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• Antarctic explorer Henry Worsley airlifted to hospital 71 days into record bid

  23-01-2016 21:19
  An intrepid explorer on the brink of making Antarctic history with a solo crossing across the ice has been taken to hospital with a potentially fatal condition.
  
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• Migrants storm French port of Calais and board British ferry

  23-01-2016 20:30
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - Around 200 refugees managed to break into the port of Calais in northern France on Saturday after a demonstration of support for migrants living in a slum nearby ended, enabling some of them to board the front deck of a British ferry, an official said.
  
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• Port of Calais closed after scores of migrants storm ferry

  23-01-2016 20:06
  The Port of Calais has been closed after around 50 migrants reportedly made their way onto a ferry causing a "security incident".
  
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• Steel used in wind farm scheme near Port Talbot 'more than likely from China'

  23-01-2016 20:00
  Steel used to construct a major new wind farm near Port Talbot "more than likely" comes from China, contractors have admitted.
  
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• Stranded 50ft Whale Dies On Norfolk Beach

  23-01-2016 19:23
  
  A sperm whale has died after beaching in Norfolk - and there are fears at least two more could become stranded. The 50ft young adult male was part of a group of six spotted in the Wash at Hunstanton on Friday. Rescue divers were joined by staff from RNLI, HM Coastguard and Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary - but their attempts to push the whale back into deeper waters were unsuccessful.
  
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• Paris, Cologne attacks show why UK needs to leave EU - Farage

  23-01-2016 18:51
  Deadly militant attacks in Paris and a string of New Year's Eve sex assaults in Cologne have increased the need for Britain to leave the European Union, one of the leading 'Out' campaigners said on Saturday, citing the need to control national borders. To loud applause, Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, told a Grassroots Out campaign event that Europe's policy of taking in migrants with few checks had endangered the lives of those living in the 28-member bloc. British Prime
  
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• Top QC Slams 'Very Odd' Sex Notification Order

  23-01-2016 17:58
  
  A court order that requires a man who was cleared of rape to give police 24 hours' notice before having sex has been labelled "very odd and pretty silly" by one of the country's top lawyers.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn urges pan-European push to help those affected by migrants crisis

  23-01-2016 17:26
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for Britain to join a pan-European effort to help ease the migrant crisis as he visited camps in northern France to see the squalid conditions people are living in after fleeing war, poverty and persecution.
  
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• Manchester United v Southampton: Premier League – live!

  23-01-2016 16:48
  
  United take on Southampton at Old Trafford – and they’ll want another victory after last week’s 1-0 at Anfield. Follow it live with Tim HillEmail [email protected] or tweet @timmyhilleh3.48pm GMTWell, that was tedious in the extreme. Saints were compact and tidy, but created very little, and Man United just seem to be completely without ideas. Very, very underwhelming. See you in 15. 3.47pm GMTThat’s the whistle, and you can hear the boos. Continue reading...
  
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• Leicester v Stoke, Málaga v Barcelona and more: clockwatch – live!

  23-01-2016 16:46
  
  • The latest news from the 3pm kick-offs• Manchester United v Southampton – live!• Watch the league tables update with every goal• Live scores from around Europe• Email: [email protected] 3.46pm GMTTwo in two games for Patrick van Aanholt, and an important goal for Sunderland just before half-time. 3.45pm GMTCan Manchester United score? They never score. Related: Manchester United v Southampton: Premier League – live!Continue reading...
  
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• David Cameron urges reform in the Maldives after meeting ousted president

  23-01-2016 16:44
  David Cameron has pledged to continue pushing for reforms in the Maldives after the country's ousted president, flanked by Amal Clooney, took his fight for freedom to Downing Street.
  
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• East coast winter storm: 10 governors declare state of emergency – live

  23-01-2016 16:36
  
  Weather service predicts storm could bring snowfall to rival the biggest blizzards on record
  Residents warned to stay indoors as winds intensify 3.36pm GMTReader Dan Broome sends a fairly representative photo of what New York looks like right now. Here at Guardian NY HQ the East River has vanished and the World Trade Center is a faint outline in the haze. 3.17pm GMTWashington DC mayor Muriel Bowser is also giving a press conference, and emphatically urging people to get off the roads.“We n
  
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• East coast winter storm - in pictures

  23-01-2016 16:24
  
  ‘It seems the weather forecasters got it right this time,” say New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo as state and nine others declare state of emergency in blizzard that could break records Continue reading...
  
