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• The Great British Tattoo Show 2015

  24-05-2015 23:43
  
  There was a huge celebration of ink over the weekend as thousands of tattoo fans got together at the Great British Tattoo show.
  
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• Poland's new president Andrzej Duda heralds shift to the right

  24-05-2015 23:42
  
  Andrzej Duda's shock win in Poland's presidential election has capped a rapid rise from backroom obscurity to head of state, and may herald a new political chapter in eastern Europe's biggest economy.
  
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• Dheepan, film review: Palme d'Or goes to radical and astonishing film that turns conventional thinking about immigrants on its head

  24-05-2015 23:02
  The Palme d’Or was awarded to Jacques Audiard for his film that sees a Tamil Tiger use the know-how he picked up from fighting the Sri Lankan Civil War to survive the hardships and difficulties faced by immigrants living in the suburbs of Paris. Dheepan is a radical and astonishing film that turns conventional thinking about immigrants on its head, and takes a faceless immigrant coming from a war barely covered in the media and turns him into a Travis Bickle-type anti-hero.
  
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• West Ham announce Sam Allardyce's contract won't be renewed - Mirror.co.uk

  24-05-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  West Ham announce Sam Allardyce's contract won't be renewed
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  The Hammers boss had been widely expected to leave Upton Park following the conclusion of the season, and the club confirmed they would be starting the search for a new manager in a statement published on the club website. The article's time stamp ...
  West Ham target Carlo Ancelotti as their new managerTelegraph.co.uk
  West Ham confirm Sam Allardyce leaves the club... but did they announce his
  
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• Rescuers search for Channel diver

  24-05-2015 23:01
  
  Rescuers are searching for a diver who failed to resurface during a trip.
  
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• Scotland should have right to veto British exit from Europe, says SNP representative

  24-05-2015 22:47
  
  The people of Scotland must be given the right to effectively veto the UK’s withdrawal from the EU to prevent the country being dragged out of Europe against its will, the SNP’s most senior representative at Westminster has said.
  
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• Update: Tribute left to Jan, Phil, and Derin and "my gorgeous boy Jed" + videos - The Oxford Times

  24-05-2015 22:44 via oxfordtimes.co.uk
  
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  Update: Tribute left to Jan, Phil, and Derin and "my gorgeous boy Jed" + videos
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  A TRIBUTE to the three people found murdered in a house in Didcot "and my gorgeous Jed" has been left tonight. Flowers and cuddly toys have been left on the cordon, just yards from the Vicarage Road property where the bodies of Philip Howard, Jan ...
  Man suspected of killing his mother, her partner and sister (6) 'loved his mum'Irish Independent
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• Taxi driver who crashed killing 'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash and ... - Daily Mail

  24-05-2015 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Taxi driver who crashed killing 'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash and ...
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  The man driving the taxi which crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike on Saturday killing John Nash and his wife Alicia isn't expected to be charged following the incident, according to police. Middlesex County Prosecutor spokesman Jim O'Neill has said no ...
  'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash, wife killed in car crashCNN
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• Ireland paves way for gay marriage - expressandstar.com

  24-05-2015 22:41 via expressandstar.com
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  Ireland paves way for gay marriage
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  United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has declared Ireland's overwhelming support for gay marriage is a message to the world. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Ireland's gay marriage vote is a historic moment ...
  Church urged to reach out after Ireland votes for gay marriageThe Times (subscription)
  Ireland gay marriage: Northern Ireland must now follow lead of historic vote, say ...The Independent
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• Government will not push through plans to make sackings easier, says Sajid Javid

  24-05-2015 22:32
  
  The Government will not revisit plans to make it easier for businesses to sack employees, Sajid Javid, the new Business Secretary, has indicated.
  
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• Defense Secretary Carter: Iraqis need 'will to fight' to defeat Islamic State - Washington Post

  24-05-2015 22:27 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Defense Secretary Carter: Iraqis need 'will to fight' to defeat Islamic State
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  Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter warned that Iraqi troops will not be able to defeat the Islamic State until they develop a “will to fight,” reflecting the deep level of frustration and surprise inside some quarters of the Obama administration in the wake of the ...
  Carter blames Iraqi forces for Ramadi fallFinancial Times
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• David Cameron announces pay freeze for ministers to ensure Cabinet 'plays its part'

  24-05-2015 22:26
  
  Government ministers will face a further five years of frozen pay, David Cameron has announced, insisting that the Cabinet “will all play [their] part” in balancing the books.
  
