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• PM candidate Leadsom says post-Brexit right to stay will depend on work permits

  08-07-2016 23:51
  EU citizens coming to Britain once the country has left the European Union will need to obtain work permits if they wish to stay, Andrea Leadsom, one of two candidates vying to replace David Cameron as prime minister, said.
  
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• In a jam

  08-07-2016 23:40
  
  Will we still be able to rely on seasonal workers from Eastern Europe to bring in the strawberry harvest?
  
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• Farnborough forecast

  08-07-2016 23:35
  
  The world's aerospace and defence industry descends on Farnborough this week with a display of civil and military hardware - but with an expectation of fewer orders.
  
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• This is what the lavish lifestyle of a former supermodel and Saudi businessman was like

  08-07-2016 22:10
  
  The High Court judge said the couple enjoyed an “exorbitant standard of living”.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the Dallas shootings

  08-07-2016 20:23
  
  These are some of the key bits of information from the attack in Dallas.
  
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• This is how leaders and politicians reacted to the Dallas shootings

  08-07-2016 20:17
  
  Key figures have condemned the deadly attack on US police officers.
  
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• Britain to lift ban on women in frontline combat jobs

  08-07-2016 20:15
  By Matthew Ponsford LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The British military will end its ban on women serving in combat roles, allowing women to serve in frontline positions for the first time from November, the defence ministry said. The ministry said the decision follows a health report which evaluated the physical and psychological risks to women of serving in active combat. Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the recommendation by military chiefs and said he asked that it be implemented
  
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• Inspirational Norwich residents raise thousands for petrol-bombed Romanian food store

  08-07-2016 18:23
  
  Money is being donated by the minute.
  
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• Don't give UK a generous Brexit deal, EU voters say - poll

  08-07-2016 17:46
  LONDON (Reuters) - Voters in Germany, France, Sweden and Finland think Britain should not be given a generous deal when it tries to renegotiate its ties with the European Union, an opinion poll published on Friday showed. Germans and the French were most opposed to helping Britain out: 53 percent of respondents in both countries said it should not expect any favours compared with 27 percent who said the EU should offer Britain a generous deal, polling firm YouGov said. ...
  
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• It's official! Brits turn into total bookworms during their holidays

  08-07-2016 17:42
  According to a survey, Brits say reading is their favoured pastime during vacation.
  
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• Carney takes a break from Brexit woes with a trip to Wimbledon

  08-07-2016 17:33
  Bank of England Governor Mark Carney took a break on Friday from his overflowing inbox of post-Brexit mayhem to catch some tennis at Wimbledon. Carney, dressed in his work suit, arrived with his wife Diana and sat next to English actor Jude Law on Centre Court to watch his Canadian countryman Milos Raonic take on Swiss megastar Roger Federer. Smiling Carney appeared to exchange a few jokes with Law, who is scheduled to appear in a film next year about King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtabl
  
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• Chuka Umunna launches watchdog to ensure Brexit sticks to these key promises

  08-07-2016 17:21
  
  Did we hear someone say controlled immigration AND single market access?
  
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• These are three Black Lives Matter protests you can get involved with in the UK

  08-07-2016 17:02
  
  A number of UK protests are planned for the coming weeks.
  
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• Royal Mail apologises after 'swooping' SEAGULLS' stop postal deliveries in seaside town

  08-07-2016 16:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Royal Mail has admitted they abandoned postal deliveries in one seaside town – due to excessively “swooping" SEAGULLS.
  
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• Prince George looked absolutely adorable on a royal visit to RAF Fairford

  08-07-2016 16:52
  
  The trip was the first time George, who turns three in two weeks, has joined his parents on an official engagement in the UK.
  
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• Man who was mistakenly given £686k by council thought it was a reward from God

  08-07-2016 16:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAN who was mistakenly given over half a million pounds by a council told police he thought it was a reward from God for the volunteering he had done.
  
