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• Selby & Ding in command in semis

  28-04-2016 23:58
  
  Mark Selby builds 5-3 lead over Marco Fu, while Ding Junhui leads Alan McManus in the other semi-final at the World Championship.
  
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• Villarreal 1-0 Liverpool

  28-04-2016 23:45
  
  Liverpool's hopes of reaching their first European final since 2007 suffer a blow as Villarreal score an injury-time winner.
  
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• Corbyn denies crisis amid Livingstone row

  28-04-2016 22:51
  
  Jeremy Corbyn says "there is no crisis" in Labour as Ken Livingstone is suspended in a row about alleged anti-Semitic comments.
  
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• Police chief to stand down over criticism

  28-04-2016 22:43
  
  The officer appointed to stand in as head of South Yorkshire Police is to step down after facing criticism.
  
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• Prince Harry urged to marry Cheryl after former X Factor judge's split

  28-04-2016 22:42
  
  Prince Harry has been urged to marry former X Factor judge Cheryl - and did not dismiss the idea out of hand - as he celebrated the achievements of Invictus Games athletes.
  
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• Hillsborough: New Police Chief Offers To Quit

  28-04-2016 22:23
  
  The acting chief constable of South Yorkshire Police has offered to step down - just 24 hours after being appointed.
  
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• New South Yorkshire Police chief offers to step down amid conduct probe

  28-04-2016 21:26
  
  The acting chief constable of South Yorkshire Police, who yesterday replaced David Crompton following the Hillsborough inquest findings, has offered to step down after it emerged her conduct at a previous force was being investigated.
  
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• Prince Harry joins sport stars for awards ceremony

  28-04-2016 20:46
  
  Prince Harry rubbed shoulders with famous faces from the world of sport as he attended a major awards ceremony tonight.
  
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• Anger after girl died during torchlit op

  28-04-2016 20:46
  
  The father of a teenager who died in hospital after surgeons were forced to operate on her by torchlight says he "no longer has any respect for the NHS".
  
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• BHS administrator receives 'around 50' expressions of interest - source

  28-04-2016 20:15
  BHS was placed into administration, a form of creditor protection, by owner Retail Acquisitions on Monday, putting the 88-year-old retailer in danger of disappearing from the high street and placing 11,000 jobs at risk. Philip Duffy and Benjamin Wiles, managing directors of restructuring firm Duff & Phelps were appointed joint administrators. Duffy said on Thursday he was continuing to seek the sale of BHS as a going concern.
  
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• Two Men And A Woman Charged With Terrorism

  28-04-2016 20:09
  
  Two men and a woman from the Small Heath area of Birmingham have been charged with terrorism offences. Mohammed Ali Ahmed, 26, Zakaria Boufassil, 26, and Soumaya Boufassil, 29, were arrested two weeks ago and questioned by West Midlands detectives. They are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Friday.
  
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• Corbyn: Labour Will Not Tolerate Anti-Semitism

  28-04-2016 20:02
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour will not tolerate anti-Semitism following the row over Ken Livingstone's Hitler comments. The Labour leader said the remarks were being investigated and would be dealt with by the General Secretary and the National Executive. Backbencher John Mann has also been given a dressing down after launching a face-to-face attack on the former London mayor, accusing him of being a "Nazi apologist".
  
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• Driver dies as two ambulances collide

  28-04-2016 20:01
  
  A driver dies following a collision between two ambulances in Gwynedd.
  
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• Search For Fishing Crew Off South Wales Coast

  28-04-2016 19:59
  
  The coastguard is searching for crew members after a fishing vessel sank off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire. The UK Coastguard received an emergency call from a member of the public to report a fishing boat in difficulty at around 2pm. A spokesman for St David's Head Lifeboat Station said: "The fishing vessel hit rocks off Abereiddy beach, members of the public spotted this boat had hit the rocks.
  
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• Jeweller 'chases off' knifeman in raid

  28-04-2016 19:58
  
  A jewellery shop manager describes how she sprinted after a fleeing knifeman following an attempted robbery.
  
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• VIDEO: Gene therapy could reverse sight loss

  28-04-2016 19:44
  
  A pioneering new treatment is giving is new hope for those with macular degeneration, as Pallab Ghosh reports.
  
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• Search under way after fishing boat sinks off Pembrokeshire

  28-04-2016 19:43
  
  An intensive search is under way for two fishermen reportedly missing after a boat sank off the coast of Pembrokeshire.
  
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• Couple in 'wrong' Birmingham blunder

  28-04-2016 19:31
  
  A couple book a holiday to Las Vegas, only to discover on arrival at Birmingham Airport they had mistakenly booked to fly from Birmingham Alabama.
  
