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• TalkTalk Site Hit By 'Significant' Cyber Attack

  22-10-2015 23:39
  
  Millions of card and bank details could have been compromised after a "significant and sustained" attack on the TalkTalk website. The Metropolitan Police's Cyber Crime Unit has launched an investigation and "leading" specialists are on the case. "We take any threat to the security of our customers’ data extremely seriously and we are taking all the necessary steps to understand what has happened here," said TalkTalk boss Didi Harding.
  
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• TalkTalk website hit by 'significant cyber attack'

  22-10-2015 23:27
  
  Police are investigating a "significant and sustained cyber attack" on the TalkTalk website, the telecoms company has revealed.
  
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• Raising a pint, Xi and Cameron toast 'golden' ties over fish and chips

  22-10-2015 22:31
  
  After three days of pomp, deal-making and geopolitics, British Prime Minister David Cameron raised a pint to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday over a traditional pub dinner of fish and chips. Cameron took a break from the formalities of hosting the state visit to take Communist Party General Secretary Xi to The Plough at Cadsden, near his official country residence at Chequers, for a fish and chip supper washed down with a pint of Green King IPA ale. "I dropped into The Plough at Cadsden
  
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• Man Utd Star Sues Over Look-A-Like Nazi Doll

  22-10-2015 21:22
  
  A Chinese toy manufacturer is being sued by Germany’s football captain after it produced a look-a-like doll dressed in a Nazi uniform. Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger began legal proceedings after the figure named 'Bastian' appeared on sale through Hong Kong based Dragon in Dreams (DID). The company also sells figures depicting former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin, British war leader Winston Churchill and civil-rights activist Martin Luther King.
  
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• Jamie Oliver calls for 'bold and brave' action to tackle obesity

  22-10-2015 20:50
  
  Jamie Oliver has urged David Cameron to be "bold and brave" in tackling obesity after the Prime Minister vetoed taxing sugary drinks and food.
  
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• 'Staff and pupils used anti-Semitic abuse' at 'Trojan horse' link academy

  22-10-2015 20:14
  
  Anti-Semitic abuse by staff and pupils went unchecked at an academy linked to the "Trojan Horse" scandal, a former senior teacher has told a misconduct hearing.
  
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• Country roads safety drive launched as death toll reaches three every day

  22-10-2015 20:14
  
  Country roads are the deadliest in Britain with an average of three people dying on them every day, according to new figures.
  
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• MPs back 'English votes for English laws' plan

  22-10-2015 20:12
  
  English MPs have been handed new powers in the House of Commons as the Government moves to answer the so-called West Lothian Question.
  
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• Adele confirms November 20 as global release date of new album 25

  22-10-2015 20:12
  
  Award-winning singer Adele has confirmed November 20 as the global release date for her forthcoming album, 25.
  
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• James Bond Says There Is Too Much Surveillance

  22-10-2015 20:03
  
  Daniel Craig has told Sky News he thinks there is "too much surveillance and too much information gathering" in the world. The Bond star was talking as he promoted the 24th film in the franchise Spectre. The film follows the secret agent as he confronts enemies from his past, including his nemesis Franz Oberhauster, played by double Oscar winner Christoph Waltz.
  
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• Daughter Heartbroken Over Father's Stabbing

  22-10-2015 19:57
  
  The daughter of a man fatally stabbed during what detectives believe was an altercation with youths has spoken of her heartbreak. Her tribute came as it was announced a 13-year-old girl had been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of Darren Kelly. Mr Kelly's daughter, Zoe, said: "No one ever wants to hear the news that a family member has died, let alone to be told that they were murdered.
  
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• Anderlecht v Tottenham Hotspur: Europa League – live!

  22-10-2015 19:28
  
  Live Europa League updates from 6pm kick-offClick here for the latest live scores from all of tonight’s matchesEmail [email protected] or tweet @gerard_meagher 6.28pm BST26 mins: Clinton releases Townsend down the right with an excellent pass, that was lively from Clinton, but Townsend goes to ground rather easily.If that was anywhere else on the pit..NO 6.27pm BST25 mins: Lloris tries to pick out Eriksen but Gillet intercepts. Tottenham have it again but a terrible pass from
  
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• Hillary Clinton remains calm as hearing on Benghazi and emails erupts – live

  22-10-2015 19:25
  
  Republicans and Democrats in Congress bicker between bouts of testimony‘I took responsibility’, former secretary of state says in key test of campaignConservatives face accusations of purely political motivesCatch up: Key questions Hillary Clinton must still answer 6.21pm BSTRep. Cummings shouting down Gowdy, demanding full committee transcripts be made public. HRC is all, mmmhmm gurl. pic.twitter.com/ekNhAeLZwsTrey Gowdy and ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings are now bickering wildly,
  
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• British support for EU membership tumbles - poll

