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• Obama presents plan to close Guantanamo prison - Channel News Asia

  23-02-2016 23:56 via
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  Obama presents plan to close Guantanamo prison
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  President Barack Obama has argued that the indefinite detention without trial of Guantanamo inmates harms America's image and makes it less safe. Posted 24 Feb 2016 06:56. PHOTOS. File photo taken on April 28, 2007 shows a guard yelling down from a ...
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• I only wanted to be X Factor judge once, says Nick Grimshaw

  23-02-2016 23:43
  Nick Grimshaw has said being a judge on The X Factor was something he only "wanted to do once".
  
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• Didcot power station 'explosion' declared with several casualties - Daily Mail

  23-02-2016 23:34 via
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  Didcot power station 'explosion' declared with several casualties
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  A GMB union official said: 'We understand that workers were preparing two boilers for demolition in the coming weeks. This led to the collapse.' Oxfordshire deputy chief fire officer Nathan Travis said: 'The building is potentially ten storeys high ...
  Didcot power station collapse: Residents warned to stay indoors after 50 people treated for dust inhalationMirror.co.uk
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• Holyrood funding deal a significant day for devolution, insists David Cameron - Somerset County Gazette

  23-02-2016 23:22 via
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  Holyrood funding deal a significant day for devolution, insists David Cameron
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  A key deal over Scotland's future funding marks a "major milestone in delivering a powerhouse parliament", the Prime Minister has said. David Cameron said the agreement, reached after months of talks between the UK and Scottish governments, marks a ...
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• Dog On Road Run Over By Police On Purpose

  23-02-2016 23:04
  
  A dog running loose on a dual carriageway was run over and killed by traffic police on purpose because of fears it would cause a serious crash. Chief Inspector Darren Wareing said several calls were received by the control room shortly after 3am.
  
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• Deeply eurosceptic Britons may still vote to stay in EU - survey - Reuters UK

  23-02-2016 23:02 via
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  Deeply eurosceptic Britons may still vote to stay in EU - survey
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  LONDON The economy trumps sovereignty and immigration as the key issue for Britons when they consider whether to vote to stay in or pull out of the European Union, data from an authoritative survey of public attitudes suggests. Despite widespread and ...
  EU referendum: Britain is deeply Eurosceptic but will still decide to stay, says pollThe Independent
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• Deeply eurosceptic Britons may still vote to stay in EU - survey

  23-02-2016 23:02
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - The economy trumps sovereignty and immigration as the key issue for Britons when they consider whether to vote to stay in or pull out of the European Union, data from an authoritative survey of public attitudes suggests. Despite widespread and profound dissatisfaction with the EU, 60 percent of people think Britain should continue to be a member of the bloc, while only 30 percent believe it should leave, the British Social Attitudes survey has found. While t
  
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• Osborne Steps In To Finally 'Deliver Devolution'

  23-02-2016 22:54
  
  After 10 rounds of negotiations, the Treasury and the Scottish Government have finally agreed a new fiscal framework to underpin the devolution of new tax, spend and borrowing powers to the Holyrood parliament. Discussions between the Treasury and the Scottish Government had stalled over the method by which slower population growth would impact upon Scotland's reduction in central government block grant. Earlier on Tuesday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanded to speak to the Prime Minister t
  
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• Mars issues voluntary product recall - Financial Times

  23-02-2016 22:26 via
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  Mars issues voluntary product recall
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  Mars has issued a sweeping recall of Mars, Snickers and Milky Way bars, after a piece of red plastic was found by a customer in one of its chocolate bars. The fourth-generation family-owned company said on Tuesday that the recall was voluntary and ...
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• Hugh Grant awarded British Film Institute Fellowship

  23-02-2016 22:07
  Actor Hugh Grant has been honoured with a British Film Institute Fellowship for his "outstanding contribution to film".
  
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• Dog running loose on motorway deliberately run down and killed by police

  23-02-2016 21:33
  
  A dog that was running loose on a motorway was deliberately run down and killed by traffic police, North Wales Police have confirmed.
  
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• Didcot 'Blast': One Dead, Three Missing

  23-02-2016 20:38
  
  One person has been killed, three people are missing and five in hospital after a building collapsed at Didcot Power Station. Thames Valley Fire Control Service area manager Mat Carlile said a search was underway. A GMB union official told the Press Association: "We understand that workers were preparing two boilers for demolition in the coming weeks.
  
