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• Body found in missing Amber search

  02-06-2015 23:56
  
  Police searching for a missing 13-year-old girl have found a body.
  
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• Ora, Harris win Glamour awards

  02-06-2015 23:30
  
  Former flames Rita Ora and Calvin Harris have been named winners at this year's Glamour awards.
  
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• Killer freed on parole struck again in ‘Satan’ knife attack

  02-06-2015 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CONVICTED killer Keith Williams tried to stab a neighbour to death a year after his release from jail.
  
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• Death march soldier was told to carry on despite medic’s fears

  02-06-2015 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SOLDIER on a selection course march for the SAS that killed three of his comrades was ordered to carry on despite a medic warning he could die, an inquest heard today.
  
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• Charles Kennedy: The baby of the House who grew into a Lib Dem giant

  02-06-2015 23:25
  
  The early death of Charles Kennedy deprives British politics not just of a much-loved and brilliant politician, but also of a man who might have played a key part in the difficult and divisive choices now facing the country, on whether the United Kingdom will survive in the face of the drive for Scottish independence, and whether it will decide to remain a member of the European Union. On both issues, Charles’s views were clear, courageous and brilliantly deployed. 
  
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• Dog owner devastated as pet terrier killed by WILD SNAKE found in UK

  02-06-2015 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A DOG lover is distraught after her pet terrier died after being bitten by a venomous snake.
  
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• Majid Khan: Guantanamo Bay detainee alleges CIA sexual abuse beyond original torture report

  02-06-2015 23:09
  
  A Guantanamo Bay inmate has alleged that the Central Intelligence Agency has used sexual abuse and more forms of torture than what were previously disclosed.
  
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• Sepp Blatter quits: World Cup sponsors Coca-Cola and McDonald's react to outgoing Fifa president's resignation

  02-06-2015 23:01
  Coca Cola, one of the major sponsors of the Fifa World Cup, has welcomed Sepp Blatter’s resignation, which has come amid a widening corruption scandal.
  
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• Stranded Whales Off Skye Refloated By Rescuers

  02-06-2015 22:58
  
  Twelve whales stranded off the Isle of Skye have been refloated by rescuers.
  
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• Alton Towers closed during probe

  02-06-2015 22:51
  
  Alton Towers amusement park will remain closed tomorrow while an investigation into a "dreadful" accident on a rollercoaster which left four people with serious injuries continues.
  
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• Police probe viral video of tragic teen attack filmed days before found hanged

  02-06-2015 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A VIDEO showing a tragic schoolboy punched to the ground a week before he was found hanged in a park is being investigated by police.
  
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• Senate approves block on NSA bulk collection of phone records

  02-06-2015 22:48
  
  The US Senate has approved a bill that will curb the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency. The vote came after the chamber earlier rejected amendments to the bill that would have slowed its passage.
  
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• Missing Amber: police find body

  02-06-2015 22:39
  
  Police searching for a missing 13-year-old girl have found a body, they said.
  
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• Alton Towers stays shut amid probe

  02-06-2015 22:28
  
  Alton Towers amusement park will remain closed tomorrow while an investigation into a "dreadful" accident on a rollercoaster which left four teenagers with serious injuries continues.
  
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• Amber Peat: Body found in search for missing 13-year-old

  02-06-2015 22:24
  
  Police searching for missing schoolgirl Amber Peat have found a body, according to police. 
  
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• Missing Amber Peat: Police Find A Body

  02-06-2015 22:19
  
  A body has been discovered by police investigating the disappearance of 13-year-old Amber Peat in Mansfield.
  
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• Body found in search for missing schoolgirl Amber Peat

  02-06-2015 22:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BODY has been found in the search for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly three days.
  
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• NHS told: Stop paying doctors £3,500 PER SHIFT as Government blamed for overspend

  02-06-2015 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JEREMY Hunt has been blamed for the NHS’s £3.3bn agency staff bill which he today ordered to be cut.
  
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• British Museum criticised for loaning artefacts to Abu Dhabi organisation accused of abusing rights of workers

  02-06-2015 21:39
  
  The British Museum has come under fire over plans to loan hundreds of culturally significant artefacts, including some of its much-prized “highlights”, to an organisation in Abu Dhabi which has been accused of abusing the rights of workers.
  
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• Yves Saint Laurent ad banned for featuring 'unhealthily underweight' model

  02-06-2015 21:31
  
  An Yves Saint Laurent ad has been banned for featuring a model with a visible rib cage and knees and thighs of a similar width.
  
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• Police kill more people in Oklahoma than any other state, per capita

  02-06-2015 21:28
  
  Police in Oklahoma kill more people per capita than police in any other state, according to data compiled about police killings since the start of 2015. Arizona police kill citizens at the second-highest rate.
  
