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• Tesla under investigation after reports of first self-driving car death

  30-06-2016 23:59
  
  Preliminary reports indicate the crash occurred when a lorry made a left turn in front of the Tesla at a junction.
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Cambridge make a sombre appearance at Battle of the Somme vigil in France

  30-06-2016 23:47
  
  Prince William paid tribute to the dead, saying: “We lost the flower of a generation.”
  
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• Adnan Syed of Serial is granted a new trial

  30-06-2016 23:38
  
  Syed was convicted of murdering his former high school girlfriend.
  
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• Wimbledon: Victor Troicki launches epic rant at umpire - NEWS.com.au

  30-06-2016 23:25 via news.com.au
  
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  SERBIA'S Viktor Troicki launched a vintage tennis rant at Wimbledon, blasting an umpire as an “idiot” and lambasting him for being “the worst in the world”. Fiery Troicki, the 25th seed, slumped to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 defeat to Spain's Albert ...and more »
  
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• Wimbledon 2016: Viktor Troicki in incredible on-court meltdown after overrule

  30-06-2016 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Serbia's Viktor Troicki loses his cool with the umpire after the official overrules a line call to give his Spanish opponent a match point that he then takes to win.
  
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• Fidelity to move 100 jobs from London to Dublin

  30-06-2016 22:08
  (Reuters) - Fund manager Fidelity plans to move around 100 jobs from Britain to Dublin as a part of its long-term strategy, a spokesperson said in an email to Reuters. It said it was already recruiting new staff in Dublin but did not say which jobs would shift from London. "Dublin is an important location for us and has been since 2000," the spokesperson said, adding that the company signed a lease on a bigger office in the Irish capital earlier this year.
  
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• Was This 6000-Year-Old Tomb the World's First Telescope? - The Science Explorer

  30-06-2016 21:45 via thescienceexplorer.com
  
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  Was This 6000-Year-Old Tomb the World's First Telescope?
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  Dólmen da Aboboreira Photo credit: Megalithic tomb in Baiao, Portugal, similar to the ones at Carregal do Sal. These ancient tombs may have been more than just a final resting place. According to researchers from the UK's Nottingham Trent University ...and more »
  
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• Tributes to remember those who lost their lives in the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago

  30-06-2016 21:16
  
  The First World War battle lasted for 141 days and led to more than one million casualties on all sides.
  
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• Digitised war diaries shed light on life and death on front line during the First World War

  30-06-2016 21:00
  
  The words recount the actions of individuals and offer personal insights into life in the trenches.
  
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• Hate crime reports surge in Britain after divisive EU referendum, police say

  30-06-2016 20:39
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The number of hate crimes reported to British police online, including some assaults, has increased by more than 500 percent in the week after the country voted to leave the European Union, a senior police chief said on Thursday. The number of hate crimes reported to police through its online portal - one of several ways incidents can be reported - was 331 since the vote, compared with a weekly average of 63, said Sara Thornton, chair of the National Police Ch
  
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• 'No trade talks until full Brexit'

  30-06-2016 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The top European Union trade official says the UK cannot begin negotiating terms for doing business with the bloc until after it has left it.
  
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• Boris Johnson halts bid to be UK prime minister, upends race

  30-06-2016 20:09
  By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Former London mayor Boris Johnson abruptly pulled out of the race to become Britain's prime minister that he was once favoured to win, upending the contest less than a week after he led a campaign to take the country out of the EU. Johnson's announcement, to audible gasps from a roomful of journalists and supporters on Thursday, was the biggest political surprise since Prime Minister David Cameron quit after losing last week's referendum
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn only went and spelt his own name wrong in a tweet

  30-06-2016 20:01
  
  It’s just really not his week, is it?
  
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• Michael Gove has said that he doesn't want to be Prime Minister quite a lot of times

  30-06-2016 19:24
  
  Probably regretting all those interviews right now.
  
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• Politicians condemn 'quiet scandal' of British bank closures

  30-06-2016 19:19
  By Andrew MacAskill and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - British politicians have urged banks to provide more services in poor areas after a Reuters article showed the largest are disproportionately closing branches in the lowest-income areas while expanding in wealthier ones. The analysis published last week found more than 90 percent of the branch closures were in areas where the median household income is below the British average of 27,600 pounds ($36,600). "The research is very worrying an
  
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• UK's Markets Continue Post-Referendum Recovery

  30-06-2016 19:13
  
  The UK's markets have continued to recover from the Brexit vote, with the FTSE 100 powering to its highest level for nearly a year. The index's upward movement came as Bank of England governor Mark Carney signalled that interest rates could be lowered even further than their record 0.5% benchmark. The FTSE 100  closed up 2.3% or 144.3 points to 6504.3, its highest level since last August and the third day of big gains for the financial markets.
  
