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• Unopened bottle of whisky taken to WWI front line expected to make at least £2000 at auction

  23-06-2015 23:59
  
  An unopened bottle of whisky which was taken to the front line of the First World War is to be auctioned, with a starting price of £2,000.
  
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• VIDEO: Migrants jump on lorries at Calais

  23-06-2015 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many people in Calais who are attempting to enter the UK illegally are jumping on lorries, which are stuck in queues due to a port workers strike.
  
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• Freddie Gray autopsy says he died from 'high-energy injury' - most likely caused by sudden braking of police van

  23-06-2015 23:47
  Freddie Gray suffered a single “high-energy injury”, most likely caused when the police van into which he had been bundled suddenly braked, it has been reported.
  
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• Mischievous parking warden in German city of Karlsruhe gives a ticket to a work of art

  23-06-2015 23:44
  
  A mischievous German traffic warden, who clearly isn't too impressed by contemporary art, has issued a parking ticket to a sculpture in the city of Karlsruhe.
  
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• New York City to settle Muslim surveillance lawsuit for spying on mosques, student groups and workplaces

  23-06-2015 23:37
  
  The city of New York has reached a preliminary settlement with Muslims who opposed police surveillance in their mosques.
  
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• Labour bid to rebuild business ties

  23-06-2015 23:31
  
  Labour is mounting a concerted campaign to rebuild relations with business in the wake of the party's shattering general election defeat.
  
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• Cannabis in Australia: New South Wales commits $9m to medical marijuana trials

  23-06-2015 23:31
  
  An Australian state is investing millions of dollars into testing the effectiveness of medicinal marijuana.
  
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• The Last Race: Chariots of Fire sequel in the running to beat Beijing's ban on depicting religion in films

  23-06-2015 23:26
  The Scottish runner Eric Liddell was immortalised in the classic film Chariots of Fire, and now 34 years after the Oscar-winning movie, a sequel is on the starting line.
  
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• US 'to turn blind eye to cash trades' as rules on dealing with hostage-takers relaxed

  23-06-2015 23:18
  
  The White House will soften its policy for dealing with foreign hostage-takers, signalling that families of loved ones taken captive by terror groups such as Isis will no longer face prosecution if they attempt to pay ransoms to bring them home.
  
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• Labour leadership: Andy Burnham considered the contender most likely to improve party's general election chances

  23-06-2015 23:00
  
  Andy Burnham is the Labour leadership contender most likely to improve the party’s chances at the next general election, according to a survey of 2,000 people for The Independent by ORB.
  
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• Balcony report issues rot warning

  23-06-2015 22:57
  
  New safety rules for buildings in a US university city have been drawn up after investigations found severe dry rot in a balcony that collapsed killing six students a week ago.
  
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• London Cycling Campaign activist calls for cars to be banned from parts of central London following the ninth cyclist death this year

  23-06-2015 22:54
  A cycling activist has called for cars to be banned from central London's busiest roads, following the tragic death of a cyclist at Bank junction on Monday.
  
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• London Cycling Campaign activist calls for cars to be banned from central London following the ninth cyclist death this year

  23-06-2015 22:54
  A cycling activist has called for cars to be banned from the busy roads of central London, following the tragic death of a cyclist at Bank junction on Monday.
  
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• Taylor Swift plays to packed Hydro

  23-06-2015 22:43
  
  Taylor Swift kicked off the UK leg of her world tour in Glasgow tonight, telling a packed arena: "I happen to love Scottish people."
  
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• Science Pushes Horse Racing Beyond The Limit

  23-06-2015 22:35
  
  All logic dictated that this was likely, but earlier research had indicated thoroughbred horses may have run into a brick finish line of some sort, preventing them from going any quicker. It never seemed more likely than the notion that Usain Bolt would have had a fight on his hands against Harold Abrahams of Chariots of Fire fame. On the racecourse, a new study from the University of Exeter claims to dispel the consensus of the last three decades that equine speeds were stagnating.
  
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• Charleston shooting: Video released showing arrest of suspect Dylann Roof

  23-06-2015 22:32
  
  Police have released video footage that shows the arrest of Dylann Roof, the young man charged with nine counts of murder over the shooting of nine black church members in Charleston.
  
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• Migrants Storm Trucks In Calais Port Strike

  23-06-2015 22:26
  
  Large numbers of migrants have been attempting to get into UK-bound cars and lorries caught up in queues near Calais. French ferry employees have been staging a wildcat strike over fears they will lose their jobs next month. Migrants living in camps near Calais took advantage of the disruption.
  
