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• David Cameron prompts anger by telling MPs to ignore the views of eurosceptic grassroots members - Telegraph.co.uk

  03-02-2016 23:00 via
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  David Cameron prompts anger by telling MPs to ignore the views of eurosceptic grassroots members
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  David Cameron has prompted anger by telling his MPs to ignore the views of eurosceptic grassroots members and Conservative associations ahead of the European Union referendum. The Prime Minister warned backbenchers not to take a view on the vote ...
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• Head injury can cause brain changes seen in Alzheimer's cases - research

  03-02-2016 22:00
  Traumatic bangs on the head can cause changes in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's, a study has found.
  
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• Man killed and woman seriously injured in flat above Tottenham pub

  03-02-2016 21:51
  A murder investigation is under way at a north London pub after an incident which also left a woman with life-threatening injuries.
  
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• 'Judge me on those things' Confident Cameron calls EU membership offer 'most meaningful'

  03-02-2016 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PRIME MINISTER David Cameron has said he is "happy to be judged" on the outcome of his EU renegotiation despite widespread claims the membership offer falls short of promised pledges to ban migrant benefits and restore British sovereignty.
  
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• Why Everyone Hates Uber's New Logo - NDTV

  03-02-2016 21:46 via
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  Why Everyone Hates Uber's New Logo
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  Uber's new logo is not the fruit of a commissioned marketing agency's labors, but rather the brainchild of the company's internal design team. Like just about any other iPhone user, I have an apps folder titled "Navigation" on my homescreen. But when I ...
  Uber's Rebranding Reveals Everything That's Wrong With UberInc.com
  Uber's Rebranding now makes users 'Bits and Atoms'Pulse Headlines
  Uber Changed Its Logo, and It Uberly SucksPRNewser
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• Family Murders: Cause Of Deaths Revealed

  03-02-2016 21:04
  
  Store manager Geraldine Newman, her daughter Shannon, 11, and six-year-old son Shane were found at their terraced house in Allerton Bywater on Tuesday. A friend found Ms Newman's body on the ground floor of the property after becoming concerned. Ms Newman's estranged husband Paul Newman was found dead on cliffs in South Stack, Anglesey, North Wales, hours later.
  
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• From London to Iran: British airways resumes travel to Tehran after sanctions lifted

  03-02-2016 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FLIGHTS direct to Iran are to be resumed by British Airways in a bid to renew links after sanctions were lifted.
  
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• Man 'strangled woman to death with her hair straighteners'

  03-02-2016 20:36
  A killer strangled a young woman to death with her hair straighteners after she told him, "only gay men do hair", a court heard.
  
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• Full steam ahead! Rail enthusiasts going loco for Flying Scotsman trip

  03-02-2016 20:35
  A date has been set for probably the most important date in a decade for steam enthusiasts - the return of Flying Scotsman to the East Coast Main Line.
  
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• Family murders: mother died from head injuries and children stabbed to death

  03-02-2016 20:35
  
  Two children found murdered with their mother at their home in Allerton Bywater, near Leeds, were stabbed to death, police said.
  
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• 'Gay cake' row halted over legal fears

  03-02-2016 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AN appeal by Christian bakers at the centre of a row over a “gay cake” was dramatically halted today.
  
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• Food blogger Ella Woodward to invite father's boyfriend to wedding

  03-02-2016 19:55
  
  Food writer Ella Woodward will be inviting her father - former Northern Ireland secretary Shaun Woodward - and his new boyfriend to her spring wedding.
  
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• Lord Lucan: Murdered nanny's son claims peer was alive in 2002 after judge grants death certificate - The Independent

  03-02-2016 19:40 via
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  Lord Lucan: Murdered nanny's son claims peer was alive in 2002 after judge grants death certificate
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  Nearly 42 years after the discovery of his blood-splattered car on the Sussex coast sparked a mystery that became an enduring national obsession, Lord Lucan has been declared dead after a High Court judge granted his death certificate. The ruling by ...
  Lord Lucan's Son Granted Death CertificateSky News
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• Deferral for would-be blood donors who have visited Zika-affected countries

  03-02-2016 19:34
  
  Donors who have travelled to countries affected by the Zika outbreak cannot give blood for a month after returning home, officials have said.
  
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• Teacher mocked on Twitter after claiming 'more evidence' of God than evolution

  03-02-2016 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A HEADTEACHER has caused a stir on Twitter after sparking a religious row on evolution.
  
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• Delivery doctor pulled twin baby like a ‘rag doll’

  03-02-2016 19:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A NEWBORN twin died from head injuries after a doctor pulled the baby boy “like a rag doll” during a bungled delivery, a medical tribunal heard.
  
