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• VIDEO: Fighting IS: 'Britain's eyes over Syria'

  27-09-2015 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Jonathan Beale joins an RAF Sentinel spy plane crew on a surveillance mission over IS-held territory.
  
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• VIDEO: Dismaland to be made into refugee shelters

  27-09-2015 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Banksy says that all the fixtures and timber from his theme park Dismaland will be sent to Calais to build shelters for people in the camps there.
  
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• David Cameron to meet Iranian president for talks on Syrian crisis

  27-09-2015 23:30
  
  David Cameron is to hold face-to-face talks with Iranian president Hasan Rouhani in a fresh bid to revive the stalled Syrian peace process.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn defends stance on IRA

  27-09-2015 22:00
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has defended reaching out to Republicans at the height of the troubles by insisting he "wanted the violence to stop".
  
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• Anne Hathaway calls for more support for working mothers

  27-09-2015 21:41
  
  Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway called for more "understanding and support" for working mothers as her latest film premiered in the UK.
  
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• Skygazers ready for blood red 'supermoon' over the UK

  27-09-2015 21:14
  
  A blood red "supermoon" will appear in the skies above Britain for the first time in 30 years on Monday morning.
  
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• Woman Arrested Over Semtex And Weapons Haul

  27-09-2015 20:57
  
  A woman has been arrested after police discovered a major cache of weapons and explosives in Northern Ireland. The 35-year-old is in custody following the find, which included Semtex, explosives, two guns and more than 200 rounds of ammunition. Police Service of Northern Ireland detectives are questioning the woman at Antrim Serious Crime Suite.
  
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• East London cereal cafe suffers 'terrifying' attack by activists

  27-09-2015 19:41
  
  Anti-gentrification activists have daubed the word "scum" on an east London cafe in a "terrifying" attack.
  
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• Labour Will Not Debate Trident After Union Blow

  27-09-2015 19:20
  
  Labour has dodged a potentially damaging debate on scrapping Trident at its conference after a deep divisions emerged between Jeremy Corbyn and the unions. Members voted not to include Britain's defence capability on the list of eight issues that will be put forward to be debated after pressure from the unions, who feared the issue would split the party, Sky News understands. The new Labour leader, who wants to see Trident scrapped, had made it clear he had expected the matter to be discussed, d
  
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• Corbyn strikes moderate stance as Labour avoids nuclear arms debate

  27-09-2015 19:15
  By Kylie MacLellan BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Veteran far-left politician Jeremy Corbyn sought on Sunday to portray himself as more moderate than depicted by his opponents, before his first conference as leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party. "I was elected with the biggest ever mandate of any Labour leader," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme. "I want to achieve a decent, democratic society where nobody is forgotten and we don't as a society pass by on the other side while th
  
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• Teens Among Four Killed In Quad Bike Crash

  27-09-2015 19:02
  
  Two teenage girls and two men riding on a quad bike have died after a collision with a car. Police said the crash involving a bronze Nissan 350Z sports car on the A6201 between Upton and Hemsworth in West Yorkshire at about 12.30am on Sunday. Investigators believe the Nissan had been travelling towards Hemsworth when it collided with the rear of the quad bike.
  
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• Labour conference won't vote on Trident renewal

  27-09-2015 19:01
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will avoid a showdown over the renewal of the Trident nuclear missile system at his party conference because motions on the issue have not won approval.
  
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• Compromise in the sea air

  27-09-2015 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shock of the new on faces of old time delegates in Brighton
  
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• Michael Fassbender leads Macbeth cast on UK premiere red carpet

  27-09-2015 18:51
  
  Michael Fassbender has led the cast of Macbeth on the red carpet as it received its UK premiere in Edinburgh.
  
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• David Walliams: I wanted to write a book about 'pure evil' Simon Cowell

  27-09-2015 18:51
  
  Best-selling children's author David Walliams has revealed he once wanted to write a book with Simon Cowell as the leading villain.
  
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• Injured paratrooper 'living the dream' at end of Arch to Arc triathlon

  27-09-2015 18:05
  
  A former paratrooper blown up in Afghanistan has said his injuries had been a blessing in disguise after he led the first disabled team of athletes to the end of the Arch to Arc triathlon.
  
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• Scottish Labour ready to take on SNP, says Kezia Dugdale

  27-09-2015 17:59
  
  Scottish Labour is reforming and is ready to take on a tired SNP administration more interested in a second referendum than governing in the interests of Scotland, Kezia Dugdale has said.
  
