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• Apple makes bold move on to TV battleground

  09-09-2015 23:14
  
  TV is becoming an increasingly competitive battleground for technology companies, and Apple has just made its biggest move in the field.
  
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• Apple takes aim at Microsoft with iPad Pro

  09-09-2015 23:00
  
  A third version of the iPad - the iPad Pro - has been launched by Apple, and looks set to take on Microsoft's Surface.
  
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• iPhone 6s and 6s Plus contain new features to impress consumers

  09-09-2015 22:52
  
  Saved until last at the Apple event, the much anticipated iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have been confirmed.
  
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• Experts give mixed views on new Apple products

  09-09-2015 22:52
  
  Technology experts have been offering their first thoughts on Apple's new products, after the firm announced new iPhones, a new iPad and a revamp for the Apple TV at their live event.
  
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• Apple unveils bigger iPad Pro tablet computer

  09-09-2015 22:37
  
  Apple has officially announced the launch of a new, bigger tablet computer called the iPad Pro.
  
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• Refugee crisis: 20 children among 200 Syrians deported by UK since start of war

  09-09-2015 22:12
  
  The Government has deported nearly 200 Syrian men, women and children who have arrived in Britain since the start of the conflict in their country.
  
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• Genes from parents play key role in testicular cancer

  09-09-2015 22:06
  
  Genes inherited from parents play a more important role in determining whether a man develops testicular cancer than in most other forms of the disease, new research suggests.
  
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• Criminal courts charge: No savings and no income – but fined hundreds of pounds for stealing food

  09-09-2015 22:04
  
  Keith Smyth has no savings, no income and a serious addiction to opiates. He also has what he describes as “full-blown Aids”. On Wednesday, the 40-year-old, from Haringey, north London, was in the dock at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court for stealing a few steaks and a couple of 70p Drumstick lollipops from Sainsbury’s.
  
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• Refugee crisis: More compassion but tighter borders – Jean-Claude Juncker unveils ambitious overhaul of Europe's migration policy

  09-09-2015 21:50
  Europe should embrace more refugees fleeing war and dictatorship while also tightening border controls and more strictly enforcing its returns policy, the European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, said as he unveiled an ambitious overhaul of migration policy.
  
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• Officer Charged Over Alleged Hoax Kidnap Plot

  09-09-2015 21:18
  
  Three men, including a serving policeman, have been charged over an alleged hoax terror plot to kidnap a police officer. But an investigation by officers from West Midland Police's Anti-Corruption Unit and the region's Counter Terrorism Unit found the claim was "false and malicious". PC Amar Tasaddiq Hussain, 29, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.
  
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• Captain Hailed A Hero After BA Jet Fire

  09-09-2015 21:15
  
  The captain of a UK-bound plane which burst into flames at Las Vegas Airport has been hailed a hero after a "textbook" response to the blaze. The British Airways jet was on the runway and preparing for take-off when its left engine caught fire, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky. Some 157 passengers along with 10 crew and three pilots got out using emergency slides shortly after 4pm (local time) on Tuesday following a "catastrophic" engine failure.
  
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• Dolphins often seem to want to befriend us - do they know something we don't?

  09-09-2015 21:00
  
  You'll have heard of Fungie, a male bottlenose who has forsaken the open sea to live inside the harbour mouth of Dingle in Ireland, a placid, shallowish inlet bordered by low verdant hills that are speckled with sheep.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's sketch: All aboard the tribute train to Her Majesty

  09-09-2015 20:56
  
  Among the warm tributes from MPs to the Queen in the House of Commons yesterday, the only real news was supplied by SNP parliamentary leader Angus Robertson’s casual revelation of what a Terry Wogan fan she is. Robertson was profoundly satisfied, of course, that the monarch was spending the day on which she had overtaken Victoria as the longest-serving monarch opening the Scottish Borders railway.
  
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• Donald Trump calls on CNN to donate all GOP debate proceeds to veterans groups

  09-09-2015 20:44
  
  With characteristic cheek, Donald Trump, the tycoon turned presidential candidate, has challenged CNN, the 24-hour news network, to donate all the advertising income it generates during its broadcast later this month of the next Republican presidential debate to veterans groups in the United States.
  
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• Pc charged after probe into 'false' claims of kidnap plot

  09-09-2015 20:40
  
  A police officer and two other men have been charged with conspiracy offences after an inquiry into "false and malicious" claims of a kidnap plot.
  
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• Amal Clooney heads international effort to free former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed from jail

  09-09-2015 20:38
  
  Amal Clooney is part of an international legal delegation that has travelled to the Maldives to try and secure the release of former president Mohamed Nasheed – jailed earlier this after being being accused of terrorism by the current governmnet. The government is in turn being advised a London law firm led by Cherie Blair.
  
