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• Liverpool 1-3 Sevilla

  18-05-2016 22:37
  
  Sevilla come from behind to beat Liverpool in the Europa League final to clinch the title for a third successive season.
  
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• Chinese Businessman Buys Relegated Aston Villa

  18-05-2016 21:19
  
  A Chinese businessman has bought relegated Aston Villa, ending the decade-long reign of controversial American owner Randy Lerner. The club said in a statement that it had been sold to Dr Tony Jiantong Xia's Recon Group, subject to approval by football authorities. Dr Xia - himself described as a former college striker and passionate football enthusiast - will become Villa's new chairman.
  
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• Murder accused says court 'out for blood'

  18-05-2016 21:13
  
  A father charged with murdering his six-year-old daughter has accused the prosecution of being "out for blood".
  
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• GE, Cisco, Airbus and others call for Britain to stay in EU - FT

  18-05-2016 20:57
  (Reuters) - The heads of GE, Cisco, Mars, EMC and Airbus, as well as Michael Bloomberg, have signed a plea for Britain to stay in the EU, according to the Financial Times. Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of Hitachi Ltd and Grant Reid, president of Mars, among others, signed the letter to the FT, the newspaper reported.
  
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• Prison shake-up in Queen's Speech

  18-05-2016 20:26
  
  The Queen unveils planned new laws including a shake-up of prisons in England and Wales and plans for driverless cars and a spaceport - but a British Bill of Rights is put on hold.
  
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• VIDEO: Prisoners to go out to work for first time

  18-05-2016 20:23
  
  In an interview with the BBC, the Justice Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed that prisoners will be allowed to go out to work for employers for the first time.
  
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• Guy and Tutton win European bronze

  18-05-2016 20:22
  
  England's James Guy and Welsh swimmer Chloe Tutton win bronze medals at the European Championships in London.
  
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• Google reveals new 'personal assistant' for around home

  18-05-2016 20:11
  Google has revealed a new personal assistant for around the house that can control, run and organise your entire home using just your voice.
  
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• VIDEO: Seven days inside Wandsworth prison

  18-05-2016 19:50
  
  The BBC has gained exclusive access inside Wandsworth prison, where violence and drugs are rife, and staff overstretched.
  
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• Rail conductors' strike causes travel chaos

  18-05-2016 19:48
  
  A strike by hundreds of rail conductors has caused travel chaos for passengers, with the threat of further industrial action to come.
  
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• New deal agreed to end junior doctors' dispute

  18-05-2016 19:48
  Doctors' leaders and the Government have agreed a new deal for junior doctors, with a new pay structure for working weekends and evenings.
  
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• Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey feared she might 'die a horrible death'

  18-05-2016 19:48
  
  Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey has admitted that she feared she might "die a horrible death" after contracting the virus while volunteering in West Africa.
  
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• Anger Over Neil Hamilton's 'Concubines' Remark

  18-05-2016 19:40
  UKIP's Welsh Assembly leader Neil Hamilton has caused outrage during only his second Senedd session - after branding two female politicians "concubines".
  
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• Queen's Speech to 'extend life chances'

  18-05-2016 19:26
  
  The Queen unveils planned new laws including a shake-up of prisons in England and Wales and plans for driverless cars and a spaceport - but a British Bill of Rights is put on hold.
  
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• Junior doctors' contract deal agreed

  18-05-2016 19:24
  
  A deal has been agreed in the long-running dispute over a new junior doctors' contract in England after eight days of talks.
  
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• Deal on junior doctor contract 'agreed'

  18-05-2016 19:24
  
  A deal has been agreed in the long-running dispute over a new junior doctors' contract in England after eight days of talks.
  
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• Chinese businessman agrees Villa deal

  18-05-2016 19:17
  
  Chinese businessman Dr Tony Xia agrees a deal to buy Aston Villa for £60m following their relegation to the Championship.
  
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• Controlling partner jailed for 28 months

  18-05-2016 19:07
  
  A man who controlled what his partner ate and wore is jailed for almost two-and-a-half years in one of the first convictions of its kind.
  
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• No Gender Determined In Severed Head Case

  18-05-2016 19:05
  
  Police are unable to determine whether a severed head found in a Cambridgeshire quarry belongs to a man or a woman. Detectives from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit are continuing to work with specialists to establish the gender and identity of the remains.
  
