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• Murder Probe As Teen Found Dead At Cemetery

  16-06-2015 23:54
  
  The body of Jordan Watson was discovered at the cemetery on Manor Road around 7.45am today. Detective Superintendent Andrew Slattery of Cumbria Constabulary said:  "Jordan has lost his life as a result of a savage and brutal attack which has shocked the officers working on the case. "For a child to die in these circumstances in Carlisle is appalling.
  
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• Up to 17 hurt after coach crashes into house in series of horror smashes

  16-06-2015 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AT least 17 people were left hurt after a coach crashed into a house today.
  
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• British call centre evacuated after chemical leak drama

  16-06-2015 23:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BRITISH call centre has been evacuated after multiple staff started suffering from nausea and eye irritation in a suspected chemical leak.
  
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• Foo Fighters cancel Glastonbury and Wembley Stadium performances after Dave Grohl breaks leg during concert

  16-06-2015 23:27
  The Foo Fighters have cancelled much-anticipated performances at Glastonbury Festival and Wembley Stadium, after lead singer and guitarist Dave Grohl broke his leg.
  
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• Foo Fighters Cancel Glastonbury Headline Slot

  16-06-2015 23:21
  
  The Foo Fighters have cancelled their headline slot at the Glastonbury Festival after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg. The band have also been forced to pull out of all remaining shows on their UK and European tour, including at Wembley Stadium in London and Murrayfield in Edinburgh.
  
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• Foo Fighters axe gigs after injury

  16-06-2015 23:16
  
  US rock band the Foo Fighters have pulled out of performances at Glastonbury and Wembley Stadium after lead singer and guitarist Dave Grohl broke his leg.
  
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• Labour's defeated in general election because it 'lost the grey vote', study says

  16-06-2015 23:00
  
  Labour’s spectacular lack of appeal to older voters holds the key to the party’s heavy defeat last month, according to a new study.
  
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• Briton who spent months fighting ISIS shocked to be 'let back in the UK without checks'

  16-06-2015 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BRITISH man who spent two months fighting Islamic State in Syria said he was shocked as he was allowed to return to the UK "without" any checks.
  
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• Eric Garner death: Appeals court could decide to release grand jury records

  16-06-2015 22:54
  
  A New York appeals court is considering whether to release the grand jury records in the controversial case of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who was died last year after being put in a headlock by a New York police officer.
  
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• Balcony collapse students named

  16-06-2015 22:52
  
  Six students who died in the US after a balcony collapsed during a 21st birthday party have been named.
  
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• Jhené Aiko pays tribute to Tupac Shakur with photoshoot and performance

  16-06-2015 22:39
  
  Jhené Aiko paid tribute to late rapper Tupac Shakur by recreating his most iconic photoshoots.
  
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• Police Probe 'Rare' Crime On Scottish Island

  16-06-2015 22:35
  
  Police are trying to find out who carried out a "rare" crime on a tiny Scottish island. The raid on the only shop on Canna in the Inner Hebrides has been described as "unbelievable". A Facebook message by the Isle of Canna Community Development Trust said: "The thieves cleared the shelves of sweets, chocolate bars, coffee, biscuits, toiletries, batteries and more.
  
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• Chris Evans to replace Jeremy Clarkson as Top Gear host - BBC

  16-06-2015 22:31
  
  (Reuters) - Television and radio presenter Chris Evans will host motoring show Top Gear, replacing Jeremy Clarkson, who was dropped in March after he physically attacked a producer, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said on Tuesday. Evans has signed a three-year deal and will begin filming in a few weeks time without Clarkson's co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May, the BBC said. Evans, a car enthusiast, said he was thrilled to get the job in his "favourite programme of all t
  
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• Alton Towers crash: Potential amputee Vicky Balch says she 'wanted to die' as she waited to be rescued from Smiler ride

  16-06-2015 22:11
  Vicky Balch, a victim of the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash who faces having her leg amputated, has described how she “wanted to die” as she waited hours to be rescued from the ride.
  
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• Fifa corruption: Swiss authorities set to reveal governing body's records seized in police raids

  16-06-2015 22:10
  
  Switzerland’s attorney general will on Wednesday reveal details of the investigation into money-laundering in the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups for the first time since the sensational dawn arrests in Zurich three weeks ago.
  
