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• Blair: Corbyn could annihilate Labour

  12-08-2015 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour risks "annihilation" if it elects Jeremy Corbyn leader, former prime minister Tony Blair says in an impassioned plea to party supporters.
  
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• Murder inquiry as man shot dead

  12-08-2015 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police begin a murder inquiry as a man is shot dead in the Short Strand area of east Belfast.
  
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• Pornhub could be sued by agency in charge of Parmigiano-Reggiano parmesan cheese over 'vulgar' advert

  12-08-2015 23:47
  
  As an adult film website, Pornhub is no stranger to controversy. But its bosses likely never predicted that an Italian governmental agency tasked with protecting parmesan would consider suing them over claims of “vulgar” use of cheese.
  
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• Two teenagers die at nature reserve

  12-08-2015 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two teenagers died after getting into difficulty in water as members of their family looked on, police say.
  
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• Roy Hodgson will be out if England flop at Euro 2016, FA chief executive says

  12-08-2015 23:30
  • England manager would not expect new deal if team fail, says Martin Glenn
  • ‘We will have the discussion with Roy in the next nine months to a year’Roy Hodgson will lose his job as the England manager if the team fails in next year’s European Championship, the Football Association’s chief executive has said.Martin Glenn said Hodgson has accepted that, and would not expect to be given a new contract if England have a bad tournament, because he is “a proud man”. Continue reading.
  
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• Two teenagers drown in Norfolk marshes

  12-08-2015 23:21
  
  Two teenagers have died after getting into difficult in water as members of their family looked on, Norfolk Police said.
  
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• Two teenagers drowned in Norfolk nature reserve

  12-08-2015 23:14
  Fire crews called to Thorpe Marshes in Trowse after two people reported in difficulty, but arrive too late to save pair
  Two teenagers who got into difficulty in water at a nature reserve have been found dead, Norfolk police have said.Emergency services were called to Thorpe Marshes in Trowse at about 4.50pm on Wednesday following reports that two people were missing in the water. Norfolk police said the boy and girl were teenagers.Continue reading...
  
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• England’s Jos Buttler looks for normal service to resume with the bat | John Ashdown

  12-08-2015 23:12
  Wicketkeeper has been fine behind the stumps in the Ashes series but has struggled in front of themJos Buttler is getting better at being invisible. The England wicketkeeper came into the Test side little more than a year ago with few doubts about his batting ability but questions over his skill with the gloves. This summer has seen something of reversal in those issues but the keeping concerns have been resoundingly answered in a more or less faultless summer behind the stumps as England regain
  
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• Animas pollution: The toxic orange river that America cannot ignore

  12-08-2015 23:08
  
  You may not want to dive in, but as it wends its lazy way just west of downtown Cleveland into Lake Eerie, the Cuyahoga river looks, well, sparkling. Rowers take double-sculls on to its waters. Upstream some whitewater stretches have become a destination for kayakers.
  
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• Immigrants trigger security alert at Southampton docks

  12-08-2015 23:08
  
  Three immigrants triggered a security alert when they were spotted wandering through a dockland container terminal.
  
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• Blair Warns Of Corbyn 'Annihilation' Of Labour

  12-08-2015 23:06
  
  Tony Blair has stepped into the fray again to try to halt Jeremy Corbyn's runaway campaign success. Mr Blair's latest intervention follows a YouGov poll suggesting Mr Corbyn could win in the first round with 53% of the vote. Tony Blair writes in the Guardian newspaper: "It doesn't matter whether you’re on the left, right or centre of the party, whether you used to support me or hate me.
  
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• Former US President Jimmy Carter reveals that he has cancer

  12-08-2015 23:00
  
  Former US President Jimmy Carter has revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer.
  
