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• Russia's Syria airstrikes are propping up Bashar Assad - Michael Fallon

  02-10-2015 23:59
  
  Russia's military intervention in Syria is propping up Bashar Assad rather than tackling Islamic State (IS), Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has claimed.
  
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• Nigeria's ex-oil minister Alison-Madueke arrested in London - sources

  02-10-2015 23:54
  
  By Julia Payne and Felix Onuah LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria's presidency circle and another with links to her family said. Alison-Madueke was minister from 2010 until May 2015 under former president Goodluck Jonathan, who was defeated by Muhammadu Buhari at the polls in March. Buhari took office in May promising to root out corruption in Africa's most populous country, where few benefit from t
  
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• Britain - No future for Russia bid for U.N. approval of Syria strikes

  02-10-2015 23:07
  
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday there was no future for a Russian bid to win United Nations approval of international military campaigns combating Islamic State militants, which Russia decried as strange because there was nothing objectionable in its proposal. Russia circulated a draft resolution to the 15-member U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that would call on states involved in military efforts against Islamic State and other militants to coordinate w
  
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• O2-Three merger needs competition review, says CMA watchdog

  02-10-2015 23:00
  
  The merger between telecoms giants O2 and Three would "significantly affect" competition in the UK market and should be investigated, the competition watchdog has claimed.
  
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• Google officially becomes Alphabet

  02-10-2015 23:00
  
  Google is officially Alphabet.
  
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• Nigeria's former oil minister Alison-Madueke arrested in London - sources

  02-10-2015 22:36
  
  By Julia Payne and Felix Onuah LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria's presidency circle and another with links to her family said. Alison-Madueke was minister from 2010 until May 2015 under former president Goodluck Jonathan, who was defeated by Muhammadu Buhari at the election in March. Buhari took office in May promising to root out corruption in Africa's most populous nation where few benefit from
  
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• Charlotte Church blames bloody Syrian civil war on CLIMATE CHANGE

  02-10-2015 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NEVER mind Islamic State or Assad, Charlotte Church has blamed Syria's brutal civil war on CLIMATE CHANGE.
  
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• Steel Firm SSI UK Goes Into Liquidation

  02-10-2015 21:30
  
  SSI UK, which owns the Redcar steelworks, has gone into liquidation - leaving more than 1,700 workers facing unemployment. Thai firm SSI applied at the High Court in Manchester to wind up its UK arm, days after it announced it was mothballing the site. Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the Community trade union which is representing many of the SSI UK workers, said: "This is, of course, yet further devastating news for the workforce, their families and the community.
  
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• Oregon college gunman Chris Harper-Mercer armed with three pistols and a rifle

  02-10-2015 21:26
  
  The gunman who killed nine people at an Oregon community college was armed with three pistols and a rifle, as well as five additional magazines, authorities said.
  
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• David Cameron should allow Cabinet to campaign for or against Brexit - poll

  02-10-2015 21:00
  
  Cabinet ministers should be allowed to campaign for a British exit from the European Union even if that means opposing David Cameron's view, a poll has found.
  
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• Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke arrested in London

  02-10-2015 20:19
  
  ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria's presidency circle and another with links to her family said. She was minister under former president Goodluck Jonathan until May 2015. A police spokesman in London said he had no record of such an arrest. The National Crime Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  (Reporting By Felix Onuah and Julia Payne, Additional reporting by UK newsroom;
  
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• Official trailer for new James Bond film Spectre released

  02-10-2015 20:02
  
  The final official trailer for the new James Bond adventure, Spectre, has been released, within minutes of Sam Smith's theme tune topping the UK singles charts.
  
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• 'Notorious Crime Boss': I Won't Get Fair Trial

  02-10-2015 20:00
  
  A fugitive who police believe is the enforcer for a notorious British crime network has told a Dutch court he should not be extradited because he could never get a fair trial in the UK. Patrick Adams, 59, said reporters had accused him and his family of many serious crimes, including murder, but none of it was true. Mr Adams is wanted for attempted murder following the London gangland shooting of a man said to have once worked for him.
  
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• Ancient volcano collapse triggered 1,000ft-high megatsunami, scientists reveal

  02-10-2015 20:00
  
  A tsunami of biblical proportions caused by the sudden collapse of a volcano generated a wave nearly 1,000ft (305m) high, scientists have discovered.
  
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• Hillsborough inquests: 'Deliberate attempt' made to change policeman's statement

  02-10-2015 19:42
  
  An off-duty police officer who tried to save a dying 15-year-old Hillsborough disaster victim said that there had been "a deliberate attempt" to make him change his original statement.
  
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• National Gallery privatisation row strike ends after deal with PCS union

  02-10-2015 19:41
  
  A long-running dispute at the National Gallery in London over privatisation has been resolved.
  
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• 001: Writing's On The Wall becomes first Bond theme song to top charts

  02-10-2015 19:41
  
  Sam Smith has made history by scoring the first ever number one James Bond theme with Writing's On The Wall.
  
