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• Army Sent In To Recover Bodies Of Didcot Victims

  08-06-2016 23:38
  
  The military is to be sent in to help recover the bodies of three men who were killed when Didcot power station in Oxfordshire collapsed over three months ago. Mr Huxtable's mother, Sandra, told Sky News: "You are on hold every minute of your life because you are waiting for that phone call to say they have found Chris, but now we will not have that phone call. Thames Valley Police said the deployment of military support had been approved by the Home Office and Ministry of Defence.
  
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• Osborne, campaigning against Brexit, says Turkey won't join EU

  08-06-2016 23:27
  Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said Turkey would not join the European Union, rebutting one of the arguments made by campaigners who want Britain to leave the EU and who are forecasting higher migration if Turkey joins the bloc. "I don't think it's going to happen in my lifetime," Osborne told BBC television on Wednesday, ahead of Britain's EU membership referendum on June 23. "Is it going to be a member of the European Union?
  
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• Knife Attack: Public Told Not To Approach Boy

  08-06-2016 22:39
  
  Police have issued an appeal to trace 16-year-old Connor Woodrow following the incident near Selby in North Yorkshire. Anyone who has seen Connor, who is 6ft tall, is urged not to approach him and instead call 999. Police said the victim, who has been speaking to officers, was not related to Connor.
  
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• 5 things we learned from MPs grilling BHS bosses

  08-06-2016 22:29
  
  It’s been quite a dramatic day for the Commons Business and Pensions committees.
  
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• Citi warns UK staff of rebalancing across EU in event of Brexit

  08-06-2016 20:49
  U.S. bank Citi told its UK staff that it could look to spread its British business across the European Union if the UK voted to leave the bloc, in what would be a blow to London's financial district. Citi, which employs 9,000 people Britain, said in a memo to UK staff on Wednesday it was reviewing the situation ahead of the referendum and that a leave vote would likely have implications for its business. "To continue to serve our clients and maintain efficient access to those markets currently e
  
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• Ex-BHS Boss 'Made Death Threat' To Colleague

  08-06-2016 20:06
  
  Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell was a "Premier League liar" who threatened to kill the chief executive of the company over £1.5m being taken out of it, a Commons hearing has been told. Mr Chappell faced scathing criticism during a turbulent session of two parliamentary committees investigating the collapse of the 88-year-old retailer. He said a "screaming and shouting" Sir Philip had blocked a rescue of BHS by Mike Ashley's Sports Direct empire and that he had also been "hostile" ab
  
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• Harry Ramsden Owner Snaps Up Tesco's Giraffe

  08-06-2016 19:39
  
  The tycoon who owns the Harry Ramsden's restaurants will add to his portfolio of casual dining chains this week by snapping up Giraffe from the UK's biggest retailer. Sky News understands that Boparan Ventures, the private investment vehicle of Ranjit Boparan, a wealthy entrepreneur, is the mystery buyer who has agreed to acquire Giraffe from Tesco. Boparan Ventures, which also owns Fishworks, a London-based chain, is understood to be paying Tesco a modest sum for Giraffe, which was loss-making
  
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• Peake Reveals Highlight Of His Mission To Space

  08-06-2016 19:27
  
  Tim Peake has revealed the highlight of his six-month mission on the ISS was his four-and-a-half-hour spacewalk which he called "truly incredible". The British astronaut was speaking in his final question and answer session while on board the International Space Station before he is due to return home later this month. Major Peake said January's walk , where he "looked down on planet Earth and looked out into the darkness and vastness of space", was a moment he would "cherish forever".
  
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• Deadline To Register For EU Vote Is Extended

  08-06-2016 19:06
  
  The deadline for registering to vote in the EU referendum has been extended by 48 hours after the official website crashed. However, the extension requires emergency legislation which will be subject to debate and a vote by MPs in the Commons. Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has urged those who are yet to register to do so now.
  
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• London drew the short straw today with the weather as other parts of the UK enjoyed sunshine

  08-06-2016 18:58
  
  Poor, poor London.
  
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• Poll: Scots Would Reject Independence Again

  08-06-2016 17:46
  
  A new opinion poll has found that a majority of Scots would reject Scottish independence, even if the UK votes to leave the European Union. In the Scottish independence referendum, in September 2014, 16 and 17-year-olds were able to vote. The research also found more than half of Scottish adults - 51% - back staying in the European Union, up 3% since the last similar TNS survey in April.
  
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• Sex Ban Man Says Order Is 'An End To Your Life'

  08-06-2016 17:32
  
  The single man, in his 40s, admitted to previously having an interest in sado-masochistic sex and used to visit a Fifty Shades Of Grey-style fetish club with an ex-partner. But the man, a father, denied having any criminal convictions, "not even a parking ticket", when he spoke to reporters following an adjourned hearing at York Magistrates' Court. He accused North Yorkshire Police of "sour grapes" in applying for a Sexual Risk Order (SRO) after he was acquitted of rape.
  
