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• SNP To Oppose Hunting Change In England

  13-07-2015 23:52
  
  The Prime Minister's plan to relax rules on fox hunting in England and Wales has fallen into disarray after it emerged that the Scottish National Party will vote against the proposals. Calculations suggested the measure - which does not affect Scotland - could get through on Wednesday if the SNP abstained. But at a meeting of the SNP's Westminster MPs, attended by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the party decided to vote against the proposals.
  
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• Lauryn Hill cancels London performance because she has been 'banned' from the UK

  13-07-2015 23:31
  
  Singer Lauryn Hill has cancelled a London gig because she claims she has been banned from the UK due to past legal troubles in America.
  
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• Drug hope for heart attack victims

  13-07-2015 23:21
  
  A drug commonly used after transplant surgery could hold the key to limiting the damage suffered following a heart attack, new research has claimed.
  
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• No UK cash for bailout, EU told

  13-07-2015 23:01
  
  George Osborne is seeking to block any move by the European Union to put hundreds of millions of pounds of UK taxpayers' money on the line as part of the latest effort to rescue the Greek economy from collapse.
  
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• Juror faints after hearing 'shocking and distressing' evidence in Majella Lynch murder trial

  13-07-2015 23:00
  
  A murder trial has been paused after a juror fainted due to the distressing nature of the alleged crime.
  
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• Artist Arrested For Charging Phone On Train

  13-07-2015 22:32
  
  Robin Lee told Sky News the episode was "ridiculous" and accused some officers of being "completely over the top". Mr Lee said he used the power socket for about five minutes as he made his way from Hackney Wick to Camden Road on the London Overground. He said the pair stood over him until he got off at Camden Road and then one of them called four police officers over who were on the platform and claimed he had "stolen electricity".
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Greek government faced with massive austerity package amid popular backlash at Germany's €50bn 'coup'

  13-07-2015 22:24
  Greece’s leaders face the challenge of pushing a massive austerity package through their parliament, agreed after 17 hours of negotiations in Brussels, amid angry talk of a German “coup” and the first signs of a popular backlash on the streets of Athens.
  
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• Things to know about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

  13-07-2015 22:13
  
  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will announce his bid for the 2016 presidential campaign on Monday.
  
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• Hyde Park mansion set to become Britain's most expensive home after £280m bid

  13-07-2015 22:13
  
  A Hyde Park mansion that has been empty for almost three years – proving too expensive for even the richest oligarchs – may finally be sold.
  
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• Labour MPs set to defy Harriet Harman by voting against Tory welfare reforms

  13-07-2015 22:08
  
  Dozens of Labour MPs are preparing to defy their acting leader Harriet Harman next week and vote against Conservative welfare reforms.
  
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• Northern Irish police pelted by bottles at Protestant parade

  13-07-2015 21:39
  BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Irish police were pelted by bottles, beer cans and other missiles after Protestant loyalists reacted angrily when a cordon was erected to stop an annual Orange Order parade from passing a Catholic estate.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: The making of deal in which 'there are no winners or losers'

  13-07-2015 21:29
  
  If anyone deserved the credit for apparently pulling Greece and the European Union back from the brink it was Donald Tusk, the former Polish Prime Minister.
  
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• Greece debt crisis analysis: Everything you need to know about the Greek austerity deal

  13-07-2015 21:21
  
  The bailout
  
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• Harman warns Labour over welfare

  13-07-2015 21:18
  
  Harriet Harman has warned Labour it cannot afford to "campaign against the public" amid deep divisions over her decision not to oppose moves to limit support through tax credits and universal credits to two children.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Greeks brace for unrest as Alexis Tsipras prepares to push through cuts

  13-07-2015 21:05
  
  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras returned to Athens with the makings of a bailout deal but a mountain to climb in forcing a raft of spending cuts through parliament in just 48 hours as a political rebellion took off in his own party and anger swelled among a population already sick of austerity.
  
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• Self-control linked to early ageing

  13-07-2015 21:00
  
  Discipline, self control and the dogged pursuance of personal goals can enable someone born on the wrong side of the tracks to shake off the shackles of poverty and deprivation.
  
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• Cave fish clues for human obesity

  13-07-2015 21:00
  
  A fat binge-eating fish is genetically wired for big appetites in the same way as obese humans, research has shown.
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Angela Merkel behind bailout but faces tough resistance

  13-07-2015 21:00
  
  Despite scepticism within her own party, Chancellor Angela Merkel joined other eurozone leaders in giving her wholehearted backing to last-minute breakthrough deal with Greece and declared she supported the outcome with “complete conviction”.
  
