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• British IS fighter killed in Iraq suicide attack named in reports

  22-03-2016 23:14
  A British Islamic State (IS) fighter killed in a suicide attack in Iraq has been named in reports.
  
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• MPs Approve Osborne's Budget After Climbdowns

  22-03-2016 22:46
  At the end of four days of bitter debate in the Commons, the Government comfortably won the main vote on the Budget by 310 votes to 275, a majority of 35. The vote came after a week in which George Osborne was rocked by Iain Duncan Smith's sensational resignation and forced to abandon cuts in disability benefits after a mutiny by Conservative MPs. After enraging Opposition MPs by failing to turn up in the Commons to answer an urgent question about the welfare changes on Monday, the Chancellor op
  
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• George Osborne's Budget approved by MPs

  22-03-2016 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPs have approved the Budget by 310 votes to 275 - majority 35 - after Chancellor George Osborne was forced to shelve planned cuts to disability benefits.
  
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• 'Holy Grail' Beatles disc fetches £77k

  22-03-2016 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An extremely rare Beatles record found languishing in a loft sells for £77,500 at auction.
  
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• Ashley Threatened With Contempt Of Parliament

  22-03-2016 21:14
  
  Ed Miliband has hit back at Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley after the controversial tycoon said he would like to box his ears. During last year's general election campaign, the then Labour leader accused Mr Ashley of imposing "Victorian" working conditions in his Sports Direct warehouse. That prompted Mr Ashley, who is also chairman of relegation-threatened Premier League club Newcastle United, to attack Mr Miliband in a Sky News interview this week.
  
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• Cuts To Opposition Funding Axed In Govt U-Turn

  22-03-2016 20:56
  
  The Government has performed yet another U-turn - hours after the Chancellor confirmed controversial disability benefit cuts would not go ahead, Sky News understands. Ministers have now abandoned sharp upfront cuts to opposition funding announced by George Osborne at the time of the Autumn Statement and due to take effect next month. Instead Sky News has learnt that there will be no cut, and that funding will rise in line with CPI inflation not RPI.
  
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• Manhunt launched for Brussels suspect after 34 people die in terror attacks

  22-03-2016 20:42
  
  An international manhunt has been launched for one of the terrorist suspects behind co-ordinated bombings in Brussels which left 34 dead and almost 200 - including two Britons - injured.
  
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• VIDEO: How secure can public places be?

  22-03-2016 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Richard Westcott looks at the challenges of providing security in public places.
  
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• 'Brutal' killing of Paige Doherty sparks murder hunt

  22-03-2016 19:51
  A teenager was due to catch the bus to her hairdressing job when her life was "brutally" taken away, murder detectives said.
  
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• Britons Urged Not To Travel To Brussels

  22-03-2016 19:36
  
  Britons are being warned against travelling to Brussels following the terror attacks on the city. The Foreign Office updated its travel advice for Belgium in line with guidance from Belgian authorities, as security and border controls are stepped up across Europe. The updated advice said: "The Belgian authorities are currently advising against travel to Brussels.
  
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• Women more heavily impacted by Alzheimer's disease than men, study reveals

  22-03-2016 19:19
  
  Alzheimer's disease has a worse effect on women than men, researchers have said.
  
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• Britain's 'Out' campaign leads by 2 percentage points ahead of EU referendum – ICM poll

  22-03-2016 18:47
  LONDON (Reuters) - Support for Britain to leave the European Union stood at 43 percent, 2 percentage points ahead of support for staying in the 28-member bloc, an ICM opinion poll suggested on Tuesday. Three months ahead of the June 23 referendum, the poll of 2,000 people carried out March 18-20 showed the "in" campaign on 41 percent. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Kate Holton)
  
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• PM: We'll Never Let 'Appalling' Terrorists Win

  22-03-2016 18:43
  
  David Cameron has said Britain will "stand together" with European neighbours to defeat terrorism after a series of deadly bomb blasts in Brussels. After chairing a meeting of the Government's COBRA emergency committee to discuss events in Brussels, Mr Cameron said the UK terror threat level would stay at "severe" for now, but could be raised if necessary.
  
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• Pensioners: Are the untouchables still untouchable?

  22-03-2016 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are the over-65s still untouchable in British politics?
  
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• Meningitis group wants ill children to stay longer in hospital under observation

  22-03-2016 17:45
  Poorly children should be kept in hospital under observation for longer so those with meningitis are not sent home by accident, a charity has said.
  
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• What next for child abuse investigations?

  22-03-2016 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What next for child abuse investigations after key probe ends
  
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• UK advises against all but essential travel to Brussels - PM's spokeswoman

  22-03-2016 17:18
  Britain is advising its citizens to avoid all but essential travel to Brussels, Prime Minister David Cameron's spokeswoman said on Tuesday, after attacks on the city's airport and a rush-hour metro train killed at least 30 people. "It is reflecting the fact that Belgian authorities are advising the Belgian public not to travel to Brussels at the moment.
  
