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• Swedish filmmakers expose homophobic discrimination in secretly recorded job interview

  07-08-2015 23:53
  
  It can be difficult to prove incidents of discrimination in the hiring process, but two Swedish filmmakers have tried to with an undercover video.
  
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• Can Arsenal overtake a Chelsea team in danger of standing still?

  07-08-2015 23:36
  
  On the first-team pitch at Chelsea’s Cobham training ground last week, among the famous international footballers and their grey-haired coach, was a teenager in club gear granted full access to the session. He pinged passes at Jose Mourinho’s assistants and listened when the manager gave his instructions to the players. You might say that this young man was born to it all: he was Jose Jnr, the 15-year-old son of Jose.
  
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• Prison escapee caught running his own furniture business after 34 years on the run

  07-08-2015 23:07
  
  Willie Lee Austin was arrested by the US Marshals on Thursday after 34 years on the run.
  
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• Prison escapee caught after 34 years on the run

  07-08-2015 23:07
  
  Willie Lee Austin was arrested by the US Marshals on Thursday after 34 years on the run.
  
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• Chaos As London Commuter Trains Disrupted

  07-08-2015 23:02
  
  Londoners are facing travel chaos this evening with dozens of trains cancelled - just days after commuters were hit by a Tube strike. A signalling problem in the Southall area has disrupted all lines between Slough and London Paddington. Train company First Great Western has warned that trains running between these stations could be cancelled or delayed by up to two hours.
  
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• Warning over student bank accounts

  07-08-2015 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How tempting are student bank account freebies?
  
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• Guy Ritchie backs David Beckham as actor

  07-08-2015 22:18
  
  Former footballer David Beckham has a promising career as an actor, Guy Ritchie has said.
  
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• Children's summer camp closed down after man is held on indecent images charge

  07-08-2015 21:51
  
  A children’s summer camp has been shut down after a man was arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of minors.
  
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• Jack the Ripper museum fails to open after designer labels it 'misogynist rubbish'

  07-08-2015 21:44
  
  Britain’s newest museum was billed as a project to “recognise and celebrate the women of the East End”, showcasing 150 years of the social history of London’s women.
  
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• Labour leadership contest: Jeremy Corbyn says campaign is 'most exciting period' of his life

  07-08-2015 21:31
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has called the Labour leadership campaign the “most exciting period” of his life, as the deadline for voter registration draws near.
  
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• Cilla Black's Body Flown Home For Funeral

  07-08-2015 21:27
  
  Cilla Black's body has been flown back to Britain from Spain for her funeral. The 72-year-old's coffin was put on to a flight at Malaga Airport for the journey to Gatwick in Sussex. It was met by undertakers who will prepare the body for the funeral service in Denham, Buckinghamshire.
  
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• Plan to ennoble wealthy Lib Dem donor prompts more claims of cronyism in the honours system

  07-08-2015 21:25
  
  The honours system is set for a new row over allegations of cronyism after Nick Clegg nominated a wealthy Liberal Democrat donor and friend for a knighthood.
  
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• US Coast Guard seizes £117m worth of cocaine from a smuggling submarine

  07-08-2015 21:13
  
  The US Coast Guard has intercepted a submarine carrying around $181 million (£117 million) of cocaine off the coast of Mexico.
  
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• US Coast Guard seizes £117 million worth of cocaine from a smuggling submarine

  07-08-2015 21:13
  
  The US Coast Guard has intercepted a submarine carrying around $181 million (£117 million) of cocaine off the coast of Mexico.
  
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• Cilla Black's body flown back to UK

  07-08-2015 21:11
  
  Cilla Black's body has been flown back to Britain, her publicist confirmed.
  
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• Armed cemetery rapist jailed for 15 years

  07-08-2015 21:11
  
  A dangerous rapist who held a gun to the head of a young woman before assaulting her in a cemetery has been jailed.
  
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber profile: Lord of the song and dance

  07-08-2015 21:07
  
  It was an unscheduled and uncomfortable interval for the most famous face in British musical theatre. Just as Andrew Lloyd Webber recovered from prostate cancer three years ago, treatment for a mysterious pain in his leg spiralled into a series of operations and excruciating agony.
  
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• Bee rustling: Antiquated crime is on the rise – because there's money in honey

  07-08-2015 20:47
  
  The crisis in bee numbers may be a threat to the world’s food supply, but it is also leading to a different kind of problem for apiarists – the return of the old-fashioned crime of rustling.
  
