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• UK finance ministry to publish 'sober analysis' of Brexit risk

  17-04-2016 23:03
  Britain's finance ministry will present a "serious, sober analysis" on Monday of the long-term economic impact if Britain votes to leave the European Union in a June referendum, a source close to the document said. The report by the ministry, known in Britain as the Treasury, will "show that the hit to the economy of a vote to Leave would not just be temporary, but permanent, because of lower trade and investment", the source said. Britain would be worse off for decades to come." The latest appe
  
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• Call for more enforcement as British Airways plane struck by drone near Heathrow

  17-04-2016 22:08
  
  A British Airways flight was struck by what is believed to be a drone as it came in to land at Heathrow Airport, police said.
  
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• Drone Strikes BA Plane At Heathrow Airport

  17-04-2016 21:02
  
  A British Airways flight carrying 132 passengers has been hit by a drone on approach to Heathrow Airport.
  
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• Drone Strikes Plane At Heathrow Airport

  17-04-2016 20:12
  
  A British Airways flight carrying 132 passengers has been struck by a drone on approach to Heathrow Airport.
  
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• May introduces time limit on detention in immigration custody for pregnant women

  17-04-2016 20:00
  
  A new 72-hour time limit on the detention of pregnant women in immigration custody is set to be announced by the Home Secretary.
  
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• BBC criticised over use of Jimmy Savile picture in police drama Line Of Duty

  17-04-2016 20:00
  
  The BBC has come under fire for including a photograph of Jimmy Savile in a fictional drama about a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
  
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• British Airways plane cleared to operate after 'drone strike' while landing

  17-04-2016 19:41
  
  A British Airways flight was struck by what is believed to be a drone as it came in to land at Heathrow Airport, police said.
  
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• How newsroom pressure is letting fake stories on to the web

  17-04-2016 19:30
  
  The push for traffic means that clicks rule – even if the facts don’t check outIt started with a post on social media. Or, to be more exact, a series of posts about a visit to McDonald’s to buy a milkshake. Within hours, Josh Raby’s gripping account on Twitter was international news, covered by respected outlets on both sides of the Atlantic.“This guy’s story about trying to buy a McDonald’s milkshake turned into a bit of a mission and the internet can&r
  
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• Alice Evans urges women 'don't wait until it's too late' to have babies

  17-04-2016 18:34
  Alice Evans has told of her "traumatic and expensive" journey to motherhood after she and husband Ioan Gruffudd delayed starting a family.
  
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• NHS 'in meltdown' as Labour claims spend-per-patient has fallen in real terms

  17-04-2016 17:36
  Spending per patient on general practice services has fallen in real terms since 2010, new research shows.
  
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• No deal: cannabis hawker must forfeit his 'game show winnings'

  17-04-2016 17:26
  
  A cannabis dealer has been ordered to forfeit £25,000 which he claimed was winnings from an appearance on the Deal Or No Deal game show.
  
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• My priority is being a good father, says Andy Murray

  17-04-2016 16:13
  
  Andy Murray has hit out at claims that fatherhood has affected his performance on court, stating that being a good father takes priority over tennis.
  
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• Murder probe police hunting man over internet cafe stabbing

  17-04-2016 16:13
  
  Detectives have issued a description of a suspect wanted in connection with the murder of a 38-year-old man found stabbed at an internet cafe.
  
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• Leading actors condemn drama courses without theatre experience

  17-04-2016 16:13
  
  Some of Britain's top actors have attacked new GCSE drama courses that do not require students to watch a live theatre performance.
  
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• Hermaphrodite Kitten Looks For New Home

  17-04-2016 15:18
  
  Nine-week-old Bellini was part of a litter taken in by a cats protection home in St Helens, Merseyside, in February, when just a few days old. It was initially thought Bellini was male but, during the neutering process, vets discovered female as well as male genitalia. Adoption centre manager Sonia Scowcroft said staff did not know whether to refer to Bellini as a boy or girl.
  
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• Thomas Cohen on life after Peaches: ‘I had to face the pain’

  17-04-2016 15:00
  
  The musician was only 23 when his wife, Peaches Geldof, died of a heroin overdose. Two years on, he talks about grief, fatherhood and the catharsis of musicThomas Cohen is considering what Peaches Geldof, his wife of 18 months when she died of a heroin overdose in April 2014, would have made of his new music.“I did actually play her a few of the songs that were written before [she died],” he says, before rolling his eyes, and laughing affectionately, “but it was hard to get her
  
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• Neighbours express shock after murder probe launched in Chelmsford

  17-04-2016 14:55
  
  Neighbours have spoken of their shock after a murder investigation was launched when the body of a woman and a critically injured man were found at a house in Essex.
  
