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• Farage says Dutch 'No' would boost Brexit support

  04-04-2016 21:18
  
  VOLENDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's UK Independence Party said on Monday that a Dutch vote against an EU treaty with Ukraine would give a boost to the Brexit camp less than three months from a British referendum on quitting the 28-nation bloc.
  
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• Labour urges probe into 'frankly repulsive' offshore tax haven allegations

  04-04-2016 18:16
  
  David Cameron has come under intense pressure to crack down on offshore tax havens after a massive data leak exposed the scale of efforts by the rich and powerful to hide assets.
  
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• Rio Ferdinand kicks off campaign against youth service cuts

  04-04-2016 18:07
  
  Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has kicked off a campaign to stop cuts to youth services.
  
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• Blackwell Out Of Coma After Eubank Fight

  04-04-2016 17:46
  
  Boxer Nick Blackwell has woken from an induced coma after his fight with Chris Eubank Jr and has been talking to family and friends. The former British middleweight champion was conscious on Saturday and speaking to relatives the next day, according to his promoters. Hennessy Sports has now confirmed the bleeding was "outside the brain - on the skull, in fact - and was minor enough for there to be no need to operate".
  
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• 'Rathkeale Rovers' gang members jailed over multi-million pound rhino horn spree

  04-04-2016 17:22
  
  Members of an organised crime gang have been jailed for up to six years and eight months, after plotting to steal up to £57 million in rhino horn and Chinese artefacts in a series of museum raids.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn To Appear At Glastonbury Festival

  04-04-2016 17:11
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is to join the likes of Adele and Muse by appearing at this year's Glastonbury Festival.
  
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• Steel crisis: Unions urge Government support for plan to save jobs

  04-04-2016 16:47
  
  Unions are stepping up their campaign to save thousands of jobs in the crisis hit steel industry with a new plan which needs Government support.
  
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• UK flood insurance scheme can cope without further industry cash - chairman

  04-04-2016 16:18
  A British scheme launched on Monday to cut insurance costs for homes in flood-risk areas should be able to cope without calling on the insurance industry for more cash, Chairman Mark Hoban said. "We do not expect to charge levy two," Hoban, a former government minister, told Reuters. "It's there as our protection ... levy two would be in extremis." Under new European solvency rules, insurers need to set aside enough capital for a 1-in-200 year event.
  
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• Warning Against 'Cherry Picking' In Steel Sale

  04-04-2016 16:06
  
  Wales' economy minister has warned against "cherry picking" in the sale of Tata Steel's UK operations. Edwina Hart said she would be against "taking plants out of the equation" in any deal and stressed the need to find a solution for "the long-term interests of steel manufacturing in the UK". Liberty House last week agreed to buy two Lanarkshire mills from Tata, with help from the Scottish government.
  
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• The Panama Papers: world reacts to huge offshore tax files leak - live

  04-04-2016 16:01
  
  The biggest-ever leak of secret information involves 11m documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. Here’s how the story is being covered around the world. 2.44pm BSTRussia’s Kremlin-funded English language broadcaster, RT, has been looking at coverage of the Panama Papers, and it’s fair to say they take a somewhat different view to many. Their website headline reads:‘Goebbels had less biased articles’: Public slams MSM [mainstream media] for Putin focus af
  
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• Deaths Of Holiday Pals An 'Absolute Tragedy'

  04-04-2016 16:01
  
  The Birmingham hairdresser had appeared to "fall down" into the water before one of her friends Lisa Coggins, 35, tried to save her. Italia Sassano, who was also part of the group, told Birmingham Coroner's Court that Ms Aston and Joanne Worth, another member of the group, had "both run a few steps into the sea when they both fell down and couldn't seem to regain their footing". Ms Sassano continued: "Lisa came down to see what was going on.
  
