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• Fugitive Captured After Five Years On The Run

  09-02-2016 22:04
  
  A wanted fugitive suspected of being the principal member of one of Merseyside's biggest drugs gangs has been arrested in Belgium. Scott Hughes, 35, from Halewood, Merseyside, had been on the run since 2011 and was wanted for his alleged involvement in the large-scale supply of class A drugs throughout Liverpool. He was apprehended following a joint operation between the National Crime Agency (NCA), Belgian Federal Police and Merseyside Police.
  
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• Daughter's lament for RSPCA inspector who vanished trying to rescue sea birds

  09-02-2016 21:04
  The daughter of an RSPCA inspector who went missing while trying to rescue sea birds from a cliff has said she accepts he "will not be coming home".
  
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• Wanted suspected drug dealer arrested in Belgium

  09-02-2016 21:03
  
  A wanted fugitive suspected of being a principal member of one of Merseyside's biggest drug-dealing gangs has been arrested in Belgium.
  
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• Thousands cheer players on as annual Shrovetide Football takes over market town

  09-02-2016 21:03
  The historic Royal Shrovetide Football match which "tries the pluck of an Englishman" ended in a goal after a gruelling contest involving hundreds of players.
  
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• Coronation Street's Paula Lane to leave as Kylie Platt faces 'dramatic exit'

  09-02-2016 21:03
  Coronation Street star Paula Lane is to leave the show after six years playing troubled Kylie Platt.
  
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• Minister says UK would back national unity government in Libya

  09-02-2016 21:02
  Britain stands ready to support a government of national unity in Libya in taking on Islamic State (IS), a foreign office minister has said.
  
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• FTSE 100 Index at lowest level for three years as banking stocks fall sharply

  09-02-2016 21:01
  London's top flight index fell to its lowest level for three years as sharp falls in banking stocks and fears over global growth continued to weigh heavy on the market.
  
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• Woman plunges 60ft from balcony on to display bed in John Lewis store

  09-02-2016 20:59
  A woman has had a lucky escape after plunging over the side of a balcony in a John Lewis store and landing on a display bed.
  
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• New Inquest For 'Assaulted' Poppi Worthington

  09-02-2016 20:41
  
  A coroner has ordered a fresh inquest into the death of Poppi Worthington, a 13-month-old girl who died in December 2012. In January, it emerged  a judge had ruled that, on the balance of probabilities, Poppi was sexually assaulted by her father , Paul Worthington, just before her death. Mr Justice Peter Jackson had said: "Shorn to its essentials, the situation is one in which a healthy child with no medical condition or illness was put to bed by her mother one evening and brought
  
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• RSPCA Officer Missing In Storm 'Not Coming Home'

  09-02-2016 19:05
  
  The daughter of an RSPCA inspector who went missing while trying to rescue seabirds from a cliff has paid tribute to him. A search has taken place for Mike Reid in Cornwall but Jenna Reid admitted her father "will not be coming home". He vanished shortly before hurricane-force winds from Storm Imogen battered the UK .
  
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• David Cameron's mother and aunt call for children's centres to be saved

  09-02-2016 18:51
  David Cameron's mother and aunt have condemned council spending cuts that would see the loss of every children's centre in his constituency.
  
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• Flippin' eck! MPs leave rivals with egg on faces in pursuit of pancake prize

  09-02-2016 17:00
  The House of Lords and the media have taken a battering from MPs in the annual parliamentary pancake race.
  
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• Junior doctors dispute: Jeremy Hunt silent on 'blocked deal' claim

  09-02-2016 16:38
  Jeremy Hunt has refused to deny claims that he rejected a deal on junior doctors contracts that could have averted Wednesday's industrial action.
  
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• Fresh inquest to be held into toddler Poppi Worthington's death

  09-02-2016 16:38
  A fresh inquest is to be held into the death of toddler Poppi Worthington.
  
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• Banks feel the pain on global markets amid fears of impending crisis

  09-02-2016 16:38
  High street banks led further punishing share losses on global markets on worries the sector is heading for another crisis.
  
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• Age UK Suspends E.ON Energy Tariff Offer

  09-02-2016 16:13
  
  Age UK says it is suspending its controversial fixed-price energy deal with Big Six gas and electricity provider E.ON. The charity said the two-year fixed tariff would no longer be available for new and renewing customers. It comes days after Energy Secretary Amber Rudd ordered a probe by regulator Ofgem into the tie-up.
  
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• Mission To Save Whale In Trouble Stood Down

  09-02-2016 16:11
  
  The Maritime and Coastguard Agency took the decision to suspend its rescue effort after there were no sightings of the whale for 90 minutes. Keith Griffin, station officer for the Happisburgh and Mundesley Coastguard Team, said: "We've carried out an extensive search and are confident that if the whale was in that search area, we'd have found it.
  
