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• Man charged with preventing lawful burial of body found in canal

  08-10-2015 23:41
  
  A man has been charged with preventing lawful burial after the body of an Italian carpenter was found in a canal.
  
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• Gossip columnist role makes Dame Helen Mirren see dark side of press

  08-10-2015 23:41
  
  Dame Helen Mirren said playing a Hollywood gossip columnist has made her less sympathetic towards the press.
  
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• Businesses, MPs launch 'Vote Leave' campaign to push for Brexit

  08-10-2015 23:06
  
  Britain needs to quit the European Union to reclaim its sovereignty, a group of business leaders and lawmakers said on Thursday, launching a campaign to persuade Britons to vote to leave the bloc at an upcoming referendum. The campaign, branded 'Vote Leave', draws together groups pushing for a British EU exit, or 'Brexit', from within Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party, the opposition Labour Party and the business community. "We must end the supremacy of EU law over UK law," said
  
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• Sir Bruce Forsyth told to rest for a week after falling at home

  08-10-2015 22:55
  
  Sir Bruce Forsyth slipped and fell at his home and has been told by doctors to have complete rest for at least a week.
  
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• Change of coroner in Alice Gross inquest after case file left on a train

  08-10-2015 22:55
  
  The coroner who left a police file into murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross's death on a train will no longer oversee her inquest.
  
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• Northern Ireland End 30-Year Wait To Qualify

  08-10-2015 22:48
  
  Northern Ireland are going to their first major tournament in 30 years after an historic 3-1 victory over Greece.
  
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• Carney says Bank of England rate hike not Fed-dependent

  08-10-2015 22:00
  
  By Randall Palmer LIMA (Reuters) - The Bank of England will not necessarily wait for a hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve before it raises interest rates, Governor Mark Carney said on Thursday. "The exact timing of the Fed move is not decisive for the timing of the move by the Bank of England," Carney said in a seminar at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund.
  
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• Scientists claim 'predictive model' in genetic code for sexual orientation

  08-10-2015 21:30
  
  Nine small regions of the genetic code may play a key role in determining whether someone is straight or gay, new research suggests.
  
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• UK court hears possible recruit to Libor conspiracy 'to get the odd Mars bar'

  08-10-2015 21:15
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A former manager at ICAP, the world's largest interdealer brokerage, and a former trader at U.S. bank JPMorgan, plotted to corrupt a new recruit as part of an alleged scam to rig global interest rates, a prosecutor told London's second Libor trial on Thursday.
  
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• Condemned Saudi protester's father urges David Cameron to intervene

  08-10-2015 20:34
  
  The father of a Saudi man facing the death penalty has suggested that an intervention by David Cameron could save his son's life.
  
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• Man shot by police after Taser bid fails

  08-10-2015 20:21
  
  Watchdogs are investigating after a man was Tasered "a number of times" and then shot by police.
  
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• Tributes to crewmen who died in Chigwell light aircraft crash

  08-10-2015 20:18
  
  The crewmen who died in a light aircraft crash have been remembered as fun-loving family men who had been living out their boyhood dreams by becoming pilots.
  
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• Gordon Brown urges David Cameron to amend Scotland Bill

  08-10-2015 20:18
  
  David Cameron is risking a "double betrayal" of Scotland if his Government fails to make urgent changes to the Scotland Bill, former prime minister Gordon Brown has warned.
  
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• Mars crater 'used to contain lakes that existed for thousands of years'

  08-10-2015 20:00
  
  A Martian crater now being explored by the Nasa rover Curiosity once contained lakes that remained for up to 10,000 years at a time - long enough to support life.
  
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• Bedtime Math app 'can help children master numbers'

  08-10-2015 20:00
  
  An app that weaves maths problems into bedtime stories can help children learn to master numbers, a study has shown.
  
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• CCTV of Becky Watts' killer stepbrother choosing saw in Bristol B&Q released

  08-10-2015 19:48
  
  Chilling footage of killer Nathan Matthews in B&Q carefully choosing the circular saw he used to dismember his stepsister's body has been released.
  
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• Zellweger Films Bridget Jones Scenes In London

  08-10-2015 19:38
  
  It has been more than a decade since the second film was released but Renee Zellweger has been spotted filming the new Bridget Jones film in London. She has also been seen in a Greenwich park filming a scene with co-star Sally Philips who plays Shazza. Bridget Jones' Baby is the third film based on Helen Fielding's books about a woman who is unlucky in love and prone to embarrassing herself in social situations.
  
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• Volkswagen's US boss makes 'sincere apology' over emissions scandal

  08-10-2015 19:15
  
  Volkswagen's US boss has offered a "sincere apology" for the emissions scandal and vowed "this will never happen again".
  
