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• Briton Dies 'Living The Dream' In Thailand

  09-01-2016 23:49
  
  A British tourist has died while on holiday on the island of Koh Tao in Thailand. Luke Miller's death occurred just days after he posted a message on Facebook saying he was "living the dream" on holiday. "Can honestly say this new year I am living the dream of to the full moon party on a speed boat drink cocktails strawberry daiquiris living life to the full yolo so let's do this," he wrote.
  
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• Arrests Over British Teenager Missing In Guyana

  09-01-2016 22:35
  
  Police in Guyana have arrested two people in connection with the disappearance of a British teenager. Dominic Bernard, a 19-year-old from Epsom, flew to the South American country on 14 October last year. He was in Guyana to visit his godbrother, Aaron Hing, 22.
  
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• Drinkers raise a glass to Lemmy on day of Motorhead frontman's funeral

  09-01-2016 22:30
  Motorhead fans across Britain are flocking to pubs to raise a glass to Lemmy and watch the legendary frontman's funeral tonight.
  
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• Two Arrests Over Missing British Teen In Guyana

  09-01-2016 21:41
  
  Police suspect a body found in Guyana could be that of a British teenager who has been missing for two months. Aaron Hing, 22, and another man have been arrested over the disappearance of 19-year-old Dominic Bernard, who was from Epsom. He flew to the South American country to visit Hing, his godbrother, on 14 October last year.
  
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• Ghana police arrest suspect in murder of British actress and two sons

  09-01-2016 21:36
  
  ACCRA (Reuters) - Police in Ghana said on Saturday they had tracked down and arrested the partner of a British actress whose body was found in the garden of her London home this week along with those of their two young sons.
  
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• Lotto Website Crashes Ahead Of Record Draw

  09-01-2016 21:22
  
  The National Lottery website crashed due to a last-minute rush to buy tickets for tonight's record-breaking draw. The £57.8m prize, built up following a marathon 14 rollovers, must be won today, leading to an "unprecedented" level of interest, according to Camelot. The National Lottery had earlier emailed online players to warn of the "high volumes of visitors" expected to its website.
  
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• Tin foil, forks, cats & broken dreams

  09-01-2016 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The best of your FA Cup third round pictures and tweets
  
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• Man Hands Himself In Over McDonald's Shooting

  09-01-2016 20:58
  
  A man wanted in connection with a shooting in a McDonald's car park has handed himself in to police. Liam Windass, 24, was hunted by Humberside Police after a car was shot at outside the fast food restaurant in Hull last Saturday.
  
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• Glitches ahead of draw for record £57.8 million jackpot

  09-01-2016 20:54
  
  The National Lottery website experienced some glitches as an "unprecedented" number of last-minute buyers rushed for their chance to win the record £57.8 million jackpot.
  
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• Broadcasting greats lead tributes to disc jockey Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart

  09-01-2016 20:38
  
  Tributes are pouring in for former DJ and Crackerjack presenter Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, who has died aged 74.
  
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• 'Unprecedented' Interest In Record Lotto Draw

  09-01-2016 19:39
  
  The National Lottery website experienced problems this evening due to the volume of traffic and Camelot expects to be selling more than 400 tickets per second in the last hour before sales close at 7.30pm. Earlier, people were advised to buy their online lottery tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Such is the demand to be in the running to scoop the "life-changing sum" that the National Lottery has emailed online players to warn of the "high volumes of visitors" expected to
  
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• Former DJ Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart Dies At 74

  09-01-2016 19:35
  
  The former BBC Radio 1 DJ and Crackerjack presenter's death comes a few days after he had a stroke. He died in hospital in Bournemouth, according to Rocky Taylor, his friend of 40 years. Devon-born Stewart was one of the first presenters on Radio 1 after its launch in 1967.
  
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• Man held over death of woman fatally stabbed in barber's shop

  09-01-2016 19:12
  
  A woman who was stabbed to death at a barber's shop has been named by police as 44-year-old Katrina O'Hara.
  
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• DJ Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart dies after stroke

  09-01-2016 19:12
  
  Former presenter and DJ Ed "Stewpot" Stewart has died aged 74, a few days after having a stroke, the BBC announced.
  
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• Murdered Sian Blake's Partner Arrested In Ghana

  09-01-2016 18:22
  
  Police in Ghana have arrested a man in connection with the deaths of the former EastEnders actress Sian Blake and her two children. Arthur Simpson-Kent was detained after he fled the UK following the deaths of Miss Blake, who was his partner, and the couple's two children Zachary and Amon. Scotland Yard said: "Detectives have today, Saturday 9 January, been made aware of an arrest in Ghana.
  
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• Tributes to Briton who died 'living the dream' in Thailand

  09-01-2016 18:15
  
  A young British tourist has died while on holiday on an island in Thailand.
  
