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• Osborne: Brexit Would Cause A 'DIY Recession'

  22-05-2016 23:44
  
  Britain's economy would be tipped into a year-long recession if the UK votes to leave the EU, according to George Osborne. In the latest of what Vote Leave are calling "predictions of doom", David Cameron and Chancellor once again turn to a Treasury analysis, which they claim shows GDP would be at least 3.6% lower if we vote to leave the EU. Mr Osborne will call this a "DIY recession", urging voters not to "knowingly vote for a recession".
  
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• Gospel act is first to book spot in Britain's Got Talent final

  22-05-2016 23:13
  
  100 Voices Of Gospel have won the first place in the grand final of Britain's Got Talent.
  
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• UK's Cameron battles his own party as Brexit row focuses on Turkey

  22-05-2016 20:35
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Chief 'In' campaigner Prime Minister David Cameron clashed with members of his own party on Sunday over the impending referendum on Britain's European Union membership, dismissing claims that he would be powerless to stop Turkey joining the EU. Cameron is leading the campaign to keep Britain inside the EU ahead of the June 23 referendum, the outcome of which will have far-reaching consequences for the country's economy, its role in world trade and its global d
  
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• Police name woman found dead from head and neck injuries

  22-05-2016 20:11
  
  A woman murdered in an upmarket private street has been named by police.
  
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• 'It's Over': Van Gaal On Mourinho To Man Utd

  22-05-2016 18:54
  
  Manchester United boss Louis Van Gaal has told Sky Sports "it's over" after it emerged Jose Mourinho would almost certainly be replacing him. Sky sources say Mourinho's agent Jorge Mendes will fly to the UK from China on Tuesday to finalise a deal.
  
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• SNP Deputy Leader Quits Over 'Intense Scrutiny'

  22-05-2016 17:35
  
  The SNP's deputy leader Stewart Hosie is to step down from the position after weeks of reports that he had an affair. In his resignation letter to leader Nicola Sturgeon, Mr Hosie said: "I am writing to you firstly to apologise for any hurt and upset I have caused to friends, family and colleagues. The MP for Dundee East is alleged to have had an affair with Westminster journalist Serena Cowdy, who was previously said to have been involved with Angus MacNeil, who represents Na h-Eileanan an Iar
  
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• Funnel Clouds Appear During Thunderstorms

  22-05-2016 17:29
  
  Funnel clouds have been reported during thunderstorms in eastern parts of the UK.
  
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• Stewart Hosie quits as SNP deputy leader over 'intense scrutiny' of private life

  22-05-2016 17:04
  
  An MP at the centre of love triangle allegations has announced he is quitting as deputy leader of the Scottish National Party.
  
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• Plane Diverts Due To 'Disruptive' Passengers

  22-05-2016 16:57
  
  A plane flying from Glasgow to Majorca was forced to land in France for a "disruptive" group of passengers to be escorted off by police. The easyJet flight was diverted to Toulouse on Saturday night where the troublemakers were removed. However, the delay meant the return flight could not leave on time and passengers had to stay overnight.
  
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• Woman suffers burns after hot air balloon hits power lines

  22-05-2016 15:55
  
  A woman suffered burns when a hot air balloon collided with power lines and "burst into flames" before crashing in a field.
  
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• Glasgow-Majorca flight diverted to France after 'disruptive' behaviour

  22-05-2016 15:48
  
  An easyJet flight from Glasgow to Majorca had to be diverted because of a "disruptive" group of passengers, the airline said.
  
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• Foreign Crooks Warning Triggers EU Veto Row

  22-05-2016 15:09
  
  David Cameron has branded claims by one of his own ministers that the UK would not have a veto on Turkey joining the EU as "misleading" and "absolutely wrong". The Prime Minister's slapdown came after Brexit campaigner and Armed Forces Minister Penny Mordaunt warned gangsters, murderers and terrorists from countries like Turkey and Albania would come to Britain if it stays in the bloc. She insisted Turkey was set to join the EU in the next eight years and the UK would be unable to bloc
  
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• 'It's Over': Van Gaal On Mourinho Rumours

  22-05-2016 14:58
  
  Manchester United boss Louis Van Gaal has told Sky Sports "it's over" after it was reported Jose Mourinho would be replacing him. Sky sources say Mourinho's agent Jorge Mendes will fly to the UK from China on Tuesday to finalise a deal.
  
