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• McDonnell calls for 'free vote' on bombing Syria

  29-09-2015 23:07
  The opposition lawmakers should be free to vote in favour of air strikes in Syria if they wish, senior Labour lawmaker John McDonnell said on Tuesday, signalling that the party may not block Prime Minister David Cameron on the issue. Cameron has said he sees a strong case for conducting British air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, but is keen to make sure he has enough support in parliament to gain approval. British bombing has so far only targeted Islamic State in neighbouring
  
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• Simon Cowell shares secrets of his success on Brit School visit

  29-09-2015 23:04
  
  Simon Cowell says artists aren't making it big on YouTube at the moment because "everybody is doing the same thing".
  
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• Approval granted for 10 womb transplants in UK

  29-09-2015 23:00
  
  Ten British women without wombs will get the chance to carry their own babies after doctors received the go-ahead for the first ever womb transplants in the UK.
  
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• Ban On Smoking In Prisons To Start Next Year

  29-09-2015 22:24
  
  Smoking will be banned at all prisons in Wales and four in England from next year. The Government says this is the first step towards making all jails in both countries smoke free, due to the health problems smoking can cause. All prisons will provide voluntary smoke-free areas from early next year.
  
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• Edward Snowden joins Twitter and follows NSA

  29-09-2015 21:30
  
  Edward Snowden, who has confounded US officials since his abrupt departure from the country two years ago, has just found a new megaphone in Twitter.
  
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• SNP's Michelle Thomson Quits Amid Police Inquiry

  29-09-2015 21:05
  
  One of the Scottish National Party's rising stars has quit her frontbench job after police launched an investigation into property deals. Michelle Thomson, a successful businesswoman before becoming MP for Edinburgh West in May, was involved in the deals with a struck-off solicitor, Christopher Hales. Prosecutors have now instructed police to investigate "alleged irregularities" after the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal made a complaint.
  
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• Buy Me, Do - Beatles management contract sold at London auction

  29-09-2015 21:01
  LONDON (Reuters) - "Money can't buy me love", the Beatles once sang, but a contract that helped launch the most successful pop foursome of all times commanded an auction price at Sotheby's on Tuesday of 365,000 pounds. The contract that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr approved on Oct. 1, 1962, confirmed Brian Epstein, sometimes known as the fifth Beatle, as their manager, and also brought in Ringo as their drummer. It was the second contract the Beatles had signed wi
  
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• Nexus 5X smartphone has improved camera and fingerprint scanner

  29-09-2015 20:47
  
  Google has confirmed a new version of its popular Nexus 5 - the 5X, which again will be made by LG.
  
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• Full metal jacket for Google's UHD Nexus 6P

  29-09-2015 20:47
  
  Google's larger Nexus phone has been built in collaboration with Chinese firm Huawei, and is the first Nexus to have a full metal body.
  
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• Faster connections with updated Chromecast

  29-09-2015 20:47
  
  As well as offering up new smartphones, Google has confirmed a new version of its Chromecast streaming device.
  
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• Corbyn takes aim at 'fawning' government

  29-09-2015 20:27
  By Kylie MacLellan and William James BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - The new left-wing leader of the Labour party accused the government on Tuesday of favouring the rich and squandering the country's weight in global affairs by offering "fawning support" to foreign governments which crush democratic rights. Just four months since Labour suffered a heavy defeat at Britain's last national election, Jeremy Corbyn used his first conference speech as party leader to call on the party to unite. Corbyn,
  
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• Corbyn takes aim at Britain's 'fawning' government

  29-09-2015 20:20
  By Kylie MacLellan and William James BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - The new left-wing leader of Britain's Labour party accused the government on Tuesday of favouring the rich and squandering the country's weight in global affairs by offering "fawning support" to foreign governments which crush democratic rights. Just four months since Labour suffered a heavy defeat at Britain's last national election, Jeremy Corbyn used his first conference speech as party leader to call on the party to unite. Co
  
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• Simon Cowell shares secrets of success on visit to Brit School

  29-09-2015 20:03
  
  Simon Cowell has shared some secrets to his success during a question and answer session at the Brit School where he surprised students with a visit.
  
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• Paul Gambaccini accuses colleagues of being 'Good Germans' over Yewtree probe

  29-09-2015 20:03
  
  BBC broadcaster Paul Gambaccini, who was accused and cleared of sexual offences under Operation Yewtree, has called the investigation a "witch-hunt" - and accused his colleagues of standing by.
  
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• Google unveils new Nexus smartphones and Pixel C tablet

  29-09-2015 19:42
  
  Google has confirmed the upcoming launch of two new smartphones from its Nexus line, as well as a tablet called the Pixel C.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn vows 'kinder' politics as he stands by rejection of Trident

  29-09-2015 18:55
  
  Jeremy Corbyn pledged to deliver "a kinder politics, a more caring society" as he used his first conference speech as leader to urge the Labour Party to unite behind him to oppose "the misery on offer from the Conservatives".
  