  22-10-2015 19:23
  
  By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - British support for staying in the European Union has tumbled over the past four months as an influx of migrants into Europe has pushed many voters towards opting for an exit, the Ipsos MORI pollster said on Thursday. Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking to renegotiate relations with the bloc it joined in 1973 ahead of a referendum on membership by the end of 2017. In one of the starkest illustrations to date of how the migrant crisis may be polarising
  
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• Sweden school attack: horror as sword attacker kills teacher and pupil

  22-10-2015 19:22
  
  • Masked attacker posed for picture with students before killing spree• Assailant, who was shot dead by police, said to have far-right sympathies • Premier calls attack a ‘black day’ for country as two patients remain criticalSweden has reacted with shock and horror after a teacher and pupil were stabbed to death in a school with a high number of immigrants by a masked man who was reported to have far-right sympathies. The man, who posed with students before starting h
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon vows to support steel manufacturing in Scotland

  22-10-2015 19:12
  
  First minister promises to do ‘everything possible’ to find investor for two Tata steel plants threatened with closure Nicola Sturgeon has restated her commitment to ensure there is a future for steel manufacturing in Scotland after visiting the two Tata steel plants earmarked for closure with the loss of 270 jobs.Related: Tata Steel confirms 1,200 job losses as industry crisis deepensContinue reading...
  
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• Becky Watts stepbrother 'in tears during kidnap plan admission'

  22-10-2015 19:12
  
  The stepbrother of Becky Watts broke down in tears as he described to police how he planned to "make her more appreciative of life" by kidnapping her, a court heard.
  
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• Why is a pimp helping to shape Amnesty’s sex trade policy? | Kat Banyard

  22-10-2015 19:05
  
  Amnesty’s push to decriminalise brothels and sex-buyers is misguided. A day of action will call for the protection of those exploited by prostitution, not the exploitersAmnesty International will finalise its new policy on prostitution this month. It follows a vote in August by the organisation’s leadership – in the face of global protests – to push countries to fully decriminalise the sex trade, sex-buying and brothel-keeping included. Not only is Amnesty’s plan, i
  
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• Ministers urged to introduce sugar tax in childhood obesity report

  22-10-2015 19:04
  
  Study calls for tax on sugary foods and drinks – a proposal that David Cameron has dismissed – and crackdown on marketing unhealthy products to children A report on sugar’s ruinous health effects that was controversially delayed by Jeremy Hunt has urged ministers to impose a sugar tax. It also pushes for a crackdown on the marketing of unhealthy products to children and two-for-one deals in supermarkets in an effort to tackle childhood obesity.The report, compiled by Public Hea
  
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• Lawyers express concern over ministerial code rewrite

  22-10-2015 18:59
  
  Rewrite omits reference to international law prompting Rights Watch to lodge legal challengeConservative ministers have been accused of quietly abandoning the longstanding principle that members of the government should be bound by international law.A rewrite of the ministerial code that sets out the standard of conduct expected has omitted a reference to the subject – a decision that senior lawyers say could have far-reaching implications for the UK and its relationship with the rest of t
  
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• Bernie Sanders: free public college tuition is the 'right thing to do'

  22-10-2015 18:59
  
  The Democratic presidential candidate wrote that student debt crisis is ‘absurd’ and income should not prevent anyone from getting higher educationPresidential hopeful Bernie Sanders promised on Thursday to “revolutionize” higher education with universal free public college tuition, because it is the “right thing to do”.
  Funding access to higher education degrees regardless of family income will make America richer and more competitive in the global economy, h
  
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• Commons passes 'English vetoes for English laws' plan

  22-10-2015 18:55
  
  ‘Scotland is watching this, and the mood is darkening,’ SNP says, before MPs vote through controversial measures after fractious debate The government has pushed through controversial plans to give English MPs the right of veto over English laws which the shadow leader of the Commons described as “a charter for breaking up the union”.Following an often angry and fractious debate, the Commons voted the measures through by 312 to 270. Continue reading...
  
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• Theresa May attacks lack of black police officers

  22-10-2015 18:51
  
  Theresa May has attacked the lack of black and minority ethnic officers and women in the police service, describing the situation at some forces as "simply not good enough".
  
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• Jem and the Holograms review – live-action reboot outshines shortcomings

  22-10-2015 18:48
  
  A ‘throw everything against the wall’ quality and downright catchy songs lift this sunny adaptation of the 80s cartoon despite a fairly ridiculous storyBased on the 1980s cartoon produced by toy manufacturer Hasbro, Jon M Chu’s updated, live-action film adaptation is by no means anything you’d call a great film. The moralizing is omnipresent, the script is desultory and its understanding of the way business and media work is positively jejune. But those are all big words
  
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• Fear lies at the heart of opposition to 'political correctness' | Rebecca Carroll

  22-10-2015 18:45
  
  People are afraid of the power that true equality can give the historically disenfranchised and afraid of having been wrongThere is a theory about “political correctness” – one hewed to by Donald Trump and his legions of fans – that is based on the assumption that everyone is actually racist and sexist, but that they are too cowed by women and people of color to say what they really think. The conceit is that no one really believes the “politically correct” th
  
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• Plague 'infecting people for thousands of years' say scientists

  22-10-2015 18:44
  
  Plague has been a human scourge for more than twice as long as had previously been thought, new research suggests.
  