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• Scotland should hold new referendum if forced out of EU - Sturgeon

  17-04-2016 14:03
  Scotland should have the right to hold a new referendum on independence if the country is taken out of the European Union "against our will", the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) said on Sunday. Facing a British referendum on whether to stay in the European Union on June 23, Nicola Sturgeon used her party's manifesto before the election for the Scottish parliament next month to make clear that she wanted another independence vote in Scotland. There should be such a referendum, she sai
  
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• Ireland Border Brexit Fears 'Scaremongering'

  17-04-2016 13:36
  
  Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has insisted border arrangements between Ireland and the UK would not change if the public votes to leave the EU. Mrs Villiers told Sky News' Murnaghan show that leaving the EU would not alter the free flow of "goods and people" over the only land border with the UK. She offered reassure after Ireland's former prime minister, Bertie Ahern, voiced strong concerns over the consequences of an Out vote.
  
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• 'Disastrous' if Brexit vote sparked Tory leadership contest, says Grayling

  17-04-2016 13:22
  
  Leading Leave campaigners have claimed it would be "disastrous" if a vote to quit the EU sparked a Tory leadership contest.
  
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• Leicester Bans Fans As Tickets Resold For £15k

  17-04-2016 12:59
  
  Premier League leaders Leicester City have banned a number of fans for trying to sell their tickets to the club's remaining home games. "These are not real fans, no real Leicester City fan would even dream of profiteering from this amazing end to our season," Ian Bason from The Foxes Trust told Sky News. Leicester City are seven points clear at the top of the Premier League with five games to go.
  
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• Labour should be 'steaming ahead' in local elections, says MP

  17-04-2016 12:59
  
  Labour should be "absolutely steaming ahead" with a 15-point lead in the local elections due to Conservative disarray, a former shadow cabinet minister has said.
  
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• David Walliams reveals letters from young fans of books have been stolen

  17-04-2016 12:54
  
  Letters sent to comedian David Walliams by young fans of his children's books have been stolen by thieves, he has revealed.
  
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• Syrian president Assad told MP that Russia's Putin 'will not let him lose'

  17-04-2016 12:53
  
  Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has told a senior Tory that Russian president Vladimir Putin will not let him "lose".
  
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• Boaty McBoatface tops public vote for name of polar research ship

  17-04-2016 12:53
  
  Boaty McBoatface has topped a poll over the name for a new polar research ship as the competition launched by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) closed.
  
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• Sadiq Khan: Labour can only change Londoners' lives by winning

  17-04-2016 12:30
  
  Labour’s candidate remains the favourite in London’s mayoral race despite Tory attacks and gripes from his party’s leftIf only three-year-olds had the vote, Sadiq Khan would probably have this election sewn up by now. It is a cold and soggy morning in north London, and Labour’s mayoral candidate is making a flying visit to a nursery to talk about expanding childcare access and helping nursery staff access affordable housing.It is clear, however, that the Tooting MP is eve
  
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• Doctors fear 'super-gonorrhoea' will become untreatable as it spreads across UK

  17-04-2016 12:21
  
  A highly drug-resistant type of "super-gonorrhoea" is spreading across the country, with senior medics warning it may become untreatable.
  
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• Britain would face consequences if it leaves EU - France's Macron

  17-04-2016 11:48
  Britain will face consequences if it votes to leave the European Union, French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, the latest warning from a foreign leader about the possible impact of Brexit. Britain will vote in a referendum on June 23 on whether to stay in the 28-member bloc, with those supporting a British exit saying the country could easily renegotiate trade deals with the European Union and reclaim its status in the world. "For sure you will have consequences because otherwis
  
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• Two 14-Year-Olds Charged Over Double Murder

  17-04-2016 10:45
  
  Two 14-year-olds have been charged with murder over the deaths of a girl and a woman in Spalding, Lincolnshire. The two victims have not been officially identified but police say they are believed to be Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her 13-year-old daughter Katie. Their bodies were found at a house in Dawson Avenue, Spalding, on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Lynsey Hanley: how I became middle class

  17-04-2016 10:15
  
  Governments of every stripe tend to see social mobility as a Good Thing. And so did Lynsey Hanley – but there was a psychological cost, as she recounts in this extract from her new book• Read a Q&A with Lynsey Hanley hereI can’t remember the day I started calling dinner “lunch” and tea “dinner”, but I know that it happened, because that’s what I call them now. That must mean I’m middle-class, where once I was working-class; though, no matt
  
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• France committed to UK nuclear project - BBC cites Macron

  17-04-2016 10:13
  France will go ahead with construction of the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant in Britain, the French economy minister was quoted as saying by the BBC. Emmanuel Macron was quoted by the BBC as saying the 18-billion-pound project was "very important" for France and state-owned utility company EDF. "We back Hinkley Point project, it's very important for France, it's very important for the nuclear sector and EDF," Macron told the BBC.
  
