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• 10,000 Troops On Standby For UK Terror Attack

  23-11-2015 23:24
  
  The UK has 10,000 military personnel on standby to help police in the event of Paris-style terror attack in Britain, David Cameron has said.
  
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• Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz costume sells for £1m

  23-11-2015 23:06
  
  A dress worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz has sold for more than £1 million at auction.
  
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• MPs Could Vote On Syria Airstrikes Next Week

  23-11-2015 22:09
  
  MPs could be asked to vote on the UK joining airstrikes in Syria as soon as next week, Sky News understands. David Cameron will present his blueprint for Britain's part in the war against Islamic State on Thursday - but no vote had been expected until Number 10 felt certain it would not suffer a second Commons defeat on the issue. However, a number of senior Labour MPs have now indicted they could be persuaded to back the Prime Minister despite their leader Jeremy Corbyn's anti-war stance .
  
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• Hatton Garden Gang 'Failed' On First Attempt

  23-11-2015 21:16
  
  A court has heard how a gang's raid on safety deposit boxes ran into problems after they used a massive drill to bore through the walls of a vault. Four men have gone on trial over the Hatton Garden heist - described as the "largest burglary in English legal history" at £14m. The prosecution at Woolwich Crown Court described how the London burglary was allegedly carried out, with the men arriving dressed as workmen in high-vis clothing and accessing the vault through a lift shaft.
  
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• Genetically-engineered mosquito 'could help eliminate malaria'

  23-11-2015 21:00
  
  A mosquito whose immune system has been radically altered using an advanced gene editing technique could set the stage for eliminating malaria, scientists believe.
  
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• BA pilot suffered eye damage as laser shone at plane

  23-11-2015 20:09
  
  A British Airways co-pilot suffered significant eye damage when a laser was shone into the cockpit of a plane landing at Heathrow Airport, a trade union has revealed.
  
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• Sheffield Student Missing After Night Out

  23-11-2015 20:06
  
  Concern is growing after the disappearance of a Sheffield student during a night out with her friends. Caroline Everest, 18, was last seen at Corporation nightclub in Milton Street at about 2.30am on Sunday. The Sheffield Hallam student did not turn up for a family meal later that day.
  
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• Adele album 25 set to be UK's fastest selling ever

  23-11-2015 20:03
  
  Adele's 25 is on course to be the fastest-selling UK album ever, according to the Official Charts Company.
  
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• French jets strike Islamic State as Britain offers help

  23-11-2015 19:57
  
  By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier struck Islamic State targets in Iraq on Monday while Britain offered France the use of an air base in Cyprus to hit the militants behind the Paris attacks. French President Francois Hollande met British Prime Minister David Cameron in Paris on Monday as part of efforts to rally support for the fight against Islamic State and Hollande is also due to visit Washington and Moscow this week.
  
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• Grooming Murder Victim's Mum: 'Police Let Me Down'

  23-11-2015 19:51
  
  Lorin LaFave phoned 101 to report concern about her son Breck Bednar two months before his murder in February 2014. Computer engineer Lewis Daynes, who had a record for an alleged rape on a minor, is serving a minimum of 25 years for murder. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has now recommended call handlers receive more training on grooming - a call Ms LaFave backs.
  
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• Trident replacement price tag 'could reach £40bn'

  23-11-2015 19:28
  
  The price tag for replacing the Royal Navy's ageing fleet of Trident nuclear submarines could rise to as much as £40 billion, the Government has disclosed.
  
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• 2,000-year-old Londoners weren't from London, DNA reveals

  23-11-2015 18:37
  
  London was a cosmopolitan city with an ethnically diverse population from the time it was created after the Roman invasion 2,000 years ago, a study has found.
  
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• Hatton Garden raid was largest burglary in English legal history, court told

  23-11-2015 18:28
  
  The Hatton Garden raid which saw jewellery and valuables worth about £14 million stolen was the "largest burglary in English legal history", a court has heard.
  
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• Australian war graves in London desecrated for second time this year

  23-11-2015 18:13
  
  Graves of Australian soldiers killed in World War One have been daubed with graffiti for the second time in seven months in London. Blue paint sprayed on headstones at a churchyard in Hillingdon, west London was discovered on Sunday morning. It follows a similar attack at the same Harefield Church graveyard in April ahead of celebrations to commemorate 100 years since Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)forces landed in Gallipoli, Turkey in their first major military action of World War
  
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• Couples 'wait to divorce in 50s after children leave home'

  23-11-2015 18:08
  
  Couples could be waiting for their children to leave home before getting divorced, lawyers said after new figures showed over-50s "silver separators" are the only age group in which splits are rising.
  