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• Here's every significant thing that has happened since the UK voted to leave the European Union

  30-06-2016 19:11
  
  Can you believe the vote was a week ago?
  
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• News Corp bolsters UK soccer line-up with talkSPORT deal

  30-06-2016 19:05
  By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has agreed to buy the owner of Britain's talkSPORT in a $292 million (220.09 million pound) deal that unites The Sun newspaper's sports coverage with the commercial radio network that broadcasts Premier League and FA Cup soccer. News Corp CEO Robert Thomson said the Wireless Group station's 3 million-strong weekly audience was a great match with the readers of its tabloid, Britain's most popular newspaper, with a daily circulation of 1
  
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• Woman wins Court of Appeal ruling to use dead daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild - Scottish Daily Record

  30-06-2016 18:57 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
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• This man is going to lose a lot of money because he bet on Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister

  30-06-2016 18:53
  
  Telegraph columnist Toby Young made the wager 13 years ago – with Nigella Lawson.
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic To Join Manchester United

  30-06-2016 18:42
  
  Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has announced that he is joining Manchester United. The 34-year-old revealed the move on social media, and will become Jose Mourinho's second signing of the summer. Ibrahimovic left Paris St Germain after a hugely successful four years, scoring 38 league goals in his last season with the club.
  
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• Hate Crimes Soar Since Brexit Vote - Police

  30-06-2016 18:35
  
  Hate crime incidents reported to an online reporting site since last Thursday have soared from an average of 63 to more than 300, police figures show. The National Police Chiefs' Council said 331 hate crime incidents have been reported to the national online reporting site True Vision. Chairwoman Sara Thornton said: "It is important to remember that this is only one reporting mechanism and extensive focus on this issue in the last few days will have influenced these numbers by making hate c
  
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• Labour Descends Deeper Into Chaos And Confusion

  30-06-2016 18:30
  
  The Labour Party has descended further into chaos with more resignations and growing uncertainty over a potential leadership contest. Angela Eagle was strongly expected to run against Jeremy Corbyn and was due to announce her candidacy at 3pm on Thursday. It is thought Ms Eagle's decision to wait is designed to give Labour rebels more time to intensify the pressure on Mr Corbyn to quit of his own accord.
  
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• Ex-London mayor halts bid to be UK prime minister, upends race

  30-06-2016 18:28
  By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Former London mayor Boris Johnson abruptly pulled out of the race to become Britain's prime minister that he was once favoured to win, upending the contest less than a week after he led a campaign to take the country out of the EU. Johnson's announcement, to audible gasps from a roomful of journalists and supporters on Thursday, was the biggest political surprise since Prime Minister David Cameron quit after losing last week's referendum
  
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• Brexit to take toll on British Florida vacation home dreams

  30-06-2016 18:10
  By Herbert Lash and Barbara Liston NEW YORK/ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - In sunny central Florida, some 4,400 miles (7081 km)across the Atlantic from London, real estate broker Paul Torola is already sensing a chill from Britain's decision last week to leave the European Union. In the days since the June 23 "Brexit" vote that has rattled global financial markets and sent the British pound to 31-year lows, Torola has seen potential UK-based buyers suspend their searches for vacation homes in the Orl
  
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• Carney Signals Possible Interest Rate Cuts

  30-06-2016 18:06
  
  The Bank of England governor has hinted at interest rate cuts as "monetary policy easing will likely be required" in the summer. In a speech at the Bank of England, Mark Carney said the uncertainty over Britain's exit from the European Union - which he described as "a major regime shift" - had forced the bank to consider monetary stimulus over the coming months. Mr Carney said that Britain's economic outlook had "deteriorated" as a result of the vote to leave the EU and that, at a meeting on 14
  
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• Cerebral Gove bids to be next British prime minister

