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• Charge over Bulger dinner disturbance

  30-10-2015 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is charged in connection with a disturbance that saw a group of protesters break into a hotel during a charity dinner in memory of murdered toddler James Bulger.
  
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• Barclays suffers 'technical issues'

  30-10-2015 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barclays is looking into "technical issues" which appear to be affecting debit card users.
  
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• One Direction will be back, insists Louis Tomlinson

  30-10-2015 21:31
  
  One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has insisted the band "fully intend to come back" after their planned hiatus.
  
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• Man wanted over £20k biscuits theft

  30-10-2015 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police launch a search for a man wanted over the theft of a trailer containing £20,000 worth of biscuits.
  
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• VIDEO: Becky accused lied about kidnap texts

  30-10-2015 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The woman accused of murdering Becky Watts lied to police when they found messages she sent about kidnapping teenage girls, a court has heard.
  
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• Barclays Suffers Payday Banking Glitch

  30-10-2015 20:53
  
  Barclays customers have experienced problems with mobile banking and debit card payments in an apparent IT glitch. The bank took to its @BarclaysUKHelp Twitter account this afternoon to admit : "Some customers are experiencing technical issues affecting our website, mobile banking & debit card usage. Barclays was responding to a growing number of complaints via social media but it is not known how widespread the issues were felt.
  
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• Ministers knew of Kids Company outlay

  30-10-2015 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newsnight's Chris Cook reveals that the Cabinet Office was given a report laying out concerning detail about the now-closed charity just days before they paid it £3m.
  
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• Freed Guantanamo Briton Thanks Supporters

  30-10-2015 20:25
  
  Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held in the US jail at Guantanamo Bay, has thanked supporters after he arrived back in Britain following his release. Mr Aamer, who claims he was subjected to 300 beatings in the camp, flew into London's Biggin Hill airport on a private plane at lunchtime. Sky sources said Mr Aamer was accompanied on the plane by Metropolitan police officers, to assist his safe return, as well as a doctor.
  
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• Syria talks positive but differences remain on Bashar Assad, says Philip Hammond

  30-10-2015 19:59
  
  Significant differences remain over the future of Bashar Assad, Philip Hammond has said after talks to end Syria's civil war broke up.
  
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• Barclays probes 'technical issues' affecting banking services

  30-10-2015 19:59
  
  Barclays is urgently looking into "technical issues" affecting its web and mobile banking services and debit card users.
  
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• All Blacks aim for World Cup history

  30-10-2015 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand aim to become the first team to ever retain the Rugby World Cup when they meet Australia in Saturday's sell-out final.
  
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• Saturn's moon Enceladus glows in close-up pictures from Cassini spacecraft

  30-10-2015 19:19
  
  Saturn's geyser-spouting moon Enceladus has a new portfolio, thanks to the Cassini spacecraft.
  
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• VIDEO: Parking fraudster court ticket filmed

  30-10-2015 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who illegally parked in a disabled space outside a court while he was inside admitting illegally parking in disabled spaces has been fined.
  
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• Transgender Tara Hudson Moved To Female Jail

  30-10-2015 19:13
  
  Tara Hudson, 26, had admitted headbutting a bar manager during a pub fight that took place on Boxing Day and last week she was jailed for 12 weeks as punishment. Ben Howlett, MP for Bath and a member of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, said: "This afternoon we have heard from a source that Tara has been taken from court to an all-female prison. The move comes just hours after Hudson lost an appeal against her sentence, which was heard at Bristol Crown Court by a panel of three jud
  
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• Ministers 'knew about Kids Company payments before handing over £3m grant'

  30-10-2015 19:13
  
  Details of huge payments made to individual clients and relatives of staff at Kids Company were sent to ministers just days before the Government handed over a £3 million grant, according to a report.
  
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• VIDEO: 'I didn't choose to be this way'

  30-10-2015 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tara Hudson, a transgender woman who has been jailed for assault, spoke to the BBC in June about being accepted as a transgender woman.
  
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• Dog gets stuck in reclining armchair

  30-10-2015 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A dog is rescued by firefighters after getting wedged in an electric reclining armchair.
  