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• Stephen Fry 'texted' Michael Gove to 'correct his grammar', Justice Secretary reveals

  23-06-2015 22:24
  
  Michael Gove, who will be remembered as the education secretary who was a stickler for old-fashioned education, has admitted that Stephen Fry has corrected his grammar.
  
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• Stabbed teacher thanks supporters

  23-06-2015 22:24
  
  A teacher who was stabbed at a school has spoken out for the first time since the "traumatic event".
  
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• Jets welcome Queen on German visit

  23-06-2015 22:12
  
  The Queen was welcomed to Germany with pomp and ceremony - and the roar of Luftwaffe fighter jets overhead.
  
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• Hundreds of Mexican farm workers stranded at US border after massive computer glitch

  23-06-2015 22:03
  
  A government computer glitch has stranded hundreds of Mexican farm workers at the US-Mexico border for two weeks, as officials are unable to issue work visas.
  
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• Body of baby recovered from river

  23-06-2015 22:02
  
  The body of a newborn baby has been recovered from a river, police said.
  
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• Baby's Body Found In River: Appeal To Mother

  23-06-2015 21:58
  
  Police have appealed to find the mother of a newborn baby whose body was recovered from a river.
  
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• Solar plane departure postponed

  23-06-2015 21:49
  
  A solar-powered plane carrying no fuel has postponed its departure from central Japan for Hawaii due to worse than expected weather conditions.
  
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• House of St Barnabas: Members' club and employment academy for the homeless celebrates first anniversary

  23-06-2015 21:45
  
  The House of St Barnabas, which juts out from the corner of Greek Street on London’s Soho Square, drips with history. For the three centuries it has been standing, social justice and the greater good have underpinned its existence in one way or another.
  
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• Los Angeles police identifies unarmed man shot by police after waiving towel

  23-06-2015 21:44
  
  Los Angeles police have identified the unarmed man officers shot in the head as the man attempted to flag them down with a towel.
  
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• British Teen Unveiled As The New Spider-Man

  23-06-2015 21:34
  
  One young British actor is about to learn that with great power comes great responsibility. Tom Holland, a 19-year-old from Kingston-upon-Thames, has been chosen to play Peter Parker in a new Spider-Man movie, which is set for release in 2017. Tom Rothman, Sony Motion Pictures chairman, said: "For Spidey himself, we saw many terrific young actors, but Tom's screen tests were special.
  
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• Greece crisis: Greek people prepared for painful compromise amid growing talk of EU exit

  23-06-2015 21:34
  
  There was no jubilation on the streets of Athens on Tuesday over signs that Greece’s government was finally near to reaching a deal with its international creditors. Instead, the talk was of the concessions made, at what the rest of Europe regarded as the last minute, by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras – and the pain they would mean for ordinary Greeks.
  
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• Greece crisis: Creditors still demanding concessions as Athens' last chance approaches

  23-06-2015 21:28
  
  Greek officials remained locked in last-minute talks with their creditors on Tuesday ahead of a eurozone finance ministers meeting on Wednesday evening which will offer Athens a final chance at capitulating to a biting reform programme, and so, remain in the euro.
  
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• How militancy and desperation collided to plunge Calais into chaos after migrants took advantage of port workers' wildcat strike

  23-06-2015 21:16
  Europe’s migration crisis played out dramatically on the motorways of northern France on Tuesday, as hundreds of desperate migrants attempted to board UK-bound lorries while taking advantage of a wildcat strike by Calais port workers.
  
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• Channel Tunnel services suspended

  23-06-2015 21:10
  
  The Channel Tunnel was shut today and services through it suspended as migrants caused chaos in Calais by attempting to board UK-bound lorries.
  
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• Poland frees British teenagers held for stealing Auschwitz items

  23-06-2015 21:06
  KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - A Polish court on Tuesday found two British teenagers guilty of stealing historical artefacts during a school history trip to the former Auschwitz death camp, but allowed them to go free after handing down a suspended sentence.
  
