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• Cities around the world are lighting up their landmarks in solidarity with France

  15-07-2016 23:51
  
  The Tricolore has been projected on to dozens of buildings across the globe.
  
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• Shopping costs

  15-07-2016 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Food, clothing and electrical items are likely to rise in price as a result of Brexit - but bills may not go up until next year
  
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• All change

  15-07-2016 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In all the fuss over the EU referendum and new prime minister it has been easy to forget that Britain's economic policy has changed radically.
  
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• Using home to fund retirement is a delusion, says former minister

  15-07-2016 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Downsizing your home to give yourself an income in retirement is unrealistic, according to the former pensions minister, Steve Webb.
  
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• There's an attempted military coup going on in Turkey

  15-07-2016 23:03
  
  The armed forces say they have “fully seized control” of the country.
  
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• Neighbour from hell: 76-year-old harassed couple because they 'weren’t posh enough'

  15-07-2016 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A 76-YEAR-OLD woman made life a misery for her neighbours in a posh street – because they grew up in a council house.
  
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• Dad shocked as nursery names son ‘Mohammad Harry Islam’

  15-07-2016 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A DAD was shocked when he received a nursery report for his three-year-old son - naming him as "Mohammad Harry Islam".
  
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• ‘Baywatch’ Tory MP Charlotte Leslie calls off engagement from BBC presenter fiance

  15-07-2016 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TORY MP Charlotte Leslie yesterday confirmed that she had called off her engagement to a BBC radio presenter.
  
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• Homeowners planning to downsize to fund retirement could be in for a shock, report warns

  15-07-2016 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MILLIONS of homeowners relying on their properties to fund their retirement are heading for a shock, a report warns today.
  
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• May names Penny Mordaunt as junior work and pensions minister

  15-07-2016 21:53
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May has named lawmaker Penny Mordaunt as a junior minister in the country's work and pensions department, part of a new-look cabinet announced by May after she succeeded David Cameron on Wednesday. May appointed Damian Green, another Conservative member of parliament, as the lead work and pensions minister on Thursday. Downing Street also said on Friday that Mike Penning would serve as a junior minister in the defence ministry. (Writing by
  
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• The First Night of the Proms opens with the La Marseillaise

  15-07-2016 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As a mark of respect to the victims of the Nice tragedy, the First Night of the Proms opens with La Marseillaise.
  
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• Blair, Bush and Clinton shelter from tornado in US school basement

  15-07-2016 21:41
  
  The three escaped the tornado unharmed.
  
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• Man who told police ‘I look like Travolta’ found guilty of teen sex killing 34 years on

  15-07-2016 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A JOHN Travolta fantasist has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a teenage girl 34 years ago.
  
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• Everything we know so far about the terror attack in Nice

  15-07-2016 20:32
  
  Investigations into the attack are in full swing.
  
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• British couple witness Nice attack from hotel balcony

  15-07-2016 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British couple, Paul and Rebecca Gordon from the Midlands witnessed the devastation caused by the lorry attack.
  
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• 5 reasons Donald Trump needs Mike Pence as running mate

  15-07-2016 18:52
  
  5 attributes that Mike Pence brings to the table.
  
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• Patients 'biggest losers'

  15-07-2016 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A decision about whether to cut £170m from the budget for community pharmacies in England is expected soon.
  
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• Police appeal for Nice attack pictures and videos from UK nationals

  15-07-2016 18:11
  
  Footage and images taken during the lorry rampage – which killed at least 84 people – can be uploaded onto an online platform.
  
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• Donald Trump confirms Indiana governor Mike Pence as running mate for US presidential race

  15-07-2016 18:07
  
  The announcement was made on Twitter.
  
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• What has Brexit meant for the economy?

  15-07-2016 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC business editor Simon Jack explains whether and where the UK's vote to leave the European Union has hit the economy.
  
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• Andrea Leadsom thinks men shouldn't be employed to look after children in case they're paedophiles

  15-07-2016 16:36
  
  Yes she really did say that and, as you can imagine, a lot of people are angry.
  
