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• It's only natural: readers' photos on the theme of raw

  30-04-2016 23:35
  
  For last week’s photography assignment in the Observer New Review we asked you to share your photos on the theme of mess via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favouritesShare your photos on this week’s theme ‘hobby’ by clicking the button below Continue reading...
  
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• Your pictures: share your photos on the theme of 'hobby'

  30-04-2016 23:30
  
  Wherever you are in the world, we’d like to see your pictures on the theme ‘hobby.’ Share your best photos via GuardianWitnessWe’re now running a regular weekly photography assignment in the Observer New Review and the next theme is ‘hobby.’ So whether it’s something adventurous, collectible or historical, share your photos of what hobby means to you – and tell us about your image in the description box.The closing date is Thursday 5 May at 10 am.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt 'not fit to wear' an NHS badge, says consultant

  30-04-2016 23:06
  
  Jeremy Hunt is "not fit to wear" an NHS badge because his "militant" politics are destroying the health service, an A&E consultant has claimed.
  
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• Eurotunnel passengers hit by delays of up to five hours

  30-04-2016 22:07
  Britons hoping to escape to the continent for the bank holiday weekend were met with delays of up to five hours on the Channel Tunnel.
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge portrait photos go on public display

  30-04-2016 22:07
  Two new portrait photographs of a beaming Duchess of Cambridge will go on public display from Sunday.
  
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• Fans Call For Tribute To Leicester Manager

  30-04-2016 20:53
  
  Leicester City fans have called for wasteland on the site of their old stadium to be turned into a football park as a tribute to Claudio Ranieri and his team. Since the club left their former ground at Filbert Street in 2002, just one block of flats has been built at one end of the site. The team are currently top of the Premier League and are within a game of becoming champions, if they win at Manchester United on Sunday.
  
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• Washout bank holiday feared as heavy rain crosses UK

  30-04-2016 20:09
  
  Bank holiday Monday looks set to be a washout as a band of heavy rain crosses the UK.
  
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• Headteachers could take industrial action over academy plans

  30-04-2016 19:30
  
  Disgruntled headteachers could take industrial action after they voted overwhelmingly against schools having academy status thrust upon them.
  
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• Briton aged 41 among 13 people killed in Norway helicopter crash

  30-04-2016 19:10
  
  A 41-year-old British man working for oilfield services company Halliburton was among 13 people killed in a helicopter crash in Norway.
  
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• Livingstone Condemned By Top Israeli Politician

  30-04-2016 19:05
  
  The leader of the Opposition in Israel has described Ken Livingstone's comments that Adolf Hitler allegedly supported Zionism as "horrific". In a letter to Jeremy Corbyn, Israeli Labour Party leader Isaac Herzog said he was "appalled and outraged by the recent examples of anti-Semitism by senior Labour Party officials in the United Kingdom". In an interview earlier this week, Mr Livingstone claimed that Hitler supported Zionism before he "went mad and ended up killing six million Jews".
  
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• Sir David Attenborough 'unbelievably lucky' to be nearing 90th birthday

  30-04-2016 18:19
  Sir David Attenborough has said he feels "unbelievably lucky" to be turning 90.
  
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• Man hunted after Hull schoolgirl kidnapping bid on cycle track

  30-04-2016 17:31
  
  Police are hunting a man who attempted to kidnap a schoolgirl in an early morning attack, just days after two other girls were left shaken by a similar incident.
  
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• Pilot and passenger killed in North Yorkshire plane crash

  30-04-2016 16:44
  
  A pilot and his passenger were killed after a plane crashed in a remote field in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth features with Obamas in light-hearted charity video

  30-04-2016 16:36
  Queen Elizabeth has appeared with U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle in a light-hearted video to promote a sporting event for injured British, American and allied military personnel. Prince Harry, the queen's grandson, launched the first of the Invictus games in London in 2014 and the second will take place in Orlando, Florida between May 8 and May 12, featuring athletics, cycling, swimming, volleyball and other sports. The video shows Harry and his grandmother receiving a video m
  
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• Foxes Fan Set To Cash In On 5,000-1 Bet

  30-04-2016 16:26
  
  A Leicester City fan is keeping her fingers crossed her team can clinch the Premier League title on Sunday - so she can cash in a £10,000 winning bet. It seemed the unlikeliest bet in football before the start of the season when Karishma Kapoor decided to put £2 on last season's relegation strugglers to top the league this time around, at odds of 5,000-1. Karishma told Sky News her whole family are big Leicester fans, and she thought a £1 bet for her, and another &pou
  
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• Extra 13 days aboard International Space Station for Tim Peake

  30-04-2016 16:26
  
  It is already the trip of a lifetime - and now astronaut Tim Peake has been told he can stay in space for an extra couple of weeks.
  
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• Two People Killed In Light Aircraft Crash

  30-04-2016 15:45
  
  Two men have been killed in a light aircraft crash in North Yorkshire, police have said.
  