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• Stagecoach faces criticism over accusations that Oxford bus driver did not stop to pick up Muslims

  23-06-2015 21:02
  
  The Stagecoach bus company has faced criticism over alleged incidents in Oxford when a driver appeared to not stop for Muslims waiting at bus stops.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Michael Gove whips up plenty of bonhomie for debut

  23-06-2015 20:57
  
  He’s back, and oozing bonhomie. Released from the Trappist silence of his role as Chief Whip, Michael Gove used his first post-election Commons appearance to lavish praise all round. Once, he gallantly defended his old boss Rupert Murdoch from “the chilling atmosphere” generated by a certain hacking enquiry. But he announced that thanks to the “able leadership shown by our judiciary – in particular, Sir Brian Leveson – we are now in a position to reform access to justice” Peace off
  
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• Migrants Try To Jump In Lorries Bound For UK

  23-06-2015 20:51
  
  Large numbers of migrants have been attempting to get into UK-bound cars and lorries backed up near Calais. French ferry employees have been staging a wildcat strike over fears they will lose their jobs next month. Desperate migrants living in camps near Calais took advantage of the disruption.
  
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• Departure of solar plane delayed

  23-06-2015 20:46
  
  A solar-powered plane carrying no fuel has delayed its departure from central Japan for Hawaii as the project's control centre analyses deteriorating weather conditions.
  
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• Strike Sparks Travel Chaos In France And UK

  23-06-2015 20:40
  
  A strike by French ferry workers has caused travel chaos on both sides of the Channel. Around 400 employees launched the wildcat action around 3.50am, shutting the Port of Calais. The Channel Tunnel was closed in both directions on Tuesday afternoon because the striking workers set fire to tyres on the tracks.
  
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• How Stephen Hawking became a pop-culture phenomenon: From Star Trek to Glastonbury

  23-06-2015 20:33
  
  Walk past the spectacle of the main stages. Shun the madness of the Stone Circle. The place to be at Glastonbury this weekend is the lesser-known Kidz Field. Not only will Dynamo entertain the young crowd by turning whatever it is he has up his sleeve into pound coins, but Professor Stephen Hawking will also take to the stage to give a speech.
  
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• Isis in Syria: Militants carry out threat to destroy Unesco-protected historical sites as they are forced to retreat from Palmyra

  23-06-2015 20:28
  Isis has begun carrying out its threat to destroy structures in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, blowing up at least two monuments at the Unesco-protected site as Syrian government troops made advances on the Islamist’s positions.
  
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• Greece crisis: What is on the table and what is required?

  23-06-2015 20:25
  
  Q | What exactly has Greece conceded?
  
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• Blaze Starr: Burlesque artiste whose affair with the Governor of Louisiana caused a national scandal in the United States

  23-06-2015 20:21
  For decades, Blaze Starr performed her striptease act at a club she owned in Baltimore and in hundreds of other nightspots. She became perhaps America's most notorious stripper in the 1950s, when her affair with Louisiana's Governor, Earl Long, became a national scandal. It was a story dramatised in the 1989 film Blaze.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: 'Solo' Campbell begins his campaign with an own goal

  23-06-2015 20:11
  
  “In football, you have got to be a team player. I was a team player. You have got to have that kind of togetherness if you want to make things happen,” Sol Campbell said, explaining why he is qualified to be the next Tory mayor of London.
  
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• Eurostar closure: Dispatches from Lille Europe station, where travellers have been left stranded

  23-06-2015 20:03
  
  Even from about 100 metres of Lille Europe station, it was clear that things were not going well at the city where lines from Paris and Brussels converge for the journey through the Channel Tunnel to London.
  
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• Chris Woodhead: Head of Ofsted whose six-year reign saw him vilified by some but admired by others for his drive to raise standards

  23-06-2015 20:03
  Chris Woodhead was regarded by many as the scourge of the teaching profession during his six-year reign as head of Ofsted, the education standards watchdog. He set out his stall by claiming there were 15,000 incompetent teachers in the profession and that it was his job to challenge "mediocrity, failure and complacency". His supporters, though, would claim he was an ardent campaigner anxious to improve standards in education and eradicate weaknesses.
  
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• Pupils fined for Auschwitz theft

  23-06-2015 20:02
  
  Two pupils at one of the country's leading independent schools have been given suspended sentences for stealing items that belonged to prisoners at Auschwitz.
  
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• Ohio police officer shoots 4-year-old girl while aiming at a charging dog

  23-06-2015 20:02
  
  A police officer in Columbus, Ohio accidentally shot a four-year-old girl while aiming at a dog who was charging the officer.
  
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• Eurostar closure: Options for travellers making the trip between England and France

  23-06-2015 19:53
  
  At least 15,000 thousand Eurostar passengers will wake up on Wednesday in the wrong country - and all too aware of the limited rights for rail travellers compared with airline passengers.
  
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