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• Laver would be happy if Djokovic wins tennis' Grand Slam - Daily Mail

  22-06-2016 23:50
  
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  Laver would be happy if Djokovic wins tennis' Grand Slam
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  SAN DIEGO (AP) — If Novak Djokovic wins Wimbledon and the U.S. Open to complete a Grand Slam, he'll have a big fan in the last man to do it. Rod Laver knows what it takes to complete tennis' ultimate achievement, having won the Grand Slam as an ...
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• Freed Drugs Mule Melissa Reid Lands In Glasgow

  22-06-2016 23:43
  
  Convicted drugs smuggler Melissa Reid has arrived at Glasgow Airport, a day after she was freed from a prison in Peru. The 22-year-old, from Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire, was released by Peruvian authorities after only serving a third of her sentence and smiled as she was escorted through an airport in Lima by immigration officials. Reid and Michaella McCollum, a 23-year-old from Dungannon in County Tyrone, had been caught attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £1.5m in food packets from Per
  
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• Drugs mule Melissa Reid back in Scotland after release from Peru jail

  22-06-2016 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Melissa Reid, the Scottish woman jailed in Peru three years ago for smuggling drugs, arrives back in Glasgow after being released from prison.
  
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• Euro 2016: Wales to Play Northern Ireland

  22-06-2016 23:39
  
  Wales will play Northern Ireland in the last 16 of Euro 2016, after the conclusion of the tournament's group stage. England will face Iceland after the tiny island nation defied the pundits with a 2-1 late win over Austria. The Republic of Ireland secured their place in the last 16 after beating Italy 1-0.
  
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• 'Remain' extends lead on eve of UK referendum on EU - ComRes poll

  22-06-2016 23:25
  The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union has extended its lead over the "Out" camp, according to a ComRes opinion poll published on Wednesday, a day before the country's EU membership referendum. A previous ComRes poll for The Sun newspaper, which was published on June 14, had given "In" a lead of just one point.
  
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• 'Off-topic' exam sparks protest by Basingstoke students

  22-06-2016 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Biology students from Hampshire challenge their A Level exam after claiming none of the questions were on topics they had studied.
  
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• Thousands stranded in M5 gridlock after fuel spill

  22-06-2016 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of motorists have been stranded after hydraulic fluid spilled along three miles of the M5, forcing it to close for more than five hours.
  
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• Wimbledon ups its security measures with armed police

  22-06-2016 22:45
  
  A range of security tactics – some which visitors will notice and others they won’t – will be implemented this summer.
  
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• Crowds remember Jo Cox on her birthday

  22-06-2016 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Friends and colleagues, as well as Lily Allen and Bill Nighy, remember Jo Cox on what would have been her 42nd birthday.
  
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• Brexit poll analysis suggests 'In' is just ahead - J.P. Morgan

  22-06-2016 22:22
  Investment bank J.P. Morgan said its analysis of recent opinion polls on Britain's European Union membership referendum showed the "In" camp was narrowly ahead on Wednesday, a day before Britons go to the polls. "On the basis of the data in hand, our clean-up process suggests a 2 percentage-point lead on average for 'Remain' in the polls published this week, with around 9 percent of the vote undecided," J.P. Morgan economist Malcolm Barr said in an email. "Our measure of the trend through the we
  
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• Final Push As Polls Show EU Vote On Knife-Edge

  22-06-2016 21:38
  
  The Prime Minister has ended his final day of campaigning in the EU referendum by declaring "we are stronger" in a reformed European Union, while Boris Johnson has said Brexit would allow Britain to "flourish as never before". David Cameron has been travelling across Britain - appearing with the likes of former prime minister Sir John Major and Labour's Harriet Harman - to urge the country vote Remain.
  
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• Thousands remember Jo Cox worldwide as they pledge to #LoveLikeJo

  22-06-2016 21:13
  
  International memorial events marked what would have been the Labour MP’s 42nd birthday.
  
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• Banks Warn Of Trading Issues Over EU Vote

  22-06-2016 20:56
  
  Banks and money transfer services are warning that a surge in market volatility surrounding Thursday's EU referendum may impact electronic trading platforms. As holidaymakers flock to cash in on the strong pound, and buy their travel money ahead of the vote, a number of money transfer companies are suspending services.
  