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• UK grab for tariffs boosted European solar panel sales in 2015 - industry

  09-02-2016 16:10
  By Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Solar power panel sales rose for the first time in four years in Europe last year, but only because of a rush in Britain to get new solar power supplies hooked up to the grid before the government cuts the feed-in tariffs to be paid to electricity producers on new installations. About 8 gigawatts (GW) of new photovoltaic generation capacity was connected up to electricity grids last year across Europe, an increase of about 15 percent on the previous year
  
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• Doctors' Strike: 'More Than 2,800' Ops Halted

  09-02-2016 16:09
  
  More than 2,800 operations have been cancelled ahead of a 24-hour strike by junior doctors, the Government has said. It comes as talks with the British Medical Association - the doctors' union - take place to try to hold off strike action. Now, a new offer is on the table at the talks being led by David Dalton, CEO of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
  
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• Murray joins fathers' club after wife Kim gives birth

  09-02-2016 16:01
  Former Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has joined the fathers' club at the top of men's tennis after his wife Kim gave birth to a daughter at the weekend. World number two Murray, 28, joins top-ranked Novak Djokovic, 17-times grand slam champion Roger Federer and reigning French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka, who all juggle top-flight tennis with parental duties. Federer has fathered two sets of twins.
  
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• Poppi Worthington: Coroner Orders New Inquest

  09-02-2016 15:52
  
  Coroner David Llewelyn Roberts has said the inquest will commence on 18 March, and explained there was a "substantial public interest" in the case. In January, it emerged a judge had ruled that, on the balance of probabilities, Poppi was sexually assaulted by her father, Paul Worthington, just before her death. Mr Justice Peter Jackson had said: "Shorn to its essentials, the situation is one in which a healthy child with no medical condition or illness was put to bed by her mother one eveni
  
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• Trident policy: Labour 'might never unite', says Andy Burnham

  09-02-2016 15:49
  
  Labour bitter divisions over Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent may prove irreconcilable, shadow home secretary Andy Burnham has warned, as Jeremy Corbyn unexpectedly pulled out of a showdown with his top team.
  
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• Pilot Who Flew £33m Of Cocaine Into UK Jailed

  09-02-2016 15:49
  
  A pilot who smuggled cocaine worth £33.5m into the UK on his light aircraft has been sentenced to 19 years in prison. Andrew Wright, who was nicknamed "Biggles", imported 268kg of the Class-A drug on eight trips over a three-month period in 2014. The 52-year-old was using an aerial photography business to cover up his drug trafficking.
  
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• 3.2 million people registered for Paym mobile service

  09-02-2016 15:49
  
  More than three million people have now registered for a mobile payments service enabling them to transfer cash as easily as texting.
  
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• E.ON and Age UK suspend branded energy tariff offer

  09-02-2016 15:47
  E.ON and Age UK are to temporarily stop offering a branded energy tariff following criticism of the deal, citing "continued speculation regarding the partnership".
  
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• Death of man who set himself on fire outside Kensington Palace 'not suspicious'

  09-02-2016 15:38
  A man has died after setting himself on fire outside Kensington Palace in the early hours of Tuesday.
  
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• Andy Murray's newborn daughter 'doing well'

  09-02-2016 15:32
  
  Andy Murray's newborn baby daughter is said to be "doing well" as it was announced he and wife Kim Sears have become parents for the first time.
  
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• Recruit found dead at Deepcut 'desperate to leave the army'

  09-02-2016 15:28
  A recruit found dead at Deepcut Barracks had been "desperate" to leave the army in the days before her death, an inquest has heard.
  
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• David Cameron's mother signs petition against Oxfordshire child centre cuts

  09-02-2016 15:28
  David Cameron's mother has signed a petition against spending cuts that would see the loss of every children's centre in his constituency.
  
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• £8.1bn fall in exports marks highest trade gap level in five years

  09-02-2016 15:28
  Britain's trade gap grew to its highest level since 2010 last year as the UK saw an £8.1 billion plunge in the export of goods.
  
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• Police officer and PCSO jailed for misconduct after vigilante murder

  09-02-2016 15:18
  
  A police officer and a community support officer have been jailed for misconduct following the vigilante murder of a disabled refugee.
  
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• Planned snooping laws 'lack clarity and privacy protections'

  09-02-2016 14:37
  
  Proposed new snooping laws are unclear, lack sufficient privacy protections and fail to cover all the intrusive powers used by spy agencies, a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.
  
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• MPs Take Westminster Pancake Race Glory

  09-02-2016 14:20
  
  MPs proved they are Westminster's greatest tossers by winning the annual parliamentary pancake race, with journalists and peers finishing in second and third place. The parliamentarians celebrated their victory in their usual gracious and humble manner, by dancing a victory conga around Westminster's Victoria Gardens. Labour's Stephen Pound MP was heard shouting: "House of Lords, you're having a laugh!" in the direction of the peers' team, who came in last place.
  
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• Bacteria can see, say scientists, solving 300-year-old mystery

  09-02-2016 14:12
  
  Lowly bacteria can "see" in much the same way as humans, research has shown.
  
