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• Harrison Ford makes first public appearance since his plane crash at Comic Con Star Wars panel

  12-07-2015 23:58
  
  Legendary actor Harrison Ford has made his first public appearance since a serious plane crash in March - at San Diego's annual Comic-Con.
  
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• Man Arrested Over 'Baby For Sale' Claim

  12-07-2015 23:49
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a person allegedly attempted to sell a baby to a stranger at a Manchester shopping arcade. Detective Inspector Liam Boden said: "We would like to thank members of the public and the media for their assistance in publicising the appeal earlier today.
  
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• Man tries to sell baby in city centre

  12-07-2015 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is arrested after reports a person tried to sell a three-month-old baby in Manchester city centre, police say.
  
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• WSL attendances soar after World Cup

  12-07-2015 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Record crowds turn out to watch Women's Super League sides as England's World Cup medal-winners return to league action.
  
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• Police hunt teenaged girl 'carrying a firearm' in Droitwich

  12-07-2015 23:16
  
  Armed police are hunting a teenage girl spotted carrying what appeared to be a firearm in the centre of a Worcestershire town.
  
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• Man found dead at festival named

  12-07-2015 23:12
  
  A man who was found dead at the T in the Park festival has been named by police.
  
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• Man held over 'baby for sale'

  12-07-2015 23:12
  
  Police have arrested a man on suspicion of child neglect following reports that a person tried to sell a baby in a shopping arcade.
  
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• 'Teenage girl with firearm' alert

  12-07-2015 23:09
  
  Police are investigating reports of a teenage girl carrying a firearm through a town centre.
  
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• Agent Carter, Episode 1, TV review: A new television icon is born as Hayley Atwell channels Lauren Bacall and Jessica Rabbit

  12-07-2015 23:00
  A dazzling red-hatted beacon in a sea of grey-suited New York businessmen, Hayley Atwell's Agent Peggy Carter still manages to remain hidden in plain sight.
  
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• Hamilton misses Wimbledon final

  12-07-2015 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton is turned away from the Wimbledon Royal Box for not being appropriately dressed.
  
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• Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, book review: A rough draft, yes, but more radical and politicised than To Kill a Mockingbird

  12-07-2015 22:31
  It is 20 years after Depression-era Maycomb, in the backwaters of Alabama, held its doomed race trial in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Jem is dead of a heart attack; Dill is away in Italy; Atticus Finch has evolved into a small-town bigot who reads pamphlets on “The Black Plague” and regards “our Negro population as backward”.
  
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• Wrong Gear, Lewis! Too Scruffy For Royal Box

  12-07-2015 22:27
  
  Lewis Hamilton had to miss the Wimbledon men's final after he was refused entry to the Royal Box for falling foul of the dress code. The Formula One champion was due to watch the match between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer from the exclusive Centre Court area, where he would have rubbed shoulders with the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch and Hugh Grant. Hamilton showed his excitement on the way to SW19 by posting a picture of his tickets on his Instagram account.
  
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• People are saying that 'El Chapo' escaped from prison to go after Donald Trump

  12-07-2015 22:04
  
  People are saying that the world’s most notorious drug lord has escaped from prison to go after Donald Trump.
  
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• The Media Column: Accepting the cost of over-75 licences marks a significant shift for BBC

  12-07-2015 21:40
  
  You can help preserve a place for investigative journalism by making a pledge to the BBC today. Just £10 will help us deliver a new series of Panorama.”
  
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• First rule of refugees – don’t be a Muslim if you want help

  12-07-2015 21:38
  
  Nineteenth-century Americans were on safe ground when they inscribed the words of Emma Lazarus on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
  
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• Burt Bacharach on his four marriages: 'I didn't mean to hurt anyone'

  12-07-2015 21:23
  
  At the age of 87, one of the greatest living songwriters, Burt Bacharach has looked back at his eventful love life.
  
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• Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary: British jihadist deserted Isis in Syria and is on the run in Turkey

  12-07-2015 21:22
  
  A prominent British jihadist who was once suspected of being Jihadi John has reportedly deserted Isis and gone on the run in Turkey – after apparently becoming disillusioned with life in Syria.
  
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• Wimbledon 2015: Lewis Hamilton turned away from Royal Box after falling foul of dress code

  12-07-2015 21:15
  
  A week after winning the British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was turned away from the Royal Box at Wimbledon after falling foul of the dress code.
  
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• Greek debt crisis: Alexis Tsipras given ultimatum - push through cuts this week or quit euro

  12-07-2015 21:11
  
  Greece is facing a fateful choice from its eurozone partners: either agree to drastic economic overhauls and budget cuts over the next few days or leave the single currency.
  
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• Winner Djokovic hails married life

  12-07-2015 21:08
  
  Newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic has encouraged his rival players to get married, after his SW19 success coincided with his first wedding anniversary.
  