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• Humans have already used up 2015's supply of Earth's resources – analysis

  12-08-2015 23:00
  Earth ‘overshoot day’ – the day each year when our demands on the planet outstrip its ability to regenerate – comes six days earlier than 2014, with world’s population currently consuming the equivalent of 1.6 planets a yearHumans have exhausted a year’s supply of natural resources in less than eight months, according to an analysis of the demands the world’s population are placing on the planet.The Earth’s “overshoot day” for 2015, the point at which humanity goes into ecolo
  
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• Amazon aims to cut customer waiting times to zero with a drive-through supermarket

  12-08-2015 23:00
  
  Technology continues to make it possible to optimise every aspect of business, meaning that "zero" as a business goal – zero excess capacity, zero waste, zero errors (not forgetting zero-hours contracts, regrettably) – is now theoretically possible. Just think of how the rise of the sharing economy has led to the success of the zero marginal cost model. And now Amazon could be on the cusp of introducing another zero into the business lexicon – zero delivery time. That's to say, the time r
  
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• Portsmouth 2-1 Derby County | Capital One Cup match report

  12-08-2015 22:59
  It is said that any substitution is inspired when it works, so Paul Cook, the Portsmouth manager, was obviously doubly inspired last night. Conor Chaplin scored five minutes after taking the field from a pass by Enda Stevens, another substitute, to send League Two Portsmouth through to the second round at Derby County’s expense as another Championship side made a premature exit. Continue reading...
  
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• Explosions in Chinese city of Tianjin kill at least 17 and injure hundreds

  12-08-2015 22:59
  Homes on other side of port city shaken by blasts after shipment of explosives goes up in flames just before midnight local time
  Hundreds of people have been injured and at least 17 killed after a series of devastating blasts sent a fireball hundreds of metres into the air at an industrial port in northern China.A shipment of “dangerous goods” in a warehouse went up in flames shortly before midnight local time (1600 GMT), state media reported, causing explosions so strong that they shook hom
  
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• Portsmouth 2-1 Derby: Capital One Cup first round – as it happened

  12-08-2015 22:50
  18-year-old Conor Chaplin came off the Portsmouth bench to score a fantastic winner against Derby, who become one of eight Championship sides to exit the Capital One Cup in the first round 9.50pm BST What a stinker of a start for Paul Clement at Derby. At the weekend, they couldn’t break down 10-man Bolton in a 0-0 draw, and now they’ve lost to a team two leagues below them. It’s way to early to make judgements on Clement’s tenure but they looked toothless going forward tonight against a
  
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• Former US president Jimmy Carter reveals he has cancer

  12-08-2015 22:49
  Carter, 90, says recent liver surgery revealed ‘cancer that is now in other parts of my body’ and promised more details ‘when facts are known’Former president Jimmy Carter says recent surgery has revealed that he has cancer.The 90-year-old Georgia Democrat underwent liver surgery last week at Emory University hospital in Atlanta, during which doctors discovered “cancer that is now in other parts of my body”, he said in a statement on Wednesday.Continue reading...
  
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• Woman, 86, suffers 'terrifying' ordeal as balaclava-clad robbers raid home

  12-08-2015 22:39
  
  A man is under arrest after an 86-year-old woman was put through a "terrifying" ordeal by six balaclava-clad robbers in her own home.
  
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• John Bercow: SNP MPs proving to be good parliamentarians

  12-08-2015 22:39
  
  Scottish National Party (SNP) MPs have sent out a "significant" message about group solidarity at Westminster since their election to the House of Commons in May, according to the Speaker.
  
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• Kilmarnock 2-2 Celtic

  12-08-2015 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kilmarnock claim their first Scottish Premiership point of the season as Celtic are denied a third straight win.
  
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• Two Teens Found Dead At Norfolk Water Reserve

  12-08-2015 22:33
  
  The bodies of two teenagers - who drowned after getting into difficulty at a water reserve in Norfolk - have been found. A boy and girl were reported missing in the water at Thorpe Marshes Reserve in Trowse at 4.50pm. Chief Fire Officer Nigel Williams from Norfolk Fire and Rescue said: "We responded quickly to the call, with up to 40 officers on the scene, including our dive team and urban search and rescue team.
  
