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• London Fashion Week 2015: Hunter struggled, but not JW Anderson – his return to form saw soldier meet socialite

  19-09-2015 23:39
  For the wrinkled, weary press not-so-fresh off the red eye from New York, the big draw of London Fashion Week is ideas. That’s what’s pulled in Donatella Versace too, who chose the city to show the latest collection from Versus – the sexy, teenaged sister of the grown-up Versace label, designed by young buck Anthony Vaccarello.
  
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• Tim Farron makes 'unashamed land grab' for centre Labour voters who 'look at Jeremy Corbyn’s business policy and despair'

  19-09-2015 23:38
  Tim Farron, the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, has moved to occupy the political centre-ground he thinks has been vacated by Labour under the hard-left regime of Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Shortage of skilled workers holding back efforts to tackle Britain’s housing crisis

  19-09-2015 23:38
  
  A shortage of skilled workers is holding back efforts to tackle Britain’s housing crisis, a new report by Lloyds Bank will warn.
  
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• Saudi blockade starves Yemen of vital supplies, as bombing raids continue

  19-09-2015 23:38
  
  Fuel and vital medical supplies will run out in a matter of weeks in some of the hardest-hit areas of Yemen, aid agencies have warned, amid a blockade by the Saudi-led coalition that has been conducting bombing raids over the country for months.
  
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• Rugby World Cup 2015: Thousands of fans travelling to Ireland-Canada game hit with transport problems

  19-09-2015 23:38
  
  The Rugby World Cup was hit by travel chaos for the second day in a row yesterday, as thousands of fans tried to travel from London to Cardiff for the Ireland-Canada game.
  
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• Greece elections: Whoever wins will gain the poisoned chalice of having to implement the agreed bailout terms

  19-09-2015 23:38
  
  Greeks are going to the polls, grimly aware that, whoever wins, things can only seemingly get worse.
  
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• Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe warns white farmers being asked back as advisers is a step backwards

  19-09-2015 23:37
  
  When Tracy Mutinhiri struggled to get her tobacco crop to grow, she turned to some of the country’s most experienced farmers for help. There was only one complication: they were white.
  
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• Rogue landlords should face jail terms to deter them from taking advantage of renters, say national bodies

  19-09-2015 23:37
  
  Rogue landlords should face harsher consequences, including jail terms, to deter them from taking advantage of “vulnerable” renters, national bodies have said.
  
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• Mother of autistic man who drowned in NHS care wants new rights for people with autism and learning disabilities

  19-09-2015 23:37
  New rights for people with autism and learning disabilities must be enshrined in law, the mother of an 18-year-old man who died in NHS care has said, ahead of an inquest into his death.
  
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• Baroness Brinton claims Liberal Democrats enjoying a membership surge due to pro-EU stance

  19-09-2015 23:37
  
  With her party reduced to just eight MPs by a disastrous general election, Baroness Brinton finds herself in the frontline of a campaign known on social media as #LibDemFightback. The hashtag, hatched on 7 May as her party lost seat after seat, has become an article of faith.
  
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• Settled Gypsies could be forced back on to the road by new planning laws

  19-09-2015 23:36
  
  Gypsies and Travellers across Britain will be driven off sites they have made their home by new planning laws requiring them to prove that they are still itinerant. The move could cause a large increase in the number of unauthorised roadside camps, and force many families – including the infirm and those with children in school – on to the road against their will.
  
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• Britain accused of taking an ‘incoherent’ position on EU sugar deal that ‘will push thousands back into poverty’

  19-09-2015 23:29
  
  The livelihoods of more than 200,000 sugar cane farmers in developing countries are threatened by a decision – backed by Britain – to lift quotas on sugar production within the European Union, campaigners say.
  
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• Scientists claim they have grown human sperm in the lab

  19-09-2015 23:26
  
  Human sperm cells have been made in the laboratory for the first time by culturing immature cells taken from the testes of infertile men. The breakthrough promises to help young boys made sterile by cancer treatments and adult men who cannot make their own sperm, scientists have claimed.
  
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• Five-bedroom home in Surrey costs £1.85m while the same in Wales is £165,000

  19-09-2015 23:16
  
  The Surrey village of Bramley and the Welsh valley town of Tonypandy both have their share of natural beauty. But in terms of property prices they sit on opposite sides of a widening chasm.
  
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• Cliff crash paraglider airlifted to hospital after rescue

  19-09-2015 23:15
  
  A paraglider who crashed in to a cliff after a mid-air collision has been airlifted to hospital following a rescue operation.
  
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• World's fastest female motorcyclist Eva Håkansson: 'I'm on a quest for 300mph'

  19-09-2015 23:04
  
  Eva Håkansson is the world’s fastest female motorcycle rider, but the 34-year-old Swede isn’t resting on her laurels. “My goal is always to be faster,” she tells The Independent. “I’m on the quest for 300mph, but many things can go wrong.”
  