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• Three charged in UK terror inquiry

  28-04-2016 19:30
  
  Two men and a woman have been charged in the UK with terror offences as part of a probe launched after the Paris and Brussels attacks.
  
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• Two men and woman charged with terrorism offences

  28-04-2016 19:02
  
  Two men and a woman have been charged with terror offences after they were arrested in Birmingham two weeks ago.
  
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• Duke of Cambridge plans industry-wide taskforce to tackle cyberbullying

  28-04-2016 19:02
  
  The Duke of Cambridge has announced an ambitious plan to bring together an industry-wide taskforce to tackle cyberbullying and support young people and their families affected by it.
  
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• Carney sees 'very short term' slowdown in UK economy - Stockport Express

  28-04-2016 18:55
  Britain's economy appears to be slowing because of June's European Union membership referendum but this is likely a "very short term" slowdown, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday. Carney said the economy was performing "pretty well" and that he expected wage growth to improve over time. "In the very short term the economy appears to be slowing, probably related to issues around the referendum," Carney told the Stockport Express, a newspaper b
  
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• Exclusive - EU would divorce UK before any new relationship: sources

  28-04-2016 18:54
  By Paul Taylor and Noah Barkin BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union would insist on completing a swift divorce with Britain before starting to forge any new relationship if UK voters decide in June to leave the 28-member bloc. The stark view from Brussels means Britain could initially be cut adrift without any preferential relationship with its biggest trade partner. It contrasts with suggestions by "Leave" campaigners that London could secure a special status preserving market access before
  
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• What's the difference between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism?

  28-04-2016 18:19
  
  What's the difference between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism?
  
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• Warning over deadline for possible criminal probes into Tory election spending

  28-04-2016 18:11
  
  A watchdog is pressing police and prosecutors to ensure they do not run out of time to launch possible criminal investigations into Conservative 2015 general election spending.
  
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• Two Died As Speeding Car Flipped Into Canal

  28-04-2016 18:09
  
  Two men drowned when their speeding car crashed through iron railings and plunged into a canal, an inquest has heard. Adam Clifford and Andrew Sigley died when the yellow Skoda Fabia they were in sank in the Feeder Canal in Bristol, just before 6pm on 24 January. Avon Coroner's Court heard that Mr Clifford, 31, had more than twice the legal drink-drive limit for alcohol and had traces of cannabis in his system.
  
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• Happy Ed Balls Day, from Ed Balls

  28-04-2016 18:06
  
  Why the internet is still crazy for a five-year-old tweet
  
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• Key to looking young is all in your genes, say scientists

  28-04-2016 18:00
  
  The key to looking youthful could be down to one's genes, new research suggests.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn denies Labour crisis after Ken Livingstone suspended

  28-04-2016 17:59
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has denied his party is in crisis, after Ken Livingstone was suspended by Labour for "bringing the party into disrepute" over comments about Hitler.
  
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• Labour donor Mills quits Vote Leave

  28-04-2016 17:42
  
  Home shopping magnate John Mills - one of Labour's biggest donors - quits the cross-party Vote Leave campaign.
  
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• Security guard gets five-year jail term over tweets glorifying Islamic State

  28-04-2016 17:38
  
  A security guard has been jailed for five years for sending a stream of tweets glorifying Islamic State after his attempts to go to Syria were thwarted.
  
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• Queensferry Crossing worker killed

  28-04-2016 17:34
  
  Building work has been halted on the Queensferry Crossing, the new £1.4bn bridge being built across the Firth of Forth. after a construction worker was killed and another injured.
  
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• 'Dirty Old Man' Santa Lookalike Jailed

  28-04-2016 17:26
  
  A Father Christmas lookalike has been described as a "dirty old man" as he was jailed for 22 months for grooming two young girls. Lawrence Lewis, who was known to children for his fat stomach and bushy white beard, pleaded guilty to three charges of inciting a girl under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity. Prosecutor Robert Forrest said the 57-year-old, from Waterlooville, Hampshire, had twice approached a girl in a pub last December and January and offered her money to expose herself.
  
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• Hi-de-Hi! actor Barry Howard dies

  28-04-2016 17:25
  
  Barry Howard, who was best known for playing Barry Stuart-Hargreaves in BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, dies aged 78.
  
