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• Boys Hurt In Knife Attack Remain In Hospital

  27-06-2015 23:42
  
  A 43-year-old man arrested following the assault on the youngsters, aged 13 and 12, in Havant, Hampshire, on Friday is still in custody. Police patrols have been stepped up in the area over the weekend, but officers said the incident, which happened at the junction of Southleigh Road and Eastleigh Road at around 3pm, was being treated as "isolated". A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: "Two local children have been hurt and are being treated for injuries believed to have been
  
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• Iran nuclear deal: John Kerry remains hopeful of agreement as deadline draws near

  27-06-2015 23:41
  
  The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has said he remains hopeful of an agreement to curtail Iran’s nuclear programme, despite warnings from other diplomats that the talks under way in Vienna face several major sticking points.
  
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• What exactly does 'one' mean? Court of Appeal passes judgement on thorny mathematical issue

  27-06-2015 23:39
  
  What is the meaning of one? It’s a question that has occupied the minds of the greatest thinkers such as Philo of Alexandria, who believed that the numeral one was God’s number and so the basis of all other numbers.
  
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• Your pictures: share your photographs on the theme of 'arrow'

  27-06-2015 23:30
  
  Wherever you are in the world, we’d like to see your pictures of ‘arrow’ Share your best photos via GuardianWitnessReaders’ pictures on the theme of ‘blush’We’re now running a regular weekly photography assignment in the Observer New Review and the next theme is ‘arrow.’ So whether it’s a spot of archery, a helpful signpost or a swift movement, share your photos of what arrow means to you – and tell us about your image in the description box.The closing date is Thursday 2 J
  
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• Jenson Button admits McLaren ‘won’t be on the podium this year’

  27-06-2015 23:30
  
  • McLaren ninth out of 10 in F1 constructors’ championship
  • ‘We’re giving everything. We’re not just waiting for it to get good’Jenson Button has revealed the full depth of McLaren’s frustrations by stating: “We won’t be on the podium this year.” Button has been an unflagging cheerleader as his team have turned in some dire performances this season but as he prepares for next Sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone the former world champion admitted that neither he no
  
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• David Cameron's flagship childcare Bill is 'vague' and 'flawed', say influential peers

  27-06-2015 23:29
  
  Legislation to introduce David Cameron’s flagship childcare election pledge has been condemned by an influential committee of peers as a “skeleton” Bill which is “flawed”, “vague” and lacks substance.
  
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• Tunisia hotel shooting: David Cameron says Foreign Office is doing 'whatever it takes' to help victims' families locate loved ones

  27-06-2015 23:26
  David Cameron has responded to criticism from the families of victims of the Tunisia attack by saying the Foreign Office was doing “whatever it takes” to help them with repatriation and locating loved ones.
  
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• Tunisia hotel shooting: Hotels in Sousse left empty as remaining tourists leave resort

  27-06-2015 23:24
  
  Security was visible and tight at the Tunisian beach resort on Saturday where 24 hours previously chaos and terror had reigned. On the beach where the Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui launched his murderous attack on sunbathing tourists, there was now only a scattering of people protected by mounted police riding along the beach and security boats patrolling offshore all along the coast.
  
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• Tunisia hotel shooting: The dead, the missing, and the relatives searching for answers

  27-06-2015 23:23
  
  She was just three hours from leaving her hotel in Sousse when Carly Lovett tweeted she had “definitely not finished packing”. She never made it.
  
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• Tunisia hotel shooting: Tourism was the real target during the massacre in Sousse

  27-06-2015 23:20
  
  Vast stretches of sand were empty of people along the normally packed beaches of Sousse on Saturday. There were still a few tourists around; they had taken the entirely correct view that the place was safer now than it has ever been in recent times, having a heavy security presence in the wake of Friday’s massacre.
  
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• Kanye takes to Glastonbury stage

  27-06-2015 23:16
  
  All eyes are on controversial rapper Kanye West as he begins his highly-anticipated headline set at Glastonbury Festival.
  
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• Greek bailout extension refused: a panel of leading economists give their verdict

  27-06-2015 23:16
  
  With the country edging closer and closer towards default, our panel examines the current stalemate, the factors behind the crisis and what Greece can do nextThe shock decision of Alexis Tsipras to call a snap referendum for 5 July, just like the socialist prime minister George Papandreou had tried to do in 2011, has torpedoed any chance of reaching an agreement this weekend. Greece will almost certainly default, or at least will get into arrears if it refuses to – or simply can’t – pay th
  
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• Irish couple confirmed dead after Tunisia beach attack

  27-06-2015 23:14
  
  Irish foreign minister Charlie Flanagan offers ‘sincere condolences to the families of all the deceased’A family in Ireland has been informed by police in the Republic that their parents are among the 39 dead in the Tunisian terror massacre.The Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin has been in contact with the loved ones of the husband and wife from Co Westmeath in the Irish Midlands, it was confirmed on Saturday night. The couple have been named locally as Laurence (Larry) and Martina Hay
  
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• More Irish feared dead in gun attack

  27-06-2015 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There is strong reason to believe that two more Irish people have died in an attack on a Tunisian beach resort, the Irish government has said.
  
