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• Fatal shooting during rush-hour

  10-07-2015 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man dies and a woman is left in a critical condition in a double shooting in north London during rush-hour.
  
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• US Women's World Cup champions celebrate in New York City

  10-07-2015 23:50
  
  The US Women's World Cup champions celebrated their victory on Friday with a parade in New York City.
  
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• Investigator warns over GSK China ordeal

  10-07-2015 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK investigator reflects on China jail ordeal
  
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• Williams aims for 'Serena Slam'

  10-07-2015 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five-time champion Serena Williams will hold all four Grand Slam titles if she beats Garbine Muguruza in Saturday's Wimbledon final.
  
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• Essex gangster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer was shot multiple times after being 'sprayed with bullets' in his garden

  10-07-2015 23:29
  
  John Palmer, the notorious gangster known as 'Goldfinger' who was shot dead at his Essex home in June was sprayed with bullets, suffering six wounds, The Times has reported.
  
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• Man Killed In Rush Hour Double Shooting

  10-07-2015 23:21
  
  A man has died and a woman is in hospital after a suspected double shooting at the height of London's rush hour. Emergency services were called to Lordship Lane in Wood Green, north London, at around 5.45pm on Friday. Police said the man died at the scene at around 7pm, while the woman was taken to an east London hospital, where she was in a critical but stable condition.
  
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• Missing mum, 15, and baby found safe

  10-07-2015 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old mother and her 12-week-old baby girl are found safe after going missing from their home in Northamptonshire.
  
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• What next for stock markets and investors?

  10-07-2015 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How should UK investors cope with volatile global markets?
  
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• Second snake discovered in lane

  10-07-2015 22:47
  
  An 8ft-long python has been discovered at the side of a road, in the same area where one was found yesterday.
  
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• West Highland Free Press: Brian Wilson was the spirit of the publisher I invested in

  10-07-2015 22:28
  
  There is nothing trivial about the sacking of Brian Wilson as a columnist for the West Highland Free Press.
  
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• 'Radical' change to balance books

  10-07-2015 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Further tax rises and "radical" changes to public services will be needed to balance the books of Wales' biggest council, officials warn.
  
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• The boneyard of the bizarre that rewrites our Celtic past to include hybrid-animal monster myths

  10-07-2015 22:00
  
  Ancient Mediterranean cultures thought nothing of splicing different animals together to form fantastical mythical beasts, such as the half-lion, half-goat chimera or the half-lion, half-eagle griffin.
  
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• Michael Sheen: Tony Blair actor urges David Cameron to ban wild animals in circuses

  10-07-2015 21:56
  
  British actor Michael Sheen has called on Prime Minister David Cameron to “do the right thing” and ban the use of wild animals in circuses, adding even his lion tamer great-grandmother would agree with him if she were alive today.
  
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• Prince Philip Aims F-Bomb At RAF Photographer

  10-07-2015 21:37
  
  The Duke of Edinburgh has been filmed turning the air blue at an RAF photocall marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Prince Philip was waiting to have his picture taken with other members of the royal family and a group of Battle of Britain pilots - famously dubbed the "few" by wartime prime minister Winston Churchill. His colourful language was met with laughter by members of the party, which included veterans Flying Officer Ken Wilkinson, Squadron Leader Tony Pickeri
  
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• Five things you need to know about banking

  10-07-2015 21:33
  
  Are Greece’s banks close to collapse?
  
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• Greek debt crisis: Meet the Goldman Sachs banker who got rich getting Greece into the euro

  10-07-2015 21:29
  
  If you thought the Goldman Sachs banker who did the deal to get Greece into the euro might have been chased out of the City of London, think again.
  
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• Man Killed In Suspected Double Shooting

  10-07-2015 21:26
  
  A man has died and a woman is in hospital after a suspected double shooting at the height of London's rush hour. Paramedics were called to Lordship Lane in Wood Green, north London, at around 5.45pm on Friday. Police said the man died at the scene at around 7pm, while the woman was taken to an east London hospital, where she was in a critical but stable condition.
  
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• Greek debt crisis: Senior Syriza figures refuse to back bailout plan amid growing anger

  10-07-2015 21:26
  
  An astonishing U-turn by Greece’s far-left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who has proposed more austerity, looks set to at least delay his country’s exit from the euro, but has exasperated left-wing supporters and threatens to tear his party apart.
  
