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• Steelworkers agree to 3 percent pay cut in Tata Steel-Greybull deal

  19-04-2016 22:42
  (Reuters) - Trade unions Unite, GMB and Community have accepted a 3 percent pay reduction for a year as a part of the deal for the sale of Tata Steel's Long Products business to Greybull Capital, the National Trade Union Steel Coordinating Committee said. The unions also accepted in a ballot a 3 percent reduction in employer's and employee's pension contributions for 12 months. Tata Steel earlier this month agreed to sell its Long Products Europe division in Scunthorpe to Greybull for 1 pound, s
  
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• Mouth bacterias 'raise pancreatic cancer risk'

  19-04-2016 22:00
  
  Certain kinds of mouth bacteria increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, research has shown.
  
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• India says it still wants back British queen's crown jewel

  19-04-2016 21:43
  India will make all possible efforts to get back the Koh-i-Noor Diamond from Britain despite comments by New Delhi's solicitor general that the priceless jewel should stay with the former colonial ruler, the government said on Tuesday. India has repeatedly demanded that Britain return the 105-carat diamond, which was presented to Queen Victoria in 1850 and today sits on display as part of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. India's solicitor general surprised many on Monday when he told the
  
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• Trump, Clinton look for wins on home turf in New York - Daily Mail

  19-04-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Trump, Clinton look for wins on home turf in New York
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  NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton looked to her adopted home state of New York for a convincing primary victory Tuesday to strengthen her claim to the Democratic presidential nomination, while Republican Donald Trump hoped a big win would steady his ...
  Clinton, Trump hope to strengthen front-runner trajectories in NY primaryPress Herald
  The Latest: Trump mistakenly cites 7-Eleven instead of 9/11Washington Post
  
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• Welsh Labour celebrates UK Government climbdown on unions - WalesOnline

  19-04-2016 21:09 via walesonline.co.uk
  
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  Welsh Labour celebrates UK Government climbdown on unions
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  Leading Welsh Labour figures welcomed a UK Government climbdown over plans to change trade union funding arrangements. Conservative peers had threatened to rebel over proposals to end the check-off system used to collect union subscriptions ...
  Government backtracks on trade union reforms after Tory peers opposed billDaily Mail
  Lords force Tories into climbdown over trade union “check-off” plansLa
  
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• Syrian talks appear doomed as air strike kills dozens in market - Daily Mail

  19-04-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Syrian talks appear doomed as air strike kills dozens in market
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  GENEVA/BEIRUT, April 19 (Reuters) - Syrian peace talks appeared all but doomed on Tuesday after air strikes killed about 40 people in a crowded vegetable market in rebel territory, with the opposition saying a truce was finished and it would keep out ...
  Pro-government warplanes bomb a rebel town that hates al-Qaeda, killing scoresWashington Post
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• Second Brussels Bombing Suspect Charged in Paris Attack - Wall Street Journal

  19-04-2016 20:55 via wsj.com
  
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  Second Brussels Bombing Suspect Charged in Paris Attack
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  BRUSSELS—Belgium charged a second Brussels attacks suspect for alleged involvement in the Paris attacks, as officials warned that the country remains at risk of a new terror attack. A spokesman for the federal prosecutor on Tuesday said that Osama ...
  Belgium: Lot of intelligence on foreign terrorists wanting to return to Europe to carry out attackFirstpost
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• Deadly attacks in Afghan capital show Taliban's strength - Daily Mail

  19-04-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Deadly attacks in Afghan capital show Taliban's strength
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  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A week after proclaiming their spring offensive, Taliban militants stormed an Afghan government security agency with a suicide car bomb and gunfire Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding hundreds in a sign of the insurgency ...
  The Latest: White House Condemns Taliban Attack in KabulNew York Times
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• Lily Allen accuses Met of 'victim-shaming' after speaking out on stalking case

  19-04-2016 20:13
  Lily Allen has accused the police of "victim-shaming" her after she spoke out about being dissatisfied with their response to her stalking case.
  
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• UK dementia cases have fallen by 20% since 1990s thanks to lower rates in men - International Business Times UK

  19-04-2016 20:05 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
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  UK dementia cases have fallen by 20% since 1990s thanks to lower rates in men
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  The number of new dementia cases being diagnosed in the UK has fallen by 20% since the 1990s, a study has found. Researchers found this is largely due to a drop in rates among men – it is now estimated 74,000 men and 135,000 women are diagnosed ...
  Dementia threat 'may be less severe' than predictedBBC News
  Dementia Rates Drop As Men Get Health
  
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• Clockwork Orange screenplay 'with notes by director Kubrick' to be auctioned

  19-04-2016 20:02
  A proof copy of the illustrated screenplay to A Clockwork Orange, believed to be annotated by director Stanley Kubrick, is set for auction.
  