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• 'Brexit' wouldn't ruin Northern Ireland economy - leadership favorite

  23-11-2015 17:56
  
  By Ian Graham BELFAST (Reuters) - A British exit from the European Union would not wreck Northern Ireland's economy, the minister widely expected to be named the province's next leader said on Monday, urging London to be bolder in its renegotiation with Brussels. Britain's plans for a referendum on whether to stay a member of the EU has raised alarm in the Irish Republic over the political and economic implications and among Catholic Irish nationalists in Northern Ireland long opposed to British
  
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• UK announces rapid strike forces, more warships in new defence plan

  23-11-2015 17:37
  
  By Kylie MacLellan and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will boost spending on defence to combat the growing threat from Islamic militants, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday, underlining the need for rapid reaction forces after the Paris attacks. After visiting Paris where he pledged British support for France after the Nov. 13 attacks which killed 130 people, Cameron unveiled plans to increase spending by 12 billion pounds to 178 billion over the next decade as part of his gover
  
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• Teenagers' skulls taken from grave in travelling families feud, say police

  23-11-2015 17:33
  
  The skulls of two 16-year-olds have been removed from a family grave in an escalating feud between travelling families, police said.
  
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• Terror Trial Shown Back Garden 'Bomb Test' Video

  23-11-2015 17:19
  
  Jurors in the trial of an alleged suicide bomb plotter have been shown a film said to show him experimenting with home-made explosives. The footage appears to show Mohammed Rehman filming himself detonating a bomb next to a child's bicycle in his back garden, the court was told. Prosecutors said Rehman, 25, planned to "up-scale" the explosives for a deadly attack in London ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings.
  
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• Two Injured As Suspected Gas Explosion Destroys House

  23-11-2015 17:18
  
  Residents in the village of Wooburn Green, near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, reported a blast so loud they believed a plane had crashed near by
  
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• Newly discovered tree could be wiped out, scientist warns

  23-11-2015 17:17
  
  A scientist who discovered a new tree in a tropical forest has warned it could be wiped out before we know its value to mankind.
  
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• Mass volcanic eruptions 'not behind dinosaur extinction'

  23-11-2015 17:00
  
  A new study has poured cold water on the theory that fiery volcanic eruptions rather than a meteor impact killed off the dinosaurs.
  
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• David Cameron to set out 'comprehensive' anti-IS strategy

  23-11-2015 16:59
  
  David Cameron has promised to set out a "comprehensive" strategy for tackling Islamic State (IS) on Thursday that will include British air strikes on the terrorists' bases in Syria.
  
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• Human Skulls Stolen From Grave In 'Feud'

  23-11-2015 16:56
  
  Levi George Price, was found hanged in the garden of his home in Ferryhill in 2001, while Gareth Price, was found hanged in a young offenders' institution back in 2005, just hours before he was due to be sentenced for raping a 17-year-old girl. Detective Superintendent Adrian Green said: "This is a sickening incident which has understandably upset many people.
  
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• Wife jailed for using anti-freeze to spike husband's Christmas Day Lambrini

  23-11-2015 16:51
  
  A woman has been jailed for attempting to murder her husband by spiking his cherry Lambrini with anti-freeze on Christmas Day.
  
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• Cost of replacing ageing Trident submarines could hit £40bn, MoD says

  23-11-2015 16:34
  
  Replacing the Royal Navy's ageing fleet of submarines that carry Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent could cost up to £40 billion, the Government has disclosed.
  
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• ANZAC war graves in London desecrated for second time this year

  23-11-2015 16:28
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Graves of Australian and New Zealand soldiers killed in World War One have been daubed with graffiti for the second time in seven months in London.
  
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• Huawei and Samsung lose High Court patent fight against Unwired Planet

  23-11-2015 16:25
  
  Electronics giants Huawei and Samsung have lost a High Court fight with a little-known American company over a piece of technology said to be essential to the 4G mobile phone communication system.
  
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• The Sun Front Page: Reactions To 'Muslims' Support For Jihadis' Poll

  23-11-2015 16:04
  
  'The media has a real responsibility not to make things worse and today’s Sun splash was unhelpful in that regard and unjustified based on the data it was based on.'
  
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• Terror Trial: Jihadi John-Style Knife Seized

  23-11-2015 15:17
  
  Jurors in the trial of a man accused of plotting a London terror attack have been shown a lethal weapon and a significant quantity of dangerous chemicals discovered at his home. A hunting knife, similar to the one brandished by British Islamic State militant Mohammed Emwazi, known as "Jidahi John", was among the evidence presented at the Old Bailey. Mohammed Rehman, 25, and his secret wife Sana Ahmed Khan, 24, are accused of planning a terrorist attack ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 Lo
  
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• Late black-tie dinners not woman friendly - British business chief

  23-11-2015 14:52
  LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Late night business dinners should be replaced by more female-friendly events which finish earlier, the new boss of a major British business lobby has said.
  
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• UK bacon and sausages sales hit by cancer link - report

  23-11-2015 14:49
  
  Sales of pre-packed sausages and bacon fell sharply at Britain's top grocers in the weeks following publication of a World Health Organisation (WHO) report, which said eating processed meat can cause bowel cancer, data published on Monday showed. The France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, last month put processed meat in its Group 1 list, which includes tobacco, asbestos and diesel fumes, for which there is "sufficient evidence" of cancer links. Researc
  
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• ITV's The Voice deal includes children's show

  23-11-2015 14:42
  
  A children's version of hit singing competition The Voice will be coming to ITV.
  
