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• Michael Gove urged to suspend use of 'joint enterprise' laws amid claims they are used predominantly against black people

  11-07-2015 23:50
  A group representing the families of more than 600 prisoners jailed under joint enterprise laws – which means a jury can convict by association – will call on the new Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove, to halt the controversial prosecutions.
  
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• World entering era of global food insecurity with malnutrition and obesity side by side within countries, says leading food expert

  11-07-2015 23:37
  The world is entering an era of global food insecurity which is already leading to the “double burden” of both obesity and malnutrition occurring side by side within countries and even within the same families, a leading food expert has warned.
  
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• Rush-hour shooting pair 'not targets'

  11-07-2015 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man shot dead and a woman who was critically injured in a rush-hour shooting in north London were not the intended targets, police say.
  
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• Yvette Cooper: Yes, I'm a working mum, but that's not why I should be leader

  11-07-2015 23:12
  
  Yvette Cooper has described as “bonkers” the suggestion that an MP without children could not be prime minister, after one of her allies sparked a row by saying she was backing the shadow Home Secretary because she was a “working mum [who] understands the pressures on family life”.
  
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• New 'Batman V Superman' trailer released at Comic-Con

  11-07-2015 23:06
  
  A new trailer was released for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on Saturday at San Diego's Comic-Con.
  
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• Northern Ireland authorities refuse to reveal details of paedophile with links to former government adviser on national security grounds

  11-07-2015 23:05
  Authorities in Northern Ireland are refusing to reveal what they know about a notorious convicted paedophile with close links to a former government adviser on the grounds of “national security”, despite official assurances that two major inquiries will uncover the truth about an alleged child sex-abuse ring involving leading members of the establishment.
  
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• Victoria’s Secrets: Queen’s KNICKERS sell for £12k at auction

  11-07-2015 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A PAIR of Queen Victoria’s bloomers have fetched a record-breaking £12,090 at auction.
  
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• Greek debt crisis: In the Athens suburb of Khalkidhiki, rich foreign investors queue up to buy the elegant villas

  11-07-2015 22:38
  From the rugged green coves of Khalkidhiki, to the carefully manicured lawns of Athens’s south suburbs, a quiet, relentless change is under way. The smart houses and elegant villas of Greece’s upper classes are changing hands, not from one generation to the next as their owners intended, but into the hands of foreigner investors.
  
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• Greek debt crisis: The wealthy citizens of Glyfada are worried - and plotting their escape

  11-07-2015 22:32
  
  Crisis? What crisis? A Martian on a fact-finding mission landing in the Athens seaside suburb of Glyfada might wonder what all the fuss was about. Its restaurants and Italian-style cafés are full and the gleaming designer shops appeared to be doing a brisk trade yesterday morning.
  
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• 'More cadets will save city youth’, says David Cameron advisor

  11-07-2015 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PLANS to expand cadet forces to 550 state schools will “save Britain’s inner city youth from gang culture and Islamic radicalism”, says a former adviser to David Cameron.
  
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• Professor Harald zur Hausen: Nobel scientist calls for HPV vaccination for boys

  11-07-2015 22:31
  
  The UK should vaccinate all boys against the cancer-causing human papilloma virus (HPV), the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered the link between HPV and cancer has said.
  
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• HS2: Plans revived to connect London terminus of High Speed Two with Channel Tunnel Rail Link

  11-07-2015 22:26
  
  Plans to build an underground travelator to connect the London terminus of High Speed Two (HS2) with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link have been revived by the team behind the proposed £42.6bn HS2 railway.
  
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• Rebecca Marshall: Meet the world's first apprentice bee farmer

  11-07-2015 22:26
  
  I’m walking gingerly through a bee farm with the sound of a million honey bees buzzing in my ears. It’s so loud that I feel as if I’m in a horror film – and my instinct is to run for it when several insects fly too close to my protective headgear.
  
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• Northern boost to the UK economy

  11-07-2015 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Northern Powerhouse will put the region on the world stage and could add £44billion a year to Britain’s economy.
  
