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• British Plane Crash Victim Is Father-Of-Two

  19-05-2016 23:55
  
  The British passenger on board crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has been named as father-of-two Richard Osman, 40.
  
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• Canada PM Trudeau says wants Britain to stay in European Union

  19-05-2016 23:46
  By David Ljunggren and Andrea Hopkins OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada does not want Britain to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Reuters on Thursday, and said there would be "nothing easy or automatic" about negotiating new trade deals between the two countries. The federal Liberal government, citing a wish not to meddle in the EU's internal affairs, has until now kept quiet on the question of how Britain should vote on June 23 in a referendum on the so-called Brexit questio
  
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• Celebrities Come Out In Force For Remain Vote

  19-05-2016 23:40
  
  Hundreds of celebrities have become the latest group to put their names to a letter urging voters to back remaining in the EU.
  
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• Plane crash Briton a 'kind and loving' father

  19-05-2016 23:35
  
  The Briton on the crashed Egyptian plane was a kind and loving father who had just welcomed a new baby less than a month ago.
  
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• Iggy Pop: Everyone should just drop drugs – video

  19-05-2016 21:02
  
  Rock star Iggy Pop, famous for his records with Iggy and the Stooges, speaks to the press while at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. Iggy sat with director and friend Jim Jar Jarmusch to talk about the upcoming documentary Gimme Danger about the The Stooges. Gimme Danger is being screened outside competition at the festivalIggy Pop slams modern music: ‘Why don’t I just die now?’
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• Readers recommend: share your songs about ships and boats

  19-05-2016 21:00
  
  Post your nominations in the comments and a reader will pick a selection of eligible tracks for a playlist next week
  This week we want to hear your songs on the theme of ships and boats. Think lyrics and song titles and post your nomination in the comments.You can find a list of all songs previously picked and so ineligible for the series here.Continue reading...
  
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• UK Passenger On Crashed EgyptAir Flight Named

  19-05-2016 20:58
  
  The British passenger on board crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has been named as father-of-two Richard Osman, 40, from Carmarthen. "Family members of passengers and crew have been already informed and we extend our deepest sympathies to those affected.
  
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• EgyptAir crash victim Richard Osman was kind and loving father, says brother

  19-05-2016 20:23
  
  The Briton on the Egyptian plane which crashed with 66 people on board was a kind and loving father of two.
  
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• FTSE 100 Down Sharply After US Rate Hike Signal

  19-05-2016 20:08
  
  Signs of a US interest rate hike next month have seen the FTSE 100 post its biggest one-day fall since it was convulsed by global market turbulence earlier this year. It was the biggest one-day fall in percentage terms since 11 February when a world shares rout saw the FTSE 100 fall to lows close to the 5,500-mark - levels not seen since 2012. Minutes of the US Federal Reserve's latest meeting indicated that most policy makers felt it would be "appropriate" to raise rates at their meeting of 14-
  
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• SDLP quits power-sharing administration in Northern Ireland

  19-05-2016 19:50
  
  The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) has announced it is quitting the power-sharing administration in Northern Ireland to form part of the newly established opposition.
  
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• Queen reveals she relies on grandchildren for help with technology

  19-05-2016 19:50
  
  The Queen has revealed that when it comes technology, she relies on the help of her grandchildren.
  
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• Politicians and wartime refugees honour Britain's Schindler Sir Nicholas Winton

  19-05-2016 19:50
  
  Political dignitaries have gathered alongside generations of people saved as a result of the actions of Sir Nicholas Winton to remember and celebrate his life.
  
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• New Top Gear series to feature Star In A Rallycross Car segment

  19-05-2016 19:50
  Top Gear's popular Star In A Reasonably Priced Car segment will be replaced with Star In A Rallycross Car, which will feature a new car and a new track when the series returns later this month.
  
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• UK Supreme Court upholds press ban in celebrity threesome case

  19-05-2016 19:29
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an injunction preventing the English press from naming a celebrity who was involved in a much publicised extra-marital threesome. In a four-to-one majority ruling, the Supreme Court said that even though the threesome story was easily accessible online, allowing publication in English newspapers would lead to a "media storm" with increased intrusion into the lives of the main protagonist, his spouse and their two yo
  
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• Iranian sex offender to get £13,000 after immigration detention complaint

  19-05-2016 19:10
  
  European human rights judges have ordered the Government to pay more than £13,000 to an Iranian sex offender.
  
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• GE, Airbus CEOs among business chiefs urging Britain to stay in EU

  19-05-2016 18:51
  The heads of 15 major international companies, including GE, Cisco, Mars, EMC, Airbus, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have signed a letter to the Financial Times calling for Britain to remain in the EU. Representatives from many of the companies, which the government said together employed more than 170,000 people in Britain, also met Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday to discuss Britain's June 23 EU membership referendum. "We see Britain's EU membership as a win-win situatio
  
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• Healthy lifestyle 'could prevent up to third of cancer cases and half of deaths'

  19-05-2016 18:22
  
  Rates of cancer illness and death could be dramatically reduced if people adopted a healthier lifestyle, a study suggests.
  
