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• NHS spending millions on prescriptions for over-the-counter items

  10-04-2016 23:20
  
  The NHS is spending millions of pounds a year on prescriptions for items that can be bought in high street pharmacies.
  
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• Tory backbenchers to challenge Government over pro-EU leaflets ahead of poll

  10-04-2016 23:00
  Furious Tory backbenchers were preparing to challenge the Government over the £9.3 million plan to deliver pro-EU leaflets ahead of the referendum as David Cameron issued a fresh warning about the security risk posed by Brexit.
  
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• Councils urge peers to rewrite Government housing legislation

  10-04-2016 21:59
  
  The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged peers to rewrite major elements of the Government's controversial shake-up of housing policy.
  
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• David Cameron to face MPs after Labour questions bank of 'mum and dad' payments

  10-04-2016 20:57
  
  David Cameron will face questions from MPs on Monday for the first time after the row over his personal finances.
  
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• Tractor driver in hospital and train passengers hurt in level crossing crash

  10-04-2016 20:24
  
  A driver is believed to have been airlifted to hospital and a number of passengers injured when a train hit a tractor on a level crossing.
  
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• Murder Inquiry After Three-Month-Old Boy Dies

  10-04-2016 20:13
  
  A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a three-month-old boy who was found seriously ill at a flat. The baby, from the Boscombe area of Bournemouth, was taken by ambulance to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital on Friday afternoon before being transferred to Southampton General Hospital for specialist treatment. Detective Inspector Richard Dixey, of Dorset Police, said: "I can confirm that the tragic death of this young boy is being treated as suspicious.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn vows action on 'abhorrent' anti-Semitism as councillor faces probe

  10-04-2016 20:04
  Labour is "absolutely resolute" on tackling "abhorrent" anti-Semitism, leader Jeremy Corbyn insisted as the party was hit by a fresh allegation about one if its councillors.
  
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• Man, 33, arrested in murder probe after death of baby boy

  10-04-2016 20:00
  
  Detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of a three-month-old baby boy.
  
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• Eight arrested in police crackdown on crime in Liverpool

  10-04-2016 20:00
  
  Eight people were arrested for theft, affray and gun possession offences during a police crackdown in Liverpool.
  
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• Osborne 'Never Had Any Offshore Shareholdings'

  10-04-2016 19:31
  
  Chancellor George Osborne has "never had any offshore shareholdings or other interests", a Treasury source has told Sky News. The comments come after members of David Cameron's Cabinet were urged to follow the Prime Minister's lead and publish any links they have with tax havens. The source added: "His income and interests are straightforward and declared publicly: his salary, rental income from a property in London and a shareholding in his father's firm, Osborne and Little.
  
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• William and Kate join cream of Bollywood on red carpet

  10-04-2016 19:23
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge has brought a touch of regal glamour to a night where Bollywood's brightest stars were on show for the start of the royal couple's India tour.
  
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• Leave campaigners step up opposition to Government's £9m pro-EU leaflets

  10-04-2016 19:06
  Conservative former chancellor Lord Lawson has blasted the Government's expenditure of more than £9 million of taxpayers' cash on pro-EU leaflets as a petition calling for the plan to be scrapped passed 200,000 signatures.
  
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• Bosses Demand Clarity On EU Campaign Rules

  10-04-2016 18:27
  
  Sky News understands that the Electoral Commission will publish new guidance on Monday setting out the scope of activities permissible for businesses once the referendum period formally begins on Friday. The CBI, which has decided it will not register as a campaigning organisation and will therefore be subject to a £10,000 spending limit, will nevertheless continue to argue the case for the UK's continued membership of the European Union (EU).
  
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• Cameron releases tax records to calm Panama Papers storm

  10-04-2016 18:23
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron took the unusual step on Sunday of publishing his tax records to try to end days of questions about his personal wealth raised by the mention of his late father's offshore fund in the Panama Papers.
  
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• Passengers Injured As Train Hits Tractor

  10-04-2016 17:52
  
  Rail passengers and a tractor driver have been injured after a train hit the vehicle on a level crossing in Norfolk. The tractor driver was seriously hurt and several of the 135 train passengers suffered minor injuries. Alex Youngs wrote on Twitter of people having "panic attacks".
  