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• Hinkley Point nuclear project 'very important', says French minister

  17-04-2016 10:11
  
  The French government has stressed its commitment to building Britain's first new nuclear power station in a generation.
  
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• Axl Rose steps in as AC/DC frontman as Brian Johnson quits over hearing problems

  17-04-2016 10:11
  
  Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose will join AC/DC for the rest of their Rock or Bust tour to replace singer Brian Johnson, the rockers have confirmed.
  
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• Arrest after woman found dead and man critically injured at house

  17-04-2016 10:11
  
  A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a woman and a critically injured man were found at a house in Essex.
  
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• Two 14-Year-Olds Charged Over Double Murders

  17-04-2016 09:31
  
  Two 14-year-olds have been charged with murder over the deaths of a girl and woman in Spalding, Lincolnshire. The two victims have not been officially identified but police say they are believed to be Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her 13-year-old daughter Katie. Their bodies were found at a house in Dawson Avenue, Spalding, on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Man Arrested After Woman Found Dead In Essex

  17-04-2016 09:29
  
  A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a house in Chelmsford, Essex.
  
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• Two 14-year-olds charged with murder after mother and daughter found dead

  17-04-2016 09:17
  
  Two 14-year-olds have been charged with murder after a woman and her daughter were found dead at a house in Lincolnshire.
  
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• EU Exit Would Be 'Regressive And Negative'

  17-04-2016 07:41
  
  The former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has told Sky News the UK's exit from the EU would be "regressive" and "negative in every way" for Britain and Ireland. Mr Ahern spoke of his concern about the impact an Out vote would have on the border between the UK and EU member, Ireland. He said: "We'd be the only place that has a land border with Britain - of course others would exploit and expose it.
  
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• Lily Allen demands answers from police over seven-year stalking ordeal

  17-04-2016 07:07
  Lily Allen said she was made to feel like a "nuisance rather than a victim" by police investigating a stalker as she revealed horrifying details of the seven-year ordeal.
  
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• Doctors fear 'super-gonorrhoea' will become untreatable and spread across UK

  17-04-2016 07:07
  
  There is "huge concern" among doctors that "super-gonorrhoea" is spreading across the country, according to reports.
  
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• John Cleese Gives Hotel 'Damn Good Thrashing'

  17-04-2016 03:40
  
  John Cleese has given a hotel in Sweden a "damn good thrashing" in a series of tweets.
  
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• Fresh Whittingdale Claims Just 'Tittle Tattle'

  17-04-2016 03:29
  
  A source close to John Whittingdale has told Sky News that a former topless model he had a relationship with "never had access" to government papers. Stephanie Hudson told The Mail On Sunday the Culture Secretary breached security protocols by showing her confidential papers while they were in a relationship. But a source described the story as "tittle tattle", adding: "John is a single man.
  
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• Teenager quizzed after being arrested at Manchester Airport on terror offences

  17-04-2016 03:28
  
  Police are continuing to question a teenager arrested at a British airport on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences.
  
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• Royal trip was the 'what Kate wore tour', expert says

  17-04-2016 03:28
  
  Following the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's tour of India and Bhutan felt like "turning the pages of a picture book", a royal expert said.
  
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• New claims about John Whittingdale dismissed as 'tittle-tattle'

  17-04-2016 01:50
  Embarrassing claims about the private life of John Whittingdale have been branded "tittle-tattle" by people close to the Cabinet minister.
  
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• Man charged with murder after woman found stabbed in Felixstowe

  17-04-2016 01:50
  
  A man has been charged with the murder of a woman found stabbed to death less than six minutes after police received an emergency call from a woman in distress.
  
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• Lucky Lotto player scoops £10.3m jackpot in latest in series of big wins

  17-04-2016 01:50
  One ticket-holder scooped a Lotto jackpot of more than £10 million in Saturday's National Lottery draw, Camelot said.
  
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• Gospel choir on song as BGT's second Golden Buzzer act

  17-04-2016 01:50
  
  Britain's Got Talent entrants 100 Voices Of Gospel wowed Alesha Dixon to become the second Golden Buzzer act of the new series.
  
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• Farmhouse owner discovers 'well-preserved' Roman villa in his grounds

  17-04-2016 01:50
  
  An "elaborate and extraordinarily well-preserved" Roman villa has been discovered by chance by a home owner laying electric cables in his garden.
  
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• 'Eyesore' road signs will be axed to save money, Government says

  17-04-2016 01:50
  
  Councils are to be given new powers to strip away "eyesore" road signs in a bid to save cash and make Britain's streets more pleasing on the eye, the Government has announced.
  
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