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• Get the sunnies out - hottest temperature of 2016 recorded with great weather tipped to continue

  17-07-2016 23:57
  
  It could be 34 degrees by Tuesday!
  
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• Baton Rouge police shooting suspect is ex-Marine who 'killed three cops on his 29th birthday' - Mirror.co.uk

  17-07-2016 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Baton Rouge police shooting suspect is ex-Marine who 'killed three cops on his 29th birthday'
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  The gunman who killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been identified as Gavin Long - who appears to have launched the attack on his 29th birthday. One of the officers killed has also been identified as Montrell Jackson, who ...
  Baton Rouge shooting: 3 officers killed, suspect deadCNN
  Three police officers killed, three others wounded in Baton Rouge shooti
  
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• Who is Ragnar Klavan? All you need to know about Liverpool's latest signing - Telegraph.co.uk

  17-07-2016 23:31 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Who is Ragnar Klavan? All you need to know about Liverpool's latest signing
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  Ragnar Klavan, the little-known 30-year old Estonian footballer that Liverpool this weekend signed for €5million from FC Augsburg has established a reputation as a tough-tackling centre-back, and Jurgen Klopp will expect him to help shore up Liverpool ...
  Liverpool set to complete £4.2m deal for Ragnar KlavanThe Guardian
  Liverpool close to signing Ragnar Klavan from Augsburg fo
  
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• Viewers were not happy with Sunday's Big Brother

  17-07-2016 23:16
  
  It was all a bit…dry
  
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• Turkey turmoil shows why appointing bungling Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary is no joke - Mirror.co.uk

  17-07-2016 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Turkey turmoil shows why appointing bungling Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary is no joke
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  Blond bungler Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary is no laughing matter when Turkey is a bloody warning that lives are at stake. Theresa May will come to bitterly regret choosing the professional buffoon for high office, undermining the serious image ...
  Boris Johnson's plane in emergency landing on his way to Brussels for EU dinnerDaily Star
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• Olympian Chris Boardman's tribute to mother after her death in cycling accident - BT.com

  17-07-2016 22:50 via home.bt.com
  
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  Olympian Chris Boardman's tribute to mother after her death in cycling accident
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  Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman has paid a heartfelt tribute to his mother after she was killed in a cycling accident. 0. Share this. Facebook; Twitter; Google plus; Email; Share. 0. Carol Boardman, the mother of Olympic cycling gold medallist ...
  Cycling world rallies behind Chris Boardman after his mum dies in bike crashLiverpool Echo
  Chris Boardman's mother Carol killed in Wales after cycling
  
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• Emergency landing for plane taking Boris Johnson to Brussels

  17-07-2016 22:45
  
  The plane the Foreign Secretary was flying on landed at Luton Airport after a “technical issue”.
  
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• Breighton airport helicopter crash sees five casualties at Yorkshire aerodrome - Daily Mail

  17-07-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Breighton airport helicopter crash sees five casualties at Yorkshire aerodrome
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  Humberside Police were called to Breighton Airport, near Selby, in Yorkshire at 6.07pm today following the crash, and all casualties were taken to hospital. The five people involved - all men - suffered serious head, back, chest and leg injuries in the ...
  Five seriously injured in Breighton airfield helicopter crashBBC News
  Five people injured in helicopter crash at Yorkshire airportSTV News
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• Turkey widens crackdown on military and judiciary after failed coup - Daily Mail

  17-07-2016 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Turkey widens crackdown on military and judiciary after failed coup
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  ISTANBUL/ANKARA, July 17 (Reuters) - Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military coup on Sunday, taking the number of people rounded up in the armed forces and judiciary to 6,000, and the government said it was in control ...
  Turkey steps up purge with 6000 detained after failed military coupBT.com
  At height of Turkish coup bid, rebel jets had Erdogan's plane in their si
  
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• Officials: France truck attacker may have become radicalized - Daily Mail

  17-07-2016 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Officials: France truck attacker may have become radicalized
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  NICE, France (AP) — There is mounting evidence that Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, the Tunisian-born truck driver responsible for the deadly carnage in Nice last week, had recently absorbed extremist ideas and had become radicalized, French authorities ...
  Nice attack: French attacker sends final text calling for more weaponsThe Sydney Morning Herald
  Grief Turns to Anger in France in Wake of Nice AttackTIM
  
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• Justine Greening 'open-minded' to return of grammar schools in England - Express.co.uk

  17-07-2016 20:20 via express.co.uk
  
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  Justine Greening 'open-minded' to return of grammar schools in England
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  TORY hopes of a resurgence of grammar schools were raised today when Education Secretary Justine Greening said she had an “open mind” on the issue of academic selection. By Macer Hall. PUBLISHED: 18:51, Sun, Jul 17, 2016 | UPDATED: 19:17, Sun, ...and more »
  
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• Watch the brilliant moment Nigel Farage gets duped by an LBC caller

  17-07-2016 19:44
  
  Well done Richard!
  
