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• Advert for Women's FA Cup is everything that sexist England tweet should have been

  06-07-2015 23:37
  
  After the official England football team’s Twitter page gave a shining example of how not to speak about female footballers, a heartwarming video is inspiring young girls to pursue their love of the game in all the right ways.
  
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• Cleveland police officer under investigation after promoting 'racist and anti-Muslim' messages on Twitter

  06-07-2015 23:36
  
  A Cleveland police officer is under investigation after allegedly retweeting racist and anti-Muslim images online.
  
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• Man who found a 'Picasso' in his attic admits it was all a hoax

  06-07-2015 23:30
  A man who claimed to have found a Picasso painting in his attic has admitted that his story was a hoax, part of a piece of "performance art" designed to raise awareness of Scotland's "struggling artists".
  
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• Taser death officers 'restricted'

  06-07-2015 22:55
  
  Police officers have been put on restricted duties after an inquest jury ruled they were "more concerned with their own welfare" than a man who died after being Tasered by an officer.
  
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• South Carolina Senate close to approving removal of Confederate flag from State House

  06-07-2015 22:51
  
  The South Carolina Senate could soon approve removing the Confederate flag from the grounds of the State House.
  
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• Women 'deserve show court matches'

  06-07-2015 22:46
  
  Caroline Wozniacki sparked a sexism row at Wimbledon after complaining that women get less chances to feature on show courts.
  
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• Grieving Cowell To Return To X Factor Auditions

  06-07-2015 22:41
  
  Auditions for the X Factor will start on Wednesday after the first two days were cancelled due to the death of judge Simon Cowell's mother. Julie Cowell died on Sunday at the age of 89. Auditions for the talent show were due to begin in Manchester on Monday and continue on Tuesday but were called off, a spokesman for Syco Entertainment confirmed.
  
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• X Factor auditions back on

  06-07-2015 22:34
  
  X Factor auditions will begin on Wednesday after a two-day break following the death of show supremo Simon Cowell's mother.
  
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• Man arrested over pile-up deaths

  06-07-2015 22:28
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing the deaths of two women in a multi-vehicle crash.
  
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• Florida man sentenced to two-and-a-half years for having sex on the beach in front of a child

  06-07-2015 22:26
  
  A Florida man convicted of having sex on a public beach has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, according to a state prosecutor.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande issue Athens with 24-hour ultimatum to avoid crashing out of the euro

  06-07-2015 22:22
  The eurozone’s two most powerful politicians have brushed aside the resounding No vote in the Greek referendum and told Athens that it has one last chance on Tuesday to offer a new plan to get its economy in order – and avoid crashing out of the single currency.
  
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• Hilary Swank: Million Dollar Baby star says she turns down roles to care for elderly father

  06-07-2015 22:07
  
  Hilary Swank has been turning down Hollywood roles so she can look after her elderly father, the double-Oscar winning actress has revealed.
  
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• Millions Overpaying For Energy, Watchdog To Warn

  06-07-2015 21:52
  
  Millions of energy customers could save around £160 annually by switching suppliers, the competition watchdog will say on Tuesday in a report which will criticise the biggest gas and electricity providers, their regulator and the Government. Sky News understands that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will accuse the big six energy groups – British Gas, EDF Energy, Eon, Npower, Scottish Power and SSE – of overcharging customers on average by approximately 5% because they exploit ge
  
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• Monet's water lilies: How the iconic paintings almost never made it to the canvas

  06-07-2015 21:41
  
  Monet’s paintings of water lilies hang in some of the world’s most prestigious institutions and are among the most expensive artworks in the world.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Deep dives in search of money for policing

  06-07-2015 21:31
  
  Policing minister Mike Penning is a normally genial figure, even if, despite his background as both a regular soldier and a fireman, he sometimes sounds a bit like a plod himself. You half expect him to break into police courts-speak like, “After the defendant became verbally unco-operative and disorderly, I physically placed him prone on the ground in accordance with use-of-force policy.”
  
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• Jordan Begley: Police Taser shooting contributed to factory worker's death, inquest finds

  06-07-2015 21:28
  
  A police officer’s use of a Taser partly contributed to the death of a factory worker who was being restrained, an inquest has concluded in a damning landmark case.
  
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• Door to Greece deal 'still open'

  06-07-2015 21:21
  
  The door to a deal on its debt crisis remains open if the Greek government comes up with "serious, credible" proposals at an emergency eurozone summit tomorrow, the German and French leaders said.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: How Europe reacted after the Greeks voted 'No'

  06-07-2015 21:17
  
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• At least 12 killed after Iraqi jet accidentally bombs Baghdad

  06-07-2015 21:15
  
  An Iraqi warplane has accidentally dropped a bomb on Baghdad, after a mechanical fault caused the weapon to fall from a plane over a residential area of the city.
  