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• Transgender woman moved to women's jail after taunts in all-male jail

  30-10-2015 18:37
  
  A transgender woman sent to an all-male jail has been moved to a women's prison, sources say.
  
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• I used to shun migrant traditions. Now I find them impossibly moving | Aditya Chakrabortty

  30-10-2015 18:33
  
  When I was younger and harder I could take or leave Durga puja and other ceremonies of the Bengali diaspora, but now I see them differentlyOver the next few days, complete strangers will wish me a happy Diwali. I know, because it happens around this time every year. At the newsagents, on the tube, in the office: “Happy Diwali!” And why not? I am of Indian origin, there is one huge Indian religious festival happening around this time … ergo I must be delighted it’s Diwali
  
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• Greek PM says Europe is crying 'crocodile tears' as migrants drown

  30-10-2015 18:33
  
  Alexis Tsipras slams European ‘ineptness’ in handling the migration crisis as 22 people drown in the latest shipwrecks off the Greek coastGreece’s prime minister has lashed out against European “ineptness” in handling the migration crisis after 22 people drowned in two shipwrecks on Friday.The merchant marine ministry said 19 people were killed and 138 rescued near the eastern Aegean Sea island of Kalymnos, in one of the worst accidents in Greek waters since the mas
  
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• Grand Theft Auto V takes four Golden Joystick gongs

  30-10-2015 18:30
  
  Controversial crime thriller Grand Theft Auto V was among the video game winners at this year's Golden Joystick awards.
  
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• Merkel under pressure to stem flow of refugees to Germany before talks

  30-10-2015 18:21
  
  German chancellor calls emergency summit with government leaders amid claims her coalition is so divided that it is incapable of tackling crisisAngela Merkel is under mounting pressure to stem the flow of refugees into Germany before an emergency summit of government leaders on how to deal with the crisis.The German chancellor has called the crisis talks over the weekend amid widespread accusations her grand coalition is so riven over the issue that its ability to act is being severely affected.
  
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• OMG Dave’s lining up the Fartmeister to reform the Lords | Mrs Cameron’s diary

  30-10-2015 18:20
  
  I’m like, what about Yentob? Or Camila? Or Willie? No time to waste, apparently, so the FM it isWell Dave’s like, babes, remember Tommy Strathclyde? I’m like, who? He’s like, yanno as in hereditary, led us in Lords, resigned? I’m like soz, not a clue. He’s like, c’mon, you MUST, that single mother with Sancerre & something else beginning with S – got it, Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference smoked salmon? I’m like OMG – the FARTME
  
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• MPs rally in support of colleague subjected to rape threats

  30-10-2015 18:20
  
  Labour MP Jess Philips received the abuse online following her objections to the call for an International Men’s Day debate in parliamentMPs have rallied around Birmingham MP Jess Philips after she tweeted a picture of rape threats she had received online following her objections to the call for an International Men’s Day debate in parliament.Philips was embroiled in a Twitter row after she criticised a call from Conservative MP Philip Davies for a debate on International Men’s
  
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• Shaker Aamer lands back in UK after 14 years in Guantánamo Bay

  30-10-2015 18:19
  
  Last British resident to be freed from US prison thanks supporters for their ‘devotion to justice’ after touching down at Biggin Hill airportShaker Aamer, released after 14 years incarcerated at Guantánamo Bay where he was beaten by his American military jailers, has touched down on British soil at Biggin Hill airport in south-east London.
  The last British resident held at the US military prison in Cuba landed at 1pm on Friday in a private jet which then taxied into a hangar.C
  
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• Exclusive London club Boujis shut down after mass brawl

  30-10-2015 18:19
  
  A London nightclub frequented by Princes William and Harry has been shut down for almost a fortnight after a row involving up to 20 people, police said.
  
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• Labour's Corbyn in plea to Scots voters

  30-10-2015 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour's UK leader Jeremy Corbyn urges voters in Scotland to back a "left wing alternative" at next May's Holyrood election.
  