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• Parliamentary committee criticises surveillance bill over privacy concerns

  09-02-2016 14:05
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A planned British law to give spies and the police wide-ranging new surveillance powers is rushed, does not do enough to protect people's privacy and requires major change, a powerful committee of lawmakers said on Tuesday. The bill was unveiled in November after police and intelligence agencies warned they had fallen behind those they were trying to track, as advances in technology and the growth of services like Skype and Facebook increasingly put criminals
  
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• Google boss Sundar Pichai becomes highest paid chief executive in United States

  09-02-2016 13:56
  
  The boss of Google has become the highest paid chief executive in America after being handed 199 million US dollars (£138m) in shares.
  
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• Another Whale In Trouble Off Norfolk Coast

  09-02-2016 13:22
  
  Another whale has been seen thrashing about in shallow water off Norfolk's coast - the seventh such incident in recent weeks. He told Sky News: "They are well out of the area they should be and it is difficult to assume why they are coming ashore. The latest report follows the death of a sperm whale in Hunstanton on Thursday, despite efforts to save it.
  
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• Police Jailed Over Bijan Ebrahimi Death

  09-02-2016 13:18
  
  A police officer and police community support officer who failed a disabled man who was later murdered in a vigilante attack have been sentenced to 10 months and four months in jail respectively. PC Kevin Duffy, 52, and PCSO Andrew Passmore, 56, were found guilty of misconduct in a public office in December in connection with the death of Bijan Ebrahimi in Bristol. The 44-year old Iranian national was beaten to death and his body set on fire by neighbour Lee James on a housing estate in Brisling
  
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• Man Found On Fire Outside Kensington Palace

  09-02-2016 13:18
  
  A man who was found on fire outside Kensington Palace has died, police say. Police were called to the palace, which is the London home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, just after 3am this morning. Just three hours earlier, they had been contacted by a central London hospital concerned that a man in their care had gone missing.
  
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• Media organisations lose challenge over terror trial reporting restrictions

  09-02-2016 12:36
  Media organisations have lost a challenge against continuing restrictions on reporting a terrorism trial which was held in conditions of unprecedented secrecy.
  
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• Europe calls time on ship navigation scheme despite risks at sea

  09-02-2016 12:33
  By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - A British-led initiative to create a back-up to satellite navigation systems for ships has been pulled after failing to garner interest from other European countries, despite its proponents pointing to the growing risk of disasters at sea. Vessels increasingly rely on devices that employ satellite signals to find a location or keep exact time, including the Global Positioning System (GPS). Experts say GPS is vulnerable to signal loss from solar weather effects
  
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• Another whale 'spotted off Norfolk coast'

  09-02-2016 12:28
  Another whale may be in trouble in shallow waters off the British coast, rescuers have said.
  
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• Policeman and PCSO jailed for misconduct over vigilante murder of Bijan Ebrahimi

  09-02-2016 12:24
  A police officer and a community support officer have been jailed for misconduct following the vigilante murder of a disabled man.
  
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• Parliamentary committee criticises government's planned new surveillance law

  09-02-2016 12:14
  Britain's planned law to give spies and the police wide-ranging new surveillance powers is rushed, does not do enough to protect people's privacy and requires major change, a powerful committee of lawmakers said on Tuesday. Britain unveiled the bill in November after police and intelligence agencies warned they had fallen behind those they were trying to track, as advances in technology and the growth of services like Skype and Facebook increasingly put criminals beyond their reach. Critics say
  
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• New snooping law proposals 'a missed opportunity'

  09-02-2016 12:01
  
  Proposed new snooping laws are unclear, lack sufficient privacy protections and fail to cover all the intrusive powers used by spy agencies, a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.
  
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• Shadow cabinet clash over Labour Trident policy postponed

  09-02-2016 12:00
  
  A shadow cabinet showdown over Labour's policy on the future of Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent has been postponed.
  
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• TUI sees 40% drop in summer holiday bookings to Turkey

  09-02-2016 11:43
  Thomson and First Choice owner TUI said summer holiday bookings to Turkey had slumped by 40% after recent terrorist attacks.
  
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• Ex-security chief backs PM's warning over French border deal jeopardy

  09-02-2016 11:43
  David Cameron's warnings that France could scrap a border deal if Britain leaves the EU have been backed by a former national security adviser.
  
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• Channel 4 to review safety procedures on The Jump after string of injuries

  09-02-2016 11:43
  Safety procedures on The Jump will be reviewed after three celebrities were forced to pull out from the show with injuries, Channel 4 confirmed.
  
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• Andy Murray And Kim Sears Welcome Baby Girl

  09-02-2016 11:29
  
  Tennis champion Andy Murray's wife Kim Sears has given birth to their first child, a baby girl. The couple, who got married in Murray's hometown of Dunblane last April, announced the pregnancy last summer. Murray played in the Australian Open last month where he spoke about how he would be on the first plane home if his wife went into labour.
  
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