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• You now have until midnight on Thursday to register to vote in the EU referendum

  08-06-2016 17:19
  
  ICYMI, thousands of people were prevented from registering by the original deadline after a Government website crashed.
  
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• UK to extend voter registration for EU referendum after website crash

  08-06-2016 16:54
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will extend the voter registration period for its June 23 referendum on EU membership by 48 hours after a late surge in applications crashed a key website shortly before the Tuesday night deadline. Matt Hancock, a minister in the government department responsible for registration, said on Wednesday the government would legislate to extend the deadline. "We think it is right to extend to midnight tomorrow (Thursday) to allow people who have not yet re
  
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• Legoland has created a miniature street party to celebrate the Queen's 90th and it's amazing

  08-06-2016 16:35
  
  Mini Lego corgis and everything.
  
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• Govt To Rush Through EU Vote Legislation

  08-06-2016 16:35
  
  The Government is to rush through urgent legislation after David Cameron vowed to help people unable to register to vote in the EU referendum due to a website crash. Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock urged voters to register now - but said the deadline for taking part in the referendum would be extended until midnight on Thursday. More than half a million people registered to vote on Tuesday, with just over two weeks to go until Britain decides whether to stay in the European Union or go it a
  
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• UK says to extend voter registration deadline for EU referendum

  08-06-2016 16:31
  The British government will legislate on Thursday to extend the registration period to vote in a June 23 referendum on EU membership due to problems with the website shortly before the previous deadline, a minister said on Twitter. Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock said the deadline would be extended by 48 hours to midnight (2300 GMT) on June 9, after problems with the website in the final hours of Tuesday meant some people were not able to apply to vote.
  
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• Disabled Girl Handcuffed And Hooded By Police

  08-06-2016 16:30
  
  An 11-year-old disabled girl who was restrained by police with handcuffs, legstraps and a hood endured "a nightmare", her mother has said. The child was held alone in police custody for a total of 60 hours without an appropriate adult after being arrested three times and detained under the Mental Health Act once between February and March 2012. Sussex police restrained her using a mesh "spit hood", handcuffs and leg straps but failed to record why they had used force, according to the police wat
  
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• Why do leaves come in so many shapes and sizes?

  08-06-2016 16:05
  
  Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsI can’t help noticing that trees have so many different shaped leaves, yet according to Darwin’s theories, surely the single best shape should be able to out-compete the others. So, why in similar conditions, are there so many different shapes?Peter Hughes, Harrow Continue reading...
  
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• 'VoteLeave' dominates Twitter users' posts on Brexit - data

  08-06-2016 15:47
  Twitter users are talking about Britain leaving the EU around twice as much as they are discussing staying in, data showed on Wednesday, as some observers look to social media to help track the likelihood of a Brexit. With polls too close to call, hashtags related to a "Leave" vote have received over 800,000 mentions, against more than 400,000 for "Remain," according to an analysis by social media monitoring tool Brandwatch. "Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that more people using
  
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• UK to rush through legislation to extend EU referendum voter registration deadline - Sky

  08-06-2016 15:44
  The British government will rush through legislation on Wednesday to extend the deadline for registering to vote for a June 23 referendum on EU membership after a key website crashed shortly before the deadline, Sky News reported. Earlier, the government said it was urgently discussing options to ensure people who applied to register after the deadline would still be allowed to vote, and that it was likely emergency legislation would be needed.
  
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• TfL have wasted £100,000 on a poster campaign containing a grammar mistake...

  08-06-2016 15:43
  
  Easily done…
  
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• UK looks to extend voter registration for EU referendum after website crash

  08-06-2016 15:05
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is looking to extend the voter registration period for a June 23 referendum on EU membership after a late surge in applications crashed a key website shortly before the Tuesday night deadline. "I am very clear that people should continue to register today," Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament on Wednesday, adding that the government was discussing the options with the Electoral Commission watchdog. "We are working urgently wit
  
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• 'Hi Donald, we're Muslims!' Scottish offer to teach Trump in visit

  08-06-2016 14:57
  By Elisabeth O'Leary EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish Muslims have invited Donald Trump to visit a mosque and learn about their faith during his visit to Scotland this month in the hope of changing his views. The presumptive Republican U.S. presidential candidate, whose mother was Scottish, last year proposed a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States as a response to Islamist attacks in Paris and California, causing a furore in Europe. Accepting a visit to learn about the Muslim commun
  
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• Man who stabbed London passenger 'for Syria' guilty of attempted murder

  08-06-2016 14:53
  A man who stabbed a passenger at a London underground train station in December while shouting that he was acting for Syria, was convicted on Wednesday of attempted murder, police said. Muhaydin Mire, 30, of east London, beat his victim, forced him to the ground and kicked his head before attempting to cut his neck, leaving the man with a 12-cm (5-inch) gash that required five hours of surgery. Initially described by police as a "terrorist incident", the attack at Leytonstone station in east Lon
  
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• If you couldn't register to vote for EU referendum due to website crash keep trying, says PM

  08-06-2016 14:40
  
  The Government is in an ‘urgent’ bid to extend EU poll registration after the website crash.
  