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• Astronaut Tim Peake 'catches a Dragon' as SpaceX cargo ship arrives

  10-04-2016 17:37
  
  SpaceX has made good on a high-priority delivery - the world's first inflatable room for astronauts.
  
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• Royals bat in Mumbai for poor Indian kids

  10-04-2016 17:12
  
  MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge played a charity cricket match with underprivileged children in Mumbai on Sunday, the first day of a week-long tour of India that will include a trip to the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
  
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• Several injured as train hits tractor on Norfolk level crossing

  10-04-2016 16:56
  
  A driver is believed to have been seriously hurt and a number of passengers injured when a train hit a tractor on a level crossing.
  
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• Cameron Got £200,000 Gift From His Mother

  10-04-2016 16:10
  
  David Cameron was given £200,000 by his mother in 2011 on top of the £300,000 his father left him after he died in 2010. Details of his income and tax affairs, released by Downing Street, also show the Prime Minister earned £90,000 in rental income from his family home last year. The tax documents show Mr Cameron had a taxable income of more than £200,000 in 2014-15 and paid almost £76,000 in tax.
  
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• Murder probe after man killed in city centre street brawl

  10-04-2016 16:00
  A murder investigation is under way after a man was killed in a city centre street brawl.
  
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• David Cameron needs to 'build up' trust after finances row, says minister

  10-04-2016 15:41
  
  David Cameron has been told by a Tory minister he needs to "build up" trust with the public following the row over his personal finances.
  
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• Defence Against the Dark Arts - UK spies guarded against Harry Potter leak

  10-04-2016 15:38
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Usually concerned with top secret matters affecting national security, Britain's eavesdropping spy agency GCHQ was also on the lookout for leaks of a yet-to-be-published Harry Potter book, its publisher has revealed.
  
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• Royals meet Mumbai attack survivors

  10-04-2016 14:21
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge pay tribute to the victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks at the start of a seven-day tour of India and Bhutan.
  
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• Talent beats The Voice final in ratings

  10-04-2016 13:57
  
  The return of Britain's Got Talent is a ratings winner for ITV, scoring almost double the viewers as the final of The Voice on BBC One.
  
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• Kate's Indian-inspired style gets thumbs up from fashionistas

  10-04-2016 13:41
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge has showcased an Indian designer on the first day of the royal tour of India with a pastel summer dress.
  
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• Mother gave David Cameron £200,000 gift

  10-04-2016 13:22
  
  David Cameron's mother gave him a £200,000 gift after his father's death, according to figures contained in a summary of his tax submissions for the past six years.
  
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• Baby Left At Gatwick Makes Appeal 30 Years On

  10-04-2016 13:17
  
  Thirty years after being left as a baby at Gatwick Airport, Steve Hydes is appealing for his birth parents to come forward. As a newborn without an identity he was nicknamed "Gary Gatwick" after the airport's teddy bear mascot. Despite mass media coverage his birth parents still have not been found.
  
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• Boy, eight, up for top supporter award

  10-04-2016 12:50
  
  A young Bristol City football fan with cerebral palsy is shortlisted for the Football League's supporter of the year award.
  
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• Rule The World may retire - O'Leary

  10-04-2016 12:39
  
  Grand National winner Rule The World's owner Michael O'Leary says he does not see the need to make the horse defend the title.
  
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• Stab death rapper police make appeal

  10-04-2016 12:37
  
  Police make a witness appeal, one week on from the stabbing death of teenage rapper Myron Issac-Yarde in New Cross.
  
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• VIDEO: Corbyn: PM has questions to answer

  10-04-2016 12:16
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says that Prime Minister David Cameron "still has big questions to answer" over his tax affairs.
  
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• Fishermen 'tried to swim to shore'

  10-04-2016 12:04
  
  Two of the men stranded in the sea after a fishing vessel sank off Mingulay left their life raft to swim for shore.
  
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• Man held over art dealer death released

  10-04-2016 11:55
  
  A man arrested on suspicion of murdering an antique dealer in Oxford is released without charge.
  