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• The one-child policy changed China for ever with its cruelty | Isabel Hilton

  30-10-2015 18:12
  
  The brutal intervention in citizens’ reproductive rights created many cultural and financial barriers to having larger families. Removing the legal one will now make little differenceChinese married couples are now graciously permitted by the Communist party to have two children. It is a policy adjustment born out of anxiety about the impact on the economy of skewed demographics, and the fear that a shrinking labour force and growing ranks of retirees will condemn China to grow old before
  
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• St Louis police arrest suspect in arson cases at mostly black churches

  30-10-2015 18:12
  
  Suspect is 35-year-old African American male, police say
  Officers had been puzzled by string of fires for weeksSt Louis police have arrested an individual in connection with a spate of arson cases at predominantly black churches. Continue reading...
  
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• Obama orders US special forces to 'assist' fight against Isis in Syria

  30-10-2015 18:08
  
  White House to deploy a small number of special operations forces in advisory role, in apparent breach of Obama promise not to put ‘boots on the ground’Barack Obama has ordered up to 50 special operations troops to northern Syria, in an apparent breach of his promise not to put US “boots on the ground” to fight Islamic State militants in the country. Related: Syria peace talks pin hopes for end to war on Iran and Saudi ArabiaContinue reading...
  
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• Syria talks focus on ceasefire hopes as missile barrage kills 40

  30-10-2015 18:05
  
  US, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran meet in Vienna, but government attack on Douma overshadows negotiationsHigh-profile international talks on the Syrian crisis took place in Vienna on Friday but were overshadowed by mass casualties in a government attack on an opposition-held area near Damascus.Tensions between Iran, a staunch supporter of President Bashar al-Assad, and its rival Saudi Arabia, which insists Assad must step down or face military defeat, also threatened to dominate the talks. Conti
  
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• Obama is right: novels show us who we are, and how others see us | Linda Grant

  30-10-2015 18:00
  
  On this I agree with the president – fiction is what makes us comfortable with a complicated world. So why do so many of us go off it in the end?Consider the puffin. I was reading an article the other day about them being added to the endangered species list due to climate change. Apparently they’re Britain’s most popular sea bird, though I don’t know how many people have ever laid eyes on one. Heavy rain on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland has flooded th
  
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• Can Adele's 25 single-handedly turn around the fall in UK album sales?

  30-10-2015 17:54
  
  If anyone can, it’s the privacy-protecting London girl with six Grammys, one Oscar and a gift for lustrous ballads that helped her last album to sales of 30mSince announcing her comeback via a 30-second ad during the X Factor a fortnight ago, Adele has occupied a great deal of newsprint and bandwidth. Yet little has been with the participation of the singer herself.There have been a handful of interviews and appearances, and a televised chat, Adele at the BBC, will air in November, but the
  
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• Stolen credit card details available for £1 each online

  30-10-2015 17:52
  
  Guardian finds batch of 100 stolen cards on sale for £98 on ‘dark web’ amid heightened fears about online security in wake of TalkTalk hackUK credit card details are on sale for as little £1 each online, the Guardian has learned, as fears rise over the security of personal data in the wake of the TalkTalk cyber-attack. More than 600,000 individuals had their personal details stolen from UK companies in 2014, according to the Financial Times, underlining the scale of onlin
  
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• Diyarbakir prepares to vote: 'We cannot run a joyful campaign'

  30-10-2015 17:52
  
  Air of resignation in Turkish city ahead of national elections, as pro-Kurdish HDP, whose rallies have been bombed, tell of police harassmentA few months ago, the streets of Diyarbakir, in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish south-east, were alive with celebration. The leftist, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic party (HDP) had succeeded in entering parliament for the first time, granting Turkey’s 20 million-strong Kurdish minority unprecedented political representation. Now, though, o
  
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• Shaker Aamer thanks supporters after Guantanamo Bay release

  30-10-2015 17:50
  
  Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay, has paid an emotional tribute to those who fought for his release after he finally returned to the UK, saying: "Without their devotion to justice I would not be here in Britain now."
  
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• Ian McKellen: 'I’m like a carpenter who can be relied on to make a good chair'

  30-10-2015 17:37
  
  The legendary actor on carving out a career, the success of Mr Holmes, ageing as a performer and transforming into a clock for Beauty and the Beast Hi, Mr McKellen! Where are you?Related: Sir Ian McKellen says Taylor Swift kicked him out of New York apartmentContinue reading...
  
