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• Adele Picks Up Four Awards At The Brits

  24-02-2016 23:27
  
  Adele has won four awards at the Brit Awards in London where Coldplay were named best British group for the fourth time. The singer beat competition from the likes of Jess Glynne and Florence Welch in the best British female solo artist category after seeing huge success with her third album, 25. Adele used the opportunity to declare support for American singer Kesha who is currently involved in a legal battle with Sony Music and a producer she has accused of sexual assault.
  
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• Hostage Situation At Central London Restaurant

  24-02-2016 23:24
  
  Police are dealing with a hostage situation at an Italian restaurant near Leicester Square in central London. Officers were called to a branch of the Bella Italia restaurant chain at 8.50pm, where a man was reported to be holding a woman hostage with a knife. Photos on social media show a large number of police vehicles and dozens of officers, including some in riot gear, in the area and part of Leicester Square has been cordoned off.
  
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• Britain registers EU membership deal at United Nations

  24-02-2016 23:24
  Britain on Wednesday registered with the United Nations a deal on new terms for its membership in the European Union ahead of a June 23 national referendum on whether Britain should stay or quit the 28-nation bloc. Britain's U.N. Ambassador Matthew Rycroft said he registered the text of the deal as an official treaty at the United Nations.
  
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• Adele wins British album of the year at BRIT Awards for '25'

  24-02-2016 23:21
  Adele was handed the award for the British album of the year at the 2016 BRIT award ceremony in London on Wednesday night for "25", the fourth accolade of the night for the singer. Adele beat off competition from Coldplay, Florence and the Machine, James Bay and Jamie xx to scoop the award. "This album was really hard to make," a visibly emotional Adele said as she picked up the statue, dedicating it to her partner, Simon Konecki.
  
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• Man takes woman hostage with a knife in Leicester Square restaurant

  24-02-2016 23:06
  Police have cordoned off part of London's Leicester Square after a man took a woman hostage with a knife in a restaurant.
  
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• Prince Charles launches £1m appeal to save rare books

  24-02-2016 23:03
  The Prince of Wales was joined by leading lights from the arts world as he launched an ambitious £1 million appeal to help save rare books and manuscripts for the nation.
  
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• Major Tim Peake presents global award to Adele from space

  24-02-2016 23:03
  Major Tim Peake made a surprise appearance at the Brit Awards from space via video to present the award for global success to Adele.
  
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• Families of missing trio visit collapsed power station site

  24-02-2016 23:03
  
  The families of three people still missing after part of a power station collapsed have visited the disaster scene as emergency crews admitted it was "highly unlikely" they are still alive.
  
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• Deliberate killing of dog running loose probed by police watchdog

  24-02-2016 22:57
  
  A police force is under investigation after traffic officers deliberately ran down and killed a dog that was loose on a dual carriageway.
  
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• Tributes To Didcot Power Station Collapse Victim

  24-02-2016 22:54
  
  Families of three people still missing after the Didcot power station collapse have visited the site, as tributes are paid to a man understood to have died in the tragedy. Tees Riders Motorcycle Club has posted a photograph of Mick Collings on their Facebook page where friends described him as a "big lad with a massive heart and infectious laugh". Mr Collings, known to club members as "Whitby Mick", is believed to have been killed when a concrete and steel building at the Didcot A site in south
  
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• Two Women Arrested Over Baby Boy's Abduction

  24-02-2016 22:00
  
  Two women have been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after a nine-week-old baby boy was allegedly taken from a house in Telford. Officers had been called to an address on Manor Road shortly before 3pm on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Staying mentally active 'unlikely to protect most against Alzheimer's'

  24-02-2016 22:00
  Crossword puzzles, serious reading material and stimulating conversation are unlikely to protect most people from Alzheimer's, a study has found.
  
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• Has Judy Murray Served Up Kate's Tennis Secret?

  24-02-2016 21:36
  
  Judy Murray seems to have let the cat out of the bag by saying the Duchess of Cambridge is the new patron of Wimbledon. Kate joined Andy Murray's mother for a tennis training session in Edinburgh earlier, as part of a day in Scotland promoting her charities. There have already been reports that the Duchess is being lined up to take over from The Queen, who is the current patron of the All England Club, but it has not been officially announced.
  
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• Deepcut soldier 'ordered to have sex with another squaddie before she died' inquest hears

  24-02-2016 21:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A TEENAGED female soldier was ordered to have sex with another squaddie the night before she died, an inquest heard.
  
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• Czech PM wades in on Brexit: When will foreign leaders STOP interfering in OUR decision?

  24-02-2016 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE PRIME minister of Czech Republic has waded in on the Brexit row saying a split from Europe could be damaging for other member states.
  
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• MPs say integrity unit lacks proper funding

  24-02-2016 20:52
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) set up to tackle the threat of match-fixing is under-funded and struggling to cope with a rise in the number of suspicious betting alerts, MPs said on Wednesday.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: How 5pc who cycle to work mean riding a DONKEY is quicker than getting a bus

  24-02-2016 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LONDON'S commuters could find it quicker riding a donkey to work than getting a bus as cycle works - for the benefit of an elite five per cent who pedal - cause further congestion in the capital's streets.
  
