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• UK-Egypt ties hit after Russian plane crash

  07-11-2015 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK-Egypt ties damaged by Russian plane crash
  
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• £13m Lotto draw hit by technical glitch

  07-11-2015 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The live TV Lotto draw did not go ahead as planned on Saturday evening because of a technical glitch with the draw machine.
  
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• PM To Set Out Demands For Keeping UK In Europe

  07-11-2015 23:10
  
  David Cameron has given his strongest hint yet that he will campaign for Britain to leave the European Union if his demands for reform are not met. In a speech on the same day, Mr Cameron will say that if the EU agrees to reform he will campaign for Britain to stay in "with all my heart and all my soul, because that will be unambiguously in our national interest". But he will add: "If we can't reach such an agreement, and if Britain's concerns were to be met with a deaf ear, which I do not belie
  
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• PM ready to think again about EU membership if states turn 'deaf ear' to calls

  07-11-2015 23:06
  
  David Cameron is to warn other European Union leaders that he is ready to think again about Britain's membership of the 28-nation bloc if they turn a "deaf ear" to his calls for reform.
  
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• Lottery draw hit by 'technical glitch'

  07-11-2015 22:45
  
  Lottery ticket holders were left waiting tonight when a technical glitch in the live Lotto draw meant it could not go ahead.
  
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• Peter Andre tops Strictly leaderboard after two perfect 10s for his Charleston

  07-11-2015 22:34
  
  Peter Andre beat his fellow celebrities to top the scoreboard on Strictly Come Dancing this week.
  
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• Life-size Prince George cake earns baker top prize

  07-11-2015 22:30
  
  A talented baker has cooked up top prize in a competition after creating a life-sized cake of young royal Prince George.
  
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• TalkTalk Customers Warned Over Scam Calls

  07-11-2015 21:27
  
  Potential victims of last month's TalkTalk cyberattack are being warned about a specific telephone scam that may be on the rise. A number of TalkTalk customers have complained in recent weeks of calls from people claiming to be from the company's security team - or other large tech firms - trying to get money from their bank accounts. This type of scam is not new, but there is concern that TalkTalk customers are being targeted with stolen details being used to identify them as customers.
  
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• Man so badly beaten paramedics 'believed he had been hit by a car'

  07-11-2015 20:42
  
  A 69-year-old man has been left so badly beaten in a street attack that paramedics thought he had been hit by a car.
  
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• US Investors Poised For 25% Bournemouth Stake

  07-11-2015 20:06
  
  American private equity investors are poised to take a 25% stake in AFC Bournemouth. It will see them take an influential role alongside current owner, Russian petrochemicals trader Maxim Demin, whose substantial investment in recent seasons helped Bournemouth’s unexpected rise to the Premier League. The fresh investment comes after Bournemouth suffered their fourth consecutive Premier League defeat to Newcastle on Saturday, and with just one win in their last seven games.
  
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• MP apologises for diabetes comments

  07-11-2015 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An MP says he is "sincerely sorry" after he claimed diabetes was "completely avoidable through good diet and exercise" sparking a wave of complaints.
  
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• Minimum bedroom size mulled to clamp down on overcrowding and rogue landlords

  07-11-2015 19:28
  
  A national minimum bedroom size could be introduced by the Government under new proposals to tackle rogue landlords and overcrowding.
  
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• Astronaut plays bagpipes in space

  07-11-2015 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US astronaut plays a set of Scottish-made bagpipes on the International Space Station to pay tribute to a colleague who died.
  
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• Police Arrest Suspect ‘Armed With Shotgun’ In Canary Wharf

  07-11-2015 17:47
  
  A man has been arrested in Canary Wharf on suspicion of carrying a shotgun.
  
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• Next series of The Voice will be the last on the BBC

  07-11-2015 17:32
  
  The next series of TV talent show The Voice will be the last to be broadcast on the BBC after the corporation refused to get into a bidding war to keep it.
  
