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• In the dog house: Football fan's treasured tickets to Wembley EATEN by cheeky pooch

  22-05-2015 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FOOTBALL fan faced his worst nightmare when his tickets to the play-off final at Wembley were EATEN by his dog.
  
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• Electro Velvet: In the swing for Vienna

  22-05-2015 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Electro Velvet get in the swing at Eurovision
  
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• The UK town that loves solar power

  22-05-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Where is the solar 'capital' of the UK?
  
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• Liz Kendall: Is Labour's smart, articulate rising star the heir to Tony Blair?

  22-05-2015 22:46
  
  In one of the more arresting answers to reporters during her Westminster press lunch on Thursday, Liz Kendall remarked that what “most people want” was “somewhere to live, something to do, something to look forward to and someone to love”. The main point of interest at the time was her afterthought, admitting politicians couldn’t do much about the last of these, and that she in particular was not one to “give advice” about it – a jocular, if poignant, reference to the apparently
  
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• Ninth man charged over £10m Hatton Garden heist

  22-05-2015 22:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A NINTH man was remanded in custody today charged over the £10 million Hatton Garden Heist.
  
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• Rohingya migrant boat crisis: The boat people of Arakan and Burma’s fear of an ethnic meltdown

  22-05-2015 22:38
  
  Burma will not bow to pressure to use the “Rohingya” name because they are not a genuine ethnic minority, U Ye Htut, the country’s Minister of Information and spokesman for Burmese President Thein Sein, has said.
  
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• Cardinal ashamed at sex abuse error

  22-05-2015 22:38
  
  Former Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has admitted he is deeply ashamed of the way he handled sex abuse allegations concerning a Catholic Church priest in the 1980s.
  
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• Brothers-in-arms once more: Three old comrades reunited on Dunkirk beach

  22-05-2015 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SEVENTY-FIVE years after they were rescued from Dunkirk by the flotilla of little ships, three brothers-in-arms returned to walk its beaches yesterday and remember fallen comrades.
  
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• 2nd Avenue Subway: See rare photos of New York subway construction

  22-05-2015 22:31
  
  New York City has the most extensive subway system in the world, running 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And it's about to grow.
  
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• Rohingya migrant boat crisis: America points finger at Burma as search is stepped up

  22-05-2015 22:30
  
  Navy ships from two countries have scoured South-east Asian waters for boats believed to be carrying thousands of migrants with little food or water, and a top US diplomat said Burma needs to shoulder some responsibility for the crisis. That’s something it has been reluctant to do.
  
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• Police investigate student diversity officer accused of 'kill all white men' Twitter post

  22-05-2015 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A STUDENT union diversity officer who allegedly tweeted "kill all WHITE MEN" is to be investigated by police after a public backlash.
  
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• Tim Farron is front-runner to replace Nick Clegg as Lib Dem leader, survey finds

  22-05-2015 22:17
  
  Tim Farron has emerged as the clear front-runner to succeed Nick Clegg as Liberal Democrat leader in a survey of 1,000 party members.
  
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• Gunfight in Mexico kills at least 39

  22-05-2015 22:07
  
  At least 39 people have been killed in a gun battle between government forces and armed civilians in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, according to a report from Reuters.
  
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• A Google teddy bear could be on its way

  22-05-2015 21:53
  
  The minds behind the world’s most powerful search engine may have come up with a hi-tech cuddly toy.
  
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• Operation Elveden: Sun journalist found guilty of paying a police officer for stories

  22-05-2015 21:46
  
  A Sun journalist has been found guilty of paying  a police officer for stories, securing a rare success for the Operation Elveden investigation.
  
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• Oxford students to keep exam attire

  22-05-2015 21:44
  
  Oxford University students have voted overwhelmingly against ending a centuries-old tradition of wearing gowns, suits and mortarboards to exams.
  
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• Boxing tune greets Clarkson return

  22-05-2015 21:44
  
  Jeremy Clarkson came in to the theme of boxing anthem Eye Of The Tiger as he made his first public appearance with his former Top Gear co-presenters at the beginning of a global super car tour.
  
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• Herefordshire's idyllic Golden Valley threatened by plans to build huge broiler-chicken sheds

  22-05-2015 21:40
  
  Set among the rolling hills of west Herefordshire, the Golden Valley is one of the most arresting landscapes in Britain.
  
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• Police seek notorious Adams crime gang boss and wife over street shooting

  22-05-2015 21:27
  
  It bore few of the hallmarks of the ruthless professionalism the Adams crime family are notorious for. The attack, in broad daylight on a busy London residential street, took place on a Sunday morning three days before Christmas.
  
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• How one man's day in high heels showed him that Cannes must change its 'flats' policy

  22-05-2015 21:15
  
  On Thursday evening, I hit the streets of Soho on a mission to find a pair of heels – the higher the better – in a men’s size nine. It took me to the neighbourhood’s southwest corner around Walker’s Court. Old Soho; real Soho; dingy, murky, grubby Soho. The Soho that probably won’t exist in a year.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon did want David Cameron to win the general election, report concludes

  22-05-2015 21:01
  
  A leaked civil service memo which alleged the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to win the general election was an “accurate” record of a conversation with a French official, an investigation has concluded.
  