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• Greek debt crisis: Country on course to sealing historic rescue deal as Alexis Tsipras shrugs off No vote

  10-07-2015 21:23
  
  Greece seemed to be on course to seal a historic rescue deal with its creditors which will keep the country from crashing out of the single currency.
  
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• Sutton friends break skydive record

  10-07-2015 21:18
  
  Friends and family of campaigner Stephen Sutton have broken a skydiving world record in his memory.
  
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• Greek debt crisis: Goldman Sachs could be sued for helping country hide debts when it joined euro

  10-07-2015 21:15
  
  Goldman Sachs faces the prospect of potential legal action from Greece over the complex financial deals that helped the country enter the euro in 2001.
  
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• Man killed in 'double shooting' in Wood Green, North London

  10-07-2015 21:11
  
  A man has died and a woman has been taken to hospital following an alleged 'double shooting' in Wood Green, North London.
  
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• High-ranking Vatican official Jozef Wesolowski set to stand trial for child abuse

  10-07-2015 21:00
  
  Jozef Wesolowski, the first important Vatican official to be charged with paedophilia, is set to stand trial in a Holy See court tomorrow.
  
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• Man dead, woman hurt in shooting

  10-07-2015 20:55
  
  A man has died and a woman is in hospital following a suspected double shooting.
  
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• Australian Father posed as charming blond to dupe girls into sending him naked images

  10-07-2015 20:53
  
  When a handsome, blond physiotherapy student began “liking” Ellisha Johnston’s Instagram photos and asked to become one of her Facebook friends, the 15-year-old was flattered and charmed.
  
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• Tunisia Britons fly home after alert

  10-07-2015 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first British tourists fly home from Tunisia, as the UK defends its decision to advise all British nationals to leave the country.
  
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• Israel: Ultra-Orthodox minister questions 'Jewishness' of co-religionists and labels Reform Jews 'a disaster to the nation'

  10-07-2015 20:42
  A key figure in Israel’s government has dismayed tens of thousands of fellow citizens and risked offending millions of the country’s supporters worldwide by calling into question whether they are properly Jewish.
  
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• Body found in missing boat search

  10-07-2015 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fisherman's body is recovered by rescue crews searching for a missing boat off Plymouth.
  
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• Ellen Pao, profile: The woman who runs Reddit, and that Silicon Valley loves to hate

  10-07-2015 20:36
  
  At a quick glance, Ellen Pao seems a poster child for the American Dream. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she collected Ivy League degrees from Princeton and Harvard in electronics, law and business. She married a flashy hedge fund manager who became one of the richest African Americans in the land.
  
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• Ellen Pao, profile: The woman who ran Reddit, and that Silicon Valley loves to hate

  10-07-2015 20:36
  
  At a quick glance, Ellen Pao seems a poster child for the American Dream. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she collected Ivy League degrees from Princeton and Harvard in electronics, law and business. She married a flashy hedge fund manager who became one of the richest African Americans in the land.
  
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• Government counter-radicalisation plan: Not even Tony Blair went this far in alienating a community

  10-07-2015 20:23
  
  The Home Office’s Prevent is one of the four elements that make up the UK’s post 9/11 counter-terrorism strategy known as Contest. They are Prepare for attacks, Protect the public, Pursue the attackers and Prevent their radicalisation in the first place.
  
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• Superb Federer ends Murray hopes

  10-07-2015 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seven-time champion Roger Federer beats Andy Murray in straight sets to set up a Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic.
  
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• Government deradicalisation plan will brand Muslims with beards as terrorists, say academics

  10-07-2015 20:19
  
  The Government’s flagship counter-radicalisation strategy leads Muslims who grow beards to be labelled as terrorists and could be used to clamp down on anti-austerity and environmental campaigners, hundreds of academics have claimed in an open letter to The Independent.
  
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• West Highland Free Press: Founder of Scotland's foremost radical newspaper quits over free speech row

  10-07-2015 20:12
  
  The founder of Scotland’s foremost radical newspaper has severed his links with the publication because of a dispute over freedom of expression.
  
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• Fox hunting: Ministers misleading public over proposed changes to hunt ban, say campaigners

  10-07-2015 20:11
  
  The Government’s newly published proposals on relaxing the fox-hunting ban are much more extensive than the Tories have led the public to believe and will provide numerous covers for illegal hunts, animal rights campaigners have said.
  