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• Mourinho To Test If One Man Is Bigger Than Man U

  22-05-2016 14:40
  
  The FA Cup final at Wembley is the grandest stage English football has to offer, but for Louis Van Gaal it was the setting for a farewell. It might be the oldest cup competition in the world but it's no longer enough for Manchester United. Van Gaal may have delivered the first trophy since Sir Alex Ferguson left such a void in the Old Trafford dugout but it could not conceal the failings elsewhere in a season of frustration.
  
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• Cameron warns Brexit would drive up food prices

  22-05-2016 13:48
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron warned voters on Sunday that they would face higher grocery bills if the country decides to leave the European Union at a June 23 referendum, citing a potential drop in the value of sterling. Cameron is leading the campaign to keep Britain inside the European Union ahead of the referendum, the outcome of which will have far-reaching consequences for the country's economy, its role in world trade and its global diplomatic st
  
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• French Open 2016: Nick Kyrgios and Heather Watson in action on day one – live!

  22-05-2016 13:20
  
  French Open updates from across the courts at Roland GarrosKyrgios, Nishikori, Watson, Muguruza and Halep in action on day oneConfident Andy Murray ready to finally conquer clay at French OpenEmail [email protected] or tweet: @gerard_meagher 12.20pm BSTThird set: Kyrgios* 4-2 Cecchinato (*denotes server): Kyrgios is wasting little time and opens up with an ace. 15-0 quickly becomes 30-0 as Cecchinato shows a bit of tiredness and it’s 40-0 with a booming smash. Game. This one i
  
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• Tories can answer electoral law-breaking allegations, says David Cameron

  22-05-2016 13:18
  
  David Cameron said he is confident his party can answer allegations it broke electoral laws during last year's general election campaign.
  
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• José Mourinho set to be appointed Manchester United manager next week

  22-05-2016 13:17
  
  • Deal agreed after Manchester United failed to reach Champions League
  • Louis van Gaal under impression after FA Cup final win that he would stay onJosé Mourinho is set to be appointed the new Manchester United manager in the next few days after agreeing a deal to take over from Louis van Gaal. The Dutchman won the FA Cup with a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday and seemed to be under the impression that he would still be in charge next season, but is now certain to b
  
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• George Osborne, the really unfortunate chancellor

  22-05-2016 13:15
  
  Like some of his predecessors, Osborne has to cope with a trade deficit and budget deficit at the same timeBritain’s economic problem is easy to identify. As a nation, we live beyond our means. Consumption exceeds production. Exports are lower than imports, resulting in a balance of payments deficit that has got bigger over time.None of this is new. George Osborne is not the first chancellor of the exchequer to arrive in office expressing concern about the unbalanced nature of UK growth. N
  
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• Marijuana millionaires cashing in on cannabis legalisation

  22-05-2016 13:05
  
  Jeremy Moberg has gone from illegal grower to tax-paying multi-million dollar businessman in Washington state. Lucy Rock catches up with him between meetingsJeremy Moberg peers into a microscope at a leaf in a Petri dish. “Thrips”, he declares to a man wearing a facemask and surgical gloves. “We’ll get rid of those with neem oil.” Moberg spotted the pest while cloning in his greenhouse. He’s not your run-of-the-mill biologist or horticulturalist. The 41-year-o
  
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• Sharon Osbourne blasted for saying Maddie McCann's parents were "insane" to leave her

  22-05-2016 13:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sharon Osbourne is facing a backlash for "ignorant" comments made on her US chat show, in which she called Madeleine McCann's parents "insane" for leaving their daughter alone.
  