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• Sir Vince Cable: New party may emerge after Jeremy Corbyn's election

  19-09-2015 23:00
  
  A new political party may emerge as disgruntled Labour moderates team up with the Liberal Democrats following Jeremy Corbyn's election win, former Cabinet minister Sir Vince Cable has suggested.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn’s relationship with the media: His spin-free politics thrilled but proved impractical in less than a week

  19-09-2015 23:00
  Jeremy Corbyn disdains the media. His first speech as Labour leader was sprinkled with warnings to the Fourth Estate to lay off the “abuse” and to not “attack people” who weren’t seeking fame. “Leave them alone, leave them alone in all circumstances,” he said.
  
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• Refugee crisis: UK government promises extra support to UN refugee agency

  19-09-2015 22:57
  
  Britain will ensure that the UN’s refugee agency has the resources it needs to resettle the extra 20,000 Syrians it has promised to take into the UK, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn pulls out of Stop the War Coalition’s annual conference as he has a 'busy diary'

  19-09-2015 22:57
  
  Jeremy Corbyn was forced to pull out of the Stop the War Coalition’s annual conference as the pressures of an increasingly busy schedule began to take their toll.
  
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• Refugee Crisis: At the border of Austria and Slovenia there's a rare happy ending

  19-09-2015 22:56
  
  At the frontier of another sealed border of the European Union, all was quiet, save for some crickets chirping, riot police wearily scraping their shields on the asphalt, and the light snoring of refugees sleeping on the bridge.
  
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• John Kerry admits US was disturbed by build up of Russian military in Syria

  19-09-2015 22:53
  
  John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, has admitted that his country was “disturbed” by Russia’s military build-up in Syria. The movement of Russian fighter jets and other weaponry, including ground-to-air missiles, to Syria could pose a threat to American and allied military forces, he said.
  
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• Man dies after falling through roof of industrial building

  19-09-2015 22:11
  
  A man has died after falling through a roof at industrial premises in the Cannock area of Staffordshire.
  
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• Refugee crisis was caused by a careless West that allowed anarchy and fear to take root in the Middle East

  19-09-2015 22:00
  Little has been done to end the four-year civil war that is destroying Iraq and Syria and which has caused the biggest mass flight of people ever seen in the Middle East. More than half of the 23 million Syrian population have fled their homes, of which four million are refugees outside Syria. There is a growing exodus from Iraq, with three million people displaced, many of whom today see that the war is not ending and that they can never again hope to live safely in their own country.
  
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• Raif Badawi's wife takes fight for Saudi blogger's release to Washington DC

  19-09-2015 22:00
  
  Ensaf Haidar appears so slight, so diminutive, that you wonder how she will manage in the surging human crush that forms at rush hour around New York’s Penn Station, from where she is waiting to catch a train to Washington DC.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Labour's new leader has 'puritan' written all over him

  19-09-2015 22:00
  
  There was an almost Proustian moment last week when, as Jeremy Corbyn began to address the massed ranks of the TUC in that dogged, put-upon and painfully earnest way of his, I felt the tug of memory twitch at my sleeve. Who did he remind me of? What alternative picture, hitherto lost in time, did the sight of Mr Corbyn’s anguished, bearded and curiously messianic face conjure up?
  
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• Is it even possible to have lower interest rates?

  19-09-2015 22:00
  
  The tail wagged the dog. If you want a stark illustration of how power is shifting in the world economy, try this: had it not been for the slowdown in growth in China, the US Federal Reserve would almost certainly have increased interest rates last Thursday. “Heightened uncertainties abroad,” was the phrase used by Janet Yellen to describe what tipped the Fed to holding off – but the only uncertainties that matter to the world’s largest economy are those in the second-lar
  
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• Chuggers are bad for charity in the long run

  19-09-2015 22:00
  
  I have a face that I reserve for clipboard-wielding strangers on the street who bound towards me like puppies. By staring expressionlessly into the middle distance and shaking my head, maintaining my stride, I hope to convey the message that I know they have a job to do but, should they attempt to talk to me, a plague of locusts will rain down on their heads and their houses will be reduced to a heap of ashes. It usually does the trick.
  
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• Boxer Amir Khan's Mission To Help Migrants

  19-09-2015 21:58
  
  British boxer Amir Khan has distributed food and water to migrants crossing to the Greek island of Lesbos from Turkey. The two-time world champion, who is the founder of the Amir Khan King Foundation, greeted dozens of migrants as they arrived in Lesbos on a dinghy. His mission was part of a seven-vehicle humanitarian convoy which travelled to Greece to help migrants on the island, which has borne the brunt of the country's migrant intake.
  