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• Didcot Collapse 'Looked Like World Had Ended'

  23-02-2016 20:35
  
  Witnesses have told of the moment a building at Didcot Power Station collapsed after an apparent explosion leaving one person dead. A huge dust cloud was sent billowing out from the scene in south Oxfordshire. Adrian Redhead told Sky News it was a "massive explosion... a massive dust cloud came across".
  
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• At least one dies as building collapses at Didcot power plant

  23-02-2016 20:33
  At least one person was killed and three others were missing after a building collapsed on Tuesday at a disused British power plant, the local fire service said. "I can confirm search operations are in progress and that there has been one fatality, five persons have been taken to hospital and three persons are currently missing," Oxfordshire Fire Service Area Manager Mat Carlile said in a statement. "There has been an incident at our former Didcot A Power Station site," RWE npower said in a stat
  
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• Ebola Nurse Cafferkey Taken To London Hospital

  23-02-2016 20:28
  
  Pauline Cafferkey has been taken from Glasgow to London by an RAF Hercules for a third stay in hospital since contracting Ebola. The nurse is to be treated at the Royal Free Hospital for "a late complication from her previous infection", a spokesman confirmed. The hospital has the UK's only high-level isolation unit used for treating infectious diseases.
  
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• British government agrees deal with Scotland over new spending powers

  23-02-2016 20:24
  The British government and the devolved government of Scotland have reached agreement on how much spending power will be put in Scottish hands, fulfilling a promise made on the eve of Scotland's 2014 independence referendum. The agreement ends a dispute over how much money the devolved government will receive in future from the British Treasury. The British government thus complies with a last-minute promise to Scotland made by the major London-based political parties before the independence vot
  
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• Former JPMorgan trader says 'London Whale' debacle not his fault

  23-02-2016 20:17
  (Reuters) - The former JPMorgan Chase & Co trader who became known as the "London Whale" as his unit generated $6.2 billion (£4.4 billion) of trading losses in 2012 said he is not to blame for the scandal and was made a scapegoat for decisions made by his superiors. In a roughly 2,100-word letter sent to media on Monday, in which he broke nearly four years of silence, Bruno Iksil said he had been "instructed repeatedly" by senior management in the bank's chief investment office (CIO) t
  
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• One dead, three missing, in Didcot Power Station building collapse

  23-02-2016 20:15
  
  One person is dead, three are missing and five are in hospital following a building collapse at Didcot Power Station.
  
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• Bernard Hogan-Howe refuses to apologise to Lord Brammall for failed sex abuse probe - Daily Mail

  23-02-2016 20:15 via
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  Bernard Hogan-Howe refuses to apologise to Lord Brammall for failed sex abuse probe
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  Met police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has again refused to apologised for the failed sex abuse investigation into army veteran Lord Bramall, claiming there is 'nothing to apologise for'. Appearing before the home affairs committee of MPs this ...
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• Pound Hits New Seven-Year Low On Brexit Fear

  23-02-2016 20:04
  
  The pound remained on the ropes on Tuesday as it slipped to a new near seven-year low after the campaign for Britain to leave the EU got under way. It had already seen a pummelling on Monday after Tory heavyweights led by Boris Johnson came out in favour of a vote to leave the EU over the weekend. At an appearance before MPs, Bank of England governor Mark Carney acknowledged that uncertainty about the outcome of the referendum was fuelling instability for the pound, running at levels seen around
  
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• More than 100000 migrants reach Europe in 2016 - Telegraph.co.uk

  23-02-2016 19:51 via
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  More than 100000 migrants reach Europe in 2016
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  More than 100,000 migrants have already arrived in Europe this year, new figures show, meaning that more migrants arrived in Europe in the first six weeks of 2016 than the first six months of last year. The startling totals released by the ...
  Refugee arrivals in Greece exceed 100000 in less than two monthsThe Guardian
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• Junior doctors announce three more strikes of 48 hours each

  23-02-2016 19:50
  
  Junior doctors are to take further strike action, with plans to walk out on three further dates for 48 hours at a time.
  
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• Holyrood funding deal a significant day for devolution, insists David Cameron

  23-02-2016 19:50
  
  A key deal over Scotland's future funding marks a "major milestone in delivering a powerhouse parliament", the Prime Minister has said.
  