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• Why isn't there a Grindr for straight people?

  22-05-2016 13:00
  
  Tinder is not the straight Grindr and never will be – so why are there not more venues for straight people to have casual sex? Moira Weigel investigatesMy friend – call him Henry – thinks that we should start at the Equinox gym. But I don’t have a membership and another friend is insisting that we have to check out the Whole Foods on East Houston in Manhattan.
  I’m intrigued: it had never occurred to me that a grocery store would make a prime pick up spot at 6pm on a
  
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• Michael Grade: ‘The BBC luvvies made idiots of themselves’

  22-05-2016 13:00
  
  TV veteran on the corporation’s ‘amazing’ white paper deal, stars’ pay, Brexit – and why he wants a Channel 4 saleOn a sunny day just after the publication of the BBC white paper, Michael Grade’s office feels like an 80s film set, all black and chrome fittings in a building next to Mayfair’s Playboy Club.Made a peer five years ago, Lord Grade has stood the test of time better than his neighbours, if the frequency of his media appearances is anything to g
  
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• Louise Doughty: ‘I don’t think I write thrillers – but other people seem to’

  22-05-2016 13:00
  
  The author of Apple Tree Yard on the Indonesian roots of her new novel Black Water – and why she’s glad to see the back of ‘chicklit’Louise Doughty was born in the East Midlands in 1963. She took an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia and has written eight novels, including her latest, Black Water, which is published by Faber on 2 June.Black Water is your eighth novel, and is set in Bali, a place you’d never been to until a few years ago. Why are
  
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• Has convenience turned you into a monster? | John Paul Brammer

  22-05-2016 13:00
  
  Like me, you might be a liberal who loves Uber and Airbnb. But the darker side of the new economy isn’t something we can simply ignoreAs I write this I’m about to travel to beautiful, sunny Puerto Rico for a brief vacation. If all goes according to plan, there will be keys waiting for me in a mailbox outside an apartment in San Juan, which will hopefully look like the pictures I saw on the Airbnb website. To get to the airport, I’m probably going to take an Uber, partly because
  
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• Fighting gay marriage law is 'rude': polite Alabama drag queen is voice for equality

  22-05-2016 13:00
  
  Ambrosia Starling is in an ideological war with justice Roy Moore, since Moore ordered state’s lower judges to ignore supreme court’s ruling on gay marriageAlabama’s notorious supreme court chief justice, Roy Moore, has been suspended pending charges that he abused his authority, and he recently called a news conference to identify his enemy.“Ambrosia Starling,” he said, then leaned into the microphone for emphasis. “A transvestite.” Continue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump's brand appears to be thriving – but could his bubble burst?

  22-05-2016 13:00
  
  Trump released his personal financial disclosure statement last week – but it’s unclear if his financial wellbeing is substantial or of the Groupon varietyCould we be about to elect a one-man financial bubble as president of the United States of America?Donald Trump released his second annual personal financial disclosure statement last week. It was the largest ever and “tremendous”, according to Trump. And it did indeed show that the Trump brand appears to be thriving, f
  
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• EgyptAir crash: search teams hunt for MS804 black box recorder

  22-05-2016 12:52
  
  Fight data recorder could have sunk 2,000 metres below sea level in Mediterranean north of Egyptian coastSearch teams have resumed the difficult hunt for the flight recorders of EgyptAir flight MS804 as mystery persists over what caused the Airbus to plunge into the Mediterranean sea killing 66 people, minutes after smoke was detected in multiple places on board.
  The black box flight data recorders that could hold the clues to the mystery have not yet been found as Egyptian military and internat
  
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• Trump's Muslim Comments 'Dangerous' - Cameron

  22-05-2016 12:49
  
  David Cameron has said Donald Trump's comments on banning Muslims are "dangerous" but he is prepared to meet him if he comes to the UK. The Prime Minister has been outspoken in his criticism of the presumptive Republican nominee's proposal, which he called "divisive, stupid and wrong" in the Commons in December. Mr Trump has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US.
  
