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• Photos of royal siblings released

  06-06-2015 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A series of "very special" photos of Prince George and his younger sister Princess Charlotte are released by Kensington Palace.
  
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• VIDEO: Princess Charlotte pictures unveiled

  06-06-2015 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kensington Palace release the first pictures of Princess Charlotte, with her brother Prince George, taken at their Norfolk home.
  
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• Barcelona 3 Juventus 1 player ratings: Andres Iniesta? Lionel Messi? Luis Suarez? Who was the star man in the Champions League final?

  06-06-2015 23:42
  Luis Suarez scored midway through the second half before Neymar added a third deep into injury-time to give Barcelona a 3-1 victory in the Champions League final against Juventus in Berlin and secure an incredible treble.
  
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• 'Execution' of lawyer kills hope that residents can defeat Mafia

  06-06-2015 23:41
  
  No one dared say it out loud. But many people hoped – or prayed – it was true. That there were, after all, signs that ordinary people could stand up to the Mafia without fearing for their lives.
  
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• United Passions, film review: Fifa reaches a new low with laughably awful film about its history

  06-06-2015 23:41
  
  When Sepp Blatter first appears, played by Tim Roth, in United Passions, a new Fifa-commissioned movie history of the deeply troubled organisaton, another character describes him simply as “good at finding money”. And perhaps it was Blatter himself who found sufficient cash behind the sofa cushions at Fifa’s Zurich HQ to cover most of the $30m budget for this laughable, 110-minute hagiography, which has high production values, low motives and excellent comic timing – if only in its rele
  
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• Britain throws weight behind plans for flying-doctor unit to tackle world diseases

  06-06-2015 23:40
  
  Britain will this week throw its weight behind ambitious plans to establish the world’s first specialist rapid response unit to tackle outbreaks of infectious diseases with the potential to kill millions.
  
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• Christina Broom: The photo pioneer finally getting the exposure she deserves

  06-06-2015 23:39
  
  At less than five feet tall, Christina Broom may not have cut an imposing figure, and nor is she a household name, yet her photographs captured some of the most momentous and extraordinary events of the early 20th century.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2015: How female football is reaching a cultural tipping point

  06-06-2015 23:39
  
  When England fan Rachel Major went to see her first women’s football game in 2006 she found a subdued affair. “It was a World Cup qualifier and England beat Holland but there were only a couple of thousand of us in the crowd. There was no media coverage, not even online.”
  
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• Over £100m worth of gold going to waste inside millions of unused mobile phones, says study

  06-06-2015 23:39
  
  A total of four tons of gold – worth more than £100m – is going to waste inside millions of unused mobile phones in the UK, according to new research.
  
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• Major international effort needed to fight criminal gangs using 'hackers for hire', says anti-cybercrime boss

  06-06-2015 23:38
  
  A major international effort is needed to defeat cybercrime and disrupt the criminal gangs who are using “hackers for hire” to hit sensitive financial and government targets, the UK’s anti-cybercrime boss has warned.
  
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• Green Deal: Big Six electricity providers to blame for failure of energy-saving scheme, says architect

  06-06-2015 23:38
  
  The architect of the Government’s much-criticised household energy efficiency scheme has blamed the Big Six electricity providers for its failure.
  
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• Green Deal: Energy efficiency programme may be axed amid austerity drive

  06-06-2015 23:38
  
  Spending on energy efficiency and the clean-up of Britain’s old nuclear reactors is set be significantly reduced as part of the Government’s austerity drive.
  
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• Labour to set up 'business forum' in effort to understand election defeat

  06-06-2015 23:38
  
  Chris Leslie, the shadow Chancellor, is to conduct an inquest into why Labour lost the support of businesses in its heavy election defeat last month.
  
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• Drivers bailed over Harwich stowaways

  06-06-2015 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four Polish lorry drivers, who were arrested after 68 suspected illegal immigrants were found locked in their vehicles, are released on bail.
  