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• London's new rail line to be named after Queen Elizabeth

  23-02-2016 19:49
  London's new railway link, the largest infrastructure project in Europe which will connect east and west London, is to be named after Queen Elizabeth, the British capital's mayor announced on Tuesday. The 15 billion pound Crossrail as it is currently known will be named as the Elizabeth Line in tribute to the 89-year-old queen when it comes into service in 2018. "I think its truly wonderful that such a significant line for our capital will carry such a significant name from our country," London
  
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• MPs to debate meningitis vaccine plea as petition hits 770,000 signatories

  23-02-2016 19:38
  
  MPs are to debate calls to give the meningitis B vaccine to all children as the number of signatories to a petition hit well over 700,000.
  
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• Thousands Of Failed Asylum Seekers Still In UK

  23-02-2016 19:36
  
  Two-thirds of failed asylum seekers who came to Britain more than a decade ago are still in the country, Sky News has learned. There are also people who have committed multiple crimes who the Home Office has failed to deport. One man who was originally born in Malaysia but moved to Britain as a baby told us he was reporting in to the Home Office to fight deportation after minor drugs offences.
  
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• Junior doctors launch legal challenge to Jeremy Hunt's decision to impose new contract - The Independent

  23-02-2016 19:35 via
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  Junior doctors launch legal challenge to Jeremy Hunt's decision to impose new contract
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  Junior doctors have a launched a legal challenge to Jeremy Hunt's decision to impose a new contract, and announced that three fresh strikes will hit the NHS in the spring. Preparing the ground for a new phase in the bitter conflict between the British ...
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• Junior Doctors Set For Three 48-Hour Strikes

  23-02-2016 19:22
  
  Junior doctors have announced three further strikes following the Government's decision to impose new contracts.
  
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• Pauline Cafferkey arrives in London for Ebola 'complication' treatment

  23-02-2016 19:18
  
  Nurse Pauline Cafferkey has arrived at the Royal Free Hospital in London for treatment for a "late complication" from the Ebola virus.
  
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• 'Sister-in-law' of Jihadi Sid jailed for trying to take her children to Syria

  23-02-2016 18:54
  
  The suspected sister-in-law of the man thought to be the new Jihadi John has been jailed for trying to take her children to Syria.
  
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• Ex-detainees sceptical of Guantanamo closure announcement

  23-02-2016 18:54
  
  British former detainees of Guantanamo Bay have greeted an announcement that Barack Obama will finally close the detention centre with scepticism.
  
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• Junior Doctors Announce Three 48-Hour Strikes

  23-02-2016 18:44
  
  Junior doctors have announced three further strikes following the Government's decision to impose new contracts.
  
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• New Deal On Financial Power For Scotland

  23-02-2016 18:36
  
  The Scottish and UK governments have finally agreed a new funding deal for Holyrood, Sky sources say. Details of the agreement are due to be announced within the hour following what Sky's Political Editor Faisal Islam called "very tough" discussions. It now appears she has signed up to a transitional deal with automatic adjustments to the block grant ensuring there is no detriment to Scotland - but this will be reviewed in five years.
  
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• Mars recalls products after plastic found in chocolates

  23-02-2016 18:06
  
  Confectionery giant Mars has recalled some of its most popular chocolates in the UK after a piece of plastic was found in one of its products.
  
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• Musician 'beaten to death in fit of temper'

  23-02-2016 17:34
  
  A talented pianist was strangled and beaten to death in a loss of temper by her musician husband, a jury has heard.
  
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• Husband stabbed through the heart 'had been urged to get away'

  23-02-2016 17:34
  
  Colleagues of a solicitor who was killed by his new wife after she knifed him through the heart said they had warned him to "get away", a court has heard.
  
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• I won't be bullied into saying sorry to Lord Bramall, says Met commissioner

  23-02-2016 17:17
  
  Britain's most senior police officer has declared that he will not be "bullied" into apologising to Lord Bramall after the D-Day veteran was embroiled in Scotland Yard's inquiry into VIP paedophile allegations.
  
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• Third of Brit award 'newcomers' fail to have hits after 12 months

  23-02-2016 17:10
  Whoever picks up this year's Brit award for best newcomer on Wednesday will be hoping for better luck than previous recipients.
  