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• Got half a million pounds spare? You could be the new owner of these valuable Star Wars toys

  08-06-2016 14:36
  
  The prized collection is up for auction.
  
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• Register Now For EU Referendum, PM Urges Voters

  08-06-2016 14:12
  
  David Cameron has said he is working to ensure anyone unable to register to vote due to a website crash will be able to take part in the EU referendum. More than half a million people registered to vote on Tuesday, with just over two weeks to go until Britain decides whether to stay in the European Union or go it alone on 23 June.
  
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• Zoo Admits Breaches Over Keeper's Tiger Death

  08-06-2016 14:10
  
  A safari park has pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches after a keeper was killed by a Sumatran tiger in May 2013. Sarah McClay, 24, was pounced on in the keeper's corridor of the tiger house at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria. The company, now known as South Lakes Safari Zoo, entered guilty pleas at Preston Crown Court to contravening the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 in relation to the day of the tragedy.
  
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• IS-Inspired Man Guilty Of Beheading Attempt

  08-06-2016 14:08
  
  A 30-year-old man has been found guilty of attempting to behead a stranger at Leytonstone Tube station last December.
  
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• UK looking at legislation to extend voter registration deadline for EU referendum

  08-06-2016 14:05
  The British government is looking at passing emergency legislation to extend the deadline for voters to register to take part in a June 23 referendum on EU membership, a minister said on Wednesday. "We are looking at legislative options ... We need to make sure that we get the details of any emergency legislation exactly right," Matt Hancock, a minister for the Cabinet Office department responsible for the issue, told parliament.
  
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• Authorities Prepare For 80% EU Vote Turnout

  08-06-2016 14:04
  
  Polling stations and returning officers are preparing for a record-breaking UK turnout of around 80% at the EU referendum, Sky News has learned. The Electoral Commission has told authorities across the nation to plan for people to vote in numbers comparable to the Scottish referendum - and much higher than in previous referenda and general elections. The Electoral Commission’s Chief Executive Jenny Watson told Sky News exclusively that she had written to all authorities about their prepara
  
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• The moment I felt excluded because of my disability – share your stories

  08-06-2016 13:55
  
  Disabled people are the world’s largest minority, but continue to be physically and socially marginalised from mainstream society. Share your stories of discriminationMore than one billion people live with disabilities across the world, but they have been marginalised, excluded from mainstream society, and in many places denied their basic human rights for far too long. People with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty, they are nearly three times more likely to report being deni
  
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• Is Money Leaving The UK Due To Brexit Fears?

  08-06-2016 13:46
  
  Q: I keep hearing all this stuff about capital flight and money leaving the country . A: In the first two months of the EU referendum campaign (March and April), some £65bn was pulled out of UK sterling assets - in other words everything denominated in pounds, from cash to housing to equities.
  
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• Nigerian football star Stephen Keshi dies aged 54

  08-06-2016 13:21
  
  Tributes have poured in from the football world.
  
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• Cameron says voters should continue to register for EU referendum

  08-06-2016 13:00
  Prime Minister David Cameron said people who had been unable to register to vote in a June 23 referendum on EU membership due to problems with the government website should continue to do so despite the deadline having passed. The government website crashed shortly before the midnight (2300 GMT) Tuesday deadline, prompting calls from senior politicians and Britain's electoral watchdog the Electoral Commission to extended the registration period. "If you aren't registered and you want to vote in
  
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• UK watchdog asks for extension to EU referendum registration deadline

  08-06-2016 12:48
  By Kylie MacLellan and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's electoral watchdog called on the government on Wednesday to consider extending the voter registration period for a June 23 referendum on EU membership after a key website crashed shortly before the deadline. More than a million potential voters have applied to register online over the last week, half of them on the final day, according to a government website providing data on the registration system. Less than half an hour befo
  
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• UK industry surges at fastest pace since 2012, economists cautious

  08-06-2016 12:42
  By Andy Bruce and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - British industrial output grew at the fastest pace in nearly four years in April, though economists said the surprise surge did not look like a return to stronger economic growth before the country's EU referendum. Industrial output rose 2.0 percent in April after a 0.3 percent rise in March, the biggest month-on-month increase since July 2012, official data showed. Bank of England policymakers are likely to take the data with a pinch of sal
  
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• Britain's electoral commission asks to extend EU referendum voter registration

  08-06-2016 12:41
  Britain's electoral commission asked the government on Wednesday to extend the deadline for voter registration in the EU referendum after the failure of a government website shortly before a midnight deadline stopped some people from applying to vote. "There will be many people who wanted to register to vote last night and were not able to," the electoral commission said in a statement.
  