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• Trump and Clinton stare down deficits ahead of Wisconsin primary – campaign live

  04-04-2016 15:52
  
  Follow along for the latest news as the Democratic and Republican candidates make their final push one day before the critical Wisconsin primaryOn the ground: Sanders supporters advised to avoid Trump rallyIn the ballroom: Clinton wins more crowd support at Democratic galaAt the polls: Trump poised for Wisconsin setback 2.16pm BSTHello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Next stop: Wisconsin, tomorrow, with 42 Republican and 86 Democratic delegates at sta
  
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• Tributes flood social media after rapper Myron Yarde killed

  04-04-2016 15:45
  
  Police seek witnesses after 17-year-old, known as Mdot, dies from stab wounds after being found in south London street Friends and fans of a 17-year-old aspiring rapper killed in a knife attack have posted dozens of messages and photosto honour him on social media.Police officers found Myron Yarde, who went by the stage name Mdot, dying from a stab wound in a back street in New Cross, Lewisham, south-east London, on Sunday night after responding to reports of a fight between a number of youths i
  
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• Fruit machine bandits' selfies help police hit the jackpot

  04-04-2016 15:45
  
  Police say two men sentenced for string of gambling machine thefts were ‘lemons’ for taking pictures of themselves with their spoilsTwo men police dubbed the “fruit machine bandits” have been sentenced after they took photographs of themselves committing their crimes. Daniel Hutchinson, 24, and Benjamin Robinson, 29, both from Skegness, roamed the UK breaking into gambling machines before being caught with more than a thousand £1 coins in their car. Continue reading
  
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• Britain could lose AAA rating if it leaves EU, S&P warns again - as it happened

  04-04-2016 15:42
  
  S&P could lower rating on BrexitEurozone unemployment and producer prices fallIMF denies it threatened to leave Greek bailout 2.42pm BSTDespite earlier hopes that the US market would move higher at the open, it has slipped back in early trading.Investors appear to be unsettled by another move lower in the oil price, with Brent crude currently down 0.8% at $38.34 a barrel on concerns that a meeting this month between producers would be unable to agree a freeze in output. 2.03pm BSTThree possi
  
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• 'Colossal' Rolling Stones Exhibition To Open

  04-04-2016 15:36
  
  The "revolting digs" the Rolling Stones lived in before they became famous have been recreated exactly, right down to the smell, for their first-ever major exhibition. No detail was spared when depicting the flat on Chelsea's Edith Grove and that included evoking the smell of tandoori chicken, Mick Jagger's dish of choice, and the other band members' preference for fish and chips. Exhibitionism, opening at the Saatchi Gallery on Tuesday, reflects the rock band's 54 years in the music business.
  
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• First boats returning migrants and refugees from Greece arrive in Turkey

  04-04-2016 15:33
  
  Two boats carrying 131 people from Lesbos and a third carrying 66 from Chios arrive at Turkish port of Dikili Three boats carrying the first migrants to be deported from Greece to Turkey under an EU deal with Ankara have made the short journey across the Aegean Sea to the Turkish port of Dikili.Two boats carrying 131 deportees arrived from Lesbos. A third, carrying 66 people, came from the nearby island of Chios.Continue reading...
  
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• Black caps – simply the best baked apple pudding

  04-04-2016 15:31
  
  Try this original recipe from the 18th century, but be careful – readers of the Yorkshire Evening Post were warned in 1896 that this new toffee apple craze among the young was dangerousI have the best memory of eating this simple pudding on a rather chilly day in May in an old Cumbrian longhouse owned by food historian Ivan Day. The apples were baked in an authentic wood-fired stove and filled the house with that unmistakably comforting scent apples give to a breeze in the air. They came o
  
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• Suicide attempts at UK immigration removal centres at all-time high

  04-04-2016 15:28
  
  Release of Home Office figures comes as government faces growing pressure to reduce use of immigration detentionThe number of suicide attempts in immigration removal centres is at an all-time high, averaging more than one a day, according to official figures.The new data from the Home Office comes as the government faces growing pressure to reduce the use of immigration detention, especially for vulnerable individuals; people who have committed no crime; and those with no identified risk of absc
  
