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• Call to recruit midwives in bid to tackle problem of stillbirths

  09-04-2016 23:30
  
  The UK needs to do more to help prevent stillbirths in deprived areas, The Royal College of Midwives has said.
  
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• Grand National Win 'Something You Dream About'

  09-04-2016 22:32
  
  Twelve months after Sir Anthony McCoy retired with one Grand National win in 20 years as Champion Jockey, 19 year-old David Mullins triumphed at the first attempt. "Something you dream about," said the youngster, covered in mud after steaming home on Rule the World as his opponents tired on Aintree's rain-soaked ground. His Aintree success followed last month's victory in the Irish Grand National for Rogue Angel.
  
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• Cameron says he mishandled Panama Papers tax scrutiny

  09-04-2016 21:56
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday he should have handled scrutiny of his family's tax arrangements better, seeking to reassert his leadership after days of negative media coverage and calls for his resignation.
  
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• VIDEO: David Cameron: 'Blame me over tax row'

  09-04-2016 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Cameron has admitted he could have handled the recent row about his financial affairs better.
  
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• Tory councils 'doing more for less'

  09-04-2016 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Only Conservative councils can be trusted to keep taxes low while giving residents more power, David Cameron says as the party launches its English local elections campaign.
  
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• Hammond urges China minister over steel

  09-04-2016 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond discusses the issue of over-capacity in steel production with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.
  
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• North Korea says it successfully tested rocket engine that enables nuclear strikes on US - The Indian Express

  09-04-2016 14:03 via
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  North Korea says it successfully tested rocket engine that enables nuclear strikes on US
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  In this Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, photo, missiles are paraded in Pyongyang, North Korea during the 70th anniversary celebrations of its ruling party's creation. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E). North Korea said Saturday it has successfully tested a new ...
  North Korea boasts test of engine technology for intercontinental missileCNN International
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• Myron Issac-Yarde stabbing: Boy accused of murder - BBC News

  09-04-2016 13:57 via
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  Myron Issac-Yarde stabbing: Boy accused of murder
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  A boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a rapper who was stabbed in south-east London. Myron Issac-Yarde, 17, was found dying in Camplin Street, New Cross, on 3 April after officers were called to reports of an altercation. The musician ...
  Boy, 15, appears in court over stab murder of youth aspiring to be rap artistBelfast Telegraph
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• Arrests provide new links between Paris, Brussels attacks - gulfnews.com

  09-04-2016 13:45 via
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  Arrests provide new links between Paris, Brussels attacks
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  Abrini and Osama K. are now suspected of playing a role in the two biggest attacks carried out by Daesh in Europe over the past year. Published: 15:43 April 9, 2016 Gulf News. AP. Add to My Gulf News ...
  Factbox: Here's a list of 15 suspects linked to the Paris, Brussels attacksDaily News & Analysis
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• Twitter and Facebook users who name celebrity behind gagging order could be prosecuted

  09-04-2016 13:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE privacy order banning the naming of the celebrity extends to social media users and not just the mainstream media, the attorney-general has warned.
  
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• Justin Welby absorbs paternity news with characteristic calm - The Guardian

  09-04-2016 13:36 via
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  Justin Welby absorbs paternity news with characteristic calm
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  Justin Welby said his early life was messy and his alcoholic father cared for him 'as far as he was able'. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters. Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent. @harrietsherwood. Saturday 9 April 2016 07.35 EDT Last modified on ...
  Archbishop of Canterbury finds father was Churchill's private secretaryScotsman
  Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is the illegitimate son of Winston
  

• The Fight To Stop Al Shabab From Disrupting Somalia's Elections - Huffington Post

  09-04-2016 13:35 via
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  The Fight To Stop Al Shabab From Disrupting Somalia's Elections
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  A Somali soldier patrols a town captured from al Shabab. The Islamist militant group is trying to disrupt Somalia's political transition in 2016. Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. This ...
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• Britain urges China to speed up steps to cut steel capacity - Reuters UK

  09-04-2016 13:27 via
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  Britain urges China to speed up steps to cut steel capacity
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  LONDON Britain asked China to tackle over-capacity in its steel industry on Saturday, hoping to stem the flood of cheap imports into Europe which India's Tata Steel (TISC.NS) said caused it to pull out of the United Kingdom, putting 15,000 jobs at risk ...
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• Saudi Arabia and Egypt to be connected by bridge across the Red Sea - Al-Bawaba