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• Killing of MP Jo Cox was 'an act of terror', says husband

  22-06-2016 20:49
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The widower of murdered MP Jo Cox said her killing was an act of terror as he paid tribute to his late wife on Wednesday alongside hundreds of mourners at an emotional memorial in London's Trafalgar Square. It was an act of terror designed to advance an agenda of hatred towards others," Brendan Cox said in a tearful speech to a large crowd packed into the London landmark. "What a beautiful irony it is that an act designed to advance hatred has instead generate
  
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• EU referendum: Final push for votes on last day of campaign

  22-06-2016 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Politicians on either side of the EU referendum debate are making their final pitch for votes on the last day of campaigning.
  
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• Corbyn Risks Labour Division Over New City Tax

  22-06-2016 20:36
  Jeremy Corbyn will force the Labour party to introduce a new tax on the City, in a move that pits the Labour leader against his newly elected mayor. The Labour leader told activists at the party’s final Remain rally in London that a Labour government would introduce a financial transactions tax – dubbed the Robin Hood tax -- on the City, stoking simmering divisions between the left-wing leader and other senior figures in the party. Standing side-by-side with London Mayor Sadiq K
  
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• Cameron's EU Plea On Final Day Of Campaigning

  22-06-2016 20:35
  
  The PM has ended his final day of frenetic campaigning in the referendum by telling a rally "we are stronger" in a reformed EU, while Boris Johnson has declared Brexit would allow Britain to "flourish as never before". David Cameron has been travelling across Britain, where he has appeared with former prime minister Sir John Major and Labour's Harriet Harman to urge the country vote Remain on Thursday. Mr Cameron urged Britons to think of the word "together" as they head to the polls, telling th
  
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• Jo Cox birthday: MP remembered at world events

  22-06-2016 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people take part in memorial events around the world to celebrate the life of MP Jo Cox.
  
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• Lisa McInerney wins Desmond Elliott prize

  22-06-2016 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lisa McInerney wins the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016 for her novel The Glorious Heresies, two weeks after winning the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction.
  
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• Lisa McInerney's 'astounding' debut novel wins Desmond Elliott prize

  22-06-2016 20:15
  
  A fortnight after bagging the Baileys prize for women’s fiction, The Glorious Heresies takes £10,000 honourTwo weeks after Lisa McInerney won the Baileys prize for women’s fiction, the Irish writer has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott prize for her debut novel The Glorious Heresies, which judges said had “electricity running through [its] prose”. Related: The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney review – the Sweary Lady is on bellicose formContinue reading
  
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• Warm Tributes To Jo Cox At Memorial Events

  22-06-2016 20:11
  
  The widower of murdered MP Jo Cox has led tributes to his wife at a memorial service in London's Trafalgar Square. "Thank you to Jo's amazing friends, and friends of friends, and even complete strangers who have managed, despite your own grief, to organise all of this in less than a week.
  
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• Laughter and tears

  22-06-2016 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As thousands of people take part in memorial events around the world to celebrate the life of MP Jo Cox, the BBC's Lauren Turner speaks to people gathered in London's Trafalgar Square.
  
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• Leave campaign struggles to persuade ethnic minorities on Brexit

  22-06-2016 19:28
  By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - At a limestone North London temple under the image of the Hindu god Krishna, a British Asian minister is striving to persuade ethnic minorities to support leaving the European Union with a message of 'fair' immigration and stronger ties to the Commonwealth. Despite polls showing Black and Asian Britons are more pro-EU than the rest of the population, prominent Brexit campaigner Priti Patel has led the charge to win over the fastest growing section of the electo
  
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• Here's how (nearly) all MPs will be voting in the referendum

  22-06-2016 19:25
  There are five MPs who will not be revealing their voting intentions, it is understood.
  