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• Ashes 2015: Stuart Broad on why sledging is not going to beat Australia this summer

  27-06-2015 23:00
  
   
  
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• 7/7 bombings 10 years on: Four emergency workers who saved lives recall the shocking day that 52 people were killed

  27-06-2015 23:00
  Next week marks the 10th anniversary of 7/7, when four suicide bombers killed 52 civilians in co-ordinated attacks on public transport during London's morning rush hour.
  
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• 7/7 bombings 10 years on: Martine Wright lost both legs in the attack – she explains how her experience since shows 'anything is possible'

  27-06-2015 22:54
  Ten years ago Martine Wright, in bright white new trainers, jumped on an eastbound Circle Line train at Moorgate, with a slight hangover, a hastily-grabbed copy of Metro and the certainty she was running late for work. She found a seat in the morning rush-hour crush and opened the newspaper with a sigh of relief to read about London’s successful bid for the 2012 Olympics, announced the day before. She paid no heed to her fellow passengers.
  
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• Greece crisis Q&A: Ahead of Tuesday's bailout deadline, what options do the Greeks have?

  27-06-2015 22:52
  
  What will happen on Tuesday?The other eurozone countries have refused to extend emergency lending to the Greek government. Unless they change their minds, Greece will default on a loan payment it has to make to the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday.
  
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• Greece crisis: Nation on the brink after its creditors refuse to extend bailout deadline

  27-06-2015 22:45
  
  Greece has been pushed closer to an exit from the eurozone after its creditors ruled out an extension to its bailout programme which is set to expire on Tuesday night.
  
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• Man dies after sea rescue drama

  27-06-2015 22:36
  
  A man has died and two others were taken to hospital following an incident at a south Wales beauty spot.
  
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• Humans: Are the scientists developing robots in danger of replicating the hit Channel 4 drama?

  27-06-2015 22:15
  
  Welcome to the Uncanny Valley. Sounds like a spooky, scary place to live – and  that’s certainly true – but it’s more of a state of mind.
  
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• Time to lay these myths about the Deep South to rest

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  Is this the moment when the mantle of myth wrapped around the old American South is finally stripped away – when magnolia trees, mint juleps and Gone with the Wind give way to the truth of an economy built on slavery, the brutality that kept slavery functioning, and the resistance to integration that persisted for a century after the Confederacy lost the civil war?
  
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• One of the purposes of terrorism is to magnify the terrorist

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  Over the past few years, the effects of shock have become all too familiar. There’s the initial jolt on hearing the news of another terrorist attack, followed by a sensation of dread: how many people have lost their lives this time? The speed with which pictures appear on television and social media means that we barely have time to prepare ourselves; as details begin to emerge, it’s impossible not to feel a mixture of powerful emotions, including anger, fear and a kind of helpless sympathy
  
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• Isis in Kobani: Why we ignore the worst of the massacres

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  Gunmen from Isis disguised as members of the security forces entered the town at dawn on Thursday. They immediately killed at least 18 civilians, including women and children shot at close range whose bodies were later found in the street. “The body of one child bore the impact of five bullets,” says the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. At least 120 people were murdered in their homes or killed by Isis rockets. “[Isis] doesn’t want to take over the town,” a local jou
  
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• Greece crisis: It needs another economic miracle – and it could happen

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  Ask the people – that is a novel idea, isn’t it? And so the Greek people will decide whether to accept the harsh terms imposed on them by Europe, or whether to accept the advice of their government and reject them. If they reject, what then?
  
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• E L James's book Grey is a reminder of how the phenomenon of the best-seller works

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  The journals of the late-Victorian savant Samuel Butler contain an instructive episode in which the diarist travels by train across the English countryside. At one point, looking out of the window, he spots a calf which, temporarily detached from its mother, is making a light breakfast of a pile of dung. At first the spectacle worries Butler. Why should an animal nurtured on bright green grass want to eat something so patently unwholesome as a stack of manure? Then the answer strikes him. No on
  
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• Bill Granger recipes: Our chef recreates his LA story with a sunshine-infused trio of dishes

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  After living in the culinary shadow of San Francisco for so long, Los Angeles finally seems to have come into its own. On a recent family trip there, we were spoilt for places to eat. One of my favourites was Gjusta, a deli-style restaurant in Venice Beach. An offshoot of Gjelina, a foodie hotspot, its casual industrial looks, with milk crates as outdoor seating and white brick interior, made it my kind of place.
  
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• 15 Britons among Tunisia beach dead

  27-06-2015 21:58
  
  At least 15 Britons were among 39 holidaymakers killed in the Tunisian beach massacre, but the toll may well rise.
  
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• Wimbledon 2015: Nick Bollettieri - You can see the doubt in Rafa Nadal's face these days

  27-06-2015 21:40
  
  For years I always used to see the same expression when I looked at Rafa Nadal’s face. It was hard to detect any emotions. He wore a look that simply said to his opponent: “I’ve got you, buddy. You ain’t goin’ nowhere.”
  