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• Art critic Brian Sewell dies aged 84 after cancer battle

  19-09-2015 21:46
  
  Veteran art critic and broadcaster Brian Sewell has died after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 84.
  
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• Tim Farron: Lib Dems offer only credible alternative to Tory rule

  19-09-2015 20:30
  
  The Liberal Democrats offer the only credible alternative to a generation of Tory rule, Tim Farron claimed as he warned against writing his party off following the disastrous general election.
  
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• 'Death to America' doesn't actually mean death to America

  19-09-2015 18:57
  
  The chant "Death to America" should not be seen as a threat of violence but rather a political protest, Iran's president says.
  
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• David Beckham is heartbroken by his son's reason not to become a footballer

  19-09-2015 18:55
  
  David Beckham has said he was heartbroken to discover that his son no longer wants to be a footballer because of the pressure of his father's legacy.
  
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• Harry Potter fans leave notes describing the impact the books had on them for future readers

  19-09-2015 18:54
  
  Fans of the Boy Who Lived are leaving notes about what the Harry Potter books meant to them for the next generation of readers to find.
  
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• Brian Sewell's 9 most withering put downs

  19-09-2015 18:30
  
  Brian Sewell, outspoken art critic and broadcaster, has died aged 84, it has been announced.
  
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• Art Critic And Broadcaster Brian Sewell Dies

  19-09-2015 18:29
  
  Veteran art critic and broadcaster Brian Sewell has died at the age of 84, his agent has said. Mr Sewell, who was diagnosed with cancer last year, died at his London home on Saturday morning, his agent Francine Fletcher said. A controversial figure with a sharp tongue, Mr Sewell was particularly known for his criticism of modern art and the Turner Prize.
  
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• Karen Buckley's killer to appeal against sentence

  19-09-2015 18:08
  
  The killer of Irish student Karen Buckley is to appeal against his sentence.
  
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• Veteran art critic Brian Sewell dies aged 84

  19-09-2015 18:02
  
  Veteran art critic and broadcaster Brian Sewell has died, his agent has confirmed.
  
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• Almost all NFL players have rare brain disease caused by head trauma

  19-09-2015 18:02
  
  A large majority of NFL players may suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a rare brain disease believed to be caused by repeated head trauma.
  
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• Motorists caught driving wrong way down sliproad to be prosecuted

  19-09-2015 18:01
  
  The drivers of 74 vehicles caught driving the wrong way down a slip road are to be prosecuted.
  
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• Tim Farron: David Cameron taking 'inhuman' approach to migration crisis

  19-09-2015 17:30
  
  David Cameron has been accused by Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron of taking an "inhuman" approach to the European migration crisis.
  
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• Brian Sewell: nation's most outspoken art critic dies aged 84

  19-09-2015 17:26
  
  Brian Sewell, Britain's most outspoken art critic and scourge of conceptual art, has died aged 84, according to reports.
  
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• Belfast's 100ft Meccano bridge just set a Guinness World Record

  19-09-2015 17:19
  
  Belfast is now home to the biggest bridge in the world — made from Meccano, that is.
  
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• Labour to review tax legislation, says John McDonnell

  19-09-2015 16:45
  
  Labour will perform a full review of tax legislation and the Treasury as part of a bid to clamp down on big business tax avoiders, shadow chancellor John McDonnell announced as he laid out his party's plans for the economy.
  
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• Engineering students in Belfast set world record with 100ft Meccano bridge

  19-09-2015 16:41
  
  Engineering students in Belfast have set a world record with a 100ft bridge made from Meccano.
  
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• Military forces imprisoned Chelsea Manning to follow male grooming standards

  19-09-2015 16:31
  
  Imprisoned US Army Private Chelsea Manning has said she will take the military to court over for preventing her from growing her hair out.
  
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• Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi named in criminal case over 240-year-old bottle of wine

  19-09-2015 16:24
  
  Ukrainian prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against a woman who allegedly uncorked a 240-year-old bottle of wine for Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi.
  
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• Council shells out £86,000 on new logo as part of 'more than just a place' re-brand

  19-09-2015 16:22
  
  A town hall making huge cuts to services has shelled out £86,000 on re-branding itself to demonstrate it is “more than just place. It's an attitude”.
  
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• Prince Harry stars in cameo appearance at Rugby World Cup opening ceremony

  19-09-2015 16:10
  
  Prince Harry made a surprise cameo appearance at the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup, starring in a video about how the game was invented in the early 19th century.
  
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• Woman in hospital after acid attack outside Southampton restaurant

  19-09-2015 15:41
  
  A woman is being treated in hospital after acid was thrown over her face.
  
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