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• Man held in Ghana as police hunt killer of ex-EastEnders actress and her sons

  09-01-2016 17:51
  Police have reportedly arrested the suspected killer of an ex-EastEnders actress and her two sons.
  
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• Sleuth, Sherlock! Detective tops festive ratings with 11.6 million viewers

  09-01-2016 17:24
  Sherlock was the most watched programme over the festive period with 11.6 million viewers.
  
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• Noel Edmonds at the helm for record-busting £57.8m Lotto jackpot draw

  09-01-2016 16:53
  
  TV star Noel Edmonds will push the button for tonight's record £57.8m Lotto jackpot draw - more than two decades after presenting the first National Lottery show.
  
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• Three arrested and bailed after Jewish shoppers targeted at retail park

  09-01-2016 16:35
  Three men have been arrested and bailed after Jewish shoppers were reportedly pelted with gas canisters and had "Hitler is on the way" shouted at them.
  
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• £12m in new funding for flood-hit Scottish communities

  09-01-2016 16:28
  
  Scottish communities affected by severe weather are to be helped by £12 million of new funding, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
  
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• Student Nurses Protest Over Bursary Cuts

  09-01-2016 16:21
  
  Thousands of student nurses are taking part in protests in London and other cities against Government plans to scrap bursaries. But UNISON said axing the grant would saddle nurses with more than £50,000 in debt, which they would be paying off until retirement.
  
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• Student nurses and midwives march against move to ditch bursaries

  09-01-2016 16:20
  Thousands of student nurses and midwives have marched through London and other cities as they protest against the Government's decision to scrap bursaries and replace them with loans.
  
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• Sturgeon Pledges £1,500 For Each Flood-Hit Home

  09-01-2016 16:11
  
  Nicola Sturgeon is visiting flood-stricken communities in northeast Scotland, where she has outlined a £12m funding package for victims.
  
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• Cancer support fundraisers row, row, row their boat all the way to Rio

  09-01-2016 16:02
  Four daring fundraisers have set off on a 6,700km trip that will see them row and cycle from London to Rio de Janeiro ahead of this year's Olympic Games.
  
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• Kym Marsh's gym frustrations led to launch of fitness DVD

  09-01-2016 15:40
  
  Coronation Street's Kym Marsh says the frustration of not being able to get to the gym spurred her to launch her own fitness DVD.
  
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• Dolly the cat made waves when she ran away to sea

  09-01-2016 15:40
  
  A runaway cat with a taste for the high life has been found after she stowed away on a luxury motor cruiser.
  
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• Red Sea attack 'could hit British tourist numbers in Egypt'

  09-01-2016 14:48
  
  British tourism in Egypt could suffer a slump following the latest terror attack at a Red Sea resort, an expert has warned.
  
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• Sturgeon Visits Areas Hit By Latest Floods

  09-01-2016 13:56
  
  Nicola Sturgeon is visiting flood-stricken communities in northeast Scotland, where she has outlined a £12m funding package for victims.
  
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• Solo Pilot's 13,000-Mile Trip In Vintage Plane

  09-01-2016 11:30
  
  A British adventurer has touched down in Sydney after a 13,000-mile solo flight in a vintage open-cockpit biplane. Tracey Curtis-Taylor, who calls herself a "Bird in a Biplane", set off from Farnborough in Hampshire in October last year. Since then she has crossed 23 countries and made 50 refuelling stops in her 1942 Boeing Stearman Spirit of Artemis aircraft.
  
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• MP Dan Jarvis 'may not represent Labour' if party moves to scrap Trident

  09-01-2016 11:03
  
  Former Labour frontbencher Dan Jarvis has suggested he may not represent the party at the 2020 election if its policy is to scrap the Trident nuclear deterrent.
  
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• Chinese medicine practitioner jailed for sex attacks on patients

  09-01-2016 10:50
  A practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine who raped one of his patients and sexually assaulted two others has been jailed for seven years, police said.
  
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• 'Bird in a Biplane' euphoric after 13,000-mile solo flight to Sydney

  09-01-2016 10:50
  A British flyer said she was "euphoric" at completing her "huge adventure" after touching down in Sydney at the end of a 13,000-mile solo flight from Britain to Australia in a vintage open cockpit biplane.
  
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• Game Makers Betting Big On Virtual Reality

  09-01-2016 10:15
  Games makers are gambling millions on the success of virtual reality despite the technology failing to take off many times before. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sony, Microsoft, Oculus, HTC and Nokia are just some of the firms showing off their VR products, with some due out this year. Rebellion in Oxford is investing more than £5m into its first virtual reality game and is banking on the technology taking off despite multiple false starts since the 1980s.
  
