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• Specialist Research Centre Targets Miscarriage

  24-04-2016 23:46
  
  Europe's largest research centre dedicated to preventing early miscarriage is being set up to coordinate tests and treatments for parents-to-be. Anti-natal charity Tommy's is bringing together specialists at three universities to form its National Centre for Miscarriage Research. Miscarriage is by far the biggest cause of pregnancy loss in the UK with more than 200,000 a year, but it's also the least understood.
  
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• My family came to the US as refugees, says George Clooney

  24-04-2016 23:02
  
  We must do more for victims of war and persecution, says film star, who reveals his own ancestors’ flight from famine-ravaged IrelandRefugees are “people, just like you and me”, George Clooney has said in a speech urging humanity to do more to help those escaping war and persecution.The Oscar-winning actor opened up over his own ancestors’ struggles in fleeing the famine in Ireland in the 19th century and called on people to believe they could make a difference. Continue
  
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• How Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid defy the odds and gods | Sean Ingle

  24-04-2016 23:00
  
  Joint top of La Liga and about to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals, Atlético are making a good job of rewriting the scriptWinning Ugly. That’s what Brad Gilbert called his book on defying the odds, and tennis’s gods, with a bitches brew of psychology, gamesmanship, and sheer bloodymindedness. Twenty years on, Atlético Madrid are its most brilliant exponents. The 1-0 win against Málaga on Saturday evening provided another spiky example: the o
  
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• Lenny Henry on Prince: 'I almost passed out. This was my hero talking to me'

  24-04-2016 22:49
  
  The actor and comedian remembers a rooftop meeting and how he couldn’t believe his luck when he found out Prince was playing guitar for an album he was singing on for Kate BushIt’s a year of fallen heroes. Bowie was a huge loss, Wogan’s charm was incredible, Ronnie Corbett was always kind. As for Victoria Wood, in the pantheon of national treasures, she was up there with the Queen. I thought I was handling all this negative stuff pretty well. And then it was announced that Prin
  
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• Hunt Rejects Trialling Junior Doctors' Contract

  24-04-2016 22:44
  
  The Health Secretary has rejected a cross-party plan to try and avert the looming junior doctors' strike, calling the proposal "opportunist".
  
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• UK retailer BHS on brink of administration - sources

  24-04-2016 22:40
  Struggling British department stores group BHS is expected to go into administration, possibly as early as Monday, two sources with knowledge of the company's plans told Reuters on Sunday. Administration, a form of creditor protection, would endanger nearly 8,000 jobs and another 3,000 contractors working with the 88-year-old firm, which has 164 stores. If BHS does go into administration it would be Britain's most high profile high street collapse since mobile phone retailer Phones4U in Septembe
  
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• Claudio Ranieri hails his team’s ‘fantastic answer’ to Jamie Vardy absence

  24-04-2016 22:08
  
  • Leicester manager says players responded to challenge of top scorer’s ban
  • ‘It’s difficult to beat someone who plays with heart and soul’Claudio Ranieri watched his Leicester City side move within five points of being confirmed as the Premier League champions and then acclaimed his players for a “fantastic answer” to the questions surrounding whether they could cope without Jamie Vardy.Leicester’s 4-0 victory against Swansea City was their b
  
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• Desert dilemma for Matt LeBlanc as he takes car for a spin in Morocco

  24-04-2016 21:50
  
  A new teaser trailer for the BBC's revamped Top Gear series shows Matt LeBlanc struggling to get to grips with a powerful off-road car.
  
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• Refugees 'are people, just like you and me', George Clooney says

  24-04-2016 21:33
  
  Refugees are "people, just like you and me", Hollywood star George Clooney has said in a speech urging humanity to do more to help those escaping war and persecution.
  
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• Nigel Farage says anti-Brexit President Obama out for his own financial gain

  24-04-2016 21:28
  
  US President Barack Obama was motivated to attack Brexit in order to secure financial gain for himself, Ukip leader Nigel Farage has insisted.
  
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• George Clooney honours woman who saved 30,000 children in Burundi civil war

  24-04-2016 20:05
  A woman who acted as a "mother to all children" during the Burundi civil war has been recognised for her actions by George Clooney with a million dollar (£700,000) humanitarian prize.
  
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• Sumgong Wins Marathon Despite Heavy Fall

  24-04-2016 20:02
  
  Kenya's Jemima Sumgong has won her first London Marathon despite banging her head in a heavy fall in the latter stages of the race. Her victory was all the sweeter as her countryman Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race, making it a double for Kenya. In the men's wheelchair race, six-time winner David Weir came a disappointing third, losing out to Swiss Marcel Hug.
  