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• Muirfield urged to rethink after voting against admitting women

  19-05-2016 18:14
  
  Muirfield is being urged to look again at its membership rules after voting against allowing women to join the club, losing the right to host golf's Open Championship in the process.
  
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• North Sea cod could gain sustainable seafood label

  19-05-2016 18:10
  
  North Sea cod could soon be back on the menu for shoppers and diners who care if their fish is sustainable, as an assessment begins to see if the stock is well managed.
  
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• Red colouring on birds could reflect fitness, study suggests

  19-05-2016 18:00
  
  Birds may use the colour red to signal their fitness, a study has found.
  
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• Man, 41, arrested in Buckingham Palace grounds after scaling wall

  19-05-2016 17:41
  
  A 41-year-old man has been arrested in the grounds of Buckingham Palace after scaling a perimeter wall.
  
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• Ex Of Bataclan Victim: He Died In My Arms

  19-05-2016 17:34
  
  The former girlfriend of Bataclan victim Nick Alexander has told how he died in her arms despite her attempt to shield him from the gunfire. An inquest into the death of Mr Alexander, the sole British victim of November's terror attack in Paris, has ruled that he was "unlawfully killed". The 35-year-old was the merchandise manager for Eagles of Death Metal, the US rock band playing at the time of the attack.
  
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• Woman Arrested After Dog Bites 11 Children

  19-05-2016 17:25
  
  A 37-year-old woman has been arrested after a Staffordshire bull terrier bit 11 children playing in a Northumberland park. The dog left nine children needing hospital treatment for bite injuries, with three kept in overnight at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. Police said a woman was arrested on suspicion of having a dog dangerously out of control.
  
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• Retail Sales Growth Gives Boost For Economy

  19-05-2016 17:23
  
  Shoppers delivered a much-needed boost to the economy last month as retail sales grew by a better-than-expected 1.3%, according to official figures. The month-on-month improvement was well above the 0.5% figure pencilled in by analysts and comes amid gloom in other sectors such as industrial production and construction and after a first quarter slowdown in overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also revised the retail sector's performan
  
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• Woman who sued parents over farm row sees £1.3 million payout cut to £500,000

  19-05-2016 16:31
  
  A farmer's daughter who won £1.3 million in a bitter dispute with her elderly parents has had the award slashed to £500,000.
  
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• European human rights judges order Government to pay damages to Iranian offender

  19-05-2016 16:31
  
  European human rights judges have ordered the Government to pay more than £13,000 to an Iranian offender.
  
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• Andy Burnham: I will leave the Commons to tackle North-South divide

  19-05-2016 16:31
  
  Andy Burnham has laid into England's elitism and "London-centric" mentality as he launched his bid to become the mayor of Greater Manchester.
  
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• Father accused of Ellie Butler murder denies casting suspicion on partner

  19-05-2016 16:24
  
  The father of tragic Ellie Butler has denied casting suspicion on his partner in an attempt to cover up killing his six-year-old daughter in a violent rage.
  
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• Headstones Smashed In Jewish Cemetery

  19-05-2016 16:04
  
  Police are treating the destruction of headstones in a Jewish cemetery in Greater Manchester as a hate crime. Officers found 14 headstones knocked over and smashed at the Blackley Jewish Cemetery on Rochdale Road in Charlestown on Wednesday afternoon. Chief Superintendent Wasim Chaudhry from GMP's North Manchester Division said: "This is a sickening act of criminal damage which we are taking very seriously.
  
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• Tobacco Firms Lose Court Challenge Over Packaging

  19-05-2016 15:47
  
  Tobacco companies have lost their High Court challenge over Government plain packaging rules, the day before they are due to come into force on Friday. British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International (JTI) have both announced they plan to appeal the ruling. Daniel Sciamma, UK Managing Director of JTI, said:  “We will continue to challenge the legality of plain packaging.
  
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• Odd ones out: share your photos of the most out of place city buildings

  19-05-2016 15:45
  
  Leftover heritage or new developments in cities can sometimes stick out like sore thumbs. Share your photos of incongruous city buildings with GuardianWitnessAs cities develop and change, so their streetscapes often become a mix of different architectural styles and eras. But some buildings, either daring new additions or leftovers from a previous time, stick out like a sore thumb (perhaps a beautiful sore thumb, but still).
  One of my favourite examples of this, though admittedly on the silver s
  
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• Scientists sniff out genes which help to shape your nose

  19-05-2016 15:33
  Four genes help determine whether you are blessed with the neatest of noses or a schnozzle that would shame Cyrano de Bergerac, research has shown.
  
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• Debris found in Med in hunt for missing passenger plane

  19-05-2016 15:18
  
  Debris believed to be from a passenger plane which crashed with 66 people on board has been found, as Egypt's aviation minister said it was more likely to have been brought down by terrorism than a technical fault.
  
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• Number of pupils skipping school for unauthorised family holidays up by 12%

  19-05-2016 14:53
  The number of pupils missing school for unauthorised family holidays has increased by 12% in a year, statistics reveal.
  