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• Utah ranchers vow to stand up to government despite Oregon arrests

  04-04-2016 15:27
  
  As the unofficial leaders of the land-use rights movement are being prosecuted, ranchers remain steadfast in fighting what they say is federal overreach On 23 January, a group of Utah ranchers gathered in Cedar City and made a pledge: they signed notices of “withdrawal of consent” to be governed – a statement rejecting the authority of the federal agencies that regulate grazing and charge fees to have livestock use public lands.The ranchers were following in the footsteps of Ar
  
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• Azerbaijan and Armenia clashes continue for third day

  04-04-2016 15:27
  
  Azerbaijan says three of its troops died overnight in Nagorno-Karabakh region as Russia and the west call for a ceasefireDeadly clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region have continued for a third day, despite international pressure to halt the worst fighting in decades over the disputed territory.Azerbaijan said three of its troops were killed overnight when Armenian forces shelled its positions using mortars and grenade launchers, taking the overall death t
  
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• Fruit machine criminals caught after taking selfies to celebrate

  04-04-2016 15:26
  
  Two men who took cash from fruit machines across the UK were caught after they took selfies of themselves to celebrate their crimes, police have said.
  
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• The Huntsman: Winter's War review: dud follow-up to a film no one liked

  04-04-2016 15:19
  
  Now Snow White is awol, this dreary and incoherent CGI mashup of plots from Frozen, Narnia and The Incredibles really cannot justify its existence
  Here it is: the least keenly anticipated prequel-slash-sequel of the year. It is the follow-up that nobody much wanted to the film that nobody much liked, resulting in something even more visually elaborate and boring, and about which the number of tosses that can be reasonably given is lower than ever.Related: Snow White and the Huntsman – revi
  
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• Woman forced to live like slave by husband says sentence too lenient

  04-04-2016 15:16
  
  Sumera Iram claims two years in jail does not send message to violent men and that police should be better trained to spot signs of domestic turmoilA woman whose former husband became the first Briton convicted of placing their spouse into domestic servitude has called for police to be better trained in understanding such crimes, saying she had to “literally beg” officers to take her away to a refuge.Sumera Iram watched in court on Friday as her former husband, Safraz Ahmed, a 34-yea
  
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• Rick Astley review – 80s icon returns unfeasibly intact

  04-04-2016 15:16
  
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  It got a little cruise-ship revue at times, but there was something touching about the bequiffed pop hunk’s rapport with the Stock Aitken Watermen faithfulWith his trademark quiff, 1987 chart topper Never Gonna Give You Up and ubiquitous Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) production, Rick Astley was one of the most loved and loathed pop phenomenons of the late 80s. Then he jacked it all in after a tearful episode on the M4. In recent years, there has been a short-lived reinvent
  
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• 13 fascinating games from the Now Play This Festival

  04-04-2016 15:07
  
  Somerset House hosted a diverse and fascinating selection of experimental games as part of the 2016 London Games Festival. Here are the highlightsThe Now Play This festival took place this weekend at Somerset House in London, bringing together a vast array of interesting experimental game projects. Organisers Holly Gramazio and George Buckenham arranged the exhibits into themed rooms, with quieter areas for more intimate projects, and open spaces for a range of raucous physical games.Here are so
  
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• Blink and you'll miss it - how magicians fool audience with oldest trick in book

  04-04-2016 15:06
  
  Magicians fool their audiences by unwittingly causing them to blink at key moments in a show, research has revealed.
  
