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• Theresa May is going to appoint a Brexit minister

  12-07-2016 23:27
  It will be one of the first things she does once she has the keys to No 10.
  
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• Barack Obama pays tribute to police officers after Dallas shootings

  12-07-2016 22:59
  
  Obama told Americans to reject despair, while George W Bush called for the “unity of hope”.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn expects Labour MPs to come together after confirmation he will be on leadership ballot

  12-07-2016 22:56
  
  The Opposition leader said he was “delighted” with the decision of the ruling National Executive Committee.
  
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• Labour rules Corbyn has right to stand again for leadership

  12-07-2016 22:18
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party ruled on Tuesday that its leader Jeremy Corbyn had the automatic right to stand in a new leadership contest, setting the stage for a struggle between the veteran socialist's supporters in the country and party lawmakers who want to oust him. The turmoil engulfing the 116-year-old party, which governed Britain for 13 years until 2010 under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, comes as the country's political landscape is changing fast
  
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• Anyone who's ever moved house will feel sorry for David Cameron after looking at these photos

  12-07-2016 22:07
  Prepare to feel weirdly sorry for him.
  
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• George Cross awarded to Scot beheaded in Second World War expected to fetch £150,000

  12-07-2016 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A GEORGE Cross awarded posthumously to a Scot beheaded by the Japanese during the Second World War is expected to fetch up to £150,000 at auction.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn wins the vote to be automatically included in Labour leadership contest

  12-07-2016 21:13
  His supporters are over the moon.
  
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• Labour says Corbyn has automatic right to defend leadership

  12-07-2016 21:04
  LONDON (Reuters) - British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn's name should automatically be on the ballot paper in the Labour Party's leadership contest, the party's national executive committee (NEC) ruled on Tuesday. The decision boosts Corbyn's chances of resisting an attempt to oust him, but could be subject to a legal challenge from opponents who say he should have to gather support from 51 lawmakers - something he may struggle to do. ...
  
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• Confusion as protestors heckle Jeremy Corbyn LOOKALIKE outside Labour leadership meeting

  12-07-2016 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BIZARRE scenes unfolded outside Labour’s crunch leadership conference today as hecklers targeted a Jeremy Corbyn LOOKALIKE heading home from work.
  
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• A Jeremy Corbyn lookalike just caused chaos by rocking up at Labour HQ

  12-07-2016 20:18
  
  The doppelganger was met with jeers, cheers and lots of yelling.
  
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• Police enlisting help of 13-year-olds to catch thieves after admitting they cannot cope

  12-07-2016 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POLICE are enlisting the help of 13-year-olds to catch thieves after admitting they no longer have the resources to patrol the streets.
  
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• Student whose leg is THREE times the size of the other says condition stops her having sex

  12-07-2016 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A STUDENT has told how a devastating painful condition meaning one of her legs is three times the size of the other has stopped her from having sex.
  
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• Road-rage woman could be spared jail if she proves she can knit by making charity jumpers

  12-07-2016 19:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A WOMAN could be spared jail after a road rage incident - if she can prove she can knit by making some jumpers for charity.
  
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• Euromillions set to see price increase as furious players brand Camelot a RIPOFF

  12-07-2016 19:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LOTTERY operator Camelot was branded a “ripoff” today after announcing it was increasing the price of Euromillions tickets - while reducing the chances of winning the jackpot.
  
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• Remainer Theresa May will drive Tories into the arms of Ukip, blasts Norman Tebbit

  12-07-2016 19:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THERESA May will drive Tory voters into the arms of Ukip with her pro-EU views, former party enforcer Norman Tebbit has warned.
  
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• MPs ARE going to debate a petition calling for a second EU referendum after all

  12-07-2016 19:14
  
  The Petitions Committee confirmed the House of Commons debate has been scheduled for September 5.
  
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• Bernie Sanders finally backs Hillary Clinton to be US president

  12-07-2016 18:59
  
  Sanders hopes to transfer the energy of his campaign into the Democratic party’s fight against Republican Donald Trump.
  
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• Europe in their hands - May and Merkel draw battle lines for Brexit clash

  12-07-2016 18:54
  Now Theresa May and Angela Merkel, equally firm but pragmatic, will go head to head to determine Britain's future relationship with Europe. Two years the German chancellor's junior, May is highly regarded among European officials who largely welcomed news that she will become British prime minister on Wednesday after David Cameron bows out. Described by one veteran British conservative as a "bloody difficult woman", 59-year-old May will need to muster all the goodwill she can in Europe.
  
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• Mother 'taped boy in cupboard then went on Blackpool jaunt'

  12-07-2016 18:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy was stripped naked and left in a cupboard sealed with sticky tape while his family went on a day trip to Blackpool, a court heard.
  
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• Two handy graphics to explain what has happened in the UK since David Cameron became PM six years ago

  12-07-2016 18:44
  
  The proportion of UK cabinet posts held by women has gone up!
  
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• Millions of youngsters will spend summer stuck in front of screens instead of outside

  12-07-2016 18:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MILLIONS of young children will spend their summer holidays sat in front of the TV or a computer screen, according to a new report.
  
