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• Notting Hill Carnival co-founder Sam King dies at 90

  19-06-2016 23:41
  
  The Jamaican who arrived in the UK on the Emperor Windrush ‘changed the face of London for the better’, according to Jeremy CorbynLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn has paid tribute to the “legend” who co-founded Notting Hill Carnival after he died at the weekend.Sam King MBE sailed to Britain on the Empire Windrush from Jamaica and was elected as Southwark’s first black mayor in 1983. Continue reading...
  
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• Joe Allen gives rallying cry to Wales team for decisive Russia game

  19-06-2016 23:30
  
  Midfielder wants his team-mates to leave nothing behind in their attempt to reach the last 16 of the European ChampionshipFor Wales these are the moments that define lives as well as careers. Qualifying for a major tournament for the first time since 1958 was one thing. Creating a legacy that extends beyond taking part in Euro 2016 is quite another. Euphoric in Bordeaux and crestfallen in Lens, Wales are determined to leave Toulouse as history-makers.The mood is one of cautious optimism within t
  
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• 'High Risk' Of Violence At Wales-Russia Match

  19-06-2016 23:06
  
  The Euro 2016 match between Wales and Russia in Toulouse on Monday has been designated "high risk" for fan violence by French authorities. More than 600 extra police have been drafted in and around the Stade de Toulouse in addition to the 1,500 officers who were already placed on duty. It follows widespread violence ahead of, during and after England's first group match against Russia on 11 June.
  
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• Woman attacked by bear while running marathon in New Mexico

  19-06-2016 21:55
  
  Officials say female black bear attacked after cub ran up a treeRunner suffers bites, scratches and injuries to head, neck and upper bodyWildlife officials say a bear attacked a woman who was running a marathon in a national preserve in northern New Mexico. Related: How a mama bear saved a woman and her dog from the wolf stalking themContinue reading...
  
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• EU referendum: our panel on the BBC's Question Time special

  19-06-2016 21:46
  
  The prime minister had his back against the wall and came out fighting – but did he win the argument on the key Brexit issues? Continue reading...
  
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• Cameron says intolerance and hatred should be kept out of EU debate, in wake of Jo Cox's death

  19-06-2016 21:17
  
  The Prime Minister appeared on Question Time on the first day campaigning since Jo Cox’s death.
  
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• Three 12-year-old girls are 'stable' after taking 'Teddy Tablet' ecstasy pills

  19-06-2016 20:52
  
  Greater Manchester Police are warning people to stay away from the party drug – it led to the death of a 22-year-old woman in recent weeks.
  
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• Ivan Lendl happy with my fighting spirit in Queen’s win, says Andy Murray

  19-06-2016 20:50
  
  • I have enjoyed having him back, adds world No2 after defeating Raonic• Murray says it ‘feels good’ to become first to win five Queen’s titlesAndy Murray could hardly be in a better place a week before Wimbledon, owner of a record fifth Queen’s Club title as well as a winner’s bottle of champagne he hopes may also come in handy for celebrations when the All England Championships are decided three Sundays from now.However, Britain’s world No2 is not
  
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• Prada: cagoules and rucksacks get a luxury makeover

  19-06-2016 20:37
  
  Milan catwalk show blurring the lines between mens and womenswear was Prada at its best – ironic, playful, brilliantA mirrored box outside the Prada show betrayed everything that is important to the Milanese brand right now. The box was to showcase the launch of the brand’s new perfumes, the agenda not subtle. Perfumes make cash and at Prada, business is far from its best: profits released in April were down more than 26% on the previous year.But Prada is never just about bald commer
  
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• Sir Philip Green takes delivery of £46m private jet, says media report

  19-06-2016 20:27
  
  Tycoon’s Gulfstream G650ER apparently delivered weeks before family’s new superyacht, said to have cost £100mSir Philip Green is understood to have taken delivery of a new private jet, adding a £46m Gulfstream G650ER to a transport collection that includes a speedboat, a helicopter and three yachts. The billionaire businessman – who last week appeared before MPs to be questioned on his role in the demise of BHS, which has put 11,000 jobs at risk – is apparentl
  
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• Isolating Russia isn’t working. The west needs a new approach | Mary Dejevsky

  19-06-2016 20:24
  
  When even cautious German politicians are questioning Nato’s ‘war-mongering’ actions, it’s clear that a new tack is requiredNothing will hit Russia like the ban on its athletes taking part in the Rio Olympics – not the US and EU sanctions over Ukraine, not losing the Eurovision song contest, not even their dismissal from the G8. A chorus of voices from outside Russia will respond to this: a jolly good thing, too. If it takes a sports ban to bring home to Russians th
  