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• Sir Martin Sorrell: 'There's no monopoly on wisdom' - video

  04-04-2016 15:05
  
  The CEO of WPP on the dangers of short-term thinking, creative collaboration and why being paranoid is good for business Watch Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP, discuss how the definition of creativity in advertising is changing, with Rory Cellan-Jones, the BBC’s technology correspondent. During the wide-ranging talk, Sorrell explores the potential impact of a Brexit on business, the value of data in helping inform creativity and why the risk from adblocking may be exaggerated.To get weekly
  
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• Taliban app removed from Google Play Store

  04-04-2016 15:03
  
  The app, Pashto Afghan News, was removed just days after it went liveAn app developed by the Taliban has been removed from the Google Play store, two days after the app’s launch was reported in English-language media.The app, which allowed users to access the group’s Pashto website, is part of a growing digital campaign by the Taliban to grow its audience. Taking cues from the recruitment efforts of IS, the Taliban’s website is now updated in five languages, including English a
  
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• Antonio Conte: the volcanic manager who will never settle for second best at Chelsea | Paolo Bandini

  04-04-2016 15:00
  
  Chelsea’s new manager is demanding and unafraid of bruising egos. He has been likened to Sir Alex Ferguson and his success is built on flexibility and ferocity“Eat grass.” Out of context, Antonio Conte’s message to his Juventus players may have sounded more like a threat than an instruction but he repeated it over and over until they had powered their way back to the pinnacle of Italian football. It was his idiosyncratic way of telling them to work harder, to run further
  
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• Jamie Vardy Slams 'Vile' Tweets About Daughter

  04-04-2016 14:54
  
  England footballer Jamie Vardy has attacked Twitter trolls for their "shocking and vile" sexual threats against his one-year-old daughter. The Leicester City striker's fiancee Rebekah Nicholson posted a photograph of their little girl on the social media site on Sunday evening, wearing the club's home shirt with "Daddy" emblazoned on the back. "Thanks to @CuteCute_co_uk for Sofia's gorgeous Leicester Blue clip!" she wrote.
  
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• Emotional rescues: your art on the theme of grace

  04-04-2016 14:53
  
  Sensitive beauty, imagined universes and enticing colours ... we asked you to share your art on the theme of grace. Artist Jack Coulter has selected his favourites and given his reasons behind the choicesH is for H: share your work in our new art challenge Continue reading...
  
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• Tata steel crisis: Welsh government opens talks with possible buyers

  04-04-2016 14:51
  
  First minister Carwyn Jones says ‘Welsh Steel and British Steel cannot be allowed to die’ as he calls on UK to consider nationalisationThe Welsh government has said Port Talbot and Tata Steel’s other UK sites cannot be allowed to close and has opened talks with potential buyers about a rescue deal.Carwyn Jones, the first minister, told the Welsh assembly:“Welsh steel – British steel - cannot be allowed to die.” Continue reading...
  
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• Scarborough's West Heslerton village: Yours for £20 million

  04-04-2016 14:49
  
  Estate agents dealing with the sale of an entire English village say they have been inundated with inquiries despite the £20 million price tag.
  
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• Cameron under fire over Panama Papers link as government vows to probe data

  04-04-2016 14:48
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - The British government sought on Monday to deflect any criticism of Prime Minister David Cameron over his late father's inclusion on a list of clients using a law firm in the tax haven of Panama and said it would investigate the leaked data. Cameron's father, Ian, and members of his Conservative Party were among the tens of thousands of rich and famous people named in a leak of documents from Panama-based Mossack Fonseca which showed how clients had evaded t
  
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• Tulisa's Hollywood dreams 'on hold' after Ferrari drink-drive crash

  04-04-2016 14:45
  
  Tulisa Contostavlos put her Hollywood dreams on hold after she crashed her Ferrari on the wrong side of the road while drink-driving, a court has heard.
  
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• Photo highlights of the day: Pakistan floods and Dolly Parton

  04-04-2016 14:44
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including floods in Pakistan, acrobats in Sudan and Dolly Parton at the Country Music Awards Continue reading...
  
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• Schools minister Nick Gibb jeered at by teachers over academy plans

  04-04-2016 14:37
  Schools minister Nick Gibb drew laughter, jeers and heckles from teachers as he stated the case for the Government's flagship academisation plans.
  
