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• 'Out' camp leads by one point ahead of Britain's EU referendum -YouGov poll

  27-04-2016 23:57
  (Reuters) - The "Out" camp holds a one-point lead ahead of Britain's June 23 referendum on whether the country should remain in the European Union, according to a YouGov poll for The Times on Wednesday. The YouGov Times poll was conducted between April 25 and 26.
  
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• Facebook reports rise in revenue and active users in sunny start to year

  27-04-2016 23:25
  
  Facebook saw active users and revenue rise as the social network reported positive financial results.
  
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• Labour MP Naz Shah suspended amid anti-Semitism furore

  27-04-2016 23:20
  
  Labour has suspended MP Naz Shah over the latest anti-Semitism row to hit the party.
  
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• BHS Buyers To Be Summoned To MPs Inquiry

  27-04-2016 22:56
  
  The entrepreneurs who bought BHS for £1 and the accountants and lawyers who worked on the takeover are to be summoned by MPs probing the high street retailer’s collapse into administration. Sky News has learnt that the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee will announce on Thursday that it wants to examine the level of due diligence that Retail Acquisitions Limited (RAL) was legally required to undertake before buying BHS from Sir Philip Green just over a year ago. T
  
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• South Yorkshire Police chief suspended following Hillsborough verdicts

  27-04-2016 22:29
  
  The chief constable of South Yorkshire Police has been suspended in the wake of the Hillsborough inquest findings.
  
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• VIDEO: Thousands sing You'll Never Walk Alone

  27-04-2016 21:54
  
  Thousands of people have sung the Liverpool FC anthem You'll Never Walk Alone at a vigil in memory of those who died in the Hillsborough disaster
  
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• Hillsborough victims' families hailed at commemoration service

  27-04-2016 19:54
  
  Families of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster have united at a special commemorative service in Liverpool to reflect on their 27-year quest for justice.
  
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• Exclusive - Wimbledon to focus on out-of-competition drug tests

  27-04-2016 19:32
  By Simon Cambers LONDON (Reuters) - Players competing at Wimbledon are set to be drug-tested more than ever before in the build-up to this year's championships as organisers focus resources on out-of-competition testing. Scarred by a string of recent scandals, Wimbledon had announced on Tuesday that it was stepping up the fight against anti-doping, without revealing any details. The additional tests, which will be funded by Wimbledon, will be carried out by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), the ITF said.
  
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• GlaxoSmithKline profits provide shot in arm for FTSE 100

  27-04-2016 19:19
  London's top flight index was given a shot in the arm from drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline after it drove home a better-than-expected jump in profits and sales.
  
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• Athletes praise 'patriotic' Team GB kit for Rio Olympic Games

  27-04-2016 19:19
  
  A patriotic kit featuring a new coat of arms has been unveiled by Adidas for Team Great Britain to praise from athletes and fashion commentators.
  
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• Police Chief Suspended Over Hillsborough

  27-04-2016 19:02
  
  The chief constable of South Yorkshire Police, David Crompton, has been suspended over his response to Hillsborough. Dr Alan Billings, the area's police and crime commissioner, said he had no other choice given the "erosion of public trust and confidence". He said: "I have been left with no choice but to suspend David as chief constable of South Yorkshire Police.
  
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• Naz Shah Suspended Over Anti-Semitic Comments

  27-04-2016 18:50
  
  MP Naz Shah has been suspended by the Labour Party pending an investigation into anti-Semitic social media posts. On Monday, it was disclosed she had shared a post on Facebook suggesting Israel should be relocated in the US, along with the comment "problem solved". Another post made before Ms Shah was an MP used the hashtag #IsraelApartheid above a quote saying "Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal".
  
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• Labour faces anti-Semitism storm as MP Naz Shah suspended

  27-04-2016 18:42
  
  Labour is embroiled in a fresh storm over its response to anti-Semitism after the suspension of MP Naz Shah over offensive social media posts.
  