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• One of the last Battle of Britain spitfire pilots dies aged 99

  12-07-2016 18:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ONE of the last Battle of Britain spitfire pilots has passed away aged 99.
  
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• A third of us find it hard to figure out the total price of a flight

  12-07-2016 18:07
  
  It’s not just you who feels bitter over paying more to choose your seat.
  
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• Artificial sweeteners 'may make you GAIN weight and affect your sleep'

  12-07-2016 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARTIFICIAL sweeteners may make you pile on the pounds and affect your sleep, new research has found.
  
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• BBC REFUSES to tell licence fee payers what its highest paid stars earn

  12-07-2016 17:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A CULTURE of secrecy at the BBC means licence fee payers cannot know what its highest paid stars earn, it emerged today.
  
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• Amazing new jet HELMET that costs as much as a HOUSE lets pilots see through fuselage

  12-07-2016 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A STATE-OF-THE-ART fighter pilot's helmet that incorporates night-vision goggles and allows the user to see 'through' the aircraft to the ground below has been successfully trialled for the first time, in a development that promises to revolutionise air-to-air combat.
  
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• British parliament to debate petition calling for second EU referendum

  12-07-2016 16:40
  Britain's parliament is to debate a petition signed by more than 4 million members of the public calling for a second referendum on European Union membership, but will not take a decision on whether to re-run last month's vote. The event will take place on Sept. 5 in parliament's second debating chamber, Westminster Hall. The petition, which was posted online before the June 23 referendum, said the government should hold another referendum if the support for Leave or Remain was less than 60 perc
  
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• Terror on the trains: Cyber attacks REVEALED on UK railways as ISIS hacking threat remains

  12-07-2016 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN'S rail network has been hit by at least four major cyber attacks over the last year as the nation remains under threat from devious Islamic State terror hackers.
  
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• Backpacker rescued after falling into a drunken sleep on the roof of a building in Australia

  12-07-2016 16:16
  The man told his rescuers he had no idea how he got there.
  
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• German leaders demand Brexit clarity from May

  12-07-2016 16:05
  By Elizabeth Piper, Kylie MacLellan and William James LONDON (Reuters) - German leaders stepped up the pressure on Britain's incoming prime minister Theresa May on Tuesday by demanding she swiftly spell out when she will launch divorce proceedings with the European Union. "The task of the new prime minister ... will be to get clarity on the question of what kind of relationship Britain wants to build with the European Union," Chancellor Angela Merkel told a news conference. May, 59, will on Wedn
  
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• WATCH: A350 passenger jet's ridiculously steep takeoff shows airliner's unbelievable power

  12-07-2016 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THIS is the vertigo-inducing, near-vertical take off of the new Airbus A350 passenger jet, which is being put through its paces at the Farnborough International Airshow this week.
  
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• Theresa May is about to join this growing list of female world leaders

  12-07-2016 15:58
  
  And Hillary Clinton might soon join them too.
  
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• Theresa May plans her top team as David Cameron chairs his final Cabinet as prime minister - Telegraph.co.uk

  12-07-2016 15:48 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Theresa May plans her top team as David Cameron chairs his final Cabinet as prime minister
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  The meeting discussed the Government's life chances strategy and the vote on Monday to renew Trident. It was rounded off with tributes to Mr Cameron from Theresa May, who replaces him as leader tomorrow, and George Osborne, the Chancellor.
  David Cameron has final Cabinet meeting as Prime Minister as Theresa May sizes up No 10Daily Mail
  Tributes for David Cameron at his fina
  
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• Man and woman in their 40s are found dead after 'firearms incident' in Norfolk - Daily Mail

  12-07-2016 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Man and woman in their 40s are found dead after 'firearms incident' in Norfolk
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  Michael Carroll told The Sun that it was 'sad news', but that he had not spoken to his uncle or Mr Muncaster's previous partner Kelly since 2005. He added: 'No one knows why he did it except him'. Greig Dunsmuir said she heard a gunshot shortly after ...
  Lotto lout's uncle found dead with partner in suspected murder-suicideBelfast Telegraph
  Two dead in west Norfolk suspected shooting - man
  
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• Irish 2015 GDP growth raised to 26 pct on asset reclassification - Daily Mail

  12-07-2016 15:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Irish 2015 GDP growth raised to 26 pct on asset reclassification
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  DUBLIN, July 12 (Reuters) - Ireland's GDP grew by 26.3 percent last year, not 7.8 percent as first estimated, after a sharp revision of the stock of capital assets that some economists said called into question the relevance of the data as a measure of ...
  EconomyCorporate inversions behind Ireland's 'record' growthFinancial Times
  Ireland's economy grows by 26pc in one year after US tax inversion spreeTe
  
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• Death toll from head-on train crash in Italy reaches 20

  12-07-2016 15:37
  
  The crash occurred on a single line of track near the town of Andria in the region of Puglia.
  