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• Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon differ on indyref2

  15-07-2016 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A second independence referendum is dividing opinion between Prime Minister Theresa May and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
  
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• May says won't trigger EU divorce until UK-wide approach agreed

  15-07-2016 16:01
  By Russell Cheyne EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that Britain would not trigger formal divorce talks with the European Union until a "UK approach" had been agreed, bidding to appease Scots who strongly oppose Brexit. May made the comment after meeting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, head of the pro-independence Scottish government which says pro-EU Scots should not be dragged out against their will and has been looking at ways to keep Scotland in the bloc. Scotla
  
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• Scotland's Sturgeon says 'inconceivable' for UK to block future independence vote

  15-07-2016 15:38
  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday it would be inconceivable for the United Kingdom to block a second independence referendum if the devolved parliament in Edinburgh voted for it. "I think it would be inconceivable for any Prime Minister to seek to stand in the way of a referendum if that's what the Scottish parliament voted for," Sturgeon told broadcasters after meeting new British Prime Minister Theresa May. Sturgeon wants Scotland to stay in the EU, and Scots as a whole vo
  
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• French-Tunisian Nice attacker shot dead by police was 'not known to intelligence services'

  15-07-2016 15:20
  
  The moment the lorry driver was shot by police was filmed by a witness.
  
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• Sturgeon says London would be wrong to block any new independence vote

  15-07-2016 15:03
  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that if Scots wanted to vote in a second referendum on whether to stay part of the United Kingdom, the British government would be wrong to block it. "I work on the basis that trying to block a referendum, if there's a clear sense that that's what people in Scotland want, would be completely the wrong thing to do," Sturgeon told Sky news after meeting new British Prime Minister Theresa May. May told broadcasters earlier that Scots had had their chance
  
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• May says won't trigger Article 50 until have UK-wide approach

  15-07-2016 15:01
  British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that the government would not trigger Article 50, the formal trigger of divorce talks with the European Union, until a "UK approach" had been agreed. May, speaking after a meeting with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who has been looking at ways to keep Scotland in the bloc, said she wanted to get the best deal for the whole country.
  
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• Johnson to meet EU foreign policy chief on Sunday

  15-07-2016 14:57
  Britain's new foreign secretary Boris Johnson will meet EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Sunday evening in Brussels but a planned dinner with Johnson's EU peers has been cancelled, the European Commission said. Mogherini, who chairs EU foreign ministers' meetings, had planned a dinner with all 28 ministers to discuss foreign policy before a breakfast on Monday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. A third diplomat said Johnson's shock appointment meant few ministers wanted to hav
  
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• Irish barman in Nice: Truck driver 'was cutting through people... he was as close as 10ft away'

  15-07-2016 14:49
  
  At least 84 people, including several children, have died after an armed man drove through crowds celebrating Bastille Day.
  
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• Andrea Leadsom thinks men shouldn't be employed to look after children in case they're a paedophile

  15-07-2016 14:28
  
  Yes she really did say that and, as you can imagine, a lot of people are angry.
  
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• Tributes pour in for Jo Cox on the day of her funeral

  15-07-2016 13:59
  
  Mourners revived the hashtag Love Like Jo to pay their respects to the MP online.
  
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• Hundreds line the streets to pay respects ahead of Jo Cox's funeral

  15-07-2016 13:53
  
  The mother of two young children died on June 16 after being shot and stabbed outside a library in Birstall.
  
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• A month after his return from space and Tim Peake feels great

  15-07-2016 13:22
  
  He’s had brain and bone scans to see how he is coping.
  
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• On first trip as PM, May to discuss Brexit with Scotland's Sturgeon

  15-07-2016 13:19
  By Russell Cheyne EDINBURGH (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Edinburgh on Friday to discuss the implications of Brexit for Scotland with Nicola Sturgeon, head of the pro-independence Scottish government. May's decision to visit Sturgeon on her own turf less than 48 hours after taking office underlines her determination to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom after the Brexit vote revived the issue of independence. Scotland voted by 62-38 percent to stay in the European Unio
  
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• Slain MP Jo Cox laid to rest in private ceremony

  15-07-2016 13:16
  The funeral of MP Jo Cox, whose murder shocked Britain in the run-up to last month's EU referendum, was being held on Friday in the northern English constituency she represented. Cox, a 41-year-old mother of two young children, was shot and stabbed in the street in the village of Birstall, West Yorkshire, on June 16 as she made her way to an advice session for the people she represented in parliament. The slaying of the opposition Labour Party lawmaker a little over a year after she was elected,
  
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• Britain to review security of large public events after Nice attack

  15-07-2016 13:14
  British police are reviewing security plans for large public events next week following an attack during a fireworks show in the French city of Nice, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday. "The police are looking at the security situation and are reviewing security around large public events taking place in the UK over the next seven days," she told reporters. May's spokeswoman said a small number of British nationals had been injured in the attack.
  