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• Christie's fetes 250 years in business with major British art sale

  28-04-2016 17:13
  From Joshua Reynolds to Lucian Freud, works spanning several centuries of British art will go under the hammer as part of a sale celebrating 250 years since auction house Christie's was founded. The highlights are three major works, led by "Ib and her Husband", an intimate 1992 portrait by Freud of his pregnant daughter and her partner lying on a bed. Joining it is Reynolds' 1778 "Portrait of Lucy Long, Mrs George Hardinge", which has never previously been publicly offered for sale and has been
  
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• Drone 'unlikely to have hit BA plane'

  28-04-2016 17:03
  
  A passenger plane thought to have been struck as it approached Heathrow airport was probably not hit by a drone after all, the government says.
  
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• Children of distracted parents could have shorter attention spans - study

  28-04-2016 17:00
  Parents who look at their phones or get distracted when playing with their children may raise youngsters with short attention spans, research suggests.
  
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• I can't fall further behind - Hamilton

  28-04-2016 16:58
  
  Lewis Hamilton says he must beat Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg at this weekend's Russian Grand Prix to kick-start his title defence.
  
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• Plunging number of police firearms officers prompts terror response questions

  28-04-2016 16:51
  
  The number of police firearms officers plunged by nearly a fifth in five years, new figures have revealed - sparking fresh questions about the capacity to respond to a terrorist attack.
  
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• Six refugee families win legal action after being refused UK admission

  28-04-2016 16:45
  Six refugee families who were refused admission to the UK have won their legal action against the Home Office.
  
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• David Cameron: EU Remain campaign supported by 'extraordinary coalition'

  28-04-2016 16:39
  
  The campaign to remain in Europe is supported by an "extraordinary alliance" of politicians, parties and trade unions, David Cameron has claimed as he took the fight to stay in the EU on the road.
  
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• Camilla meets onesie-wearing Siberian husky

  28-04-2016 16:31
  
  The Duchess of Cornwall has met a onesie-wearing Siberian husky and a rabbit called Prince Harry during a visit to mark the 30th anniversary of a Royal Veterinary College (RVC) hospital.
  
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• Cameron and ex-union chief in EU warning

  28-04-2016 16:27
  
  David Cameron and a former union chief call for a vote to stay in the EU, as the PM is accused of watering down new trade union laws in return for campaign funding pledges.
  
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• Pensions Putting Off Tata Buyers, Javid Says

  28-04-2016 15:40
  
  Several potential buyers of Tata Steel's UK assets have told the Government they would not be willing to take on the company's pensions liabilities. Business Secretary Sajid Javid made the claim as he appeared before a committee of MPs to discuss plans for the sale of the British arm of the firm. The Government said it is working with the pension scheme trustees of Tata Steel to reduce the impact on any buyer, including whether it could separate the scheme from the business.
  
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• Livingstone Suspended Over Hitler Comments

  28-04-2016 15:39
  
  Ken Livingstone has been suspended by Labour for "bringing the party into disrepute" after saying Hitler supported Zionism. Mr Livingstone made his comments when he defended suspended Labour MP Naz Shah over social media comments she posted suggesting Israel should be relocated to the US and claiming everything Hitler did was legal. He said Ms Shah's Facebook posts were not "anti-Semitic" and he claimed there was a "well-orchestrated campaign by the Israel lobby to smear anybody who critici
  
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• Hillsborough Families 'To Sue Police Forces'

  28-04-2016 15:37
  
  Hundreds of families of Liverpool fans involved in the Hillsborough tragedy are to bring a class action against South Yorkshire and West Midlands police forces. Both forces being pursued by relatives of the victims - and survivors - are accused of "a systematic cover-up" in the civil claim which alleges "abuse on an industrial scale". Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said: "Something like 386 are joined together in a class action.
  
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• House Price Growth Slows After Stamp Duty Rush

  28-04-2016 15:34
  
  House price growth was slower during April, as the market settled after March's surge in buyers hoping to beat the Stamp Duty increase for owning a second property. Despite slower growth, the rise still sets a new high with an average UK house price of £202,436. Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, said the slowdown returns house price growth to the 3% to 5% annual range seen since last summer.
  
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• Tory MP: Government at rotten heart of EU

  28-04-2016 15:26
  
  Tory MP Bernard Jenkin claims David Cameron watered down union reforms to ensure their support the EU referendum, telling MPs "this stinks".
  
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• Pro-Brexit economists hail benefit of scrapping EU tariffs and rules

  28-04-2016 15:24
  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain would be richer if it left the European Union, a group of British economists said on Thursday, in contrast to warnings from leading global institutions of a big hit to output and living standards. Less than two months before June's EU membership referendum, the economists said concerns about a hit to Britain's economy from lower exports were overblown and the country would benefit from scaling back EU-backed labour laws. Patrick Minford, a professor o
  
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• Russia launches first rocket from new space facility

  28-04-2016 15:11
  Russia has successfully launched the first rocket from its new space facility after a last-minute delay the day before.
  
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