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• Aviator completes epic flight in vintage biplane with Sydney Harbour flyover

  09-01-2016 09:03
  By Christopher McCall SYDNEY, Reuters () - British aviator Tracey Curtis-Taylor flew her open-cockpit biplane across Sydney Harbour and landed at the city's international airport on Saturday, completing a three-month journey from England to retrace a pioneering feat of early aviation. The 53-year-old aviator set out from Farnborough on Oct 1 to follow the flight path of legendary aviator Amy Johnson, who in 1930 became the first woman to fly solo between Britain and Australia. "I need a drink,"
  
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• Sir Jeremy Heywood's department 'has worst FoI record'

  09-01-2016 08:22
  Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood's department has the worst record for transparency in Whitehall, with nearly six in 10 information requests denied, it was reported.
  
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• Muslim preacher who ‘said husbands should hit their wives’ allowed to tour UK universities

  09-01-2016 07:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MUSLIM cleric who allegedly said displeased husbands should hit their wives “with a small stick” has been allowed to tour British universities unchallenged.
  
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• Big freeze to follow rain as cold snap looms

  09-01-2016 07:02
  A record-breaking spell of wet and unseasonably mild weather is set to come to an end with the arrival next week of freezing temperatures from the icy north, forecasters said.
  
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• Extreme OCD 'Misdiagnosed' As Paedophilia

  09-01-2016 06:53
  
  There are fears that some people with a little-known form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder are being wrongly diagnosed as a danger to children. Like better known forms of the condition, such as those where a person is concerned with hygiene or order, the intrusive thoughts are unwelcome and extremely distressing. Despite the content of the intrusive thoughts, experts have confirmed this form of OCD poses no danger.
  
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• Mum who tried taking kids to live under sick Islamic State in Syria jailed for five years

  09-01-2016 06:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MOTHER who who took her two children to Syria to live under Sharia law after telling her husband they were going to a birthday party has been jailed.
  
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• Biggest Ever Lotto Jackpot: Final Flurry Warning

  09-01-2016 05:45
  
  Such is the demand to be in the running to scoop the "life-changing sum" that the National Lottery has emailed online players to warn of the "high volumes of visitors" expected to its website. But Camelot said it would do everything it could to ensure people could buy tickets and reminded people they could buy tickets from 37,000 retailers as well as online. Camelot expects to be selling more than 400 tickets per second in the last hour before sales close today.
  
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• Now BRITAIN faces migrant SEX ATTACKS after surge of European assaults, warns top expert

  09-01-2016 05:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN is facing imminent migrant sex attacks similar to the sickening New Year's Eve assaults in Germany, according a top security expert has warned.
  
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• Sturgeon To Visit Areas Hit By Latest Floods

  09-01-2016 04:39
  
  Nicola Sturgeon is to visit flood-stricken communities in northeast Scotland later, where she is expected to provide details of the funding and support that victims will receive. Two severe flood warnings for Inverurie and Kintore remain in place, indicating a "danger to life" - but the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has said it expects floodwaters to begin receding. Derek and Lyn Mackay's home was 4ft underwater when firefighters helped them to safety.
  
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• Iraq Torture Claims: 280 UK Soldiers Questioned

  09-01-2016 04:35
  Hundreds of British soldiers have received letters questioning their role in claims of torture and murder during the Iraq War. Around 280 veterans have been sent documents telling them they were involved in an incident under investigation by the Government-established Iraq Historical Allegations Team (IHAT). More than 50 deaths during the UK's military mission in the country between 2003 and 2009 are set to be investigated, prosecutors have confirmed.
  
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• Motorhead's Lemmy To Be Laid To Rest Today

  09-01-2016 04:18
  
  Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister will be laid to rest at a private funeral in Los Angeles later today, with thousands of his fans are expected to watch a live stream of the service on YouTube.
  
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• Three men arrested after Jewish shoppers 'were pelted with gas canisters'

  09-01-2016 03:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three men have been arrested after Jewish shoppers were allegedly pelted with gas canisters and had "Hitler is on the way" shouted at them.
  
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• Health Lottery results: Winning numbers for Friday January 8 2016 draw

  09-01-2016 03:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THESE are the winning Health Lottery numbers for the draw on Friday January 8, 2016.
  
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• Euromillions results: Winning numbers for Friday January 8 2016

  09-01-2016 03:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THESE are the winning Euromillions numbers for the draw on Friday January 8 2016
  
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• Punters urged to snap up record Lottery jackpot tickets early

  09-01-2016 02:31
  Hopeful punters looking to get their hands on a record Lotto jackpot have been urged to buy their tickets well in advance of tonight's draw.
  
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• PM 'Must Take Bold Action' As Population Ages

  09-01-2016 02:27
  
  David Cameron has been urged to take "bold" action to tackle the growing pressures on health and social care, as official figures suggest nearly a quarter of the population will be over the age of 65 in just over 20 years' time. An open letter backed by 40 charities, including Macmillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie, calls on the Prime Minister to set up an independent commission to review the system. It states: "We need to ensure we have an NHS and social care system that is fit for purpose ot
  
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