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• Labour must come to its senses - Blair

  29-08-2015 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tony Blair tells Labour party members to come to their senses and reject the "Alice in Wonderland" politics of Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Online toy marathon to launch new film

  29-08-2015 23:53
  
  Before the release of the original Star Wars in 1977, George Lucas made a historic deal with 20th Century Fox to retain merchandising rights for the film, in return for a modest director’s fee. The studio believed it was getting a bargain. Four decades later, Lucasfilm remains a past master at turning blockbuster movies into retail bonanzas.
  
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• First Of Three 'Supermoons' In Skies Tonight

  29-08-2015 23:50
  
  It happens because the moon's orbit around our planet is oval-shaped, making the moon appear bigger and brighter when it is closer to Earth. Tonight it will be less than 223,000 miles away - one of its nearest approaches of the year.
  
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• UUP to withdraw from NI Executive

  29-08-2015 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Unionist Party will leave the Northern Ireland Executive, the party's ruling body has decided.
  
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• Vardy & Shelvey to get England call

  29-08-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicester's Jamie Vardy and Swansea's Jonjo Shelvey will be included in the England squad when it is announced on Sunday.
  
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• VIDEO: Shoreham remembers air crash victims

  29-08-2015 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people from communities affected by the Shoreham air disaster have held a minute's silence to remember those who died, one week after the crash.
  
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• Conservatives plot a motoring revolution: Draft report reveals biggest reform to regulations since driving test introduced in 1935

  29-08-2015 23:10
  The Government is plotting the biggest roads revolution since the introduction of the driving test in 1935, drafting a series of reforms that include a controversial part-privatisation of the practical examination.
  
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• Watching too much TV can kill you, researchers warn

  29-08-2015 22:57
  
  People who spend hours bingeing on television shows run the risk of suffering a fatal pulmonary embolism, according to a major new study of more than 86,000 people tracked over 18 years.
  
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• Al-Jazeera journalist on being sentenced: 'I'm devastated by this completely unjust verdict'

  29-08-2015 22:53
  
  In the latest part of an ordeal that began in December 2013, three al‑Jazeera journalists were sentenced to three years in prison after a retrial in Egypt for operating without a press licence and “broadcasting false new”.
  
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• Oxbridge graduates oversubscribe to fast-track scheme that encourages them to become mental health social workers

  29-08-2015 22:50
  A fast-track scheme to encourage high-calibre graduates to become mental health social workers is oversubscribed with interest from Oxbridge graduates before applications for the first year of the project have even opened.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn woos North by promising to fight George Osborne’s plans to turn the region into an economic powerhouse

  29-08-2015 22:44
  Jeremy Corbyn is hoping to win over Labour supporters in the party’s northern heartlands with a promise to fight the “cruel deception” of George Osborne’s plans to turn the region into an economic powerhouse.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn woos North by promising to fight 'cruel deception' of George Osborne's economic powerhouse plans

  29-08-2015 22:44
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is hoping to win over Labour supporters in the party’s northern heartlands with a promise to fight the “cruel deception” of George Osborne’s plans to turn the region into an economic powerhouse.
  
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• Tony Blair warns against 'Alice in Wonderland' appeal of Jeremy Corbyn

  29-08-2015 22:42
  
  Tony Blair has warned Labour supporters to reject the "Alice in Wonderland" appeal of Jeremy Corbyn or risk driving the party into an abyss.
  
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• Sheep thefts spark fears of poisoned meat

  29-08-2015 22:34
  
  Police and vets have issued a warning that poisonous meat from rustled sheep is likely to have entered the human food chain, following a five-fold rise in livestock theft in the past five years.
  
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• Turkey duped the US, and ISIS reaps rewards

  29-08-2015 22:00
  
  The disastrous miscalculation made by the United States in signing a military agreement with Turkey at the expense of the Kurds becomes daily more apparent. In return for the use of Incirlik Air Base just north of the Syrian border, the US betrayed the Syrian Kurds who have so far been its most effective ally against Islamic State (ISIS, also known as Daesh). In return for this deal signed on 22 July, the US got greater military cooperation from Turkey, but it swiftly emerged that Ankara’s
  
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• Mr Qi may require a massage, but China's growth figures don't

  29-08-2015 22:00
  
  Spare a thought, if you will, for a Mr Qi, of China. He invested some £100,000 in shares in May, just before the stock-market bubble burst. He has lost £40,000, at least on paper. His dreams of making enough on the stock market are, for now, dashed, and he will have to postpone his plan to buy his own home. I do not know what the Mandarin for “negative equity” is, but Mr Qi is feeling the effects of it, as are many more Chinese private investors. Reports tell us that the
  
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• If men are so obsessed by their genitals, why do they clam up when confronted with the grisly realities of sex?