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• Google and the art of monopoly maintenance - Financial Times

  19-04-2016 19:46 via ft.com
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  Google and the art of monopoly maintenance
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  European antitrust cases against Google seem to be like London buses. You wait ages for one to arrive and then they all come along at once. When Margrethe Vestager took over as antitrust chief at the European Commission at the end of 2014, Brussels had ...
  Google's mobile model threatened by EU's Android antitrust probeLivemint
  Google Shopping Beating Amazon; How Far Will EU Android Probe Go?Investor's Business Dail
  
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• Contract change for junior doctors 'not possible', Jeremy Hunt says

  19-04-2016 19:37
  
  Jeremy Hunt has said it is not possible to "change or delay" the introduction of the controversial contract for junior doctors as it emerged that 500 medics have already signed up to it.
  
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• Crime, social climbing, shotgun weddings: meet the Shakespeares - The Guardian

  19-04-2016 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
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  Crime, social climbing, shotgun weddings: meet the Shakespeares
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  A pregnant bride, a father who lived in fear of arrest, a son-in-law charged with 'carnal copulation': Shakespeare's own family was just as wild and wicked as his creations. Illustration: Matthew Richardson. by Simon Callow. Tuesday 19 April 2016 13.33 ...
  'Shakespeares' bow out after last annual paradeStratford upon Avon Herald
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• Bank of England's Carney hits back at critics over EU comments

  19-04-2016 19:26
  By Ana Nicolaci da Costa and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney hit back at critics who have accused him of venturing into politics with his comments that a vote to leave the European Union could hurt Britain's economy, saying it would be political for him to stay silent. Carney told members of parliament on Tuesday it was the duty of the Bank to weigh up the implications of Britain's membership of the world's biggest single market. Rather it would be politica
  
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• Britain's friends are right to fear Brexit - Financial Times

  19-04-2016 19:08 via ft.com
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  Britain's friends are right to fear Brexit
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  How might future historians judge a British to decision to leave the EU in the referendum on June 23? It might well be seen as the moment when the west started to unravel. That is why Barack Obama, US president, is not merely entitled to present his ...
  Michael Gove's post-EU vision labelled 'utopian rubbish' by Angela EagleThe Guardian
  Michael Gove sets out post-exit UK-EU trade visionBBC News
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• Student Unlawfully Killed In Holiday Assault

  19-04-2016 19:01
  
  Harrow pupil Archie Lloyd was out with four friends in the Greek resort of Malia when he was struck by a club promoter following an angry exchange. Witnesses said 18-year-old Mr Lloyd and his best friend Andy Hutchinson "didn't want trouble" and tried to walk away, but were attacked by Sebastian Trabucatti. Winchester Coroner's Court in Hampshire heard Mr Lloyd suffered a swelling to the brain and a haemorrhage due to a fractured skull.
  
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• Father 'killed daughter, 6, after conviction for assaulting her was overturned'

  19-04-2016 18:53
  
  A violent and abusive father killed his six-year-old daughter after successfully appealing against his conviction for assaulting her as a baby, a court has heard.
  
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• Democracy Awakening: Ben & Jerry's Founders Arrested At DC Protest - The Inquisitr

  19-04-2016 18:50 via inquisitr.com
  
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  Democracy Awakening: Ben & Jerry's Founders Arrested At DC Protest
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  The co-founders of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's were among around 300 protesters arrested at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 18. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were taking part in the Democracy Awakening protests that ...
  Ben & Jerry's Co-founders Arrested at the U.S. CapitolVanity Fair
  Why ice cream makers Ben and Jerry just got arrestedChristian Scienc
  
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• Dementia Rates Drop As Men Get Healthier - Study

  19-04-2016 18:39
  
  Health-conscious men appear to have reduced the chances of a widely anticipated dementia "tsunami" - for now. Research led by the University of Cambridge suggests there are 40,000 fewer cases in the UK each year than had been predicted. The scientists who analysed the data believe that gender-related lifestyle differences - particularly a fall in smoking rates, blood pressure and cholesterol levels in men - may be the cause.
  
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• Have you written a song about the London mayoral election?

  19-04-2016 18:31
  
  It seems unlikely, but if you’ve aped Zac Goldsmith’s supporters and written a song about your favourite London mayoral candidate, we want to hear what you’ve come up withHere at GuardianWitness towers we are still reeling from the news that Zac Goldsmith has his own campaign song. Supporters have crafted Zac Goldsmith Jeete Ga! (Zac Goldsmith Will Win!), which combines Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Mandarin, Bangla, and massively sinister lines like “Zac Goldsmith is everyone&rs
  
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• European digital single market plans welcomed by Government

  19-04-2016 18:25
  
  Downing Street has welcomed new European Commission proposals to move towards a single market in digital services, including the creation of a "European cloud" which will provide an environment for 70 million science and technology professionals to store and share data.
  