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• Sky Pulse: 53% Can Imagine Corbyn As Next PM

  29-09-2015 18:45
  
  Jeremy Corbyn's first conference speech as leader generally scored favourably among a group of Sky News viewers - with 53% saying they can imagine him as Prime Minister. While 66% of those surveyed using Sky Pulse believe he is a good Labour leader, almost half cannot envisage him winning the next General Election. Although the results suggest Jeremy Corbyn has his work cut out to convince voters he can lead the country, he can take some comfort in the fact that 59% of participants are more like
  
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• New Labour leader takes aim at Britain's 'fawning' government

  29-09-2015 18:42
  By Kylie MacLellan and William James BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - The new left-wing leader of Britain's Labour party accused the government on Tuesday of favouring the rich and squandering the country's weight in global affairs by offering "fawning support" to foreign governments which crush democratic rights. Just four months since Labour suffered a heavy defeat at Britain's last national election, Jeremy Corbyn used his first conference speech as party leader to call on the party to unite. Co
  
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• Defence And Railways Among Corbyn's Key Points

  29-09-2015 18:32
  
  Key points from Jeremy Corbyn's first conference speech as Labour leader.
  
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• Texts detailing cost of missed appointments 'could save NHS £64m a year'

  29-09-2015 18:23
  
  Texting patients to say it will cost the NHS £160 if they miss an appointment could save the health service millions, researchers have said.
  
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• Woman Jailed For Stabbing Paedophile To Death

  29-09-2015 18:21
  
  Sarah Sands wept as Judge Nicholas Cooke QC handed down the sentence at the Old Bailey. The 32-year-old was cleared of murdering neighbour Michael Pleasted but she was found guilty of manslaughter by reason of loss of control.
  
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• Corbyn: Don't Accept What You Are Given

  29-09-2015 18:21
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has told British people they "don't have to accept what they are given" in the first major speech of his leadership. Mr Corbyn hit out at the rich few and said people did not have to accept it was the way the world should work. And he said that Labour would challenge the Conservatives on cuts, saying the party's message was: "You may be born poor but you don’t have to stay poor.
  
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• Harry Potter Fans Can Dine In The Hogwarts Great Hall This Christmas – If They Magic Up £230

  29-09-2015 18:04
  
  Guest will enjoy a Christmas dinner in the hall, which was first featured in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first instalment in the series
  
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• No charges against Gerry Adams but Jean McConville's family vow to seek justice

  29-09-2015 17:50
  
  Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has described a decision not to prosecute him in connection with the IRA murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville as "long overdue".
  
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• Bodybuilders outmuscled by wimps in tests of strength

  29-09-2015 17:16
  
  Wimps might have the last laugh on gym-obsessed hunks - gram-for-gram, bodybuilders' muscles are weaker than those of people who never touch weights, research has shown.
  
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• Grieving Mum FINED By Council Because Son's Funeral Procession Arrived Late

  29-09-2015 17:09
  
  Margaret Bowler, 78, who was joined by 260 mourners, arrived 35 minutes late to lay Peter Bowler to rest after his service overran
  
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• Senior Magistrate Suspended After He Tried To Pay Penniless Asylum Seeker's Court Fine

  29-09-2015 16:56
  
  Nigel Allcoat, 65, resigned after being told he faced a probe for what he believed was a “humanitarian act."
  
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• Sky Poll: 53% Can Imagine Corbyn As Next PM

  29-09-2015 16:55
  
  Jeremy Corbyn's first conference speech as leader generally scored favourably in an unofficial poll of viewers – but only 53% can imagine him as Prime Minister. While 66% of those surveyed using Sky Pulse believe he is a good Labour leader, almost half cannot envisage him winning the next General Election. Although the Sky Pulse poll suggests that Jeremy Corbyn has his work cut out to convince voters he can lead the country, he can take some comfort in the fact that 59% of participants are
  
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• Man Dies After Dog Runs In Front Of Car

  29-09-2015 16:55
  
  A man out walking his dog has died after his pet ran across the road and into the path of a moving car. The man, from Dovercourt in Essex, had his Pug-like dog on a lead when the dog pulled him into the road in the early evening. DS Dave Jones of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: "A man has sadly died following this incident ... I'm keen to speak to anyone who saw the dog-walker, before or after the incident.
  
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• No more TFI Friday for Chris Evans as Top Gear takes priority

  29-09-2015 16:47
  
  Chris Evans has said he is "not allowed" to host any more series of TFI Friday because of his commitments to Top Gear.
  
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• Bronze Age 'sauna' unearthed on Orkney

  29-09-2015 16:47
  
  Archaeologists have discovered a "very rare" Bronze Age building which experts believe could have been a sauna or steam house.
  
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• Corbyn Attacks Blair Over Iraq War In Speech

  29-09-2015 16:44
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has used his first major speech to hit out at Tony Blair over the Iraq War saying hundreds of brave British soldiers lost their lives without good reason. The new Labour leader told the Labour Party Conference in Brighton that Britain had gone to war on "a false prospectus" in "defiance of the United Nations". He said the war had not helped the country's national security and railed against British arms sales to other countries and the "fawning support" of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain,
  
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• No charges against Adams but McConville family 'will continue to seek justice'

  29-09-2015 16:43
  
  Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will not be prosecuted in connection with the IRA murder of Belfast widow and mother-of-10 Jean McConville.
  
