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• Corbyn defends Stop the War group

  07-12-2015 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn defends the anti-war organisation, and indicates he will attend its fundraiser on Friday despite calls for him not to go.
  
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• Campaigners question David Cameron stance on green belt land for houses

  07-12-2015 23:45
  
  Campaigners have raised concerns about government proposals to open up the green belt for development as part of plans to build hundreds of thousands of new homes.
  
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• Storm Desmond: More Rain As Deaths Confirmed

  07-12-2015 23:25
  
  The Government has warned of a "number of fatalities" caused by Storm Desmond, as the North West is hit by more rainfall. Environment Secretary Liz Truss was speaking in the Commons after police said a body found in Cumbria is believed to be that of an elderly man who was reported missing amid reports he had fallen into a river. On Saturday, a man died after being blown into a bus by high winds in London and in Ireland, a teenager is fighting for her life after a group of four Dublin Scouts
  
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• 'Man Utd must prove Euro credentials'

  07-12-2015 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United must show they deserve to reach the Champions League last 16 by beating Wolfsburg, says Louis van Gaal.
  
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• 'No UK-EU consensus' on welfare curbs

  07-12-2015 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are "substantial political differences" over the UK's demands for welfare curbs for EU migrants, EC president Donald Tusk says.
  
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• Assemble collective wins Turner Prize for transforming Liverpool estate

  07-12-2015 22:34
  
  A collective which clinched the prestigious Turner Prize has described its winning work as ambitious, socially engaged, politically relevant art with a purpose.
  
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• Liverpool houses win Turner Prize

  07-12-2015 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A regeneration scheme for derelict houses in Toxteth in Liverpool is a contentious winner of Britain's leading contemporary art award, the Turner Prize.
  
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• Group that renovates housing gets Britain's Turner art prize

  07-12-2015 22:22
  
  By Michael Roddy GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) - An architectural and design collective that helped to renovate a run-down area of Liverpool to try to stem a tide of gentrification won Britain's Turner Prize for contemporary art on Monday. Joseph Halligan, 27, one of 18 members of Assemble, said he hoped the publicity for the prize would draw people worldwide to buy products from a workshop selling replicas of housing fixtures to help support the project. "I believe that anyone can create art and
  
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• EU dangles February deal for Cameron, but not on migrants

  07-12-2015 22:18
  
  By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The man running negotiations with Britain to keep it in the European Union said leaders could seal a deal in February but warned David Cameron that a central demand to curb immigration may be asking too much. Donald Tusk, who next week chairs the first detailed talks on the issue between the British prime minister and all his 27 peers, sent EU leaders a progress report a month after Cameron laid out four sets of reforms he wants if he is to campaign for
  
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• Osborne calls U.S. Congress's China stance a 'tragedy'

  07-12-2015 21:55
  
  By Jonathan Spicer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne strongly criticised the U.S. Congress's approach to China during a visit to New York on Monday, calling its decision to oppose a greater Chinese role in the International Monetary Fund a "tragedy". Britain had a rare diplomatic rift with the United States this year when it became the first Western nation to support China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which Washington sees as a rival to Western-led bodies
  
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• 'Dismal And' wins spoof art accolade

  07-12-2015 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A doodle on a piece of wood wins the top prize in a contest which recognises the "lack of effort" required to create it.
  
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• Kardashian baby is a little Saint

  07-12-2015 21:33
  
  The newest member of the Kardashian family has been named Saint West.
  
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• Man stabbed to death in Poundland

  07-12-2015 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a customer is stabbed in a Poundland store in Oxfordshire.
  
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• Liverpool estate project wins Turner prize

  07-12-2015 21:03
  
  A project to regenerate part of a Liverpool estate has won the 2015 Turner prize.
  
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• 'Number' Of Deaths Caused By Storm Desmond

  07-12-2015 20:44
  
  The deaths of a "number" of people have occurred in incidents "caused or exacerbated" by Storm Desmond, the Environment Secretary has said. Liz Truss was speaking in the Commons after police said a body found in Cumbria is believed to be that of an elderly man who was reported missing amid reports he had fallen into a river. On Saturday, a man died after being blown into a bus by high winds in London and in Ireland, a teenager is fighting for her life after a group of four Dublin Scouts wer
  
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• Floods Bring 260ft-High Waterfall Back To Life

  07-12-2015 20:42
  
  Flooding that has devastated parts of northwest England has brought a waterfall back to life for the first time in living memory, say residents. Water came gushing down at Malham Cove - a large limestone amphitheatre which is 80 metres (262ft) high and 300 metres (984ft) wide. The waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales National Park was filmed by resident Stuart Gledhill on Sunday following the floods caused by Storm Desmond.
  