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• Woman says she put winning lottery ticket worth £33m through wash

  23-01-2016 16:22
  
  Woman came forward after Camelot announced that winning ticket had been bought in Worcester and told people to ‘check down the side of sofas’A woman has claimed she has the missing £33m winning lottery ticket but put it through the wash. She came forward after Camelot announced that a ticket with the winning numbers had been bought in Worcester and told residents to “check down the side of sofas”.Continue reading...
  
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• Blue Origin launches and lands sub-orbital rocket for second time

  23-01-2016 16:19
  
  Space venture set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos among handful of companies working to develop reusable rocketsBlue Origin, the space transportation venture set up by Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, has launched and landed a sub-orbital rocket for the second time. The achievement is being hailed as a significant development in the company’s drive to develop reusable rockets.Blue Origin posted a video of the New Shepard rocket’s launch and return to the launchpad in west Texas on Friday
  
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• Let’s make attending Davos as shameful as running a sweatshop | Steve Hilton

  23-01-2016 16:00
  
  The midwinter boondoggle up an alp demonstrates exactly what has gone wrong with the worldDavos has just finished. You know, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. What, didn’t you get your invitation? Oh dear, looks like you don’t really matter. Sorry about that.It’s easy to mock Davos – so I will. It’s the annual schmooze fest where rich white men debate inequality and diversity. Where fleets of carbon-gushing private jets fly in philanthropists to pontif
  
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• Cameron vows to pressure Maldives over jailed former president

  23-01-2016 16:00
  British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged on Saturday to apply pressure on the Maldives to improve the rule of law and free political prisoners after meeting the country's former president after his temporary release from jail. Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically elected president, is serving a 13-year sentence on terrorism charges for the alleged abduction of a judge after a rapid trial last March which drew international criticism. Nasheed and his lawyer Amal Clooney met Cam
  
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• Adam Lallana secures three points for Liverpool with last-gasp winner at Norwich City

  23-01-2016 15:56
  
  Now that is entertainment, Norwich and Liverpool-style. A match that hurtled breathlessly between breakneck attacking and comical defending reached an incredible finale, when Adam Lallana scored a stoppage-time winning goal for the visitors moments after Sébastien Bassong had equalised for the hosts.Steven Naismith marked his Norwich debut with a goal, Roberto Firmino struck two beauties and Dieumerci Mbokani, Wes Hoolahan and Jordan Henderson also found the net as Liverpool took three po
  
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• Two arrested over death of man found in burning tent under Salford bridge

  23-01-2016 15:45
  
  Two 24-year-old men from Manchester are being questioned over death of Daniel Smith, 23, who was discovered dead on Wednesday
  Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead in a burning tent underneath a railway bridge in Salford. Greater Manchester police (GMP) said the two 24-year-old men from Manchester remain in police custody for questioning.Continue reading...
  
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• Norwich City 4-5 Liverpool: Premier League – as it happened

  23-01-2016 15:45
  
  Deep into injury time, Norwich equalise. And then Adam Lallana settles an absurd nine-goal rollercoaster ride. An instant classic, if a little light on defensive quality. 2.40pm GMTThere’s time for Klopp to tear off down the touchline in celebration, and for Lallana to take off his shirt and race about in incredulous disbelief. And that’s that! Heartbreak for Norwich City. Liverpool’s players dispatch their shirts into the away end. Klopp appears to have lost his glasses. That
  
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• Many military veterans' PTSD claims 'fabricated or exaggerated'

  23-01-2016 15:42
  
  Former top military psychiatrist says 42% of cases had no firm link to military service, diverting resources from genuine needsAlmost half of the service personnel assessed by military pyschiatrists had mental health issues that were not clearly linked to their career in the armed forces, or were “Walter Mitty” characters who fabricated their experience, according to a leading expert.Ian Palmer, a former senior military psychiatrist who ran the government’s medical assessment p
  
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• Labour MP challenges Corbyn over Trident with alternative defence review

  23-01-2016 15:35
  
  John Woodcock, the party’s backbench defence committee chairman, will invite MPs to discussions with defence experts as well as CNDAn alternative defence review is to be launched by Labour’s backbench defence committee chairman, in a direct challenge to Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to ditch the party’s policy to renew Trident.John Woodcock will invite MPs to discussions with experts in the field of defence, starting this Tuesday with the former chief of defence staff Admiral Lor
  
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• Eyewitness: Budapest, Hungary

  23-01-2016 15:31
  
  Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading...
  
