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• Shoreham air crash disaster: Dylan Archer and Richard Smith identified as victims

  30-08-2015 23:59
  
  Two more of the eleven victims of the Shoreham air show disaster have been named by Sussex Police.
  
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• Spanish police arrest first man for trade in Sierra Leone blood diamonds

  30-08-2015 23:56
  
  A businessman has become the first to be arrested on suspicion of trading illegal blood diamonds, which helped to finance the Sierra Leone civil war – the conflict in the 1990s that left more than 50,000 people dead.
  
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• Yazidis rescued from Isis need action from Britain, says former Iraqi MP Ameena Saeed Hasan

  30-08-2015 23:39
  
  Ameena Saeed Hasan cannot forget the voices of her former constituents calling to her for help, as Isis jihadists stormed the Sinjar mountain in Iraq.
  
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• Isis in Syria: Militants 'severely damage' ancient Bel Temple in Palmyra using explosives

  30-08-2015 23:18
  
  Activists say Isis militants have purportedly set off an explosion that severely damaged the Bel Temple in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria.
  
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• Jailed Al Jazeera journalists: Canada is the final hope for Mohamed Fahmy's shocked wife

  30-08-2015 23:05
  
  Marwa Fahmy is a feisty lady. She needs to be after the shock and tears of Saturday’s Egyptian court appearance in which her Al Jazeera journalist husband Mohamed was sent back to prison.
  
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• Egypt summons UK ambassador amid tension over jailing of Al-Jazeera journalists

  30-08-2015 23:03
  
  Egypt's foreign ministry has called in the British ambassador to Cairo amid diplomatic tension over the jailing of three Al-Jazeera English journalists for three years' each for reporting "false news".
  
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• Paula Vennells interview: Post Office chief on the challenge of delivering letters in the digital age

  30-08-2015 22:45
  Can a 370-year old organisation balance the need to be both community-minded and avowedly commercial? And what if that organisation is the Post Office – tasked with the job of delivering letters in an age when email is killing them off?
  
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• 'Wonderfully mad' Oliver Sacks dies after cancer fight

  30-08-2015 22:32
  
  Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, has died aged 82.
  
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• Orthorexia nervosa: How becoming obsessed with healthy eating can lead to malnutrition

  30-08-2015 22:30
  
  The deluge of nutritional and health advice on the internet and in the media could be fuelling a dangerous but as yet unrecognised eating disorder called orthorexia.
  
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• Boiled water notice lifted in more areas of Lancashire after outbreak

  30-08-2015 22:30
  
  More people in Lancashire have been told they no longer have to boil their water following the outbreak of a parasitic bug in supplies.
  
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• Shoreham Air Crash: Three More Victims Named

  30-08-2015 22:29
  
  Three more victims of the Shoreham Air Show disaster have been named by Sussex Police. Richard Smith and Dylan Archer were cycling to meet a friend for a bike ride when they were killed in the plane crash. Mark Trussler had headed to Shoreham on his motorbike to see the Vulcan's final flight.
  
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• Channel ferry services disrupted by Calais blockade

  30-08-2015 22:22
  
  Cross-Channel ferry services have been disrupted following a blockade at the Port of Calais.
  
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• Chilcot inquiry into Iraq War 'may not be published until next summer'

  30-08-2015 22:21
  
  The Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq War may not be published until next summer, it has been claimed, amid accusations that his initial report was “riddled with errors”.
  
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• Downing Street plays down talk of a split after Theresa May says migrants seeking jobs should be barred from Britain

  30-08-2015 22:14
  Downing Street has tried to downplay suggestions of a split within the Government on immigration, after Theresa May suggested that migrants should be banned from Britain unless they have secured a job.
  
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• Bank Holiday Monday opening hours: Are Tesco, Asda and other supermarkets open today?

  30-08-2015 22:14
  
  It's the final bank holiday before Christmas, so if you're trying to make use of the free time by getting your weekly shop over and done with, it's probably wise to check the opening times for your local supermarket.
  
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• Bank Holiday Monday opening hours: Are Tesco, Asda and other supermarkets open?

  30-08-2015 22:14
  
  It's the final bank holiday before Christmas, so if you're trying to make use of the free time by getting your weekly shop over and done with, it's probably wise to check the opening times for your local supermarket.
  
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• 'Mad' apprenticeship targets have consigned a generation to low-skill, low-paid duties

  30-08-2015 21:56
  
  Hundreds of thousands of young people are being encouraged into low-skill, low-pay, on-the-job training schemes to meet ministers’ “mad” target of creating three million apprenticeships by 2020, new figures reveal.
  
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• Prince Charles lobbied Alex Salmond over a stately home and his Highlands food brand

  30-08-2015 21:36
  
  Prince Charles privately lobbied Alex Salmond as Scotland’s First Minister to seek money or political backing for causes including a stately home and his Highlands food brand, according to newly-released correspondence.
  