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• 'Prime mover' in 'cash-for-crash' fraud gang on the run after fleeing court

  02-10-2015 19:25
  
  A "prime mover" in a gang involved in a crash-for-cash fraud that police believe attempted to swindle as much as £5.6 million through bogus or inflated insurance claims has gone on the run after fleeing from court.
  
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• Carneiro Slams FA Handling Of Mourinho Row

  02-10-2015 19:16
  
  Former Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro claims the FA did not ask her to make a statement over alleged discriminatory remarks made by Jose Mourinho. Mourinho was cleared by English football's governing body over an incident that contributed to Carneiro parting company with the club. Carneiro was dropped from first-team duties by the Chelsea manager after racing on to the pitch to treat Eden Hazard during a match in August - even though the referee called her on.
  
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• Zac Goldsmith wins contest to be Conservatives' candidate for London mayor

  02-10-2015 18:24
  
  Zac Goldsmith has overwhelmingly won the contest to be the Conservatives' candidate to run for London mayor in 2016, despite previously ruling out standing because people have had enough of "white male Etonians" in power.
  
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• Neil Fox Denies New Child Sex Assault Charges

  02-10-2015 17:44
  
  Radio presenter Neil Fox has pleaded not guilty to six new charges of sexual offences against girls under the age of 16. The Magic FM DJ appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court this morning to face allegations he indecently assaulted three girls in 1987 and 1988. Dressed in a blue suit, white shirt and striped tie, Mr Fox spoke only to confirm his identity and plead not guilty to the new charges.
  
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• Weapons found at home of Oregon college gunman Chris Harper-Mercer

  02-10-2015 17:04
  
  A cache of weapons has been discovered at the apartment of a gunman who shot dead at least nine people and injured seven others on an American college campus.
  
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• Sex offender who went on run from court was fleeing to eastern Europe

  02-10-2015 16:50
  
  A former law lecturer and convicted sex offender who went on the run from court had been planning to flee to eastern Europe, police have said.
  
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• Teenager 'would have been pleased' if Australia terror plot succeeded

  02-10-2015 16:45
  
  A 14-year-old boy groomed into becoming a "deeply committed extremist" would have been "pleased" if his plot to murder police officers in Australia had succeeded, a judge said today.
  
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• Police Release First Picture Of Abandoned Baby

  02-10-2015 16:43
  
  The foundling was found in a box outside a house in Ibsen Walk on Monday morning and is thought be aged between three to six weeks old. Detective Superintendent Steve Lingley from Northamptonshire Police has appealed to the girl's mother to contact him so he can be sure she is safe.
  
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• Dartmoor Ponies Daubed With Glow-In-Dark Paint

  02-10-2015 16:40
  
  Wild ponies on Dartmoor are to be daubed with reflective paint to cut the number killed by cars every year. The animals will have stripes painted on their sides so they glow in the headlights of oncoming vehicles like cat's eyes. Karla Mckechnie, from the Dartmoor Livestock Protection Society (DLPS), hopes it will have a similar success on south Devon's wild moorland.
  
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• Wales Couple Jailed For Two-Year Coma Con

  02-10-2015 16:33
  
  Alan Knight claimed to be too ill to stand trial for swindling a dementia sufferer out of more than £41,000 of savings and changing the 86-year-old's will. When police arrested the 48-year-old in 2011 on suspicion of forgery, theft and fraud, he arrived at the police station on crutches and later answered bail wearing a neck brace and sitting in a wheelchair, according to prosecutor Jim Davies. After he was charged, he and wife Helen, 34, went even further: concocting a story whereby
  
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• Owners of VW emissions scandal cars will not pay more road tax

  02-10-2015 16:26
  
  Motorists will not be forced to pay more in car tax even if their vehicles are found to be fitted with illegal software to cheat emissions tests, the Government has confirmed.
  
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• Facebook appeal for Bomber Command veteran's medals left at service station

  02-10-2015 16:26
  
  A Bomber Command veteran left his medals at a service station en route to the unveiling of a new memorial to those who served in the squadrons.
  
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• Britain says VW owners will not face higher car tax

  02-10-2015 16:12
  
  British owners of Volkswagen diesel cars fitted with emissions-cheating software will not face a higher annual vehicle tax, the government said on Friday. Britain's annual duty on vehicles, which ranges from zero to 505 pounds, is linked to a car's engine size and specifically its carbon dioxide emissions. Many diesel cars fall into the exempt category, a factor which has made them popular with consumers.
  
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• Police urge mother of baby found in cardboard box to come forward

  02-10-2015 16:05
  
  Police are appealing for the mother of a baby found in a cardboard box in Northamptonshire to come forward.
  
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• SSI steel firm liquidation blow for Redcar plant workers

  02-10-2015 15:58
  
  Workers at a giant steelworks have had more "devastating" news after the owner went into liquidation, dealing a fresh blow to hopes of saving thousands of jobs.
  
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• Thailand's SSI, owner of Redcar steelworks, 'going into liquidation'

  02-10-2015 15:02
  
  Thai firm SSI, owners of the Redcar steelworks, is to go into liquidation.
  