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• Tribunal: No basis for China's vast South China Sea claims - Daily Mail

  12-07-2016 15:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Tribunal: No basis for China's vast South China Sea claims
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  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A tribunal ruled in a sweeping decision Tuesday that China has no legal basis for its vast claims in the South China Sea and had aggravated the seething regional dispute with its extensive construction of artificial ...
  South China Sea ruling was aimed at easing tension - but may just stoke conflictThe Guardian
  Beijing's claims to South China Sea rejected by international tribuna
  
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• Italy train crash: 'Twenty killed' near Bari - BBC News

  12-07-2016 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Italy train crash: 'Twenty killed' near Bari
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  Twenty people have been killed and dozens more hurt in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in southern Italy, officials say. The two trains were on a single-track line at the time of the crash, between the coastal towns of Bari and Barletta.
  At least 20 people killed, dozens more injured in head-on collision between two trainsIrish Independent
  Official: 20 dead in head-on train crash in southern ItalyDaily Mail
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• Labour leader Corbyn calls for calm after challenger's office vandalised

  12-07-2016 14:51
  The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn called on Tuesday for calm among the party's supporters after the office of a lawmaker challenging his leadership was vandalised, adding that he had also received death threats this week. Police said they were investigating after a window was damaged in Liverpool, where lawmaker Angela Eagle is based. Eagle launched a bid to oust Corbyn on Monday.
  
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• Minister says Gibraltar to be fully involved in Brexit negotiations

  12-07-2016 14:50
  Gibraltar will be fully involved in the negotiations to decide the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union, government minister David Lidington told parliament on Tuesday. "I have not only recommitted the British government to full involvement of Gibraltar in the negotiations about our exit from the EU and our subsequent relationship with the EU 27, I have also invited the Chief Minister to identify what the key economic priorities are for the people of Gibraltar," he said. Lidington sai
  
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• Labour's NEC to decide whether Jeremy Corbyn can fight to stay on as leader - Daily Mail

  12-07-2016 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Labour's NEC to decide whether Jeremy Corbyn can fight to stay on as leader
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  Jeremy Corbyn will find out today if he will automatically get on the ballot paper in the party's upcoming leadership election. Labour's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) will meet at 2pm today to discuss the party's ambiguous rules on whether ...
  Corbyn attends crucial leadership meeting and condemns attack on Eagle's office - liveThe Guardian (blog)
  These 33 people on Labour's NEC are dec
  
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• UK's new £4m space technology centre will test engines to send rockets into orbit

  12-07-2016 14:32
  
  Engines for interplanetary travel and futuristic space planes will be tested at the centre in Buckinghamshire.
  
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• BBC workforce larger than two years ago despite cuts

  12-07-2016 14:29
  
  The headcount total now stands at 18,920.
  
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• Labour Party awaits key leadership ruling, Corbyn's fate in balance

  12-07-2016 14:27
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The socialist head of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, will discover on Tuesday whether he has the automatic right to defend himself from a leadership challenge - a key moment in the running battle for control of the party. The turmoil within the 116-year-old party, which governed Britain for 13 years until 2010 under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, comes as the country's political landscape is changing fast following a June 23 vote to leave the
  
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• Britain will start EU divorce 'when we're ready' - new PM's ally

  12-07-2016 13:58
  By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not rush to trigger divorce proceedings with the European Union, a leading ally of incoming Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday as David Cameron bowed out at his final cabinet meeting. May, 59, will on Wednesday replace Cameron, who is resigning after Britons rejected his advice and voted on June 23 to quit the EU, plunging the country into political and economic uncertainty. The currency was on track for its biggest daily gain since the B
  
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• Adam Johnson Loses Sex Offences Appeal – Sister - Isle of Wight Radio

  12-07-2016 13:35 via iwradio.co.uk
  
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  Adam Johnson Loses Sex Offences Appeal – Sister
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  Former England footballer Adam Johnson has lost his appeal against his conviction for child sex offences, according to his sister. The ex-Sunderland player is serving six years in prison for engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan. His ...and more »
  
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• Safety experts issue stark warning over Pokemon Go app being 'hijacked' by paedophiles - Daily Mail

  12-07-2016 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Safety experts issue stark warning over Pokemon Go app being 'hijacked' by paedophiles
  Daily Mail
  The game - which allows players to collect digital monsters in their actual surroundings - has not yet been officially released in the UK. But those who have managed to download the app have already been directed to catch Pokemon at the rather sinister ...
  Pokemon Go brings augmented reality to the mainstreamCBC.ca
  Pokémon Go is everything that is wrong with late capitalismVo
  
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• Theresa May forced to defend views on Sharia Law as she prepares to enter No 10

  12-07-2016 13:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  INCOMING Prime Minister Theresa May has defended her position on Sharia Law on the eve of taking over as the leader of the Conservative party.
  
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• This is what Theresa May has previously voted for and against in Parliament

  12-07-2016 13:12
  
  Do you know how the new PM voted for bills on human rights, university fees and nuclear weapons?
  
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• May ally says Britain to trigger EU divorce 'when we're ready'

  12-07-2016 12:09
  By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not rush to trigger divorce proceedings with the European Union, a leading ally of incoming Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday as David Cameron bowed out at his final cabinet meeting. May, 59, will on Wednesday replace Cameron, who is resigning after Britons rejected his advice and voted on June 23 to quit the EU, plunging the country into political and economic uncertainty.
  
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