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• GP care 'link to child admissions'

  11-05-2015 23:53
  
  Reforms to GPs' working practices in 2004 corresponded with a rise in potentially avoidable emergency admissions for children , a study has found.
  
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• Kevin Pietersen Told He Will Never Be Selected

  11-05-2015 23:53
  
  Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has been told by team bosses that he will never be selected, according to Sky sources.
  
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• Deflategate: Tom Brady gets four-game ban, Patriots lose first-round pick

  11-05-2015 23:49
  
  NFL investigation says Patriots probably deflated footballs‘Tom sucks’: the Deflategate texts in fullBrady victim of ‘sting operation’, says agentThe NFL has come down heavily on one of the league’s biggest stars, suspending Tom Brady for four games for his part in the Deflategate scandal.The league has also stripped Brady’s team, the New England Patriots, of their first-round draft pick in 2016, their fourth-round pick in 2017 and fined the team $1m. Continue reading...
  
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• Berlin Philharmonic deadlocked over Simon Rattle’s successor

  11-05-2015 23:49
  
  Orchestra members to vote on new chief conductor within a year after 11 hours of talks end without agreement
  Members of the Berlin Philharmonic abandoned a vote on a new chief conductor after more than 11 hours of discussion on Monday when they were unable to decide on a successor to Sir Simon Rattle when he finishes his contract in three years’ time.Speaking as the meeting dissolved, the orchestra’s chairman, Peter Riegelbauer, said members would meet again within a year to vote on who woul
  
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• Andrew Strauss tells Kevin Pietersen his England career is over - report

  11-05-2015 23:27
  
  • Batsman informed he will not be considerd for international recall• Pietersen relishes ‘big day’ before meeting Andrew Strauss• Pietersen achieves career-high 326 to boost England hopesKevin Pietersen has reportedly been told he will not be considered for England selection again after meeting Andrew Strauss on Monday evening.The 34-year-old scored a triple century for Surrey in their County Championship match against Leicestershire on Monday - the highest first-class score of his car
  
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• Arsenal vs Swansea City match report: Bad luck and a lack of ruthlessness mean Gunners miss routine home win

  11-05-2015 23:20
  It is a recurring nightmare at the Emirates Stadium that the talented group of players assembled by Arsene Wenger can occasionally do everything bar score the goal that will win them the game, and against Swansea City it was that doomsday scenario that prevailed.
  
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• Happy 40th birthday Jonah Lomu – the superhuman still in a league of his own

  11-05-2015 23:17
  
  As rugby union’s first superstar turns 40 it’s a pertinent time to consider the impact the New Zealander made at the start of the professional era and ask if we will ever see his like again
  • Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s actionNot many rugby players have changed their sport forever inside a few weeks. Even fewer athletes have been so far ahead of their time that, two decades later, the global impact they made remains unsurpassed. As Jonah Lomu reaches his 40th birthday
  
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• Overweight Britons In Denial, Charity Says

  11-05-2015 23:17
  
  Overweight Britons are living in denial about their obesity and underestimating the impact their weight is having on their health, according to a charity. A study by the Association for the Study of Obesity found more than a third of British adults who think they are merely overweight are actually obese, whilst one fifth of those who believe they are healthy are really overweight. The study found that less than a fifth of UK residents identify obesity as a disease - the lowest proportion in Euro
  
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• Boris Johnson: cabinet post is a zero-hours contract, not a job

  11-05-2015 23:16
  
  New MP for Uxbridge insists being part of David Cameron’s political cabinet will not interfere with his main role as mayor of LondonBoris Johnson has wryly compared his new position in David Cameron’s political cabinet to a zero-hours contract as he insisted that it would not interfere with his primary job as mayor of London.After being appointed on Monday as the first London mayor to serve simultaneously in the cabinet since the role was created in 2000, he claimed that he could also cope w
  
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• Shell to resume Arctic drilling off Alaska as green groups warn of disaster

  11-05-2015 23:13
  
  Environmentalists accuse the government of ‘looking the other way’ after US gives green light for Shell to restart drilling for oil and gasThe US government has given Shell approval to re-start drilling in the Arctic despite repeated warnings from environmentalists that it could lead to an ecological disaster.The Obama administration on Monday approved Shell’s plan to resume drilling for oil and gas in the treacherous and fragile waters off the coast of Alaska, three years after the Anglo-
  
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• Swansea end Arsenal’s run with late goal by Bafétimbi Gomis

  11-05-2015 23:09
  
  What a way for Arsenal to blow their long undefeated run. Having spent the best part of 85 minutes huffing and puffing without being able to muster much more than a light breeze in Lukasz Fabianski’s direction, Swansea took the opportunity to break upfield to blow their house down.When Bafétimbi Gomis, barely fit and sent on to amble about for the latter stages, glanced his head at Jefferson Montero’s cross, David Ospina could only claw the ball back from a yard behind the line. The g
  