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• At Cannes Film Festival, 'Dheepan' Wins Palme d'Or - New York Times

  24-05-2015 22:23 via nytimes.com
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  At Cannes Film Festival, 'Dheepan' Wins Palme d'Or
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  CANNES, France — The 68th Cannes Film Festival came to a surprising close on Sunday night when the Palme d'Or was awarded to “Dheepan,” Jacques Audiard's tense drama about three Sri Lankan refugees struggling to assimilate in a violent French ...
  How Dheepan wrongfooted us all to take the Palme d'OrTelegraph.co.uk
  Cannes Palme d'Or awarded to French film DheepanBBC News
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• Five former pupils of west London school 'killed fighting in Iraq and Syria'

  24-05-2015 22:21
  
  Two brothers are among five former pupils from a west London state school – once nicknamed “the socialist Eton” – believed to have been killed fighting in Syria and Iraq.
  
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• War with Isis: Government quashes ex-Army head's call for 'troops on the ground'

  24-05-2015 22:17
  
  The Government has reacted quickly to quash any suggestion that Britain should send ground troops to fight Isis in Iraq and Syria after a former head of the Army urged ministers to “think the previously unthinkable”.
  
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• Labour leadership contest: Margaret Hodge tells 'union barons' to 'shut up' and stop interfering

  24-05-2015 22:11
  
  The head of Britain’s largest trade union should “shut up” and stop interfering in Labour’s leadership election, one of the party’s most-senior MPs says today.
  
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• Poland awaits outcome of tight presidential election, exit poll delayed - Reuters

  24-05-2015 22:04 via reuters.com
  
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  Poland awaits outcome of tight presidential election, exit poll delayed
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  WARSAW Poles voted for a president on Sunday in a run-off that is too close to call but has already sounded a warning for the ruling Civic Platform as it looks to re-election later in the year. Originally seen as a shoo-in for a second five-year term, incumbent ...and more »
  
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• David Cameron warned he faces backbench rebellion over plans to scrap Human Rights Act

  24-05-2015 22:03
  
  David Cameron will face ministerial resignations and a large backbench rebellion if he pushes ahead with plans to dilute Britain’s obligations under the Convention on Human Rights, senior Conservatives have warned.
  
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• Two directors of a British defence company being investigated by FBI over Afghanistan bribery allegations

  24-05-2015 21:56
  
  Two directors of a British defence company are under investigation by the FBI and UK police regarding allegations of bribery to secure multimillion-dollar contracts relating to Afghanistan, The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Two British men being investigated by FBI over Afghanistan bribery allegations

  24-05-2015 21:56
  
  Two directors of a British defence company are under investigation by the FBI and UK police regarding allegations of bribery to secure multimillion-dollar contracts relating to Afghanistan, The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Terry Sue-Patt dead: Grange Hill actor's death reveals the price of fame for child stars

  24-05-2015 21:46
  
  Pictures of smiling child actor Terry Sue-Patt in character as Grange Hill pupil Benny Green, will bring back warm memories of a late-1970s innocence for many people who grew up with the ground-breaking BBC children’s drama.
  
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• 170 kids on their own among migrants to arrive in Indonesia - Fox News

  24-05-2015 21:42 via foxnews.com
  
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  170 kids on their own among migrants to arrive in Indonesia
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  KUALA CANGKOI, Indonesia – It was just the two of them, brother and sister, out on the open ocean with hundreds of other desperate migrants, mostly Rohingya Muslims fleeing their homes in Myanmar. For nearly three months, the siblings comforted each ...
  In Malaysia, mass graves of trafficking victims foundThe Hindu
  ASEAN urges Myanmar to end crisis quicklyTODAYonline
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• George Orwell's son embarks on pilgrimage to save war site that inspired Homage to Catalonia

  24-05-2015 21:38
  
  For Richard Blair, the sight of the sandbagged trenches outside the Spanish village of Alcubierre gives rise to strong emotions. It was here that his father, George Orwell, came within millimetres of death as a sniper’s bullet traversed his neck and nearly robbed the world of some of modern literature’s greatest works.
  