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• Brexit campaign's lead narrows ahead of referendum - TNS poll

  22-06-2016 19:03
  The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union has a two-point lead over the rival "In" camp, down from a seven-point lead last week, according to a TNS poll published on Wednesday, the day before the country's EU membership referendum. TNS, a market research firm, said 43 percent of respondents would vote to leave, while 41 percent would vote to remain and 16 percent were undecided or did not intend to vote. The poll was conducted online and interviewed 2,320 adults between June 16 and 22
  
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• 'Leave' plane flies over Jo Cox memorial in Trafalgar Square and Twitter is outraged

  22-06-2016 18:56
  
  The mother of two died last week after being shot and stabbed in Birstall, near Leeds.
  
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• Killing of MP was 'an act of terror', says husband

  22-06-2016 18:52
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The widower of murdered British lawmaker Jo Cox said her killing was an act of terror as he paid tribute to his late wife on Wednesday alongside hundreds of mourners at an emotional memorial in London's Trafalgar Square. It was an act of terror designed to advance an agenda of hatred towards others," Brendan Cox said in a tearful speech to a large crowd packed into the London landmark. "What a beautiful irony it is that an act designed to advance hatred has in
  
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• Meet the artist who 'hears colour' and painted a 'canvas of Glastonbury'

  22-06-2016 18:42
  
  He teamed up with music service Deezer to create the piece.
  
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• 'Out' campaign 1 point ahead on eve of EU vote - Opinium poll

  22-06-2016 18:05
  The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union holds a one-point lead over the "In" camp ahead of Thursday's membership referendum, according to a survey published by polling firm Opinium on Wednesday. Opinium said the campaigns were effectively running neck and neck as the online poll put support for "Leave" at 45 percent and "Remain" at 44 percent, with the remaining 9 percent of respondents still undecided. "This puts the two campaigns in a statistical dead heat with each side being wit
  
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• Aberdeen's crisp-stealing seagulls strike

  22-06-2016 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aberdeen's crisp-stealing seagulls strike again.
  
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• Brits are panic-buying foreign currency before the EU referendum

  22-06-2016 17:40
  
  The value of the pound has see-sawed amid the uncertainty over whether the UK will decide to remain in the EU or vote for a Brexit.
  
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• Lib Dem leader Tim Farron just did the whole rap from World In Motion to thank John Barnes for supporting Remain

  22-06-2016 17:39
  
  Could this be a decisive moment in the referendum campaign?
  
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• Britons dash for euros and dollars as EU vote nears

  22-06-2016 17:21
  By Andy Bruce and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Britons have flocked to swap their pounds for euros and U.S. dollars in the days running up to the European Union referendum, high street foreign exchange companies said on Wednesday. The Post Office said overall currency sales in its branches and online were up 74 percent year-on-year since the weekend, with Tuesday sales 49 percent higher in branch and 381 percent higher online than on the same day a year ago. Travelex said its online currency o
  
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• EU Campaign Damages Respect For Politicians

  22-06-2016 17:16
  
  A majority of voters say they now have less respect for politicians as a result of the bitterly contested EU referendum campaign, a Sky Data Snap Poll reveals. On the eve of polling day, our poll also reveals the vast majority of Britons think the campaigns have been unhelpful in making a decision on how to vote. It comes after concerns were expressed about the tone of the campaign, which has been dominated by immigration and the economy.
  
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• Swansea landlord killer David Ellis guilty of murder

  22-06-2016 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A tenant who bludgeoned his landlord to death in Swansea and dumped his body 140 miles away is found guilty of murder.
  
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• EU referendum: No new reform deal for UK after vote, Jean Claude Juncker warns - The Independent

  22-06-2016 17:03
  
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  EU referendum: No new reform deal for UK after vote, Jean Claude Juncker warns
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  There will be no further renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the EU if we vote to Leave, European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker has said, stating clearly: “Out is out”. In a last minute intervention that was seized on by both sides ...
  EU President: No more renegotiation with UK, out means outSTV News
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• New Homebase owner reprieves UK stores set for closure

  22-06-2016 17:01
  By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - The new Australian owner of British home improvement retailer Homebase has reversed the previous management's programme of store closures, potentially saving as many as 700 jobs, its boss said on Wednesday. Bunnings, part of Australia's biggest retail group Wesfarmers Ltd, completed its 340 million pounds purchase of the 265-store Homebase chain from Home Retail in February. The firm then worked urgently to halt an existing store closure plan, Bunnings Chief Exe
  
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• Rio 2016: Rory McIlroy pulls out of Olympics because of fears over Zika virus

  22-06-2016 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy pulls out of the Olympic Games in Rio because of concerns about the Zika virus.
  