  29-08-2015 22:00
  
  I’ve come to the conclusion that men are obsessed with their genitals. Women aren’t precious about vaginas because we can’t afford to be. With alarming regularity, latex-gloved fingers are inserted, speculums opened, and biopsies taken. Sometimes, even, twists of copper are implanted; shoved into the neck of our wombs. But if a deflated football goes within one inch of a man’s crown jewels? Well, that’s game over.
  
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• Harnessing idealism: Think Ahead attracts good graduates into supporting teenagers and young adults with mental illness

  29-08-2015 22:00
  This newspaper is  proud of its campaigns to raise the quality of recruitment to public service professions dedicated to tackling disadvantage at source. We supported Teach First, the charity launched in 2002 that places top graduates in challenging schools. Its success has been such that it was copied in Germany in 2008, with the launch of Teach First Deutschland, and the original Teach First is now the single biggest graduate recruiter in the UK.
  
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• Shoreham air crash: Memorial events held to remember victims

  29-08-2015 21:04
  
  Thousands of people in communities touched by the Shoreham air crash have gathered at memorial events one week on from the disaster which claimed 11 lives.
  
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• Peter Greste: PM meeting with Egyptian leader 'completely inappropriate'

  29-08-2015 20:56
  
  It would be "completely inappropriate" for the Government to host talks with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi later this year after a court in his country sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison, one of the reporters said.
  
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• VIDEO: Thousands celebrate pride in Manchester

  29-08-2015 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people have taken part in the annual pride march through the streets of Manchester.
  
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• Silence to remember air crash victims

  29-08-2015 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people fall silent to mark one week since the Shoreham air crash in which 11 people died.
  
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• VIDEO: Young family 'may be Syria-bound'

  29-08-2015 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police believe a missing mother and her four children from London may be travelling to Syria.
  
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• Bank of England stance on rates unchanged by China - Carney

  29-08-2015 20:17
  
  By Howard Schneider and Jonathan Spicer JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Saturday that a slowdown in China's economy could push down further on inflation but it did not change, for now, the central bank's position on when and how it might increase interest rates. Carney, speaking at an annual U.S. central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, reiterated his view that the recovery in Britain's economy "will likely put the decision as to when to st
  
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• FCA investigating annuity sales - Telegraph

  29-08-2015 20:14
  
  The Financial Conduct Authority has begun an analysis of annuity sales by all Britain's major insurers since 2008, which could lead to compensation for pensioners found to have been sold inappropriate products, the Telegraph newspaper said. More than 600,000 pensioners are believed to have been sold annuity contracts that failed to account for their health in the six-year period under review, the newspaper said. Most were never told that conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure could e
  
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• Murdered teen's family welcomes report

  29-08-2015 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The parents of a murdered teenager welcome the decision to put a senior police officer before a misconduct panel.
  
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• Men die in fall from bridge

  29-08-2015 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men die after falling from Thomond Bridge in County Limerick in the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• Hurricane Katrina anniversary: Family of black man killed and burned by police still fighting for justice

  29-08-2015 20:01
  
  The remains of Henry Glover were discovered in the back seat of a burned-out Chevrolet Malibu.
  
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• EU migrant crisis: Romanian man arrested after 'severely dehydrated' children found among 26 people in lorry in Austria

  29-08-2015 19:52
  Three children are recovering in hospital after Austrian police stopped a truck near Braunau, on the German border, with 26 people from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh crammed inside.
  
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• A nap a day could save your life

  29-08-2015 19:34
  
  Napping: something you either swear by, or swear against.
  
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• Rate rise on agenda despite China woes

  29-08-2015 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bank of England governor Mark Carney says the decision on when to raise UK interest rates is still likely to be made at the end of the year, despite China's slowdown.
  
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• Legal firm goes into administration

  29-08-2015 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of Scotland's oldest law firms is taken over by administrators following financial difficulties.
  
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• ID checks and baggage searches on European rail routes to be increased

  29-08-2015 19:16
  
  European ministers have agreed to increase security on key international rail routes and improve intelligence sharing after the thwarted gun attack on a French train.
  