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• Balcony collapse families contacted

  16-06-2015 21:46
  
  The families of six Irish students who died a fter a balcony collapsed during a 21st birthday party in the US have been contacted.
  
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• Chelsea transfer news: Blues take gamble on Radamel Falcao but Manchester United misfit's wages will be halved

  16-06-2015 21:44
  Chelsea are on the brink of taking a substantial gamble by securing Radamel Falcao on a season-long loan from Monaco, with the player accepting that he will need to take a huge cut in the £265,000-a-week wages which have made him one of Manchester United’s most expensive mistakes.
  
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• Model ‘pestered’ into two-minute sexual encounter with banker sues for £543m

  16-06-2015 21:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FORMER model is suing a Wall Street financier for £543million for forcing her to have sex with him after “relentless” harassment, a court heard.
  
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• Rachel Dolezal is asked about her hair in NBC interview

  16-06-2015 21:38
  
  So now we know.
  
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• Why are there pockets of sympathy for Isis in some parts of modern Britain?

  16-06-2015 21:36
  
  The biggest question that has hung over the disappearance of these British mothers and their children is what could possibly have motivated them. Why would a parent believe that they and their children would be better off with Isis in the midst of Syria’s civil war?
  
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• Six die in US balcony collapse

  16-06-2015 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The balcony of a fourth floor flat in Berkeley has collapsed, killing several Irish young people and injuring several others at a 21st birthday party.
  
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• Tupac Shakur's 15 most memorable quotes on poverty, Shakespeare, hip-hop and race

  16-06-2015 21:30
  
  Tupac Shakur was born June 16, 1971 and died on September 13, 1996.
  
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• Chris Evans to be new Top Gear presenter

  16-06-2015 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  TV and radio personality Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as the lead presenter of an all-new Top Gear line-up, the BBC announces.
  
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• Councils 'to be reduced to eight '

  16-06-2015 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to cut the number of Welsh councils from 22 to single figures will be published on Wednesday, BBC Wales understands.
  
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• Chelsea on verge of Falcao loan deal

  16-06-2015 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea are on the verge of agreeing a season-long loan deal for Colombian striker Radamel Falcao from Monaco.
  
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• From Sarah Kyolaba to Rachele Guidi Mussolini: What jobs can the families of deposed dictators do?

  16-06-2015 21:16
  
  Regulars at Sarah Kyolaba's hair salon in Tottenham, north London, were saddened to hear of her death from cancer towards the end of last week. What most of them didn't know, however, was that before Kyolaba arrived in Britain in 1982, she had been married to Idi Amin, the Ugandan dictator whose regime was responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, and who once famously warned: "You cannot run faster than a bullet."
  
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• Cameron suffers rebellion as he tries to tame party over EU

  16-06-2015 21:15
  
  By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday suffered his first parliamentary rebellion since being re-elected last month as he tried to unite his party on Europe by making concessions on the timing and rules of a planned EU membership referendum. Cameron, who has promised to try to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the European Union before the referendum, promised he would not hold the vote on May 5 next year, a date Eurosceptic lawmakers in hi
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Six hours to discuss how to run a referendum

  16-06-2015 21:14
  
  If this is what an argument about the Euro-referendum rules is like, heaven help us when we get to the referendum itself.
  
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• EU referendum: Out campaign to use small firms to counter pro-EU views of big business

  16-06-2015 21:12
  
  The campaign to persuade the British public to leave the European Union will deploy small firms to counter the pro-EU views of big business and play on voters’ concerns about immigration.
  
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• HMT Lancastria: Families still refused memorial for Britain's worst sea disaster 75 years on

  16-06-2015 21:01
  
  It was the largest loss of life in British maritime history, with more lives lost than in the Titanic and Lusitania disasters combined. It was also the largest loss of life from a single engagement for British forces in the Second World War – but chances are you’ve never heard of the tragedy that befell the thousands of people on HMT Lancastria.
  
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• Donald Trump is running for president, but who would vote for him?

  16-06-2015 21:01
  
  Donald Trump held his presidential announcement at the Trump Tower in New York City, a fitting place to host a speech spent praising Donald Trump.
  
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• Donald Trump in running for president, but who would vote for him?

  16-06-2015 21:01
  
  Donald Trump held his presidential announcement at the Trump Tower in New York City, a fitting place to host a speech spent praising Donald Trump.
  