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• SSE likely to close three units at UK coal plant

  03-02-2016 19:16
  By Karolin Schaps LONDON (Reuters) - British power producer SSE said it would likely close most of the units at its 1,995-megawatt Fiddler's Ferry coal-fired plant from April 1, despite gaining a government capacity contract designed to incentivise back-up plants to stay online. A surge in renewable energy production and cheap gas prices have effectively priced coal-fired power plants out of the market in Britain. Three months ago, Britain's energy minister also announced the permanent closure o
  
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• Court ruling on estranged lesbian couple's dispute 'has wider implications'

  03-02-2016 19:03
  
  Legal experts say a Supreme Court ruling on an estranged lesbian couple's dispute over their seven-year-old daughter will have implications for children taken abroad during parental tug-of-love battles.
  
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• Lifespan of mice 'extended by up to 35%' following cell experiment

  03-02-2016 19:00
  Elixir of youth treatments that prevent ageing could be in prospect after an extraordinary experiment in which the lifespan of mice was extended by up to 35%.
  
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• David Cameron 'happy to be judged' on outcome of EU renegotiation

  03-02-2016 18:56
  
  David Cameron has said he is "happy to be judged" on the outcome of his renegotiation of Britain's EU membership, amid Eurosceptic claims that it falls short of manifesto pledges to ban migrant benefits and restore British sovereignty.
  
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• Grandson of Gallipoli soldier reunited with pin badges after luggage error

  03-02-2016 18:46
  Pin badges have been returned to the grandson of a fallen Gallipoli soldier whose luggage was mistakenly taken from a train.
  
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• REVEALED: White lines on roads might soon become a thing of the past

  03-02-2016 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WHITE lines on UK highways might soon cease to exist in an attempt to slow motorists down, it has been revealed.
  
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• Cosmopolitan Street: Leicester high street boasts business owners from 23 nationalities

  03-02-2016 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WELCOME to the most cosmopolitan high street in Britain – boasting shopkeepers from 23 countries.
  
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• British Airways to resume flights to Iran

  03-02-2016 18:21
  British Airways will resume direct flights from London to Tehran from July, renewing links with the Iranian capital after sanctions were lifted. The British airline followed Air France-KLM in confirming its intention to restart flights to Tehran after Iran curbed its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of U.S., EU and United Nations sanctions in January.
  
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• Headteacher mocked over 'evolution is not a fact' tweet

  03-02-2016 18:06
  A primary school headteacher has been mocked online after tweeting that "evolution is not a fact".
  
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• 'Neighbours from hell' avoid jail after breaching court order

  03-02-2016 17:49
  Members of a notorious family who have made their neighbours' lives hell with over 300 incidents of anti-social behaviour have escaped jail for breaching a court order designed to stop them misbehaving.
  
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• 'Implosion' in Muslim world fuelling refugee crisis - Miliband

  03-02-2016 17:26
  Civil wars crippling many Muslim states and fuelling a global refugee crisis are driven in part by major struggles within Islam that cannot be ignored, former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Wednesday. This "implosion" in many Muslim-majority countries has forced people from their homes in "unheard-of" numbers, said Miliband, now head of the New York-based humanitarian group International Rescue Committee. Miliband spoke at the international affairs think-tank Chatham House in L
  
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• Cameron deflects criticism from party eurosceptics over EU plan

  03-02-2016 17:16
  By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron stood firm on Wednesday against eurosceptic members of his own party who criticised a plan to keep Britain in the European Union as a watered down "thin gruel" of broken promises. The deal, presented by European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday, has so far received a warm response from European capitals which must approve it. Bringing the package to parliament, the prime minister faced more than two hours of sometimes hos
  
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• Nuclear fusion experiment gets under way in Germany

  03-02-2016 17:15
  
  Scientists in Germany have started an experiment they hope will advance the quest for nuclear fusion, considered a clean and safe form of nuclear power.
  
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• 'Plebgate' Row: Detective Cleared Of Misconduct

  03-02-2016 17:09
  
  A police officer has been cleared of misconduct allegations following the "plebgate" controversy. Detective Sergeant Stuart Hinton, of Warwickshire police, had been accused of giving a misleading account of a meeting with Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell. The former chief whip met three Police Federation members - including DS Hinton, who was secretary of the Warwickshire branch at the time - at his constituency office in October 2012.
  
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• 'Interstellar message in a bottle' to arrive at North Star in 434 years

  03-02-2016 17:07
  Messages from people from around the world are to be beamed into space at the speed of light.
  
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• Were intercepted Russian 'bear bombers' armed with NUCLEAR missiles over the Channel?

  03-02-2016 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RUSSIAN 'bear bombers' spotted flying close to UK airspace could be carrying atomic warheads, sparking fears over the potential fallout of a crash or accident involving the ageing Soviet-era warplanes.
  