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• Costa Rica coach Paulo Wanchope resigns after punch-up in Panama

  12-08-2015 22:28
  • Wanchope watching under-23 side when scuffle broke out
  • Former Derby player irked at refereeing in pre-Olympic gameThe Costa Rica national team coach Paulo Wanchope has resigned after involvement in a punch-up in Panama.Wanchope was watching his country’s under-23 team play in Panama on Tuesday when the scuffle broke out. Continue reading...
  
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• Norfolk Thorpe Marshes Reserve: Two teenagers found dead after getting into difficulty in water

  12-08-2015 22:24
  
  Two teenagers who got into difficulty at a water reserve in Norfolk have been found dead, according to police.
  
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• Norfolk Thorpe Marshes Reserve deaths: Two teenagers found dead after getting into difficulty in water

  12-08-2015 22:24
  
  Two teenagers who got into difficulty in the water at a Norfolk nature reserve have been found dead, according to police.
  
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• Two teenagers found dead in Norfolk marshes

  12-08-2015 22:24
  
  Two teenagers who got into difficulty in water this afternoon have been found dead, Norfolk Police said.
  
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• Doctor Who fans get a sneak peak of new series

  12-08-2015 22:22
  
  Doctor Who fans have been given a glimpse of the upcoming ninth series of the revamped BBC show thanks to a new trailer.
  
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• Ferguson to remain under state of emergency for another night

  12-08-2015 22:20
  Decision to keep state of emergency, which was declared after an 18-year-old was shot by police on Sunday, comes after two nights of relatively peaceful protestsThe St Louis suburb of Ferguson, the site of a year of occasionally violent protests over the police killing of an unarmed black teenager, will remain under a state of emergency for at least another night, county officials said on Wednesday. Related: Ferguson anniversary: white militiamen roam with rifles while black men wrongly arrested
  
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• The Wolfpack: reclusive brothers 'excited' about life on the outside

  12-08-2015 22:19
  
  Brothers who spent their childhood locked in a Manhattan apartment said the world is too beautiful for them to be angry as they saw their story retold in the documentary film The Wolfpack.
  
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• Great British Bake Off 2015: former Star Baker Marie is second to be sent home

  12-08-2015 22:19
  
  Scottish grandmother Marie Campbell became the second contestant to leave The Great British Bake Off - but insisted the show had given her "more confidence" in her baking.
  
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• Boots to stop asking airport customers for boarding cards

  12-08-2015 22:19
  
  Boots is to stop asking customers at airports to show their boarding passes when making purchases amid continuing controversy over the practice.
  
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• Eva Carneiro: Caught between their medical duty and a screaming manager ... who'd be a football doctor?

  12-08-2015 22:15
  He certainly has some previous for playing the blame game, but Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho's very public attack on his team doctor Eva Carneiro, is unprecedented. Mourinho has reportedly banned Carneiro from the coach, the bench and even the team hotel this weekend, making her position look the very definition of untenable.
  
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• VIDEO: UK Thunderstorms

  12-08-2015 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A swathe of heavy thundery downpours are heading towards the UK, with the likelihood of disruption for the end of the week. John Hammond explains the forecast.
  
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• Bomb explodes in bin in Londonderry

  12-08-2015 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An explosion in a bin in Londonderry was caused by a bomb and had the potential to kill, police say.
  
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• Ben Jennings on screening new Labour members – cartoon

  12-08-2015 22:06
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• Great British Bake Off provides surprise as an early favourite leaves

  12-08-2015 22:02
  The BBC cookery show served up a bit of a shock as a new star baker was named and one of the front-runners lost out on of having a further slice of the actionMarie Campbell became the second contestant to leave the tent in the Great British Bake Off on Wednesday night’s programme. It represented a remarkable fall from grace for one of the favourites, who was the star baker in week one.The travel photographer Ian Cumming was named as the star baker in the second episode. Continue reading...
  