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• Yoga saved my life: three people share their stories

  22-06-2016 16:59
  
  In celebration of World Yoga Day this week, we talked to three people about how it helped them overcome difficultiesAt a time of difficulty last year I found comfort in yoga. I went through a period of torturous insomnia that left me wide awake every night until 3am, begging for my brain to switch off. I’d heard that yoga could help so started going to a local class. Immediately, I felt better. I loved how slow and methodical it was, and the fact that teachers discussed mindful and positiv
  
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• Darfuri man who walked through Channel Tunnel walks free in Britain

  22-06-2016 16:57
  By Estelle Shirbon CANTERBURY, England (Reuters) - A Sudanese man who walked through the Channel Tunnel last summer at the height of Europe's refugee crisis walked free on Wednesday after a lengthy court case and said his priority now was to rebuild his life in Britain. Abdul Haroun, who fled war in his native Darfur region, was sentenced to nine months in jail for obstructing a railway but had already spent as long in pre-trial detention. Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel and some politicians
  
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• Sir Cliff Richard 'tarnished' by sex abuse allegations

  22-06-2016 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Cliff Richard says he feels "tarnished" by allegations of historical sexual abuse after being cleared of any wrongdoing.
  
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• How 'as a mum' became key debate phrase

  22-06-2016 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some participants in the BBC's EU debate at Wembley Arena were keen to stress their parental credentials, with the phrase "as a mother" attracting much notice on social media.
  
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• 'We'd rather talk about bananas than borders': our European neighbours on the EU

  22-06-2016 16:39
  
  As part of our EU Voices series, we have been asking people from across Europe to tell us their perceptions of the union• View all articles in our EU voices seriesTomorrow the fate of the UK and its role (or lack thereof) in the EU will be sealed. But what do our European neighbours think of the institution that we’re considering leaving?Continue reading...
  
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• Glastonbury festival-goers caught up in traffic chaos

  22-06-2016 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Festival-goers encounter traffic "carnage" as huge crowds and wet weather lead to massive queues around the Glastonbury site.
  
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• Sudanese Channel Tunnel walker admits obstruction charge

  22-06-2016 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Sudanese man found walking through the Channel Tunnel to Britain from France pleads guilty to an obstruction charge.
  
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• EU Trade Barriers With UK Would Be 'Foolish'

  22-06-2016 16:14
  
  A German industry boss has said it would be "very, very foolish" to impose tariffs on UK goods if Britain votes to leave the EU. Markus Kerber, the head of BDI, or federation of German industries, is urging Germany and the EU to create a free-trade regime that could be imposed in the event of Brexit. "Imposing trade barriers, imposing protectionist measures between our two countries - or between the two political centres, the European Union on the one hand and the UK on the other - would be a ve
  
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• Google's understated tribute to Jo Cox

  22-06-2016 15:39
  
  The Labour MP would have turned 42 on Wednesday.
  
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• Snooper's charter will allow GCHQ to 'hack all phones and laptops in an overseas town'

  22-06-2016 15:33
  
  The Bill goes to the House of Lords next week.
  
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• PM: Gove Has 'Lost It' Over Nazi Comparisons

  22-06-2016 15:27
  
  David Cameron has told Sky News that Michael Gove has "lost it" after he compared economic experts warning about the impact of Brexit to the Nazis smearing Albert Einstein in the 1930s. Speaking to Sky's Political Editor Faisal Islam, the Prime Minister hit out at Mr Gove's remarks - which he has since apologised for - as he joined political rivals on a battle-bus tour to promise a "bigger, better Britain" if voters opt for continued EU membership on Thursday. On the Leave side, s
  
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• On eve of defining British EU referendum, rivals race for final votes

  22-06-2016 15:12
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron and his eurosceptic opponents made final pitches for wavering voters on Wednesday on the eve of a defining referendum on European Union membership with the outcome still too close to call. The vote, which echoes the rise of populism elsewhere in Europe and the United States, will shape the future of Europe. A victory for "out" could unleash turmoil on financial markets.
  
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