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• Divorce figures show further drop except for over-50s

  23-11-2015 14:42
  
  The number of couples getting divorced in England and Wales has decreased again, according to the latest statistics, with the over-50s "silver separators" the only major group showing an increase.
  
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• Cemetery cordoned off as police investigate disturbed grave

  23-11-2015 14:42
  
  A cemetery has been cordoned off by police and forensic investigations have taken place after a grave was disturbed.
  
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• Algerian citizen admits posting messages backing Islamic State

  23-11-2015 14:42
  
  A man has admitted posting online messages in support of the so-called Islamic State (IS) and their terrorist acts.
  
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• Defence spending boost helps UK 'shape' world events, says David Cameron

  23-11-2015 14:13
  
  Extra defence spending including the creation of two new rapid-reaction "strike brigades" will help give the UK the ability to "shape" world events, David Cameron claimed.
  
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• Another Sinkhole Causes Traffic Chaos In Manchester

  23-11-2015 13:59
  
  Commuters woke up to traffic chaos in Manchester this morning after another sinkhole opened up.
  
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• UK offers help as France seeks to bolster anti-IS coalition

  23-11-2015 13:58
  
  By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - Britain on Monday offered France use of an airbase in Cyprus for its strikes on Islamic State in Syria as President Francois Hollande prepared to ask other world leaders for help fighting the militant group. On a visit to Paris on Monday, British Prime Minister David Cameron also offered air-to-air refuelling services, saying he was convinced Britain should carry out military air strikes alongside France and would be recommending Britain's parliament vote throug
  
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• Internet porn helps feed sex addiction, say researchers

  23-11-2015 13:52
  
  Internet porn offering a seemingly endless choice of sexual images may be fuelling sex addiction, say researchers.
  
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• Pensioner, 79, Leaves Note In Post Office Asking For New Kidney - Let’s Help Him Find One

  23-11-2015 13:46
  
  'Getting a kidney replacement will improve my life greatly, but I know why I’m not a priority. I just want some more time with Ida.'
  
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• Mother Who Killed Children: What Went Wrong

  23-11-2015 13:39
  
  A depressed mother who smothered her three young disabled children was seen by 60 different professionals, it has emerged. The involvement of so many people with Tania Clarence and her family was an "insurmountable problem", a serious case review has found. Clarence admitted the manslaughter by diminished responsibility of Olivia, four, and three-year-olds Ben and Max at their home in New Malden, southwest London, in April last year.
  
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• Claims Firm Fined In Nuisance Calls Crackdown

  23-11-2015 13:27
  
  A claims firm that bombarded consumers with more than 1.3 million spam messages has been fined £80,000 as part of a wider crackdown against companies behind nuisance calls and texts. UKMS Money Solutions (UKMS) used lists of mobile phone numbers it had bought from data brokers to contact people encouraging them to make claims for payment protection insurance (PPI), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said.
  
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• DVLA Reveals 2016 Number Plates Considered Too Rude For The Road

  23-11-2015 13:13
  
  For most of us, the number ‘16′, which will appear on all new car number plates from March, simply and innocently indicates the year.
  
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• Billions Spent On Failed Marriages Every Year

  23-11-2015 13:08
  
  About £2.8bn could be spent each year on weddings which will ultimately end in divorce, according to Sky News analysis. Divorce data from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS) released this morning shows that in 2013 there were 126,616 divorces in the UK. Although this is a fall of 2.9% compared with 2012, given that the average wedding now costs more than £20,000 and nearly half of all weddings end in divorce it means billions of pounds are spent on wedding celebrations where
  
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• Hatton Garden raid 'biggest burglary in English legal history' court told

  23-11-2015 13:02
  
  The Hatton Garden raid which saw jewellery and valuables worth an estimated £14 million stolen was the "largest burglary in English legal history", a court has heard.
  
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• Can You Spot Where Yodel Left A Package For Customer?

  23-11-2015 12:47
  
  Delivery company Yodel told one customer they had left him a package in a slightly unusual place - but can you spot it? Ajmal Aziz couldn’t believe it when he was told his delivery had in fact been left on the ROOF of his house. The delivery driver had left a note to tell him where the package was, but getting to off there was not going to be easy.
  
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• Lord's Prayer cinema ad ban is ridiculous, says David Cameron

  23-11-2015 12:34
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron has denounced as "ridiculous" the ban on a cinema advert featuring the Lord's Prayer.
  
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• You Rang, M’Lord? School Uncovers Wall Of Downton Abbey-Style Servant Bells

  23-11-2015 12:26
  
  Hearing a bell at school is nothing new - how else would pupils know when it’s lunchtime?
  
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• Women for Independence calls in police over missing donations

  23-11-2015 12:25
  
  A prominent pro-independence group has called in police over missing donations worth tens of thousands of pounds.
  
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