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• Harriet Harman faces dissent from Labour leadership contenders after backing Tory cuts

  12-07-2015 21:06
  
  Harriet Harman faces a Labour backlash after she argued that it should accept some of the Conservative Government’s welfare cuts, including George Osborne’s decision to pare back child tax credits.
  
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• Comic-Con 2015: Star Wars, UNCLE, Warcraft and Batman vs Superman wow fans at convention

  12-07-2015 20:51
  
  With an epic new trailer for Batman vs Superman, sneak-peek footage from Quentin Tarantino’s forthcoming western The Hateful Eight – not to mention a special treat for Star Wars fans – Comic-Con 2015 was a vintage year for movie lovers.
  
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• Novak Djokovic the upstart keeps grip on Wimbledon title - Financial Times

  12-07-2015 20:41 via ft.com
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  Novak Djokovic the upstart keeps grip on Wimbledon title
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  Roger Federer returned to his old palace, Wimbledon Centre Court, on Sunday to reclaim the throne from the upstart Novak Djokovic. But usurpers can have a nasty habit of keeping a firm grip on the levers of power. And this one never really looked like ...
  Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer in finalBBC Sport
  Wimbledon 2105: Novak Djokovic eats grass after Wimbledon win over Roger ...Sydney Mo
  
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• NHS boss warns billions of pounds are being wasted 'over treating' patients - Mirror.co.uk

  12-07-2015 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  NHS boss warns billions of pounds are being wasted 'over treating' patients
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  Billions of pounds are being wasted 'over treating' hospital patients with as many as one in seven procedures being unnecessary, the country's most senior doctor has said. NHS Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh warned that waste is “profligate” and is ...
  Top doctor says 1 in 7 NHS operations pointlessDaily Star
  NHS England boss says thousands of hospital operations c
  
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• I'm perfectly fine says George

  12-07-2015 20:40
  
  George Michael has said he is "perfectly fine" after describing new allegations about drug taking as ''highly inaccurate''.
  
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• Suicide bombing kills at least 17 civilians near Khost US base in Afghanistan

  12-07-2015 20:28
  
  An Afghan doctor says at least 17 civilians, many of them women and children, have been killed by a suicide car bombing near a US base.
  
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• Novak Djokovic Wins Third Wimbledon Title

  12-07-2015 20:24
  
  Defending champion Novak Djokovic has claimed his third Wimbledon title after beating Roger Federer in four thrilling sets. The world number one shattered Federer's hopes of claiming his record eighth title at the All England Club. Djokovic won 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (10-12), 6-4, 6-3, taking his ninth Grand Slam in a match just short of three hours.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Eurozone summit resumes search for deal - BBC News

  12-07-2015 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Greece debt crisis: Eurozone summit resumes search for deal
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  A eurozone summit has resumed its work after being temporarily suspended to enable leaders to meet Greek PM Alexis Tsipras separately over a bailout deal. Mr Tsipras met the German chancellor, the French president and the EU president, as they work to ...
  Greece's eurozone future uncertain as Germany steps up pressureFinancial Times
  Greece crisis: eurozone ministers resume fractious talksChannel 4 News
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• Murder Arrest After Hospice Fire Deaths

  12-07-2015 20:21
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the deaths of two hospice residents who were caught up in a major fire.
  
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• Greece debt crisis live: The list of reforms that Greece must meet if it wants another bailout from Europe

  12-07-2015 20:18
  
  A list of major suggested reforms that Greece must accept and pass into law by Wednesday has been released by a journalist, during today's meetings by Eurozone officials.
  
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• Australia aims to silence workers who blow whistle on abuse in refugee centres with two years in prison

  12-07-2015 20:18
  
  They are factories of despair: the detention centres where asylum-seekers desperate enough to risk their lives trying to reach Australia in leaky boats find themselves locked up, sometimes for years, by one of the world’s wealthiest nations,
  
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• Neo-Nazis lay siege to asylum-seekers hostel in Freital as race hate rears its ugly head once again in east Germany

  12-07-2015 20:05
  Once a model Social Democrat community where the poor in Germany’s Weimar Republic found help and support, the small town of Freital, just south of Dresden, has become a byword for German racism and intolerance.
  
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• Budget move exposes Labour division

  12-07-2015 20:01
  
  Labour will accept some of the Chancellor's radical welfare cuts, Harriet Harman said in an intervention which has exposed divisions within the party over how to respond to George Osborne's plans.
  
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• Manchester police seek man who 'tried to sell baby in pram' to people in shopping arcade

  12-07-2015 20:00
  
  Police are looking for a man who reportedly tried to sell a baby in a shopping arcade.
  
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• Manchester police arrest man who 'tried to sell baby in pram' to people in shopping arcade

  12-07-2015 20:00
  
  Manchester police have arrested a man who allegedly tried to sell a baby for £1,000 in a city-centre shopping arcade.
  