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• Asda Removes Dead Soldier Dummy From Poppy Day Display After Complaints

  07-11-2015 17:31
  
  An Asda store has removed a Poppy Day display that featured a dummy of a dead soldier after a number of complaints.
  
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• Tottenham Homes Evacuated As 120 Firefighters Tackle Huge Blaze That Gutted Factory

  07-11-2015 17:11
  
  A huge blaze that engulfed a clothes factory in north London led to residents being evacuated from their homes after the fire spread.
  
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• Labour 'don't deserve to represent' area, says Farron on Lib Dem campaign trail

  07-11-2015 17:05
  
  Labour had "let down" 8,000 families in Oldham West and Royton over the Government's proposed tax credit cuts, according to the leader of the Liberal Democrats.
  
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• Egypt plane crash: Unidentified noise picked up seconds before impact

  07-11-2015 17:00
  
  An unidentified noise was heard by on-board recorders in the final seconds before a Russian plane crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt's civil aviation minister said.
  
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• Homes Evacuated And Fumigated After Students Attempt To Cook World's Hottest Chilli

  07-11-2015 16:18
  
  A competition to cook the world’s hottest chilli took a wrong turn when fiery fumes led four student homes to be evacuated.
  
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• Homes Evacuated And Fumigated After Attempt To Cook World's Hottest Chilli Goes Wrong

  07-11-2015 16:18
  
  A competition to cook the world’s hottest chilli took a wrong turn when fiery fumes led four student homes to be evacuated.
  
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• IDS resists Universal Credit cuts

  07-11-2015 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is resisting Treasury efforts to make the new Universal Credit benefit less generous, the BBC understands.
  
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• Man found dead 'six hours after crash'

  07-11-2015 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is found dead in a car police believe may have been involved in a crash six hours earlier.
  
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• Thousands Of Pigeons Re-enact Hitchcock’s 'The Birds' On Birmingham Street

  07-11-2015 15:15
  
  Residents on a street in Birmingham are being plagued by thousands of pigeons.
  
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• Passengers Left Stranded After Yorkshire Train Derails

  07-11-2015 15:12
  
  A train derailed in North Yorkshire this morning, leaving a number of passengers stranded.
  
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• Search for man in Wimbledon who followed woman and attempted to enter her home

  07-11-2015 14:55
  
  A 42-year-old woman who was followed home from a supermarket saw the same man knocking on her window two days later and then trying to get into her home a week after that, police said.
  
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• Man found dead in car six hours after accident

  07-11-2015 14:55
  
  Police are trying to piece together the movements of a man who was found dead in a car six hours after it was believed to have been involved in an accident.
  
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• BBC to lose The Voice UK singing show

  07-11-2015 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The next series of The Voice UK will be the last to be broadcast on the BBC, after it was "poached by another broadcaster", the corporation says.
  
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• Thousands of stranded Sharm el-Sheikh Britons expected home

  07-11-2015 14:04
  
  Thousands of Britons stuck in Sharm el-Sheikh following the Russian plane crash are expected to return to the UK later today.
  
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• Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola after outbreak that killed almost 4,000

  07-11-2015 13:52
  
  An Ebola outbreak that killed almost 4,000 people in Sierra Leone has been declared over by the World Health Organisation (WHO), signalling the beginning of a critical period of heightened vigilance.
  
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• 'Fast internet' for all by 2020 pledged

  07-11-2015 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Every home and business in the UK will have access to "fast broadband" by the end of the decade, David Cameron pledges.
  
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• Life-Size Prince George Cake Is A Treat That’s Fit For A Future King

  07-11-2015 12:47
  
  Let them eat cake. And in the case of this particular cake, there is an awful lot for them to eat. An amateur baker has made a life-size cake of Prince George.
  
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• Dame Maggie Smith says terrifying reputation may be deserved

  07-11-2015 12:34
  
  Dame Maggie Smith has admitted that her reputation as being terrifying to work with may well be deserved, though her theatre friends believe she is "a genius".
  