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• VIDEO: BBC traces Hillsborough match commander

  18-05-2016 19:00
  
  The former match commander in charge on the day of the Hillsborough disaster has declined to comment on the inquests' unlawful killing conclusion.
  
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• Major Antarctic glacier at risk of destabilisation 'with huge impact'

  18-05-2016 19:00
  
  Global warming could raise sea levels by almost three metres (9.8ft) by destabilising a major eastern Antarctic glacier, scientists have said.
  
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• 'Cannibalised' dead star discovered by astronomers

  18-05-2016 19:00
  Astronomers have detected a dead star that has been "cannibalised" by the white dwarf star it orbits.
  
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• English doctors' union and government agree deal to end dispute

  18-05-2016 18:49
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The union representing England's doctors and the government said on Wednesday they had agreed a deal to end a long-running standoff which led to their first all-out strike in the nearly 70-year history of the state-run National Health Service (NHS). Junior doctors, a term which covers recent medical school graduates right through to doctors who have been working for well over a decade, have staged a series of walkouts in a dispute over plans to bring in a new
  
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• Rodgers is frontrunner for Celtic job

  18-05-2016 18:44
  
  Brendan Rodgers is emerging as the frontrunner to take over as manager at Celtic, the BBC has learned.
  
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• Woman Who Wanted To Marry 'Jihadi John' Jailed

  18-05-2016 18:41
  
  A woman who said she wanted to marry the militant known as "Jihadi John" has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for spreading Islamic State (IS) propaganda. Zafreen Khadam, 32, was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court after she was found guilty of 10 offences under the Terrorism Act. Detective Chief Superintendent Clive Wain, head of the North East Counter Terrorism Unit said Khadam, from Sheffield, openly supported IS, also known as Daesh.
  
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• Zika virus could spread to parts of Europe by summer, says WHO

  18-05-2016 18:32
  
  The Zika virus is expected to spread to parts of Europe in late spring and summer, health leaders have said.
  
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• Corbyn in 'driverless car' jibe at PM

  18-05-2016 18:26
  
  Jeremy Corbyn likens the government to "a driverless car heading in the wrong direction" as he accuses it of failing Britain, in his Queen's Speech response.
  
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• April temperatures break records across the globe

  18-05-2016 18:26
  
  Last month was the hottest April on record across the world - making it the 12th month in a row when global temperature records were broken, scientists have said.
  
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• Ministers working on Sovereignty Bill in event of EU 'in' vote

  18-05-2016 18:24
  Ministers are still working on measures to assert UK sovereignty and will bring forward proposals "in due course" if voters opt to stay in the European Union in next month's referendum, Downing Street has said.
  
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• Junior Doctors To Vote As Contract Deal Agreed

  18-05-2016 18:17
  
  An agreement has been reached between the British Medical Association and the Government over a new junior doctors' contract in England - which the medics will vote on. The industrial action included the first full walkout last month , where the junior doctors withdrew emergency care. The breakthrough was announced by ACAS chairman Sir Brendan Barber following 10 days of "intensive" talks between the two sides.
  
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• Human head victim 'died before 2015'

  18-05-2016 18:17
  
  Tests on a severed human head found at a quarry in Cambridgeshire fail to identify the gender but reveal the victim "probably died before 2015".
  
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• Corbyn Attacks Govt's 'Wrong Choice' For UK

  18-05-2016 18:17
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has attacked the Government's legislative programme outlined in the Queen's Speech, saying it will prevent the creation of a more equal society in Britain. Speaking for 40-minutes without interruption, the Labour leader said the Government has not understood that "cuts have their consequences", adding that the Conservatives are failing the British people. Mr Corbyn said the Opposition will judge the Government's proposals against three tests: whether they deliver a more equal socie
  
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• LinkedIn profile data 'for sale on dark web'

  18-05-2016 18:15
  
  A hacker claiming to have the log-in details of millions of LinkedIn users is advertising the data for sale online.
  
