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• A late night for George, the Pyjama Prince, as he meets the Obamas

  22-04-2016 23:11
  
  Prince George met Barack Obama in his pyjamas as his mother and father hosted the US president and the first lady at Kensington Palace.
  
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• VIDEO: US 'lectures' on Brexit 'paradoxical'

  22-04-2016 22:52
  
  London Mayor Boris Johnson has said that he finds the US's "lectures" on EU referendum "paradoxical [and] very odd"
  
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• Police probe if foul play was involved in Prince's death

  22-04-2016 22:45
  Police are investigating whether foul play was involved in Prince's death after authorities revealed there was "no reason to believe" he killed himself.
  
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• Detective sacked over failures in probe involving Mark Duggan associate

  22-04-2016 21:37
  A Scotland Yard detective has been sacked over failures in an investigation involving an associate of Mark Duggan, whose shooting by police sparked nationwide riots in August 2011.
  
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• Obama hits back in Johnson row

  22-04-2016 21:29
  
  US president Barack Obama hits back after Boris Johnson's comments about his removal of a bust of Churchill from the Oval Office and his "part-Kenyan" ancestry.
  
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• Obama exhorts Britain to stay in EU, warns on trade if it leaves

  22-04-2016 21:04
  By Roberta Rampton and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a bold intervention into the politics of Washington's closest ally on Friday, exhorting Britons to stay in the EU and warning that if they left they would be at "the back of the queue" for a U.S. trade deal. Obama's plea to British voters ahead of a June referendum on membership of the European Union was welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron and other supporters of the EU, but denounced by those campaigning
  
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• Painter Turner is picture perfect for new Bank of England banknotes

  22-04-2016 20:52
  By Bethany Rielly MARGATE, England (Reuters) - British painter J.M.W. Turner will feature on the Bank of England's next 20-pound note after he was chosen ahead of other visual artists ranging from Beatrix Potter and Alfred Hitchcock to Charlie Chaplin. The BoE chose Turner, who died in 1851, from a shortlist of visual artists which included filmmaker Chaplin, sculptor Barbara Hepworth, painter William Hogarth and designer Josiah Wedgwood.
  
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• President Hails Churchill After Johnson Remarks

  22-04-2016 20:44
  
  Boris Johnson has come under fire for referring to the US President as "part-Kenyan" in an article on the American leader's opposition to the UK leaving the EU. The Mayor of London made his comments in an article in The Sun attacking Barack Obama over his intervention in the campaign ahead of the EU referendum. Mr Obama used the timing of  an official visit to the UK - during which he is meeting the Royal family and members of the Government - to evoke World War Two in an attempt to stop th
  
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• Obama pays tribute to 'jewel' Queen Elizabeth after 90th birthday

  22-04-2016 20:38
  By Roberta Rampton WINDSOR, England (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama flew to Queen Elizabeth's castle on Friday to wish happy birthday to the world's oldest monarch a day after she turned 90, calling her one of his favourite people and a personal inspiration. The queen and her husband Prince Philip greeted the president and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama as their helicopter touched down on the manicured lawns of Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world located
  
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• Rail firm wins injunction against union in Gatwick Express dispute

  22-04-2016 20:24
  
  Govia Thameslink has secured an injunction against rail union Aslef over its members' refusal to drive new, longer trains on the Gatwick Express, the company said.
  
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• Cameron slams laws rolling back anti-discrimination protection in two US states

  22-04-2016 20:07
  
  David Cameron has hit out at laws rolling back anti-discrimination protection in two US states which have been branded "anti-gay" by campaigners.
  
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• Prince's music inspired Barack Obama on day of London engagements

  22-04-2016 20:03
  Barack Obama listened to the Prince anthem Purple Rain before carrying out a series of official engagements in the UK, he has revealed.
  
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• VIDEO: Russell Beale performs Shakespeare

  22-04-2016 20:00
  
  Stage actor Simon Russell Beale shares his favourite Shakespeare roles.
  
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• VIDEO: 'We're bound at the hip' - Obama to UK

  22-04-2016 19:46
  
  US President Barack Obama has urged the UK to stay in the EU, saying it makes Britain stronger.
  
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• Obama says Britons should visit U.S. states despite LGBT laws

  22-04-2016 19:27
  U.S. President Barack Obama said on Fridays laws recently passed in two U.S. states seen as restricting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights are wrong, and sought to assure Britons that they would be received warmly if they visited the states. ... And you are wrong, you should come and enjoy yourselves," Obama said at a news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron when asked about a travel warning issued by the British Foreign Office to LGBT travellers. "I also think that t
  
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• Brexit would leave UK 'at back of queue' for U.S. trade deal - Obama

  22-04-2016 19:05
  By Roberta Rampton and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama warned Britain on Friday that it would find itself "at the back of the queue" for a trade deal with the United States if it voted to leave the European Union in a referendum in June. Obama told British voters that their country's influence on the world stage was "magnified" by its membership of the 28-member bloc and that, as a close friend and ally, the United States felt a deep interest in the issue. Speaking
  
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• Turkey releases Polly Peck fraudster Nadir after repatriation from Britain

  22-04-2016 19:01
  By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, who had been jailed in Britain in 2012 for stealing millions from his business empire, was released in Turkey on Friday shortly after he was returned there to complete his sentence, local media reported. Nadir was flown from London to Istanbul on Thursday evening after British authorities accepted his request to serve the rest of his sentence in Turkey.
  
