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• How the BBC reports polling day

  04-05-2016 23:35
  
  The BBC's chief political adviser explains why the BBC isn't allowed to report details of campaigning while the polls are open.
  
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• UK set for 'Super Thursday' elections

  04-05-2016 23:34
  
  Voters are to head to the polls for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, and council, mayoral and police ballots in England.
  
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• Donald Trump is the last Republican standing as John Kasich exits the race - Telegraph.co.uk

  04-05-2016 23:32 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Donald Trump is the last Republican standing as John Kasich exits the race
  Telegraph.co.uk
  John Kasich, the last remaining opponent against Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, has exited the race giving the New York billionaire a clear path to becoming the party's contender. At a press conference in Columbus in his home ...
  Daniel Twining: 6 hard questions now Trump is the nomineeNew Zealand Herald
  Michigan Republicans begin to line up behind Donald Tru
  
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• Turkey not joining EU soon, Cameron says

  04-05-2016 23:31
  
  Concerns over Turkey potentially joining the EU should not influence voters in the UK's forthcoming referendum, the prime minister says.
  
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• The New Day Paper 'To Close' After Nine Weeks

  04-05-2016 23:30
  
  The New Day newspaper is to close after just nine weeks, according to reports. The daily newspaper, published by Trinity Mirror, is understood to be publishing its final edition on Friday. According to The Spectator's Steerpike blog, the company's chief executive Simon Fox had made clear that the newspaper would close if it failed to deliver results.
  
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• The New Day newspaper 'set for axe two months after launch'

  04-05-2016 23:25
  The New Day - the UK's first new stand-alone national newspaper in three decades - will be axed just over two months after its launch, according to sources.
  
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• Trinity Mirror to axe 'New Day' after only two months - Financial Times

  04-05-2016 23:10 via ft.com
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  Trinity Mirror to axe 'New Day' after only two months
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  Trinity Mirror is cutting its losses fast. Just two months after the publisher launched a new national newspaper called The New Day, it is shutting down the title. Friday will be the newspaper's final edition, according to a person close to the company ...
  New Day newspaper 'to close on Friday'BBC News
  New Day newspaper 'set for axe two months after launch'Hartlepool Mail
  The New Day newspaper to shut only two
  
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• Three more councillors suspended by Labour amid anti-Semitism claims

  04-05-2016 23:07
  
  Labour chiefs have refused to comment on a fresh bout of suspensions by the party amid allegations of anti-Semitism.
  
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• 'Artificial womb' breakthrough sparks row over how long human embryos should be kept in lab - Telegraph.co.uk

  04-05-2016 23:01 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  'Artificial womb' breakthrough sparks row over how long human embryos should be kept in lab
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  An ethical debate over how long human embryos can be grown in a lab has erupted after Cambridge University announced it had allowed fertilised eggs to mature for 13 days – just one day short of the legal limit. In groundbreaking research, scientists ...
  Scientists break record for keeping lab-grown human embryos aliveThe Guardian
  Embryology policy: Revisit the 1
  
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• Trio win golds for Britain at Europeans

  04-05-2016 22:40
  
  Great Britain win three more gold medals on day four of the IPC Swimming European Championships in Madeira.
  
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• Emma Thompson sings to Prince of Wales as British Oscar winners celebrated

  04-05-2016 22:35
  
  Actress Emma Thompson has said she thinks the trend of movie studios hiring young stars because of their social media following is a "disaster".
  
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• Ministers in battle over Housing Bill

  04-05-2016 22:12
  
  The government remains in a race against time to get its controversial Housing Bill into law, following a fresh series of defeats in the Lords.
  
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• Abuse call to dead boy's mother probed

  04-05-2016 22:11
  
  An abusive voicemail left for a mother whose son died while in the care of an under-fire health trust is being investigated by police.
  
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• Vogue cover star Kate views photographs of herself at National Portrait Gallery

  04-05-2016 21:40
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge has viewed photographs of herself striking a pose in the National Portrait Gallery.
  
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• GPs 'could have saved ill schoolboy's life'

  04-05-2016 21:40
  An ill schoolboy's life could have been saved had two doctors at his local GP intervened, a jury has heard.
  
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• IS Files: The Families UK Jihadis Left Behind

  04-05-2016 21:28
  
  Sixty-three of the jihadis listed in the thousands of IS files obtained by Sky News swapped lives in the UK for the battlefields of Syria and Iraq. Half of those are from London - with some linked to Islamic State's most shocking crimes. Over a number of weeks, Sky News knocked on the door of every address in the capital that we linked to the files.
  
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• Minister says tests for primary children 'hold schools to account'

  04-05-2016 21:07
  
  Schools minister Nick Gibb has defended tests for primary school children saying they exist to hold schools to account and that "no child should be put under stress" by the assessments.
  