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• 'Ken's Rock': PM Leads Tributes To Gillian Clarke

  11-07-2015 22:19
  
  The Prime Minister has led tributes to Kenneth Clarke's wife Gillian, who has died after a battle against cancer, describing her as the Tory veteran's "rock". Mrs Clarke died on Thursday night after being ill since before the election and several stays in hospital in recent years. Mr Cameron, who brought Mr Clarke back into frontline politics to serve in his Cabinet, said: "Samantha joins me in sending our heartfelt condolences to Ken and his family on hearing this incre
  
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• Stella Creasy: Co-operative Party backs Walthamstow MP for Labour deputy leadership

  11-07-2015 22:17
  
  Stella Creasy’s attempt to secure the Labour deputy leadership has received a boost after she was endorsed by the Co-operative Party.
  
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• Forget French and Mandarin - Arabic is the language to learn, says the British Council

  11-07-2015 22:17
  
  The 10-year-old was looking at the card in front of him which showed an image of a fish. “Samak,” he said decisively.
  
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• Danny Alexander: George Osborne just helped himself to the Lib Dem's best policy ideas

  11-07-2015 22:10
  
  The Treasury deliberately masked the impact of policy changes on Britain’s households by “completely changing” how George Osborne’s budget was officially measured, according to the former chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.
  
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• Hygiene off the menu for pampered peers

  11-07-2015 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THEY are used to the finer things in life. But peers of the realm have been served from kitchens in the House of Lords deemed “in need of improvement” by health inspectors, writes Caroline Wheeler.
  
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• Welcome to a Republican 'rightmare': Donald Trump's presence in the US presidential election race could hand the White House to Hillary Clinton

  11-07-2015 22:00
  In case you hadn’t noticed, he’s back. Vainer, more bombastic and more preposterous than ever, Donald Trump is running for president again. And the Republican Party to which (for now at least) he belongs, is scared out of its wits.
  
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• Sunday trading laws: Awake, puritans of England, this is your moment

  11-07-2015 22:00
  
  On the face of it, nothing could be more absurd, or riper for superannuation, than the Sunday trading laws, those hidebound proscriptions from a vanished age – or so the argument runs – that prevent a shop with more than 3,000 square feet of space from opening its doors for more than six hours on the Sabbath. And nothing, surely, could be more symbolic of the Chancellor’s plans to, as he rather coyly put it, “ensure a truly national recovery”, here in our high-octane consumer-driven,
  
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• Greece is bad, but the eurozone's problems go a good deal further

  11-07-2015 22:00
  
  It is time to start thinking about Europe rather than Greece. At some stage the Greek rescue story will be settled – it may be settled quite soon – and more normal life there will resume. But the outcome, whatever it is, cannot be stable. The main reason is that Greece’s debts are too great to be “sustainable”, which is a polite way of saying that they cannot be repaid. They will continue to overhang not just European politics but also the entire eurozone economy. But those debts canno
  
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• Former journalist claims 'Subway Guy' Jared Fogle said 'middle school girls are hot'

  11-07-2015 21:52
  
  A Florida woman said she helped provide information that sparked the federal child porn investigation into Jared Fogle.
  
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• Marxists behind misery of London's strikes

  11-07-2015 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ENDORSING revolutionary heroes, posing with guns in Soviet regalia and calling for the overthrow of the capitalist regime, their behaviour would not be out of place in a student bedroom.
  
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• I’m selling my hero mother’s medals so her tragic, brave tale will live on...

  11-07-2015 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WARTIME spy Violette Szabo is one of only four women to have been awarded a George Cross.
  
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• Man found dead at T in the Park festival as police probe filmed attack

  11-07-2015 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAN has been found dead at the T in the Park festival.
  
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• Students from abroad face ban on UK work

  11-07-2015 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FOREIGN students from outside the EU will not be allowed to work while studying in Britain under new government rules.
  
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• Greek chaos ‘boosting campaign for UK exit’

  11-07-2015 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Greek crisis has seen support for Britain leaving the European Union soar, according to organisers of the £20million referendum “No” campaign, which is funded by some of the country’s richest entrepreneurs and business leaders.
  
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• Matteo Darmian joins Manchester United: Torino confirm deal completed on same day as fee agreed for Bastian Schweinsteiger

  11-07-2015 20:58
  Manchester United and Torino have confirmed that Italy defender Matteo Darmian has joined United on the same day that the Premier League club agreed a deal to sign Bastian Schweinsteiger from Bayern Munich.
  