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• Woman Who Killed Teen Over Pasta Gets Life

  27-04-2016 18:33
  
  Maxine Benson, 32, murdered Alfie Stone, 18, after claiming during a row that he or his older brother had eaten her food. The Old Bailey heard Benson was caught on CCTV wielding a knife outside a Tesco Express in Ickenham, west London, on 9 November last year. Detective Chief Inspector Nicky Wall, from Scotland Yard, said: "Alfie Stone was a much-loved young man who lost his life in tragic circumstances.
  
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• British police chief suspended over Hillsborough disaster

  27-04-2016 18:24
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the British police force accused of covering up failings that led to the death of 96 fans at the Hillsborough football stadium in 1989 was suspended on Wednesday as MPs called for prosecutions. The suspension of Chief Constable David Crompton of South Yorkshire Police came a day after an inquest jury concluded that the Liverpool fans who died in an overcrowded, fenced-in enclosure at the ground in Sheffield had been unlawfully killed, with police
  
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• Patients' views on the strike

  27-04-2016 18:20
  
  How did the public feel during the doctors' strike?
  
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• VIDEO: 'No choice' but to suspend Crompton

  27-04-2016 18:17
  
  The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, David Crompton, has been suspended after the force was heavily criticised for its role in the Hillsborough disaster 27 years ago.
  
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• 100 days until the Olympics in Rio: share your photos and expectations

  27-04-2016 18:16
  
  With the countdown to the Olympics underway, we would like to hear the view from Brazil: what are your hopes and fears for South America’s first GamesThe first Olympics to be hosted in South America begin in Rio de Janeiro 100 days from now. However, with Brazil having suffered a litany of problems of late, there are doubts over whether Rio will be ready. Political turmoil and economic recession has undermined confidence in Brazil recently and there are also lingering concerns over poor tr
  
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• Volvo Wants Londoners To Test Self-Drive Cars

  27-04-2016 18:13
  
  Volvo plans to offer self-driving cars to British families to test on the streets of London from next year. Its "autonomous driving" cars will initially be semi-autonomous, although there are plans to test a more advanced driverless version in 2018. The semi-autonomous cars will take passengers to their destinations without human intervention unless bad weather makes conditions too dangerous.
  
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• Labour suspends MP Naz Shah over 'relocate Israel' comment

  27-04-2016 18:08
  The Labour Party suspended one of its MPs on Wednesday over anti-Semitic remarks she made on social media in 2014, including a post supporting the relocation of Israel to the United States. Labour said it had agreed with Naz Shah, 42, that she would be "administratively suspended" from the party while an investigation took place, meaning she no longer represented Labour and was banned from joining any party activity. Newspapers reported that Shah, who was elected to parliament in 2015, had share
  
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• Man held on suspicion of 'Syria-related terror offences'

  27-04-2016 18:07
  A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism linked to Syria.
  
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• Stella McCartney Launches 2016 Olympics Kit

  27-04-2016 18:06
  
  Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes have revealed the kit they will be wearing as they compete in Rio de Janeiro later this year. Designed by Adidas creative director Stella McCartney, the kit is made to be an average 10% lighter than that worn by British athletes at London 2012. Ms McCartney said: "The goal for Rio 2016 was to rewrite the rules of performance and design for athletes, allowing them to look and feel like champions on and off the field.
  
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• Sutton quits as British Cycling chief amid discrimination row

  27-04-2016 17:48
  By Neil Robinson LONDON (Reuters) - British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton resigned on Wednesday after being engulfed in a row about sexist and discriminatory remarks he is alleged to have made. Australian Sutton was suspended on Tuesday pending the results of two internal investigations into reports that he made derogatory comments about rider Jess Varnish and, separately, para-cyclists, who British media, citing multiple sources, alleged he had called 'gimps' and 'wobblies'. In a stat
  
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• Fresh Appeal To Find Missing Children's Author

  27-04-2016 17:48
  
  Family and friends have launched a fresh appeal to find children's author Helen Bailey who vanished more than two weeks ago. Police say her miniature daschund called Boris is also missing from her home in Royston, Hertfordshire, and she may have taken him with her. Mrs Bailey - best known for her books about fictional character Electra Brown - was last seen at around 2.45pm on 11 April, near her home.
  