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• The future of songwriting: How streaming is changing everything we know about making music

  02-06-2015 21:25
  
  Outside my songwriting classroom at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, the industry is in full disruption mode. This semester alone, publishers continued to weigh up new methods to take back control of their copyrights; a controversial judgment regarding "Blurred Lines" spurred debate on what copyright even is; Congress heard arguments regarding how artists and songwriters are getting paid; Pandora and Spotify and Grooveshark and Rdio all made headlines; Tidal launch
  
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• Four in hospital after Towers crash

  02-06-2015 21:21
  
  Four teenagers have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after 16 passengers faced a four-and-a-half hour nightmare trapped on an Alton Towers rollercoaster following a crash.
  
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• Fifa goes into rehab: Sepp Blatter’s resignation is just the first step

  02-06-2015 21:16
  
  It would be wise not to get too carried away by the resignation of Sepp Blatter because what happens next is what really counts. We should remain deeply suspicious of Fifa and all its doings. Although Mr Blatter admitted that the organisation he has presided over for 17 years needs “profound restructuring”, many of the organisation’s delegates, accustomed to the perks and privileges of their position, may not agree if they personally lose out.
  
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• Sepp Blatter resignation: The beginning of Fifa's long road to reform?

  02-06-2015 21:09
  
  If the dawn raid of Zurich’s Baur au Lac Hotel marked the beginning of the end for Fifa’s mafia family, Sepp Blatter’s quiet shuffling off the Zurich stage in his favoured ankle boots and through a heavy door away from his nemeses in the media should have been the points at which the credits roll.
  
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• Sepp Blatter resigns: Prince Ali of Jordan says quitting was the 'right move' for outgoing Fifa president

  02-06-2015 21:08
  Jordan's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Sepp Blatter’s only opponent in Fifa’s recent presidential election, has called the beleaguered leader’s resignation “the right move” amid a widening corruption scandal engulfing the organisation.
  
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• Sepp Blatter resignation: 'Smoking gun' led Fifa president to quit, claims FA chairman Greg Dyke

  02-06-2015 21:07
  
  The FA chairman Greg Dyke believes there must be a “smoking gun” that forced Sepp Blatter’s shock resignation as Fifa president just four days after the 79-year-old was re-elected for a fifth term.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Jeremy Hunt’s jibes fail to get a rise out of Labour’s star duo

  02-06-2015 20:57
  
  What fun it was, for Jeremy Hunt that is. Before his two opponents, sitting side by side, had even made a speech he was taunting them. “We have seen many feisty disagreements on health policy,” he cooed. “And that is just in the shadow Health team”
  
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• Four in hospital after Smiler crash

  02-06-2015 20:56
  
  Four teenagers have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after 16 passengers faced a four-and-a-half hour nightmare trapped on an Alton Towers rollercoaster following an accident.
  
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• Britain to boost anti-IS efforts

  02-06-2015 20:52
  
  Britain is to boost humanitarian assistance to Iraq amid pleas for significantly more international help in the battle against Islamic State (IS, or Isil) militants.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: How I dropped Charles Kennedy in it...

  02-06-2015 20:42
  
  The tributes paid to Charles Kennedy were genuine. He was a supremely talented and popular political leader destroyed by an addiction to alcohol. I was granted the first interview with him after his election to the Lib Dem leadership in 1999.
  
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• Marine who died on exercise named

  02-06-2015 20:33
  
  A Royal Marine trainee who collapsed and died on an exercise in Dartmoor has been named.
  
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• Because of Greece, the eurozone's future is a two-tier Europe

  02-06-2015 20:32
  
  The agony for the Greek people continues, and will do so for a little longer. But the more it drags on – and I don’t think the outcome of the current crisis talks will be the end of the matter by any means – the more we will come to see it as a story about the euro rather than about Greece.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner's magazine cover: How did Vanity Fair keep the secret?

  02-06-2015 20:31
  
  Isn't she brave? And, wow, doesn't she look fabulous? Is this a giant leap for gender politics? Who did her hair? Does anyone know why she hasn't she called herself Kaitlyn? There are so many questions thrumming around the internet about the latest Vanity Fair cover, which features Bruce Jenner, father to the Kardashian clan, formally introducing his new and beautiful transgender self, Caitlyn, to the world.
  
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• Goldman Sachs analyst found dead hours after complaining to father of '100 hour weeks'

  02-06-2015 20:30
  
  Officials in San Francisco are investigating the death of a young analyst at Goldman Sachs who complained to his father of working '100 hour weeks', hours before his body was found in the car park next to his apartment.
  