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• Welcome to womanhood, Caitlyn Jenner! Great dress! Just don’t wear it again, yeah?

  07-08-2015 20:44
  
  As I clanked back from Westfield Stratford City hauling two Boots carrier bags full of dyes, varnishes and toxic-when-inhaled sprays which make me the natural beauty I am, the thought tiptoed across my mind: "I wonder if Caitlyn Jenner is tired of being a woman yet?" This isn't to make light of the decades the athlete-turned-reality-TV star spent unhappy as a man – more that I own that DVF leopard-print frock she "casually" threw on to go shopping in Manhattan. There would have been nothing "
  
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• Cilla Black makes posthumous charts comeback

  07-08-2015 20:40
  
  Cilla Black has made a posthumous comeback to the UK music charts with her compilation album The Very Best Of.
  
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• Food-ordering websites like Just Eat could put us out of business, say high street takeaways

  07-08-2015 20:39
  
  Thousands of high street takeaways fear that the huge growth of food-ordering websites such as Hungry House and Just Eat could put them out of business.
  
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• Rome's Colosseum sees more conflict over government restoration plan attacked for being like something from 'Las Vegas'

  07-08-2015 20:37
  Bloodthirsty gladiatorial clashes may not be returning to the Colosseum any time soon but an Italian government proposal to restore the ancient amphitheatre’s arena has provoked plenty of fury this week.
  
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• Travel Chaos As London Commuter Trains Cancelled

  07-08-2015 20:34
  
  Londoners are facing travel chaos this evening with some trains cancelled - just days after commuters were hit by a Tube strike. A signalling problem in the Southall area has closed all lines between Slough and London Paddington. Train company First Great Western has warned that trains running between these stations could be cancelled or suspended in disruption that is expected to last until 8pm.
  
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• Suspected Islamists holding hostages after Mali hotel raid - Reuters UK

  07-08-2015 20:31 via uk.reuters.com
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  Suspected Islamists holding hostages after Mali hotel raid
  Reuters UK
  BAMAKO Suspected Islamist gunmen were holding as many as 10 hostages on Friday after carrying out a deadly attack on a hotel in central Mali used by United Nations staff, Malian army and defence spokesmen said. "The armed men have withdrawn inside ...
  Mali hotel guests killed and kidnapped by suspected Islamist fightersTelegraph.co.uk
  4 dead, 6 kidnapped after Islamic extremists attack hotels in Mali
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn says people's support gives him mandate to lead Labour - The Guardian

  07-08-2015 20:28 via theguardian.com
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  Jeremy Corbyn says people's support gives him mandate to lead Labour
  The Guardian
  Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn launches his policies for the environment. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian. Nicholas Watt Chief political correspondent. Friday 7 August 2015 14.04 EDT Last modified on Friday 7 August 2015 14.32 ...
  Labour entryists: the left activists joining to back CorbynChannel 4 News
  Seriously, as fun as StrictlyFinancial Times
  Jeremy Corbyn: rich peo
  
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• Legalising prostitution: Has Sweden's law prosecuting buyers, not sellers worked?

  07-08-2015 20:24
  
  Less than an hour before she arrives in the lobby of a budget business hotel in the centre of Malmo, Cora has witnessed Sweden’s much-praised sex-purchase law in action.
  
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• Republican debate leaves Trump an open question - Financial Times

  07-08-2015 20:17 via ft.com
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  Republican debate leaves Trump an open question
  Financial Times
  Donald Trump lashed out at a Fox News moderator Friday after a divisive performance at the first Republican presidential primary debate left his frontrunner status in question. The flamboyant billionaire had gone into Thursday night's debate among 10 ...
  Republican Debate Draws 24 Million ViewersNew York Times
  Donald Trump slams Megyn Kelly on TwitterUSA TODAY
  GOP Debate Draws 24 Million Viewers, Making Cab
  
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• Tesla unveils its bizarre new 'Snakebot' automatic car charger

  07-08-2015 20:16
  
  Electric car company Tesla has unveiled a prototype charger for its vehicles that automatically (and creepily) finds the car's charging port and fills it with power, without the driver having to do anything.
  