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• Will Smith hailed as 'champion for diversity' at MTV Movie Awards

  10-04-2016 11:54
  
  Will Smith was hailed as a "champion for diversity" as he was honoured at the MTV Movie Awards.
  
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• 47% back legalisation of cannabis according to new poll

  10-04-2016 11:54
  
  Cannabis legalisation is favoured by 47% of people, according to a new opinion poll.
  
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• I'll walk through Fury - Joshua

  10-04-2016 11:38
  
  Anthony Joshua says he is "here to stay" and gives a warning to Tyson Fury after becoming IBF heavyweight champion.
  
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• VIDEO: Royal couple visit Taj hotel memorial

  10-04-2016 11:29
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit a memorial to people killed in a terror attack on a hotel in Mumbai.
  
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• Lancaster haunted by World Cup failure

  10-04-2016 10:34
  
  Ex-England coach Stuart Lancaster says the World Cup failure is still "fresh in my mind" but he is now ready to return to coaching.
  
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• Former Liberty X singer wins The Voice

  10-04-2016 10:34
  
  Former Liberty X singer Kevin Simm wins BBC talent show The Voice, beating runner-up Jolan.
  
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• Man Charged With Murder Of Police Officer

  10-04-2016 10:16
  
  A 49-year-old man has been charged with murder after the remains of police officer Gordon Semple were found in a south London flat. The body of PC Semple was found at a property in Southwark on Thursday - a week after the 59-year-old was reported missing. Stefano Brizzi, of Peabody Estate, Southwark Street, will appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Monday.
  
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• Call For Breast Ironing To Be Criminal Offence

  10-04-2016 10:15
  
  There are concerns more than a thousand women have been subjected to a practice known as "breast ironing" in Britain. One woman, who we have called Lara, told Sky News she was subjected to mutilation when she reached adolescence. A Freedom of Information request by the Conservative MP Jake Berry found almost a quarter of children's services are not trained to deal with the practice, whilst 15% of police forces were unaware it even existed.
  
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• Tired GPs urged to take more breaks amid patient safety fears

  10-04-2016 09:58
  GPs are being urged to take regular breaks over fears that tired doctors could pose a threat to patient safety.
  
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• VIDEO: Strike 'could damage doctors'

  10-04-2016 09:32
  
  The Medical Director of NHS England says if planned strike action by junior doctors extends to emergency care it will put significant strain on services.
  
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• Nationwide developing banking app with extra security based on user behaviour

  10-04-2016 09:24
  
  People could be able to access their mobile banking by an app recognising how they hold, swipe, or type into their device, due to an innovation from Britain's biggest building society.
  
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• Liberty House chief urges caution over Tata steel deal hopes

  10-04-2016 07:02
  The executive chairman of the commodity group which has expressed interest in buying Tata's UK steel operations has said he is not "married" to the plan and could still walk away.
  
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• VIDEO: Community mourns fishing boat deaths

  10-04-2016 06:30
  
  Two people are confirmed to have died after a fishing boat went down off the Western Isles of Scotland.
  
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• Next doctors' strike 'will damage trust'

  10-04-2016 06:14
  
  An all-out strike by junior doctors will "irreparably damage" trust and the reputation of the profession, NHS England's medical director says.
  
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• Cops Dealing With Thousands Of Laser Incidents

  10-04-2016 05:26
  
  Police are having to respond to thousands of incidents involving laser pens, leading to calls for them to be classed as offensive weapons. A pilot's union has warned the consequences could soon be disastrous and called for a change in the law to class lasers as offensive weapons. In February, a Virgin Atlantic flight to New York was forced to return to Heathrow as a "precautionary measure" after a laser was shone at the cockpit.
  
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• Call for lasers to be classed as offensive weapons amid thousands of incidents

  10-04-2016 04:35
  Police are being forced to respond to thousands of laser pen incidents resulting in calls for them to be classed as offensive weapons.
  
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• Appeal judges to rule on 'miscarriage of justice' compensation

  10-04-2016 04:35
  
  Two men who spent years behind bars before their convictions were overturned are to find out the result of the latest round of their legal battle for ''miscarriage of justice'' compensation.
  
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