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• British ambassador to Cairo called in to answer for comments on Egypt's jailed Al-Jazeera journalists

  30-08-2015 21:36
  
  Egypt’s Foreign Ministry summoned Britain’s ambassador in Cairo to protest at comments he made after a judge sentenced three Al Jazeera English journalists to prison for purportedly broadcasting “false news”.
  
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• English union with Scotland in 'mortal danger', says ex-PM Brown

  30-08-2015 21:34
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has put the future of the centuries-old union between England and Scotland in mortal danger by stoking English nationalism, former premier Gordon Brown said on Sunday.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival revellers enjoy dry start to the party

  30-08-2015 21:33
  
  Revellers enjoyed a dry start to Notting Hill Carnival as the weather held up for the start of Europe's largest street festival.
  
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• War with Isis: David Cameron 'lacked the balls' for decisive military action in Syria, says general

  30-08-2015 21:18
  
  David Cameron lacked the “balls” to take military action in Syria that could have stopped the rise of Isis, the former head of Britain’s armed forces has claimed.
  
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• Oliver Sacks – an appreciation: He was able to make us see ourselves differently

  30-08-2015 21:06
  
  Oliver Sacks had the expertise of a neuroscientist, the mind of a philosopher and the voice of a poet. Excelling in all three domains, he was one of those rare writers and thinkers who was able to to make us see ourselves differently.
  
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• Labour leadership contest: Andy Burnham urges voters to heed Tony Blair's warnings over Jeremy Corbyn

  30-08-2015 21:01
  
  Labour will have “lost the plot” if it doesn’t listen to Tony Blair and elects Jeremy Corbyn as the party’s next leader, Andy Burnham has warned.
  
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• Danny Jones: Rugby player's widow Lizzie Jones performs emotional rendition of 'Abide With Me' at Wembley Stadium

  30-08-2015 21:00
  
  The widow of Danny Jones received a standing ovation after an emotional rendition of "Abide With Me" for the Ladbroke’s Challenge Cup final.
  
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• Trevor Noah, Edinburgh Fringe review: New Daily Show host warms up in inspired style

  30-08-2015 20:54
  
  Trevor Noah made an immediate impact with his debut Edinburgh show, The Racist, in 2012, but has only occasionally performed in the UK since. Earlier this year, it was announced that the South African will succeed Jon Stewart as presenter of the influential satirical news programme The Daily Show on Comedy Central, a post he takes up next month. So his return to the Fringe – albeit for three nights only – was keenly anticipated and sold out immediately.
  
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• Salmon farming: Calls for boycott of Scottish producers 'dripping with the blood of seals'

  30-08-2015 20:36
  
  At least one seal has been shot dead on more than half of Scotland’s salmon farms in the past two years as part of efforts to protect the fish farming industry, which is worth £500m a year in exports, according to new official figures.
  
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• 'I love you too, forever' was last text from Shoreham crash victim

  30-08-2015 20:25
  
  The fiancee of a Shoreham air crash victim has revealed his final words to her before he died in the disaster that claimed 11 lives.
  
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• Akram Khan: Choreographer says dance is 'as important as maths and being a doctor'

  30-08-2015 20:25
  
  Akram Khan, one of the most-acclaimed choreographers in the UK, has called for the Government to put dance in the curriculum saying it is as important as studying maths or medicine.
  
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• Tipping abuse: Government investigates need for new code of practice after restaurant service charges used for 'admin costs'

  30-08-2015 20:09
  The Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced a new investigation into how restaurants use the tips left by customers and whether a new code of practice is required.
  
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• Search For Missing Woman 'Hurt In Attack'

  30-08-2015 20:04
  
  Police say they are "very concerned" for a missing woman who reportedly suffered a head injury after a serious assault. Freyah Standley, 25, was last seen near the Esso service station along King Street in Weymouth, Dorset, around 11.30pm on Saturday night. Chief Inspector Ben Hargreaves, of Dorset Police, said: "We are very concerned for Freyah's welfare due to her possible serious head injury which very likely requires medical attention.
  
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• Two men killed after car hits bridge on A74

  30-08-2015 19:55
  
  Two young men were killed when their car hit a motorway bridge.
  
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• Spanish bull festival claims 12th life after 66-year-old is 'gored in the heart'

  30-08-2015 19:48
  
  A man has died after being 'gored in the heart' at a bull run in Spain.
  
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• The French work less than the British and Germans, but an attack on 35-hour working week has split left and angered traditionalists

  30-08-2015 19:44
  A dispute over attempts to reform French working practices and bring them into line with those of other European countries has led to the country’s Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, being booed by young members of his own party.
  