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• 'I feel unbelievably lucky,' says Sir David Attenborough ahead of 90th birthday

  30-04-2016 15:20
  Sir David Attenborough has said he feels "unbelievably lucky" to be turning 90.
  
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• Livingstone Won't Say Sorry For Hitler Comment

  30-04-2016 15:11
  
  Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has repeatedly refused to apologise during a new interview about his claim that Adolf Hitler had supported Zionism. But he did say he regretted inflaming a row about alleged anti-Semitism within the Labour Party. Reacting to his comments, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said: "I just wish Ken would have apologised today for some of the offence that he's caused.
  
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• Pilot and passenger killed in light aircraft crash near Castle Howard

  30-04-2016 14:51
  
  The pilot and passenger on board a light aircraft which crashed in North Yorkshire have died, police have said.
  
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• 'No good rural school' will close under academy plans, Nicky Morgan says

  30-04-2016 14:51
  
  Enforcing academy status will not lead to the closure of good, rural schools, the Education Secretary has claimed.
  
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• Nicky Morgan Accuses Head Teacher Of Sexism

  30-04-2016 14:37
  
  Colleagues have spoken out in defence of a head teacher who was accused by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan of making a sexist comment to her. The incident came during a question and answer session at the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) conference in Birmingham. But the biggest flashpoint came when she was asked a question by Simon Kidwell, head teacher at Hartford Manor Primary School in Cheshire.
  
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• Headteacher gets reprimand from Nicky Morgan for 'sexist' question

  30-04-2016 13:31
  Education Secretary Nicky Morgan labelled a teacher "sexist" after he questioned whether she was really in charge of her department.
  
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• 'You're a sinner': how a Mormon university shames rape victims

  30-04-2016 13:00
  
  Rape survivors at Brigham Young University, considered the ‘Mormon Harvard’, face penalties under its strict honor code. Now they’re fighting backMadi Barney sat sobbing in the Provo, Utah, police department. It had been four days since the Brigham Young University sophomore had been raped in her off-campus apartment. She was scared – terrified – that the officials at her strict, Mormon university would find out and punish her.Continue reading...
  
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• Nearly 1,000 Daesh extremists killed in RAF strikes over 18 months, MoD says

  30-04-2016 12:53
  
  Nearly 1,000 Islamic State (IS) extremists have been killed in RAF air strikes in Iraq and Syria in the last 18 months, according to new figures.
  
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• Drug dealer jailed after leaving ID in discarded jacket stuffed with drugs

  30-04-2016 12:14
  A drug dealer caught after he left his photo identification in a discarded jacket stuffed with heroin and crack cocaine has been jailed, police said.
  
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• Chris Packham reveals 'great, hopeless vacuum' in battle with depression

  30-04-2016 12:14
  Wildlife presenter Chris Packham has spoken of having feelings that twice pushed him to the brink of trying to take his own life during severe bouts of depression.
  
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• Livingstone 'Regrets' Hitler Comment

  30-04-2016 12:13
  
  The former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has said he "regrets" mentioning Adolf Hitler amid a Labour Party row over alleged anti-semitism, but has stopped short of saying sorry. Appearing on LBC radio, Mr Livingstone repeated his belief that what he said was true.
  
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• Hostile Reception For Education Secretary

  30-04-2016 12:10
  
  Head teachers have given the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan a hostile reception as she defended plans for controversial school academies. Her speech to the National Association of Head Teachers conference in Birmingham was greeted with shouts of "rubbish" by some delegates, and she refused to answer one question, saying it was sexist. The biggest flashpoint came when Mrs Morgan was asked a question by Simon Kidwell, head teacher at Hartford Manor Primary School in Cheshire.
  
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• Labour anti-Semitism row 'nonsense stirred by embittered Blairites': Livingstone

  30-04-2016 12:08
  Ken Livingstone said he regretted sparking a storm over anti-Semitism in the Labour Party but insisted it was a "nonsense" stirred by "embittered Blairites" to undermine Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Britain's Labour Party launches anti-semitism inquiry

  30-04-2016 11:28
  Britain's opposition Labour party has launched an inquiry into how to tackle anti-semitism after suspending former London mayor Ken Livingstone days before it contests elections in London, Scotland and Wales. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn - a close ally of party veteran Livingstone - said in a statement late on Friday that he would propose a new code of conduct explicitly banning anti-semitism and other forms of racism. "There is no place for anti-semitism or any form of racism in the Labour
  
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• Mobile roaming charges in EU slashed ahead of full ban

  30-04-2016 11:25
  
  Mobile roaming charges within the EU will now be significantly cheaper after an interim cap came into effect ahead of a full ban next year.
  