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• Fox-hunting: Ministers misleading public over proposed changes to ban, say campaigners

  10-07-2015 20:11
  
  The Government’s newly published proposals on relaxing the fox-hunting ban are much more extensive than the Tories have led the public to believe and will provide numerous covers for illegal hunts, animal rights campaigners have said.
  
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• Ashes 2015 day three report: England set record target of 412 as they weather early storm to take control of first Test

  10-07-2015 20:04
  England have created a wonderful opportunity to take the lead in the Ashes series. If that alone is remarkable, it is equally significant that they have reached this happy state by playing with a conviction and flair which have hardly been their constant companions and have often been on long-term leave.
  
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• Disruption over as rail strike ends

  10-07-2015 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rail passengers in south Wales should see services return to normal after a 48-hour First Great Western strike ends.
  
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• The Living Wage sounds good – but tax cuts are better - Telegraph.co.uk

  10-07-2015 20:02 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  Telegraph.co.uk
  The Living Wage sounds good – but tax cuts are better
  Telegraph.co.uk
  If Chancellor Ed Balls had stood up in the Commons on Wednesday to announce a £9 minimum wage, a supertax for banks and a tax-raising Budget, he would likely have been denounced as a Seventies-style socialist. But coming from George Osborne it ...
  UK's minimum wage boost will not bring riches for allDaily Times
  There are limits to our empathy – and George Osborne knows itThe Guardian
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• How to resurrect a football club

  10-07-2015 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "We had to prove we weren't just a bunch of romantics" - key figures from five 'phoenix' clubs tell their stories.
  
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• P2P Isas: a chance to escape from the zombie accounts

  10-07-2015 19:56
  
  Is peer-to-peer lending set to crash into the mainstream with a bang next year?
  
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• Federer ends Murray's title dreams

  10-07-2015 19:44
  
  Andy Murray's hopes of winning a second Wimbledon title will have to wait another year after he crashed out in the semi-finals.
  
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• The Battle of Britain bunker: 75 years on in the RAF control room that foiled Hitler

  10-07-2015 19:42
  
  By the standards of what was to follow, 10 July 1940 was a quiet day in the operations bunker of the RAF's 11 Fighter Group. By dusk, the occupants of the room 60ft beneath suburban London from which Britain's principal line of defence against Nazi invasion was being co-ordinated had overseen the loss of 13 Luftwaffe aircraft at a cost of seven Spitfires and Hurricanes.
  
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• Dylann Roof: Charleston suspect 'illegally' bought weapon as result of failure in background check, says FBI

  10-07-2015 19:42
  Dylann Roof, the man charged with shooting dead nine people at a black church in Charleston, should not have been able to purchase the gun allegedly used in the attack and was only able to do so because of breakdowns in the FBI’s background-check system.
  
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• Andy Murray falls to brilliant Roger Federer who rolls back the years to set up Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic

  10-07-2015 19:41
  Defeat is never easy to take, especially in a semi-final, but Andy Murray should take comfort from the fact that he was beaten here last night by a stunning display from the greatest player in history. For years now we have been wondering whether we have already seen the best of Roger Federer, but his 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Murray was surely as good as almost any performance from his remarkable career.
  
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• Suspected bird flu at Lancashire farm

  10-07-2015 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A suspected case of bird flu is found at a Lancashire farm, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says.
  
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• Murray Out As Federer Sweeps To Wimbledon Final

  10-07-2015 19:39
  
  Andy Murray has failed to reach the Wimbledon final after losing to number two seed Roger Federer in straight sets
  
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• Successful schools could plummet down league tables after old-style GCSEs banned from rankings

  10-07-2015 19:35
  
  Successful schools could plummet down the Government league tables after Education Secretary Nicky Morgan banned old-style GCSEs from the rankings in an unexpected U-turn.
  
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• Viagogo withdraws tickets from sale the day before Ed Sheeran's concert, and the story repeats

  10-07-2015 19:35
  
  Excuse me for thinking out loud, but I’m a little concerned that I have to return to the subject of Viagogo this week. Last week I reported the story of Taylor Swift tickets that were suddenly withdrawn from sale the day before the concert. This week it’s been the turn of Ed Sheeran fans to be hit by the same shoddy ploy.
  
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• VIDEO: Ed Sheeran: Wembley will be epic

  10-07-2015 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ed Sheeran becomes the first artist to headline Wembley, without any backing band, or singers.
  
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