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• Isis in Iraq: Thousands of Shia militiamen to join decisive battle to take back Fallujah - but lack of experience risks heavy casualties

  13-07-2015 20:50
  Tens of thousands of Shia militiamen are poised to join the battle for Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, in a bid to recapture it from Isis fighters who seized the city 18 months ago. The battle is likely to be one of the decisive military engagements of the Iraq war as Fallujah has been at the centre of the Sunni revolt in Iraq since the US invaded the country in 2003.
  
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• SNP to vote against weakening of fox-hunting ban

  13-07-2015 20:42
  
  The Scottish National Party (SNP) has announced that it will vote against the Government's attempt to relax the ban on fox hunting in England and Wales, despite pressure from Downing Street to abstain in the crucial vote
  
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• Fox hunting ban: SNP says it will defeat Conservative plan to relax ban

  13-07-2015 20:42
  
  David Cameron’s plans to relax the fox-hunting ban in England and Wales look likely to be defeated after the Scottish National Party decided that its MPs would vote against the moves in the House of Commons.
  
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• David Cameron urges SNP to abstain from vote to weaken fox-hunting ban

  13-07-2015 20:42
  
  The Scottish National Party (SNP) was under pressure from Downing Street to abstain from a crucial vote to weaken the hunting ban in England and Wales to avoid an embarrassing potential Government defeat.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: George Galloway seeks Facebook friends for mayoral bid

  13-07-2015 20:28
  
  George Galloway has used Facebook to solicit donations for his campaign to become Mayor of London, asking well-wishers to send any amount from £1 to £499. Some people are asking why he needs to ask ordinary punters for money, when he is comfortably off. In the Register of Members’ Interests earlier this year, he declared outside earnings of £293,450 during 2014, on top of his MP’s salary of £67,060. But if Zac Goldsmith is the Conservative candidate for London Mayor he, too, will presuma
  
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• Donald Macintyre's sketch: The show with no stars finds its perfect TV slot

  13-07-2015 20:27
  
  Welcome to a showbiz first. The contest no one’s interested in, on a programme nobody watches!
  
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• Iran nuclear talks: Deal with world powers edges closer, but Israel attacks negotiations

  13-07-2015 20:25
  
  It has been more than a decade in the making, but world powers and Iran were within touching distance of an accord over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions on Monday night.
  
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• Undercover video from Fallujah shows people 'crucified' in the street by Isis for eating during Ramadan

  13-07-2015 20:25
  
  A video, apparently filmed undercover in the Isis-controlled Iraqi city of Fallujah, shows people accused of eating in daylight hours during Ramadan 'crucified' in the street.
  
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• Ministers 'hid rail plan delays'

  13-07-2015 20:24
  
  Ministers are facing accusations they "cynically" hid delays to major rail improvement programmes from voters during the general election campaign.
  
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• ‘Inspirational’ first English woman to become an Anglican priest dies aged 92

  13-07-2015 20:20
  
  The first English woman to be made a priest in the Anglican Communion – 23 years before the Church of England ordained its first female clergy – has died aged 92.
  
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• Video shows that Israelis shot Palestinian boy Mohammed Ali-Kosba in the back

  13-07-2015 20:13
  
  A video released by Israel’s leading human rights group, B’Tselem, appears to corroborate eyewitness accounts that a Palestinian youth who was shot dead by a senior Israeli officer 10 days ago was fleeing at the time and not, as the army maintains, posing a danger to soldiers.
  
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• Britain May Face £1bn Bill For Greek Rescue

  13-07-2015 20:04
  
  According to sources in Brussels, the European institutions are considering activating the European Financial Stability Mechanism (EFSM). Although the country secured agreement to begin talks on a new bailout early on Monday morning, it still needs cash to pay its bills in the coming months, including a €3.5bn payment to the European Central Bank on 20 July. European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, said there was a working group studying the options for where
  
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• Charles Dickens revealed as author of essay defending 'sensational' newspaper reporting

  13-07-2015 19:51
  
  Charles Dickens is today revealed as the co-author of a diatribe defending “sensational” newspaper reporting on the plight of the poor following the unveiling of a lost ledger cataloguing his work and that of other giants of Victorian literature.
  
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• UK spent £3m sending three helicopters to help Nepal earthquake recovery - but none were used

  13-07-2015 19:36
  
  UK taxpayers footed a £3m bill for three helicopters that David Cameron sent to help Nepal recover from the devastating earthquake that killed more than 9,000 people - but none of them were used, according to reports in the Financial Times.
  
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• UK spent £3m sending three helicopters to help Nepal earthquake recovery - but none was used

  13-07-2015 19:36
  
  UK taxpayers footed a £3m bill for three helicopters that David Cameron sent to help Nepal recover from the devastating earthquake that killed more than 9,000 people - but none of them were used, according to reports in the Financial Times.
  
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• Russia in bank account protest

  13-07-2015 19:31
  
  Russia has protested over the closure of the London bank account of the country's main state-run news agency.
  