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• EU referendum: UK exit could trigger second Scottish independence campaign, Nicola Sturgeon warns

  02-06-2015 20:26
  
  Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon brought her brand of Caledonian confidence to Brussels – warning that Scots could demand a second independence referendum if the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.
  
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• EU referendum: Brussels delighted as Nicola Sturgeon warns of second independence vote in event of UK exit

  02-06-2015 20:26
  
  Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon brought her brand of Caledonian confidence to Brussels – warning that Scots could demand a second independence referendum if the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.
  
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• Beating obesity: The new pacemaker which helps over-eaters

  02-06-2015 20:26
  
  In January 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new kind of obesity therapy. Vbloc is a vagus nerve pacemaker developed by EnteroMedics, a company based in St Paul, Minnesota. It works by intermittently blocking vagal nerve signals between the brain and the stomach. The idea stems from the observation of weight loss among patients who had their vagus nerve cut just below the diaphragm, once a common treatment for duodenal ulcers, because it reduces acid secretion.
  
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• Eddie Redmayne to star in Harry Potter spin-off 'Fantastic Beasts'

  02-06-2015 20:17
  
  Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne will enter the world of magic in Warner Bros' anticipated "Harry Potter" spin-off movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," the studio said. Redmayne, 33, who won a best actor Oscar this year for his role as Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything," will play magizoologist Newt Scamander, "who in his travels has encountered and documented a myriad of magical creatures," Warner Bros said this week. The tal
  
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• Charles Kennedy: Hugely popular MP who led the Liberal Democrats with great success but struggled to overcome his alcoholism

  02-06-2015 20:17
  One of the saddest aspects of the early death of the former Liberal Democrat leader, Charles Kennedy, is that it was not a surprise. This charming and supremely gifted man had been fighting a forlorn battle with his alcohol addiction even before he was hit by the final blow of losing the Parliamentary seat he had represented for 32 years.
  
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• Investigating sex crimes as important as counter-terrorism, says police chief

  02-06-2015 20:13
  
  Investigating rape and other serious sex offences will be given the same priority as counter-terrorism or cyber-crime, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has promised.
  
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• Syria civil war: The harrowing testament of a five-year-old victim of this endless conflict

  02-06-2015 20:08
  
  The only thing as heartbreaking as Sahar Qanbar’s smile is her story. Simple and terrible, it leaves any visitor to her grandmother’s home with an unfathomable question: how much can a five-year-old girl understand when she says of her brother Hashem and her mother Asma, quite literally: “Hashem was martyred. Mummy was wounded. Both of them were martyred.”
  
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• England 'favourites' to host 2018 World Cup following Sepp Blatter resignation

  02-06-2015 20:05
  
  England are the favourites to host the 2018 World Cup should Russia be stripped of the tournament in light of Sepp Blatter's resignation.
  
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• FIFA corruption scandal: Sepp Blatter Q&A

  02-06-2015 20:01
  
  Sepp Blatter has announced that he is standing down as FIFA president - four days after being elected for a fifth term.
  
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• Sepp Blatter resignation: Why did he leave now?

  02-06-2015 20:00
  
  Sepp Blatter’s surprise resignation as Fifa president took the world by surprise because it had looked as though he never would. Seemingly in denial, as recently as 29 May he told an interviewer on Swiss television: “Why would I step down? That would mean I recognise that I did wrong.”
  
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• Fifa corruption scandal: The football world celebrates Sepp Blatter’s resignation

  02-06-2015 19:59
  
  Sepp Blatter has resigned as the president of FIFA amid a bribery scandal involving the top executives of world football's governing body.
  
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• Wales passes smoking ban in cars

  02-06-2015 19:53
  
  Smoking in a car where children are present will be made illegal in Wales after Assembly Members passed landmark legislation.
  
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• Who will replace Sepp Blatter as Fifa president? Michel Platini and Prince Ali among favourites

  02-06-2015 19:49
  
  Sepp Blatter has announced that he is standing down as president of Fifa.
  
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• Charles Kennedy: How former Lib Dem leader won praise for leading opposition to Iraq War

  02-06-2015 19:46
  
  Charles Kennedy, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats who has died aged 55, won praise across the political spectrum for his finest hour -- leading the opposition to the 2003 Iraq War.
  
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• Alton Towers crash video: Watch aftermath as four teenagers seriously injured when Smiler ride carriages collide

  02-06-2015 19:41
  
  Video has emerged of the aftermath of a roller coaster crash at Alton Towers that left four people seriously injured and required the attention of the fire service, paramedics, four ambulances and an air ambulance.
  
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