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• Bafétimbi Gomis ends Arsenal’s streak after Swansea’s Lukasz Fabianski shines

  11-05-2015 23:09
  
  What a way for Arsenal to blow their long undefeated run. Having spent the best part of 85 minutes huffing and puffing without being able to muster much more than a light breeze in Lukasz Fabianski’s direction, Swansea took the opportunity to break upfield to blow their house down.When Bafétimbi Gomis, barely fit and sent on to amble about for the latter stages, glanced his head at Jefferson Montero’s cross, David Ospina could only claw the ball back from a yard behind the line. The g
  
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• Murder map shows where in the world you are most likely to be a victim of homicide

  11-05-2015 23:07
  
  A Brazilian think tank has released a macabre interactive map, which exposes the nations where people are most likely to be murdered – with Latin American nations coming top.
  
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• Swindon secure play-off final slot after crazy night of seesaw action

  11-05-2015 23:05
  
  • Robins into Wembley final after 10-goal thriller
  • Sheffield United three-down after 18 minutes
  • Nathan Byrne’s late winner gives Swindon the edge over Sheffield United
  In a passionate and sometimes breathless League One play-off at the County Ground, Swindon Town eventually saw off a brave Sheffield United to progress to the final at Wembley on May 24.Swindon led 3-0 after just 18 minutes of the second leg of the semi-final – and 5-1 on aggregate – and appeared nailed on to meet
  
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• Swindon 5-5 Sheffield United (7-6 agg)

  11-05-2015 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swindon are into the League One play-off final, drawing the second leg 5-5 to beat Sheffield United 7-6 on aggregate.
  
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• Arsenal v Swansea: Premier League – as it happened

  11-05-2015 23:01
  
  Bafetimbi Gomis’s late winner ensured that Swansea completed the double over Arsenal and put them in contention for Europa League qualification 9.57pm BST Well, it was a fairly dire game at times, but we were treated to a rousing finish thanks to Bafetimbi Gomis’s late winner for Swansea, who are now a point behind Southampton and two behind Tottenham. Suddenly the Europa League looks like a very real possibility for Garry Monk’s side, whose final two games are at home to Manchester City a
  
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• Game of Thrones, season 5 episode 5, review: Ser Jorah faces a rocky road to be reunited with the Queen of Dragons

  11-05-2015 22:34
  Poor Jorah Mormont. Not only has he had to watch first Khal Drogo then Daario Narahis have their wicked way with his beloved Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), before being banished for disloyalty, but now it looks as if he’s about to succumb to the dreaded Greyscale before he can ever set eyes on the Queen of Dragons again.
  
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• Game of Thrones, season 5 episode 5, review: Ser Jonah faces a rocky road to be reunited with the Queen of Dragons

  11-05-2015 22:34
  Poor Jorah Mormont. Not only has he had to watch first Khal Drogo then Daario Narahis have their wicked way with his beloved Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), before being banished for disloyalty, but now it looks as if he’s about to succumb to the dreaded Greyscale before he can ever set eyes on the Queen of Dragons again.
  
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• Labour's polls always 'pessimistic'

  11-05-2015 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Labour Party's internal election pollster says Ed Miliband always knew he had a tougher task to win the election than public polls suggested.
  
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• New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent more than $300,000 of taxpayer money on food, alcohol and entertaining

  11-05-2015 22:23
  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has come under fire after an analysis of his office’s public records revealed that he spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on food and drink. Much of it was spent at  American football games.
  
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• Malaysia detains 1,000 migrants after Thai trafficking crackdown

  11-05-2015 22:22
  
  Over 1,000 refugees have been detained in Malaysia, after Thailand, once the go-to destination for refugees in south east Asia, began a crackdown on people smuggling.
  
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• Dior Resort 2016 review: In Cannes via LA, this collection seems to have been lost in translation

  11-05-2015 22:21
  Fashion houses are in the midst of showcasing a spate of new collections; sitting between the traditional spring/summer, autumn/winter axis, they're dubbed “resort” or “cruise”. In the past, it’s because that’s what the clothes were intended for; today, attendees frequently do the latter, to locations that feel like the former.
  
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• Lamb to run for Lib Dem leadership

  11-05-2015 22:19
  
  Norman Lamb has confirmed he will be standing for the Lib Dem leadership after being widely tipped as a frontrunner to replace Nick Clegg.
  
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• Driverless cars 'had 11 accidents'

  11-05-2015 22:17
  
  Google says its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years ago.
  