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• Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick have split up, say reports

  06-07-2015 21:04
  
  Is there an unwritten rule – kept secret from the poor unwitting masses –that at least one member of the Kardashian clan be constantly in the news? It certainly feels that way.
  
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• Big gap in ageing speeds revealed

  06-07-2015 21:00
  
  A detailed study of biological ageing has revealed that some individuals grow older three times faster than their birthdays suggest.
  
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• Starbucks raising prices again, one year after another price hike

  06-07-2015 20:58
  
  While some coffee sellers are cutting prices, Starbucks will raise prices at its stores across the US, about a year after the Seattle-based chain had another price hike.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Yanis Varoufakis rides out with a final blast of invective

  06-07-2015 20:49
  
  Just five months after taking office as Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis unleashed a last baroque blast of invective at his haters as he resigned. “‘I wear the creditors’ loathing with pride,” he wrote in a blog, before saying his goodbyes to staff and riding out of the ministry on his Yamaha motorcycle with his glamorous wife.
  
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• Murray stands tall on Centre Court

  06-07-2015 20:45
  
  Andy Murray overcame a giant obstacle to keep his dream of a second Wimbledon title alive as he battled into the quarter-finals.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: 3 possible scenarios for the nation's future

  06-07-2015 20:36
  
  Scenario 1: Greeks capitulate
  
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• Iran nuclear talks: Tehran tells UN - lift ballistic missile embargo or there will be no deal

  06-07-2015 20:35
  
  As the clock ticked down towards the deadline for a momentous deal to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme, with scant sign of breakthrough, Tehran has thrown another last-minute complication into the mix. It has demanded a parallel agreement to lift the United Nations’ arms embargo and its sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile development.
  
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• Monster movie pioneer Eiji Tsuburaya honoured in interactive Google Doodle

  06-07-2015 20:31
  
  Google have released Wednesday's Google Doodle, an interactive game on their homepage that honours the 114th birthday of late special effects pioneer and Godzilla co-creator, Eiji Tsuburaya.
  
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• Danczuk: Child Abuse Work Caused My Depression

  06-07-2015 20:26
  
  Simon Danczuk has revealed how campaigning against child abuse has left him depressed, suicidal and seeking help from a psychiatrist. The Labour MP for Rochdale told Sky News his long-running battle to expose abusers has put unbearable pressure on his marriage and that he had been "drinking to mask some of the pain". Asked if he was close to recovery Mr Danczuk replied "not at all" and said it would take "many, many months of treatment".
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Trouble is, if you help the Greeks, everyone will want the same favours

  06-07-2015 20:25
  
  When Jean-Claude Juncker put out a tersely worded statement after the Greek people ignored his plea to vote in favour of further austerity measures, he stressed that he would now consult “the democratically elected leaders” of the other 18 eurozone members.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: The EU risks emboldening Spaniards, or betraying the ideal of democracy

  06-07-2015 20:25
  
  When Jean-Claude Juncker put out a tersely worded statement after the Greek people ignored his plea to vote in favour of further austerity measures, he stressed that he would now consult “the democratically elected leaders” of the other 18 eurozone members.
  
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• How to survive electrical storms: What are the chances of being hit by lightning?

  06-07-2015 20:16
  
  It's a momentary flash that can leave a lasting impression. In the case of two men in the Brecon Beacons last weekend, tragically, it brought death. Lightning is an electric charge that travels through the air about 270,000 miles per hour, or 75 miles a second, and typically lasts for one 10,000th of a second. During its brief existence it burns at 30,000°C, or six times hotter than the Sun.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: EU 'family' needs to forgive rather than punish an impoverished state

  06-07-2015 20:14
  
  To understand the future, you must examine the past. In the case of Greece, four years ago will do – when malaria broke out in the Peloponnese. No one had seen a malaria outbreak for 40 years. Every doctor  thought it was a common virus. But then it was discovered that – due to economic pressures – the Greek authorities had not sprayed the mosquito fields as early as they usually did. The story, alas, gets worse.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Britain appeals to both sides to take their 'one last chance' to resolve situation

  06-07-2015 20:14
  
  Britain has appealed to Greece and its eurozone partners to take their “one last chance” to solve the Greek debt crisis before it spirals out of control.
  
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• Singing accents: From Herman's Hermits and David Bowie to Alesha Dixon

  06-07-2015 20:09
  
  As Welwyn Garden City's very own Alesha Dixon reached the climax of her rendition of the British national anthem at Silverstone, social media once again began to reverberate with apoplectic rage. As veins bulged alarmingly in foreheads, people made some valiant attempts to sum up their fury in fewer than 140 characters. "Alesha Dixon just ruining the national anthem by sounding American awful," tweeted some chap called Andrew.
  