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• Slain British lawmaker Jo Cox laid to rest in private ceremony

  15-07-2016 13:05
  The funeral of lawmaker Jo Cox, whose murder shocked Britain in the run-up to last month's EU referendum, was being held on Friday in the northern English constituency she represented. Cox, a 41-year-old mother of two young children, was shot and stabbed in the street in the village of Birstall, West Yorkshire, on June 16 as she made her way to an advice session for the people she represented in parliament. The slaying of the opposition Labour Party lawmaker a little over a year after she was el
  
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• Theresa May condemns 'horrifying' Nice attack and says Britain must redouble efforts to defeat terrorists

  15-07-2016 12:56
  
  The new Prime Minister has called an emergency meeting to see what Britain can do to help in the aftermath of the attack.
  
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• Pay freeze at London law firm an early sign of Brexit damage

  15-07-2016 12:49
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Business was booming for Berwin Leighton Paisner before Brexit. The 84-year-old City of London law firm banked its second-highest ever profit per equity partner in the financial year that ended in April. BLP is particularly exposed because it specialises in commercial real estate, one of the worst-hit sectors.
  
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• Mick Jagger, 72, to become father for eighth time

  15-07-2016 12:47
  LONDON (Reuters) - Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, 72, is to become a father again for the eighth time. A spokesman for the veteran rock band on Friday confirmed media reports saying that Jagger's girlfriend, 29-year-old American ballerina Melanie Hamrick, was pregnant. Jagger, who turns 73 on July 26, already has seven children. He became a great-grandfather in 2014. Jagger's band mate Ronnie Wood became a father again at the age of 68 in May, when his wife Sally, 38, gave birth to twin gi
  
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• Theresa May's cabinet has the lowest number of privately educated ministers in 70 years

  15-07-2016 12:42
  
  30% of ministers were independently educated – the lowest proportion since 1945.
  
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• 'We have no trade negotiators' - Letwin

  15-07-2016 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin says the UK has no trade negotiators
  
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• French flags fly at half-mast as three days of national mourning is declared for France

  15-07-2016 12:22
  
  In respect to the victims of the Nice attack, the Tricolour flag is flying at half-mast at Downing Street and at The Open Championships.
  
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• London security to be reviewed following Nice attack, mayor announces

  15-07-2016 11:44
  
  London mayor Sadiq Khan sought to reassure Londoners following the deadly terror attack in Nice.
  
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• London Mayor Khan says reviewing security after Nice attacks

  15-07-2016 11:19
  LONDON (Reuters) - London's mayor said on Friday the city's security measures would be reviewed after a gunman at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into crowds in the French city of Nice in what President Francois Hollande called a terrorist act. "I will reassure all Londoners that today we will be reviewing our own safety measures in light of this attack and that I and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner will do everything possible to keep Londoners safe," Khan was quoted as saying by the Pr
  
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• Briton injured in Nice terror attack, Boris Johnson confirms

  15-07-2016 11:12
  
  The Foreign Secretary tells the UK that a British national was among those who were injured in the Bastille Day terror attack in Nice.
  
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• Sheffield wakeboarders tackle Victorian storm drains

  15-07-2016 11:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Extreme sports enthusiasts have been filmed wakeboarding through a Victorian storm drain deep beneath the streets of Sheffield.
  
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• On first trip as UK PM, May to discuss Brexit with Scotland's Sturgeon

  15-07-2016 10:47
  By Russell Cheyne EDINBURGH (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Edinburgh on Friday to discuss the implications of Brexit for Scotland with Nicola Sturgeon, head of the pro-independence Scottish government. May's decision to visit Sturgeon on her own turf less than 48 hours after taking office underlines her determination to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom after the Brexit vote revived the issue of independence. Scotland voted by 62-38 percent to stay in the European Unio
  
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• UK construction output fell sharply in May in run-up to referendum - ONS

  15-07-2016 10:37
  British construction output fell sharply in May during the run-up to the vote on European Union membership, suggesting the sector may drag on economic growth in the second quarter. The Office for National Statistics said construction output, which makes up 6 percent of the economy, fell 2.1 percent in May compared with April, when it increased 2.8 percent increase. The vote to leave the EU sparked fears of recession and raised deep uncertainties about Britain's future trading relationships, send
  
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