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• Dame Kelly and Tim Peake help London Marathon pass the million finishers' mark

  24-04-2016 19:53
  Double Olympic winner Dame Kelly Holmes has credited the music of Prince for keeping her relaxed as she took on her first marathon alongside thousands of others in a record-breaking year for the race.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt slams Labour 'opportunism' over junior doctors' strike

  24-04-2016 19:39
  
  A cross-party plan to try and avert the looming junior doctors' strike has been dismissed by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as "opportunist".
  
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• Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant decision delayed again by EDF

  24-04-2016 19:34
  
  French economy minister says the energy giant’s green light on the £18bn project is now not expected until SeptemberThe decision on whether to go ahead with the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power project has been delayed again, after France’s economy minister said the country’s energy giant EDF may not give it the green light until September.Emmanuel Macron’s comments come a week after he said EDF would deliver its verdict on Hinkley Point, which is set to me
  
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• Britons may need visa to visit Europe post-Brexit, says dominic raab

  24-04-2016 19:32
  
  New checks on travel to France or Germany could be the price of more secure borders, suggests leave campaigner Dominic RaabBritons could need a visa “or some other kind of check” to travel to continental Europe after Brexit, the justice minister and leading leave campaigner Dominic Raab has said.Raab said the issue would be a matter for post-withdrawal negotiations with the EU, but could not be ruled out if Britain wanted more secure borders. Continue reading...
  
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• Spanish third-tier player Javi Gómez scores outrageous 30-yard bicycle kick

  24-04-2016 19:00
  
  • UD Socuéllamos player settles promotion tussle spectacularly
  • Gómez joins Zlatan Ibrahimovic among long-range overhead scorer Related: The Joy of Six: overhead and scissor kicks | Rob Smyth Sometimes it takes a moment of genius to separate a tight game between promotion play-off hopefuls. That was certainly the case in the meeting of Spanish Segunda División B sides UD Socuéllamos and CD Toledo on Sunday afternoon – when a quite astonishing goal by
  
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• Obama 'Parroting' PM's Line - Farage

  24-04-2016 18:39
  
  Leave campaigner Nigel Farage has accused the US President of "parroting the Downing Street line" on why the UK should remain in the EU. The UKIP leader said the "global political class" was "clubbing together" in order to support David Cameron ahead of a referendum on EU membership in June. It comes after Mr Obama said Britain could have to wait a decade for a free trade deal with the United States if it votes to leave.
  
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• Billionaires suffer big losses in reshuffle of Britain’s wealthiest

  24-04-2016 18:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN’S wealthiest people suffered the worst drop in their fortunes last year since the 2007 credit crunch.
  
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• Visa requirement on agenda if UK votes for Brexit, Leave campaigner says

  24-04-2016 18:27
  
  Britons could need a visa to travel to the continent after Brexit, Justice Minister, and leading Leave campaigner, Dominic Raab has said.
  
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• Jemima Sumgong survives trip and banged head to win London Marathon

  24-04-2016 18:27
  
  • ‘The fall really affected me and I was unsure if I could continue’
  • No regrets for Eliud Kipchoge despite missing men’s world recordJemima Sumgong survived a dramatic tumble – and the attentions of a harebrained spectator who jumped over the barriers and nearly caused another collision – to win an incident-packed women’s race in the London Marathon. Her Kenyan compatriot Eliud Kipchoge could not have looked more serene in the men’s race, how
  
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• Jane Got a Gun is not a feminist western – unless by ‘feminist’ you mean ‘contains a woman’ | Lindy West

  24-04-2016 18:00
  
  Why can’t westerns portray women as fully formed human beings with complex lives, and subvert the character topes of tragic brothel employee, bawdy brothel employee and brothel employee who is just OK with it?Jane Got a Gun was first described to me (by a man) as a “feminist western”, a notion that got me excited and curious right away. What did they mean by “feminist western”? Was it written and directed by women? Did it cleverly subvert and comment on the variegat
  
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• Shocking footage shows water frenzy as families 'nick' London Marathon runners’ supplies

  24-04-2016 17:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SHOCKING footage has emerged of families frantically helping themselves to crates of water being stored for runners at the London Marathon.
  