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• Amazon 'branching out into the food sector'

  29-09-2015 16:37
  
  Retail giant Amazon has begun selling chilled and frozen food products online amid speculation it is to launch a full-scale assault on the grocery market.
  
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• Lollipop Ladies 'To Be Taught Conflict Resolution' In Effort To Cut Road Rage

  29-09-2015 16:19
  
  The smiling lollipop lady is often most affable character you’ll meet on the roads.
  
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• Ex-BBC DJ Zane Lowe 'not sure Apple needs' Beats 1 radio station

  29-09-2015 16:04
  
  DJ Zane Lowe has said he is unsure if technology giant Apple needs the digital radio station he left the BBC to front.
  
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• David Cameron warns against 'phoney solutions' to Syria crisis

  29-09-2015 15:57
  
  World leaders remain "miles apart" over the Syria crisis, David Cameron conceded as he dismissed any prospect of any "phoney" solution that involved Bashar Assad.
  
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• Fake Sheikh charged after collapse of Tulisa drugs trial

  29-09-2015 15:40
  
  The undercover reporter known as the "Fake Sheikh" has been charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice after the collapse of the drugs trial of pop star Tulisa Contostavlos.
  
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• Cameron says backs refugee camps over 'lethal' journey to continent - CBS

  29-09-2015 15:37
  British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday defended the United Kingdom's financial support of refugee camps for those fleeing the crisis in Syria, saying to settle migrants coming across the Mediterranean Sea would be to encourage more to make the dangerous trip. "Concentrate on the region, help keep those people in the region," Cameron, whose said his country has pledged to accept 20,000 people from refugee camps, told CBS' "This Morning" program.
  
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• Our Labour Party says No to Tory policies, Jeremy Corbyn tells voters

  29-09-2015 15:28
  
  Jeremy Corbyn used his first conference speech as Labour leader to send a message to voters: "You don't have to take what you are given."
  
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• Sky Pulse: Give Your View On Corbyn's Speech

  29-09-2015 15:17
  
  During Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour Party Conference, we will be gauging your real-time reaction to what is being said using our interactive tool, Sky Pulse.
  
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• Boris Johnson admits 'painful' decision to pull out of Tour de France running

  29-09-2015 15:17
  
  London mayor Boris Johnson said it was a "no brainer" to turn down the opportunity for London to host the start of the Tour de France in 2017.
  
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• Northern Ireland says Gerry Adams won't face prosecution over 1972 murder

  29-09-2015 15:10
  By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams will not face prosecution over the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville, Northern Ireland's public prosecution service said on Tuesday, more than a year after he was briefly arrested over the killing. The shooting dead of McConville, who was abducted by the Irish Republican Army in front of her 10 children from a nationalist area, was one of the most controversial of over 3,000 killings in three decades of sectar
  
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• No Charges For Adams Over McConville Murder

  29-09-2015 14:36
  
  Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and six other people will face no charges in connection with the abduction and murder of Jean McConville in 1972. An eighth person, Ivor Bell, has already been charged with soliciting the murder of Jean McConville following his arrest in March 2014. Mr Adams has always vehemently denied allegations, made by former republican comrades, that he personally ordered the killing of Mrs McConville.
  
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• VW Emissions Scandal: 11m Vehicles Face Refit

  29-09-2015 14:35
  
  Volkswagen says it will recall up to 11 million vehicles in an attempt to move on from the scandal over attempts to cheat tests involving its diesel engines. New Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said the German manufacturer will ask customers with some diesel models to come in "in the next few days" for modifications. It comes after Volkswagen was forced to apologise last week when it was discovered it had developed the software in order to trick emission tests in the US for some of its diesel m
  
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• Sinn Fein's Adams won't face prosecution over 1972 murder - prosecutors

  29-09-2015 14:35
  Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams will not face prosecution over the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville, Northern Ireland's public prosecution service said on Tuesday, more than a year after he was briefly arrested over the killing. The Public Prosecution Service said in a statement there would be no further prosecutions in relation to the killing. "We have given careful consideration to the evidence currently available ... and have concluded that it is insufficient to provide a rea
  
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• Steel workers learn redundancy terms as SSI Redcar plant mothballed

  29-09-2015 14:30
  
  Workers at a steelworks being mothballed with the loss of 1,700 jobs were being given redundancy details at meetings today.
  
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• Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams will not be prosecuted over Jean McConville murder

  29-09-2015 14:30
  
  Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will not be prosecuted in connection with the IRA murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville.
  
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• Emma Thompson joins celebrations as Shell pulls out of drilling in the Arctic

  29-09-2015 14:30
  
  Actress Emma Thompson has joined activists outside the headquarters of Shell to celebrate news that the oil giant is pulling out of drilling in the Arctic.
  
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• Breech baby's parents tell inquest of delivery room 'panic'

  29-09-2015 14:30
  
  The parents of a baby who died just moments after her breech birth have described the "utter panic" in the delivery room during labour.
  
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