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• Over 50 Tories Prepare To Campaign For EU Exit

  06-06-2015 23:18
  
  Dozens of Conservative MPs have declared themselves ready to campaign for Britain to leave the EU if David Cameron's renegotiation amounts to "anything less than fundamental change". In a move that will pile pressure onto the Prime Minister, Conservatives for Britain - a new group that already has over 50 politicians signed up - says it is drawing up criteria by which to judge the Government’s reforms. That would split the Tory party, which is currently united in goodwill for Mr
  
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• Juventus 1-3 Barcelona

  06-06-2015 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcelona become European champions for the fifth time after goals from Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
  
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• SNP to demand MPs be allowed on influential Defence Select Committee

  06-06-2015 23:12
  
  The Scottish National Party is set to flex its newly-won Westminster muscles by demanding that two of its MPs are allowed on the influential Defence Select Committee.
  
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• Turkey election: Deadly blast at Kurdish rally casts cloud over poll day

  06-06-2015 23:11
  
  Amid a final day of intense campaigning for what could be Turkey’s most unpredictable election in recent history, barber Yasar Ayhan gives his customer a traditionally close shave. 
  
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• Barcelona beat Juventus 3-1 to win the Champions League – live!

  06-06-2015 23:05
  
  Daniel Taylor’s match report from Juventus 1-3 Barcelona in Berlin
  And feel free to send an email to [email protected] 10.05pm BST And here come the new European champions. Taking over from Real Madrid ... Barcelona! Luis Enrique - what a first season he’s had as manager! - is the subject of a bear hug from Platini. Once all the players have taken their place on the podium, old big ears is handed over to Xavi, whose last act of a long, storied Barcelona career is to lift the Europ
  
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• Brian May and Downton Abbey star Peter Egan call on government to block planning permission to breed beagle dogs for experiments

  06-06-2015 23:01
  Queen guitarist Brian May and Peter Egan, a star of Downton Abbey and 80s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles, have called on the government to block planning permission to breed beagle dogs for experiments.
  
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• New photos of George with Charlotte

  06-06-2015 23:00
  
  Touching pictures showing Prince George holding his little sister, Princess Charlotte - and even giving her a kiss - have been released by Kensington Palace.
  
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• 50 Tories 'set to lead EU exit bid'

  06-06-2015 22:55
  
  More than 50 Tory MPs are poised to lead the campaign for Britain to quit the European Union if David Cameron fails to secure radical reforms in the UK's ties to Brussels.
  
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• Bury Church of England School faces appeal on 'proxy racism' charges

  06-06-2015 22:53
  
  After their complaint of indirect racial discrimination at a popular Church of England school was rejected by the admissions regulator last week, campaigners are now considering whether to mount a legal challenge of faith school admissions.
  
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• London Road: How new film about Ipswich murder of five prostitutes captures a town dealing with immense tragedy

  06-06-2015 22:53
  
  She was shaking. A killer was on the loose and Jane was convinced she must have had sex with him.“I know, I know, it coulda been me, I keep thinking about that,” she said as we sat in a branch of Kentucky Fried Chicken near the football ground in Ipswich and she ripped open one sachet of sugar after another to pour into her tea. Twelve times. But it was the fear and not the sugar rush that was making her tremble.
  
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• Barcelona vs Juventus match report: Luis Suarez and Neymar secure the Champions League to give Barca an historic treble

  06-06-2015 22:50
  Luis Suarez effectively won the European Cup for Barcelona to complete an incredible first season since his move from Liverpool. He smashed a loose ball past Gianluigi Buffon after the Juventus goalkeeper had saved from Lionel Messi to score the crucial second goal.
  