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• MPs pass English votes for English Laws plans – politics live

  22-10-2015 18:35
  
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political events, including the Commons debate on the government’s ‘English votes for English laws’ plans and an urgent question on China’s human rights record.Lunchtime summary
  MPs vote for EVEL plansAfternoon summary 5.35pm BST 5.16pm BSTLabour’s Chris Bryant asks the Speaker whether he will be making a statement on Monday about the new procedures. John Bercow says that it is “not immediately obvious to me that it is so ur
  
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• Britain passes lawmaking reforms, deepening divide with Scotland

  22-10-2015 18:29
  
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday approved its biggest constitutional change in decades, giving English members of parliament a veto over legislation that only applies to England, despite fierce opposition from Scottish nationalists. Critics say the plan, part of a wider scheme of devolution among Britain's constituent nations, deepens the divide between England and Scotland at a time when question marks hang over the future of their 300-year-old union. After an impassioned
  
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• British PM Cameron against imposing sugar tax to fight child obesity

  22-10-2015 18:23
  
  British Prime Minister David Cameron is against imposing a tax on sugar as a means to tackle childhood obesity, his spokesman said on Thursday, rejecting the arguments of a high-profile campaign for a levy on sugary food and drinks. Childhood obesity is described as one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century by the World Health Organisation, and in 2013 around one in five English 10- to 11-year-olds were classed as obese. Earlier this week, celebrity chef and restaurate
  
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• Landlord must hand back £70,000 in rent for letting substandard flat

  22-10-2015 18:21
  
  Judge makes ruling under Proceeds of Crime Act after Andrew Panayi rented out a storage basement that Islington council had declared unsuitableA landlord who rented out a storage basement as self-contained accommodation for £975 a month after it was declared substandard has been ordered to pay back £70,000 in rent under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
  Andrew Panayi, one of Britain’s most controversial landlords, who lets out 180 properties mostly on the Caledonian Road in north Lond
  
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• Vladimir Putin accuses US of backing terrorism in Middle East

  22-10-2015 18:16
  
  Russian president tells gathering of politicians that Washington is playing a ‘double game’ and acting in self-interestThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has launched a stinging attack on US policy in the Middle Eas, accusing Washington of backing terrorism and playing a “double game” in the Middle East. In a speech on Thursday at the annual gathering of the Valdai Club, a group of Russian and international analysts and politicians, Putin said the US had attempted to
  
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• US forces rescue Kurdish hostages facing 'imminent execution' by Isis

  22-10-2015 18:16
  
  Operation led to first American combat death in Iraq since 2011About 70 hostages freed from makeshift prison in Hawija areaNearly 70 hostages facing “imminent mass execution” have been rescued from an Islamic State jail in a raid by Kurdish troops and US special forces in northern Iraq, according to US and Kurdish officials.The operation on Thursday also led to the first American combat death in Iraq since 2011. Continue reading...
  
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• Noisy howler monkeys 'get raw deal in sperm count'

  22-10-2015 18:00
  
  Howler monkeys with the loudest roars are all mouth and no trousers, scientists have learned.
  
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• David Cameron vetoes 'sugar tax' but hasn't read PHE report

  22-10-2015 17:56
  
  The Prime Minister has vetoed taxing sugary drinks and food but has not read a report detailing the evidence.
  
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• Vauxhall investigates spontaneous combustion of Zafiras

  22-10-2015 17:55
  
  British car company offers Zafira B owners free checkups with dealers as it looks into more than 100 reports of its cars catching fire on the roadVauxhall is to recall some of its Zafira models and is investigating more than 100 reports of its cars catching fire without warning while on the road. The British car company said it was taking the spontaneous combustion incidents, involving its Zafira B seven-seater model made between 2005 and 2014, “very seriously”. The company has offer
  
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• Markets lifted by Draghi hints on more stimulus measures - as it happened

  22-10-2015 17:54
  
  ECB keeps policy on hold at Malta meeting but discussed rate cutsNigel Lawson slams BOE governor’s ‘regrettable’ remarks on EU membership
  Osborne agrees with Carney’s speech; EU renegotiation importantUK retail sales in September boosted by Rugby World Cup beer sales 4.54pm BSTStock markets have enjoyed a buoyant day, after the European Central Bank stuck with its quantitative easing programme and hinted that it would consider whether further measures were necessary in De
  