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• Drug Dramatically Cuts Progress Of MS: Trial

  08-10-2015 19:14
  
  Doctors have unveiled "game-changing" results that show for the first time that a drug can significantly slow the worsening of multiple sclerosis. Three major studies of the drug ocrelizumab show that it reduces the number of relapses, and delays disability caused by the neurological disease. But ocrelizumab was found to have a dramatic effect on both the relapsing-remitting and primary progressive forms of the disease.
  
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• Video Of 'Killer Buying Saw That Cut Up Becky'

  08-10-2015 18:33
  
  CCTV footage has emerged of the stepbrother of Becky Watts buying a saw he allegedly used to cut up her body after murdering her. The video shows accused Nathan Matthews in the aisle of a B&Q store in Bristol the day after he allegedly killed the 16-year-old girl. Bristol Crown Court heard from shop assistant Kelly Lee who served him, and she said she put the items through the till before he questioned the price of the saw.
  
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• Trial: Drug Dramatically Cuts Progress Of MS

  08-10-2015 18:21
  
  Doctors have unveiled "game-changing" results that show for the first time that a drug can significantly slow the worsening of multiple sclerosis. Three major studies of the drug ocrelizumab show that it reduces the number of relapses, and delays disability caused by the neurological disease. But ocrelizumab was found to have a dramatic effect on both the relapsing-remitting and primary progressive forms of the disease.
  
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• Sweet! Desserts firm whips up something extra for amorous customer

  08-10-2015 17:34
  
  A dessert delivery company came to the rescue when an amorous customer made a cheeky request.
  
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• Hatton Garden heist plotter Daniel Jones 'offers to help police find loot'

  08-10-2015 17:10
  
  One of the men behind the Hatton Garden raid claims he has offered to tell police where his share of the haul is hidden but that detectives have ignored him.
  
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• Boarding school pupils 'see there is more to life than social media'

  08-10-2015 17:04
  
  Boarding schools constantly keep pupils occupied so they realise there is more to life than the "virtual reality" of social media, head teachers have suggested.
  
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• Elephants 'avoided extinction by evolving extra cancer-protection gene copies'

  08-10-2015 17:00
  
  Elephants may have saved themselves from extinction by evolving extra copies of a gene that protects against cancer, scientists believe.
  
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• Donald Trump takes Scottish windfarm fight to UK's top court

  08-10-2015 16:53
  
  By Angus Berwick LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took his long battle against windfarms near his Scottish golf course to the UK Supreme Court on Thursday. The property mogul - who says plans for 11 offshore turbines will spoil the view from his greens - has lost a series of battles in lower courts, and has vowed to go on to the European Court of Justice if he fails again in London. "Mr Trump does not want a wind farm 1 km (0.6 mile) away from
  
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• No-fly zone imposed above Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Norfolk home

  08-10-2015 16:40
  
  A no-fly zone is to be enforced over the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Norfolk home following a request by the security services.
  
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• Multiple birth rate rises due to fertility treatment

  08-10-2015 16:40
  
  Fertility treatment is leading to a rise in the multiple birth rate, especially among women over 45, according to new figures.
  
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• UK troops heading to Baltic states following Russia's intervention in Syria

  08-10-2015 16:38
  
  Britain is to station troops in the Baltic states amid growing tension with Russia in the wake of President Vladimir Putin's military intervention in Syria.
  
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• High street retailers' bed supplier 'exploited Hungarians as slave workforce'

  08-10-2015 15:57
  
  Ethical audits by a series of leading high street retailers failed to spot that a supplier was employing a "slave workforce" in the UK, a jury has been told.
  
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• Geena Davis challenges 'unconscious bias' in on-screen representation of women

  08-10-2015 15:57
  
  The film industry's continued failure to challenge the representation of women and girls on screen is damaging generations of children, Hollywood star and activist Geena Davis has warned.
  
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• Ambulance target times for seriously ill patients not being met

  08-10-2015 15:57
  
  Target times for ambulances to reach seriously ill patients are not being met, figures show.
  
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• Former Eton College head in plea for affordable boarding school options

  08-10-2015 15:54
  
  The large fees of many top boarding schools are putting parents off, and the sector would benefit from having more affordable options to suit different budgets, the former head of Eton College has said.
  
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• Boyfriend went to Becky's home 'hours after murder'

  08-10-2015 15:41
  
  The boyfriend of Becky Watts went looking for her hours after she had been killed, a court has heard.
  
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• October 10 - Welsh sport's best day?

  08-10-2015 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Could Saturday be Welsh sport's greatest day?
  