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• Mass resignation of GPs 'an impending reality', warns GP leader

  19-05-2016 14:53
  
  The mass resignation of GPs is not a threat, it is an "impending reality", a GP leader has warned.
  
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• Betting odds indicate much higher chance of Britain voting to stay in EU

  19-05-2016 14:49
  By Jemima Kelly and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Betting odds on Thursday indicated the highest chance to date of Britain voting to stay in the European Union, with the implied probability of a vote for membership rising to as high as 83 percent. William Hill cut its odds an "In" vote to 1/5, the lowest level to date and indicating an implied probability of 83 percent, a spokesman said. As polls have given sharply different pictures of public opinion, many investors are watching betting
  
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• Tory Brexit Rebels Try To Derail Queen's Speech

  19-05-2016 14:48
  
  Tory Brexit rebels are lining up to serve the Government the first defeat in a Queen's Speech vote in nearly 100 years. Conservative Vote Leave MPs have signed a cross-party amendment to protect the NHS from the EU-US trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Labour is expected to support the amendment from the 25 MPs because "it's completely in line with our manifesto commitments in 2015".
  
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• Man arrested in grounds of Buckingham Palace after climbing over wall

  19-05-2016 14:02
  A 41-year-old man has been arrested in the grounds of Buckingham Palace after scaling a perimeter wall.
  
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• National Grid earnings surge 9% thanks to imports from France

  19-05-2016 13:56
  
  National Grid said annual profits have been boosted as Britain imported cheaper energy from France.
  
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• UK court rejects Big Tobacco's appeal against plain packaging

  19-05-2016 13:50
  Britain got the go-ahead on Thursday to make plain packaging compulsory on cigarettes when a UK court rejected a legal challenge brought by the world's top four tobacco companies. Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Imperial Brands had argued the law, due to come into force on Friday, unlawfully took away their intellectual property.
  
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• Muirfield's Ban On Women Costs It The Open

  19-05-2016 13:49
  
  The Open will no longer be hosted at Muirfield because the club's members have voted against admitting women members. The Scottish club has been removed from the roster of clubs which host the tournament after the vote to remain a male-only club. A two-thirds vote was needed to change the club's membership policy, but only 64% of members voted in favour of admitting female members.
  
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• British Bataclan Victim 'Unlawfully Killed'

  19-05-2016 13:48
  
  Nick Alexander, the sole British victim of November's terror attack on the Bataclan theatre in Paris, was "unlawfully killed", an inquest has ruled. The 35-year-old was the merchandise manager for Eagles of Death Metal, the US rock band playing at the time of the attack. His former girlfriend Helen Wilson described how she tried to save the "love of her life", giving him mouth-to-mouth before he died in her arms.
  
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• Cigarette Packaging Must Remain Plain - Court

  19-05-2016 13:44
  
  Tobacco companies have lost their High Court challenge over Government plain packaging rules, the day before they are due to come into force. British American Tobacco, Philip Morris International, Imperial Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International had challenged the legality of the new "standardised packaging" regulations, due to come into force on Friday. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt contested the case arguing that the regulations are lawful.
  
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• Hunt Tells Junior Doctors: We Heard You

  19-05-2016 13:39
  
  The Health Secretary has welcomed the 11th hour deal to end the junior doctors dispute but said the series of damaging strikes were a "matter of great regret". Jeremy Hunt said during discussions he had "heard and understood wider frustrations" from medics about problems within the NHS. He said the compromise reached between the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Government would see the biggest changes in the junior doctors' contract for 17 years, which would herald in a seven-day NHS an
  
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• Man Arrested Over Buckingham Palace Breach

  19-05-2016 13:36
  
  A man has been arrested at Buckingham Palace after scaling an outside perimeter wall on Wednesday night, police have said. The 41-year-old, who has not been identified, was stopped inside the grounds and arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site, the Metropolitan Police said.
  
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• EgyptAir plane 'made series of sharp turns and plummeted' before crash

  19-05-2016 13:34
  
  A passenger plane travelling from Paris to Cairo with 66 people including a Briton on board has crashed near the Greek Mediterranean island of Karpathos, according to reports.
  
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• Man arrested in Buckingham Palace grounds after scaling wall

  19-05-2016 13:30
  A man has been arrested in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, the home of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, after scaling a perimeter wall, London police said on Thursday. "I am content that our security measures worked effectively on this occasion and at no time was any individual at risk," Commander Adrian Usher, head of London police's Royalty and Specialist Protection unit, said. Neither the police nor Buckingham Palace would confirm whether the queen or other members of the royal family were at the
  
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• Muirfield removed from golf's Open rota after voting against female members

  19-05-2016 13:26
  
  Muirfield will no longer host the Open Championship after members voted against allowing women golfers to join the club.
  
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• Woman arrested after dog bites 11 children in park

  19-05-2016 13:10
  
  Police have arrested a 37-year-old woman after a Staffordshire bull terrier bit 11 children in a park.
  
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• National Grid earnings surge 19% thanks to imports from France

  19-05-2016 13:10
  
  National Grid said annual profits have been boosted as Britain imported cheaper energy from France.
  
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