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• Eurozone pushes Greece for more action, as Athens dodges IMF default - as it happened

  11-05-2015 22:16
  
  Ministers have held crunch talks on the Greek bailout crisis, after Athens announces it is repaying €750m to the International Monetary Fund.Closing summaryYanis Varoufakis: Progress has been madeEurogroup: Need more actionGreece to avoid default by repaying the IMFPhotos from the Eurozone meeting
  Germany: Maybe Greece should hold a referendum 8.23pm BST PS: Here’s Ian Traynor and Helena Smith’s news story on today’s developments: Related: Greece orders early repayment of €750m loan in
  
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• Sierra McCurdy: Subway employee loses job after 'celebrating death of Mississippi policemen'

  11-05-2015 22:16
  
  A Mississippi woman has lost her job after celebrating the murders of two police officers on Twitter Sunday night.
  
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• Steve Bell on David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle – cartoon

  11-05-2015 22:12
  
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• Irish man fighting extradition to US over child abuse image charges has Asperger's syndrome, court hears

  11-05-2015 22:04
  
  A man fighting extradition to America after being accused by the FBI of being the world’s biggest facilitator of child abuse images has a serious mental disorder, a judge at the High Court in Dublin has been told.
  
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• Oestrogen link to male cancer risk

  11-05-2015 22:00
  
  Men with naturally high levels of the female hormone oestrogen are at greater risk of male breast cancer, a study has found.
  
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• An obituary for a Labour party that abandoned its roots – from the year 2025

  11-05-2015 22:00
  
  The party could withstand election defeats. But now it’s clear that neglecting the people who needed it most was fatalThroughout its long and volatile life, Labour had heard many predictions of imminent demise. Yet mass shock still greeted the party’s passing away in its sleep early yesterday morning, 9 May 2025, just shy of its 120th birthday. The proximate cause of death given was the trauma suffered after one election defeat too many.This was a party that had long been accused o
  
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• Chilean president names new cabinet in move to overcome scandals

  11-05-2015 21:54
  
  Michelle Bachelet attempts to salvage administration as polls show her approval rating has fallen to 29% after investigations of corruptionChile’s President Michelle Bachelet has named a new cabinet, hoping the changes will arrest the fall in her popularity ratings and overcome scandals that have rocked her administration.Among key changes announced on Monday, Bachelet replaced her cabinet chief, Rodrigo Penailillo, who had been linked to a company investigated for corruption, with former the
  
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• Can Miranda July's Somebody app really make us talk to strangers?

  11-05-2015 21:53
  
  July’s app enlists ordinary people to deliver your message – but after one week and 85 attempts, I didn’t speak to a stranger and a stranger didn’t speak to meTalking to strangers is easy if you have a purpose. That’s how salesmen and Jehovah’s Witnesses do it – how they march up to another person and brazenly annex their time. The social contract traditionally divides us from our fellow man, and so we go about our business keeping mainly to ourselves. But Miranda July’s Somebody
  
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• David Cameron will need patience, guile and luck to tackle Britain's relationship with Europe

  11-05-2015 21:45
  
  Of all the challenges facing David Cameron by far the most pressing and most intractable is renegotiating Britain’s relationship with the European Union.
  
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• The shady world of art auctions: How can a Picasso be truly worth $140 million when the art market is so murky?

  11-05-2015 21:44
  A Picasso masterpiece is expected tonight to become the world’s most expensive painting ever auctioned with a guide price of $140 million.
  
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• Whistl suspends postal deliveries and tells 2,000 staff to go home

  11-05-2015 21:36
  
  The postal company Whistl has suspended its entire door-to-door delivery service after 18 months of negotiations to secure funding for the business collapsed.
  
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• David Cameron may bring EU referendum forward to 2016

  11-05-2015 21:33
  
  PM keen to move quickly on setting up in/out poll among British voters on EU membership to avoid clash with French and German elections
  David Cameron is drawing up plans to bring forward an in/out referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union by a year to 2016 in order to avoid a politically dangerous clash with the French and German elections in 2017.The mood now is definitely to accelerate the process and give us the option of holding the referendum in 2016 Related: Sajid Javid wi
  
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• George Zimmerman: Who is the man cleared of the murder of black teenager Trayvon Martin?

  11-05-2015 21:32
  
  The shooting involving George Zimmerman – the altar boy turned vigilante – is just the latest in a series of incidents since he was cleared of murdering black teenager Trayvon Martin.
  
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• Family 'Distraught' After Car Racer, 11, Dies

  11-05-2015 21:27
  
  An 11-year-old world champion mini stock car driver who was seriously injured in a crash has died in an Edinburgh hospital. Keir Millar, from Lockerbie, was involved in an accident during a race at Lochgelly Raceway in Fife on Saturday.
  