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• Fear of predators could help balance ecosystems, study claims

  23-02-2016 17:00
  
  Fear of dangerous predators is itself a key factor that helps keep ecologies in balance, a controversial study suggests.
  
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• Inquest jury criticises Scotland Yard over murder at funeral of gang member

  23-02-2016 16:58
  
  Scotland Yard has been criticised by a jury for failings related to the death of an innocent young man who was murdered at a gang member's funeral.
  
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• 'Boring' Couple Waited A Week To Claim £32.5m

  23-02-2016 16:34
  
  Cambridgeshire pair Gerry Cannings, 63, and wife Lisa, 48, matched their numbers in the draw held on 13 February but delayed the collection of their winnings for a week. Describing the moment he finally realised his was the winning ticket, Mr Cannings said: "I said 'Bloody hell - we've got the whole lot'. The couple have an 11-year-old son together while Mr Cannings has two sons from a previous marriage and five grandchildren.
  
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• Mars And Snickers Bars Recalled Across Europe

  23-02-2016 16:28
  
  The maker of Mars and Snickers has recalled the chocolate bars in 55 countries, after pieces of plastic were found in its products.
  
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• Pauline Cafferkey being flown to London for Ebola 'complication' treatment

  23-02-2016 16:10
  
  Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is being transferred to hospital in London to be treated for a "late complication" from the Ebola virus.
  
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• Ebola Nurse Cafferkey Being Taken To London

  23-02-2016 16:02
  
  Pauline Cafferkey is being taken from Glasgow to London by an RAF Hercules for a third stay in hospital since contracting Ebola. The nurse is to be treated at the Royal Free Hospital for "a late complication from her previous infection", a spokesman confirmed. The hospital has the UK's only high-level isolation unit used for treating infectious diseases.
  
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• British nurse who recovered from Ebola back in hospital

  23-02-2016 15:51
  A Scottish nurse, who recovered from Ebola but then suffered life-threatening complications from the virus persisting in her brain, has been admitted to hospital for a third time, officials said on Tuesday. Pauline Cafferkey contracted Ebola in December 2014 when she was working in a treatment facility in Sierra Leone at the height of an epidemic of the disease which swept through three countries in West Africa. Cafferkey was being transferred on Tuesday from the Queen Elizabeth University Hospi
  
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• Queen goes underground to unveil logo for new Crossrail Elizabeth line

  23-02-2016 15:50
  
  A new railway line which will run under London is to be named after the Queen.
  
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• London Stock Exchange in merger talks with Deutsche Börse - business live

  23-02-2016 15:50
  
  Bank of England governor Mark Carney has told MPs that investors fear the pound will suffer fresh losses as the EU referendum approachesLatest: LSE and Deutsche Borse in merger talksMark Carney confirms contingency planning underwayEU referendum could hit UK confidence Carney: Pound has suffered from Brexit fears 2.50pm GMTMeanwhile US stock markets have opened lower, in line with the dips on European exchanges.The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 40 points or 0.2% after another fall in oil
  
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• Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey transferred to Royal Free hospital

  23-02-2016 15:48
  
  British woman returns for treatment for third time since contracting virus in Sierra Leone just over a year ago
  Pauline Cafferkey, the British nurse who contracted Ebola in west Africa, is being transferred to the specialist unit at the Royal Free hospital in London for the third time since her return.Cafferkey, 39, who is said to be in a stable condition, had been admitted to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University hospital but on Tuesday afternoon an RAF aircraft landed at Glasgow airport t
  
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• Concrete falls on tube train after hole drilled through tunnel roof

  23-02-2016 15:47
  
  Central line services were halted when debris landed on track apparently due to building work at a shopping centre An investigation will be held after contractors drilled a hole in a tunnel roof, causing concrete to fall on to a London Underground train.Central line services were halted on Monday night between White City and Marble Arch because debris fell on to the track and a tube train. Continue reading...
  
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• Your pet doesn’t love you – it’s just trapped by you | Laura Marcus

  23-02-2016 15:42
  
  I find it easier to explain not having children than my dislike of keeping pets. I love animals, I just don’t feel the need to own themReading about how the Queen treats her Corgis like royalty gave me the same vague sense of confusion that I always get when I hear about the overwhelming love some people have for an animal companion. I don’t get it. I never have. It simply doesn’t compute with me. How can you possibly love a animal with the same fervour as you love a fellow hum
  
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