  30-06-2016 17:50
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Leading Brexit campaigner Michael Gove's bid to replace David Cameron as British prime minister came as a complete shock on Thursday after the cerebral justice secretary had given every sign he would back the flamboyant Boris Johnson for the job. Gove and Johnson, the former London mayor and platinum-haired showman long considered the front-runner to succeed Cameron, had campaigned side-by-side on the "Vote Leave" battle bus in the run-up to Britain's June 2
  
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• Landmark Mary Seacole Statue Unveiled In London

  30-06-2016 17:39
  
  The statue honours Crimean War heroine Mary Seacole, the Jamaican-born nurse who cared for wounded British soldiers at a field hospital she independently set up in Crimea in the 19th century. The statue fittingly stands in the garden of St Thomas' hospital on London's Southbank, and was unveiled by actress Baroness Floella Benjamin. Chancellor George Osborne announced in November that £240,000 from LIBOR banking fines would be donated to the appeal to pay for installation.
  
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• Insight - For some in England's north, Brexit means control

  30-06-2016 17:38
  By Sara Ledwith BARNSLEY, England (Reuters) - Owen Gleadall remembers the previous time Britain voted on Europe. It was 1975, and most people in his Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley were ambivalent about the issue. Gleadall, a local businessman working in international markets, felt it made economic sense to be part of the bloc.
  
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• Lindsay Lohan Is Writing a Book About 'How to Overcome Obstacles' - TIME

  30-06-2016 16:51 via time.com
  
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  Lindsay Lohan Is Writing a Book About 'How to Overcome Obstacles'
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  Are we on the verge of a Lindsay Lohan renaissance? Besides a new commitment to healthy living and her recent slew of very politically informed Brexit tweets, the nearly 30-year-old starlet also announced that she's in the process of writing a book.and more »
  
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• Bank of England's Carney rejects pay rise for third year running

  30-06-2016 16:35
  Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, among Britain's best-paid public officials, declined a pay rise for a third year running, according to the central bank's annual accounts on Thursday. Canadian Carney, who earns a basic salary of 480,000 pounds a year and has a 250,000 pound annual housing allowance, has been a central figure in the response from British authorities to leaving the European Union. The Bank declined to comment on Carney's reasons for rejecting a pay rise.
  
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• Mum, 60, Wins Battle For Daughter's Frozen Eggs

  30-06-2016 16:22
  
  A woman has won her battle to use her late daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild. The 60-year-old, whose daughter died of cancer in 2011, had asked the Court of Appeal to allow her to carry out the dying wishes of her "much-loved and only child". But the justices ruled in their favour and sent the case back to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for further consideration.
  
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• Police think these convicted killers might be behind another murder

  30-06-2016 16:16
  
  They murdered a whole family in 2003.
  
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• 'Shocking' figures show homelessness surge of almost a third

  30-06-2016 16:12
  
  Government figures show a surge in people who have become homeless over the past five years and a charity is urging for more to be done.
  
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• Labour's anti-Semitism conference went about as badly as it could have done

  30-06-2016 16:11
  
  One MP left in tears.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the Tory leadership race

  30-06-2016 15:44
  
  All you need to know about the race to the top of the Tory party.
  
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• Brexit spells end to EU leadership in climate diplomacy

  30-06-2016 15:36
  By Alissa de Carbonnel and Nina Chestney BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's exit dashes the European Union's leadership ambitions on efforts to slow climate change, leaving the bloc on the sidelines while others endorse the global pact it championed to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Last week, EU environment ministers jointly called for action "as soon as possible" to avoid being absent when the deal struck in Paris last December to limit global average temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius lo
  
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• Woman wins Court of Appeal ruling over dead daughter's frozen eggs - The Argus

  30-06-2016 15:27 via theargus.co.uk
  
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  A woman who wants to use her daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild has won a Court of Appeal battle. The 60-year-old, whose daughter died of cancer in 2011, had asked three judges to allow her to carry out the dying wishes of her ...and more »
  
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• Ex-London mayor upends race for UK prime minister by quitting

  30-06-2016 15:12
  By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Former London mayor Boris Johnson, runaway bookmakers' favourite to become Britain's prime minister, abruptly pulled out of the race on Thursday in a shock announcement less than a week after leading the campaign to pull the country out of the EU. Johnson's announcement, to audible gasps from a roomful of journalists and supporters, was the biggest political surprise since Prime Minister David Cameron quit on Friday, the morning after los
  
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• News Corp offers to buy UK's Wireless Group for about 220 million pound