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• Osborne: UK has got its mojo back with Syria air strikes

  07-12-2015 20:29
  
  Britain has "got its mojo back" and stands alongside the United States in the fight to "reassert Western values", George Osborne has said.
  
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• Donkey Rescued From Rising Floodwaters

  07-12-2015 20:03
  
  A donkey has been rescued from rising floodwaters in Kilorglin, Ireland, thanks to the help of a local rowing club. Animal Heaven Animal Rescue (AHAR) issued a call for a boat and helpers on Sunday lunchtime, after being told the animal was stranded in deep flooding. Mike Fleming from the local rowing club agreed to launch a boat into the swollen river in a bid to save the donkey.
  
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• Defences against the indefensible?

  07-12-2015 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can flood defences always protect against "exceptional" weather?
  
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• Fury speaks as awards petition grows

  07-12-2015 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tyson Fury speaks out on his controversial views, as a petition grows calling for him to be dropped from the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year shortlist.
  
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• Long-delayed Heathrow decision likely to slip again - source

  07-12-2015 19:33
  
  By Kate Holton and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is unlikely to give final approval for expanding Heathrow Airport as expected this month, further delaying the politically charged decision which has been 25 years in the making, an industry source said. Cameron had promised a decision on whether to back the 23 billion-pound expansion programme by the end of the year but the person familiar with the process said this was now likely to come next year, possibly only aft
  
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• EU poll votes at 16 plans 'blocked'

  07-12-2015 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to let 16 and 17-year-olds vote in the UK's EU membership referendum look set to be blocked as ministers claim the move would cost £6m.
  
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• Doctor and wife jailed after keeping slave for 24 years

  07-12-2015 19:07
  
  A doctor and his nurse wife who kept a man in forced servitude for almost a quarter of a century after illegally bringing him to Britain have both been jailed for six years.
  
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• Stonehenge stones 'spent centuries erected in Wales' before being transported

  07-12-2015 19:01
  
  Some of the stones used to create Stonehenge may well have been first erected in Wales, a new study has suggested.
  
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• Man jailed for trading in endangered species

  07-12-2015 19:01
  A man who traded in the online sale of endangered species has been jailed for 24 weeks after police found whale teeth, a cheetah skull and a dolphin skull at his Lancashire home.
  
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• Acts of kindness keep Cumbria afloat

  07-12-2015 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People join forces to lend a hand following Storm Desmond
  
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• Suspect carried out London knife attack for Syria

  07-12-2015 18:42
  
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A man accused of attacking a commuter with a knife at an east London underground train station said he was acting for Syria, a prosecutor told a London court on Monday. Muhaydin Mire, 29, of east London, was charged with attempted murder in attacking a 56-year-old commuter from behind at the ticket gates of Leytonstone underground station on Saturday evening, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard. Police are treating the incident as a terrorist attack.
  
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• Pressure on for UN deal as ministers begin climate talks in Paris

  07-12-2015 18:42
  
  Ministers from around the world have begun high-level talks aimed at getting a new international climate deal, with the pressure on to reach an ambitious agreement.
  
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• Man Stabbed To Death At Poundland In Abingdon

  07-12-2015 18:31
  
  Officers said they were not treating the attack in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, as a terrorist incident. Officers were called to the Poundland store at 11.22am and a 36-year-old man from the Abingdon area was arrested at the scene. Another Twitter user, Joanna, posted: "Watching everything that happened today in Abingdon from my office window was terrifying.
  
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• London to outstrip New York growth by 2030 - research

  07-12-2015 18:21
  
  London is to grow more quickly than New York over the next 15 years as the British capital benefits more from growth in the global economy, a report showed on Monday. London's economy will grow by an average of 2.9 percent a year between now and 2030, ahead of New York's 2.6 percent, according to forecasts drawn up by Oxford-based consultancy Oxford Economics. "A global outlook gives an unrivalled opportunity for enjoying growth from wherever it comes," Oxford Economics Head of Global Cities Res
  
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• Watchdog allowed MPs who break expenses rules to repay cash in secret

  07-12-2015 18:11
  The MPs' expenses watchdog has been allowing politicians who break rules to fix issues and repay money in secret.
  
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• Evidence suggests climate change played a part in Cumbria floods - Met Office

  07-12-2015 18:02
  
  The Met Office has warned that "all the evidence" suggests climate change played a role in the floods which have devastated thousands of homes following Storm Desmond.
  