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• 'Selfie queen' Karen Danczuk 'good friends' with estranged MP husband

  02-10-2015 15:02
  
  Self-proclaimed selfie queen Karen Danczuk says she is at peace with her estranged Labour MP husband Simon Danczuk following their high-profile summer split.
  
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• Leave school at 16 and see the world, says Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson

  02-10-2015 15:02
  
  Children should leave school at 16 and go travelling to learn the life skills they need to get on in the world, Sir Richard Branson has said.
  
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• Ex-law lecturer convicted over child images held in Ireland after absconding

  02-10-2015 15:02
  
  A former law lecturer who had been on the run after being convicted of downloading indecent images of children has been arrested in Ireland.
  
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• Tributes after Irish playwright Brian Friel dies at 86

  02-10-2015 14:54
  
  One of Ireland's foremost playwrights, Brian Friel, has been remembered as a giant of world theatre after his death at the age of 86.
  
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• DJ Neil Fox faces new charges relating to historic 'sex offences'

  02-10-2015 14:39
  
  DJ Neil Fox has appeared in court charged with six new historical child sex offences, taking the number of his alleged victims to nine.
  
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• ANZAC Plot Teen Sentenced To Life Detention

  02-10-2015 14:26
  
  A boy who planned a "massacre" at an ANZAC Day parade in Australia has been given a life sentence and ordered to serve at least five years in custody. The boy, who can't be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in July to inciting alleged jihadist Sevdet Besim to behead police officers at an ANZAC Day remembrance parade in Melbourne, Australia, this year. Over the course of nine days in March, the boy, described as Britain's youngest terrorist, played the role of "organiser and adviser" to Bes
  
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• Steel Firm SSI UK ‘To Go Into Liquidation’

  02-10-2015 14:24
  
  Thai firm SSI, which owns Redcar steelworks, is to liquidate its UK operations, according to reports. Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the Community trade union which is representing many of the SSI UK workers, said: "This is, of course, yet further devastating news for the workforce, their families and the community. "My union, Community, will establish our own taskforce of organisers, legal and education and training officers to support our members, their families and the entire communi
  
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• One in five of PM Cameron's MPs may favour 'Brexit' - lobby group

  02-10-2015 14:18
  
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - As many as one in five of British Prime Minister David Cameron's members of parliament is likely to vote to leave the European Union in a referendum, research showed on Friday, with the "Brexit" issue likely to dominate the party's annual conference next week. Cameron has promised to renegotiate Britain's EU ties ahead of a membership vote by the end of 2017. Splits over Europe have long plagued Cameron's party, contributing to the down
  
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• Long Distance Lorry Driver Snaps 'Ghost Of Drowned Man' Wandering In Rush Hour Traffic

  02-10-2015 14:05
  
  The startling snapshot appears to show a slightly transparent man in an old jacket strolling across the road...
  
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• Toys R Us In Race Row For Selling White Doll Family For More Than 'Ethnic' Alternative

  02-10-2015 13:59
  
  The white family of five, featuring a mum, dad, son, daughter and baby, was £9.99, whereas the ‘ethnic’ family was priced at £6.99
  
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• Fusion reactors hailed as the future of nuclear energy

  02-10-2015 13:56
  
  Fusion reactors could become an economically viable way of generating electricity within decades and replace traditional nuclear power or fossil fuels, scientists have said.
  
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• Sexual Deviant Gets Life For Murdering Teen

  02-10-2015 13:50
  
  Jason Conroy, 19, strangled Melissa Mathieson and attempted to drag her body to his room in order to have sex with her. Conroy, of Savoy Road, Bristol, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility but was convicted of murder.
  
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• Spain sea deaths: woman died trying to rescue friend from waves

  02-10-2015 13:07
  
  The devastated boyfriend of one of the British women swept out to sea while on holiday in Spain said he does not know how to break the tragic news to her two children.
  
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• UK Deeply Divided Over Letting In Refugees

  02-10-2015 12:51
  
  Britain is deeply divided about how the nation should respond to the crisis in Syria, with the majority concerned about the impact of refugees coming into the UK. Exclusive survey results by Sky News have found that 47% of British people favour taking in fewer refugees. For Ayham Al-Halabi, 20, whose family are among only 217 Syrian refugees given asylum in the UK under the Vulnerable Relocation Scheme for Syrian Nationals , it has been the difference between life and death.
  
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• Princess Michael Sparks Outrage For Saying Animals Have No Rights

  02-10-2015 12:40
  
  The shocking comments were made by the Queen’s cousin’s wife have been slammed by animal rights campaigners
  
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• Spain sea deaths: Boyfriend 'doesn't know how to tell victim's children'

  02-10-2015 12:19
  
  The devastated boyfriend of one of the British women swept out to sea while on holiday in Spain said he does not know how to break the tragic news to her two children.
  
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• Public 'entitled to know' why Lord Janner cannot stand trial, says judge

  02-10-2015 12:19
  
  The public is "entitled to know" why Lord Janner cannot stand trial for a string of child sex offences, a senior judge has said.
  
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