  09-04-2016 13:02 via
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  Saudi Arabia and Egypt to be connected by bridge across the Red Sea
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  Saudi King Salman (left) shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during talks in Cairo, on April 7, 2016. (AFP/File). Follow >. Click here to add Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as an alert. Click here to remove the Abdel Fattah al-Sisi alert ...
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• Cameron takes blame for mishandling of Panama Papers revelations - The Guardian

  09-04-2016 12:21 via
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  Cameron takes blame for mishandling of Panama Papers revelations
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  David Cameron told the Conservative spring forum he would publish the details of his tax return. Photograph: Reuters. Jamie Grierson · @JamieGrierson. Saturday 9 April 2016 07.04 EDT Last modified on Saturday 9 April 2016 08.15 EDT. Share on ...
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• Archbishop of Canterbury learns his father was Churchill's secretary

  09-04-2016 12:13
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has discovered his biological father was the former private secretary to Britain’s war-time leader Winston Churchill, he said in a statement on Friday.
  
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• Mum still detained in Lebanon over kidnap - Herald Sun

  09-04-2016 12:11 via
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  Mum still detained in Lebanon over kidnap
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  The Lebanese father of two children at the centre of an alleged kidnapping attempt says he won't push for charges against their Australian mother, who remains in custody. Ali el Amien has been reunited with his children, but their mother, Sally ...
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• Fishing boat sinks off Western Isles - The Guardian

  09-04-2016 11:02 via
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  Fishing boat sinks off Western Isles
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  View from the Isle of Barra towards Mingulay, near where the fishing boat's emergency beacon was activated. Photograph: Alamy. Press Association. Saturday 9 April 2016 05.15 EDT Last modified on Saturday 9 April 2016 06.47 EDT. Share on Facebook ...
  Fishing vessel sinks off Scotland's Western Isles with three of the four-man crew missingDaily Mail
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• WATCH: Reusable SpaceX rocket successfully lands at sea in breakthrough space mission

  09-04-2016 10:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE landing at sea of a reusable main stage booster is a significant development in private company SpaceX's mission to create affordable space travel.
  
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• VIDEO: WW2 'whale bridge' comes to Duxford

  09-04-2016 10:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A restored section of a floating 'whale bridge' used during the D-Day landings has been salvaged from France and brought to Duxford in Britain.
  
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• VIDEO: French action urged over Calais children

  09-04-2016 10:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 100 children currently living in the Calais migrant camp are eligible to travel to the UK, according to the Children's Commissioner for England.
  
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• The history of getting round the taxman

  09-04-2016 08:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A colourful history of tax avoidance throughout the ages
  
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• British official urges France to fast track Calais jungle children to the UK

  09-04-2016 07:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ENGLAND’S children’s commissioner has urged French officials to fast track the asylum claims of children left alone in the Calais jungle so they can move to the UK.
  
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• Teenager, 15, charged with murder of talented musician Myron Issac-Yarde

  09-04-2016 07:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of aspiring young musician Myron Issac-Yarde.
  
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• Met chief REFUSES to apologise to Lord Bramall over false child sex allegations

  09-04-2016 05:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN'S top policeman has refused to apologise to Lord Bramall after he was embroiled in false child sex allegations investigated by the police.
  
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• EU dentists ‘putting British patients in JEOPARDY as Brussels weakens skills tests’

  09-04-2016 04:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DENTISTS who have come from the EU to work in the UK are four times more likely to be struck off than their British counterparts, an investigation has claimed.
  
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• Now remain campaigners launch ‘Hug a Brit’ craze to stop Britain leaving the EU

  09-04-2016 04:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CAMPAIGNERS have resorted to asking Europeans to “hug a Brit” in a desperate attempt to sway voters to stay in the EU.
  
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• Facebook removes posts offering heavy weapons for sale

  09-04-2016 03:27
  
  Content removed after pages and groups emerge discussing everything from handguns to anti-aircraft systemsFacebook has removed pages offering weapons for sale.Revolvers, rifles and submachine guns built or designed in Britain were listed for sale in secret arms-trading groups on the website, according to the Times. Continue reading...
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury discovers real father is SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL’S right hand man

  09-04-2016 02:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Archbishop of Canterbury has made a sensational discovery that is real father was Sir Winston Churchill’s right hand man.
  