  30-06-2016 14:47
  (Reuters) - News Corp has agreed to buy London-listed broadcaster Wireless Group in a 220.3 million pound deal, which will give the U.S. media company access to the UK and Ireland radio markets. News Corp has offered 315 pence per Wireless share, the two companies said in a joint statement on Thursday. The offer price represents a 70.3 percent premium to Wireless stock's Wednesday close. (Reporting by Rahul B in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirti Pandey)
  
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• Ex-London mayor Johnson abruptly quits race to be prime minister

  30-06-2016 14:06
  By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Former London mayor Boris Johnson abruptly pulled out of the race to become Britain's next prime minister on Thursday, in a shock move that upturned a political order shaken by last week's vote to leave the European Union. Johnson, whose support for the campaign to leave the EU was widely considered one of the decisive factors in the campaign, had been bookmakers' runaway favourite to succeed David Cameron, who quit last week after failin
  
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• Britain delays airport decision due to post-Brexit fallout

  30-06-2016 14:02
  By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not decide where to build a new runway at a London airport until at least October due to the political turmoil following Britons' vote to leave the European Union, Transport Minister Patrick McLoughlin said on Thursday. Heathrow, Britain and Europe's busiest airport, has been campaigning for 25 years to build an extra runway and a decision had been expected this summer, after it was pushed back by the government from last year. "Being realistic, giv
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: 'I've Had A Torrid Few Days'

  30-06-2016 14:01
  
  Jeremy Corbyn says he has had a "torrid" few days and has called on British politics to be conducted in "a decent manner". The Labour leader made the call at the launch of a report into anti-Semtism in the party that was overshadowed by an angry exchange involving MP Ruth Smeeth. Ms Smeeth stormed out of the press conference when she was accused of colluding with The Daily Telegraph by one of Mr Corbyn's grassroots supporters.
  
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• 13 held in raids across Istanbul after deadly airport attack

  30-06-2016 13:58
  
  Police have detained 13 people in Turkey after raids following a suicide attack that killed 42 in an airport.
  
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• Boris Johnson: I'm Not Running For Leadership

  30-06-2016 13:54
  
  Boris Johnson has ruled himself out of the race to be the next Tory leader and prime minister saying, "that person cannot be me". Mr Johnson, who was the bookies' favourite to succeed David Cameron and was expected to throw his hat into the ring, made the shock announcement after fellow Brexiteer campaigner Michael Gove put himself forward as a leadership contender. In a dramatic press conference just moments before the midday deadline for nominations passed on Thursday, Mr Johnson said that the
  
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• EDP says Brexit could delay go-ahead for Scottish wind energy project

  30-06-2016 13:35
  Britain's decision to leave the European union could delay the Moray Firth offshore wind energy project in Scotland owned by the renewables unit of Portugal's Energias de Portugal-EDP, the company's chief executive said on Thursday. Antonio Mexia told reporters that Britain's Brexit vote last week has generated a lot of uncertainty that could complicate authorisation of the 1,116 MW, project to go ahead. The Moray project's planned generation capacity would be enough to meet the electricity need
  
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• Insight - For some in Britain's north, Brexit means control

  30-06-2016 13:23
  (Strong language in 5th from last paragraph) By Sara Ledwith BARNSLEY, England (Reuters) - Owen Gleadall remembers the previous time Britain voted on Europe. It was 1975, and most people in his Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley were ambivalent about the issue. Gleadall, a local businessman working in international markets, felt it made economic sense to be part of the bloc.
  
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• 8 things Theresa May will do if she gets picked to be the next Prime Minister

  30-06-2016 13:21
  
  Theresa May makes eight key promises as she launches her campaign to succeed David Cameron as the next Prime Minister.
  
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• The surprises keep coming as Boris Johnson announces he will NOT run for Tory leadership

  30-06-2016 13:20
  
  The shock announcement has dramatically transformed the Conservative leadership race.
  
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• Theresa May, favourite to be next PM, vows to honour Brexit vote

  30-06-2016 12:43
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - British interior minister Theresa May, the bookmakers' favourite to replace David Cameron as prime minister, said on Thursday there was no going back on Britain leaving the EU but that divorce talks would not start until the end of the year. "There must be no attempts to remain inside the EU, no attempts to rejoin it through the back door and no second referendum." As Britain reels from the decision to leave the EU, speculation has grown that whoever takes o
  
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