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• New Harry Potter play enchants fans in first preview

  08-06-2016 12:37
  Dressed in Hogwarts robes and waving wands, eager fans got a first glimpse of the next instalment in the Harry Potter saga, giving a new London stage production glowing reviews. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" brings back to life author J.K. Rowling's magical world of wizards and witches, set 19 years after her last book about the much-loved character and his friends Ron and Hermione. The play, split into two parts, follows the three friends into adulthood, with Potter now described as an ov
  
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• Public support for the EU plunges across Europe - survey

  08-06-2016 11:52
  Public support for the European Union has fallen sharply in its biggest member states over the past year, a survey showed on Tuesday, weeks before Britons vote on whether to leave the 28-nation bloc. The survey of 10 large EU states by the Washington-based Pew Research Center showed strong support for Britain to stay in the EU, with 89 percent of Swedes, 75 percent of Dutch and 74 percent of Germans viewing a so-called Brexit as a bad thing. Public support for the EU was strongest in Poland and
  
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• Alias Of Man Wanted Over Murder Revealed

  08-06-2016 11:29
  
  Police have said Ali Qazimaj, wanted over the murder of a man and the disappearance of his wife, is also known as Marco Costa. Peter and Sylvia Stuart, aged 75 and 69, were reported missing on Friday. Detectives are searching for 42-year-old Ali Qazimaj, whose silver Citroen C3 was found in Athol Terrace in Dover, Kent.
  
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• Sainsbury's Sales Slip Back Into Reverse

  08-06-2016 10:55
  
  Sainsbury's sales have gone back into decline after it reported a 0.8% fall in like-for-like sales for the first quarter to 4 June. Chief executive Mike Coupe said the business had seen a "solid start to the year" with the number of transactions increasing but warned that it continued to be squeezed by tough market conditions as prices fall amid the supermarket price war.
  
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• UK industry output jumps at fastest pace since 2012

  08-06-2016 10:48
  British industrial output grew at the fastest pace in nearly four years in April, boosted by pharmaceuticals, car production and gas, in contrast to other signs of a slowdown in the economy ahead of the EU referendum. Industrial output rose 2.0 percent in April after a 0.3 percent rise in March, the biggest month-on-month increase since July 2012, the Office for National Statistics said. The figures were boosted by the biggest monthly rise in the often volatile pharmaceuticals sector since Febru
  
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• Fans Spellbound By New Harry Potter Play

  08-06-2016 10:17
  
  Harry Potter fans have given a new play about the schoolboy wizard a massive thumbs up. The first preview of the much-anticipated play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, was staged in London's West End on Tuesday, and early reviews from theatre-goers have been very positive. It was really good," said one fan outside the Palace Theatre.
  
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• Extension Urged As EU Voter Website Crashes

  08-06-2016 10:15
  
  MPs have called for an extension to EU referendum voter registration after "unprecedented demand" caused the website to crash. More than half a million people registered to vote on Tuesday, with just over two weeks to go until Britain decides whether to stay in the European Union or go it alone on 23 June.
  
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• Scots closely split on new independence referendum - TNS poll

  08-06-2016 09:27
  Scotland will vote to remain in the European Union in a June 23 referendum, but support for a new independence vote is weak even if the country is pushed out of the EU by the vote in Britain as a whole, according to a poll published on Wednesday. Support to remain in the EU stood at 51 percent in Scotland versus 21 percent for those backing a "Leave" vote, according to the TNS poll of around 1,000 people, a bigger margin to stay than seen for Britain as a whole. Scots voted 55 to 45 percent agai
  
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• MPs urge EU vote registration extension after website crashes

  08-06-2016 08:27
  
  Some of those attempting to register found the message: “Sorry we are having technical problems. Please try again in a few moments.”
  
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• Hillary Clinton makes history as she claims victory in Democratic white house race

  08-06-2016 08:16
  
  Clinton is the the first woman to lead a major American political party.
  
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• New Hope In 20-Year Hunt For Melanie's Killer

  08-06-2016 08:11
  
  Police investigating the murder of a Bath woman 20 years ago say they have new DNA evidence which may help identify her killer. Melanie Hall was just 25 when she disappeared from a nightclub in the city on 9 June, 1996. Detective Superintendent Andy Bevan, from Avon and Somerset Police, who is now leading the investigation, said scientific advances mean they are closing in on the person responsible.
  
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