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• Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper clash as leadership race hots up

  17-08-2015 23:11
  
  Jeremy Corbyn's two main rivals for the Labour leadership are engaged in a bitter fight over who is best-placed to halt the left-winger's charge.
  
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• Liverpool vs Bournemouth match report: Christian Benteke scores first goal but Cherries feel robbed after Elphick header ruled out

  17-08-2015 23:08
  The Anfield Main Stand was a metaphor for what we saw in the Liverpool team assembled to play beneath it. A work in progress, still a full season from completion, with shiny new steel in position but jagged remnants of the old parts, too – yet to be dismembered.
  
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• London's British Museum comes 15th in Lonely Planet travel list

  17-08-2015 23:02
  
  London's British Museum has been named as a global must-see spot, alongside some of the world's most prestigious heritage sites.
  
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• Chelsea Manning 'denied access to legal library' days before hearing over allegations including possessing Caitlyn Jenner issue of Vanity Fair

  17-08-2015 22:59
  Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has allegedly been denied access to a prison legal library, days before she will defend herself against charges including possessing an expired tube of toothpaste and unapproved reading materials, for which she could face indefinite solitary confinement.
  
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• Baltimore activists walk 35 miles to Washington DC to protest violent crime

  17-08-2015 22:49
  
  More than 40 men marched from Baltimore, Maryland to Washington DC on Monday to protest violent crime.
  
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• 'True Inspiration': Blind Emmerdale Actress Dies

  17-08-2015 22:43
  
  Kitty McGeever, who became the first blind actress on a UK soap when she joined Emmerdale, has died aged 44. In 2009, the actress joined Emmerdale, where she played the character of Lizzie Lakely. Gemma Oaten, who plays Rachel Breckle in the programme, tweeted: "So sad to hear the news our dear Kitty McGeever has died.
  
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• Put the House in order: With the Lords remaining so large and corrupt, a radical transformation is needed to restore its prestige

  17-08-2015 22:35
  When it was a purely hereditary chamber, it used to be said that the best thing to do with the House of Lords was to leave it as it was or abolish it – but never try to reform it. Some years after the Blair government removed most of the hereditary element and the Lords’ judicial function was hived off to the Supreme Court, the effects of this half-finished reform are apparent. For all of the excellent work that its committees and members do, the Lords is too large, too corrupt and t
  
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• Bangkok bombing Q&A: How many British travellers are in Thailand? Is it safe to travel to the country?

  17-08-2015 22:32
  
  On a warm August evening, carnage came to the streets of Bangkok. As news of the shocking devastation spread, it became clear that tourists were the targets of the murderous attack. These are some of the questions posed by readers in the aftermath of the atrocity.
  
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• House of Lords: David Cameron warned new intake of peers will undermine effectiveness and cost taxpayer more than £1m

  17-08-2015 22:24
  The appointment of a new group of political donors, former MPs and party apparatchiks as peers will deal a fresh blow to the credibility and effectiveness of the House of Lords and leave the taxpayer more than £1m out of pocket, David Cameron has been warned.
  
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• Labour leadership: Liz Kendall calls for probe into effect of change to voting rules

  17-08-2015 22:10
  
  The Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall has called for the publication of a full breakdown of election results so members could see the extent to which new election rules boosted Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign.
  
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• Car-hacking scandal: How a security loophole left thousands of vehicles vulnerable to thieves

  17-08-2015 22:09
  
  Tens of thousands of cars are vulnerable to thieves using electronic hacking, according to researchers whose findings were suppressed by a major manufacturer for two years.
  
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• Car-hacking scandal: The models affected

  17-08-2015 22:08
  
  Volkswagen’s vehemence in defending the security of its vehicles appears to be paying off.
  
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• Labour leadership contest: 7 questions Jeremy Corbyn's critics say he needs to answer

  17-08-2015 22:03
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has made a career out championing unfashionable causes.
  
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• Labour leadership contest: 7 questions Jeremy Corbyn's critics say he must answer

  17-08-2015 22:03
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has made a career out championing unfashionable causes.
  
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• Taking aspirin 'can help overweight people combat cancer'

  17-08-2015 22:00
  
  An aspirin a day could help keep cancer away for people that are overweight, a new study has claimed.
  
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• Coffee boosts chances of surviving bowel cancer, researchers find

  17-08-2015 22:00
  
  Regular cups of caffeinated coffee can increase the chances of surviving bowel cancer, research has shown.
  
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• BBC among broadcasters to repeatedly breach Ofcom impartiality code over funded content

  17-08-2015 21:44
  
  International broadcasters including the BBC repeatedly broke the Ofcom code by screening programmes funded by foreign governments, charities and NGOs, an investigation has revealed.
  
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• Can Ivan Glasenberg dig Glencore out of trouble this time?

  17-08-2015 21:37
  
  Traders tend to want to get their punishment in early. And at the moment the unfortunate target of their itchy trigger fingers is Glencore.
  