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• Prince album makes Top 10 day after untimely death

  22-04-2016 19:01
  Prince has jumped into the Top 10 on the Official Albums Chart despite much of his music being unavailable on streaming services.
  
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• Cameron declines to take back Trump comments

  22-04-2016 19:00
  David Cameron has declined an opportunity to distance himself from his previous description of US presidential hopeful Donald Trump as "divisive, stupid and wrong".
  
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• Cause of Prince's death may not be revealed for weeks amid overdose reports

  22-04-2016 18:55
  The cause of Prince's death may not be made public for weeks, officials said, as it was reported that the pop superstar overdosed on a powerful painkiller six days before he died.
  
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• Obama: UK-US Trade Deal Would Be Back Of Queue

  22-04-2016 18:54
  
  Barack Obama has said a trade deal between the UK and US would be at the "back of the queue" if the UK left the European Union. "But it's not going to happen any time soon because our focus is in negotiating with a big bloc, the European Union, to get a trade agreement done. He was speaking at Downing Street after his newspaper comments urging the UK to stay in the Union triggered a furious political row.
  
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• Pair Jailed Over Drive-By Terror Attacks Plot

  22-04-2016 18:46
  
  Two Britons who planned Islamic State-inspired terror on the streets of London have been jailed for life. Students Tarik Hassane and Suhaib Majeed, both 22, were sentenced at the Old Bailey. They had plotted to kill soldiers, police officers and civilians in a series of drive-by shootings.
  
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• TalkTalk customers targeted by fraudsters

  22-04-2016 18:41
  
  TalkTalk customers in Northern Ireland have been targeted by scammers.
  
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• EDF delays Hinkley Point decision to consult works council - sources

  22-04-2016 18:38
  French state-controlled utility EDF has delayed the final investment decision on its project to build two nuclear plants in Britain until after its May 12 shareholders' meeting in order to consult its works council about the plan, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron told parliament last month a final investment decision on the 18 billion pound (23 billion euro) UK project would be taken by early May. The sources said EDF Chief Executive J
  
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• VIDEO: 'Collective power amplified by EU'

  22-04-2016 18:35
  
  David Cameron told a news conference that "our collective power and reach is amplified by membership of the EU".
  
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• Obama: UK will not be able to strike trade deal with US soon after Brexit

  22-04-2016 18:35
  Britain would not be able to strike a free trade deal with the US "any time soon" if it leaves the EU, as Washington's focus would be on reaching agreement with the European Union, Barack Obama has said.
  
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• Disgruntled investors flex vote muscle on UK executive pay

  22-04-2016 18:27
  By Sinead Cruise and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Change the way you pay or risk losing your jobs, corporate governance watchdogs have warned the boards of Britain's top companies, as investors call for a reality check on salaries. Four years on from 2012's "investor spring" over spiralling executive pay, shareholders are mounting a fresh rebellion against firms they say have lost touch with the real world after a year of falling share prices, lacklustre profits and job cuts. With the season
  
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• President Obama praises Queen as 'favourite person' and 'real jewel to world'

  22-04-2016 18:24
  US president Barack Obama has paid a glowing tribute to the Queen, describing her as an "astonishing person and a real jewel".
  
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• Turkish Cypriot businessman released in Turkey after extradition from UK - Dogan

  22-04-2016 18:12
  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, who was jailed in Britain in 2012 for stealing millions from his business empire, was released in Turkey on Friday, Dogan news agency and other local media reported. Nadir was freed after spending one night in prison in Turkey after having been extradited from Britain, they said. (Reporting by Ece Toksabay, writing by Dasha Afanasieva; Editing by David Dolan)
  
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• How many EU nationals have been refused entry to the UK?

  22-04-2016 17:43
  
  How many EU nationals have been refused entry to UK?
  
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• VIDEO: Obama's 'Beast' does a three-point turn

  22-04-2016 17:36
  
  Watch a skilful three-point turn by US President Barack Obama's armoured limousine, nicknamed The Beast, during his visit to Downing Street, London.
  
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• Bank of England picks artist Turner to feature on new banknote

  22-04-2016 17:33
  By Bethany Rielly MARGATE, England (Reuters) - British painter J.M.W. Turner will feature on the Bank of England's next 20-pound note after he was chosen ahead of other visual artists such as Beatrix Potter, Alfred Hitchock and Charlie Chaplin. The Bank chose Turner, who died in 1851, from a shortlist of visual artists which included filmmaker Chaplin, sculptor Barbara Hepworth, painter William Hogarth and designer Josiah Wedgwood.
  