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• FBI investigating claims whether St Louis Cardinals baseball team hacked computers of the Houston Astros

  16-06-2015 20:59
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating claims that the St Louis Cardinals baseball team for hacking into the computers of the Houston Astros to steal closely guarded information about rivals players, it has been reported.
  
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• Smiler crash victim 'wanted to die'

  16-06-2015 20:53
  
  A victim of the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash who faces having her leg amputated said she "just wanted to die" as she waited hours to be rescued from the ride.
  
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• Chris Evans to present Top Gear

  16-06-2015 20:53
  
  Chris Evans has been revealed as the new host of Top Gear, replacing Jeremy Clarkson who was sacked earlier this year, the BBC said.
  
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• Solicitor under investigation after advising police officers to alter statements on stop-and-search death

  16-06-2015 20:53
  
  The lawyer who advised five police officers to alter their statements concerning the stop and search of a man who later died is under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Tragedy of Good Samaritan killed as he tries to save woman from oncoming train

  16-06-2015 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A GOOD Samaritan hero was killed by a train today after he jumped on to the track to rescue a woman.
  
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• Government defeats rebels on Europe

  16-06-2015 20:49
  
  The Government has seen off the first significant Tory rebellion of the Parliament over Europe, but 27 Tory rebels would have been enough to defeat David Cameron had Labour taken part.
  
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• Police 'vindictive' over hacking case

  16-06-2015 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-deputy editor of the News of the World told police he felt he was being persecuted when they quizzed him about phone-hacking claims, a jury hears.
  
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• Chris Evans To Lead All New Top Gear Line-Up

  16-06-2015 20:43
  
  Chris Evans has signed a three-year deal to replace Jeremy Clarkson as the presenter of Top Gear, the BBC says.
  
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• Mediterranean migrant crisis: Italy threatens to let tens of thousands of refugees loose across the EU as France closes its border

  16-06-2015 20:37
  As Italy threatened to let tens of thousands of migrants loose across the European Union, interior ministers attempted to hammer out a compromise deal to tackle the growing refugee crisis, agreeing a plan for EU-managed “hotspots” in Italy and Greece where migrants would be held and processed.
  
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• Chris Evans To Be New Presenter Of Top Gear

  16-06-2015 20:37
  
  Chris Evans has signed a three-year deal to replace Jeremy Clarkson as the presenter of Top Gear, the BBC says.
  
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• The 50 rules that every household should follow

  16-06-2015 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FOR those who think today's children are allowed to run wild reassurance is at hand in the shape of the top 50 "house rules" imposed by parents.
  
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• Top Gear: Chris Evans to lead new line-up

  16-06-2015 20:31
  
  Chris Evans has signed a three-year deal to lead a new presenting line-up on Top Gear, the BBC has confirmed.
  
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• Primates of Park Avenue: Wednesday Martin says we should feel sorry for the pampered, privileged women of New York's Upper East Side

  16-06-2015 20:16
  It is the book that everyone in New York has been talking about for weeks. Or at least, everyone in one particular neighbourhood.
  
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• Michelle Obama calls on Tower Hamlets schoolgirls to become women who will inspire

  16-06-2015 20:14
  
  In the school hall, deputy head teacher Jill Tuffee asked the girls to welcome their guests: “Our new friends from the US Embassy, and the Secret Service...”
  
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• Husbands appeal to 'Syria' family

  16-06-2015 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The husbands of three UK sisters feared to have travelled to Syria with their children say they "miss and love" them as they appeal for them to come home.
  
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• Raif Badawi: David Cameron to be urged to help free jailed Saudi blogger

  16-06-2015 20:05
  
  Campaigners fighting for the release of the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi will petition David Cameron and Parliament on Tuesday, urging Britain to withdraw its ambassador in Riyadh unless there is an “immediate and unconditional” release of Mr Badawi.
  
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• Liverpool legend scores own goal with fans after spoiling Game of Thrones ending

  16-06-2015 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LIVERPOOL football favourite Luis Garcia found himself in hot water after wrecking the Game of Thrones finale for many of his Twitter fans.
  
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• Nato calls Russia's plan to boost nuclear arsenal 'sabre-rattling'

  16-06-2015 20:02
  
  Nato has accused the Russian government of “sabre-rattling” after President Vladmir Putin announced plans to add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) to its nuclear arsenal in 2015.
  
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