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• Ten things I learned about writing from Stephen King

  30-10-2015 17:34
  
  The novelist James Smythe, who has been analysing the work of Stephen King for the Guardian since 2012, on the lessons he has drawn from the master of horror fictionStephen King short fiction competition – send us your stories
  Stephen King is an All-Time Great, arguably one of the most popular novelists the world has ever seen. And there’s a good chance that he’s inspired more people to start writing than any other living writer. So, as the Guardian and King’s UK publishe
  
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• Stephen King short fiction competition: Send us your stories

  30-10-2015 17:34
  
  The master of horror fiction joins us in a search for the most original and gripping short stories. But how will you interpret Stephen King’s intriguing invitation?James Smythe: Ten things I learned about writing from Stephen King Oct. 2, 1850DEAR BONES, Continue reading...
  
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• Shauna Hoare Lied About Kidnap Messages

  30-10-2015 17:34
  
  The woman accused of murdering Becky Watts lied to police when they found text messages she wrote about kidnapping teenage girls, a court has heard. Shauna Hoare allegedly killed the 16-year-old in a sexually motivated kidnap plot with her boyfriend and Becky's stepbrother, Nathan Matthews. The jury at Bristol Crown Court heard the pair, who were said to share an interest in petite teenagers, targeted Becky in her bedroom at her home in Crown Hill on 19 February.
  
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• The fashion edit: the top 10 white trainers – in pictures

  30-10-2015 17:30
  
  Finish any outfit with a crisp, white trainerContinue reading...
  
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• Fashion for all ages: tailoring – in pictures

  30-10-2015 17:30
  
  Keep the lines clean and the layers neat, and your tailoring will look modern. There are boxy co-ords (Isabelle, who gets extra points for adding a blouse underneath), or a classic trouser suit and trench with added Hepburn slouch (Betsie). There are also more off-piste takes on tailoring, see Sylviane’s knitted marl shapes worn with a soft robe, or a cropped boyish suit (Pam). Even dungarees – worn with aplomb by Mecia – have their place. Throw a blazer over the top and they l
  
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• Driver in Glasgow bin lorry crash resigns ahead of disciplinary action

  30-10-2015 17:29
  
  Six people died when Harry Clarke apparently lost consciousness at the wheel of his lorry and began ploughing through pedestrians in the city centreThe driver of a bin lorry that killed six people in Glasgow city centre three days before Christmas last year has resigned in advance of disciplinary action. Harry Clarke is due to face disciplinary proceedings after it emerged at a fatal accident inquiry earlier in the summer that he had failed to disclose to his doctors or employers a history of di
  
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• Britain's teachers, doctors must report FGM or risk being fired

  30-10-2015 17:20
  LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Teachers and doctors in England and Wales must report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police or risk losing their jobs under a new regulation that comes into force on Saturday.
  
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• The Sun tabloid to tear down paywall to boost readership

  30-10-2015 17:16
  
  By Angus Berwick LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest-selling newspaper the Sun is to take down its online paywall, after the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid failed to win enough readers in the latest troubled digital experiment for a traditional publisher. The scrapping of the online subscription, introduced in 2013, marks the failure of the Sun to carve out a niche online, unlike its fierce rival the Daily Mail, which boasts one of the most popular websites in the world. The decision to remove th
  
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• Teenager charged with murdering Bailey Gwynne, 16

  30-10-2015 16:53
  
  A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering Bailey Gwynne, who was stabbed at an Aberdeen secondary school.
  
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• Bin lorry crash driver Harry Clarke quits Glasgow City Council post

  30-10-2015 16:48
  
  The driver of the bin lorry that crashed in Glasgow killing six people last year has resigned from his job at the city council.
  
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• Over 450 jobs to go at steelmaker Caparo - administrators

  30-10-2015 16:40
  LONDON (Reuters) - Administrators of steelmaker Caparo Industries said on Friday 452 employees are to be made redundant, in the latest blow to Britain's struggling steel industry.
  
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• Teenage Boy In Court Over School Stabbing

  30-10-2015 16:36
  
  A 16 year-old boy has appeared in court charged in connection with the death of schoolboy Bailey Gwynne.
  
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• Minister urges NHS parking discounts

  30-10-2015 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government encourages hospitals to offer discounted parking for carers as it rejects a bid to change the law.
  
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