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• So who, really, is David Cameron, our re-elected ‘one nation’ Prime Minister?

  22-05-2015 20:55
  
  At 3am on election results night, David Cameron began scribbling the victory speech he had not expected to make. The surroundings were unlikely: a gym in a leisure centre where the votes were counted in his Witney constituency. An unpleasant aroma of smelly socks hung in the air.
  
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• War with Isis: The Kurdish forces providing a lesson in how courage, discipline and US air strikes can defeat militants in Syria

  22-05-2015 20:46
  In a room in a house on the slopes of Mount Abdulaziz, five Isis fighters were under siege by Syrian Kurdish fighters. “They can’t get out,” says a voice cutting through the crackle on the field radio. “But one of those bastards just shot and wounded one of our men.”
  
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• Silvio Berlusconi bows out of Italian politics - but with a promise to appoint an 'heir'

  22-05-2015 20:44
  
  Italy’s three-time former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi appears finally to have thrown in the towel and has said he will anoint a new leader of the Italian centre right.
  
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• Kim Jong-un's brother 'visits London' to watch Eric Clapton concert at Albert Hall

  22-05-2015 20:34
  
  The brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been spotted attending two Eric Clapton concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
  
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• Big Brother creator John de Mol admits blackmail attempts prompted decision to sell up

  22-05-2015 20:33
  
  John de Mol, the billionaire creator of Big Brother, has admitted that a series of extortion attempts contributed to his recent decision to sell his media company.
  
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• Isis in Palmyra: Militants murder officials in ancient Syrian city

  22-05-2015 20:18
  
  Victorious Isis fighters searched the Syrian town of Palmyra for government troops today, using lists of names and informers to track them down and shooting some in the head on the spot, said activists who estimated that at least 150 had been killed over the past two days.
  
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• Burundi crisis: Thousands flee country amid fears of violent backlash - while President Pierre Nkurunziza plays football

  22-05-2015 20:13
  Fears that the armed youth wing loyal to besieged Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is readying itself for battle has pushed tens of thousands of people into flight across the country’s borders.
  
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• Cash-strapped councils forced to switch off CCTV cameras across UK's towns and cities

  22-05-2015 20:09
  
  CCTV cameras are being quietly switched off in towns and cities across the country as councils seek to cut costs – a development welcomed by civil liberties groups but which has led to concerns that the police will find it harder to investigate crimes.
  
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• Wembley Second World War bomb: Army detonates Nazi munition

  22-05-2015 20:06
  
  A Second World War bomb that caused the evacuation of the Britain's Got Talent studio has been safely detonated, the Ministry of Defence said.
  
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• Election 2015: turnout crucial for Tories as Labour supporters stayed at home - The Guardian

  22-05-2015 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian
  Election 2015: turnout crucial for Tories as Labour supporters stayed at home
  The Guardian
  Election officials prepare for voters at a launderette turned polling station in Oxford on 7 May. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA. Alberto Nardelli. Friday 22 May 2015 13.37 EDT Last modified on Friday 22 May 2015 19.01 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on ...
  Why Labour lost the electionThe Straits Times
  So who, really, is David Cameron, our re-elected 'one nation' Prime Minister?
  
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• Ex-Minister Admits Leaking Sturgeon Memo

  22-05-2015 20:04
  
  Nicola Sturgeon has told Sky News a leaked memo - claiming she wanted David Cameron to remain in power - was an election "dirty trick". Former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has admitted he was responsible for releasing the letter to the media during the general election campaign. Ms Sturgeon told Sky News: "I do not think there is any place in election campaigns for dirty tricks like this.
  
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• Balls 'won't dash back to politics'

  22-05-2015 19:58
  
  Ed Balls will not be "dashing back" to frontline politics and will not play a role in his wife Yvette Cooper's Labour leadership campaign.
  
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• Ireland's same-sex marriage vote: Dublin in party mood ahead of historic poll result

  22-05-2015 19:54
  
  A big party has started in Dublin as the polls near their close in the world’s first-ever referendum on same-sex marriage.
  
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• Bangkok cheaper to fly to than Benidorm at half-term after surge in Mediterranean air fares

  22-05-2015 19:43
  
  A surge in air fares for half-term Mediterranean holidays means that Bangkok is cheaper to reach than Benidorm, while BA fares to the Costa del Sol are higher than to Florida. And it will cost more to fly on Ryanair from Stansted to Portugal than a trip to New York.
  
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• Clinton Foundation reveals undisclosed £17m payments from speeches by Hilary, Bill and Chelsea

  22-05-2015 19:36
  
  The Clinton Foundation has reported it has received up to $26.4m (£17m) in previously undisclosed payments from major corporations, universities, foreign sources and other groups.
  