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• Johnson Under Fire For 'Part-Kenyan' Obama 'Smear'

  22-04-2016 17:25
  
  Boris Johnson has come under fire for referring to the US President as "part-Kenyan" in an article on the American leader's opposition to the UK leaving the EU. The Mayor of London made his comments in an article in The Sun attacking Barack Obama over his intervention in the campaign ahead of the EU referendum. Mr Obama used the timing of  an official visit to the UK - during which he is meeting the Royal family and members of the Government - to evoke World War Two in a bid to stop the cou
  
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• Did too much, too soon spell disaster for DfE?

  22-04-2016 17:25
  
  Did too much too soon spell disaster for the DfE?
  
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• BoE's Vlieghe says UK rates could 'theoretically' go below zero

  22-04-2016 17:13
  By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England could reduce interest rates below zero in theory, although they should go nowhere near levels that would encourage big companies to stockpile cash, one of the central bank's rate setters said in an interview published on Friday. Gertjan Vlieghe warned that the BoE would have to think "very carefully" about whether the benefits of negative rates would outweigh the costs, but his willingness to entertain the possibility marked him out from some
  
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• JMW Turner to appear on new £20 banknote

  22-04-2016 17:10
  Artist JMW Turner will appear on the next £20 banknote, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has announced.
  
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• George Clooney to present one million dollar humanitarian prize

  22-04-2016 17:09
  
  George Clooney is to present a one million US dollar (£700,000) prize at a ceremony celebrating individuals who risk their lives for others.
  
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• 'Mini-brains' developed in lab shedding light on Zika virus

  22-04-2016 17:00
  Tiny brains grown in a science laboratory using stem cells have been used to show how the Zika virus causes abnormally small brain development during pregnancy.
  
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• Hamlet, Lear line the Thames in London Shakespeare celebrations

  22-04-2016 16:52
  By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Some of Shakespeare's best known characters - Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and King Lear - will be featuring along a stretch of the River Thames this weekend, as part of celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of England's greatest playwright. Short films of the Bard's plays will be screened along the south bank of the river, while in the middle of the 2.5 mile (km) route, the Globe theatre will stage a production of Hamlet which returns to London af
  
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• Robots with human vision in sight as scientists crack brain's 'Enigma code'

  22-04-2016 16:48
  
  Scientists have cracked the brain's "Enigma code", paving the way for creating robots with human vision.
  
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• Pair jailed for IS-inspired terror plot targeting police and troops

  22-04-2016 16:48
  A pair of home-grown terrorists have been given life sentences for plotting to kill soldiers, police officers and civilians in a series of Islamic State-inspired drive-by shootings.
  
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• Boris Under Fire For 'Part-Kenyan' Obama 'Smear'

  22-04-2016 16:33
  
  Boris Johnson has come under fire for referring to the US President as "part-Kenyan" in an article on the American leader's opposition to the UK leaving the EU. The Mayor of London made his comments in an article in The Sun attacking Barack Obama over his intervention in the campaign ahead of the EU referendum. Mr Obama used an official visit to the UK - during which he is meeting the Royal family and members of the Government - to evoke World War Two in a bid to stop the country voting to leave
  
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• Barack Obama arrives at Downing Street for talks with PM

  22-04-2016 16:20
  Barack Obama arrived at Downing Street for talks with David Cameron, amid controversy over the US President's forthright support for Britain's continued membership of the EU.
  
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• What do you buy for the Queen?

  22-04-2016 16:02
  
  What's a good present for the woman who has everything?
  
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• Boy obsessed with serial killers found guilty of Colchester stabbing murders

  22-04-2016 15:50
  A teenager who was obsessed with killers including the Yorkshire Ripper has been found guilty of murdering two strangers in frenzied attacks.
  
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• Teacher Slams 'Laughable' Spelling Test Blunder

  22-04-2016 15:44
  
  A primary school teacher who discovered that a nationwide spelling test was accidentally published online has described the mistake as "laughable". Around half a million seven-year-olds were due to take the Key Stage 1 grammar, punctuation and spelling test as part of Sats assessments in May. The blunder was only noticed this week when teacher Charlotte Smiles conducted a trial of the exam and a pupil appeared to know all the answers.
  
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• Study links lack of sleep to development of cardiovascular disease

  22-04-2016 15:42
  
  Lack of sleep causes changes to the body's cholesterol and may contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease, a new study has found.
  
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• Obama flies to Queen's castle to wish her happy 90th birthday

  22-04-2016 15:06
  By Roberta Rampton WINDSOR, England (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama flew to Queen Elizabeth's castle on Friday to wish the world's oldest monarch, who had turned 90 the day before, a happy birthday. The queen and her husband Prince Philip greeted the president and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama as their helicopter touched down on the manicured lawns of Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world located about 20 miles (32 km) to the west of the British capital. A
  
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• 999 call played to jury in trial of father accused of murdering Ellie, 6

  22-04-2016 15:03
  A harrowing 999 call has been played in the trial of a father accused of battering his six-year-old daughter to death in a fit of rage.
  
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• Sir Ian McKellen hails Shakespeare for making all the world a stage

  22-04-2016 14:58
  Sir Ian McKellen has hailed William Shakespeare as a champion of diversity ahead of celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death.
  
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