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• PM 'would consider sick pay change'

  13-07-2015 19:26
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron is ready to consider changes to allow workers to save towards their own sick pay and unemployment benefits, Downing Street has indicated.
  
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• 50 Cent seeks bankruptcy protection

  13-07-2015 19:25
  
  Rapper 50 Cent, real name Curtis James Jackson III, has reportedly filed for federal bankruptcy protection.
  
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• Ancient underwater volcanic range may explain why Australia and New Zealand separated

  13-07-2015 19:22
  
  A chance discovery by an Australian scientific vessel searching for lobster larvae has uncovered a range of underwater volcanoes that have remained inactive, and unknown, for an estimated  50 million years.
  
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• Husband plans second wedding for wife who lost memory in accident 19 days after they married

  13-07-2015 19:11
  
  Jeremy Stamper remembers his wedding day as the best day in his life.
  
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• Stress of achieving academic goals may make you age quicker, research finds

  13-07-2015 19:00
  
  Young people from low income families can pay a price for succeeding academically - with their health, according to new research.
  
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• Juror Faints At 'Shocking' Murder Trial Evidence

  13-07-2015 18:58
  
  A murder trial has been halted after a juror fainted upon hearing how a woman died of injuries caused by a shampoo bottle found in her abdomen. The court was hearing about the case of Majella Lynch, 51, who was taken to hospital from her Southampton home after she was found by carers suffering severe pain. Before the trial at Winchester Crown Court judge Mr Justice Akenhead warned the jury they may find some details of the case "shocking and distressing".
  
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• Inschriach Distillery is crowned Shed of the Year 2015

  13-07-2015 18:56
  
  An old hen house in the Scottish Highlands that has been converted into a gin distillery has been crowned the Shed of the Year 2015, beating 2,250 others to claim the top spot.
  
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• Sterling Deal Does Not Flatter Premier League

  13-07-2015 18:54
  
  There is one clear winner from the deal: Sterling himself. Feeling unfulfilled, under-appreciated and underpaid at Liverpool, he seems to have solved all three with the stroke of a pen. Sterling is also sure to be welcomed by fans at the Etihad who, to their credit, show no signs of taking for granted the conveyor belt of talent laid on by their Abu Dhabi owners.
  
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• What is Sensational? by Charles Dickens: A spectacular polemic from the great man of letters

  13-07-2015 18:54
  
  As The Independent revealed on Monday, a bound collection of the 19th century magazine ‘All the Year Round’, annotated by its editor Charles Dickens, has yielded the names of the articles’ anonymous authors; among them Lewis Carroll, Elizabeth Gaskell and Dickens himself.
  
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• The unseen Charles Dickens: read the excoriating essay on Victorian poverty that no-one knew he had written

  13-07-2015 18:54
  As The Independent revealed on Monday, a bound collection of the 19th century magazine ‘All the Year Round’, annotated by its editor Charles Dickens, has yielded the names of the articles’ anonymous authors; among them Lewis Carroll, Elizabeth Gaskell and Dickens himself.
  
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• Roger Rees: Actor who made his name in 'Nicholas Nickleby' then took memorable roles in 'Cheers' and 'West Wing'

  13-07-2015 18:49
  
  A slick, elegant actor, with a febrile, boyish dynamic, Roger Rees, who has died of stomach cancer, came to the stage by chance and went on to craft a classy career, at the centre of which were 22 years with the RSC, followed by a lucrative period in American theatre and television, the latter on prestigious shows such as Cheers and The West Wing, ending with a triumphant return home.
  
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• Actor who made his name in 'Nicholas Nickleby' then took memorable roles in 'Cheers' and 'West Wing'

  13-07-2015 18:49
  
  A slick, elegant actor, with a febrile, boyish dynamic, Roger Rees, who has died of stomach cancer, came to the stage by chance and went on to craft a classy career, at the centre of which were 22 years with the RSC, followed by a lucrative period in American theatre and television, the latter on prestigious shows such as Cheers and The West Wing, ending with a triumphant return home.
  
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• Israel targets Iranians on Twitter

  13-07-2015 18:47
  
  Israel's prime minister has launched a Twitter account in Persian language, Farsi, to reach out to the Iranian public.
  
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• Deaths probe cancer surgeon sacked

  13-07-2015 18:46
  
  A top cancer surgeon being investigated by the police over patient death rates has been sacked by an NHS trust.
  
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• Tube drivers to stage fresh strike

  13-07-2015 18:46
  
  London Underground drivers are to stage another 24-hour strike in a dispute over the new all-night Tube.
  
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• Cameron assurance for Tunisian PM

  13-07-2015 18:44
  
  David Cameron has told Tunisia's prime minister he hopes to lift advice against British nationals visiting the Mediterranean holiday destination "as quickly as possible".
  
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