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• Flying Scotsman's Borders trip cancelled by Network Rail

  13-05-2016 23:56
  
  A visit to Scotland by the famous steam locomotive the Flying Scotsman will not go ahead as planned after a last-minute decision by Network Rail.
  
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• Labour must reach beyond core support to win elections - Sadiq Khan

  13-05-2016 23:44
  New London mayor Sadiq Khan has said Labour must reach out beyond its core supporters if it is to get back into the "habit of winning" elections.
  
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• Gurkha soldier awarded MBE on behalf of his grandfather 70 YEARS after it was awarded

  13-05-2016 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Gurkha soldier collected an MBE on behalf of his late grandfather yesterday – nearly 70 years after it was awarded.
  
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• Disabled gran with a 4mph mobility scooter accused of speeding

  13-05-2016 23:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A DISABLED grandmother who traded in her car for a 4mph mobility scooter faced court action and bailiffs for speeding and illegal parking.
  
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• Police are hunting for four West Ham thugs who attacked Man U bus with missiles

  13-05-2016 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POLICE hunting West Ham football hooligans who pelted the Manchester United team coach with missiles have issued pictures of four men they want to question.
  
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• Nurse who 'threw a bucket of water at bailiffs' shocked to find she could be ARRESTED

  13-05-2016 23:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A NURSE threw a bucket of water towards two bailiffs – and was shocked to discover she could be arrested for assaulting them.
  
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• James McAvoy and his wife are to divorce

  13-05-2016 23:02
  
  Hollywood star James McAvoy and his actress wife Anne-Marie Duff have announced that they are to divorce after 10 years of marriage.
  
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• Police Warning Over 'Violent' Missing Patient

  13-05-2016 21:59
  Police are appealing for help finding a "violent" mental health patient who has gone missing.
  
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• WWII Bomb In School Playground Is Made Safe

  13-05-2016 21:48
  
  An unexploded World War Two bomb which was discovered in a school playground in Bath has been made safe. Police said the 500lb shell was deactivated by bomb disposal experts and it will later be destroyed outside the city. The device will be transported under police escort to a safe place for a controlled explosion to be carried out.
  
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• Ministers To Tighten Law On Term-Time Holidays

  13-05-2016 21:33
  
  The Government says it will change the law on school attendance following a High Court victory by a man who took his daughter to Florida in term time. Jon Platt took on Isle of Wight Council after it refused to accept an earlier court judgment that he had been right to take his family on a trip without permission.
  
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• Unexploded wartime bomb made safe

  13-05-2016 21:17
  
  An unexploded wartime device which was found in a school playground in Bath has been made safe.
  
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• Tyson Fury video rant sparks outrage

  13-05-2016 20:47
  
  Boxer Tyson Fury has sparked further outrage after making homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic comments in an hour-long video rant.
  
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• Murder Trial Jury Hears Of Baby Drowning Joke

  13-05-2016 20:19
  
  Mobile phones belonging to two women accused of murdering toddler Liam Fee were used to make online searches including "how do you die of a broken hip" and "broken hip in baby", a jury has heard. Rachel Trelfa and Nyomi Fee's mobile phones were used to run the Google searches three days before Liam was found dead at a house in Fife on 22 March 2014, the prosecution alleges.
  
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• Nurse Stabbed To Death At Mental Hospital

  13-05-2016 19:36
  
  A nurse has been stabbed to death at a mental hospital in London. The victim, who was in his 60s, suffered a number of knife wounds in the attack at Southleigh Community Hospital, in south Croydon. He is currently being treated at another hospital in south London for an injury to his hand.
  
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• Jail For Child Sex Detective Who Abused Girl

  13-05-2016 19:07
  
  A police officer who was working in a child abuse investigation unit has been jailed after he admitted a string of underage sex offences. Detective Constable Christopher Maitland, 40, was part of the Metropolitan Police's sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse command when he was arrested late last year. He was sentenced to five years and four months behind bars at London's Southwark Crown Court after pleading guilty to two counts of sexually touching a child under the age of 13 in 2005.
  
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• More prisoners 'to be freed on temporary licence'

  13-05-2016 19:06
  
  More prisoners are set to be released into the community on temporary licence after Michael Gove insisted it is not a "soft option".
  
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• 'Historic turning point' as electricity from coal hit zero during week

  13-05-2016 18:35
  
  The amount of electricity generated from coal in the UK has fallen to zero several times in the past week, grid data shows.
  
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• Greg Wise accuses both sides in EU debate of 'scaremongering'

  13-05-2016 18:03
  Actor Greg Wise has spoken out about the European Union referendum debate, criticising both sides for "scaremongering".
  