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• Andy Murray Wins Record Fifth Queen's Title

  19-06-2016 20:12
  
  Britain's Andy Murray has won the Queen's Club Championship in London for a record-breaking fifth time. He beat Canadian Milos Raonic 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-3, two weeks before he starts attempting to win the Wimbledon Championships for a second time. In taking a fifth title he pulls ahead of John McEnroe, Leyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, Boris Becker, Roy Emerson, Major Ritchie, Anthony Wilding and two others, who had all won it four times.
  
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• Dump Trump? Paul Ryan leaves door open to Republican convention revolt

  19-06-2016 20:00
  
  Speaker of House says delegates ‘write the rules, make the decisions’Divisions in party threaten hopes of White House and Congress majorityAs Trump founders, Clinton has perfect way to sink him: Barack ObamaTrump proposes racial profiling as a gun control tactic ‘to think about’Pressure for one last attempt to dump Donald Trump built among Republicans on Sunday, as the party’s leader appeared to encourage a possible revolt that could still see an alternative nominee
  
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• Turkish border guards kill eight Syrian refugees – reports

  19-06-2016 19:56
  
  Three children, four women and one man shot dead while trying to escape northern Syria, according to monitorsEight Syrian refugees have been shot dead by Turkish border guards as they tried to escape war-torn northern Syria, a human rights watchdog has claimed.Three children, four women and one man were killed on Saturday night, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It said a total of 60 Syrian refugees had been shot at the border since the start of the year.Continue reading...
  
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• Police use teargas against LGBT activists in Istanbul

  19-06-2016 19:53
  
  Dozens of demonstrators had gathered for transgender march despite government ban after warnings from ultranationalists Riot police have fired teargas and rubber pellets to disperse an LBGT march in Istanbul that had been banned after ultranationalists said “degenerates” could not demonstrate.Hundreds of riot police cordoned off Taksim Square in the heart of the city to prevent the Trans Pride rally taking place during Ramadan.Continue reading...
  
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• The Conservatives are giving us a masterclass in how not to govern | Zoe Williams

  19-06-2016 19:27
  
  The business of governing the country has ground to a halt while the party jeopardises Europe’s stability with its squalid leadership battleThere is always a rueful moment following a Conservative election victory, disappointment tinged with the consolation that at least they’ll be solid. Sure, they will want to march back to a time of Victorian certainties, where if you lose it’s because you’re a loser, and if you win, it’s because you goddamn tried. But at least t
  
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• Pixar sequel Finding Dory is US's highest-grossing animated debut ever

  19-06-2016 19:26
  
  Finding Dory, which comes 13 years after Finding Nemo, took in $136.2m in North American theaters this weekend, beating record set by Toy Story 3The Pixar sequel Finding Dory far surpassed expectations to take in $136.2m in North American theaters this weekend, making it the highest-grossing animated debut of all time, according to comScore estimates on Sunday. The 2007 film Shrek the Third was the previous record-holder, with $121.6m.Finding Dory, which comes 13 years after Finding Nemo, is als
  
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• North Middlesex A&E staff describe unit as unsafe and unsupported

  19-06-2016 19:11
  
  Report reveals treatment allegedly so poor that doctors working at unit would not advise their friends and relatives to use itStaff working in a troubled A&E unit have criticised it as “unsafe, unsupported and relentless” because its care is putting patients at such serious risk, a secret NHS report reveals.
  Treatment at North Middlesex hospital’s emergency department is allegedly so poor that none of the doctors interviewed who work in it would advise their friends or rela
  
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• Ed Chamberlin, new face of ITV racing, grabs his ‘second chance’

  19-06-2016 19:02
  
  Sky football presenter will switch to horse racing but never lets a day go by without recalling recovery from stomach cancer – and just a little help from Tony McCoyIt remains to be seen whether racing has gambled astutely in choosing ITV over Channel 4 as its main broadcaster from next year but ITV’s production team already appears to have made one good bet. Ed Chamberlin, recently named as the channel’s chief racing presenter, brings profile, popularity and decades-worth of a
  
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• Three 12-year-old girls in hospital after taking ecstasy

  19-06-2016 19:01
  
  Police in Salford appeal for information about source of pills that were branded as ‘teddy tablets’Three 12-year old girls are in stable condition in hospital after collapsing in Salford having taken ecstasy branded as “teddy tablets”.A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of being in possession of drugs and are being held for questioning, Greater Manchester police said.Continue reading...
  