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• Labour leadership race: Liz Kendall misquoted as saying disabled people are not ordinary

  17-08-2015 21:34
  
  As the Labour leadership race enters the final furlong, followers are alert for any gaffes that will mark candidates out from their rivals, so much so that Liz Kendall has been widely misquoted online as saying that disabled people are not ordinary.
  
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• Tributes paid on death of Kitty McGeever who played Emmerdale's Lizzie Lakely

  17-08-2015 21:27
  
  Actress Kitty McGeever, who played the character of Lizzie Lakely in the ITV soap Emmerdale, has died, it was announced today.
  
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• Bovis, doing exactly as it should, shows why we have a housing crisis

  17-08-2015 21:22
  
  If ever we needed telling, Bovis has confirmed it in black and white: Britain doesn’t have a hope of hitting the Government’s 200,000 annual housebuilding target. Ever.
  
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• Bangkok bombing: Thailand's junta seeks answers following an attack that targeted tourists 'with cruel precision'

  17-08-2015 21:18
  
  The pipe bomb that exploded inside an open-air shrine in the heart of tourist Bangkok had been planted, said authorities, with cruel precision. Streets thick with tourists, shoppers, office workers and devotees ran with blood. Body parts were strewn far and wide. 
  
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• Bangkok bombing: Thailand seeks answers following an attack that targeted tourists 'with cruel precision', leaving at least 19 dead

  17-08-2015 21:18
  
  The pipe bomb that exploded inside an open-air shrine in the heart of tourist Bangkok had been planted, said authorities, with cruel precision. Streets thick with tourists, shoppers, office workers and devotees ran with blood. Body parts were strewn far and wide. 
  
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• Murder trial begins for white supremacist Frazier Glenn Cross charged with fatally shooting three at Jewish centers

  17-08-2015 21:14
  The trial of a Missouri white supremacist began on Monday after he was charged with killing three people in a shooting spree.
  
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• Quindell breaks with past to appoint new CEO and adviser Indro Mukerjee

  17-08-2015 21:03
  
  The controversial outsourcer Quindell attempted to put an era of scandal behind it as the business ousted its City adviser and appointed a new chief executive.
  
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• Aquatic and petalless plant could be oldest known flower

  17-08-2015 21:00
  
  A plant that had no petals and lived underwater more than 125 million years ago could be the oldest known "flower", scientists believe.
  
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• Cursed are the cheesemakers: Supermarkets accused of ripping off farmers over cheese profits

  17-08-2015 20:55
  
  The milk war has moved into new territory after the UK’s most militant farmer accused the supermarkets of inflating the profits they make on cheese at the farmers’ expense.
  
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• Kitty McGeever dead: Emmerdale and London's Burning actress passes away

  17-08-2015 20:50
  
  Emmerdale actress Kitty McGeever has died.
  
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• From performer Sylvie Guillem, to the Apollo astronauts, how do people move on from a moment of fame

  17-08-2015 20:38
  
  As dance lovers will know, they are reaching the end of an era. Their best-loved performer Sylvie Guillem is in her retirement year and, in three weeks, will never grace a British stage again. She has made her last curtseys at the London Coliseum and the Edinburgh Festival; and, after two more shows at the Birmingham Hippodrome, will take her "Work in Progress" on a world tour until December.
  
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• Supermarkets must back British products, say dairy farmers

  17-08-2015 20:36
  
  Farmers' representatives urged supermarkets to back British products and said they "desperately hope" the Government will follow through on promises made to help the beleaguered dairy industry.
  
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• Beautician lost ear and hair after acid attack by ex-boyfriend who wanted to 'disfigure' her

  17-08-2015 20:30
  
  A jilted boyfriend hatched a plan to “horrifically disfigure” his ex-girlfriend first by having her stabbed and later doused in sulphuric acid, a court has heard.
  
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• Police launch Facebook plea to find missing chocolates woman

  17-08-2015 20:16
  
  A police force has appealed for the public's help on social media to track down a woman who had lost her Belgian chocolates.
  
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• Europe migrant crisis: 80,000 will seek asylum in Austria in 2015 - and for many, this former barracks in Traiskirchen is the end of the road

  17-08-2015 20:14
  Ahmed has his face up against the iron bars of the asylum reception centre in the village of Traiskirchen in Austria.
  