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• I thought it's now or never, says student who came out as non-binary to Obama

  24-04-2016 17:48
  
  Maria Munir says ‘the blood ran cold’ after picking up the microphone at Q&A, but parents’ response has been positive The parents of a student who came out to Barack Obama as non-binary have reacted positively, the student has said. Maria Munir, 20, a politics and international relations student from Watford, was given the microphone during a question and answer session with Obama attended by 500 young people on Saturday in London.Continue reading...
  
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• Astronaut Tim Peake completes London Marathon in space – video

  24-04-2016 17:41
  
  European Space Agency video captures the moment British astronaut Tim Peake completed the London Marathon on a treadmill at the International Space Station on Sunday. He is the second person to finish a full 26.2 mile course in space. In 2007, Nasa’s Sunita Williams ran along with the Boston marathon on the space treadmill London Marathon 2016: Eliud Kipchoge and Jemima Sumgong win
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• BREAKING: London Marathon runner collapses after cardiac arrest 3 miles from finish

  24-04-2016 17:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SPECTATORS of the London Marathon watched in horror as a runner collapsed just three miles from the end of the race.
  
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• ‘They should be ashamed’ Dads blasts Man U and Everton fans over disgusting fights

  24-04-2016 17:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FRESH footage of a violent clash between two sets of football fans has emerged revealing an Everton fan was left unconscious on the floor for 10 minutes.
  
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• 11,000 job losses feared amid anxiety that BHS could file for administration

  24-04-2016 16:58
  
  A total of 11,000 jobs may be at risk amid fears the high street chain BHS could file for administration by Monday.
  
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• Boris 'Disgraceful' Over Part-Kenyan Remark

  24-04-2016 16:50
  
  London mayor Boris Johnson has been accused of being "disgraceful" over comments he made in an article critisising President Obama. The Conservative MP and Leave campaigner described the US leader as "part-Kenyan" when questioning whether his alleged dislike of the UK had an influence on his view on Britain's membership of the EU. As Mr Obama left the UK to travel to Germany for a G5 summit , Labour former front bencher Chuka Umunna told Sky's Murnaghan show: "What Boris Johnson s
  
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• Marathon horror as two men stabbed in central London fight just hours before big race

  24-04-2016 16:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TWO men were stabbed during a vicious brawl near St Paul's Cathedral just hours before the start of the London Marathon.
  
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• Dame Kelly Holmes credits Prince's music for helping her complete first marathon

  24-04-2016 16:12
  Double Olympic winner Dame Kelly Holmes has credited the music of Prince for keeping her relaxed as she took on her first marathon alongside thousands of others in a record-breaking year for the race.
  
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• REVEALED: EU members draw up plans for United States of Europe behind Britain’s back

  24-04-2016 16:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PLANS for a United States of Europe have been drawn up in a bid to give Brussels bureaucrats an iron grip over the continent, it has been revealed.
  
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• Row2Rio team ecstatic completing 3,400-mile Atlantic crossing

  24-04-2016 16:06
  A team of "ecstatic but tired" rowers have set a world record after powering their their way across the Atlantic.
  
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• Retailer BHS to go into administration - source with knowledge of plans

  24-04-2016 16:06
  Department stores group BHS is expected to go into administration, possibly as early as Monday, a source with knowledge of the company's plans told Reuters on Sunday. Administration would endanger nearly 8,000 jobs at the company and another 3,000 contractors working with the 88-year-old firm, which has 164 stores, and has been hit hard by intense competition in the retail sector.
  
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• British father and two children killed in France motorway accident

  24-04-2016 16:06
  
  A crash on a French motorway which killed a British father and two of his children may have been caused by him falling asleep or being distracted, investigators have said.
  
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• I’m the new NUS president – and no, I’m not an antisemitic Isis sympathiser | Malia Bouattia

  24-04-2016 16:01
  
  The accusations being directed at me this week are deeply troubling and false. I want to focus on liberating education and opportunity for allThis week I became the first black woman to be elected president of the National Union of Students, and the first Muslim who will hold this position too. But instead of celebrating and publicising this incredible landmark, the media coverage has been cluttered with stories calling me a racist, an antisemite, an Islamic State sympathiser and more.The truth
  
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• Remain cheerleader Theresa May admits EU rules make it HARDER to control borders

  24-04-2016 15:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IMMIGRATION into Britain IS harder to control because of Europe’s free movement rules, the Home Secretary has admitted, in her first major intervention on the Brexit battle.
  