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• Charles Manson follower Bruce Davis sees parole rejected once again

  23-01-2016 15:30
  
  California governor Jerry Brown denies Davis parole for third time, calling him a danger to public safety after he was convicted of killing two men in 1969Governor Jerry Brown has rejected parole for a third time for a follower of cult leader Charles Manson 46 years after a series of bloody murders rocked southern California. Bruce Davis was convicted of the 1969 slayings of musician Gary Hinman and stuntman Donald “Shorty” Shea. He was not involved in the more notorious killings of
  
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• Winning £33 million lottery ticket 'went through the wash'

  23-01-2016 15:02
  A woman has claimed she has the missing £33 million winning lottery ticket but put it through the wash.
  
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• Drug dealers jailed after cannabis factories uncovered

  23-01-2016 15:01
  Police who brought down a cannabis factory insist crime does not pay after three drug dealers were jailed.
  
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• Ralph Fiennes: ‘I wish I’d been more of a punk, but I'm not anarchic'

  23-01-2016 15:00
  
  The actor, 53, on defining love, travelling third class in India, and being the new boyMy mother had an expression: “Get your guts into it.” She used to say it with an emphatic movement of the forearm, which amused me and my siblings. She would push us to go deep into whatever we were doing, from homework to a painting or drawing.I wish I’d been more of a punk. At 15, a large part of me wanted to cut loose and be rebellious. I pogoed at a Stranglers gig in Southampton, and my m
  
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• Pakistan arrests five over deadly attack on Bacha Khan university

  23-01-2016 14:56
  
  Military spokesman says the suspects are charged with facilitating the assault, in which 21 people were killedFive suspects have been arrested following an attack on a university in Pakistan that left 21 people dead. A Pakistani army spokesman said the military had made the arrests on charges of facilitating the assault on Bacha Khan university in Charsadda on Wednesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Andy Murray dashes to father-in-law’s bedside after Australian Open win

  23-01-2016 14:38
  
  • Nigel Sears ‘conscious, talking and sitting up’ in hospital after collapsing
  • Andy Murray will continue in tournament ‘if Nigel is absolutely fine’Andy Murray kept a bedside vigil in a Melbourne hospital on Saturday night while doctors monitored the condition of his 58-year-old father-in-law, Nigel Sears, who collapsed earlier in the stands at the Australian Open.Murray won through to the fourth round, unaware what had happened while he was on court, then rus
  
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• Trump and Sanders lead two-headed insurgency against establishment

  23-01-2016 14:00
  
  Outsiders of right and left are channelling frustration with political elites as seeds sown by the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street bear fruit in popular movementsTheo’s Pizza Restaurant is heaving, the anger and frustration palpable. James Egloff drove his family five hours on a frostbitten day to be here. Preacher’s son Ted Cruz, in blue jacket and open-collared shirt, does not disappoint, eviscerating the political establishment, talking guns and religion and prophesying a nationa
  
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• The scenic Welsh triathlon for the non-competitive

  23-01-2016 14:00
  
  Forget sweaty Lycra and saddle sores, in Carmarthenshire they’ve invented a scenic, fun version of the triathlon that allows Kevin Rushby’s family to do a leg each, and factor in some pub time, tooI enjoy triathlons. Obviously not the initial immersion in freezing water: that is not fun. And not the subsequent half hour of being repeatedly kicked in the face by other swimmers before you jump on a bike, only to find the ride ruined by your cold, wet clothes. That sets up the chest inf
  
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• Jack Bannister – game mourns a cricketing man for all seasons