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• Gang of British Muslims face jail for planning to raise their children under evil ISIS

  24-02-2016 20:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MUSLIM gang is facing jail after planning to raise their children under ISIS.
  
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• 'Adaptive therapy' strategy could signal new way to fight cancer

  24-02-2016 20:00
  Keeping cancer at bay with frequent low dose chemotherapy treatments might be more effective than trying to destroy it, a study has found.
  
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• Single mum left jobless ‘after taking THREE DAYS off from job to get over breakup’

  24-02-2016 19:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A ‘HARD WORKING’ single mum has been stripped of her job and made redundant allegedly after taking three days off work to get over a split with her boyfriend.
  
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• Google's £130m tax settlement deal seems 'disproportionately' small, committee says

  24-02-2016 19:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GOOGLE’S £130 million tax settlement to cover 10 years’ money owed seems “disproportionately” small, an influential Commons committee said today.
  
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• Two women arrested after missing Telford baby found safe

  24-02-2016 19:51
  Two women have been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after a baby boy went missing from his home in Telford.
  
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• Nine-Week-Old Snatched From Home Is Found

  24-02-2016 19:29
  
  A nine-week-old baby boy who was feared to have been kidnapped from his home in Arleston, Telford, has been found alive.
  
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• David Cameron: EU referendum 'a battle for Britain'

  24-02-2016 19:25
  
  The European Union referendum will be a "battle for Britain", David Cameron declared, as he launched the Conservative campaign for a vote to stay in.
  
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• Backlash after Michael Gove says EU deal reversible

  24-02-2016 19:07
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deal on new terms for its membership in the European Union could be undone by the European Court of Justice despite support from all member states, according to Justice Secretary Michael Gove, a senior figure among those who want Britain to leave the bloc. Gove faced a barrage of contradictory opinion, with Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office, Attorney General Jeremy Wright and European Council President Donald Tusk among those say
  
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• Cameron has edge over Boris Johnson in fight for EU swing vote - poll

  24-02-2016 19:03
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron, campaigning for Britain to stay in the European Union, has the edge over London Mayor Boris Johnson, the most popular figure in the "Out" camp, in trying to sway the key group of undecided voters, a new poll indicated.
  
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• Cameron has edge over London mayor Johnson in fight for EU swing vote - poll

  24-02-2016 19:02
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron, campaigning for Britain to stay in the European Union, has the edge over London Mayor Boris Johnson, the most popular figure in the "Out" camp, in trying to sway the key group of undecided voters, a new poll indicated. Evidence on which camp was ahead from another poll taken after Cameron's deal on new EU membership terms for Britain struck on Feb. 19 showed both sides were neck and neck. The ruling Conservative Party is deeply
  
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• Ocean acidification caused by global warming 'slowing coral reef growth'

  24-02-2016 19:00
  Coral reefs are having their growth stunted by ocean acidification caused by global warming, new research has confirmed.
  
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• Gang guilty of sex crimes in English town at centre of abuse scandal

  24-02-2016 19:00
  Five people were convicted on Wednesday of multiple sex crimes against young girls in Rotherham, the northern English town which hit the headlines two years ago when it was revealed that as many as 1,400 children had been abused by gangs. The group, which included three British Asian brothers, their uncle and two white women, systematically carried out the sexual exploitation of 15 victims, aged between 11 and 21, over a period of 16 years from 1987, prosecutors said. The physical and psychologi
  
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• Iran boosts bounty on Sir Salman Rushdie’s head 27 years after fatwa first issued

  24-02-2016 18:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE bounty on the head of Sir Salman Rushdie has been given a fresh boost – by Iranian media outlets offering cash for his assassination.
  
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• Backpacker who sparked manhunt returns home to UK after mystery calls to parents

  24-02-2016 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BACKPACKER Grace Taylor has returned to the UK after causing alarm by disappearing for six days in Thailand.
  
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• Nine-Week-Old Baby Snatched From His Home

  24-02-2016 18:32
  
  A nine-week-old baby boy has been kidnapped from his home in Arleston, Telford, West Mercia Police have confirmed.
  
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• Adam Johnson 'Threw Away Glittering Career'

  24-02-2016 18:31
  
  Footballer Adam Johnson told a jury he had "thrown away a glittering career" and it was all his fault. His teammates reacted by "stepping away" from him and refusing to give evidence in his defence, he told Bradford Crown Court. Johnson said he told the club "everything" after his arrest on 2 March and was suspended, but then allowed to return to the team 16 days later and continue to earn £60,000 a week.
  
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• Split in Tories laid bare by row over whether PM's EU deal is legally binding

  24-02-2016 18:30
  
  Divisions at the top of the Conservative Party over Europe were laid bare as senior ministers clashed over whether the reform deal secured by David Cameron will be legally binding on European courts.
  