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• Sadiq Khan refuses to address Lord Sugar's claim he has wrecked the Labour Party

  24-04-2016 15:19
  London mayor frontrunner Sadiq Khan has refused to address claims made by Lord Sugar that he has "single-handedly wrecked the Labour Party".
  
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• Freeing of man from Kurdish prison 'like a dream Christmas present'

  24-04-2016 15:18
  The father of one of three men freed from jail in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq has said his freedom is like a dream Christmas present.
  
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• Leave campaigners seize on Theresa May comments about controlling immigration

  24-04-2016 15:14
  Immigration is harder to control due to the EU's free movement of labour rules, Home Secretary Theresa May has admitted.
  
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• BHS Jobs Fears As Firm Set For Administration

  24-04-2016 15:14
  
  Sky's City Editor Mark Kleinman said: "BHS has been struggling for many years. David Gill, national officer of shopworkers' union USDAW, said he was "very concerned" about the situation at the retailer. "We also urge the company to comply with the law, consult staff and USDAW as the union for BHS workers on the future of the business.
  
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• Murder inquiry after two men's bodies found in Hull back garden

  24-04-2016 15:10
  Detectives investigating the deaths of two middle-aged men whose bodies were found in a back garden have launched a murder inquiry.
  
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• Garden Bodies: Police Launch Murder Inquiry

  24-04-2016 15:04
  
  Humberside Police have named the victims as Daniel Hatfield, 52, and Matthew Higgins, 49, both from Hull. Detective Superintendent Matt Hutchinson said: "We still need the public's help in piecing together the full circumstances of the men's deaths. "I would therefore urge anyone with information about the movements of Daniel Hatfield and Matthew Higgins between Monday April 18 and Friday April 22 to call the investigation team.
  
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• Obama 'Parroting' Downing St Line, Says Farage

  24-04-2016 15:02
  
  Leave campaigner Nigel Farage has accused the US President of "parroting the Downing Street line" on why the UK should remain in the EU. The UKIP leader said the "global political class" was "clubbing together" in order to support David Cameron ahead of a referendum on EU membership in June. It comes after Mr Obama said Britain could have to wait a decade for a free trade deal with the United States if it votes to leave.
  
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• Much like the Queen, we're all going to be working a lot longer

  24-04-2016 14:56
  
  The Queen exemplifies a trend that will have a profound economic effect in the future, and needs to be addressed nowThe day after the Queen celebrated her 90th birthday, the Obamas came for lunch. Prince Philip, almost five years older than his wife, got behind the wheel of a Range Rover to drive the president and his wife Michelle to the door of Windsor Castle.What has this got to do with economics? On the face of it, not much. For many, the news coverage to mark the start of Her Majesty’
  
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• UK says support for Tata's UK steel assets selloff will meet EU rules - Times

  24-04-2016 14:39
  Britain's efforts to help find a buyer for Tata Steel's UK assets will comply with European Union state aid regulations, Business Secretary Sajid Javid said on Sunday, insisting any deal would not be a bailout or nationalisation. Indian conglomerate Tata said last month that it planned to sell its entire British steelmaking operation. The prospect of at least 10,000 job losses has prompted the government to offer financial support in the hope of securing a buyer.
  
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• Long Wait For Game Of Thrones Fans Is Over

  24-04-2016 14:21
  
  After nearly a year of waiting, the latest series of Game of Thrones is about to be shown on television. Series 6 will mark the first time the show has overtaken the books with author George RR Martin still to release The Winds of Winter. Showrunners David Benioff and D B Weiss say despite not having to base episodes on the books, they know exactly where they are going with the story.
  
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• Anger as council officials say UK city is ‘too multicultural’ to celebrate St George’s Day

  24-04-2016 14:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AN ENGLISH city council REFUSED to host St George’s Day celebrations because the area is “too multicultural”.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt urged to agree to trial new junior doctors' contract

  24-04-2016 14:08
  Jeremy Hunt must urgently agree to trial the new junior doctors' contract in a bid to prevent next week's unprecedented strike, Labour's shadow health secretary has said.
  
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• Doctors Contract Pilot Urged To End Strikes

  24-04-2016 14:04
  
  The Labour Party has put forward proposals they hope could prevent next week's planned junior doctors' strike. Shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander is calling on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to trial the proposed new contracts at a number of NHS trusts and to set up an independent study into the impact. In a letter Ms Alexander says that the evaluation would include "an audit of mortality cases to identify the cause of death and whether it could have been avoided".
  
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