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• Clutha victims remembered at police memorial service

  27-09-2015 17:35
  
  The victims of the Clutha helicopter tragedy have been remembered at an annual service for police officers who have died on duty.
  
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• Cameron says Syria's Assad could stay as leader in short term - Sky

  27-09-2015 17:32
  British Prime Minister David Cameron was quoted by Sky News as saying on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could stay on as part of a transitional government but should not be part of Syria's future in the long run. Sky's correspondent travelling with Cameron to the United States said Cameron was not ruling out that Assad could be part of a transition, but "what he is very clear about is that Assad cannot be part of Syria's future in the long run".
  
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• 'Terror' As Protesters Target Cereal Cafe

  27-09-2015 17:30
  
  Staff were left "absolutely terrified" when anti-gentrification protesters targeted a controversial east London cafe that serves imported cereals. Video from inside the Cereal Killer Cafe in Brick Lane, Shoreditch, shows a masked crowd outside the premises on Saturday night. One worker at the eatery - which calls itself the "UK's first speciality cereal cafe" - is heard phoning police.
  
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• Four killed as quad bike and sports car collide

  27-09-2015 17:25
  
  Four people are dead after a quad bike collided with a sports car.
  
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• Corbyn Facing Trident Defeat At Union Hands

  27-09-2015 17:19
  
  Jeremy Corbyn looks like he is heading for defeat on scrapping Trident after the Unite union - the party's biggest financial backer - said it would vote to keep the nuclear deterrent.
  
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• No virtue in opposition, says shadow minister Gloria de Piero

  27-09-2015 17:16
  
  A shadow cabinet minister has insisted there is "no virtue in opposition" and warned Labour cannot change any lives without being in government.
  
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• Immigration integration a two-way street, insists Chuka Umunna

  27-09-2015 17:16
  
  Labour needs to do more to reassure voters it understands their concerns about immigration and welfare, former shadow cabinet minister Chuka Umunna said.
  
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• David Cameron: Bashar Assad cannot be part of long-term solution in Syria

  27-09-2015 16:46
  
  Bashar Assad must not escape prosecution even if he is allowed to play an interim role in any political solution in Syria, David Cameron insisted as he arrived in the US.
  
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• Stiglitz, Piketty to help Labour shape anti-austerity policies

  27-09-2015 16:45
  Opposition Labour Party said on Sunday it had set up an advisory committee including Nobel Prize-winning U.S. economist Joseph Stiglitz and Frenchman Thomas Piketty to help develop its anti-austerity policies. The committee will meet quarterly under Labour's finance spokesman, John McDonnell, a hard-left ally of the party's new leader, Jeremy Corbyn. McDonnell has advocated renationalising Britain's rail system, curbing the power of the country's six big energy suppliers and stripping responsibi
  
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• Sir Bruce Forsyth: BBC should concentrate on two main channels

  27-09-2015 16:31
  
  Sir Bruce Forsyth said he would concentrate on just BBC One and BBC Two if he was the director general of the BBC.
  
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• Man United Fan Killed On His Way To Home Game

  27-09-2015 16:00
  
  A Manchester United fan and war veteran has been killed in a road accident while walking to a home match with his grandson. Arthur Eade, 68, was knocked over on Saturday morning near Wharfside Way, Old Trafford. Mr Eade was taken to hospital for treatment to serious head injuries but died overnight.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's election 'strengthens Labour's stand on EU'

  27-09-2015 15:44
  
  Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader has strengthened Labour's campaign to keep Britain in the European Union, Alan Johnson has said.
  
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• Dismaland to be sent to Calais to shelter migrants

  27-09-2015 15:44
  
  Britain's most disappointing tourist attraction is to be dismantled and sent to Calais to be shelter for migrants, creator Banksy has revealed.
  
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• Mystery Surrounds Skipper Of Capsized Catamaran

  27-09-2015 15:40
  
  Police are getting "increasingly concerned" for the skipper of a capsized catamaran that was found 25 miles off the coast of Kent. The vessel was spotted floating north east of North Foreland, in Thanet, shortly after 8pm on Saturday. The catamaran is a white New Cat 12 model with the serial number 7064-1999 and make number K-0566, but the identity of the skipper is unclear.
  
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• Manchester United fan killed in crash walking to match

  27-09-2015 15:05
  
  A man has been killed in a road collision as he walked to a Premier League match with his son and grandson.
  