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• Man who hit stranger over head with stone jailed for 17 years

  07-08-2015 20:13
  
  A violent thug who viciously attacked a stranger, smashing him over the head with a stone, has been jailed.
  
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• Kim Jong-un's bizarre Pyongyang Time and the 6 other weirdest time zones - Mirror.co.uk

  07-08-2015 20:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Kim Jong-un's bizarre Pyongyang Time and the 6 other weirdest time zones
  Mirror.co.uk
  We all think we know it's morning in Australia when it's night here and when you get a plane one way around the world you feel like you've been drugged, but in some places time is even more odd. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Pinterest ...
  In a swipe at Japan, North Korea creates new time zoneLos Angeles Times
  North Korea's new time zone is perfectly bizarreWashington Post
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• Airport VAT scam: Nice little earner at travellers' expense

  07-08-2015 20:11
  
  British travellers are blessed with the best aviation industry in the world. Besides being implausibly safe, it is highly competitive.
  
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• Kids Company: Tory donor denies 'any part' in decision to award charity £3m grant

  07-08-2015 20:11
  
  A major Tory donor has confirmed that he had lobbied the Government to provide more support for the troubled charity Kids Company in the months leading up to its collapse. James Lupton, who is the Conservatives’ co-treasurer and donated more than £1m to the party last year, said that he had attended a meeting at the Department of Education alongside the charity’s founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh, to discuss its future.
  
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• Suicide Attacks Shake Kabul, Killing Dozens - New York Times

  07-08-2015 20:11 via nytimes.com
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  Suicide Attacks Shake Kabul, Killing Dozens
  New York Times
  KABUL, Afghanistan — A barrage of deadly suicide attacks killed at least 40 people and wounded hundreds more in Kabul on Friday, ending a two-month-long lull in major terrorist strikes in the capital, according to Afghan officials. It was the ...
  Suicide blast hits Kabul police academy, heavy casualties fearedTimes of India
  Afghanistan blast: Kabul hit by second bomb attackBBC News
  Suicide bomber hits Kabul police acade
  
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• Jose Mourinho signs new deal at Chelsea - BBC Sport

  07-08-2015 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Jose Mourinho signs new deal at Chelsea
  BBC Sport
  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has signed a new four-year deal at the Stamford Bridge club. The new deal will keep the 52-year-old in his post until at least 2019. Mourinho, who had previously been in charge from 2004-2007, rejoined in 2013 and led ...
  Premier League preview: Manchester giants can turn title race into a thrillerTelegraph.co.uk
  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho signs new four-year deal with Premier League ...Mirror.co.u
  
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• Why did Kids Company have to close? - Channel 4 News

  07-08-2015 20:05 via channel4.com
  
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  Why did Kids Company have to close?
  Channel 4 News
  There is still a lack of clarity about why Kids Company, the charity founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh 19 years ago to offer support for traumatised and abused children, has had to close. Camila Batmanghelidjh and Alan Yentob of Kids Company. Just over ...
  Kids Company boss Camila Batmanghelidjh turned HQ into private 'Aladdin's den'Telegraph.co.uk
  Kids Company: David Cameron
  
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• The airport VAT scam: Retailers told to come clean after being accused of pocketing millions from discounts on duty-free sales

  07-08-2015 20:05
  Some of Britain’s top retailers are facing calls to be more honest with airport customers as they pocket millions of pounds in VAT discounts on duty free items without passing on the savings.
  
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• Retailers told to come clean after being accused of pocketing millions from VAT discounts on airport duty-free sales

  07-08-2015 20:05
  Some of Britain’s top retailers are facing calls to be more honest with airport customers as they pocket millions of pounds in VAT discounts on duty free items without passing on the savings.
  
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• Bangladeshi blogger: 'They want the atheists to be silenced' - BBC News

  07-08-2015 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News
  Bangladeshi blogger: 'They want the atheists to be silenced'
  BBC News
  A friend of Niloy Neel, a blogger murdered in Bangladesh, says Islamists in the country and even the country's government "want the atheists to be silenced". Arif Rahman is also a blogger and writes on secular issues affecting Bangladesh. He says the ...
  Another Secular Blogger in Bangladesh Is KilledNew York Times
  Bangladesh blogger Niloy Chatterjee hacked to deathChannel 4 News
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• Why prey and predator don't see eye to eye

  07-08-2015 20:00
  
  When it comes to telling apart prey and predator the eyes have it, new research has shown.
  