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• Myttin Da: Putting The Cornish Back Into Cornwall

  08-10-2015 15:13
  
  Cornwall officials are encouraging staff to speak a few words of Kernewek, the original Cornish language, when they answer the phone. People ringing the council in Cornwall could be greeted by a voice saying "Myttin da" instead of "good morning" as part of a plan to bring the language back into circulation. Kernewek is a language linked to Welsh and Breton that died out as a spoken language in the 18th century - now only 500 people out of a population of 532,300 say Cornish is their main languag
  
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• Becky Watts: Neighbour Describes Unusual Noises

  08-10-2015 15:09
  
  A next door neighbour of the pair accused of murdering teenager Becky Watts has told a court she heard a series of unusual noises coming from their home. Sarah Webb told Bristol Crown Court that Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare seemed to have a half-hour long heated argument on the day before the 16-year-old vanished earlier this year. The next day she described hearing "lots of running up and down stairs, banging, scraping, doors slamming" at the home in Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn 'Will Join The Privy Council'

  08-10-2015 15:08
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he will become a member of the Privy Council after being accused of snubbing the Queen by declining an invitation to be sworn in. Mr Corbyn was invited by David Cameron to join the Privy Council when he phoned him to congratulate him on becoming Leader of the Opposition last month. Today a spokesperson for the Labour Leader told Sky News: "Mr Corbyn will join the Privy Council.
  
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• WWI Soldier Reburied With Full Military Honours

  08-10-2015 15:04
  
  Sergeant David Harkness Blakey, of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in northern France on 1 July 1916. He was found with a metal identity tag with 18634 Sgt David Harkness Blakey MM of the R Innis Fus etched on it and a R Innis Fus cap badge. Sgt Blakey's home-made metal identity tag is believed to have been made by his wife.
  
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• Hatton Garden Raider: I'll Show Where Loot Is

  08-10-2015 15:03
  
  One of the Hatton Garden raiders claims police have ignored his offer to show them where he has hidden his share of the loot. Danny Jones, 58, has admitted his part in the £20m heist and says he wants to be taken out of his high security jail to hand back what he stole. Jones wrote to me in a letter from his prison cell: "I've instructed my solicitor...to tell the police Flying Squad that I want to give back my share of (the) Hatton Garden burglary, they said it's in motion.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt tries to reassure junior doctors in contract dispute

  08-10-2015 14:52
  
  The Health Secretary has sought to calm a row with junior doctors, insisting the new contract is not about saving money or imposing longer hours.
  
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• Former Eton College head calls for more affordable boarding schools

  08-10-2015 14:52
  
  The large fees of many top boarding schools are putting parents off, and the sector would benefit from having more affordable options, the former head of Eton College has said.
  
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• Dirty equipment infected 11 patients 'despite NHS trust knowing about problem'

  08-10-2015 14:52
  
  Eleven patients have become infected due to dirty equipment despite the NHS trust knowing of an issue for several years.
  
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• Becky Watts murder trial: 'Girlfriend's ignorance a ridiculous concept'

  08-10-2015 14:52
  
  It is a "ridiculous concept" that a woman on trial for murdering 16-year-old Becky Watts was in "blissful ignorance" of what her boyfriend had done, a court has heard.
  
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• Teenager remanded on Pc Dave Phillips murder charge

  08-10-2015 14:42
  
  A teenager has appeared in court accused of the murder of Pc Dave Phillips.
  
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• UK Deploys Troops Over 'Russian Aggression'

  08-10-2015 14:34
  
  The UK is to station troops in the Baltic in order to counter "Russian aggression". The "small number" of UK armed forces will be deployed in the long term in the Baltic states and Poland in addition to the Baltic Air Policing detachment. RAF Typhoon fighters have already been deployed in eastern Europe for some time and have been called into action in recent months as Russian jets have entered European airspace.
  
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• Nadiya's relief as Bake Off secret is revealed

  08-10-2015 14:30
  
  Great British Bake Off champion Nadiya Jamir Hussain has revealed her relief at finally being able to talk about her win.
  
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• Global coral bleaching event 'will cause massive loss of reefs'

  08-10-2015 13:43
  
  Thousands of square miles of coral reef could be killed in a major "bleaching" event brought on by warming temperatures in the ocean, scientists have said.
  
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• SABMiller shareholders should force board to hold takeover talks - AB InBev

  08-10-2015 13:19
  
  Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev today urged SABMiller shareholders to force its board into serious takeover talks, after the rival brewer rejected its sweetened £68 billion bid.
  
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• Deutsche Bank losses hit £4.5bn amid writedowns and litigation charges

  08-10-2015 13:19
  
  Deutsche Bank has warned it will post a loss of 6.2 billion euros (£4.5 billion) in the third quarter of its financial year due to a series of writedowns and litigation charges.
  
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