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• Britain's rival EU camps resume campaign as polls show momentum for 'In'

  19-06-2016 18:31
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Campaigning for Britain's vote on EU membership resumed on Sunday after a three-day hiatus prompted by the killing of a pro-EU MP, but pledges of a more respectful tone were quickly tested by a fresh row over immigration. Three opinion polls ahead of Thursday's vote showed the 'Remain' camp recovering some momentum although the overall picture remained one of an evenly split electorate. The murder of Jo Cox, a 41-year-old mother of two young children, shocked
  
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• At least 13 children die during boating trip in storm on Russian lake

  19-06-2016 18:12
  
  Several boats overturn during storm on Lake Syamozero in north-western region of Karelia, officials sayAt least 13 children and their adult instructor have died in a storm while boating on a lake in Russia’s north-western region of Karelia.Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the nation’s main state investigative agency, said several boats with children capsized on Saturday in a storm in Syamozero, 75 miles east of the border with Finland. Of 47 children and four adult instructors in th
  
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• Former BNP member to stand in by-election caused by death of Jo Cox MP

  19-06-2016 18:02
  
  Jack Buckby said there was “too much at stake” to allow Labour to retake Batley and Spen unchallenged. And Twitter is outraged.
  
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• Lean in 15: The Shape Plan by Joe Wicks – digested read

  19-06-2016 18:00
  
  ‘These 15-minute recipes may sound like they take longer. But remember – 90 minutes is just six lots of 15’Hello, you little winner, it’s me again, Joe Wicks, the Body Coach. What do you mean, you don’t remember me? I’d better fill you in. Fifteen minutes ago, I published a book, Lean in 15: 15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Keep You Lean and Healthy, that has unexpectedly stayed in the bestseller charts for more than 15 minutes. So in the last 15 minutes, I hav
  
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• Euro 2016: why England and Germany could still go out in the group stage

  19-06-2016 17:25
  
  The third-place system allows teams to squeeze into the last 16 through the Euro 2016 cat flap, never mind the back doorIf you’re a casual football fan, there’s a chance you won’t be familiar with the 1983-84 season in Romania’s Divizia C, Serie VIII. It was so tight that in a 16-team league, with two points for a win, only two points separated second and 15th. Some teams avoided relegation on goal difference – and finished in the top half of the division. On the fi
  
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• Selfies at the Broad: edgy art provides the perfect background – in pictures

  19-06-2016 17:17
  
  The Broad in Los Angeles has quickly become popular with millennials who flock there to snap themselves, in front of it, interacting with it and reflected in it. The results are often clever, sweet and funny, and have been collated on their own Instagram feed Continue reading...
  
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• Should parents ever comment on their daughter’s weight?

  19-06-2016 17:00
  
  It’s natural for parents to be concerned for their child’s health, but could regular remarks about size and diet lead to an increased risk of problems in the future?First, a confession. I once commented unfavourably on the legs of one of my daughters. I was cross about her short school skirt, but it’s no excuse. May God forgive me because, according to a study this week in Eating and Weight Disorders, she will never get over it. Researchers found that the more a parent comments
  
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• Nico Rosberg wins European Grand Prix in Baku to extend championship lead

  19-06-2016 16:53
  
  • Lewis Hamilton languishes in fifth and loses further ground
  • Briton and Kimi Raikkonen struggle with new rules on radio messagesThe European Grand Prix in Baku was going to be a prang-fest, it was said, with wrecked cars, bruised bodies, multiple safety cars and damaged medieval walls on this tightly cornered street circuit.However, the only talking point after Nico Rosberg had won on Sunday for the fifth time this season, to extend his lead over his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilto
  
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• Tim Peake faces weeks of tests to assess impact of space travel on body and mind

  19-06-2016 16:50
  
  British astronaut who spent six months on the ISS will undergo checks in Germany – but first he gets family time, pizza and beerThe British astronaut Major Tim Peake, on terra firma for the first time in six months, is to spend up to three weeks being prodded and probed by scientists and doctors as he begins to acclimatise to gravity.As the 44-year-old spends time with his young family, researchers eager to glean crucial data on how humans adapt to living in space will be subjecting him to
  
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• Coney Island's annual Mermaid Parade 2016 – in pictures

  19-06-2016 16:14
  
  After last year’s wash out of Coney Island’s annual spectacle the sun shone and hundreds of people strutted their sea-themed stuff – here’s the best of the parade Continue reading...
  