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• Europe 'to tighten train security'

  29-08-2015 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  European ministers agree to increase ID and baggage controls among other restrictions at railway stations, France's interior minister announces.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner car crash: Driver who died in collision sued by surviving passengers for $18.5m

  29-08-2015 18:52
  
  The driver who was killed in a vehicle pile-up involving Caitlyn Jenner is reportedly being sued by other passengers involved in the crash.
  
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• Loch Lomond swimmers take the plunge

  29-08-2015 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of competitors take part in Scotland's biggest open water swimming event at Loch Lomond.
  
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• Hull KR 0-50 Leeds Rhinos

  29-08-2015 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Briscoe scores five tries as Leeds Rhinos beat Hull KR by a record margin to retain the Challenge Cup at Wembley.
  
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• #BuyPens: Refugee pictured selling pens in Beirut says he'll help other Syrians with thousands raised from Indiegogo campaign

  29-08-2015 18:44
  This photo of Abdul, a Syrian refugee, trying to sell pens on the streets of Beirut while his daughter lay sleeping slumped over his shoulder captured hearts around the world so much that it raised more than £80,000 in two days via a crowdfunding campaign. But now, instead of using the money for himself to build an entirely new life, Abdul says he wants to use the money to help other displaced Syrians.
  
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• Family Appeal After Gloucester Party Killing

  29-08-2015 18:40
  
  The distraught family of a shop worker killed outside a 21st birthday party in Gloucester say they think about him "every minute of every day". Dolton Powell died in the early hours of 23 August near the city's All Nations Community Club in Chase Lane. Speaking at a news conference, his sister Janet Powell said the family had not been able to sleep or eat since his death.
  
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• Hillary Clinton says Republicans use same language to talk about women as extremists would

  29-08-2015 18:15
  
  Hillary Clinton has upset some Republicans after saying their “extreme views about women” are something “we expect from some of the terrorist groups”.
  
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• Hilary Clinton says Republicans use same language to talk about women as extremists would

  29-08-2015 18:15
  
  Hilary Clinton has upset some Republicans after saying their “extreme views about women” are something “we expect from some of the terrorist groups”.
  
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• London bus crash: 10 passengers in hospital after driver hits tree

  29-08-2015 18:06
  
  Ten bus passengers were taken to hospital after the driver crashed into a tree in London.
  
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• Six charged over murder after party

  29-08-2015 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six people are charged with murder following the death of a 21-year-old man after a party in Gloucester.
  
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• Two-headed piglet found near temple in China

  29-08-2015 17:54
  
  A two-headed piglet has been discovered outside a Buddhist temple in China.
  
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• Armed police arrest 'machete' man

  29-08-2015 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Armed police and a helicopter are sent to a Torfaen home after reports of a man with a machete.
  
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• Farah is GB's 'greatest sportsman'

  29-08-2015 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brendan Foster describes Mo Farah as Great Britain's "greatest sportsman" after achieving a distance 'triple-double'.
  
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• Hamas posts YouTube video appearing to show underground tunnel from Gaza into Israel

  29-08-2015 17:32
  
  The military wing of the Islamist group Hamas has posted a propaganda video appearing to show off a new underground tunnel from its base in Gaza into Israel.
  
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• Hamas post YouTube video appearing to show underground tunnel from Gaza into Israel

  29-08-2015 17:32
  
  The military wing of the Islamist group Hamas has posted a promotional YouTube video appearing to show off a new underground tunnel from its base in Gaza into Israel.
  
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• Barbarians vs Samoa interrupted by sprinklers as fans criticise no beer, lack of Wi-Fi and poor seating at West Ham's Olympic Stadium

  29-08-2015 17:32
  The Olympic Stadium is due to host its first Rugby World Cup match in little under a month when France and Romania run out at the soon-to-be home of West Ham, yet it looks like there's an awful lot of work to do before things are running smoothly in East London.
  
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• Barbarians vs Samoa interrupted by sprinklers as fans criticise lack of Wi-Fi and poor seating at West Ham's Olympic Stadium

  29-08-2015 17:32
  The Olympic Stadium is due to host its first Rugby World Cup match in little under a month when France and Romania run out at the soon-to-be home of West Ham, yet it looks like there's an awful lot of work to do before things are running smoothly in East London.
  
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