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• Belfast police discover bomb device under car

  15-10-2015 23:53
  
  Residents evacuated after booby trap, suspected to have been left by dissident republicans, is discovered in north of cityPolice have discovered a booby trap bomb under a car during searches in Belfast on Thursday night.The bomb, suspected to have been left by dissident republicans, was found in the Linden Gardens area of north Belfast with residents evacuated during the security operation. A controlled explosion was carried out on the device. Continue reading...
  
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• AFC president Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa set to stand for Fifa presidency

  15-10-2015 23:49
  
  • Bahraini resolves to stand after strong expressions of support from Europe
  • Move comes after Uefa issued qualified support for Michel PlatiniSheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, the Bahraini president of the Asian Football Confederation, is understood to have resolved to stand for the Fifa presidency.Sources in Asia confirmed the move on Thursday night, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the dwindling hopes retained by the suspended Uefa president, Michel Platini, of ascending to
  
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• A Bridge too far as card games bid to become a sport is rejected

  15-10-2015 23:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRIDGE players have lost a High Court battle to have the card game recognised as a sport.
  
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• Donald Trump and Ben Carson threaten to pull out of next Republican debate

  15-10-2015 23:32
  
  Letter signed by Republican presidential frontrunners says they will not participate in 28 October debate unless running time does not exceed two hoursThe two leading Republican contenders for the White House are threatening not to participate in the next presidential debate. In a letter signed by both Donald Trump and Ben Carson, the candidates threaten not to participate in the next GOP debate scheduled to be held on 28 October in Boulder, Colorado, if certain conditions are not met. Continue
  
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• Mitch Winehouse slams makers of acclaimed documentary Amy

  15-10-2015 23:18
  Mitch Winehouse has hit out at the makers of the film Amy, describing the documentary as "very hurtful".
  
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• Baroness Mone takes Lords seat

  15-10-2015 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SCOTS lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone was introduced to the House of Lords for the first time yesterday.
  
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• Sturgeon promises £3bn to tackle housing shortage

  15-10-2015 23:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon yesterday pledged £3billion to tackle Scotland’s housing crisis as she sought to play down the prospect of an immediate independence referendum.
  
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• Lockerbie bombing suspects in Libya 'should be interviewed by police'

  15-10-2015 23:02
  
  Scottish prosecutors want two Libyans they have identified as suspects in the ongoing investigation into the Lockerbie bombing to be interviewed by police.
  
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• Aisha Kasim rues decision to bring Vana Koutsomitis into Apprentice boardroom

  15-10-2015 23:02
  
  Fired Apprentice candidate Aisha Kasim said she regretted bringing Vana Koutsomitis back into the boardroom with her.
  
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• The Apprentice 2015: episode two – live

  15-10-2015 22:59
  
  Lord Sugar summoned Team Connexus and Team Versatile to create a new brand and a marketing campaign. What could go right? 9.59pm BSTSo, two corporate corpses strew the business super highway and we’re only two episodes in. The body count is only going to rise from here on in. Do you have the stomach for it?Because I’ll be back here next Wednesday to basically type all of this again. Join me! 9.58pm BSTBack at chump HQ, the wallies eat pasta and await the return of their “friend
  
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• Middle-aged depression connected to Alzheimer’s

  15-10-2015 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MIDDLE-AGED people who have depressive thoughts are three times more likely to develop dementia later in life, new research has found.
  
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• Government accused of covering up negative impact of tax credit cuts

  15-10-2015 22:47
  
  Treasury select committee member describes official analysis, which fails to show how poorer families will be hit, as ‘obvious sleight of hand’The government has been accused of trying to hide the impact of its welfare reforms after producing an analysis that fails to show how the changes will hit different sections of the population.A Treasury document issued this week to an obscure Lords select committee is the first attempt by the government to set out the impact of the tax credit
  
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• Monty Python and the Holy Grail review – timelessly brilliant

  15-10-2015 22:45
  
  The Pythons return to the big screen with a 40th-anniversary rerelease that reminds us of their superb, anarchic daringJust after Robert Bresson’s Lancelot of the Lake and before John Boorman’s Excalibur there was Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), the Pythons’ classic Arthurian hallucination. Now rereleased in cinemas on its 40th anniversary, the film was their bridgehead into international stardom. Watched again now on the big screen, it is eerie to see how, without the
  
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• Kids Company Blames 'Westminster Game-Playing'

  15-10-2015 22:25
  
  The founder of collapsed charity Kids Company has told Sky News there is a "conspiracy of silence" between the Government and child protection services. Camila Batmanghelidjh blamed "Westminster village game-playing" for its closure just hours after she and its chairman of trustees Alan Yentob gave evidence to MPs. Kids Company collapsed in August after the Government withdrew a £3m taxpayer-funded grant after allegations of financial mismanagement.
  