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• Elvis and Nixon, Reagan and Jacko, Jagger and Blair … when pop stars and politicians collide | Craig Brown

  19-06-2016 16:00
  
  Elvis wanted an FBI badge from Nixon. Jacko fought drink-driving with Reagan. Jagger got lovebombed by Blair. Are these the strangest back-room deals in politics?Relations between pop stars and politicians have always been awkward. Each wants something off the other. The politician wants glamour, the pop star wants to be taken seriously. The result, more often than not, is a stalemate.The famous 1970 meeting between Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon was never going to be easy. At 6.30am,
  
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• Suspected People Smugglers Rescued Near Dover

  19-06-2016 15:25
  
  An RNLI Lifeboat from Dover was scrambled just after 8am to help the 4.5-metre-long cruiser, which was reported to be in difficulties in St Margaret's bay, four miles north of Dover. The boat had suffered engine difficulties. The two men, both understood to be EU nationals, have now been transferred to a Border Force cutter and taken to Dover port for questioning by immigration enforcement officers.  Their vessel has also been seized.
  
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• Carbon capture: UK pays firms £30m despite scrapping projects

  19-06-2016 15:17
  
  Government is accused of pouring money away with payments to companies including Shell and DraxThe government has handed out almost £30m to Shell and other companies for work on carbon capture and storage (CCS) despite scrapping their projects that could have played a role in beating climate change.The payments, revealed in a written parliamentary answer, come as the UK government is about to host the international Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum even though it has just mothballed a
  
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• Girls, Aged 12, In Hospital After Taking Ecstasy

  19-06-2016 15:13
  
  Three girls aged 12 are in a "serious condition" after taking ecstasy pills known as "Teddy Tablets" in Salford. Detective Chief Inspector Chris Walker said: "Sadly, three more young people, who are only 12 years old, have taken ecstasy and ended up in hospital. "The girls took a type of ecstasy described as Teddy Tablets.
  
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• Farage Defends 'Vile And Racist' EU Poster

  19-06-2016 14:52
  
  Nigel Farage has defended his controversial EU migration poster after it was criticised by Remain and Leave campaigners. The UKIP leader told Sky News the poster, showing a stream of non-white migrants walking through the countryside under the slogan "Breaking Point," "reflects the truth" about migration and the European Union. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for the poster to be withdrawn, describing it on the Murnaghan programme as "vile and racist," while Chancellor George Os
  
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• Top 10 dads in picture books

  19-06-2016 14:05
  
  Dads often get a raw deal in picture books - often absent or else caricatured as the not-very-smart or the fix-it-all-with-my-toolbox father. Here Sean Taylor picks the best well-rounded dads in a selection of fabulous picture books for father’s dayYou get more mums than dads in picture books. Perhaps that’s understandable. Mums still loom largest in the lives of many picture-book-aged children. But perhaps it reflects our world, in which absent fathers are ever more common. One way
  
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• Eurosceptic Hungary PM to launch ads urging Britons to stay in EU

  19-06-2016 13:33
  One of Europe's most eurosceptic leaders, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, will launch a campaign in the British press urging Britons to vote to remain in the bloc at Thursday's referendum, his spokesman said. Orban will address the British people directly in newspaper adverts, his office added, joining a line of European leaders and institutions saying Britain should stay. "Although we have earned accusations of being anti-EU from many sides on numerous occasions, this is a testament to t
  
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• Boris Defends 2013 Single Market Support

  19-06-2016 13:31
  
  Leave campaigner Boris Johnson has said he changed his mind on staying in the single market because of failures to reform the European Union. Speaking to Sky News after a video emerged in which he said he would vote to remain in the single market, the former London mayor said he made the remarks in 2013 after the Prime Minister had promised "we would have fundamental and far-reaching reform" of the European Union. The interview from 2013 contradicted his stance on the campaign trail for the EU r
  
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• Analysis - European history hovers close to reverse gear

  19-06-2016 13:19
  By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European history may be about to go into reverse. If Britain votes to leave the European Union, it will likely start a process of fragmentation of the political and security structures on which the post-World War Two and post-Cold War European order was built. European Council President Donald Tusk, a historian and former Polish prime minister who took part in the struggle to overthrow Soviet-imposed communist rule in eastern Europe and join the EU, was both a
  
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• 5 Nigel Slater recipes for early summer