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• 'Bullying, harassment and sub-standard care' at a Liverpool NHS trust - report

  22-03-2016 16:27
  An NHS community trust has been likened to Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust after a catalogue of failings were identified in a report.
  
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• Murder Inquiry After Paige Doherty's Body Found

  22-03-2016 16:22
  
  A body found in Clydebank is that of missing 15-year-old Paige Doherty and her death is being treated as murder, police have said. Paige was last seen at around 8.15am on Saturday. She is thought to have been walking from a friend's house in Angus Street in the Whitecrook area of Clydebank to a bus stop to travel to her part-time job in Kirkintilloch, around 12 miles away.
  
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• Osborne Admits Disability Cuts Were A Mistake

  22-03-2016 16:09
  
  George Osborne has confirmed disability benefit cuts will not go ahead as he faced down MPs in Parliament for the first time since his Budget unravelled. The Chancellor admitted he had made a mistake by including plans for £4.4bn of cuts to the Personal Independence Payments in his Budget but said he had listened and they would now be dropped. And he added that the Government had "no further plans to make welfare savings", which would now leave a multibillion-pound hole in Mr Osborne's ple
  
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• George Osborne refuses to apologise for disability benefit cuts 'mistake'

  22-03-2016 15:38
  
  George Osborne repeatedly refused to apologise over the attempt to introduce £1.3 billion a year cuts in disability benefits as he insisted the cost of abandoning the policy could be absorbed because public spending was under control
  
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• Airport security under the spotlight again

  22-03-2016 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How can we keep our airports safe?
  
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• Inflation Rate Unchanged At 0.3% In February

  22-03-2016 15:29
  
  The pound fell a cent against the dollar following the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation had been expected to rise to 0.4% in February. CPI has been near-flat over the last year and turned negative at times during 2015, amid the supermarket price war and falling fuel prices.
  
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• Scotland says won't match Osborne's tax cuts for rest of UK

  22-03-2016 15:20
  By Elisabeth O'Leary GLASGOW (Reuters) - Scotland's nationalist leader said she would stop a planned UK-wide tax cut from being introduced in Scotland, drawing a contrast with British finance minister George Osborne whose latest budget plans have raised a storm of protest. The Scottish government will use its new powers to stop the planned increase in the level at which households in Scotland start paying the top rate of income tax, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said. Osborne last week said he
  
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• Under fire, Osborne hits back at budget critics

  22-03-2016 15:16
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne defended his economic record on Tuesday, hitting back at critics of last week's budget which prompted a crisis in Prime Minister David Cameron's party ahead of a June 23 referendum on European Union membership. In his first appearance since welfare minister Iain Duncan Smith resigned in protest at the cutting of state benefits for the disabled and long term sick, Osborne admitted he had made mistakes but defended his plans to cut spen
  
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• Robert the Bruce seal faces export without buyer to match £151,000 asking price

  22-03-2016 15:12
  
  An "irreplaceable" seal commissioned by Robert the Bruce could be exported from the UK unless a buyer can be found to match the asking price of more than £150,000.
  
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• Newcastle 'considered me a liability' after cancer, Jonas Gutierrez tells panel

  22-03-2016 15:12
  
  Former Newcastle United star Jonas Gutierrez has claimed he was "frozen out" of the first team by the club's hierarchy - which, he believes, viewed him as a liability after his cancer diagnosis.
  
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• Afghan interpreters challenge High Court over assistance scheme

  22-03-2016 15:12
  
  Two former interpreters who risked their lives working for British forces in Afghanistan have challenged a High Court ruling that the Government assistance scheme open to them is lawful.
  
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• 'Volatile geopolitical backdrop' affecting travel bookings, Thomas Cook says

  22-03-2016 15:11
  Holiday firm Thomas Cook said British tourists were delaying booking their holidays amid fears of terrorist attacks overseas.
  
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• Terrorist attacks from 9/11 to Paris

  22-03-2016 15:11
  The attacks in Brussels are the latest in a long line of atrocities linked to Islamic terrorism since the turn of the century.
  
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• Ryanair 'asks Britons for £6,000 to fly home from Brussels'

  22-03-2016 15:11
  Britons have been told by Ryanair that it will cost them £6,000 to be flown back from Brussels after the city was attacked, an MP has claimed.
  
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• More behavioural detection officers at airports urged

  22-03-2016 15:11
  More security officers trained in spotting unusual behaviour should be deployed at airports following the explosions in Brussels, an expert has said.
  
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• Labour must not sit out EU battle in hope of Cameron defeat, says Ed Miliband

  22-03-2016 15:11
  Labour voters must not sit out the European referendum battle because they hope for a humiliating defeat for David Cameron but should instead campaign for a Remain win, Ed Miliband said.
  
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• Brussels attacks spark sympathy but also some support on social media

  22-03-2016 15:11
  Within moments of the two blasts that left scores dead and injured in Brussels, mourners shared their solidarity on social media.
  
