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• Prince Harry meets survivors of Nepal earthquake

  20-03-2016 20:46
  By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry, on a four-day tour of Nepal, visited centuries-old heritage sites on Sunday devastated by earthquakes last year and met some survivors, many of whom are still living in makeshift shelters. Nearly 9,000 people were killed, 22,000 injured and close to a million homes were destroyed in the tiny Himalayan country in two earthquakes in April and May last year. Tens of thousands of survivors are still living in huts made from tin sheets and
  
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• Downing Street 'Leant On' NHS Boss Over Funding

  20-03-2016 18:41
  
  Downing Street "leant on" the NHS England chief to get him to reduce the amount of funding he said the health service would need, a former Liberal Democrat minister has said. David Laws said Simon Stevens was told by the Prime Minister and the Chancellor that unless he revised down his request for £15bn to run the NHS properly it would be "discredited". He said that Mr Stevens was told to find more money in "efficiency savings" and bring the figure down to £8bn, which he did.
  
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• Eddie Izzard triumphant raising more than £1m for Sport Relief with 27 marathons

  20-03-2016 18:29
  Comedian Eddie Izzard said running 27 marathons in 27 days was "the hardest thing I've ever done".
  
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• Prince Harry visits earthquake-hit area after welcome from five virgins

  20-03-2016 17:46
  Prince Harry has seen for himself the earthquake damaged suffered by some of Kathmandu's world famous historic sites as he was welcomed to the city - by five virgins.
  
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• Coach crash in Spain feared to have injured UK and Irish students as 13 killed

  20-03-2016 17:33
  British and Irish exchange students are feared to have been injured in a coach crash which killed 13 women.
  
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• British minister who quit over austerity cuts says they are divisive

  20-03-2016 16:53
  A senior British minister who resigned on Friday said vulnerable working age people were unfairly carrying the burden of deficit reduction, belying the prime minister's claim that austerity was being shared by all. Iain Duncan Smith, who quit his post of work and pensions secretary over changes to disability welfare payments, said he had come under "massive pressure" to cut welfare budgets as part of a "desperate search for savings" ahead of Finance Minister George Osborne's budget statement las
  
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• No 10 'Leant On' NHS Boss Over Funding: Laws

  20-03-2016 16:49
  
  Downing Street "leant on" the NHS England chief to get him to reduce the amount of funding he said the health service would need, a former Liberal Democrat minister has said. David Laws said Simon Stevens was told by the Prime Minister and the Chancellor that unless he revised down his request for £15bn to run the NHS properly it would be "discredited". He said that Mr Stevens was told to find more money in "efficiency savings" and bring the figure down to £8bn, which he did.
  
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• Iain Duncan Smith attacks austerity drive for targeting poor working people

  20-03-2016 14:29
  Iain Duncan Smith has delivered a devastating assault on the Government's austerity drive, accusing David Cameron and George Osborne of balancing the books on the backs of poor and vulnerable working people.
  
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• Boaty McBoatface tops list of names suggested for polar research ship

  20-03-2016 13:19
  A state-of-the-art polar research ship could be called Boaty McBoatface after more than 16,500 people voted for the name online.
  
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• Teenager shot dead in Birmingham was expectant father - family

  20-03-2016 12:29
  A teenager shot dead while sitting in a car in Birmingham was an expectant father, his family have said.
  
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• Downing St 'leant on' NHS boss to reduce funding demands, says ex-minister

  20-03-2016 12:00
  Downing Street "leant on" the chief executive of the NHS to reduce the amount of money he said was needed to fund the health service, a former Liberal Democrat cabinet minister has claimed.
  
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• 'Brexit' campaign is built on fantasy - Ex-PM Major

  20-03-2016 11:44
  Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major said on Saturday that the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union is built on fantasy and is putting the country's interests at grave risk. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper ahead of a June referendum on EU membership, Major said it would be "verging on the reckless" for Britain to leave the 28-member bloc. In a limited extract from his piece released by the paper, Major said supporters of leaving are exercising "self deception to th
  
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• Iain Duncan Smith condemns austerity programme for targeting the vulnerable

  20-03-2016 11:08
  Iain Duncan Smith has delivered a devastating attack on the Government's austerity programme, accusing David Cameron and George Osborne of balancing the books on the backs of struggling working people and the vulnerable.
  
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• Prince Harry Welcomed To Nepal By Five Virgins

  20-03-2016 10:55
  
  Prince Harry has been welcomed to Nepal with a ceremony signifying luck and purity featuring five virgins. The young women greeted their special guest with gifts of flowers and placed a garland around the prince's neck. The Panchakanya - five virgins in Sanskrit - welcomed Harry to Kathmandu's famous Durbar Square in the traditional heart of the Kathmandu's old town.
  
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• Prince Harry welcomed to Nepal by five virgins in luck and purity ceremony

  20-03-2016 09:54
  Prince Harry's visit to Nepal began with a ceremony signifying luck and purity - a welcome from five virgins.
  
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• Independent On Sunday closes print version with Lights Out headline

  20-03-2016 09:54
  It will be Lights Out for The Independent On Sunday as the title closes its print version and moves to online-only.
  
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• Filming In Crown Courts Set To Be Trialled

  20-03-2016 08:10
  
  TV cameras are set to be allowed in Crown Courts for the first time under a new scheme which could take the UK a step closer to televising cases. Under the pilot scheme, which is expected to start within weeks, sentencing remarks made by senior judges will be filmed. As it stands, Crown Courts are open to the public but filming is strictly prohibited.
  
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• Surge In Private Meningitis B Vaccinations

  20-03-2016 07:48
  
  Recent publicity around Meningitis B has led to an increasing number of parents looking to vaccinate their children privately. The Lanes Medical Practice in London opened a private clinic after staff were inundated with calls about the vaccine. Practice Manager Helen Probert told Sky News: "We couldn't cope with the volume of calls.
  