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• South Yorkshire Police chief constable suspended over Hillsborough

  27-04-2016 17:41
  
  The chief constable of South Yorkshire Police has been suspended in the wake of the Hillsborough inquest findings.
  
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• British Cycling Boss Quits Over Sexism Row

  27-04-2016 17:32
  
  British Cycling's technical director Shane Sutton has resigned over allegations of discrimination, plunging the sport into crisis. This came shortly after cycling's UK governing body announced an independent review into claims of sexism made by cyclist Jess Varnish. Mr Sutton denies the allegations.
  
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• Education Secretary reveals 'many emails of support' for academies plan

  27-04-2016 17:24
  
  Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said she is "surprised" by the "many emails" and private messages she has received in support of the Government's radical academies plan during a grilling by a panel of MPs.
  
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• Nintendo working on new games console for release in 2017

  27-04-2016 17:03
  
  Nintendo has confirmed it is working on a new games console that will be released in March 2017.
  
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• Britain would pay a 'Brexit tax' outside the EU - OECD

  27-04-2016 17:01
  By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - British voters risk paying a "Brexit tax" equivalent to a month's salary by 2020 if they leave the European Union, the OECD said on Wednesday, joining a chorus of economic bodies warning against an exit. Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, said Britain outside the EU would face less access to the bloc's single market, lower investment and companies moving abroad. The global economic policy body war
  
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• Is dementia unique to humans?

  27-04-2016 16:50
  
  Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsDo other mammals suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease? And if so, do domesticated animals suffer more or less than those still living wild?Lizzie Hill, Guildford GU1• Post your answers – and new questions – below or email them to [email protected]. Please include name, address and phone number. Continue reading...
  
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• RAF unleashes biggest 'bunker buster' bomb in fight against IS

  27-04-2016 16:46
  
  The RAF has used the biggest "bunker buster" bomb in its arsenal for the first time in its campaign against Islamic State (IS), the Ministry of Defence has disclosed.
  
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• Oliver Bales named Greatest Loser after shedding 25 stone

  27-04-2016 16:45
  A 24-year-old man has said he feels "normal" for the first time in his life after losing 25 stone and dropping 30 inches from his waistline.
  
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• Jury shown footage of Cabral rape claim woman in bed with other players

  27-04-2016 16:45
  
  Video footage has been played to a jury showing a woman who claims she was raped by a professional footballer, in bed with two other players days before she gave evidence in court.
  
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• LitterGram developer in plea to Facebook supremo Zuckerberg over name row

  27-04-2016 16:26
  
  A British app developer has issued a personal plea to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after the social network's lawyers threatened legal action over his app's name: LitterGram.
  
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• Faith Schools 'Failing Over British Values'

  27-04-2016 16:00
  
  Some private schools are refusing to comply with new requirements to comply with "British values", the schools watchdog has said. Chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has written to the Education and Equalities Minister Nicky Morgan, warning that more needs to be done to enforce "British values" on private schools. "Despite the changes introduced in 2014 by the Department of Education to strengthen the independent school standards in relation to fundamental British values, it is clear that these
  
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• Thompsons In Fracking Take Off Of Bake Off

  27-04-2016 15:53
  Actresses Emma Thompson and her sister Sophie have defied a court injunction to take part in a one-off take off in the style of the Great British Bake Off. Emma Thompson said: "My sister has won celebrity Masterchef and is viciously competitive. Referring to the fracking cause, she continued: "I've been aware of this issue for a while … and it came to a head for me when David Cameron went to the Paris Climate Conference and signed on to the protocol.
  