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• 'Number' Of Deaths In Devastating Floods

  07-12-2015 17:14
  
  The body of a man has been found in Cumbria as the county prepares for more rain after a weekend of "unprecedented" rainfall caused by Storm Desmond. Environment Secretary Liz Truss said a "number" of fatalities have been "caused or exacerbated" by the flooding, with more than 40 severe flood warnings - signalling a danger to life - in place across the North West and yellow rain warnings issued for later in the week. The Government has said it will look again at flood defence spending in the wak
  
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• Global CO2 emissions will fall slightly this year, study predicts

  07-12-2015 17:01
  Global carbon dioxide emissions are projected to fall slightly in 2015 - despite economic growth, a study has revealed.
  
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• Laser camera 'could see around blind corners'

  07-12-2015 17:00
  Rescue teams and motorists could have the ability to see moving objects around blind corners thanks to an experimental camera.
  
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• No EU Agreement On PM's Migrant Benefits Curb

  07-12-2015 16:58
  
  David Cameron has been told EU leaders cannot agree on his demand to ban EU migrants from claiming benefits for four years. In a letter to the European Council, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said Mr Cameron had raised "difficult" issues in his demands to reform the UK's deal with the European Union. Ahead of the meeting of the council in December, at which the Prime Minister had hoped to secure agreement on his deal terms, Mr Tusk said "no consensus" could be reached by the
  
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• Muslim convert threatened to bomb MP's house over Syria vote

  07-12-2015 16:55
  A Muslim convert threatened to drop a bomb on an MP's house and "show her what it's like to murder innocents" after she voted in favour of Syria air strikes.
  
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• New home defence law 'incompatible with human rights convention', judges told

  07-12-2015 16:40
  New laws which give householders the right to deploy "disproportionate force" against intruders in their homes are under attack at the High Court for being "incompatible" with the European human rights convention.
  
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• Bin lorry crash driver Harry Clarke lied about medical history, sheriff finds

  07-12-2015 16:13
  
  The driver of a bin lorry which crashed in Glasgow killing six people repeatedly lied about his medical history, a sheriff has found.
  
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• Ed Sheeran and Mark Ronson lead the Brits at 2016 Grammy Awards

  07-12-2015 16:09
  Ed Sheeran and Mark Ronson will fly the flag for the UK at the 2016 Grammy Awards.
  
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• David Cameron's praise for man who condemned Leytonstone stab 'attacker'

  07-12-2015 16:07
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron has thanked the person who shouted "you ain't no Muslim, bruv" in the aftermath of the Leytonstone knife attack.
  
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• VIDEO: Public's footage of UK flooding

  07-12-2015 16:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools, hospital services and travel have been disrupted after Storm Desmond brought winds, torrential rain and flooding to parts of the UK.
  
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• Are You Being Served? Actor Nicholas Smith Dies

  07-12-2015 15:43
  
  Nicholas Smith, best known for playing Mr Rumbold in the television comedyAre You Being Served?, has died aged 81.
  
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• In pictures: Storm Desmond chaos

  07-12-2015 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Disruption and rescues continue in the aftermath of Storm Desmond
  
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• Man remanded over 'hideous' knife attack at London station

  07-12-2015 15:09
  
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A man appeared in court in London on Monday after being charged by counter-terrorism officers with attempted murder in what British Prime Minister David Cameron said was a "hideous attack" at an underground station in the British capital last weekend. Wearing a grey t-shirt and grey track suit bottoms, Muhaydin Mire, 29, of east London spoke only to confirm his name, age and address at Westminster Magistrates' Court. A 56-year-old unnamed man suffered serious
  
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• Plans For City's Tallest Skyscraper Unveiled

  07-12-2015 15:01
  
  Plans have been unveiled for a new skyscraper which could become the tallest building in London's financial district. It would include what developers claim would be the highest free public viewing gallery in London. According to Eric Parry Architects, the tower would contain 90,000 square metres of internal office space, accommodate 10,000 workers, and include 1,500 bicycle parking spaces.
  
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• Heathrow in my backyard

  07-12-2015 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Life in the shadow of Heathrow's third runway
  
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• Michael Fallon hails fighter-jet response in IS strike campaign

  07-12-2015 14:59
  Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has praised the speed at which Scottish-based RAF fighter jets were able to join the campaign against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
  
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• Expenses watchdog allowed MPs to repay money in secret

  07-12-2015 14:59
  The MPs' expenses watchdog has been allowing politicians alleged to have broken rules to repay money and resolve issues in secret.
  
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• Lord Janner ruled unfit to face child sex abuse trial due to dementia

  07-12-2015 14:56
  Lord Janner is unfit to stand trial for a string of sex offences against boys dating back 50 years due to "deteriorating and irreversible" dementia, a High Court judge has ruled.
  
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