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• Is long GRASS to blame for rise in traffic accidents?

  08-07-2016 16:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE risk of traffic accidents is being increased due to long grass blocking drivers' views, a motoring organisation has warned.
  
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• Cameron nominates diplomat to fill seat on EU executive

  08-07-2016 16:39
  By William James and Alissa de Carbonnel LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has nominated its ambassador to France, Julian King, to fill its vacant seat on the European Commission, replacing Jonathan Hill who resigned after Britons voted to leave the European Union. While British Prime Minister David Cameron has been keen to replace Hill, EU sources have said the bloc's lawmakers could block any appointment as long as Britain failed to bind itself into the tight, two-year EU exit process by refusing to
  
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• Leyton Orient boss will NOT be extradited to Albania on fraud charges

  08-07-2016 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LEYTON ORIENT president Francesco Becchetti will not be extradited to Albania on fraud, forgery and money laundering charges, a court has ruled.
  
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• BREAKING: Road rage killer Matthew Daley jailed for life over Donald Lock stabbing

  08-07-2016 16:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A ROAD RAGE killer who stabbed a pensioner to death has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 10 years.
  
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• Mega US lottery opens to Britons meaning YOU could win £392m TONIGHT

  08-07-2016 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITISH punters are in with a chance of winning an astonishing £392million US lottery jackpot.
  
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• May vs Leadsom - Who Cares the Most? - Huffington Post UK

  08-07-2016 15:44 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  
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  May vs Leadsom - Who Cares the Most?
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  Now the men are out of the running, we have the first all women leadership race in British political history. What difference will that make to the government that one of them will lead as Britain's second female Prime Minister? And of Theresa May and ...
  Defence Secretary says May would 'keep Britain safe' as PMITV News
  Finally, we have two women in a leadership race – but one of them still wants to play the gende
  
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• Gender revolution

  08-07-2016 15:43
  
  With Britain set to get its second female prime minister, and other women in the ascendancy, is this a watershed moment in British politics?
  
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• Hate crimes in Britain have surged since Brexit, police say

  08-07-2016 15:04
  The number of hate crimes reported to British police in the run up to and aftermath of the vote to leave the European Union has surged by 42 percent, police chiefs said on Friday. "We now have a clear indication of the increases in the reporting of hate crime nationally and can see that there has been a sharp rise in recent weeks," said Mark Hamilton, the National Police Chiefs' Council spokesman on hate crimes.
  
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• Head chef who boasted about feeding meat to vegans gets the chop

  08-07-2016 14:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A CHEF who boasted about feeding meet to vegan diners has been sacked after a worldwide campaign from angry foodies.
  
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• Cameron says post-Brexit UK will remain committed to European defence

  08-07-2016 14:19
  WARSAW (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron, who announced his resignation after losing a referendum on keeping Britain in the European Union last month, said on Friday his country would remain committed to European defence after it leaves the bloc. "What I'll be saying is that Britain may be leaving the EU but we are not turning our back on Europe and we're not turning our back on European defence and security," he told reporters on arrival at his final NATO summit before stepping d
  
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• New 'pop-up' paper launches for Britons hankering after the EU

  08-07-2016 13:55
  By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - A new "pop-up" newspaper aimed at the 48 percent of Britons who voted unsuccessfully to stay in the European Union hit the news stands on Friday aiming to cater for what it called their sense of dismay and anger. "The New European," costing two pounds ($2.65) a copy, will appear weekly for the next three Fridays, mostly in areas that voted to stay in the EU in June's referendum such as London, Liverpool and Manchester. Publishers Archant said that after the f
  
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• Police probe two 'unexplained' deaths at T in the Park festival

  08-07-2016 13:30
  
  The deaths are being treated separately and are at this stage unexplained, Police Scotland said.
  