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• Two Teenagers Arrested Over Mosque Fire

  27-09-2015 14:42
  
  Onlookers watched as dozens of firefighters tackled the blaze at the Baitul Futuh mosque complex in Morden, south London at around noon on Saturday. Two boys aged 14 and 16 have been arrested on suspicion of arson and remain in custody at a south London police station, Scotland Yard said. The mosque was built for the Ahmadiyya Muslim community to provide people with a meeting place and a location for social religious events.
  
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• Scrap Privy Council, says Lord Prescott

  27-09-2015 14:32
  
  Former Labour party deputy leader John Prescott has called for the Privy Council to be scrapped.
  
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• Ram raiders use JCB to steal cash machine

  27-09-2015 14:13
  
  Ram raiders have escaped with a five-figure sum after using a JCB digger to smash a cash machine from a wall.
  
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• Spying on IS fighters from the air

  27-09-2015 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On a spy mission over IS-occupied territories
  
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• Labour leader strikes moderate pose before first conference

  27-09-2015 13:58
  
  BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Veteran far-left politician Jeremy Corbyn sought on Sunday to portray himself as more moderate than depicted by his opponents, before his first conference as leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party.
  
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• Teenagers arrested over Baitul Futuh mosque fire

  27-09-2015 13:45
  
  Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a large fire engulfed part of a south London mosque which is said to be the largest in western Europe.
  
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• Labour conference 'could vote to impose mandatory re-selection of MPs'

  27-09-2015 13:39
  
  The Labour Party conference could vote to impose the mandatory re-selection of MPs, deputy leader Tom Watson has said.
  
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• Shaker Aamer's family seek date for Guantanamo Bay release

  27-09-2015 13:25
  
  The family of the last British resident held in Guantanamo Bay have pleaded with authorities to confirm when he will be released.
  
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• New panel to advise Jeremy Corbyn on economic policies

  27-09-2015 12:56
  
  A Nobel laureate and the author of a bestselling work on the modern economy have been appointed to a new panel advising Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Blaze Near UK's Biggest Mosque Contained

  27-09-2015 12:24
  
  Seventy firefighters battled a blaze that took hold of buildings belonging to Britain's largest mosque. The fire engulfed part of the Baitul Futuh mosque complex in Morden, south London, sending a dark plume of smoke billowing out of the building's roof, as shocked bystanders looked on. Only a handful of worshippers were inside the mosque when the blaze started and were evacuated from the site.
  
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• Three killed in quad bike crash

  27-09-2015 12:11
  
  Three people on a quad bike were killed when it collided with a sports car.
  
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• Warning As Wandering Wallaby Dodges Police

  27-09-2015 12:10
  
  The marsupial was photographed outside a house in the Dursley area overnight, but it managed to hop away over a wall. The marsupial was last seen heading towards a wooded area near Woodmancote, where officers think it has "gone to ground".
  
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• Corbyn Hints He Will Accept Split On Trident

  27-09-2015 12:05
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has suggested Labour MPs might be given a free vote on scrapping the Trident nuclear deterrent because of the shadow cabinet split on the issue.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn calls for end to Trident

  27-09-2015 12:03
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has called for the end to the UK's "weapons of mass destruction" as the Labour Party conference prepared to vote on the future of the nuclear deterrent.
  
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• On-the-run wallaby keeps police on the hop

  27-09-2015 11:56
  
  A crafty wallaby has avoided police capture after going on the hop.
  
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• Using quieter London streets 'can help avoid harmful diesel fumes'

  27-09-2015 11:30
  
  Choosing to walk along quieter side streets instead of busy main roads provides significant protection against harmful diesel fumes, a study has found.
  
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• Where Are Roo? Police Hunt For Marsupial

  27-09-2015 11:07
  
  Police say a kangaroo is on the loose in a market town and has so far evaded their clutches.
  
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• Great Views For Supermoon Eclipse Spectacle

  27-09-2015 10:31
  
  The supermoon eclipse will see our planet move directly between the sun and moon - giving the lunar surface a rusty appearance. The night sky will be clear across most of the UK tonight, offering perfect conditions to see the blood-red supermoon between 1am and 6.30am. Sky News weather producer Joanne Coles said: "As high pressure continues to dominate across the British Isles, most places will have a good chance of seeing the supermoon-lunar eclipse during the early hours of Monday morning
  
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