  23-01-2016 14:00
  
  Jack Bannister, who has died aged 85, was a wry, dry and articulate figure who played a pivotal role in the development of the players’ union and became a popular and respected broadcasterHe truly was a Jack of all trades. Jack Bannister, who has died at the age of 85, was involved somewhere within the cricketing fraternity for more than six decades – as a bowler for Warwickshire, an influential founding member of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, who was to become the
  
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• Guatemalan man racked by gangrene fears deportation will be death sentence

  23-01-2016 14:00
  
  Undocumented migrant Ángel Rosa, who has four US-born children, is weak from the serious infection alleged contracted in a US detention centerAn undocumented Guatemalan immigrant weakened by a gangrene infection of his groin that allegedly began in a detention center says he faces almost certain death if he is deported despite a request for humanitarian relief. Related: Central American deportees fear yet more trauma and violence back home | Roberto LovatoContinue reading...
  
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• John Kerry reassures Gulf states over US relationship with Iran

  23-01-2016 13:55
  
  Kerry says US agrees on need to confront destabilising Iranian activities in region after discussions on UN-led Syria talks scheduled to begin next weekThe US secretary of state, John Kerry, has met Gulf state ministers to ease their concerns about warming US relations with Iran and seek agreement on which Syrian opposition groups should be represented at upcoming peace talks.Speaking after meeting in Riyadh with foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) who have sided with Saudi
  
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• Crime writer Peter James wins Diamond Dagger prize

  23-01-2016 13:41
  
  Author Peter James has said that winning the Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger prize is proof that "sometimes, our dreams really can come true."
  
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• Gillian Anderson: 'If X-Files fans aren’t put off by our walking sticks, fantastic'

  23-01-2016 13:40
  
  The actor was reluctant to return to the show that launched her career, but gave in to work with David Duchovny again – and only do six episodesFor a star promoting her return to a world-famous show, Gillian Anderson is candid about her reluctance to return to the role that made her.
  “It took a while to persuade me, I think,” she says. “When it was first brought up, I didn’t like the idea at all.” Continue reading...
  
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• Banks Face Fresh £5bn PPI Mis-Selling Bill

  23-01-2016 13:40
  
  Britain's biggest banks are drawing up plans to set aside billions of pounds more for payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling as the City regulator prepares to introduce a two-year deadline for claims. Sky News has learnt that executives at the major high street lenders are to announce huge new provisions in their annual results over the next few weeks that will take the total cost of the scandal to well over £30bn. Bank bosses are keen to draw a line under the PPI affair, which has
  
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• BT chief admits there is 'more to do' in roll out of broadband service

  23-01-2016 13:18
  The chief executive of BT has admitted there is "more to do" in the roll out of Openreach's broadband service.
  
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• Victim of Obama's first drone strike: 'I am the living example of what drones are'

  23-01-2016 13:00
  
  Faheem Qureshi was 14 when a drone attack on his home left him with horrific injuries, several family members dead and his dreams for the future in tatters Faheem Qureshi’s uncles sat with their neighbors, chatting, cracking jokes and sipping tea, in their family’s lounge for male guests. Qureshi, almost 14, stood nearby, bored and restless, thinking about when he could go to the nearby playground where he and the other Ziraki village kids played badminton and cricket. Related: Drone
  
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• The one question you can't ask at the world's biggest gun trade show – video

  23-01-2016 13:00
  
  Shot Show is the largest gun trade show in the world, with over 60,000 attendees and dealers showcasing the latest in firearms technology. The Guardian’s Rupert Neate went to Las Vegas to talk to people about the booming gun industry, but the show organizers had one caveat – don’t ask about gun control. Find out what happens when he does Continue reading...
  
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• Sex, guns and ammo: inside the world's largest gun industry trade fair

  23-01-2016 13:00
  
  Gun businesses are seeing record sales and profits as people rush out to arm themselves – and Shot Show in Las Vegas has 12 miles of exhibitions to help“We’re sort of firearms connoisseurs,” Whitney Condit said as she excitedly explored the latest handguns and semi-automatic assault rifles to hit the market at Shot Show, the world’s largest gun industry trade fair. As she spoke, fellow enthusiasts spread out over the 2.25m square feet Sands Expo convention centre at
  
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• Norwich City v Liverpool: Premier League – live!