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• Slice of summer sunshine arriving for the weekend

  04-05-2016 21:06
  
  Sun-worshippers will be reaching for the sunblock this weekend as a slice of continental European warmth lands in the UK.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Scammers robbed me of my life savings'

  04-05-2016 21:01
  
  Eight men from London have been jailed for a phone scam that defrauded UK pensioners out of more than £1m.
  
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• Gang jailed over pensioner phone scam

  04-05-2016 20:50
  
  Eight men are jailed over a £1m pensioner fraud that police say helped fund people travelling from the UK to Syria.
  
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• Alex Salmond losing sleep over prospect of Donald Trump as president

  04-05-2016 20:46
  
  Alex Salmond has urged Scots-Americans to reject "the nightmare" of Donald Trump winning the US presidency and getting his finger on the nuclear button.
  
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• Girl 'May Have Died Mimicking Peppa Pig'

  04-05-2016 20:11
  
  A young girl could have died by falling out of bed while imitating a Peppa Pig story, the lawyer of the man accused of killing her has suggested. The possibility was raised by the barrister representing Ben Butler, who is on trial for the murder of his daughter Ellie. His defence lawyer said she may have been imitating the popular television cartoon character when she fell off her bed and bumped her head.
  
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• 'Heartless' Conmen Took £1m From Pensioners

  04-05-2016 20:03
  
  Some of the cash was spent paying for somebody to travel to Syria, while other funds were spent on foreign holidays and designer clothes. "You all played a part in a fraud that targeted elderly, vulnerable victims.
  
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• World's biggest diamond to be auctioned in London

  04-05-2016 19:53
  By Gina Cherelus NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Lesedi la Rona," the largest gem-quality rough diamond discovered in more than 100 years, will be auctioned in London next month and is expected to sell for $70 million (£48.2 million), international auction house Sotheby's said on Wednesday. Ahead of the auction on June 29, the 1,190-carat diamond, its name in Botswana's Tswana language translates as "Our Light," was on display at Sotheby's New York headquarters. David Bennett, worldwide chairman of
  
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• Dragons and moats as Kate Middleton opens magical palace garden

  04-05-2016 19:51
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Duchess of Cambridge played with children amidst a dragon nest and moats at a new play area inspired by Tudor Court legends which she officially opened at London's Hampton Court Palace on Wednesday. The wife of Prince William, Kate met the youngsters at the palace's 'Magic Garden' and was later due to visit the National Portrait Gallery, where she will come face to face with two portraits of herself taken for the centenary of fashion magazine, British Vogue. (Reporting By
  
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• Embryo study breakthrough could boost fertility treatment

  04-05-2016 19:37
  A technique has been developed that for the first time allows scientists to study the development of an embryo beyond the stage when it would normally "implant" in the womb.
  
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• Witnessing The Brutal Battle Of Orgreave

  04-05-2016 19:30
  
  It is 32 years since the so called Battle of Orgreave, the bloodiest single episode in the hard-fought miners’ strike of the mid-1980s. No one who was there in the blazing sunshine of a South Yorkshire high summer’s day will ever forget what happened, be they miner, police officer or journalist.
  
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• UK 'to take child refugees from Europe'

  04-05-2016 19:29
  
  More Syrian children left alone in Europe after arriving as refugees are to be offered homes in the UK - though exactly how many is unclear.
  
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• VIDEO: Hiddleston open to new Night Manager series

  04-05-2016 19:23
  
  Night Manager star Tom Hiddleston would consider starring in a second series if one was announced, he told BBC News.
  
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• Tim Peake feared being stranded on space station, says Foreign Office minister

  04-05-2016 19:13
  
  British astronaut Tim Peake feared being left stuck in space if the West's relations with Russia deteriorated, a Foreign Office minister has said.
  
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• Meteor Shower Expected To Twinkle Over UK

  04-05-2016 19:09
  
  Shooting stars are expected to twinkle over the UK for the next couple of days. Those in the southern hemisphere will have the best view, but it should be possible to spot between 10 and 20 meteors an hour from the UK. They become visible twice a year, producing both the Eta Aquarids, and the Orionids meteor shower, which can be seen in October.
  
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• Prince and David Bowie honoured at Glastonbury

  04-05-2016 18:46
  Glastonbury festival organisers will mark the recent deaths of pop stars David Bowie and Prince at this summer's extravaganza.
  
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• PM defends EU reforms as Tory MP accuses him of 'cheating' referendum voters

  04-05-2016 18:46
  
  David Cameron has insisted his renegotiation of Britain's membership of the EU has secured "fundamental" reforms, after he was accused of offering a "false prospectus" to voters in the June 23 referendum.
  
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• London bus dog reunited with family

  04-05-2016 18:46
  
  An adventurous dog who found his way onto a London bus is reunited with his owners six days after he went missing.
  