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• Scots police to question Lockerbie ‘most wanted’

  15-10-2015 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SCOTS prosecutors have identified two prime suspects they believe were key ­conspirators in the Lockerbie bomb plot.
  
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• 'Save our steel industry' workers and unions plead as Redcar plant closes

  15-10-2015 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A CALL for urgent action to save Britain’s steel industry will be made today.
  
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• Migrants dig in for a Calais winter as bids to reach UK go on

  15-10-2015 22:21
  
  By Matthias Blamont CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Migrants camped on France's north coast continued their bids to reach Britain on Thursday as the first autumn winds blew into their sprawl of tents and shanties and EU leaders arrived in Brussels, 200 kilometres away, to discuss the broader crisis. More than 3,500 migrants fleeing war and poverty in North Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere are camped around the town of Calais. A team of Reuters reporters saw groups of migrants going onto rail tra
  
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• Chelsea eye Wembley for four years during Stamford Bridge redevelopment

  15-10-2015 22:21
  
  • Premier League champions could pay up to £60m from 2017
  • Tottenham also interested in securing national stadium as a temporary homeChelsea are exploring the possibility of renting Wembley stadium for four years while they redevelop Stamford Bridge. Related: Chelsea’s José Mourinho brands FA fine for misconduct ‘a disgrace’Continue reading...
  
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• U.S., Scottish investigators have two new suspects in Lockerbie bombing

  15-10-2015 22:08
  
  LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scottish and U.S. investigators have identified two new Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie airline bombing almost 27 years ago which killed 270 people, authorities in the two countries said on Thursday. Scottish and U.S. authorities informed Libya they want to send investigators to Libya, which is wracked by civil war, to interview the new suspects, the office of Scotland's chief prosecutor said. Marc Raimondi, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman, said U.S. Attorney G
  
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• 'Calais migrant' killed after walking along motorway slip road

  15-10-2015 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A 'CALAIS MIGRANT' was killed walking along a high-speed motorway slip road. The M20 was closed for seven hours after the man died following a collision at around 7am yesterday.
  
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• Murder and rape on the rise with violent crimes up by a QUARTER in London

  15-10-2015 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE number of violent sex offences being carried in England and Wales has hit a record high, new figures show.
  
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• Steve Bell on a second Scottish independence referendum – cartoon

  15-10-2015 21:44
  
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• Grammar schools are not the answer: the road to a better life starts at birth, not at 11 | Gaby Hinsliff

  15-10-2015 21:44
  
  Those who claim to support social mobility should instead be demanding more early-years help for children in poorer familiesIf it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then an education secretary will struggle to convince people it’s merely a satellite of an existing duck. And that’s why the Tory right are so thrilled with Nicky Morgan for finally giving the green light to what everyone except her is calling the first new grammar school in 50 years.Officially t
  
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• Burntwood School wins 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize

  15-10-2015 21:33
  
  Burntwood School has won the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize 2015 for the UK's best new building.
  
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• Two new Lockerbie suspects identified

  15-10-2015 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scottish prosecutors say they want to interview two Libyans they have identified as suspects over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.
  
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• Submissions to Theresa May’s child sex abuse inquiry accidentally deleted

  15-10-2015 21:29
  
  Victims of alleged child abuse who submitted testimonies to website between 14 September and 2 October deleted due to technical blunderInformation provided by alleged child abuse victims to the overarching inquiry set up by Theresa May has been deleted due to a blunder, it has emerged.Submissions sent through an online form to the inquiry between 14 September and 2 October were “instantly and permanently deleted” on Thursday before they reached staff.Continue reading...
  
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• Fate of second Scottish independence referendum 'in hands of the people'

  15-10-2015 21:28
  
  Nicola Sturgeon and SNP leadership say Scottish government will wait for ‘strong and consistent evidence’ of change in public opinionNicola Sturgeon and the SNP leadership have put the brakes on moves towards a second independence referendum saying that the Scottish government will hold fire until “strong and consistent evidence” emerges of a change in public opinion.In marked contrast to her predecessor Alex Salmond, who regularly describes independence as inevitable, th
  
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• Mourinho calls FA fine a 'disgrace'

  15-10-2015 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho describes his £50,000 fine for comments about match officials as a "disgrace".
  
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• School wins architecture's top prize

  15-10-2015 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A £41m girls' secondary school in south London has won the Riba Stirling Prize, the UK's most prestigious architecture award.
  
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• Fears 250 packaging jobs at risk

  15-10-2015 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost 250 jobs could be at risk at a packaging factory in Neath Port Talbot after its operator said the site could be closed.
  