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• Voters drawn to political candidates with deep voices, research shows

  07-08-2015 20:00
  
  Former prime minister Gordon Brown had one vote-winning quality that is notably lacking in the two frontrunners for the Labour leadership - his voice.
  
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• Scientist reveal politicians' tone of voice influence their popularity - Jeremy Corbyn might need a speech coach

  07-08-2015 20:00
  
  If Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour party leadership he may want to take a tip from Margaret Thatcher and hire a speech coach to lower his voice should he stand in the next general election.
  
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• Predator or prey? The shape of animals' eyes holds the key, study reveals

  07-08-2015 20:00
  
  It is often said that the eyes are a window to the soul and now research suggests that their shape can be used to distinguish between predator and prey in the animal kingdom.
  
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• Trump in Republican debate: Frontrunner's bandwagon rolls on - with Jeb Bush the big loser

  07-08-2015 19:57
  
  Republicans awoke on Friday with a ghastly hangover brought on by far too many servings of Donald Trump at the party’s first primary debate in Cleveland on Thursday night, a poison the party seems unable to resist despite the menu including the less lethal options of Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and John Kasich.
  
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• Cilla Black back in the charts after 30 years

  07-08-2015 19:56
  
  Cilla Black has made a posthumous comeback to the UK music charts for the first time in more than three decades, with her compilation album The Very Best Of.
  
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• Two Suicide Attacks Shake Kabul, Killing Dozens - New York Times

  07-08-2015 19:48 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Two Suicide Attacks Shake Kabul, Killing Dozens
  New York Times
  KABUL, Afghanistan — Two deadly suicide attacks killed at least 40 people and wounded hundreds more in Kabul on Friday, ending a two-month-long lull in major terrorist strikes in the capital, according to Afghan officials. It was the deadliest day in ...
  Afghanistan blast: Kabul hit by second bomb attackBBC News
  Suicide bomber targets Kabul police academy, casualties reportedReuters UK
  Suicide bomber kills 20 recrui
  
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• Ashes 2015 day two report: England on verge of winning the Ashes with Australia trailing by 90 runs with just three wickets remaining

  07-08-2015 19:47
  The Ashes should be back with England today. Against all expectations, prophesies and polls, the side led with increasing conviction by Alastair Cook will take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series against Australia.
  
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• US economy adds 215,000 jobs in July

  07-08-2015 19:39
  
  The U.S. economy added 215,000 jobs last month, showing a steady rise in the employment market which may prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in September.
  
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• Labour entryists: the left activists joining to back Corbyn - Channel 4 News

  07-08-2015 19:37 via channel4.com
  
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  Labour entryists: the left activists joining to back Corbyn
  Channel 4 News
  As Labour faces allegations of 'entryists' into its leadership contest, members of other left-wing parties tell Channel 4 News that Jeremy Corbyn is appealing to all parts of the left. News. Please wait while this video loads. If it doesn't load after ...
  Jeremy Corbyn: 'We are not doing celebrity, personality or abusive politics ...The Guardian
  Jeremy Corbyn: rich people are happy to pay mor
  
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• Ex-PM Gordon Brown's vote-winning ability could have been down to a 'caveman ... - Scottish Daily Record

  07-08-2015 19:31 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Scottish Daily Record
  Ex-PM Gordon Brown's vote-winning ability could have been down to a 'caveman ...
  Scottish Daily Record
  SCIENTISTS found that voters prefer a rich, deep voice in leaders such as Brown as it brings out a primordial preference for brawn over brain. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Pinterest. Daily Record/Victoria Stewart. Gordon Brown joins Jim Murphy to deliver ...
  'Caveman Instincts' May Favor Deep-Voiced PoliticiansDiscovery News
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• Massive military parade as New Suez Canal opens in Egypt - RT

  07-08-2015 19:30 via rt.com
  
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  Massive military parade as New Suez Canal opens in Egypt
  RT
  A large military parade, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi observing from the helm of a ship, dazzled attendees at Egypt's Suez Canal, Thursday, as a warm-up for the inauguration ceremony for the New Suez Canal project. SA-342 Gazelle ...
  Egyptian economic ambition riding on new Suez CanalThe Australian
  Perspectives: how European media covered the opening of Egypt's new Suez Canaleuronewsall 149 news articles
  
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