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• Grant Shapps sacked from Cabinet and demoted to junior ministerial role

  11-05-2015 21:20
  
  Grant Shapps has suffered a humiliating demotion after being removed as the Conservative party’s co-chairman and handed a junior ministerial role in the Department for International Development under Justine Greening.
  
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• Breaking: Grant Shapps given big demotion with new role in David Cameron's cabinet

  11-05-2015 21:20
  
  Grant Shapps has suffered a humiliating demotion after being removed as the Conservative party’s co-chairman and handed a junior ministerial role in the Department for International Development under Justine Greening.
  
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• The Guardian view on migration: a radical new start is needed

  11-05-2015 21:19
  
  Europe’s system for dealing with refugees is under huge pressure. Britain must be part of the discussions over what should take its placeThe flow of migrants from the severely disturbed countries south of the European Union has increased, is increasing, and will, for the foreseeable future, continue to increase. The Syrian civil war grinds on, Libya’s internal conflicts are unresolved, and Eritrea is a repressive state which imposes a form of “national service” on its youth amounting to
  
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• Selfie-taking Turkish statue vandalised

  11-05-2015 21:18
  
  A bizare and controversial statue of an Ottoman prince taking a selfie has been attacked and broken, the day after it was first installed.
  
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• Pozzovivo in shocking crash at Giro

  11-05-2015 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Italian rider Domenico Pozzovivo is taken to hospital after a horrific crash during stage three of the Giro d'Italia.
  
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• Met police name tourist who died at Dorchester hotel

  11-05-2015 21:15
  
  Death of Kuwaiti Sultan Aldabbous, 38, being treated as unexplained, with coroner ordering further toxicology tests after postmortem proves inconclusiveA man whose death in the five-star Dorchester hotel in London is being investigated by police has been named as Sultan Aldabbous from Kuwait.Aldabbous, 38, reportedly a wealthy tourist from the oil-rich state, was found unresponsive at the hotel in Mayfair on 1 May. Police and ambulance crews were called, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• David attacks Ed's Labour campaign

  11-05-2015 21:07
  
  David Miliband has delivered a withering assessment of his brother Ed's failed general election campaign saying the Labour Party had appeared to go backwards under his leadership.
  
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• The Guardian view on the new cabinet: few new faces, many big issues

  11-05-2015 21:07
  
  David Cameron has not made big changes to his top team. But they face difficult challengesAs he headed into his meeting with Conservative MPs in Westminster – a meeting once intended to provide an opportunity for his defenestration – David Cameron made it clear that he had not expected to be appointing Britain’s first all-Tory cabinet for 18 years this week. Perhaps not surprisingly, there is therefore a lot of continuity in the full list that emerged during the day. Many familiar cabinet
  
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• Kevin Pietersen relishes ‘big day’ before meeting Andrew Strauss

  11-05-2015 21:06
  
  • ‘I do believe I’m good enough to play for England. All I can do is score runs’
  • Pietersen to meet new England director of cricket, Strauss, on Monday night
  • Pietersen achieves career-high 326 to boost England hopesIt was, said Kevin Pietersen after smashing 34 fours and 14 sixes in an astonishing 326 not out for Surrey on Monday, a big day in his career, a “real big day”. Given that his next appointment, after dealing with the media, was to meet the new England director of cr
  
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• Starbucks not liable in case of police officer who spilled hot coffee in his lap

  11-05-2015 21:05
  
  Jury says coffee chain owes Raleigh, North Carolina police lieutenant Matt Kohr nothing after he said he suffered third-degree burns three years agoA jury in North Carolina said Starbucks was not liable for damages after a Raleigh police officer said he suffered third-degree burns from a cup of coffee spilling in his lap three years ago.Lieutenant Matt Kohr had sought damages of up to $750,000 from the coffee company, but the jury decided 10-2 on Monday that Starbucks owed him nothing. Continue
  
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• General Motors: Death toll from faulty GM cars reaches 100

  11-05-2015 21:01
  
  The death toll stemming from a faulty ignition switch in some General Motors vehicles has reached 100.
  
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• Cameron rebooted: five more years of a shiny computerised toe in a prime-ministerial suit

  11-05-2015 21:00
  
  We’ve had the bloodletting of the Ed Wedding. Now we’ve got the full-fat Tory government that virtually no one predictedIt was supposed to be more complicated. After the vote, they said we’d have to get out the constitutional slide rule to try to work out who’d won. The Wikipedia entry on “minority government” experienced a huge spike in traffic. There were more bitter arguments about legitimacy than five seasons of Jeremy Kyle. Everyone agreed the election would herald the gravest c
  
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