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• Mexico's number one drug lord escapes high security prison – again - Telegraph.co.uk

  12-07-2015 19:56 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Mexico's number one drug lord escapes high security prison – again
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  His ability to elude capture is the stuff of Mexican legend. And on Sunday, little over a year since he was triumphantly returned to jail after 13 years on the run, the drug lord known as Mexico's Osama bin Laden once again disappeared into the ether ...
  El Chapo escape: notorious drug lord tops list of world's most-wanted – againThe Guardian
  Key Dates in the Life of Drug Lord '
  
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• Iran nuclear talks: comprehensive deal 'to be announced as early as Monday' - The Guardian

  12-07-2015 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
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  Iran nuclear talks: comprehensive deal 'to be announced as early as Monday'
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  Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) takes a break from the negotiations at the Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna. Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images. Julian Borger Vienna. Sunday 12 July 2015 13.47 EDT Last modified on Sunday 12 July ...
  Rohani hints deal with West is imminent: I've kept my election promise to ...Haaretz
  Iran: no announcement of possible n
  
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• Iran nuclear talks: Islamic Republic close to accepting deal to limit nuclear programme

  12-07-2015 19:44
  
  Negotiators at the Iran nuclear talks plan to announce on 13 July that they have reached agreement on a historic deal capping nearly a decade of diplomacy that would curb the country’s atomic program in return for sanctions relief, diplomats have said.
  
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• BBC Trust chair calls for public debate over future funding changes - The Guardian

  12-07-2015 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
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  BBC Trust chair calls for public debate over future funding changes
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  Rona Fairhead said she was disappointed with the way licence fee negotiations were carried out before last week's budget. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian. Jane Martinson · @janemartinson. Sunday 12 July 2015 13.07 EDT Last modified on ...
  The BBC stumbles from crisis to crisis with inept management and stifling ...The Independent
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• Three dead after hospice attack

  12-07-2015 19:38
  
  Two more people have died following an arson attack on a hospice, bringing the death toll to three.
  
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• Majority of Tunisia tourists home

  12-07-2015 19:32
  
  The majority of British holidaymakers are believed to have returned from Tunisia after the Foreign Office changed its travel advice for the country, saying that a terrorist attack is "highly likely".
  
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• British girl to become first child to dive between the two tectonic plates that separate North America and Europe

  12-07-2015 19:25
  A 13-year-old British girl is to make history by becoming the first child to dive between the two tectonic plates that separate the continents of North America and Europe.
  
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• Jockey's 'Miracle' Comeback After Horror Fall

  12-07-2015 19:24
  
  A jockey who was clinically dead following a fall two years ago has made an "incredible" comeback to racing.
  
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• Summit suspended to seek Greek deal

  12-07-2015 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A eurozone summit is put on hold to enable leaders to meet Greek PM Alexis Tsipras separately to agree to a debt rescue package.
  
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• Man City agree £49m Sterling deal

  12-07-2015 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool reach an agreement with Manchester City over the £49m transfer of Raheem Sterling.
  
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• M9 crash deaths prompt urgent review of Police Scotland call handling - The Guardian

  12-07-2015 19:11 via theguardian.com
  
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  M9 crash deaths prompt urgent review of Police Scotland call handling
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  Chief Constable Stephen House's assertion that Police Scotland's error was down to 'individual failure' will come under intense scrutiny. Photograph: Press Association. Libby Brooks. Sunday 12 July 2015 12.44 EDT Last modified on Sunday 12 July 2015 ...
  Urgent review of Scottish police calls after second M9 deathBBC News
  M9 crash: "I know of other cases, if the public knew t
  
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• Raheem Sterling sold by Liverpool to Manchester City for £49m - Telegraph.co.uk

  12-07-2015 19:09 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Raheem Sterling sold by Liverpool to Manchester City for £49m
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  Liverpool have agreed the £49million sale of Raheem Sterling to Manchester City. After a day of negotiation, the clubs have shaken hands on a deal which will see the Merseysiders' receive an initial £44 million, with a further £5 million based on ...
  Raheem Sterling: Man City & Liverpool agree £49m dealBBC Sport
  AP Source: Liverpool reaches deal with Man City for SterlingWashington Post
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• Army head condemns sexual harassment

  12-07-2015 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Army chief General Sir Nick Carter says an "unacceptable" number of female soldiers are being subjected to sexual harassment.
  
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• X Factor cancels Tuesday auditions

  12-07-2015 18:58
  
  X Factor auditions due to take place on Tuesday have been postponed due to "unforeseen circumstances".
  
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• 20,000 watch wacky Soapbox Race

  12-07-2015 18:57
  
  Game Of Thrones, Thomas The Tank Engine and Poldark were among the inspirations for madcap vehicles careering down a hill course for the Red Bull Soapbox Race.
  
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