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• Met detective injured in shooting

  15-10-2015 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A detective is shot during a Met Police operation in east London, the force says.
  
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• GB win double gold in team pursuits

  15-10-2015 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's men and women win gold in their team pursuit finals at the European Track Championships in Switzerland.
  
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• PM to reveal EU demands within weeks

  15-10-2015 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Cameron says he will set out his EU reform demands within weeks and pledged to "quicken the pace" of the pre-referendum negotiations.
  
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• Touch-sensitive artificial skin may lead to prosthetic limbs which can 'feel'

  15-10-2015 20:00
  
  A newly developed touch-sensitive artificial skin raises the prospect of prosthetic limbs that can "feel".
  
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• Pluto a world of 'spectacular' colours and dynamic geology

  15-10-2015 20:00
  
  Pluto is a world of "spectacular" colours, dramatic surface features and dynamic geology, the first published results from a fly-by of the dwarf planet have shown.
  
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• Police officer shot during raid a detective with Met's Trident gun crime unit

  15-10-2015 19:56
  
  A police officer shot during a raid in east London is a detective with the Metropolitan Police's Trident gun crime unit, Scotland Yard has confirmed.
  
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• David Cameron vows to publish full EU reform demands

  15-10-2015 19:50
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron is to publish full details of his demands for European Union reform, as he promised to "quicken the pace" of negotiations leading to an in/out referendum on UK membership.
  
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• Cuts make nightlife 'hard' to police

  15-10-2015 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Budget cuts have made policing Cardiff "more difficult", a senior officer says after a summit into alleged sexual assaults in the capital.
  
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• 'Await a letter in November', Cameron tells EU on renegotiation

  15-10-2015 19:43
  
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - David Cameron sought to defuse fellow EU leaders' frustration over a lack of detail in his demand for new membership terms from the bloc by promising on Thursday to send them his wish-list in writing in early November. The prime minister says his bid to renegotiate relations with the bloc it joined in 1973 is "bloody hard work", but many officials across the European Union have expressed frustration that London has failed to submit
  
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• Dan Callaghan: I deserved to be the first to leave The Apprentice

  15-10-2015 19:34
  
  Apprentice candidate Dan Callaghan said he completely deserved to be the first person fired by Lord Sugar.
  
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• Jamie Oliver's north London home raided by burglars

  15-10-2015 19:29
  
  Jamie Oliver's £7 million north London home has been raided by burglars after a break-in through a garage door.
  
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• Bollywood royalty Shah Rukh Khan honoured by university

  15-10-2015 19:29
  
  A Bollywood superstar has received an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh.
  
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• VIDEO: Pupils' views on taking the 11 plus

  15-10-2015 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pupils from Knole Academy share their experiences of taking the grammar school entry test in Kent.
  
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• First 'new' grammar school in 50 years

  15-10-2015 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Grammar school places are to increase in Kent, but the education secretary says this will not "open the floodgates" to more selection.
  
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• Mum's Horror As 'Blood Poured' From Shot Boy

  15-10-2015 19:15
  
  Jayne Hickey, 29, was also shot on the doorstep of her home in Eccles, Greater Manchester. Speaking from hospital, she said: "I just saw blood pouring from Christian, I screamed for his dad to put pressure on him. "I had been put with Christian yesterday in the children's ward but I then had a deterioration and had to go back to an adult ward.
  
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• 'Suicide bids' since Kids Company shut

  15-10-2015 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Senior figures from collapsed charity Kids Company say there were four suicide attempts, stabbings and a murder in the wake of its closure.
  
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• Back-to-nature lifestyle of our ancestors 'no guarantee of good night's sleep'

  15-10-2015 18:30
  
  Adopting the "back-to-nature" lifestyle of our ancient ancestors is no guarantee of a good night's sleep, research has shown.
  
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• VIDEO: Sevenoaks pupils 'travel an hour each way'

  15-10-2015 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sarah Shilling, of the Sevenoaks Grammar School Campaign, has welcomed the government's decision to allow England its first "new" grammar school in five decades.
  
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• UK Ebola 'relapse' case takes virus specialists to uncharted waters

  15-10-2015 18:03
  
  By Kate Kelland and Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, (Reuters) - The case of Pauline Cafferkey, the first person known to have recovered from Ebola and then suffer an apparently life-threatening relapse, is taking scientists into uncharted territory. The Scottish nurse's critically ill situation, described as "staggering" by one British virologist, signals just how complex and formidable a foe the Ebola virus may turn out to be now that scientists have the chance to study its survivors.
  
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• Experts 'surprised' by effect of caffeine on bees

  15-10-2015 18:00
  
  Bees are just as addicted to the buzz of caffeine as coffee-mad humans, a study has found.
  
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