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• Paramedics Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide

  30-04-2016 10:02
  
  Five people, including two paramedics, have been taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning following an incident at a house in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Never miss a beat: readers share their jazz memories

  30-04-2016 09:00
  
  For International Jazz Day readers share their stories about what impact jazz music has had on their lives“I was a military brat, having moved 18 times before my 21st birthday. But during one of our longer stays in Washington DC, my parents took my younger sister and I to see Dorothy Donegan at the Blues Alley in Georgetown. She led a trio and the venue wasn’t large. It was my first time in a night club, and I felt very grown up for an eleven-year-old. We got to meet Dorothy briefly
  
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• Boom! Queen Drops The Mic On The Obamas

  30-04-2016 08:54
  
  The Queen seemed far from impressed by trash talk from the Obamas as tensions build before the Invictus Games. Her Majesty gave President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama a right royal put-down in a quirky cameo posted on the Kensington Palace Twitter account. Prince Harry - spearheading next month's Paralympic-style event in Orlando, Florida - enlisted his grandmother to respond to a mock-threatening video message from the President and his wife.
  
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• Mobile Roaming Charges In EU Cut By Up To 75%

  30-04-2016 08:37
  
  Using your mobile phone within the European Union is significantly cheaper from today, as a new law to cap costly roaming charges comes into force. The European Commission says the cap will make using a phone within EU up to 75% cheaper ahead of the complete abolition of roaming charges in June 2017. When these fees are phased out, mobile phone users will pay the same price to make calls, browse the internet and send texts wherever they are in the trading bloc.
  
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• Smaller schools 'will surely suffer' under Government's academisation plan

  30-04-2016 08:24
  Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has been warned she will have to justify the cost and risks of the Government's controversial academy plans when she faces a head teachers' union.
  
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• Has anyone regretted giving up television and saving the licence fee?

  30-04-2016 08:00
  
  I can never find anything worth watching so I’m thinking of saving £145 and sticking to iPlayer and NetflixEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question: Continue reading...
  
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• UK Super Pumas Grounded After Norway Crash

  30-04-2016 07:22
  
  The UK's Civil Aviation Authority has ordered that all flights by the model of helicopter involved in a fatal crash in Norway be grounded. A Briton was among at least 11 people killed when the Airbus EC225LP aircraft, also known as the Super Puma, crashed near the city of Bergen in Norway, the UK Foreign Office has confirmed. The CAA said in a statement: "Following the accident the UK CAA has issued an instruction to stop any commercial passenger flights by UK operators flying the Airbus EC
  
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• Sheridan Smith in triumphant stage return after 'technical failure' ended show

  30-04-2016 06:48
  
  Sheridan Smith won a standing ovation as she returned to the stage for her West End musical a day after the show was cut short due to a "technical failure".
  
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• Medics Among Five Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide

  30-04-2016 06:20
  
  Five people, including two paramedics, have been taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning following an incident at a house in Northern Ireland.
  
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• UK Super Puma flights grounded after fatal Norway helicopter crash

  30-04-2016 03:56
  
  All UK commercial passenger flights using the Airbus EC225LP helicopter have been grounded by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) following a fatal crash in Norway.
  
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• Paramedics and residents rushed to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning

  30-04-2016 03:00
  
  Two paramedics were among five people rushed to hospital suffering from deadly carbon monoxide poisoning at a house in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Make Builders Flood-Proof New Homes, Govt Told

  30-04-2016 03:00
  
  Housing developers should be forced to install flood prevention measures when building new homes in at-risk areas, the Local Government Association has said. The group, which represents councils in England and Wales, believes protection including raised electrical sockets, sealed floors and wiring above floor level should become a mandatory part of building regulations. Deputy chairman of the LGA, Councillor Peter Fleming, told Sky News that the Government and the construction industry must "ste
  
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• Shotgun Stolen After Being Left 'Unattended'

  30-04-2016 02:40
  
  Detectives are hunting for a double-barrelled shotgun which was stolen after its owner left it "unattended" on a London street. The gun is described as having a dark brown stock with "rose-style" engraving on the handle.
  
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• Health Fears As GP Surgeries Refuse Refugees

  30-04-2016 02:22
  
  Some GP surgeries are refusing to register asylum seekers and refugees - even though they are eligible for treatment under NHS guidelines, according to a charity. Two-fifths of patients who have been registered by Doctors of the World have been turned away by medical practices in England. The vast majority of asylum seekers and refugees were rejected because they did not have ID or a proof of address, but these documents are not legally required to sign up for primary healthcare.
  
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• Virgin Trains' new 'right time' punctuality test allows 59 seconds margin

  30-04-2016 01:14
  A train operator has updated the way it publishes punctuality figures so services are only classed as being on time if they reach their destination within 59 seconds of the scheduled arrival time.
  
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• Tears and Cheers on Britain's Got Talent

  30-04-2016 01:14
  Alesha Dixon and Anthony McPartlin will be seen wiping tears from their eyes during a schoolgirl's audition on Britain's Got Talent.
  
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• Flood-proofing measures 'needed in all new properties'

  30-04-2016 01:14
  
  New properties should be built with flood-proofing measures, including raised electrics and sealed floors, according to council proposals.
  
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• Duke of Cambridge pays tribute to 'national treasure' Sir David Attenborough

  30-04-2016 01:14
  The Duke of Cambridge has said it is fitting that Sir David Attenborough and the Queen are celebrating their 90th birthdays just weeks apart as both are "incredible national treasures".
  
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