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• UK to give lawmakers veto power on head of FCA regulator

  19-04-2016 18:16
  LONDON (Reuters) - Finance minister George Osborne said he would give parliament veto powers over future appointments to run the country's Financial Conduct Authority, which has sweeping powers over its financial services industry. Osborne also said chief executives of the FCA would be subject to a fixed, renewable, five-year term although this would only apply for the successor of Andrew Bailey, who was named as the regulator's new CEO by Osborne earlier this year. ...
  
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• Head and neck cancer drug nivolumab 'can double patient survival rates'

  19-04-2016 18:16
  
  A new immunotherapy drug can double the survival rates of patients with advanced head and neck cancer, trial results have shown.
  
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• Ross County fans drew internet blank after club website accidentally deleted

  19-04-2016 18:07
  
  The website of Scottish Premiership team Ross County was accidentally deleted ahead of the side's league match against Celtic this weekend.
  
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• Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?

  19-04-2016 18:00
  
  Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them
  Are you on Instagram? Then you can be featured here by tagging your books-related posts with #GuardianBooksScroll down for our favourite literary linksRead more Tips, links and suggestions blogsWelcome to this week’s blog. Here’s a roundup of your comments and photos from last week, including re-readings of Dickens, Agatha Christie and grief memoirs. NZBarry recommended Helen MacDonald’s celebrated memoi
  
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• William and Harry duel with lightsabers as Star Wars heroes look on

  19-04-2016 17:40
  
  The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry could not resist the lure of the lightsaber when they met the heroes of the latest Star Wars movie - as well as the creative technicians bringing the latest instalment to the silver screen.
  
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• Bank of England's Carney hits backs at critics over EU comments

  19-04-2016 17:23
  Bank of England Governor Mark Carney hit back at critics who have accused him of venturing into politics when assessing the economic impact of a British vote to leave the European Union, saying it would be political to omit such judgments. Carney told members of parliament on Tuesday that the Bank had to assess the implications of Britain's membership of the EU as part of its job to manage the country's economy. "Assessing and reporting major risks does not mean becoming involved in politics," C
  
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• May the royal force be with you - Prince William and Prince Harry get 'Star Wars' peek

  19-04-2016 17:22
  LONDON (Reuters) - Battling with light sabres and sitting in an A-wing fighter, Britain's royal princes got a taste of the "Star Wars" universe on Tuesday when they visited the set of latest episode in the sci-fi saga. Accompanied by Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, the young stars of "The Force Awakens", and Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill, Prince William and Prince Harry toured Pinewood studios outside London, where "Star Wars: Episode VIII" is being made. ...
  
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• Headteacher's 'heartbreaking' decision to quit over schools' 'factory farming'

  19-04-2016 17:19
  A headteacher is quitting the profession after 23 years over claims schools are now "factory farming" children and failing to prepare them properly for a successful future.
  
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• Men's health awareness may have cut dementia rates

  19-04-2016 17:00
  Health-conscious "new men" may be largely responsible for a dramatic reduction in rates of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia over the past 20 years, research suggests.
  
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• Minister says scientists need not fear gagging from clause against lobbying

  19-04-2016 16:54
  Leading scientists will not be gagged from speaking out about key issues facing the country, peers have been told.
  
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• Man 'killed daughter after conviction for assaulting her as a baby was quashed'

  19-04-2016 16:45
  
  A hot-tempered father killed his six-year-old daughter after successfully appealing his conviction for assaulting her as a baby, a court has heard.
  
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• Witness thought canal tragedy teenager 'might be dangerous'

  19-04-2016 16:25
  A cyclist who saw a teenager die in a canal thought he must been a violent person because the police were not going in to save him.
  
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• Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs reports profit slump

  19-04-2016 16:25
  US banking giant Goldman Sachs has seen profits slip for the fourth consecutive quarter as market volatility dealt a blow to its investment banking and bond trading arms.
  
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• North Sea platform workers onshore for tests after syringe discovered

  19-04-2016 16:25
  
  Two workers on a North Sea platform have been sent ashore for further tests after a syringe was found in accommodation.
  
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• Harrow pupil 'died after assault outside Malia nightclub'

  19-04-2016 16:25
  A public schoolboy died on the penultimate day of his Interrail holiday after being assaulted outside a nightclub in the Greek resort of Malia, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Michael Gove attacks colleagues for 'scaring' voters in EU debate

  19-04-2016 16:11
  By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Justice minister Michael Gove accused government colleagues on Tuesday of treating voters like children, saying they were trying to scare them into voting to stay in the European Union with "new bogeymen every night". Gove, a friend of pro-EU Prime Minister David Cameron, used a speech to lampoon "In" campaigners, who include top ministers, deepening a rift in the ruling Conservatives before a June 23 referendum on membership of the 28-nation bloc. With Brit
  
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• Doctors Make 'Clear Offer' To Avert Strike

  19-04-2016 16:09
  
  The British Medical Association (BMA) said it is attempting to avert the first all-out strike in the history of the NHS. The industrial action is due to begin next Tuesday morning and will see thousands of junior doctors across England withdraw full labour - including emergency care. The BMA's junior doctor committee chairman Dr Johann Malawana has asked for an urgent meeting with health secretary Jeremy Hunt.
  