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• Zendaya calls out fashion magazine for retouched photos

  22-10-2015 17:40
  
  Modeliste Magazine pulled the issue after the actor posted the original photo next to the manipulated one, in which her hips and thighs are slimmed downActress and singer Zendaya has spoken out against Modeliste Magazine, after the fashion publication published photoshopped images of the 19-year-old for its November issue cover spread.
  Upon the release of the photos, Zendaya called attention to how her image had been retouched in a post on Instagram. Posting the retouched photo alongside the rea
  
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• Tom Brady: the ageless Patriots ace who keeps getting it done

  22-10-2015 17:40
  
  New England face a resurgent Jets team in Sunday’s marquee game in Foxborough – and Brady, in his 16th NFL season, has led his team to a 5-0 startTom Brady, the New England Patriots’ 38-year-old quarterback with four Super Bowl trophies and nearly 55,000 yards passing, is now saying he would like to play professional football for 10 more years, and this is not his idea of some kind of joke.“I want to play for a long time, maybe 10 more (years],” Brady said on Wednes
  
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• Iain Duncan Smith to trial benefit sanction warning

  22-10-2015 17:38
  
  Scheme will give claimants 14 days to explain infringements before benefits are docked after MPs criticise system as overly punitiveAn early warning system for benefit claimants facing sanctions is to be trialled in response to claims that an excessively punitive and bureaucratic system is driving some claimants deeper into poverty. The work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, has announced that claimants will be given a “yellow card” 14 days before their benefits are reduced.
  
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• Becky Accused Weeps Over Confession In Video

  22-10-2015 17:35
  
  Police have released a video showing Nathan Matthews crying over his confession to killing stepsister Becky Watts.
  
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• British support for EU membership tumbles as migration crisis bites - poll

  22-10-2015 17:27
  
  By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - British support for staying in the European Union has tumbled over the past four months as an influx of migrants into Europe has pushed many voters towards opting for an exit, the Ipsos MORI pollster said on Thursday. Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking to renegotiate relations with the bloc it joined in 1973 ahead of a referendum on membership by the end of 2017. In one of the starkest illustrations to date of how the migrant crisis may be polarising
  
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• 'Genuine fall' in number of experiments performed on animals

  22-10-2015 17:07
  
  A 6% fall in the number of experiments performed on animals has been hailed as a significant step forward in attempts to reduce suffering for the sake of science.
  
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• Watch: Children’s Party Descends Into Chaos As Mums Get Into Huge Fight

  22-10-2015 17:02
  
  An argument broke out over the behaviour of one of the kids but it soon got physical when the mums started lashing out at each other
  
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• Bank customers 'could save up to £260 year by switching accounts'

  22-10-2015 16:57
  
  Current account customers could save up to £260 a year by switching to a better deal, an investigation by the competition watchdog into the dominance of the big banks has found.
  
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• 'Heartbroken' daughter's lament for father stabbed to death in street incident

  22-10-2015 16:54
  
  The daughter of a man killed after a row with a group of youths in the street has said she is "heartbroken" at his death.
  
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• Xi Jinping visit 'opens golden era' in UK-China relations

  22-10-2015 16:35
  
  Xi Jinping's visit to the UK has opened a "golden era" in UK-China relations, with the countries committing to build "a global comprehensive strategic partnership for the 21st century", according to a joint statement agreed by David Cameron with the Chinese president.
  
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• Addenbrooke's paedophile duped families as 'best doctor in the world'

  22-10-2015 16:35
  
  A paedophile doctor was able to gain the trust of his victims and their families by appearing to be the "best doctor in the world', an investigation has found.
  
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• Good Samaritan Prevents Stranger Getting A Parking Ticket In The Most Amazing Way

  22-10-2015 16:18
  
  Taxi driver Ray Thorpe saw a traffic warden writing up the ticket in Merseyside when he leapt into action
  
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• Daughter Heartbroken Over Father's Murder

  22-10-2015 16:04
  
  The daughter of a man fatally stabbed during what detectives believe was an altercation with youths has spoken of her heartbreak. Her tribute came as it was announced a 13-year-old girl had been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of Darren Kelly. Mr Kelly's daughter, Zoe, said: "No one ever wants to hear the news that a family member has died, let alone to be told that they were murdered.
  
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• Family Of Bradbury Abuse Victim Slam Hospital

  22-10-2015 16:03
  
  The parents of a boy abused by Myles Bradbury have slammed the hospital where he sexually assaulted young cancer patients. They told Sky News they believe child safety was compromised at Addenbrooke's Hospital and spoke of the devastating impact the abuse has had on their son's life. The boy, now 14, was aged between nine and 12 when he was treated by Bradbury.
  
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