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• Cuba and US appear to be close to reopening embassies after half-century of frozen relations

  22-05-2015 19:36
  
  Cuba and the US are closer than ever to reopening embassies after more than a half-century of frozen relations, as diplomats from the respective countries have had “highly productive” talks the past two days.
  
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• Germany's last Nazi hunter Thomas Walther, interview: 'I was retiring so I decided to do something useful'

  22-05-2015 19:30
  
  It is a spectacle few Holocaust survivors dreamt they would witness 70 years after the end of the Second World War: in a courtroom in the picture-postcard German town of Lüneburg, a 93-year-old man with thin parchment-like skin hobbles towards his seat near the judge with the help of a rollator. He is so frail that he is supported by two orderlies.
  
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• Sun Reporter Guilty Of Paying Cop For Stories

  22-05-2015 19:29
  
  A Sun journalist has been found guilty after paying a police officer more than £22,000 for story tips as part of a "corrupt relationship". Crime reporter Anthony France, 41, paid the money to PC Timothy Edwards for 38 stories and snippets of information. France fostered a "corrupt relationship" over four years with the counter-terrorism officer, the Old Bailey heard.
  
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• Sun, sex and an anthropological study: One academic’s summer of hell in Magaluf

  22-05-2015 19:27
  
  During the summer of 2014 a young woman was recorded engaging in oral sex with 24 men in a nightclub in Magaluf in return for free drinks. 
  
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• Carmichael Admits Leaking Sturgeon Memo

  22-05-2015 19:19
  
  Nicola Sturgeon has told Sky News a leaked memo - claiming she wanted David Cameron to remain in power - was an election "dirty trick". Former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has admitted he was responsible for releasing the letter to the media during the general election campaign. Ms Sturgeon told Sky News: "I do not think there is any place in election campaigns for dirty tricks like this.
  
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• Army Experts Detonate WWII Wembley Bomb

  22-05-2015 19:16
  
  Army bomb disposal experts have safely detonated a World War Two device found near Wembley Stadium. The explosive was detonated by experts just after 5pm at an unspecified location in Bedfordshire, according to Bedfordshire Police. It triggered the evacuation of around 300 homes and businesses, including the studio in which Britain's Got Talent is filmed, outside a 400m police cordon.
  
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• Puerto Rico, island of lost dreams: People are leaving the debt-hit territory in droves as near neighbour Cuba's star rises

  22-05-2015 19:10
  The posh boutiques that once lined cobbled Calle Fortaleza are gone now, replaced by T-shirt and souvenir shops grasping for dollars from passengers swarming down the gangways of the Carnival cruise ships that dock here most mornings. Bars advertise “happy hours” lasting from noon till night, while old men pushing tatty ice-cream carts go mostly unnoticed.
  
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• NHS deficit in England rises to £822m

  22-05-2015 19:08
  
  Hospitals and other NHS organisations in England ended the financial year with a combined deficit of £822m, according to new figures that confirm the dire state of the health service’s finances.
  
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• Karl Wallinger interview: World Party frontman talks about life and death, Taylor Swift, new music and the joy of playing live

  22-05-2015 19:08
  Karl Wallinger is back on the road.
  
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• Frances de la Tour interview: From Shakespeare to Rising Damp, the actress has lit up stage and TV for 50 years - and found new fans in Vicious

  22-05-2015 19:00
  It takes approximately 90 seconds to register that Frances de la Tour is a shocking flirt. As she perches beside me on the sofa in the first-floor bar of the Ivy Club in Soho, her eyes lock on to mine, her expressive mouth widens into a cheerfully on-for-it grin and, as I babble through a chaotic question about her recent adventures, she cuts straight across it and says, fingering the sleeve of my suit: "This is a nice piece of schmatter – is it linen or cotton?"
  
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• Female BBC presenter receives offensive and sexist letter after she criticised level of women's sport given TV coverage and sponsorship

  22-05-2015 18:59
  A female BBC presenter has revealed the shockingly sexist letter sent to her by an anonymous person criticising female sport.
  
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• Mirror phone-hacking trial: Scotland Yard to find out 'before end of the month' if more work needed on criminal investigation

  22-05-2015 18:58
  Prosecutors are expected to tell Scotland Yard before the end of the month if they require more work to be done on the criminal investigation into phone hacking at Mirror Group Newspapers.
  
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• The new pirate era: 6 charts that reveal how piracy has changed and grown in recent years

  22-05-2015 18:57
  
  There has not been a single successful Somali pirate attack so far this year.That statistic tells the story of an astonishing turnaround since 2011, when East African pirates captured nearly 300 ships, many of them high-value targets, and held hundreds of people hostage.
  
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• Hillary Clinton's Benghazi emails released by State Department

  22-05-2015 18:57
  
  The State Department has released its first round of emails from Hillary Clinton's time as Secretary of State, offering a new look at her handling of the attacks on the US consulate in Benghazi.
  
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