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• Melting ice sheets changing the way the Earth wobbles on its axis, says Nasa

  09-04-2016 02:35
  
  ‘Dramatic’ shift in polar motion attributed to effects of global warming and the impact humans are having on the planetGlobal warming is changing the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new Nasa study has found.Melting ice sheets, especially in Greenland, are changing the distribution of weight on Earth. And that has caused both the North Pole and the wobble, which is called polar motion, to change course, according to a study published on Friday in the journal Science Advance
  
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• REVEALED: GPs ‘charge sick patients premium price on phone calls despite NHS ban’

  09-04-2016 02:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SURGERIES are still charging ill patients up to 41p a minute for calls to book appointments with a GP, according to figures.
  
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• North Korea claims successful engine test for ballistic missile

  09-04-2016 02:30
  
  Kim Jong-un oversees as ‘rocket fulfilled all required conditions’, reports Korean news agencyNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a successful test of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its state media has claimed. Tension has been high in the region after a nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch by North Korea earlier in the year. Last month the UN security council unanimously approved the toughest sanctions against the regime in two decades o
  
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• Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy stand firm and prepare for Masters duel

  09-04-2016 01:13
  
  • Spieth leads field after two rounds, one shot clear of McIlroy
  • Pair to play together for first time on weekend of majorMere mortals in the 89-man field gave the impression of trying to climb an ice wall while wearing slippers as Jordan Spieth had surged to eight under par and a five-shot lead. Given the American’s previous for dominating the Masters, the notion of everyone else packing up and heading home was a live one. Most remarkably Spieth was only four holes into his sec
  
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• The Masters 2016: second round – live!

  09-04-2016 01:12
  
  Updates from the second day’s play at Augusta NationalEls suffers six-putt humiliation in first round – videoOfficial Masters leaderboardSend your thoughts to [email protected] 12.12am BSTScott has bogeyed 17. Barring disaster at the final hole, he should be here this weekend. But he’s +5, so a double would see him sent home. So this cut: Bubba Watson, who has shot a pair of 75s, is the only player at +6. He’ll be here this weekend, but out early tomorrow. I wo
  
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• Wisconsin right-to-work law struck down by court as unconstitutional

  09-04-2016 01:09
  
  Right-to-work laws prohibit businesses and unions from reaching agreements that require all workers, not just union members, to pay union duesWisconsin’s so-called “right-to-work” law, championed by Republican governor Scott Walker as he was mounting his run for president, was struck down on Friday as violating the state constitution.Wisconsin’s attorney general, Brad Schimel, also a Republican, promised to appeal against the decision and said he was confident it would no
  
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• Justin Welby discovers biological father was Churchill's private secretary

  09-04-2016 01:07
  
  Archbishop of Canterbury expresses ‘complete surprise’ after revelation, while his mother remains in ‘unbelievable shock’Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has described his “complete surprise” at discovering that his biological father is not Gavin Welby – as he had always believed – but the former private secretary to Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Montague Browne. It emerged on Friday that the archbishop’s mother, Jane Williams, ha
  
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• Women with vocational qualifications earn 15% less than men

  09-04-2016 01:01
  
  TUC finds young women earn on average only £8.50 an hour against £10 for men – a wider pay gap than for workers with academic qualificationsYoung women with vocational qualifications earn 15% less than their male peers, a significantly bigger pay gap than for those with academic qualifications, according to new research.Men aged between 22 and 30 with a vocational qualification above GCSE level earn on average £10 an hour, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) found in an analy
  
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• Three sailors missing and one in hospital after fishing boat sinks

  09-04-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THREE sailors are missing and one has been taken to hospital after a fishing boat sank off the Western Isles.
  
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• Bernie Sanders holds Brooklyn rally ahead of New York primary – campaign live

  09-04-2016 00:58
  
  Follow along for the latest updates from the trail, as Hillary Clinton heads to upstate New York while Bernie Sanders revisits his native borough of BrooklynFightin’ words: Democrats ditch politeness for New York scrapGivin’ up: Koch brother-linked groups abandon GOP presidential raceMegyn Kelly: Trump effect on ratings overshadowed journalistic integrity 11.58pm BSTThis week, the five remaining presidential candidates have taken to heart a saying of Mark Twain’s: “Make y
  
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• EU 'will toughen plans to make firms disclose offshore tax bills'

  09-04-2016 00:03
  
  European commission’s original proposals are to be enhanced in the wake of the Panama Papers, according to sourcesMultinational companies in Europe could be compelled to publicly disclose profits and tax bills from offshore havens under draft proposals being considered by EU regulators in the wake of the Panama Papers.Before the unprecedented leak of 11.5m files threw light on the tax secrets of the global elite, the European commission was drafting proposals to force multinational compani
  
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