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• Daniel Radcliffe and Brian Cox to lead BBC drive to 'get Britain coding' – with help from Eastenders and Doctor Who video games

  09-09-2015 20:30
  A BBC push to promote Britain’s digital sector will be led by actor Daniel Radcliffe and science presenter Professor Brian Cox, supported by a range of video games based on the hit shows Doctor Who, EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing.
  
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• Hacking investigation took four years and cost £2.5m – but ended without any prosecutions

  09-09-2015 20:28
  
  A £2.5m Scotland Yard investigation into computer hacking has ended after four years without anybody facing court because the alleged offences happened too long ago, prosecutors have confirmed.
  
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• Prosthetic penis case: 'Blindfolded woman watched TV with female boyfriend'

  09-09-2015 20:27
  
  A blindfolded woman duped into having sex with a male impersonator said they also sunbathed and watched television together with her mask still on, a jury has heard.
  
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• Syria civil war: Russian reinforcements arrive as al-Qaeda-linked rebels crush President Assad's army in Idlib province

  09-09-2015 20:26
  Russian tank landing ships, aircraft and troops were claimed to have arrived in Syria to bolster the flagging regime of Bashar al-Assad, as the last remaining Syrian army base in Idlib province fell to al-Qaeda-linked rebels after a two-year siege.
  
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• Apple Pencil launches alongside iPad Pro, despite Steve Jobs previously saying: 'Nobody wants a stylus'

  09-09-2015 20:18
  Apple has unveiled an iPad Pro with a stylus – despite the fact that Steve Jobs famously criticised the technology almost a decade ago.
  
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• Sihem Ben Sedrine: The tenuous position of the woman tasked with bringing those who profited under Tunisia's authoritarian regime to justice

  09-09-2015 20:17
  The woman charged with bringing to justice the corrupt businessmen and politicians who profited under Tunisia’s authoritarian regime before the Arab Spring is being targeted in a virulent campaign to discredit her.
  
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• Virginia police fire 30 rounds killing parents with 6-month-old child in the car

  09-09-2015 20:14
  
  Virginia police are under scrutiny after killing an unarmed woman after pursuing her boyfriend over Labor Day weekend.
  
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• Cops fire 30 rounds killing parents with 6-month-old child in the car

  09-09-2015 20:14
  
  Virginia police are under scrutiny after killing an unarmed woman after pursuing her boyfriend over Labor Day weekend.
  
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• Met Police considering plans to axe all 1,000 of its community support officers to cut costs

  09-09-2015 20:10
  
  Britain’s biggest police force is considering scrapping all 1,000 of its community support officers (PCSOs) as part of an £800m budget reduction drive.
  
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• Scottish poet crafts epic poem from ordinary Scots' requests for devolved powers to Holyrood

  09-09-2015 20:01
  
  The archive of public submissions to the Smith Commission on the devolution of powers from Westminster to Holyrood might seem an unlikely repository for an epic poem on the future of Scotland. But all it took was a little rearranging and a lot of editing down.
  
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• Interest rates set to stay on hold after disappointing economic data

  09-09-2015 20:01
  
  Interest rates are expected to remain on hold tomorrow when the Bank of England delivers its latest policy decision amid mounting concern that the economy is slowing down.
  
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• Refugee crisis: Thank God for Germany taking responsibility - the rest of Europe appears to have forgotten the age-old lessons of history

  09-09-2015 19:54
  In 1940, when we Brits were hourly awaiting German invasion, civil servants in Kent were told that refugees on the roads were to be ordered into the fields. But if they refused, they were to be “shot”. Even when my Dad, who was a superannuated World War One veteran, gave me this Roneo-ed document when I was a schoolboy in the 1960s, I realised how frightful it was. He was a local Home Guard commander in 1940 - yes, Dad’s Army - and I even sent a photocopy of it to the Imperial
  
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• Protests set to continue as David Cameron meets Benjamin Netanyahu for talks

  09-09-2015 19:51
  
  Protests outside the gates of Downing Street are expected to continue for a second day when David Cameron is scheduled to meet Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for talks.
  
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• Apple unveils its new, bigger iPad Pro tablet computer

  09-09-2015 19:49
  
  Apple has officially announced the launch of a new, bigger tablet computer called the iPad Pro.
  
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• BA plane fire: Pilots condemn passengers who carried baggage from burning aircraft

  09-09-2015 19:39
  
  After 170 people safely evacuated from a British Airways jet ablaze on the runway in Las Vegas, pilots lambasted passengers who insisted on carrying cabin baggage as they evacuated the plane.
  
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• Queen Becomes Britain's Longest-Serving Monarch

  09-09-2015 19:35
  
  Her Majesty made a short speech acknowledging the milestone as she opened a new railway in Scotland, on what the Royal Family describe as a day like any other. The Queen broke the record previously held by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria whose reign, according to Buckingham Palace, lasted for 23,226 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes - or around 63 years and 216 days. Earlier in the day, she arrived in Tweedbank station after spending the last few hours travelling on a steam train on the n
  
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• Mafia crime wave in Naples blamed on unemployed teenage recruits being used to peddle drugs, rob and murder rivals and locals

  09-09-2015 19:14
  Naples’ Camorra mafia clans are recruiting unemployed teenagers to kill and terrorise rivals and local people with Kalashnikovs, police and community leaders have warned, following a disturbing upsurge in violence in the southern port.
  