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• John Lewis Christmas advert racks up 5.9 million online views in 24 hours

  07-11-2015 12:31
  
  Within a day of being released the John Lewis Christmas advert had racked up almost six million views online.
  
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• Raunchy Display At 'Family' Fireworks Event Leaves Crowd Totally Bemused

  07-11-2015 12:28
  
  Sparks flew at a recent fireworks night, but not in the way you might think.
  
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• VIDEO: The letters of WW1 widows

  07-11-2015 12:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The letters written by the widows of husbands killed in the First World War are to be made public for the first time.
  
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• British plane almost hit by rocket near Sharm al-Sheikh in August - media

  07-11-2015 12:09
  LONDON (Reuters) - A British passenger jet came close to being hit by a rocket as it came in to land at Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh in August, British media reported on Saturday, although the UK government said it concluded the incident was not a deliberate attack.
  
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• Soldier Who Lost Legs To Walk For Fallen Pals

  07-11-2015 12:00
  
  A British soldier who lost his legs in Afghanistan will attempt to walk with his prosthetic limbs for the first time to lay a wreath in honour of fallen comrades. Sergeant Rick Clement was seriously injured after stepping on a mine while serving with the Duke of Lancashire regiment in Helmand in 2010. The 35-year-old 'died' twice on the flight home from Camp Bastion and spent months in hospital battling to recover from his injuries while learning to walk on prosthetic legs.
  
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• Weather Update: Rain Won't Lead To Firework Display Cancellations, Say Forecasters

  07-11-2015 11:58
  
  Heavy rain will not wash out weekend firework displays, weather forecasters have said.
  
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• Big-Hearted Barber Lies Down On The Floor To Give Autistic Boy A Haircut

  07-11-2015 11:44
  
  It’s not the conventional way to cut a child’s hair, but it’s a method that has won a British barber the affection of the world.
  
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• Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola

  07-11-2015 11:43
  
  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Sierra Leone - where British nurse Pauline Cafferkey caught Ebola - free of the disease.
  
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• Corbyn criticised for standing by aide

  07-11-2015 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is criticised for standing by his senior policy adviser Andrew Fisher, who has been suspended over complaints he urged support for another party's candidate at the general election.
  
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• Schoolboy Left For Dead By Hit-And-Run Audi Driver

  07-11-2015 11:33
  
  Police are hunting a hit-and-run Audi driver who ploughed into a schoolboy at high speed leaving him with shocking facial injuries.
  
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• Crowdfunding For Floating Thames Cycle Path

  07-11-2015 11:18
  
  Crowdfunding for a spectacular floating cycle path for London has begun.
  
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• Maths Teacher Convicted Of Assault For Squirting Ex-Girlfriend With Water Pistol

  07-11-2015 11:12
  
  A maths teacher has been convicted of assault after squirting his ex-partner with a water pistol.
  
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• Student’s Cornea Ripped Out After Wearing Cheap Halloween Contact Lenses

  07-11-2015 10:59
  
  A teenager tore off her cornea when she tried to remove a pair of cat’s eyes contact lenses.
  
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• Prince praises military commanders for acknowledging climate change threat

  07-11-2015 10:59
  
  The Prince of Wales has praised military commanders for acknowledging the threat climate change poses to world stability by featuring the issue in a major exercise.
  
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• VIDEO: Learning to ride like a real cowboy

  07-11-2015 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sport of western riding is on the rise in the UK, with centres across the country enticing people to jump into the saddle.
  
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• Man facing US fraud charges denies knowledge of 'share price tweets'

  07-11-2015 10:08
  
  A British man facing fraud charges in the US has denied any knowledge of tweets authorities claim were intended to manipulate stock prices.
  
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• Mother's last moments with murdered daughter as police release suspect's name

  07-11-2015 10:06
  
  The mother of a murder victim has described the emotional moment she held her daughter in her arms for the last time, as police release the name of their prime suspect.
  
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