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• Attacks in Belgium trigger row in Britain over EU membership

  22-03-2016 14:31
  The attacks in Brussels on Tuesday spilled over into Britain's political row over whether to remain in the European Union, with advocates for leaving claiming the bloc's open border policy allowed for the killings to take place. Prime Minister David Cameron has argued that Britain will d be safer if it votes to stay in the bloc in a June 23 referendum that has divided both his party and the electorate. "Brussels, de facto capital of the EU, is also the jihadist capital of Europe.
  
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• One British national injured in Brussels explosions - PM spokeswoman

  22-03-2016 14:27
  A British national was among those injured after two explosions at Brussels airport on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for British Prime Minister David Cameron said. The spokeswoman said there was no detail of other British casualties at this stage from the attacks on the airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital which killed at least 26 people. British police have said they would step up their presence at key locations and transport hubs as a precaution following the attacks, and Camero
  
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• WATCH: Passengers forced to BREAK OUT of station after staff lock up for night

  22-03-2016 14:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THIS is the moment passengers were forced to break their way out of a station after staff locked up for the night before the last train had arrived.
  
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• UKIP Uses Brussels Attacks To Make Brexit Case

  22-03-2016 13:47
  
  UKIP and other leave campaigners have come under fire for using the Brussels attacks to argue for the UK to leave the European Union, claiming freedom of movement was to blame. The party's defence spokesman Mike Hookem said the attack at the city's airport and metro showed that "Schengen free movement and lax border controls are a threat to our security". The UKIP press release then gives figures on Molenbeek, the area of Brussels where the alleged mastermind of the Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam
  
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• Top Judges Reviewing Ched Evans Rape Case

  22-03-2016 13:31
  
  Top judges are reviewing the case of footballer Ched Evans who was convicted and jailed in 2012 for raping a 19-year-old woman. Lady Justice Hallett, Mr Justice Flaux and Sir David Maddison are considering the safety of his conviction at a Court of Appeal hearing in London. The referral follows a 10-month investigation by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) which investigates possible miscarriages of justice.
  
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• Manics to release Wales Euro 2016 song

  22-03-2016 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manic Street Preachers are set to release the official anthem for Wales' appearance at Euro 2016.
  
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• 'Voice banking' lets Santander customers check spending on app

  22-03-2016 13:27
  Customers of a major bank can now use "voice banking" technology to ask their mobile app questions about their card spending habits.
  
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• UK Attack Feared Despite 'Remarkable' Vigilance

  22-03-2016 13:15
  
  It was another four years before the UK was hit by the 7/7 tube train and bus bombs, but the inevitability he - now Lord Stevens - recognised is now even more pronounced. Islamic extremists, al Qaeda, ISIS, have long had Britain in their sights for its support of military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Government, police and security service MI5 have all warned that there will be terror attacks in Britain.
  
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• Sports Direct shares tumble as Mike Ashley admits group is 'in trouble'

  22-03-2016 13:14
  Under-pressure retailer Sports Direct saw its shares tumble after founder Mike Ashley admitted the group was "in trouble" and would see profits fall this year.
  
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• Red tape delaying investigation into Shoreham Airshow crash, police say

  22-03-2016 13:14
  The police investigation into the plane crash at the Shoreham Airshow - which killed 11 people - is being delayed as detectives are being forced to seek permission from the courts to gain access to key information from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), a pre-inquest review has heard.
  
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• SNP rejects 40p tax threshold change

  22-03-2016 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The SNP says it will not adopt UK government plans to raise the starting point at which workers in Scotland pay the 40p tax rate.
  
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• Brussels is 'jihadi capital of Europe': Brexit campaigner gets angry backlash for comments

  22-03-2016 12:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A COMMENTATOR has sparked an angry backlash after claiming Brussels was the terror capital of Europe in the wake of today's attacks on the Belgian city.
  
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• At least 28 dead as bombers bring terror to Brussels

  22-03-2016 12:50
  
  At least 28 people were killed and many more injured after coordinated bomb attacks on the main airport and the Metro system brought terror to Brussels.
  
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• Cameron 'Shocked' By Brussels Explosions

  22-03-2016 12:49
  
  David Cameron has said he is "shocked and concerned" after a series of deadly bomb blasts in Brussels. Mr Cameron is chairing a meeting of the Government's COBRA emergency committee to discuss events in Brussels. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, arriving at 10 Downing Street this morning, said the situation was "ongoing" and that British authorities were in contact with their Belgian counterparts.
  
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• Osborne looks set to miss budget target for 2015/16

  22-03-2016 12:41
  Chancellor George Osborne is on the verge of missing his target for cutting the budget deficit in the current financial year, official data showed on Tuesday. Osborne, who is under fire for proposing cuts to disability welfare payments last week as part of his push to fix the public finances, is aiming to bring the budget deficit down to 72.2 billion pounds in the 2015/16 financial year. To meet the target, borrowing in March would have to fall to its lowest March level since 2004, the ONS said.
  
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• Enda Kenny tells of his horror at family deaths in Buncrana pier tragedy

  22-03-2016 12:41
  
  Enda Kenny has said he will never forget the chilling eyewitness accounts of the Buncrana pier tragedy.
  
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