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• Focus on local polls saps strength from UK campaign to remain in EU

  19-04-2016 16:06
  By Kylie MacLellan CAERPHILLY, Wales (Reuters) - In the shadow of Caerphilly's 13th Century castle, a handful of activists have been handing out leaflets to Saturday shoppers for several weeks to drum up support for a British exit from the European Union. Elsewhere in the Welsh former mining town, members of Britain's main opposition Labour Party have also been out campaigning. Like Scotland, Northern Ireland and much of England, people in Wales will vote in local and regional elections on May 5
  
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• The unkindest cut? Shakespeare more popular abroad than in Britain

  19-04-2016 16:02
  By Bethany Rielly LONDON (Reuters) - On the 400th anniversary of his death, Shakespeare is more popular abroad than in Britain, according to a survey published on Tuesday which also found he makes a significant contribution to the UK’s prosperity and influence. The British Council, which commissioned the YouGov survey of 18,000 people from 15 countries, said the results showed that internationally Shakespeare is widely known, liked and understood. "Four hundred years after his death, Shake
  
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• Recreation of destroyed Palmyra arch unveiled in London

  19-04-2016 16:00
  A meticulous recreation of the 1,800-year-old Arch of Triumph in Palmyra, Syria, destroyed by Islamic State militants last year, has been erected in Trafalgar Square in what London Mayor Boris Johnson called an act of defiance. The 5.5-metre (20ft) model, two-thirds the size of the original, was made using 3D digital scanning technology and Italian marble. It was created by the Institute for Digital Archaeology (IDA), a joint venture between Harvard University, the University of Oxford and Dubai
  
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• Drones ban for London during Barack Obama's UK visit

  19-04-2016 16:00
  Drones have been banned from large parts of London and surrounding areas during Barack Obama's visit.
  
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• Prince Harry Gets A Hairy Hug On Star Wars Set

  19-04-2016 15:53
  
  The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry have enjoyed a battle with lightsabers and hugs from key characters during a visit to the Star Wars set. The Royals were given a guided tour of Pinewood Studios by Daisy Ridley, who first appeared as Rey in The Force Awakens. It is not known if the brothers are fans of the films but both seemed very excited as they toured the creatures workshops, where they were shown the heads of characters from last year's film and George Lucas' originals.
  
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• 'Best Days Ahead' After Brexit, Gove Says

  19-04-2016 15:47
  
  Out campaigner Michael Gove has set out his "optimistic" vision for how the UK would look if it votes to leave the EU. In a speech in London, the justice secretary said: "One of the most striking things about the debate on Britain's future relationship with Europe is that the case for staying is couched overwhelmingly in negative and pessimistic terms, while the case for leaving is positive and optimistic. Warning of "bogeymen" dreamt up by the Remain campaign, he mocked their predictions for th
  
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• 'No Appetite' For UK Ground Troops In Libya

  19-04-2016 15:42
  
  Britain has no plans to send combat troops to Libya, the Foreign Secretary has said. Philip Hammond made the comments to the House of Commons following media speculation that British special forces were already operating in the country. "I am clear that there is no appetite in Libya for foreign combat troops on the ground," said Mr Hammond, who has just returned from a visit to the country.
  
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• Philip Hammond plays down suggestions of UK frontline role in Libya

  19-04-2016 15:02
  British warplanes and battleships could be deployed to counter Islamic State (IS) in Libya although frontline fighting is not expected for UK troops , Philip Hammond has said.
  
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• UK would thrive outside the EU: Michael Gove

  19-04-2016 14:28
  
  The UK would thrive as a member of the European free trade zone without being bound by restrictions imposed from Brussels if the country backed Brexit, Michael Gove said, as he set out his vision of life outside the EU.
  
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• Britain says has no plans to send combat troops to Libya

  19-04-2016 14:23
  Britain has no plans to send combat troops to Libya, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Tuesday, responding to media reports that British special forces were already operating in the country. "I am clear that there is no appetite in Libya for foreign combat troops on the ground," Hammond told parliament on his return from a visit to the new UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli.
  
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• Cipriani drink-drive case 'should be thrown out'

  19-04-2016 14:20
  
  England rugby star Danny Cipriani's trial for drink-driving is on the brink of collapse after his defence argued the case should be thrown out because of a lack of evidence.
  
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