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• Gary Lineker attacks John Whittingdale over attitude to BBC

  04-05-2016 18:46
  
  Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has been branded a "chump" by Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker over his attitude to the BBC.
  
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• 'Hope she was worth it'

  04-05-2016 18:35
  
  Car gets covered in graffiti in London.
  
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• Police dig at child rapists' former home

  04-05-2016 18:33
  
  The garden at the former home of a jailed paedophile couple, who knew serial killers Fred and Rose West, is being dug up by police based on a tip-off.
  
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• U.S. exchange ICE shelves plans for London bourse counter bid

  04-05-2016 18:26
  By Noor Zainab Hussain and Richa Naidu LONDON/BENGALURU (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange's owner shelved plans on Wednesday to gatecrash a merger between London Stock Exchange Group Plc and its German counterpart, saying it no longer intended to stage a rival bid for the British bourse. Intercontinental Exchange Inc's CEO Jeffrey Sprecher accused the London exchange of failing to respond to the U.S. group's approaches despite several attempts to arrange meetings, meaning it did not have e
  
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• Jail for 'heartless' gang who fleeced £1 million from vulnerable victims

  04-05-2016 18:14
  A gang of conmen who fleeced pensioners out of their life savings in a £1 million fraud have been condemned by a judge as "heartless" as they were all jailed.
  
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• Girl murder trial hears Peppa Pig theory

  04-05-2016 18:13
  
  A six-year-old girl suffered fatal head injuries when she fell from a stool while mimicking Peppa Pig, a defence lawyer suggests.
  
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• Study details vast territory lost by 'famously elusive' leopards

  04-05-2016 18:12
  
  Leopards have lost up to three-quarters of the territory over which they once roamed, a study has shown.
  
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• Mistaken Leicester City bet scoops windfall for firefighters

  04-05-2016 18:11
  Two firefighters who unwittingly staked a tenner on Leicester City winning the Premier League have landed a £20,000 windfall.
  
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• Road Rage Suspect 'Stabbed To Protect Himself'

  04-05-2016 18:03
  
  Matthew Daley, 35, knifed 79-year-old Donald Lock 39 times after the older man crashed his car into the back of his vehicle at about 16mph, the jury was told. The collision allegedly happened after Daley made an emergency stop on the A24 at Findon, near Worthing, West Sussex, last July. Daley said the other driver then shouted from his car to "frighten" him.
  
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• PM holds Gary Lineker to pants promise

  04-05-2016 17:37
  
  Gary Lineker should keep his promise and present Match of the Day in his underwear, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
  
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• Child refugees: Cameron retreat avoids Tory revolt and numbers game - The Guardian

  04-05-2016 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
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  Child refugees: Cameron retreat avoids Tory revolt and numbers game
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  A child among camp beds at the Frankenhalle gym refugee shelter, in Germany, this spring. Photograph: David Ebener/AFP/Getty. Alan Travis Home affairs editor. Wednesday 4 May 2016 11.41 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email ...
  Cardinal welcomes government decision to take some child refugeesIndependent Catholic News
  UK to take in more unaccompanied Syrian child
  
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• Shooting stars formed from Halley's Comet debris to light up night sky

  04-05-2016 17:28
  Shooting stars spawned by history's most famous comet should be visible from the UK over the next two days.
  
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• Brexit would leave two million British expats in legal limbo say peers - Telegraph.co.uk

  04-05-2016 17:26 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Brexit would leave two million British expats in legal limbo say peers
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Expats in a British bar in Spain A British bar in Benalmadena, Spain. Expatriates across Europe would see many of their rights thrown into doubt in the event of Brexit, a Lords committee said today Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images. Elizabeth Roberts.
  If Britain Jumps ShipInside Higher Ed (blog)
  Cameron plays Union card: vote to stay in the EU to preserve the UKHerald Scotland
  UK's Cameron: EU
  
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• Chloe Grace Moretz defends stance over Kardashian's naked selfie

  04-05-2016 17:14
  Chloe Grace Moretz has fought back over accusations of prudish behaviour in her Twitter spat with Kim Kardashian over the reality star's naked selfie.
  
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• Doctors accused of killing boy, 12

  04-05-2016 17:07
  
  Two GPs go on trial accused of the manslaughter of a 12-year-old boy after they failed to diagnose a disease he was suffering with.
  
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• Chilcot Report Delayed Until After EU Referendum

  04-05-2016 16:57
  
  The Chilcot Report on the Iraq war will be published soon after the EU referendum on 23 June, David Cameron has confirmed. His announcement came in answer to a whimsical – but pointed – question from the senior Tory backbencher Sir David Amess, reflecting the frustration of many MPs about the long delay. "Four years ago I asked (Mr Cameron) on behalf of my mother Maud if the EU referendum vote could be brought forward because of her age," said Sir David.
  
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