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• Liverpool vs Bournemouth LIVE: Latest score and updates as the Reds host

  17-08-2015 20:13
  
  Welcome to live coverage of Premier League new boys and their trip to Anfield to face Liverpool.● Brendan Rodgers is without Daniel Sturridge, Joe Allen and Jon Flanagan● He names the same team the beat Stoke City 1-0 last week● That means new signing Roberto Firmino remains on the bench● Liverpool and Bournemouth meeting in the league for the first time● Eddie Howe makes two changes with Eunan O'Kane and Max Gradel in for Dan Gosling and Marc Pugh● Liver
  
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• Liverpool vs Bournemouth LIVE: Christian Benteke scores first goal but it shouldn't have stood as Philippe Coutinho was offside - Latest

  17-08-2015 20:13
  
  Welcome to live coverage of Premier League new boys and their trip to Anfield to face Liverpool.● Brendan Rodgers is without Daniel Sturridge, Joe Allen and Jon Flanagan● He names the same team the beat Stoke City 1-0 last week● That means new signing Roberto Firmino remains on the bench● Liverpool and Bournemouth meeting in the league for the first time● Eddie Howe makes two changes with Eunan O'Kane and Max Gradel in for Dan Gosling and Marc Pugh● Liver
  
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• Paris's most prestigious luxury hotels are counting the cost of the Airbnb revolution

  17-08-2015 20:02
  
  Well-to-do holidaymakers are streaming out of Paris’s grandest suites and in to luxury flats: or so say France’s oldest and most prestigious hoteliers.
  
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• Louise Suggs: the female golfer who helped pioneer the women's game and beat Hogan and Snead

  17-08-2015 19:54
  
  Louise Suggs won more than 60 golf tournaments, and as a co-founder of the Ladies Professional Golf Association played a key role in establishing women's golf as a major professional sport.
  
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• Isis in Iraq: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki could face trial over the fall of Mosul

  17-08-2015 19:42
  
  Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki could face trial over the fall to Isis of Iraq’s second city of Mosul, which led to the declaration of its caliphate last summer.
  
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• Panda enclosure closed at Edinburgh Zoo amid pregnancy hopes

  17-08-2015 19:41
  
  The panda enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo has been closed to the public as keepers hope for the arrival of a rare cub.
  
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• Cub born after international lonely heart appeal for red panda

  17-08-2015 19:41
  
  A rare red panda cub has been born after keepers launched an international lonely hearts advert to find a mate for their male.
  
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• Rapist jailed after mother brought him back from Romania

  17-08-2015 19:40
  
  A rapist who attacked his victim on Christmas Day has been jailed after his mother brought him back from his home country of Romania to face justice in the UK.
  
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• Amy Poehler's 'Difficult People' includes 'joke' about R Kelly urinating on Beyoncé's three-year-old daughter

  17-08-2015 19:39
  
  Fans are calling for the cancellation of Amy Poehler's new Hulu series Difficult People after an offensive joke was made about Beyoncé's three-year-old daughter.
  
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• Man killed lover after ultimatum to leave his partner, court told

  17-08-2015 19:37
  
  A cash-and-carry boss killed one of his three lovers on Christmas Eve with the help of his brother, a court has heard.
  
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• Zayn Malik fans misunderstand singer's tweet about Wu-Tang Clan rapper Method Man, wrongly think he's taking meth

  17-08-2015 19:35
  
  After Zayn Malik left One Direction, signed a solo record contract, and split up with Perrie Edwards in the space of a few months, his devoted fanbase deserve a rest. But the poor bunch were sent into overdrive on Twitter when the singer appeared to write about meth.
  
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• Bangkok bomb: Expectation of bombers will be that this devastation will deter prospective visitors

  17-08-2015 19:33
  
  Ever since Thailand graduated from backpacker haven to mainstream tourist destination in the 1970s, the nation has maintained two very different faces. To many visitors, the country lives up the “Land of Smiles” tag and its promise of carefree holidays. But a less-appealing dimension is the chronic political turmoil centred on Bangkok, and a long-standing insurgency in the deep, troubled south of Thailand.
  
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• Bangkok bomb: Expectation of bombers will be that this devastation deters prospective visitors

  17-08-2015 19:33
  
  Ever since Thailand graduated from backpacker haven to mainstream tourist destination in the 1970s, the nation has maintained two very different faces. For many visitors, the country lives up the “Land of Smiles” tag and the promise of carefree holidays from trekking to spa treatments. But a less-appealing dimension is the chronic political turmoil centred on Bangkok and the long-standing insurgency in the deep, troubled south of Thailand.
  
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• Bangkok Bomb: 18 Dead As Blast Rocks Thailand

  17-08-2015 19:14
  
  At least 18 people have been killed after a bomb exploded in central Bangkok, emergency services have said.
  
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• Tianjin explosions: Were China's part-time firefighters to blame for tragic chain reaction that left at least 114 dead?

  17-08-2015 19:12
  The rapid chain of explosions that destroyed a warehouse district in the Chinese port of Tianjin could become one of the world’s deadliest disasters for fire crews as at least 21 firefighters are confirmed dead with scores of others still missing.
  
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• Single DNA molecule could store information for a million years following scientific breakthrough

  17-08-2015 19:02
  
  Scientists have developed a way of storing vast quantities of information for up to a million years in a single molecule of DNA.
  
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• Don't Be So Hard On Yourself Jess, you could equal a chart record

  17-08-2015 19:00
  
  UK singer Jess Glynne could make music history if her new single tops the charts again this week.
  
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