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• Is Russia flying NUCLEAR missiles over the Channel? Fears over Putin's jets in UK airspace

  03-02-2016 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RUSSIAN 'bear bombers' spotted flying close to UK airspace could be carrying atomic warheads, sparking fears over the potential fallout of a crash or accident involving the ageing Soviet-era warplanes.
  
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• Police brutality victim dies in cell

  03-02-2016 16:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An investigation begins into the death of a prisoner who had previously been the victim of police brutality.
  
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• British Airways to begin flying to Iran from July 14

  03-02-2016 16:28
  (Reuters) - British Airways will begin direct flights from London's Heathrow airport to Tehran from July 14, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA said on Wednesday. The company, which operates British Airways and Iberia Airlines, said it would will launch the route as a six-per-week service before moving to daily flights from winter 2016. IAG said last month it hoped to begin flights following the lifting of sanctions on Iran. (Reporting By Mamidipudi Soumithri in Bengaluru; Editing by S
  
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• Speaker takes issue with SNP MP's 'quite extraordinary behaviour'

  03-02-2016 16:27
  Speaker John Bercow has criticised an SNP MP's "quite extraordinary behaviour" in the Commons.
  
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• Deferral for would-be blood donors who have travelled to Zika-affected countries

  03-02-2016 16:27
  
  Donors who have travelled to countries affected by the Zika outbreak cannot give blood for a month after returning home, officials have said.
  
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• Differences in Islam play role in refugee crisis, says Miliband

  03-02-2016 16:22
  Civil wars crippling many Muslim states and fuelling a global refugee crisis are driven in part by major struggles within Islam that cannot be ignored, former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Wednesday. This "implosion" in about two dozen Muslim-majority countries has forced people from their homes in "unheard-of" numbers, Miliband, now head of the New York-based humanitarian group International Rescue Committee, said in a speech. Miliband spoke at the international affairs think
  
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• Rat in pub 'ran up leg and stole chip'

  03-02-2016 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pub customer claims a rat ran up his leg and took a chip out of his hand while he was eating.
  
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• 'Historic opportunity' to help Syrian refugees

  03-02-2016 16:16
  
  International Development Secretary Justine Greening says the world has a "historic opportunity" to draw up a new deal to help Syrian refugees fleeing their country's brutal civil war.
  
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• PM hits back at Johnson over EU deal

  03-02-2016 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Cameron defends his EU reforms in the Commons, with Boris Johnson questioning whether it will return enough powers to the UK.
  
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• Officer cleared of 'plebgate' misconduct

  03-02-2016 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A detective accused of giving a misleading account of an interview with Andrew Mitchell during the "plebgate" affair is cleared of misconduct.
  
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• Hamlet performed at Calais refugee camp by touring Globe company

  03-02-2016 16:09
  Shakespeare's Globe has staged a performance of Hamlet in front of dozens of refugees and migrants at "the Jungle" camp in Calais.
  
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• 'Unlikely earlier diagnosis could have been made' in case of cancer death woman

  03-02-2016 16:05
  
  An "extremely rare" aggressive cancer which went undiagnosed in 58 visits to doctors and killed a patient was not visible in scans, a coroner has ruled.
  
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• Top Conservatives weigh leadership ambitions in EU vote

  03-02-2016 16:03
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - As senior British Conservatives prepare to take sides in a referendum on European Union membership, some will be more focussed on their own future - and their chances of succeeding Prime Minister David Cameron - than that of the country. While Cameron will allow his ministers to choose whether they support the 'in' or 'out' campaigns for the upcoming national vote, those hoping to become the next Conservative leader face a dilemma. If they come out in favour
  
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• Man arrested after police officers targeted with petrol bomb

  03-02-2016 15:51
  
  A 22-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of section 18 assault after a "petrol bomb" device was thrown at police officers in Liverpool.
  
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• I can feel it in my fingers - scientists probe link between pain and weather

  03-02-2016 15:47
  Scientists are investigating if the weather really does affect those who suffer with chronic pain.
  
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• UK should 'halt Saudi arms sales'

  03-02-2016 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK should cease arms sales to Saudi Arabia while claims of humanitarian law breaches are investigated, say MPs.
  
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• Poll: Two-Thirds Say EU Proposals A Bad Deal

  03-02-2016 15:44
  
  More than two-thirds of voters think the EU blueprint is a bad deal, Sky News data suggests. The same poll indicates that despite David Cameron saying he has delivered "significant change", nearly half of the public say the new proposals would make them less likely to vote to stay in the EU. The results come as Mr Cameron faced down his own eurosceptic MPs as he tried to sell the EU draft deal in a statement to the House of Commons.
  
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• Boy fighting for his life after drinking 'lemonade' bottle full of CAUSTIC SODA crystals

  03-02-2016 15:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy was left fighting for survival after drinking from a water bottle full of caustic soda crystals.
  
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