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• Knife attack boys still in hospital

  27-06-2015 21:26
  
  Two boys, aged 12 and 13, remain in hospital after a suspected street knife attack which left them both with serious injuries.
  
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• Wimbledon 2015: Eugenie Bouchard at pains to revive a dire season at SW19

  27-06-2015 21:23
  
  Six months ago, sitting in a room beneath the Perth Arena in Western Australia not long after she had beaten Serena Williams  6-2 6-1 in the season-opening Hopman Cup, Eugenie Bouchard was adamant.
  
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• Gay marriage: Patrons of Stonewall Inn noisily celebrate historic Supreme Court decision

  27-06-2015 20:44
  
  There was never going to be enough room for everyone who wanted to get inside the Stonewall Inn. A long line of happy, grinning faces waiting their turn stretched down the pavement on Greenwich Village’s Christopher Street.
  
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• Burt Bacharach, George Ezra soundtrack sunny Glastonbury

  27-06-2015 20:43
  
  By Paul Sandle GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter George Ezra and Burt Bacharach, a pop legend almost four times his age, entertained huge crowds at the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday. Ezra's sun-drenched set included hits "Budapest", which he premiered on a smaller set at the festival two years ago, "Blame It On Me", and a cover of Macy Gray's "I Try". "His voice melts my heart," 24-year-old fan Holly Harvey said after
  
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• Goldman Sachs eyes tilt to EU if UK backs 'Brexit' - paper

  27-06-2015 20:32
  
  Goldman Sachs would shift resources towards locations in continental Europe and away from Britain should the country's voters choose to end the country's membership of the EU, a senior executive told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. "We would not completely leave Britain but we would certainly strengthen our presence in other locations within the EU," Richard Gnodde, co-chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs International and co-head of the Investment Banking Div
  
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• 15 Britons dead in Tunisia massacre

  27-06-2015 20:17
  
  At least 15 Britons were among 39 holidaymakers killed in the Tunisian beach massacre, but the toll may well rise.
  
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• 'Handbag saved' Tunisia Briton's life

  27-06-2015 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British survivor of the Tunisian attack says his wife's life could have been saved when bullets struck her handbag.
  
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• Girl Aged Six Dies After Being Hit By Tractor

  27-06-2015 19:55
  
  A six-year-old girl has died after being hit by a tractor in North Wales.
  
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• Kanye West in Glastonbury arrival

  27-06-2015 19:30
  
  Kanye West has arrived at Glastonbury by helicopter with his wife Kim Kardashian as he prepares for one of the festival's most controversial headline performances to date.
  
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• World's smelliest plant flowers

  27-06-2015 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the world's largest and smelliest flowers blossoms for the first time in Scotland after 12 years.
  
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• Greek bailout extension rejected

  27-06-2015 19:12
  
  Greek pleas for a bailout extension have been rejected by eurozone finance ministers, fuelling fears the nation will crash out of the single currency.
  
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• Tunisia Massacre Survivor 'Expected To Die'

  27-06-2015 19:06
  
  A British woman has told how she "expected to die" after she saw a man produce a gun from a beach parasol and open fire on holidaymakers in Tunisia. Ellie Makin, from Ripon, who had been on the beach with her friend recalled her fear as she and others fled the armed attacker, who killed at least 15 Britons in the terror attack at the coastal resort. She hid in a hotel room for more than an hour, staying away from the windows, as she heard the shooting getting closer.
  
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• In-form Murray ready for Wimbledon

  27-06-2015 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Andy Murray, the 2013 champion, heads into Wimbledon in confident mood after claiming three titles in two months.
  
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• Jeremy's the elephant in the room

  27-06-2015 18:59
  
  There will be an elephant in the room when the last Top Gear show to feature presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond is aired tomorrow - and he's called Jeremy.
  
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• Girl, six, killed in tractor crash

  27-06-2015 18:59
  
  A six-year-old girl has died following a collision with a tractor.
  
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• Lucy Bronze's great goal at the World Cup is why women's sport is worth watching

  27-06-2015 18:57
  
  Wimbledon begins on Monday but it’s only half the event it could be in the minds of some. For a start it has women in it.
  
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• Ministers prepare attack response

  27-06-2015 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scottish ministers take part in a resilience meeting to discuss the ongoing response to the terrorist attack in Tunisia
  
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• VIDEO: Red Arrows mark Armed Forces Day

  27-06-2015 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Armed Forces Day is marked across the UK with the Red Arrows staging a fly-past at the national event in Guildford.
  
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• Girl, 6, killed in tractor collision

  27-06-2015 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police name a six-year-old girl who died following a collision involving a tractor in north west Wales.
  
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• Cyberbullies: Anti-trolling website launched to help victims

  27-06-2015 18:13
  A new anti-trolling website has been launched by the government offering advice for online abuse victims on how to report the offence and where to find help.
  
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• Cyberbullies: Anti-trolling website launched to help to help victims

  27-06-2015 18:13
  
  A new anti-trolling website has been launched by the government offering advice for online abuse victims on how to report the offence and where to find help.
  
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