford West 'Was A Nightmare'

  10-05-2015 19:56
  
  The newly elected MP for Bradford West has spoken for the first time on camera about how she felt intimidated and unsafe during the election campaign. The Bradford West contest was one of the most bitter in the country, with Labour's Naz Shah eventually beating incumbent George Galloway of the Respect Party. Although George Galloway and his Respect Party supporters deny any wrongdoing, Ms Shah says she felt victimised and "bullied" by the campaign. "At no point, bar the comme
  
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• All 56 newly elected SNP politicians to fly together to Westminster to show Cameron they are 'principle opposition'

  10-05-2015 19:44
  The 56 newly elected Scottish National Party MPs will fly together to London on 11 may in a show of strength aimed at reinforcing Nicola’s Sturgeon claim they will be the “principle opposition” to David Cameron at Westminster.
  
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• What connects Dr. Dre and the Inbetweeners? Liz Kendal, the first to declare in race to replace Ed Miliband as Labour leader

  10-05-2015 19:43
  Liz Kendall became the first Labour leadership contender to officially throw her hat in the ring but her quick rise through the party makes her a relatively unknown quantity. 
  
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• Footballer: Fans Attacked Me In Pitch Invasion

  10-05-2015 19:38
  
  Chesterfield captain Ian Evatt has accused Preston fans of punching, kicking and spitting on him during a pitch invasion. The Lilywhites booked their first trip to Wembley in 21 years by beating Preston 3-0 (4-0 on aggregate) and their fans celebrated by pouring onto the pitch as the final whistle went. Chesterfield confirmed Evatt had given a statement to Lancashire Police following the game. And Evatt, who used to play for Preston's rivals Blackpool, said on Twitter: "To be attacked
  
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• Founder of Yorkshire Sculpture Park Peter Murray: ‘You can’t build a Northern Powerhouse if arts and culture are ignored’

  10-05-2015 19:30
  When Peter Murray set up the Yorkshire Sculpture Park 38 years ago, even some of the artists weren’t sure it was a good idea.
  
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• Thanksgiving service for VE Day

  10-05-2015 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A national service of thanksgiving takes place in Cardiff as weekend of Victory in Europe Day commemorations continue.
  
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• Steven Gerrard taunts Chelsea fans after final appearance at Stamford Bridge with Liverpool's Champions League dreams gone

  10-05-2015 19:26
  Steven Gerrard took a pop at the Chelsea fans after a draw at Stamford Bridge ended Liverpool's hopes of the Champions League.
  
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• The Pirates of Penzance, Coliseum, review: Mike Leigh's debut is fresh, but it’s no Mikado

  10-05-2015 19:17
  
  In many ways it’s appropriate that in the English National Opera’s hour of financial need Mike Leigh should ride to the rescue on the wings of Gilbert and Sullivan.
  
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• 'Eric Sheppard Challenge' flag desecration divides Americans online

  10-05-2015 19:15
  
  A social media battle over racism and civil rights has sprung up in the US after political activists started posting images online of them stamping on American flags.
  
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• Cameron Needs 'Time And Space' On Europe

  10-05-2015 19:15
  
  A top Conservative eurosceptic has told Sky News David Cameron needs "time and space" to deliver reform on Europe. Owen Paterson, who left the Cabinet last year, said he wished the Prime Minister well and that he has a "real mandate" from the British public to demand changes. Speaking two days on from the Conservatives' shock victory in the General Election, Mr Paterson said: "The 27 partners will have seen this, they’ll have seen a very, very resounding statement
  
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• Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool

  10-05-2015 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Premier League champions Chelsea hold Liverpool to a draw to all but end the Reds' hopes of Champions League qualification.
  
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