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• Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author, dies aged 88

  06-06-2015 22:50
  
  Anti-communist dissident’s Two Thousand Words manifesto became a key document of the 1968 Prague spring reform movement in CzechoslovakiaLudvík Vaculík, an author, journalist and anti-communist dissident whose Two Thousand Words manifesto became a key document of the 1968 Prague spring reform movement that contributed to the Kremlin’s decision to invade Czechoslovakia, has died. He was 88.Czech public radio and television, and daily newspaper Lidové noviny, to which he c
  
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• Bettina Jordan-Barber: The ex MoD strategist who went to jail after telling The Sun about military shortages - and taking money for it

  06-06-2015 22:47
  Bettina Jordan-Barber is not your usual jailbird. The 42-year-old mother of two is from a background in which it’s more common to run a prison than experience it from inside a cell. But as she came to realise, everyone, including those from more privileged backgrounds, is only ever one bad choice or one mistake away from a jail sentence.
  
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• Battersea Park big dipper disaster in 1972: The funfair tragedy the nation forgot

  06-06-2015 22:43
  
  The look of terror on the face of the young girl before she fell to her death will forever remain ingrained on Carolyn Adamczyk’s memory.
  
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• Oceans need their own seat at the United Nations, says Royal Navy expert

  06-06-2015 22:35
  
  The high seas should be given a seat at the United Nations to help to deal with issues such as piracy, overfishing and oil exploration outside national waters, according to a former Commander-in-Chief Fleet of the Royal Navy.
  
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• Protesters and police clash as G7 leaders prepare to discuss corruption and trade

  06-06-2015 22:32
  
  Several people taken to hospital after scuffles in German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen as demonstrators, some throwing bottles, face off with riot police Protesters have clashed with police in the German resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen as G7 leaders prepared for wide-ranging talks on subjects from Fifa corruption to controversial free trade agreements.Police responded with pepper spray when a group of marchers tried to break through their cordon. Scuffles broke out as the demonstrators,
  
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• EU referendum: David Cameron accused of 'loading debate' to encourage UK to stay in union

  06-06-2015 22:28
  
  David Cameron has been accused by two of his former cabinet ministers of an “unwise and completely unacceptable” attempt to “load” the European Union referendum debate in a way that could favour Britain’s continued membership.
  
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• Actor Richard Johnson dies at 87

  06-06-2015 22:27
  
  British star of film, television and theatre was a founding member of Royal Shakespeare CompanyBritish actor Richard Johnson, who starred in film, theatre and television, has died at the age of 87, his family has announced. The star died after a short illness at the Royal Marsden hospital in Chelsea, west London, the BBC reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Loch Ness rival campsites wage 'glamping' war in bid to attract tourists

  06-06-2015 22:26
  
  One of Britain’s most coveted beauty spots, at Loch Ness the calm is usually  broken only by visitors scanning the distance in wishful hope of seeing a certain long-necked monster.
  
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• 'Fun-time Frankie' back from exile

  06-06-2015 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Frankie Dettori returned from exile to win Derby
  
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• Charlotte and George photo released

  06-06-2015 22:19
  
  A poignant photograph showing Princess Charlotte being held by her older brother Prince George has been released on social media by Kensington Palace.
  
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• 26 rescued as river canoes capsize

  06-06-2015 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twenty-six people are rescued from the River Foyle after two canoes capsized on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Kate's First Picture Of George And Charlotte

  06-06-2015 22:07
  
  The first of four official photographs of Princess Charlotte, being held in the arms of her older brother Prince George, has been released by Kensington Palace. Their mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, took the pictures in the middle of May – just a couple of weeks after giving birth to her daughter at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital. The image showed George, who is third in line to the throne, affectionately looking down at his weeks-old sister.
  
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• Williams beats 'nightmare 48 hours'

  06-06-2015 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Serena Williams feared she was too ill to play the night before her French Open final victory over Lucie Safarova.
  
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• Dettori wins Derby on Golden Horn

  06-06-2015 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Frankie Dettori, taking part for the first time in four years, wins the Derby on favourite Golden Horn.
  