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• Illegal ravers in Lincolnshire injure 3 officers and a police dog who tried to break them up

  24-05-2015 21:36
  
  A male police officer sustained serious injuries after being struck by a car leaving an illegal rave last night, after police acted to disperse revellers.
  
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• Bank holiday Monday travel to be blighted by railway engineering works

  24-05-2015 21:31
  
  Traffic jams are expected to blight travel on Bank Holiday Monday with up to four million cars expected to take to the road as engineering works close much of the rail network and force people into their cars.
  
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• Internet troll conviction rates soar in a decade, figures reveal

  24-05-2015 21:22
  
  Convictions for crimes under a law used to prosecute internet trolls have increased nearly eight-fold in a decade, official figures reveal. Last year, 1,209 people were found guilty of offences under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 compared with 143 in 2004.
  
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• Allardyce 'planned to leave Hammers'

  24-05-2015 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Departing West Ham boss Sam Allardyce says he planned to leave even if the club had offered him a new contract.
  
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• UN boss praises Ireland on gay vote

  24-05-2015 21:08
  
  United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has declared Ireland's overwhelming support for gay marriage is a message to the world.
  
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• Simon Godwin, interview: Director of The Beaux Stratagem explains why the play isn't just a restoration romp - it's feminism

  24-05-2015 21:02
  Simon Godwin’s first words to me are: “Can we start this on the balcony? I’m allowed to smoke out there.” You can certainly forgive the director a few urgent drags of nicotine: there is, as he says, “a lot going on”. Man And Superman, his long sold out revival of George Bernard Shaw’s epic riff on Don Juan starring Ralph Fiennes, has just closed at the National’s Lyttelton theatre when we meet. At the same time, he is rehearsing another play by an Irishman – George Farquhar’
  
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• The Brazil series by Bob Dylan: New series of paintings suggests he shouldn't give up day job

  24-05-2015 20:52
  
  Last week a new exhibition of hand-signed, limited-edition prints based on recent paintings by Bob Dylan went on sale in a gallery in Mayfair. As far as subject matter is concerned, this is a new departure for one of life’s eternal ramblers.
  
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• James Rhodes: How the pianist's legal battle to stop the injunction of his memoirs showed him how the law can punish the innocent

  24-05-2015 20:42
  When paedophiles say to their victims, as they all do in one form or another, “If you ever speak about this, unimaginably bad things will happen to you”, what they are doing is perhaps on one level even worse than the physical act of abuse itself. They are manipulating their victims into being complicit in the abuse. Forcing the victim to take responsibility for protecting the abuser means that every time you smile, shake hands, speak with and act normally in front of the abuser – as you
  
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• Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers tops British albums chart

  24-05-2015 20:34
  LONDON (Reuters) - Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers scored his second solo chart-topping album after "The Desired Effected" went straight in at number one in Britain on Sunday, the Official Charts Company said. Flowers pipped Paul Weller's "Saturns Pattern" to the top spot by 5,000 sales, with last week's number one, Mumford & Sons' "Wilder Mind" slipping to third place. ...
  
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• Cameron says to freeze government ministers' pay for five years

  24-05-2015 20:23
  
  British government ministers will have their pay frozen for another five years as the government tries to reduce the budget deficit, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday. Cabinet ministers receive 134,565 British pound ($208,000) a year, including their parliamentary salary. Cameron's Conservatives, who won a surprise majority in this month's election, have pledged to find 25 billion pounds ($39 billion) of spending cuts over the next two years as they seek to turn a 5 percent b
  
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• MPs bid to save Human Rights Act

  24-05-2015 20:03
  
  Cross-party discussions have been launched to block David Cameron's bid to scrap the Human Rights Act, with potential Tory rebels being targeted to vote against its abolition.
  