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• 7/7 London bombings: Emotional reunion for survivor and policeman who saved her

  06-07-2015 20:07
  
  A survivor of London's 7/7 bombings had an emotional reunion with the police officer who saved her life when she unexpectedly came across him at King's Cross station in London. Gill Hicks had to have both her legs amputated after she suffered horrific injuries in the attack on a Piccadilly line train between King's Cross and Russell Square Tube stations and was pulled from the wreckage by PC Andy Maxwell. When he heard Hicks was going to be at King's Cross taking part in a pe
  
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• How to find gold: The Californian badlands, digging out crevasses and sifting sludge

  06-07-2015 20:05
  
  I was looking into the eyes of a rattlesnake on the eastern bank of one of the United States' most remote rivers as the happy thought occurred to me that this was the least afraid of bears I had been all day.
  
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• BBC warns its services will suffer after agreeing to foot £650m bill for free TV licences

  06-07-2015 20:02
  
  The BBC has warned that its services will suffer after agreeing to accept the £650m annual cost of providing free television licences for the over-75s in return for an increased licence fee in line with inflation.
  
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• Activity 'cuts heart failure risks'

  06-07-2015 20:00
  
  Being active, not smoking, keeping slim and drinking only moderate amounts of alcohol can halve the risk of heart failure in people over the age of 65, a study has found.
  
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• Gaza, a year on from Operation Protective Edge: The traumatised kibbutz on Israel's front line, still recovering from last summer's war with Hamas

  06-07-2015 19:53
  Just before a ceasefire ended the Gaza war last summer, Gadi Yarkoni lay severely wounded in the border kibbutz of Nirim after a Hamas mortar strike. A red alert blared its warning of more incoming fire, meaning he could not be rescued until the alert was over.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: A landmark EU ruling to end selfies? If only...

  06-07-2015 19:51
  
  One EU scare story currently doing the rounds is that millions of Britons may face prosecution, or even go to prison, for taking selfies in front of famous landmarks.
  
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• Isis propaganda video shows two Syrian activists being executed

  06-07-2015 19:41
  
  Isis have released a brutal propaganda video in which an interrogator appears to execute a pair of activists who bravely worked against the extremist group in Syria.
  
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• BBC Store: Sherlock and Doctor Who downloads to be sold by new iTunes-style service

  06-07-2015 19:41
  
  The BBC will sell downloads of hit shows including Sherlock and Doctor Who directly for the first time through a new commercial web service set to launch this Autumn.
  
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• Australia may finally recognise Aborigines in its constitution - but not until 2017

  06-07-2015 19:35
  
  More than a century after Australia became an independent nation, Aboriginal people are to be recognised in the constitution – but not until 2017, at the earliest, and only if a majority of people in a majority of states approve.
  
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• Five teenagers arrested on suspicion of murdering 16-year-old boy in Jersey

  06-07-2015 19:34
  
  Five teenagers, including three pupils at a fee-paying boys’ school, continue to be questioned on suspicion of murder after a 16-year-old boy was found dying on a country lane in Jersey.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Euclid Tsakalotos - the new finance minister with one of the most challenging jobs in the EU

  06-07-2015 19:27
  He’s an Old Etonian and an Oxford-educated economist with an unmistakeable British accent and a mild-mannered demeanour. Euclid Tsakalotos, the 55-year-old economist put in charge of Greece’s finance ministry, is about as far from Yanis Varoufakis, his flamboyant and assertive predecessor, as it is possible to be.
  
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• Boyd Packer: President of the Mormon church's governing body who attracted criticism for his stance on homosexuality

  06-07-2015 19:21
  Boyd Packer was president of the Mormon religion's highest governing body, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. A staunch advocate for a conservative form of Mormonism and an outspoken critic of homosexuality, Packer was next in line to become president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  
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• Harry Dowd: Fearless goalkeeper who succeeded Bert Trautmann at Manchester City and won the 1969 FA Cup with them

  06-07-2015 19:18
  Harry Dowd was a fearless, daring and exceptionally agile goalkeeper who won silverware, including the FA Cup, with Manchester City in the 1960s, and there was no warmer, happier, more popular figure around the club. Yet the affable local boy was also one of the game's more idiosyncratic characters.
  
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• Bastrop: The Texas town where many fear a large military training exercise will be used by President Obama to take their guns and impose martial law

  06-07-2015 19:17
  The office of Bastrop County Republican Party is in an old lumber mill on Main Street, with peeling brown paint and a sign out front that captures the party’s feelings about the Obama administration: “WISE UP AMERICA!”
  
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• Murray slays centre court giant

  06-07-2015 19:10
  
  Andy Murray overcame a giant obstacle to keep his dream of a second Wimbledon title alive as he fought his way into the quarter-finals.
  
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• Stoke in player abuse court case

  06-07-2015 19:06
  
  Premier League club Stoke City are embroiled in a landmark civil case with an ex-apprentice footballer who alleges he was subjected to physical abuse at the hands of a former player in the 1980s.
  
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