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• Elderly ex-miner seriously injured by burglars dies

  24-02-2016 18:30
  An 80-year-old man who was severely beaten by robbers in his own home has died five months after the attack, police have said.
  
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• Man accused of murdering pianist wife 'made her have abortion'

  24-02-2016 18:27
  A "jealous, controlling" musician persuaded a pianist to have an abortion against her wishes years before he strangled and beat her to death, a jury has heard.
  
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• Baby boy kidnapped from home in Telford

  24-02-2016 18:27
  A nine-week-old baby boy has been kidnapped from his home in Telford.
  
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• Lloyds lawyer says 'no value left in HBOS' comment taken out of context

  24-02-2016 18:06
  By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - A note jotted down by a senior director of Lloyds Banking Group during a 2008 board meeting saying there was "no value left in HBOS" ahead of an ill-fated takeover was taken out of context, a lawyer for Lloyds told a London court on Wednesday. Around 6,000 investors allege they were misled by Lloyds over a state-engineered rescue of HBOS by Lloyds at the height of the credit crisis that ultimately led to a 20.5 billion pound ($29 billion) bailout of Lloyds. A
  
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• Our lives start now: Rotherham child abuse gang victims welcome guilty verdicts

  24-02-2016 18:02
  Victims of a gang led by three brothers who subjected teenage girls to years of rape, violence and prostitution in Rotherham have welcomed their convictions for a range of offences.
  
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• Woman Guilty Over Husband's Plan To Join IS

  24-02-2016 18:00
  
  A woman has been found guilty of failing to alert the authorities that her husband planned to join Islamic State. Lorna Moore, 33, was part of a group of friends from Walsall accused of Syria related terror offences. Her husband Sajid Aslam, 34, travelled to Turkey in 2014 and is suspected to be fighting with the terror group.
  
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• Heathrow runway protesters given suspended jail terms

  24-02-2016 17:54
  The 13 climate change activists who cancelled 25 flights and triggered vast financial costs and disruption to thousands of passengers at Heathrow Airport have each received a suspended six weeks prison term.
  
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• Cuts to number of English MPs in boundary review to be higher than expected

  24-02-2016 17:46
  England will lose even more MPs than previously expected when the electoral map is redrawn for the 2020 general election, the Boundary Commission has revealed.
  
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• Three missing after Didcot A collapse 'unlikely to be alive'

  24-02-2016 17:21
  
  It is "highly unlikely" three people missing after part of a power station collapsed are alive, emergency crews have said.
  
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• Six Guilty In Rotherham Sex Abuse Trial

  24-02-2016 17:09
  
  Three men and two women have been found guilty of a string of offences involving the sexual exploitation of girls in Rotherham. The gang led by brothers Arshid, Basharat and Bannaras Hussain - known as Mad Ash, Bash and Bono - were charged with 51 indictments and more than 70 offences. Their crimes included rape, sexual assault, procuring a woman under 21 to become a prostitute, abduction and false imprisonment.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands 'at risk of missing out on vote'

  24-02-2016 16:49
  Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of missing out on a vote in the EU referendum and crucial elections after being erased from registers, campaigners warned.
  
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• Brits vow to tackle diversity as no black and ethnic artists nominated

  24-02-2016 16:49
  Brit Awards bosses have promised to address the lack of diversity among the nominees, with a "fresh look" at how they are chosen.
  
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• 'Highly Unlikely' Didcot Missing Are Alive

  24-02-2016 16:37
  
  Three people missing after a building at a power station collapsed are "highly unlikely" to be alive, the fire service has said. Search crews with sniffer dogs worked through the night and into Wednesday in an effort to find the missing. But speaking at the scene, Dave Etheridge, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service Chief Fire Officer, said: "We have just spoken to the families who are obviously distraught.
  
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• Elderly Man Severely Beaten By Robbers Dies

  24-02-2016 16:37
  
  An 80-year-old man who was brutally beaten by robbers at his home in Maltby, Rotherham, has died in hospital. Ex-miner Tommy Ward was left for dead with a fractured skull, broken ribs and a broken jaw after a raid on his home on 1 October. He died at Rotherham Hospital on Tuesday evening, where he had been receiving treatment since the attack.
  
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• Music app stores content from across BBC platforms

  24-02-2016 15:47
  The BBC has launched a new music app with content from across the corporation's TV, radio and online programmes, including Glastonbury.
  
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• Business Leaders Take Sides In EU Debate

  24-02-2016 15:38
  
  Two of the country's most outspoken business leaders have entered the debate on Britain's future in the European Union - on opposing sides. The chief executive of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary, confirmed that the airline would be actively campaigning for the UK remaining in a reformed EU. Hours earlier, the chairman of pub chain JD Wetherspoon, Tim Martin, said he favoured national parliaments running their affairs over a "non-democratic EU" run by "faceless bureaucrats".
  
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