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• Government orders Ucas to reveal data on poorer students in drive to boost social mobility

  09-09-2015 19:06
  
  The Government has ordered the body in charge of university admissions to reveal more of the data it holds on students from poor backgrounds to boost the drive to improve social mobility.
  
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• Bob Geldof criticises George Osborne over refugee crisis as he hands him GQ Man of the Year Award

  09-09-2015 19:04
  
  Bob Geldof took his opportunity to blast George Osborne for the British Government's response to the refugee crisis when he presented him with a GQ award on Wednesday evening.
  
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• 'Seeds' of Alzheimer's 'might be transferred on medical instruments'

  09-09-2015 19:01
  
  Seeds of Alzheimer's disease can potentially attach to surgical instruments and be transferred from one person to another during certain medical procedures, a study suggests.
  
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• Key questions about discovery of Alzheimer's brain change 'seeds'

  09-09-2015 19:01
  
  Scientists have uncovered the first clinical evidence that "seeds" of brain changes associated with Alzheimer's can be transmitted from person to person.
  
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• Alzheimer's Q&A: Does this mean that we can 'catch' the disease? Is this a health scare?

  09-09-2015 19:00
  
  What has this study shown?
  
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• Alzheimer's disease may be infectious, study suggests

  09-09-2015 19:00
  
  The “seeds” of Alzheimer’s disease may be transmitted from one person to another during certain medical procedures, scientists have found.
  
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• Abused dog sings 'I Will Survive' in latest Blue Cross animal charity advert

  09-09-2015 18:46
  
  In a fresh spin on heart-rending homeless pet adverts, a charity has released a video featuring a lost dog singing I Will Survive.
  
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• Train overcrowding 'won't improve for many' say campaigners

  09-09-2015 18:37
  
  More than a quarter of commuters on London-bound morning rush hour trains have to stand due to overcrowding, and for some passengers there is little hope of this improving, rail campaigners say.
  
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• Northern Irish Unionists threaten to resign after Sinn Fein arrest

  09-09-2015 18:34
  
  By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's largest pro-British party threatened to bring down the province's power-sharing government after a senior member of the main Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein was arrested on Wednesday in relation to an IRA murder. Police suspect members of the IRA, a paramilitary group that is supposed to have disbanded under a 1998 peace deal, were part of the Aug. 12 shooting of Kevin McGuigan, destabilising the grand coalition and prompting crisis tal
  
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• Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest reigning monarch: Monarch says record was 'not one to which I have ever aspired'

  09-09-2015 18:32
  
  It was a day for passing milestones. The journey that the Queen made today on the newly reopened railway through the Scottish Borders may have lasted less than two hours, but it was the final leg of a much longer journey which saw her become the longest reigning monarch in British history.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest reigning monarch in Britain after 63 years on the throne

  09-09-2015 18:31
  
  Queen Elizabeth II has made history by becoming the longest reigning monarch in Britain.
  
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• Queen becomes longest-reigning British monarch

  09-09-2015 18:30
  
  The Queen is now considered to be the longest reigning monarch in British history.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner admits she could be sent to a men's prison for a year over fatal car crash

  09-09-2015 18:23
  
  Caitlyn Jenner has spoken about the fatal car crash in Malibu she was involved in earlier this year, stating that the “worst case scenario" would see her sentenced to a year in a men's prison.
  
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• Barrister calls out senior partner at law firm for 'sexist' LinkedIn message

  09-09-2015 18:23
  
  A barrister has slammed a senior partner at a London law firm for sending her a “sexist” and “misogynistic” message in which he complimented her “stunning picture”, on a social network designed for professionals to make contacts.
  
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• Morrisons scraps M Local convenience stores

  09-09-2015 18:04
  
  Morrisons has retreated from its costly move into the convenience store market by offloading 140 M Local stores, banking a £30m loss for its troubles.
  
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• Captain Praised For Response After BA Jet Fire

  09-09-2015 18:02
  
  The captain and crew of a UK-bound plane which burst into flames at Las Vegas Airport have been praised for their "textbook" response to the blaze. The British Airways jet was on the runway and preparing for take-off when its left engine caught fire, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky. Firefighters stationed at the airport reached the Boeing 777-200 in just two minutes, and within five minutes everyone inside the plane had escaped and the blaze was extinguished.
  
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• Appeal For Teenage Girl Missing Since Friday

  09-09-2015 17:58
  
  South Wales Police are appealing for help following the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl on Friday morning.
  
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