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• Hillsborough: Burnham demands accountability for 27-year cover-up

  27-04-2016 15:48
  
  Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham has urged that those responsible must be held to account for 96 unlawful deaths at Hillsborough and a " 27-year cover-up".
  
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• Labour MP Naz Shah apologises for anti-Semitic social media posts

  27-04-2016 15:47
  
  Naz Shah offered MPs a profound apology for putting anti-Semitic posts on social media as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faced mounting pressure to suspend her.
  
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• Hillsborough: This Is Not The End, Says May

  27-04-2016 15:07
  
  The families of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster will continue to receive legal aid as they pursue further action over the tragedy, the Government has said. Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs "this is not the end of the process" as she set out the Government's response to an inquest jury's ruling that the Liverpool supporters were unlawfully killed. The jury concluded the behaviour of fans was not a factor in the tragedy, which happened when supporters were crushed before Liverp
  
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• 'Remain' has 7-point lead ahead of Britain's EU referendum - Survation poll

  27-04-2016 14:58
  Support for Britain to remain in the European Union stands at 45 percent while support for "Leave" is at 38 percent ahead of a referendum on EU membership on June 23, according to a Survation poll for online brokerage group IG published on Wednesday. IG said U.S. President Barack Obama's intervention in favour of Remain last week was the main factor behind the increase.
  
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• Lifetime Isa no substitute for workplace pension, says Baroness Altmann

  27-04-2016 14:27
  
  Savers should not see the new Lifetime Isa as a substitute for saving into a workplace pension, the pensions minister has warned.
  
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• Faith schools accused of 'actively undermining' British values

  27-04-2016 14:27
  Some independent faith schools are "flouting British values" by continuing to enforce gender segregation, Government inspectors have found.
  
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• David Cameron accused of 'walking on by' over child refugees

  27-04-2016 14:27
  
  David Cameron has insisted the UK is not "walking on by" by refusing to take in unaccompanied refugee children from Europe.
  
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• No guarantee over future of UK steel industry, says Cameron

  27-04-2016 14:25
  Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday there was no guarantee that efforts to save the British steel industry would be successful, trying to manage expectations that the government can save thousands of jobs. Cameron has said his government will do all it can to secure a buyer for Tata Steel's businesses in Britain, keen to make sure the Indian company's sale of its plants does not leave thousands unemployed just before June's referendum on EU membership. "There is no guarantee of succes
  
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• UK economy slows as global weakness, Brexit uncertainty weigh

  27-04-2016 14:22
  By Andy Bruce and Ana Nicolaci da Costa LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy slowed at the start of this year, buffeted by a slowing global economy and uncertainty ahead of this year's referendum on European membership, as it relied solely on the services sector to drive growth. First-quarter gross domestic product grew by 0.4 percent, down from 0.6 percent in the three months to December 2015 and in line with economists' forecasts of a 0.4 percent expansion, the Office for National Statistics s
  
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• Superstition theory as number of marriages falls 8.6% in 2013

  27-04-2016 14:21
  
  The number of people getting married fell in 2013 as some couples postponed their nuptials fearing the unlucky number 13 could jinx them.
  
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• Emma Thompson and sister break court injunction to film Frack Free Bake Off

  27-04-2016 14:21
  
  Actresses Emma Thompson and her sister Sophie have broken a court injunction to film a pastiche episode of the Great British Bake Off on a potential fracking site to voice their opposition to the plans.
  
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• Ellie's father caught on video swearing in his daughter's presence, court told

  27-04-2016 14:21
  A father accused of battering his six-year-old daughter to death was caught on home video having a swearing rant in the presence of his daughter, a court heard.
  
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• Civil service leadership 'has reverted to being 85% male and 100% white'

  27-04-2016 14:21
  
  The leadership of the civil service is now overwhelmingly male, reversing decades of progress towards equality, according to new research.
  
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• Chloe Madeley hits back at trolls who called her 'unfeminine'

  27-04-2016 14:21
  
  Chloe Madeley has hit back at internet trolls who called her body "disgusting" and "not feminine".
  
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