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• Poland warns David Cameron not to fool voters over EU referendum

  06-06-2015 22:00
  
  Rafał Trzaskowski, Polish minister in charge of EU policy, rejects migrant benefits cut and says travel and jobs will be hit if UK quitsThe British people must be told the brutal truth about the damaging consequences of leaving the European Union, and not be duped into believing that they can “keep all the goodies and forget about the costs”, the Polish minister in charge of EU policy says.In an outspoken interview with the Observer, Rafał Trzaskowski, Poland’s secretary of state for Eur
  
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• War with Isis: As the militant threat grows, so does the West's self-deception

  06-06-2015 22:00
  
  In the declining years of the Chinese empire, high officials developed a handy way of dealing with military setbacks and defeats by foreign powers. They simply announced that the heroic forces of the emperor had won yet another victory against the barbarian enemy.
  
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• Princess Charlotte pictures: First images of fourth in line to throne released by Kensington Palace

  06-06-2015 22:00
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, has taken a temporary turn as Kensington Palace’s official photographer with snaps she has taken of five-week-old Princess Charlotte and her brother George set to be released to the press the evening.
  
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• Football's ugliness is integral to the beautiful game

  06-06-2015 22:00
  
  Two weeks ago, standing on the touch-line of a football pitch near Dereham in Norfolk – under-sized, long unmown and requiring bits of wood to be removed from its surface before the game began – I experienced what can only be described as a divine presentiment.
  
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• Europe's leaders must think big: for G7, read global not just Greece

  06-06-2015 22:00
  
  It is time to start thinking beyond Greece – as the Group of Seven summit in Bavaria will this weekend. These economic summits go back almost 40 years, when the leaders of what were then the world’s largest six economies – the US, Japan, Germany, France, the UK and Italy – were invited by the French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing to the Château de Rambouillet, just outside Paris, in November 1975. The purpose was to discuss how they might pull together to help the world economy r
  
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• Chancellor's Budget ding-dongs: George Osborne lays down the law

  06-06-2015 22:00
  
  George Osborne’s Budget speech in March was all about sunlit uplands. Now his party has won the election for which he wrote that economic statement, the Chancellor can talk about the rather less cheery reality, such as £3bn-worth of spending cuts for unprotected departments, which he announced this week.
  
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• A reputational rewrite for George W Bush proves that presidential pardons are all the rage

  06-06-2015 22:00
  
  “I forgive but I don’t forget,” Sepp Blatter, that Richard Nixon of international sporting officials, defiantly warned after his surreal re-election to Fifa’s presidency on 29 May – only to bow to the inevitable, like Nixon, and resign only four days later. But when it comes to their own presidents, Americans, it appears, are magnanimously inclined both to forgive and forget.
  
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• Self-healing technology one step closer after scientists produce aircraft wings which fix themselves

  06-06-2015 21:58
  Even the researchers involved in the project describe it as “verging on science fiction”. A team of British scientists has produced aircraft wings that can fix themselves after being damaged, suggesting that self-healing technology will soon become commonplace.
  
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• Living wage campaign signs up its 1,500th member company

  06-06-2015 21:46
  
  Bristol power company Ovo Energy is latest business to join the growing movement for increased pay, joining KPMG, Barclays and PwCA campaign to help the low-paid has received a major boost with the accreditation of the 1,500th company in the UK to agree to pay the living wage.Fixed at £9.15 an hour in London and £7.85 an hour outside London, the living wage is significantly higher than the legally enforced minimum wage of £6.50 an hour. Continue reading...
  
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• Navy faces 'grim' migrant operations

  06-06-2015 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Beale witnesses Royal Navy role helping Med migrants
  
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• Israeli rights groups join battle to save symbol of Arab resistance to evictions

  06-06-2015 21:42
  
  The fate of the West Bank Palestinian village of Khirbet Susiya has attracted worldwide attention. Now bulldozers are set to displace its residents yet againIn the cool of evening, the Palestinian villagers of Khirbet Susiya go about their business.A beekeeper in a protective suit and veil moves among his hives with a smoke can. Others use the warm wind blowing from the nearby Negev desert to separate rough legumes from chaff. Shepherds move their animals across the low, rolling yellow hills whi
  
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