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• Tributes as Ken Clarke's wife dies

  11-07-2015 20:54
  
  David Cameron has led tributes to veteran Tory MP Kenneth Clarke's wife Gillian following her death.
  
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• Second Murray Wimbledon heartbreak

  11-07-2015 20:31
  
  The Murrays were left heartbroken yet again on Wimbledon's Centre Court as older brother Jamie lost in the men's doubles final.
  
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• Ed Sheeran: Ticket-holders denied chance to attend gig after company error

  11-07-2015 20:29
  
  Ed Sheeran’s highly-anticipated trio of gigs at Wembley Stadium this weekend have been sold out for months, but some fans have been left reeling after being informed they would not be seeing the Photograph singer live due to a ticketing issue – on the day of the concert.
  
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• Tributes to West Wing actor Rees

  11-07-2015 20:10
  
  The West Wing and Cheers actor Roger Rees had died at the age of 71, his representative confirmed.
  
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• Greek debt crisis: Eurozone ministers 'push Greece to offer more' - live updates

  11-07-2015 19:28
  
  Finance ministers are discussing latest Greek proposals after Alexis Tsipras receives backing from his MPs Latest: Greece told to offer moreGerman paper suggests ‘temporary Grexit’
  Photos: Inside the eurogroup meeting
  Optimism in Athens....Creditors see progress, but trust is a problem
  Could Tsipras reshuffle cabinet next week?6.28pm BST Greece’s former finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, may feel vindicated by the news of a German government paper proposing a temporary Grexit.He’s writt
  
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• Wimbledon 2015 men's doubles final: Jamie Murray/John Peers v Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau – live! | Les Roopanarine

  11-07-2015 19:24
  
  Live game-by-game updates from Centre Court as the action unfoldsBritain’s Murray attempts to add men’s doubles to mixed title he won in 2007Murray and Australia’s Peers face experienced fourth seeds Tecau and RojerEmail [email protected] or tweet @LesRoopanarine 6.18pm BST Murray and Peers receive a sympathetic round of applause from the Centre Court crowd. They look disappointed but not crestfallen; Andy Murray, on the other hand, looks bitterly depressed. By way of contras
  
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• Fabian Delph rules out Manchester City move as he commits to Aston Villa

  11-07-2015 19:22
  
  • Aston Villa captain’s statement is timely boost for Tim Sherwood
  • Delph: ‘I want to set the record straight, I am not moving’Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph has ruled out a move to Manchester City and insisted he will stay with Tim Sherwood’s side.Delph did not fly out with the rest of the Villa squad for their training camp in Portugal on Thursday amid strong speculation that he was poised for an £8m move to the Etihad Stadium. On Saturday Delph released a statement via
  
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• Kosovo cuts Pristina water supply over alleged Isis plot to poison reservoir

  11-07-2015 19:13
  
  Authorities shut off supplies to tens of thousands of people and test supplies for suspicious substances after five people allegedly linked to Islamic State arrestedKosovo authorities say they have cut off the water supply to tens of thousands of people in the capital after police arrested five suspects linked to Islamic State who were allegedly planning to poison a reservoir.Pristina’s water authority said the water supply was shut off early on Saturday “because of security issues”, and t
  
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• Chad suicide bomber kills 15 people in market and injures 80

  11-07-2015 19:11
  
  Man dressed in burka blows himself up in N’Djamena, the capital of the central African country, in an attack blamed on Nigerian Islamist group Boko HaramA man dressed in a burqa has blown himself up in the main market of Chad’s capital N’Djamena, killing 15 people and injuring 80. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but Chad has blamed Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group based in neighbouring Nigeria, for a series of bombings and shootings in recent weeks. Chad has been at the
  
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• Canada shipwreck claims another victim 170 years later: a muck-raking journalist

  11-07-2015 19:08
  
  Pulitzer prize winner Paul Watson says Toronto Star editors refused to allow him to dig into ‘distorted and inaccurate accounts’ of Canada’s search for HMS ErebusWhen Canada unveiled the discovery of a 19th-century British explorer’s ship in the Arctic last year, it was seen as a national triumph. The successful search for HMS Erebus was a scientific and historic coup - and a political one as well, playing into the Conservative government’s focus on securing Arctic sovereignty.Related:
  
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• Security stepped up as man found dead at T in the Park festival

  11-07-2015 19:01
  
  Body of 36-year-old found at Perthshire campsite, with police also made aware of video showing alleged assault on the premisesA man has been found dead at the T in the Park festival.Police Scotland said the body of the 36-year-old was found on a campsite at the Strathallan Castle site in Perthshire on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading...
  