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• Prime Meridian line is actually 100 metres away: At least the anomaly is only confined to Greenwich

  12-08-2015 22:01
  
  Greenwich really is a place where time and space meet. The Greenwich meridian does not just mark the man-made divide between east and west, it was the place where the clocks were set in the form of Greenwich Mean Time, now known as Universal Time.
  
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• The Great British Bake Off 2015, episode two – as it happens

  12-08-2015 22:01
  It is biscuit week in the tent as the competition continues. Who will show themselves to be a tough cookie and who will snap under pressure? Read last week’s live blogMeet the contestants 9.01pm BST So that’s it for another Bake Off, was a corker. Next week is bread week, which is always good for a laugh - I’ll be back here then, so do come and say hello. Thank you for joining in with all your comments, free free to come and chat all things baking on Twitter @heidistephens, should you be s
  
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• Great British Bake Off review: 12 things we learnt from Biscuit Week

  12-08-2015 22:00
  
  She may love a flowery bomber jacket, but Mary Berry is struggling to adapt to 21st century Britain.
  
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• St Giles House: One of UK's oldest stately homes being lived in again after decades of disrepair

  12-08-2015 21:55
  
  One of Britain’s oldest stately homes is being lived in again after decades of disrepair. A four and a half year restoration of St Giles House in Dorset, the family home of the Earls of Shaftesbury for hundreds of years, has seen the building returned to use.
  
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• Two Teens Feared Drowned At Water Reserve

  12-08-2015 21:54
  
  Two teenagers are feared to have drowned after getting into difficulty at a water reserve in Norfolk.
  
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• Family of Zachary Hammond asks FBI to investigate the fatal police shooting

  12-08-2015 21:51
  
  The family of an unarmed teen is calling for an FBI probe of their son’s death at the hands of a police officer.
  
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• Family asks FBI to investigate the fatal police shooting of unarmed teen Zachary Hammond

  12-08-2015 21:51
  
  The family of an unarmed teen is calling for an FBI probe of their son’s death at the hands of a police officer.
  
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• Mourinho 'should apologise to doctor'

  12-08-2015 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho should apologise to Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro for "humiliating" her, says Liverpool's former head of medicine.
  
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• Australia take charge of Ashes Test

  12-08-2015 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England are bowled out for 168 as Australia seize control on day two of the Women's Ashes Test at Canterbury.
  
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• Airport VAT scam: Logic tells us that dual pricing is possible

  12-08-2015 21:35
  
  The allegation that several retailers are demanding boarding passes in order to skim the equivalent of VAT from people travelling outside the EU is clearly rankling shoppers.
  
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• Call to ban airport shops' VAT saving

  12-08-2015 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government should make it illegal for airport shops to keep VAT savings for themselves rather than passing them on to customers, the Retail Ombudsman says.
  
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• Netflix's new series is set in a US summer camp - but what do we Brits really know about them?

  12-08-2015 21:30
  
  The popularity of Netflix's new series, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, in Britain at least, is likely to be down to star power rather than personal experience of the subject matter. Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler and Janeane Garofalo have reprised their roles in the prequel to the 2001 cult classic film (and barely box office-bothering flop) Wet Hot American Summer for eight off-the-wall episodes on Netflix.
  
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• Labour leadership contest: Cybernystas' abuse just widens invitation to join the Tories

  12-08-2015 21:26
  
  The abuse directed towards supporters of other candidates by online advocates of Jeremy Corbyn is unpleasant. As Alastair Campbell says, the cybernystas are similar to the cybernats, the Scottish nationalists who became a byword for intolerance on social media during the referendum campaign and afterwards.
  
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• A 'selfie' or a body search: incidents show different police responses to black and white marijuana suspects

  12-08-2015 21:25
  
  They are two incidents from the frontline of American police's ongoing campaign against soft drugs.
  
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