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• Police car set alight at London demo

  05-11-2015 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A police car is set on fire as anti-capitalist protesters clash with officers during a rally in central London.
  
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• UUP considers Easter Rising event

  05-11-2015 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Unionist Party is giving "active and positive consideration" to holding its own event in Dublin next year for the hundredth anniversary of the Easter Rising.
  
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• MPs condemn 'barbaric' dog meat trade

  05-11-2015 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is to write to British embassies in countries where dog meat is consumed urging them to suggest ways to improve animal welfare following a Commons debate.
  
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• Thousands brave heavy rain in Lewes for bonfire night celebrations

  05-11-2015 22:51
  
  Thousands of people braved heavy rain to cram the narrow streets of a county town for its world famous bonfire night celebrations.
  
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• Returning Burgess 'missed family'

  05-11-2015 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Burgess says he missed his family "more than he could have imagined" after quitting rugby union to return to league.
  
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• Rubin Kazan 0-1 Liverpool

  05-11-2015 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool move a step towards qualification for the Europa League last 32 after beating Rubin Kazan in Russia.
  
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• Sharm repatriations to begin on Friday

  05-11-2015 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Airlines will start to repatriate stranded British holidaymakers from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort on Friday, the UK government confirms.
  
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• Jail For Driver Who Filmed Himself At 192mph

  05-11-2015 21:24
  
  Police have published several videos found on Shaun Davis' mobile phone that show him in a car being raced around Northamptonshire roads. Shaun Davis, previously of Woodpecker Drive, Northampton, pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of dangerous driving in high performance Audis and BMWs. He was found guilty of four counts of dangerous driving and not guilty of another seven at Northampton Crown Court.
  
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• Bomb Fears: Hand Luggage Only On Rescue Jets

  05-11-2015 21:19
  
  Flights to repatriate UK tourists from Sharm el Sheikh will begin on Friday, with passengers only allowed to bring hand luggage. The UK Government suspended flights to and from the Egyptian resort on Thursday in the wake of the downing of a Russian airliner at the weekend. David Cameron has said it is "more likely than not" that the jet was brought down by a bomb .
  
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• Britain says resuming flights from Sharm al-Sheikh to UK

  05-11-2015 21:07
  (Reuters) - Britain will resume flights from the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh on Friday after agreeing on additional security measures with Cairo, the prime minister's office said.
  
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• Inspector says NI prison 'most dangerous'

  05-11-2015 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NI's high security Maghaberry Prison is the most dangerous prison ever inspected by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in England and Wales.
  
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• Scuffles at Million Mask March after peaceful start

  05-11-2015 20:37
  
  Minor scuffles broke out after a peaceful start to the Million Mask March in central London.
  
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• Airlines to begin rescue flights on Friday for Britons stranded in Sharm

  05-11-2015 20:37
  
  Airlines will begin r epatriating British holidaymakers stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh tomorrow after an agreement was reached with the Egyptian authorities on a package of new security measures.
  
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• 'Harry Potter' lawyer investigated

  05-11-2015 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lawyer criticised by a judge for dressing "like something out of Harry Potter" is being investigated for allegedly misleading Cardiff Crown Court.
  
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• Addicts 'risk death' after hospital

  05-11-2015 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers say Scotland's pioneering naloxone programme should be extended to offer support to drug injectors released from hospital
  
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• Five on trial over 'fake police' scam

  05-11-2015 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five men go on trial in connection with a "vishing" scam which was believed to have funded extremists travelling to Syria.
  
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• Corbyn-sceptic MPs seize Labour posts

  05-11-2015 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn could be facing a new battle after some of his biggest internal critics seize parliamentary policy-making positions.
  
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• Egypt 'Ready To Co-operate' On Tourist Safety

  05-11-2015 19:48
  
  Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al Sisi says he is "ready to co-operate" to keep foreign tourists safe amid fears about the security of flights operating out of Sharm el Sheikh. Speaking after the talks, Mr al Sisi said there is "mutual understanding" between Egypt and the UK, adding that Cairo is "completely ready to co-operate with all of our friends" to keep tourists safe. Mr Cameron said the two countries are "working intensively together in a spirit of close co-operation".
  
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• Doctors Shocked By Girl's Leukaemia Recovery

  05-11-2015 19:46
  
  A one-year-old girl has had a "staggering" recovery from leukaemia thanks to a last-ditch attempt to save her life by using designer immune cells. Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital say the "molecular scissors" procedure is "almost a miracle" and could be a breakthrough in treating leukaemia and other cancers. Chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants had failed to stop Layla Richards' cancer and time appeared to be running out.
  
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• Airlines to start rescue flights for Britons stranded by Egypt bomb fears

  05-11-2015 19:44
  
  Airlines plan to begin r epatriating British holidaymakers stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh tomorrow.
  
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• Peaceful start to anti-capitalist Million Mask March in London

  05-11-2015 19:30
  
  There was a largely peaceful start to the Million Mask March in central London, as anti-capitalist protesters took their message to the capital.
  
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• Complaint against Robinson made to PSNI

  05-11-2015 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A complaint is made to police about Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson, calling for an investigation into remarks he made in parliament nine years ago.
  
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• Neil Fox exploited fame, court told

  05-11-2015 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Radio DJ Neil Fox "exploited his fame to sexually abuse fans" as young as 15 as well as colleagues, Westminster Magistrate's court hears.
  
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• Bags of lard block motorway junction

  05-11-2015 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lorry sheds dozens of bags of lard on to a busy motorway intersection, leading to severe delays.
  