  23-01-2016 13:00
  
  Updates from the 12.45pm (UK time) kick-offLive scores: all the goals from the UK and EuropeEmail [email protected] 11.57am GMTIvo Pinto and Steven Naismith make their debuts for Norwich today. Ryan Bennett and Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe step down. Alex Tettey also makes way from the side that started at Bournemouth, with Graham Dorrans coming into the starting XI.Liverpool only name two players who started the FA Cup win over Exeter: Simon Mignolet and Jordan Ibe. The second string exit stag
  
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• Gillian Anderson: 'If fans aren’t put off by our walking sticks, fantastic'

  23-01-2016 13:00
  
  The actor was reluctant to return to the show that launched her career, but gave in to work with David Duchovny again – and only do six episodesFor a star promoting her return to a world-famous show, Gillian Anderson is candid about her reluctance to return to the role that made her.
  “It took a while to persuade me, I think,” she says. “When it was first brought up, I didn’t like the idea at all.” Continue reading...
  
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• Exhibition at the pictures: Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence on screen

  23-01-2016 13:00
  
  His story of unrequited love in 1970s Istanbul was conceived as both a novel and a collection of related objects. Now, Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence has inspired a film that explores his memories of the cityI wrote The Museum of Innocence thinking of the museum, and created the museum thinking of the novel. The museum was not just some idea I chanced upon after the success of the book, nor was it a case of the success of the museum begetting the novel – as when certain blockbuste
  
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• Millions Suffer 'Dire' Internet Speeds

  23-01-2016 12:59
  
  Millions of broadband customers are suffering "dire" internet connection speeds, some so slow they break regulations, a report by MPs has said. The MPs blame the lack of progress on a "natural monopoly" by BT and its subsidiary Openreach and calls for them to be broken up or they will "continue to paper over the cracks". The report was commissioned for the Business Infrastructure Group, set up by the disgraced former cabinet minister Grant Shapps, who resigned late last year amid the Tory bullyi
  
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• Davos 2016: George Osborne says Google tax deal is a 'major success' - live

  23-01-2016 12:56
  
  Rolling coverage of the final day of the World Economic Forum in DavosOsborne: Google deal is huge step forwardLagarde: We’re worried about Brexit and refugeesOsborne: I don’t want Europe priced out of world economyBoJ governor: China may need capital controlsDebate starts hereTop-level informal meeting in Davos 11.00am GMTGeorge Osborne has told the Guardian that the £130m tax deal announced with Google overnight is a “huge step forward”Speaking just after his pane
  
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• Winter storm Jonas claims first lives along US east coast

  23-01-2016 12:54
  
  At least eight people, including a four-year-old boy have died as a potentially record blizzard sweeps eastern US statesA four-year-old child and at least seven other people have died as a potentially record blizzard paralysed road, rail and air travel across the east coast of the US.States of emergency have been announced in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. Thousands of flights have been cancelled and officials told people not to drive.Continue reading...
  
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• East coast winter storm: eight dead as blizzard sweeps across states

  23-01-2016 12:54
  
  At least eight people, including a four-year-old boy have died as a potentially record blizzard sweeps eastern US statesA four-year-old child and at least seven other people have died as a potentially record blizzard paralysed road, rail and air travel across the east coast of the US.States of emergency have been announced in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. Thousands of flights have been cancelled and officials told people not to drive.Continue reading...
  
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• Google's £130m Deal With Taxman 'Derisory'

  23-01-2016 12:53
  
  Google has reached a deal with the British taxman to pay £130m in back taxes in a move welcomed by the Chancellor who said it could see other big firms follow suit. However, critics have said compared to the profits Google has made in the UK in the last decade, the amount is "trivial" and should be around seven to ten times more than that. Labour has dismissed the amount as "derisory" and has called for a "full report" on the deal from the Chancellor George Osborne.
  
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• Film star Don Cheadle hails Academy's plan to double female and minority members

  23-01-2016 12:46
  African-American actor and director Don Cheadle has said the Academy's planned membership changes to improve diversity are a "step in the right direction".
  
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