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• Brexit campaign sheer folly, says Sir John Major

  20-03-2016 07:40
  
  Sir John Major has launched a blistering attack on the Leave campaign for portraying a "fantasy" image of Britain while ignoring the risks of crippling the EU.
  
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• Plans For New Diana Memorial At Early Stages

  20-03-2016 04:42
  
  Plans are being drawn up for the creation of a memorial garden to commemorate the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, on the 20th anniversary of her death. A spokesman for Kensington Palace confirmed that options were being explored by palace officials and the charity responsible for overseeing the project, Historic Royal Palaces. The garden, which is in the "very early stages of development", will become the fourth London memorial to pay tribute to Diana if it reaches completion, joining the
  
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• Government running NHS down, says Paul O'Grady

  20-03-2016 04:40
  
  Paul O'Grady has reportedly accused the Government of "running the NHS down" as he criticised the treatment his sister received for a heart attack.
  
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• Where Is UK's 'Practically Perfect' Place To Live?

  20-03-2016 04:03
  
  Winchester in Hampshire has been named the best place to live in Britain, according to a report.
  
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• TV Cameras To Be Allowed In Crown Courts

  20-03-2016 02:32
  
  TV cameras are set to be allowed in Crown Courts for the first time under a new scheme which could take the UK a step closer to televising cases. Under the pilot scheme, which is expected to start within weeks, sentencing remarks made by senior judges will be filmed. As it stands, Crown Courts are open to the public but filming is strictly prohibited.
  
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• Fight To Stop Public Loos Going Down The Pan

  20-03-2016 02:29
  
  On a tour of London's public loos, you have the opportunity to sample the sights, sounds and smells of the capital's toilets. "London's first toilet," we're told, before Ancient Rome brought sanitation. Since then, public loos have moved on somewhat, but now they're in danger of going the way of the Romans too...
  
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• Plans being drawn up for memorial garden to commemorate Diana anniversary

  20-03-2016 02:25
  Plans are being drawn up for the creation of a memorial garden to commemorate the life of Diana, Princess of Wales on the 20th anniversary of her death, Kensington Palace has confirmed.
  
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• Winchester named best place to live in Britain

  20-03-2016 01:26
  
  The best place to live in Britain is Winchester, a report has found.
  
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• TV cameras to be allowed into Crown Courts for first time in pilot scheme

  20-03-2016 01:26
  Television cameras are set to be allowed into Crown Courts for the first time, it has been revealed.
  
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• Treatment of prostate cancer with sound waves could offer fewer side effects

  20-03-2016 01:26
  Doctors believe a "revolutionary" sound wave technique being used to treat prostate cancer could be as effective as surgery or radiotherapy - and cause fewer side effects.
  
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• Ten years of Twitter ... but will the next decade be quite so momentous?

  20-03-2016 01:26
  Twitter marks its tenth anniversary on Monday, with the social media site having hosted some of the biggest social movements of the last 10 years, yet uncertainty still hangs over its future.
  
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• Teachers could boycott 'damaging' primary school tests

  20-03-2016 01:26
  Teachers are set to raise the prospect of a boycott of primary school tests warning that a "testing culture" is damaging children.
  
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• Lydia Lucy 'the full package', says will.i.am as The Voice settles on line-ups

  20-03-2016 01:26
  US artist will.i.am has hailed contestant Lydia Lucy as "the full package" as The Voice intensifies its search for a new pop star.
  
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• Howzat! Alastair Cook bowled over by life on the farm

  20-03-2016 01:26
  England Test cricket captain Alastair Cook will give the nation a glimpse of his farming side in a special appearance on BBC One's Countryfile.
  
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• HMS Victory's 'exciting transformation' opens up new areas to the public

  20-03-2016 01:26
  Visitors will be able to "follow in Nelson's footsteps" thanks to a major refresh of HMS Victory, which has enabled major areas to be opened up to the public for the first time.
  
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• Downing Street braced for IDS interview over Cabinet resignation

  20-03-2016 01:26
  Downing Street is braced for fresh fallout when Iain Duncan Smith gives his first interview since his dramatic Cabinet resignation.
  
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• Boris Johnson refloats idea of Thames Estuary airport

  20-03-2016 01:26
  Boris Johnson has attempted to resurrect the possibility of a new airport in the Thames Estuary.
  
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• Learning about trans community 'challenging', says Caitlyn Jenner

  20-03-2016 00:58
  Caitlyn Jenner has said learning about the trans community is "challenging" because her first meeting with a trans person was only nine months ago.
  
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• 'Brexit' campaign is built on fantasy - Ex-UK PM Major

  20-03-2016 00:55
  Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major said on Saturday that the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union is built on fantasy and is putting the country's interests at grave risk. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper ahead of a June referendum on EU membership, Major said it would be "verging on the reckless" for Britain to leave the 28-member bloc. In a limited extract from his piece released by the paper, Major said supporters of leaving are exercising "self deception to th
  
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• Football fans warned to steer clear of unofficial outlets for Euro 2016 tickets

  20-03-2016 00:50
  Football fans are being warned of the dangers of unofficial ticket outlets for Euro 2016 after Uefa took legal action to prevent a rogue website from offering tickets for the competition.
  
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• Pensions Minister Slams IDS Over Resignation

  20-03-2016 00:14
  
  Pensions Minister Baroness Altmann has criticised Iain Duncan Smith, saying he was "exceptionally difficult to work for". "Having worked alongside him as a minister in the Department for Work and Pensions, I have seen that he championed the very package of reforms to disability benefits he now says is the reason he has resigned," Baroness Altmann wrote.
  
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