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• I'm the best in the world - Ronaldo

  05-11-2015 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo says he is better than Lionel Messi, in an interview with the BBC sports editor Dan Roan.
  
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• 'Miracle' leukaemia recovery from Layla, 1, after world first treatment

  05-11-2015 19:00
  
  A one-year-old girl has become the first person in the world to receive a "designer" immune cell therapy to cure her "incurable" cancer.
  
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• 'Designer cells' reverse baby's cancer

  05-11-2015 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first person in the world to receive a pioneering genetic therapy has shown a remarkable reversal of her cancer.
  
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• Muslim Brotherhood assessment to be published this year, says David Cameron

  05-11-2015 18:51
  
  David Cameron said that a long-awaited British assessment of the Muslim Brotherhood will be published this year - but appeared to signal that it will not be proscribed as a terrorist group.
  
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• Royal College of Surgeons join 3D 'definitive human' project

  05-11-2015 18:49
  
  The Royal College of Surgeons have joined a ground-breaking project to build a 3D "definitive human" that will be used in medical research and teaching.
  
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• What does £199,999 get you in London?

  05-11-2015 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What does £199,999 get you in London?
  
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• Sharm travel: What you need to know

  05-11-2015 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What Sharm el-Sheikh holidaymakers need to know
  
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• Energy Plant Suspended In Blow To 700 Workers

  05-11-2015 17:49
  
  Work on a new renewable energy plant has been temporarily halted in a blow to 700 workers.
  
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• Lockerbie bomber appeal case dropped

  05-11-2015 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There will not be a posthumous appeal against the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber, the BBC learns.
  
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• Lockerbie Families Lose Bid To Clear Megrahi

  05-11-2015 17:44
  
  Families bereaved by the Lockerbie air disaster have failed in their latest attempt to clear the name of the man convicted of the crime.
  
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• PM: Some time before Sharm Brits home

  05-11-2015 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It could be "some time" before all British tourists stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh are home, the PM says, as he defends the suspension of air links.
  
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• Open University staff vote to strike

  05-11-2015 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Staff from Milton Keynes based Open University (OU) are to strike over up to 500 job cuts and closure of seven offices.
  
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• V&A denies refusing Thatcher clothes

  05-11-2015 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Victoria and Albert Museum in London said it was 'stupefied' by reports that they had turned down the chance to exhibit the former Prime Minister's clothes.
  
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• Field of Remembrance opened by royals

  05-11-2015 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Harry have paid tribute to Britain's fallen soldiers as they opened Westminster Abbey's Field of Remembrance.
  
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• Early UK rate rise now less likely

  05-11-2015 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forecasts for the first change in interest rates since 2009 have been pushed further into the future following the latest reports from the Bank of England.
  
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• Photographers 'put deer off mating'

  05-11-2015 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Photographers trying to capture stags clashing antlers during rutting season could be threatening the herd's future in a London park, wardens warn.
  
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• Nurse guilty of bid to kill her mother

  05-11-2015 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A nurse who injected her elderly mother with insulin in a "cold-blooded attack" is found guilty of attempted murder.
  
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• Watch: Train Passenger Brushes His Teeth On The Tube

  05-11-2015 16:56
  
  Where on earth did he spit it out...?
  
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• Dr Fox 'Exploited Fame To Abuse Teenage Fans'

  05-11-2015 16:53
  
  DJ Neil Fox exploited his fame to sexually abuse fans as young as 15 as well as radio station colleagues, a jury has been told. One of his alleged victims says she was 15 when he took her to an underground car park at Capital Radio in Euston, London, in 1988, and made her perform a sex act while he touched her. The 54-year-old, who was a judge on Pop Idol between 2001 and 2003 alongside Simon Cowell, denies abusing three girls under 16 between 1988 and 1996.
  
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• VIDEO: Queues but no Brits at Sharm airport

  05-11-2015 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Flights between Sharma el-Sheikh and the UK remain suspended amid fears that a Russian plane wich crashed over the Sinai desert was brought down by a bomb.
  
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• Monarch hopes to repatriate stranded Sharm holidaymakers on Friday

  05-11-2015 16:44
  
  An airline has announced plans to r epatriate British holidaymakers stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh tomorrow.
  
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• Construction suspended at renewable energy plant with 700 workers affected

  05-11-2015 16:44
  
  Construction of a new renewable energy plant has been temporarily suspended, affecting 700 workers.
  
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• Egypt 'Ready To Cooperate' To Keep Tourists Safe

  05-11-2015 16:41
  
  Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al Sisi says he is "ready to cooperate" to keep foreign tourists safe amid fears about the security of flights operating out of Sharm el Sheikh. Speaking after the talks, Mr al Sisi said there is "mutual understanding" between Egypt and the UK, adding that Cairo is "completely ready to cooperate with all of our friends" to keep tourists safe. Mr Cameron said the two countries are "working intensively together in a spirit of close cooperation".
  
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• Insect Makes Beeline For Charles And Camilla

  05-11-2015 16:28
  
  The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have had a frightful encounter with a bumble bee with a nasty sting while on their trip to New Zealand. The royal couple were busying paying attention to a tuatara reptile at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin, in the South Island. The bee took them by surprise when it came a little too close, as Charles was busy holding the lizard-like creature in his hands.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Beasting' officer speaks to inquest

  05-11-2015 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The inquest into the death of an army private who died after being subjected to what was called a "beasting" punishment has heard from the discipline officer in charge.
  
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• David Cameron Holding A Pig's Head Effigy To Be Burned For Bonfire Night

  05-11-2015 16:09
  
  Someone was always going to do it, weren't they...?
  
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