  19-06-2016 13:00
  
  The best of early-season fruits and herbs, from a mango and ginger salad with roast chicken to pistachio and lemon thyme biscuitsThe summer brings with it a change of step in the kitchen. Suddenly our cooking is heady with the scent of mint and basil, of ripe melons and warm, sweet cherries. The mood is lighter and there is a vibrancy and freshness to the food on our plates. Green is the predominant colour. Herbs come into the kitchen in generous bunches, and many meals are eaten outdoors. This
  
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• 'Her humanity was powerful': Jo Cox described to churchgoers as '21st century Good Samaritan'

  19-06-2016 12:30
  
  Rev Paul Knight pays tribute to the Labour MP during a congregation at St Peter’s Church.
  
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• Jo Cox's Children Camp Out In Her Memory

  19-06-2016 12:20
  
  Murdered MP Jo Cox's husband has said her two children spent last night under the stars to remember their mother who "loved camping". Brendan Cox posted about the experience on Twitter on Sunday morning, as churchgoers in her home village of Birstall, West Yorkshire were told she was a "21st century Good Samaritan". Mr Cox wrote: "Jo loved camping.
  
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• Trump says Britain should leave EU

  19-06-2016 12:16
  Donald Trump told Britons on Sunday he supported Brexit, repeating just days before the vote on June 23 that he thinks the UK would be better off outside the European Union. As the campaign to decide Britain's EU membership restarted after a three-day hiatus following the killing of lawmaker Jo Cox, Trump, the presumptive Republican U.S. presidential candidate, said in a newspaper interview he was backing an "out" vote. This is just my opinion." The billionaire businessman also told the newspape
  
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• Six of the best DAB radios

  19-06-2016 12:00
  
  As the price of digital radios continues to drop, which one best suits your listening habits?Digital is on the way to accounting for half of radio listening, although uptake hasn’t been quick enough for a date to be set for switch-off of the AM-FM analogue network. The two reasons most often cited for this are the preponderance of AM-FM units fitted in cars and the expense of DAB sets. However, the prices of DAB radios have been falling, so here we look at some of the more reasonably price
  
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• Janette Beckman’s snapshots of musical subcultures

  19-06-2016 11:00
  
  From mods and punks to ska and hip-hop, the photographer documented the scenes of the 70s and 80s. As a show featuring her work opens at the Photographers’ Gallery, she talks through some of her iconic images“You could be chubby, a few teeth missing, a funny haircut – it didn’t matter. The best thing about punk? It was inclusive. You just had to have character and attitude. That made those pictures.”But so did Janette Beckman, a Londoner working for the Melody Maker
  
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• Jane Horrocks: “It would be odd and churlish if I wasn't part of it.”

  19-06-2016 11:00
  
  As she reprises her role as dim personal assistant Bubble in the film version of Absolutely Fabulous, Jane Horrocks talks getting older, her inner rock star, and why her children think she’s boring“I relish my smallness. I really like my smallness,” says Jane Horrocks. The actor registered about 5ft 4in when she was in heels for the Observer’s photoshoot, half an hour ago, but is a few inches shy of that now as she drinks tea in the aftermath, having changed into a favour
  
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• All-inclusive holidaymakers are still spending hundreds on food and drink

  19-06-2016 10:50
  
  Most now prefer to spend money in local restaurants and cafes where they will get a real flavour of their holiday resort.
  
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• Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is considering installing a panic button after death of MP Jo Cox

  19-06-2016 10:09
  
  The Education Secretary said the abuse of MPs happened “all the time”.
  
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• Britain's rival EU campaigns restart as polls show momentum for 'In'

  19-06-2016 10:08
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The campaign to decide Britain's membership of the European Union restarted on Sunday after a three-day hiatus following the killing of lawmaker Jo Cox, with Prime Minister David Cameron warning that Britons faced an "existential choice" on Thursday. Campaigning activities ahead of the June 23 EU referendum resumed as two opinion polls showed the 'Remain' camp recovering some momentum, although the overall picture remains one of an evenly split electorate. "So
  
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• Could Brexit Lead To New Scottish Referendum?

  19-06-2016 09:59
  
  A deepened political mismatch between North and South loads the argument for another independence referendum, and an SNP government at Holyrood duly pulls the trigger. True, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that a UK Brexit against Scotland's wishes could be the "material change" in circumstances to prompt an independence referendum. Her predecessor and current foreign affairs spokesman, Alex Salmond, has gone further and stated there would be a referendum within three-and-a-ha
  
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