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• Son Hunted After Family Stabbed To Death

  24-05-2015 20:00
  
  Armed police are hunting for a 21-year-old man suspected of stabbing to death three members of his family in Oxfordshire. Jed Allen is wanted over the murders of his six-year-old stepsister Derin Jordon, their mother Janet Jordon, 48, and her partner Philip Howard, 44. Their bodies were discovered in a house in Vicarage Road, Didcot, on Saturday night.
  
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• Ireland gay marriage vote viewed as 'lesson in civility' in Catholic Italy

  24-05-2015 19:45
  
  The Irish “Yes” has been viewed as a “lesson in civility” by many Italians as the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, vowed to push through civil unions as a first step towards allowing gay marriages in the land of the Catholic Church.
  
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• Man hunted over triple stab deaths

  24-05-2015 19:37
  
  A man suspected of stabbing to death his six-year-old sister, their mother and her partner, is being hunted by police.
  
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• Joseph Stiglitz interview: Nobel-prize winning economist on advising Scotland on its future

  24-05-2015 19:32
  
  It is the intellectual puzzle that draws Joseph Stiglitz back to inequality time and again.
  
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• Steven Gerrard goal: Stoke defenders 'let the Liverpool captain score in his final game'

  24-05-2015 19:22
  
  Steven Gerrard probably didn't want to celebrate his final Liverpool game by being on the end of the club's worst defeat for 52 years.
  
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• Woman speaks about NW 200 crash

  24-05-2015 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Violet McAfee, who was hit by a motorbike while watching the North West 200, says she is confident of making a good recovery.
  
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• Garth Crooks's team of the season

  24-05-2015 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How many Chelsea players made the cut? Who looked past his best 18 months ago? And which manager is sharper than a Savile Row suit?
  
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• UK universities should scrap degree classes in favour of American GPA report to say

  24-05-2015 19:13
  
  The current degree classifications could be consigned to the scrapheap, a government advisory group is due to announce later this week.
  
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• Hull City 0-0 Manchester United

  24-05-2015 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hull City are relegated from the Premier League as they fail to beat Manchester United and Newcastle win their final game.
  
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• Saudi king vows to punish those behind Isis attack on Shia mosque

  24-05-2015 18:56
  
  Saudi Arabia's King Salman has vowed to track down and punish those responsible for a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in the country's east which left 21 people dead.
  
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• Ireland gay marriage: Northern Ireland must now follow lead of historic vote, say politicians

  24-05-2015 18:51
  
  The marriage rights which will be enjoyed by gay people in the Republic of Ireland “must be shared by citizens in the north”, politicians have said in the wake of the country’s historic referendum on the issue.
  
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• Manhunt After Family Of Three Stabbed To Death

  24-05-2015 18:44
  
  Armed police are hunting for a 21-year-old man suspected of stabbing to death a family of three in Oxfordshire. Officers in riot gear are searching Oxford University Parks, Oxford, for Jed Allen, who is "related" to the family - named as Janet Jordon, 48, Philip Howard, 44, and six-year-old girl Derin. More than 100 officers are now involved in the manhunt after the bodies were discovered at the property in Vicarage Road, Didcot, on Saturday night.
  
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• Two British 35-year-old men drown off coast of Malta - Daily Mail

  24-05-2015 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Two British 35-year-old men drown off coast of Malta
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  Two British men have drowned while swimming in a popular tourist lagoon off the coast of Malta. The 35-year-olds men are understood to have found themselves in difficulty some time around 3.30pm on Saturday while swimming in the Blue Lagoon on the ...and more »
  
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• Triple death victims named

  24-05-2015 18:36
  
  A man, woman and six-year-old girl found dead at their home in Didcot, Oxfordshire, died of stab wounds, police said.
  
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• English wine industry goes from strength to strength as warm weather boosts harvests

  24-05-2015 18:29
  
  Prosecco, the world’s favourite sparkling wine, may be in short supply this summer due to a poor grape harvest in Italy – but in England the grape is going from strength to strength, with makers heralding a new era.
  
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• Rennie backs Carmichael over memo

  24-05-2015 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Willie Rennie offers his backing to former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael, who is facing calls to resign over a leaked memo.
  
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