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• Mount Sinabung erupts in Indonesia, covering nearby area in ash – video

  22-05-2016 12:48
  
  Video from Metro TV in Indonesia shows Mount Sinabung, a highly active volcano in Indonesia’s North Sumatra Province erupting on Saturday. Several people have been killed in the eruption and a nearby village has been covered in hot ash. Mount Sinabung is one of nearly 130 active volcanoes in the world’s fourth-most populated country, which straddles the “Pacific Ring of Fire Continue reading...
  
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• NHS chief says Brexit would be dangerous for health service

  22-05-2016 12:42
  
  Simon Stevens points to dangers of economic ‘tailspin’ for NHS funding and reliance on staff from other EU countriesThe chief executive of the NHS in England has warned that Britain leaving the EU could send the economy into a “tailspin” that would have a damaging knock-on effect for the health service.In an outspoken interview, Simon Stevens sought to demolish claims by leave campaigners that Brexit would free up funds for the NHS and reduce pressure on GP surgeries and
  
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• US drone strike in Pakistan kills Taliban leader Mullah Mansoor

  22-05-2016 12:37
  
  Death of Mullah Omar’s successor in Balochistan province likely to have major effect on US-Pakistani relationsThe leader of the Afghan Taliban has been killed by a US drone strike in an area of Pakistan hitherto off-limits for the remote-controlled aircraft, sources confirmed on Sunday.Both the Afghan government and members of the insurgent movement said Mullah Mansoor had been killed by an attack in the southern Pakistani province of Balochistan in an operation involving multiple drones.
  
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• Cameron says would meet Trump despite 'dangerous' Muslim comments

  22-05-2016 12:34
  British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he would be prepared to meet U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, but kept up his criticism of the Republican's proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States, calling it "very dangerous". In December Cameron called Trump, potentially the next leader of Britain's closest ally, "divisive, stupid and wrong" for calling for the ban. Trump fired back, saying he would probably not have a good relationship with Cameron.
  
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• David Cameron would be 'very happy' to meet Donald Trump

  22-05-2016 12:30
  
  The Prime Minister has said he would be "very happy" to meet the controversial US presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
  
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• Why the revolt against executive pay is not going away

  22-05-2016 12:26
  
  Remuneration packages are still too complex and bonus targets are flawed It’s annual general meeting (AGM) season for public companies around the world, and, as in previous years, one issue has been moving company news from the business section to the front page: executive pay. Companies continue to announce compensation packages for their top managers that leave people agape, not just because the gap between companies’ highest- and lowest-paid workers is so wide, but also because th
  
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• Campaigner confident anti-elite winds will deliver Brexit

  22-05-2016 12:24
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Anger at established elites and irritation at the interventions of leaders such as U.S. President Barack Obama will help to push British voters to opt for an exit from the European Union on June 23, the head of the Vote Leave campaign said. With a team of about 60 full-time staff in a tower block across the River Thames from Parliament, Matthew Elliott is plotting what he describes as a revolution: Brexit. A British exit would rock the Euro
  
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• Eyewitness: Valparaíso, Chile

  22-05-2016 12:21
  
  Photographs from the Guardian’s Eyewitness series Continue reading...
  
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• Unmarried woman denied bereavement damages takes Government to court

  22-05-2016 12:09
  
  A woman is taking the Government to court for breaching her human rights after being denied bereavement damages when her partner died because they were not married.
  
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• Turkey on course to join EU in year 3000 insists David Cameron

  22-05-2016 12:03
  
  Turkey is on course to join the European Union in the year 3000 on its current rate of progress, David Cameron said, as he launched a brutal attack one of his own ministers.
  
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• EU membership benefits for NHS outweigh migration pressures, says service boss

  22-05-2016 12:03
  
  Any pressure on the health service from migration is outweighed by the benefits of EU membership, the NHS England boss has argued.
  