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• Man shows off house as Charles pops in to 'have a look around'

  13-05-2016 17:57
  
  The Prince of Wales had an impromptu look around a home and planted a tree as he visited housing developments in the Duchy of Cornwall.
  
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• Danny Simpson to join Leicester City celebrations as curfew sentence quashed

  13-05-2016 17:57
  
  Premier League winner Danny Simpson will be able to enjoy his team's title winning celebrations after a judge agreed to quash his curfew sentence for domestic violence and allow him to do unpaid work later in the summer.
  
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• Three detained after 'loving mother' killed by car in police chase

  13-05-2016 17:45
  
  Three people have been detained after a nurse was killed when she was hit by a car which was being chased by police in Edinburgh.
  
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• I'm always getting grief for not cooking, William tells homeless centre user

  13-05-2016 17:36
  
  The Duke of Cambridge has revealed he is "always getting grief for his lack of cooking".
  
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• 'Origami robot in a pill' could carry out stomach ops

  13-05-2016 17:25
  An "origami robot" that unfolds itself to perform remote-controlled surgery in the stomach has undergone laboratory tests.
  
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• Teen Gets Life For 'Zombie Killer' Knife Death

  13-05-2016 17:13
  
  Stefan Appleton, from Islington, died in hospital after the attack in a north London park in June last year. His killer, Blaise Lewinson, who can be named after Judge Richard Hone QC lifted reporting restrictions, attacked Stefan with the 25in (63cm) serrated blade in the leg and chest. "The use of this utterly ferocious weapon, even with the reduced intent, caused the loss of Stefan Appleton's young life," he said.
  
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• Punch and Judy show axed over domestic violence fears

  13-05-2016 17:07
  
  A seaside resort has axed a Punch and Judy show over fears it trivialises domestic violence.
  
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• Man Jailed For Plot To Attack US Military In UK

  13-05-2016 16:44
  
  An extremist has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 12 years, for planning an attack on US military personnel in the UK. Junead Khan, 25, was a "committed supporter" of Islamic State and plotted to kill a soldier using a knife in the style of Jihadi John, who he is said to have idolised. The British-born delivery driver used his job at a pharmaceutical firm as cover to scout US Air Force bases in East Anglia for potential victims.
  
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• Sainsbury's apologises over canteen artist 'volunteer' advert

  13-05-2016 16:38
  Sainsbury's has apologised after one of its stores placed an advert calling for an artist to decorate the staff canteen for free.
  
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• UK receptionist petition on high heels at work gets 120,000 signatures

  13-05-2016 16:26
  A London temporary worker, sent home for wearing flat shoes, has collected more than 120,000 signatures so far in a petition calling for Britain to make it illegal for a firm to require women to wear high heels at work. Reaching that total on Friday easily put Nicola Thorp's petition over the 100,000-signature threshold needed to have Britain's parliament consider holding a debate on an issue. Thorp made headlines this week when she launched her campaign describing how she had arrived in flat sh
  
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• Honda Extends Faulty Airbag Recall By 21m

  13-05-2016 16:23
  
  Car maker Honda has said it is recalling an additional 21 million more vehicles, including some in the UK, to replace potentially deadly airbag inflators. It adds to the 30 million it has already recalled over the faulty devices, made by Japan's Takata. The airbag problems saw Honda plunge to a 93.4bn yen (£600m) net loss for the fourth quarter to the end of March, compared to an 81.9bn yen (£520m) net profit for the same period last year.
  
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• Operations cancelled at last minute hit 10-year high

  13-05-2016 16:17
  
  The number of operations cancelled at the last minute has hit a 10-year high.
  
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• Islamic extremist jailed for life over terror attack plan

  13-05-2016 16:17
  
  A British Islamic extremist who idolised Jihadi John has been jailed for life for planning a terror attack on American military personnel in Britain.
  
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• 'Real Progress' In Junior Doctors' Dispute Talks

  13-05-2016 16:14
  
  Talks aimed at resolving the junior doctors' dispute have been extended to allow time for "a successful conclusion". ACAS chairman Sir Brendan Barber, who has been overseeing intensive negotiations between the Government and British Medical Association, said "real progress has been made". The two sides returned to the negotiating table on Monday after Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt agreed to a five-day pause in the imposition of the new junior doctors' contract.
  
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• Father wins landmark ruling over school term-time holiday

  13-05-2016 16:06
  
  A father who refused to pay a fine for taking his six-year-old daughter out of school for a family trip to Florida has won a landmark High Court ruling which looks set to force education chiefs to consider changing the law.
  