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• Women 'more likely to die following heart-attack treatment' than men

  30-08-2015 19:43
  
  Women are more likely to die following heart-attack treatment than men, research has found. They are also less likely to have an angioplasty procedure, a study by the Paris Cardiovascular Research Centre discovered. Experts said this may be because women tend to be older when they suffer heart attacks, and also more likely to be diabetic.
  
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• Ucas is harming social mobility by blocking data on poor students, says senior MP

  30-08-2015 19:37
  
  A senior MP has joined the growing number of critics of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas), the body that handles university applications, for refusing to disclose important data it holds on students from poor backgrounds.
  
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• Nazi 'gold train': Treasure could be claimed by Russia as compensation for Second World War

  30-08-2015 19:22
  
  Treasure contained in a long-lost Nazi ghost train could be claimed by Russia.A Russian lawyer has said that the Kremlin could lay claim to the valuables as compensation for the country’s losses in the Second World War.
  
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• Chris Christie: Republican presidential hopeful calls for visitors to US to be tracked like FedEx packages

  30-08-2015 19:18
  
  Chris Christie, a would-be Republican candidate for the White House, has called for visitors to the US to be tracked until they have left, as if they were courier packages.
  
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• The nine most warmongering countries in the world revealed

  30-08-2015 19:13
  
  Japan is close to passing a new law that would allow it to engage in international conflict for the first time since the Second World War, prompting widespread protests against militarisation.
  
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• Police Search For Missing Woman After 'Assault'

  30-08-2015 19:12
  
  Police say they are becoming increasingly concerned for a missing woman who was reportedly the victim of a serious assault.
  
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• Swansea City vs Manchester United match report: Disjointed United left exposed as Wayne Rooney's malaise spreads

  30-08-2015 19:07
  As expected the threat to Manchester City’s Premier League hegemony emerged in Swansea, and it wasn’t Manchester United. An indifferent if unbeaten start to the season fed into a ramshackle display leaving Louis van Gaal seemingly no further forward than he was a year ago.
  
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• Swansea City vs Manchester United match report: Bafetimbi Gomis hits the winner as cracks finally appear in United defence

  30-08-2015 19:07
  Swansea stunned Manchester United for the third consecutive time with another comeback win at the Liberty Stadium.
  
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• Joe Biden: Democrat support grows for US Vice President to enter presidential nomination race

  30-08-2015 19:01
  
  A quiet rumble of encouragement inside Democratic Party ranks for Joe Biden to get off the fence and declare himself a candidate for president is growing steadily louder amid mounting evidence that Hillary Clinton’s campaign may be in trouble.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival Braced For Heavy Rain

  30-08-2015 18:53
  
  It was an overcast but dry start to the Notting Hill Carnival in west London – as young children and their parents got dressed up for Family Day. But as revellers descend on the streets for Monday's festivities, it could be quite wet, with the Met Office issuing a yellow warning for heavy rain and possible thundery showers during the afternoon. The Met Office's chief forecaster has warned up to 40mm of rain could fall in just a few hours, which is more than half of the average rainfal
  
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• The Media Column: A new world where words and influence can be more powerful than weapons

  30-08-2015 18:43
  
  According to one expert on Fox News, Birmingham is a “totally Muslim” city where non-Muslims fear to tread. The Russian news broadcaster RT characterised the Maidan Square uprising in Ukraine as a “putsch” led by “neo-Nazis”, while the Chinese state broadcaster, CCTV, played down the crisis in the local economy and framed last year’s student protests in Hong Kong as an illegal act that was harmful to schoolchildren and ambulance patients.
  
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• Professor Oliver Sacks: Neurologist whose writings illuminated the workings of the brain and explored what it feels like to be human

  30-08-2015 18:40
  Quite apart from the important therapeutic work he carried out, Oliver Sacks wrote a series of immensely readable books which shed light for the general reader on some of the mysterious workings of the brain. “It is the remarkable which captures my attention,” he once said. He wrote with clarity and compassion, casting his patients as the heroes of his stories, to bring a better understanding of the conditions he treated – and of the question of what it feels like to be human.
  
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• Shane MacGowan in hospital: Pogues frontman fractures pelvis after 'complicated dance move'

  30-08-2015 18:38
  
  Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan is recovering in hospital after fracturing his pelvis last week.
  
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• 'I love you too' was last message of Shoreham air crash victim

  30-08-2015 18:36
  
  The fiancee of a Shoreham air crash victim has revealed his final words to her before he died in the disaster that claimed 11 lives.
  
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• Tory Government stoking 'dangerous' English nationalism, says Gordon Brown

  30-08-2015 18:30
  
  Gordon Brown has attacked the Conservative Government for stoking a "dangerous and insidious" English nationalism that he said is pushing England and Scotland apart.
  
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• In pictures: Notting Hill Carnival

  30-08-2015 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Notting Hill transformed into riot of colour and sound for carnival
  
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