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• Margo Jefferson: ‘I was anxious about using the word Negro in a book title’

  22-05-2016 12:00
  
  The author, critic and academic, discusses Negroland, her acclaimed memoir of growing up in an emerging postwar elite in black American society• Read an extract from Negroland hereMargo Jefferson was born in Chicago in 1947. She was for many years a theatre critic at the New York Times and is now professor of the professional practice of writing at Columbia University.Negroland, a memoir of your growing up in the emergent and precarious postwar elite of black society in America, feels like
  
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• Is India ready for wine pilgrimages?

  22-05-2016 12:00
  
  Never mind the Kumbh Mela, tourists could soon be flocking to Nashik not for its holy riverside, but for vineyards like SulaOn the banks of the Godavari river, 170km north-east of Mumbai, Nashik is one of India’s holiest places. Every 12 years it hosts millions of predominantly teetotal Hindu pilgrims for the Kumbh Mela, the largest religious gathering on Earth. But this central Indian city now has another, rather unlikely, claim to fame. Surrounded by 37 vineyards, Nashik is the capital o
  
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• Woman injured in hot air balloon crash

  22-05-2016 11:42
  
  Passenger suffers burns after, witnesses say, balloon hit power line and crashed in Northamptonshire, bursting into flames
  A woman has suffered burn injuries after a hot air balloon crashed into a field near the Northamptonshire village of Earls Barton.Northamptonshire police, ambulance and fire services were at the scene soon after the crash, which happened at around 7.30am Sunday morning. Continue reading...
  
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• Coming to a screen near you… the 20 best new social apps

  22-05-2016 11:30
  
  There are plenty of great social apps jostling to be the next smartphone hit. Here are some of the contendersThe most popular social apps – Facebook and WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, as well as Twitter and Snapchat – have hundreds of millions of people using them. They’re not in any immediate danger of being dislodged from your home screen. That hasn’t stopped startups from trying, though. There are hundreds releasing new social apps all hoping to be the next big sma
  
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• Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds review – a spectacularly moving evening

  22-05-2016 11:29
  
  Euphoric whoops greet opening set of glorious singles from 60s at evening that brilliantly renders his back catalogueThe pursuit of artistic perfection is fraught with dangers for the mental equilibrium of the artist. It is a brave man indeed who declares, as Brian Wilson did 50 years ago, that he intended to make “the greatest rock and roll album ever”. Once sights are set so high, there is a long way to fall.Yet there are many who feel that he succeeded. The album in question, the
  
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• Town in fear as repeated sightings of WEREWOLF on the prowl… in HULL

  22-05-2016 11:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TERRIFIED families have drafted in paranormal investigators after spotting a hairy beast on the prowl in Hull.
  
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• Said & Done 2015-16 awards: Fighting spirit, Jesus and Captain Fiasco

  22-05-2016 11:23
  
  Also featuring: Fifa’s new era, Steve Evans, and a sad day for journalismSetting the bar for next season’s club captains: Gabby Agbonlahor – relegated on a shisha-pipe, nitrous oxide legal high. He told fans in February: “We’re going to fight to the end. That’s all the club expects from us. Take it game by game.” Continue reading...
  
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• ‘NHS will suffer if we don’t quit EU’ warns senior Cabinet minister

  22-05-2016 11:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PATIENTS will wait longer to see a doctor or get hospital treatment if Britain votes to remain in the European Union, a senior Cabinet minister has warned.
  
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• Weekly shop warning from David Cameron and Harriet Harman at Asda

  22-05-2016 11:08
  
  David Cameron and Harriet Harman made an early morning trip to a supermarket, as the Prime Minister warned the cost of the weekly shop will rise by almost 3% if Britain left the EU.
  
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• Brexit 'would hurt police cooperation' says Europol head

  22-05-2016 11:08
  
  The UK's access to some systems it depends on to keep its people and borders safe could be diminished after Brexit, the head of the EU's law enforcement agency has said.
  
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