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• English doctors' leaders and government agree deal to end dispute

  18-05-2016 18:12
  Leaders of junior doctors in England and the government said on Wednesday they agreed a deal to end a long-running dispute which led to the first all-out strike in the nearly 70-year history of the state-run National Health Service (NHS). Junior doctors, a term which covers recent medical school graduates right through to doctors who have been working for well over a decade, have staged a series of walkouts in a row over plans to bring in a new contract. Dr Johann Malawana, from the doctors' uni
  
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• Hillsborough police chief's 'no comment'

  18-05-2016 18:00
  
  The match commander in charge on the day of the Hillsborough disaster declines to comment on the inquests' conclusions when quizzed at a US airport.
  
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• Hillsborough police chief traced to US

  18-05-2016 18:00
  
  The former match commander in charge on the day of the Hillsborough disaster declines to comment on the inquests' conclusions after being found at a US airport.
  
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• PM: Queen's Speech 'One Nation' programme will extend life chances for all

  18-05-2016 17:25
  David Cameron has defended his latest Queen's Speech as a programme of progressive reform which will "extend life chances for all", as he came under attack from fellow-Conservatives for ditching proposals for a Sovereignty Bill.
  
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• Labour's Andy Burnham to run for mayor of Greater Manchester

  18-05-2016 17:25
  
  Labour former cabinet minister Andy Burnham has confirmed he will stand to be the mayor of Greater Manchester, declaring that Westminster politics had become an "irrelevance" for many people.
  
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• Woman jailed for spreading Islamic State videos on social media

  18-05-2016 17:22
  A woman who spread Islamic State (IS) propaganda using social media has been jailed for four and a half years, according to anti-terror police who said she may have been planning to travel to Syria.
  
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• Liam Fee Accused Denies Inflicting Fatal Blow

  18-05-2016 17:13
  
  A woman accused of killing two-year-old Liam Fee has denied inflicting the fatal blow. The 29-year-old is jointly accused of Liam's murder with her civil partner Rachel Fee, 31, Liam's mother. They are also accused of the neglect and ill-treatment of Liam and two other boys in their care.
  
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• Helen Sharman's 1991 space mission 'feels like yesterday'

  18-05-2016 17:03
  A quarter of a century has passed, but for Helen Sharman the memory of being the first Briton in space is so vivid that it "feels like yesterday".
  
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• Roman baths 'painted red not white'

  18-05-2016 16:56
  
  The Roman Baths were not white but painted red according to archaeologists working in Bath.
  
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• Ukip's Neil Hamilton brands two female politicians 'concubines' in Senedd

  18-05-2016 16:52
  Ukip's Welsh Assembly leader Neil Hamilton has caused outrage on just his second Senedd session after branding two female politicians "concubines".
  
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• Corbyn says Government does not understand 'cuts have their consequences'

  18-05-2016 16:52
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has warned the Government has yet to understand "cuts have their consequences" as he claimed it is continuing to fail Britain.
  
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• Burnham to run for Manchester mayor role

  18-05-2016 16:33
  
  Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham is putting himself forward to become the mayor of Greater Manchester when elections are held next year.
  
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• How does the fracking debate affect you? Share your experiences

  18-05-2016 16:31
  
  Whether you are taking part in protests or live in an area threatened by proposals we’d like to hear from youResidents of Kirby Misperton in north Yorkshire wait in anticipation to hear whether a planning application to frack a well near the village will be approved or not. Related: In the timeless Yorkshire moors of my childhood, the frackers are poised to start drillingContinue reading...
  
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• Duncan Smith: Heseltine 'from the past'

  18-05-2016 16:14
  
  Former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith dismisses Lord Heseltine as a "voice from the past" after the Tory grandee's attack on Boris Johnson.
  
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• Murder accused dad 'created charade'

  18-05-2016 16:09
  
  A father charged with murdering his six-year-old daughter Ellie Butler is accused of concocting "a sophisticated charade" to cover it up.
  
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• Jobs Growth Could Be Cooling Off, Says ONS

  18-05-2016 16:02
  
  Unemployment fell and the number in work hit a new record high at the start of the year but the pace of improvement in the jobs market has eased off, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of people out of work in Britain fell by 2,000 to 1.69 million between January and March this year. Meanwhile the number of people in work rose by 44,000 to a new record of 31.5 million, taking the employment rate to 74.2%.
  
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• Cardboard prison police 'a bit silly'

  18-05-2016 15:56
  
  Life-sized cardboard cut-outs of police designed to deter people from smuggling contraband into a prison are branded "a bit silly".
  
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