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• Police probe 'shocking and vile' Twitter threats to Jamie Vardy's baby daughter

  04-04-2016 14:37
  Police are investigating after Twitter trolls made sexual threats against the one-year-old daughter of England footballer Jamie Vardy.
  
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• Charles's estate wins appeal against 'public authority' ruling in oysters row

  04-04-2016 14:37
  The Prince of Wales's private estate has won an appeal against a ruling which could have opened up its dealings to increased public scrutiny.
  
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• Airbus Group's letter warns employees of Brexit risks

  04-04-2016 14:37
  Aerospace giant Airbus Group has written to its 15,000 UK employees warning of the risks of a Brexit vote.
  
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• Farm Labour? Jeremy Corbyn to speak at Left Field during Glastonbury Festival

  04-04-2016 14:36
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accepted an invitation to speak at this year's Glastonbury Festival.
  
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• Girl dies 'after being kicked by another horse' while riding pony

  04-04-2016 14:18
  
  A nine-year-old girl sustained fatal injuries when she was kicked by another horse while riding her pony.
  
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• Airbus warns British employees on cost of Brexit

  04-04-2016 13:21
  European planemaker Airbus Group said its future investment in Britain could depend on whether the country remains in the European Union, in a warning to its British employees ahead of a vote on June 23. The economic impact of a 'Brexit' is one of the key issues for voters ahead of a referendum on Britain's EU membership. Airbus wrote to employees on Monday to warn of the consequences of leaving.
  
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• Discrimination warning over controversial new junior doctors' contracts

  04-04-2016 13:16
  
  Health officials have been cautioned by leading human rights experts to ensure that the new contract for junior physicians does not "unlawfully indirectly discriminate against some doctors".
  
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• Call For PM To Act On Tax Havens After Leak

  04-04-2016 13:16
  
  David Cameron has been urged to take "real action" against offshore tax havens after a huge data leak revealed details about UK clients of a Panama-based law firm. The PM's late stockbroker father, Ian, is also reported to be identified in more than 11 million files leaked from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world's fourth biggest offshore law firm. There is no suggestion that any of those named in the so-called 'Panama Papers' have done anything illegal.
  
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• Tulisa Contostavlos Admits Drink-Driving

  04-04-2016 13:06
  
  Singer and former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has pleaded guilty to drink-driving after crashing a Ferrari last year. It was reported that the star was arrested following an alleged collision between a Ferrari and a Saab outside Southgate Tube station in north London on 10 September. The Metropolitan Police confirmed Contostavlos, of Enfield, was charged on 7 March.
  
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• Girl, 9, Dies In Riding Accident Linked To Hunt

  04-04-2016 13:03
  
  The child, who has not yet been named, is understood to have been riding with The Cotswold Hunt when she suffered serious injuries on Saturday morning. Paramedics were called to a farm in Miserden, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, and she was airlifted to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital where she died later. A spokesman for Gloucestershire Police confirmed the death is not being treated as suspicious.
  
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• BT Fury At Ministers' 'Radical' Ofcom Call

  04-04-2016 13:02
  
  The chief executive of BT Group has accused ministers of failing to acknowledge its efforts to overhaul Britain's broadband infrastructure as regulators mull tougher oversight of the former state monopoly. Sky News has learnt that Gavin Patterson wrote to John Whittingdale, the Culture Secretary, last week in the wake of the Government's response to Ofcom's digital communications review. Published on Wednesday, the Government said it "believes Ofcom should be firmly focused on taking whatever ac
  
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• Rapper Myron Yarde Stabbed To Death In London

  04-04-2016 12:54
  
  A teenager stabbed to death in a fight in south London has been named by friends as rapper and musician Myron Yarde. The 17-year-old, who performed under the name Mdot, was killed when he was involved in an "altercation" in New Cross Road, Lewisham, shortly before 8pm on Sunday. He was taken by ambulance to a south London hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  
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