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• Reddit CEO Ellen Pao's exit has users asking: who was responsible?

  11-07-2015 18:56
  
  Reaction ranged from celebration to dismay as some wonder whether company used Pao as a scapegoat, a theory rejected by a board member Related: Reddit's Ellen Pao is latest female CEO blamed for inherited woes, experts say While vitriol against the Reddit chief executive Ellen Pao dominated the site in the weeks leading up to her resignation on Friday, in the hours after her departure discussions centered on whether this was the company’s plan and how responsible users were for her ousting.Con
  
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• Man Found Dead At T In The Park Music Festival

  11-07-2015 18:50
  
  The 36-year-old's body was discovered on a campsite during the second day of the event at Strathallan Castle estate in Perthshire. Superintendent Colin Brown said: "The vast majority of people have enjoyed themselves and taken our advice and behaved responsibly.
  
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• Burundi presidential election postponed as violence escalates

  11-07-2015 18:48
  
  Voting delayed until 21 July in response to call from neighbouring states seeking time for Uganda’s president to mediate between opposing groupsBurundi’s presidential election has been postponed until 21 July, a presidential spokesman said on Saturday. The announcement came after African leaders urged a delay to try to stem escalating violence in a nation that emerged from civil war only a decade ago. Continue reading...
  
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• Ashes 2015: England v Australia – first Test, day four – as it happened

  11-07-2015 18:41
  
  Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali took three wickets each as England sealed the first Test and a 1-0 series lead as Australia collapsed from 97-2 to 122-6 in the crucial afternoon session in Cardiff5.41pm BST That’s about it from a triumphant Cardiff, as England take a 1-0 series lead. Having dished out sufficient praise to Joe Root, I’ll close by pointing out that, for a patchwork team of old-timers and young bucks, this Ashes side has gelled at remarkable speed – this was a team victory in ever
  
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• 91-year-old injured after being dragged from vehicle in carjacking

  11-07-2015 18:35
  
  Man treated by paramedics after suffering cut to an arm, after three men involved in stealing Renault Clio in Country DurhamA 91-year-old man has been left injured after being dragged from his car as he parked outside his home.The man was pulled from his blue Renault Clio in the driveway of his house in County Durham, by one man before two others jumped in and drove off. Continue reading...
  
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• Man found guilty of assaulting security guard at Warwick University tuition fees protest

  11-07-2015 18:32
  
  A man has been found guilty of attacking a security guard during a student protest at the University of Warwick that was shut down by police last year.
  
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• 36-year-old found dead at festival

  11-07-2015 18:31
  
  A man has been found dead at the T in the Park festival.
  
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• England win Ashes opener as Stuart Broad breaks Australia’s top order

  11-07-2015 18:31
  
  • First Test: England 430 & 289; Australia 308 & 242
  • England win by 169 runs and lead five-match series 1-0As expected (by practically nobody in this country and probably no one down under) England beat Australia by 169 runs inside of four days in the first Test match at Cardiff.On a bright, blustery day in front of an adoring packed house England were sensational. Stuart Broad, galloping towards the river Taff, set the tone by dismissing three of the top four in an Australian line
  
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• Pants? Queen Victoria's underwear sold for £12,000 at auction

  11-07-2015 18:30
  
  A pair of royal cotton knickers with a 45in (114cm) waist is sold for a record price to a private English collector, along with set of replica crown jewelsA pair of Queen Victoria’s cotton knickers with a 45in (114cm) waistband have fetched £12,090 at auction.They were sold alongside nightdresses, stockings and hats worn by Victoria and her third child, Princess Alice. Continue reading...
  
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• Ashes 2015: England secure 1-0 series lead with 169-run victory over Australia as Joe Root and Moeen Ali lead brave new side

  11-07-2015 18:26
  Alastair Cook's new England surged to a 169-run victory in the first Ashes Test in Cardiff.
  
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