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• Ukip's Hamilton cites Churchill in Farage age row

  13-05-2016 16:03
  Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been accused of ageism by Neil Hamilton as the public spat between them intensified.
  
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• London Mayor Sadiq Khan vows to clean up air and make capital world's greenest

  13-05-2016 16:03
  
  Sadiq Khan launched the "most ambitious and wide-ranging plans" to clean up London's air, as he vowed to make the capital the greenest in the world.
  
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• Junior doctors peace talks extended after 'real progress'

  13-05-2016 16:03
  
  Talks aimed at resolving a dispute over a new contract for junior doctors will continue into next week.
  
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• UKIP's Hamilton Accuses Farage Of Ageism

  13-05-2016 15:53
  
  UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been accused of ageism by Neil Hamilton amid an escalating row between the pair. Mr Farage suggested the former Conservative MP was too old after he successfully challenged Nathan Gill for the leadership of the party in the Welsh Assembly just five days after being elected to it. But the 67-year-old has hit back, pointing out he was younger than when Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and Clement Attlee were at the height of their political powers.
  
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• Three Held After Nurse Killed In Car Chase

  13-05-2016 15:49
  
  Three males are being held after a nurse was knocked down and killed by a car involved in a police chase. The 33-year-old woman, named locally as Jill Pirrie, is believed to have been walking home from work at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on Thursday evening when she was hit by the car. Ms Pirrie, who is understood to have a young son, was treated at the scene in Old Dalkeith Road but died later in hospital.
  
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• Three detained after nurse killed by car in police chase

  13-05-2016 15:32
  Three people have been detained after a nurse was killed when she was hit by a car which was being chased by police in Edinburgh.
  
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• Father Wins Court Battle On School Holidays

  13-05-2016 15:20
  
  A man who refused to pay a fine for taking his daughter out of school for a holiday has won a High Court ruling in his favour. Jon Platt was fined by the Isle of Wight Council after he took his family on a trip to Florida last April without permission from the school. He went to the Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court in October to fight the fine and won his case.
  
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• £300 of taxpayers' money spent on by-election with three eligible voters

  13-05-2016 15:17
  
  A House of Lords by-election involving just three voters cost taxpayers £300, leading to fresh calls for reforms to end the "farce".
  
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• Nurse killed in collision with car being pursued by police

  13-05-2016 15:17
  A nurse has been knocked down and killed by a car being chased by police in Edinburgh.
  
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• Lloyd Webber 'furious' as Nicole Scherzinger pulls out of Cats on Broadway

  13-05-2016 15:17
  
  Andrew Lloyd Webber confirmed that former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger has pulled out of Cats on Broadway to return to The X Factor judging panel and admitted he is "furious" about it.
  
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• Lady Gaga plays Dionne Warwick's nemesis Cilla Black in soul singer biopic

  13-05-2016 15:17
  
  Lady Gaga has been cast as Cilla Black in a new film based on the life of soul singer Dionne Warwick.
  
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• Gordon Ramsay and wife expecting fifth child, chef tells TV host James Corden

  13-05-2016 15:17
  
  Gordon Ramsay has revealed his wife is pregnant with their fifth child, 14 years after their last baby.
  
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• Fresh police probe urged into Tory election leaflet

  13-05-2016 15:17
  A former MP has called for police to launch a new investigation into whether the Conservative Party breached electoral law with a leaflet drop last year.
  
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• 'Blow for farmers' after pesticide ruling on bee safety

  13-05-2016 15:17
  
  An application by farmers to use pesticides which were banned over concerns they harm bees has been turned down.
  
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• Woman warns of 'completely deadly' legal highs after death of second brother

  13-05-2016 14:09
  
  The sister of two men "blighted with addiction" has warned about the dangers of so-called legal highs after the substances were linked to their deaths.
  
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• Father wins court challenge over term-time holiday fine

  13-05-2016 14:04
  
  A man who refused to pay a fine for taking his six-year-old daughter out of school for a family trip to Florida has won a ruling in his favour at the High Court.
  
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• EU Referendum Scorecard - Security, money and a dose of 'tough love'

  13-05-2016 13:38
  By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off the week repeating the main message of the "In" campaign: that European Union membership makes Britain stronger, safer and better off. Boris Johnson, the main leader of the "Out" campaign, argued that membership of a project to create a European state would ultimately make Britain weaker and poorer. "It is a David versus Goliath scenario ... We are a small, plucky, hardy bunch of fighters but I think when you look at
  
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