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• Analysis - Flightpath to Brexit: charting through the fog

  08-07-2016 13:29
  By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Conservative party has determined that either Theresa May or Andrea Leadsom will succeed David Cameron as prime minister on September. 9 and so negotiate British withdrawal from the European Union. Narrowing the choice to May, the interior minister who quietly backed Cameron's pro-EU side in the June 23 Brexit referendum, or junior energy minister Leadsom, who campaigned strongly to leave, brings a pixel of clarity to what remains a ver
  
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• PM Cameron nominates diplomat Julian King as new EU Commissioner

  08-07-2016 13:02
  Britain has nominated its current ambassador to France, Julian King, to become the country's new representative at the European Commission, replacing Jonathan Hill who resigned last month after Britons voted to leave the bloc. While British Prime Minister David Cameron has been keen to replace Hill, EU sources have said the bloc's lawmakers could block any appointment as long as Britain failed to bind itself into the tight, two-year EU exit process by refusing to give formal notice it is leaving
  
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• Britain's power supplies enough to meet winter demand - National Grid

  08-07-2016 12:55
  By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will have enough electricity supply to meet demand this winter, after securing emergency back-up capacity, National Grid said on Friday. Britain is forecast to have a surplus power margin of 5.5 percent this winter, similar to what was forecast last winter, National Grid said in its 2016/17 winter review and consultation. "We believe the margin is manageable and that we have the right tools and services available, including extra power we can call on i
  
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• Britain not retreating from NATO after Brexit - Dunne

  08-07-2016 12:55
  British voters' decision in a June 23 referendum to back leaving the European Union does not change the country's commitment to remain a strong partner in NATO, Britain's Minister for Defence Procurement Philip Dunne said on Friday. Speaking at the Royal International Air Tattoo, the world's largest military air show, Dunne told reporters: "(Britain is) not retreating into its shell." Britain remains the largest international partner on the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet program, with abo
  
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• Brexit batters UK consumer confidence, retailers worry over sterling

  08-07-2016 12:39
  By Andy Bruce and James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer confidence suffered one of its biggest drops in 21 years and the country's largest department store expressed concern over the pound's fall, in the strongest evidence to date of the challenges Britain's economy faces after the Brexit vote. The vote to leave the European Union has thrust Britain into its worst political crisis in modern times. Investors have warned that what was ranked as the world's fifth largest economy faces yea
  
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• Viewers are confused after CNN calls 'Michael Jackson' for an eye-witness interview

  08-07-2016 12:38
  
  Michael Jackson was present at the protest where snipers opened fire on police officers.
  
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• 6 pictures that prove Euro 2016 final referee Mark Clattenburg is a frustrated cricket umpire

  08-07-2016 11:57
  
  And we would love to see him swap sports.
  
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• Bill Cosby's sex assault accuser will not have to testify before trial

  08-07-2016 11:01
  
  Cosby’s lawyer said the actor’s “constitutional rights (had been) trampled upon once again” as they were denied the chance to cross-examine his accuser.
  
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• What we know so far about the shootings that killed five police officers in Dallas

  08-07-2016 09:03
  
  The shooting broke out during an anti-violence protest in the US, killing five police officers.
  
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• Snipers shoot 11 police officers, killing four, at Dallas protest march

  08-07-2016 07:59
  
  Gunfire broke out around 8.45pm local time while hundreds of people were gathered to protest against fatal shootings by police officers this week.
  
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• JAILED: Motorist who fled police at 110mph before driving WRONG way down motorway

  08-07-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A RECKLESS motorist has been jailed for fleeing police at speeds of 110mph and driving along a motorway in the WRONG direction.
  
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• Briton and German who fought against each other in World War Two meet after 74 years

  08-07-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BRITON and German who fought against each other in a notorious World War Two battle have held a touching reunion 74 years after the event.
  
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• Man fined for wearing T-shirt mocking Hillsborough disaster victims

  08-07-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAN arrested for wearing a T-shirt mocking the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster has been fined £600.
  
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