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• U2's Bono caught in Nice lorry attack while dining, says restaurant owner

  17-07-2016 19:13
  
  Bono was dining at La Petite Maison, near the Promenade des Anglais, when he attack occurred according to the restaurant’s owner.
  
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• Could one of David Cameron's last Prime Ministerial acts be to knight Andy Murray?

  17-07-2016 18:49
  
  Alex Salmond thinks Murray would be the most popular Scottish knight since William Wallace.
  
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• Three police officers killed and two suspects believed to be at large in Louisiana

  17-07-2016 18:42
  
  It comes after country-wide protests.
  
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• Prince George: The best pictures and notable events from his first three years

  17-07-2016 18:11
  
  Prince George turns three on Friday.
  
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• 10 things we know about Prince George

  17-07-2016 18:04
  
  He loves planes.
  
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• Nice attack death toll could rise as 18 remain in critical condition

  17-07-2016 18:00
  
  The latest from Nice as 18 people wounded in the lorry attack remain in a critical condition in hospital.
  
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• BFG's Mark Rylance admits he can't always find the right words

  17-07-2016 18:00
  
  The new film is directed by Steven Spielberg.
  
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• Labour leadership contender Owen Smith would 'renationalise the railways tomorrow'

  17-07-2016 17:43
  
  He also backed a second EU referendum.
  
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• Britain votes on Trident amid political division - Deutsche Welle

  17-07-2016 16:06 via dw.com
  
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  Britain votes on Trident amid political division
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  Monday's vote on Britain's nuclear deterrent comes at a sensitive moment for the Labour Party and the UK's defense commitments after Brexit. Samira Shackle reports from London. Bildergalerie Schottland Unabhängigkeit. With the country's two main ...
  Trident is costly and immoral. Here's another reason renewal is a bad idea.STV Newsall 73 news articles »
  
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• Brexit minister seeks 'generous' deal for EU citizens, Britons

  17-07-2016 14:16
  Britain's Brexit minister said he wanted a generous settlement for Britons living in the EU and for Europeans in Britain after the country voted to leave the 28-nation bloc, but declined to fully guarantee the rights of EU citizens. David Davis, who has said Britain should begin the formal process of leaving the EU by triggering Article 50 in early 2017, said on Sunday that the rights of EU citizens living in Britain should be agreed along with those of Britons in Europe. "We want to do that at
  
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• Sturgeon: Second independence referendum could be next year - BBC News

  17-07-2016 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Sturgeon: Second independence referendum could be next year
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  Nicola Sturgeon has said she would consider a second referendum on Scottish independence in the first half of next year if necessary. The first minister told the BBC that could happen if the UK government started the formal process of leaving the EU ...
  Nicola Sturgeon suggests she has a veto over when to trigger Brexit processDaily Mail
  Scotland is in a strong position to block Brexit, says Nicola SturgeonThe Indepen
  
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• Watch Didcot power station come crashing down as search for bodies continues

  17-07-2016 13:37
  
  See the moment the remainder of the Didcot power station is demolished as search continues for those killed when it collapsed.
  
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• Scotland's Sturgeon says would not rule out staying in EU and UK

  17-07-2016 12:45
  Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would not rule out the possibility of Scotland remaining in the European Union as well as part of Britain, which backed Brexit in a referendum mainly due to voters in England and Wales. "When you are in unchartered territory you have effectively a blank sheet of paper in front of you then you have an opportunity to think things that may have been previously unthinkable," Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. Asked if Scotland could stay in t
  
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• Brexit minister says UK will keep EU market access, aims for it to be tariff-free

  17-07-2016 12:27
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Brexit minister said the country will keep access to the European single market after it leaves the European Union but that the question is whether tariffs will be imposed on goods and services. "It will keep its access, but whether it keeps tariff-free access is the issue and I think yes, that is what we are aiming for," he told Sky News' Murnaghan Programme on Sunday. (Reporting by Costas Pitas, editing by Karin Strohecker)
  
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• Nice promenade reopens after terror attack, but France is still in mourning

  17-07-2016 11:30
  
  The scene of the Bastille Day terror attack has reopened to the public as tributes continue for victims and people still missing.
  
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• Scottish first minister says would not rule out staying in EU and UK

  17-07-2016 10:56
  Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would not rule out the possibility of Scotland remaining in the European Union as well as part of Britain, which backed Brexit overall in a referendum mainly due to voters in England and Wales. Voters in Scotland rejected independence in 2014 but heavily backed remaining part of the EU in a referendum on June 23, with Sturgeon suggesting there could be a second secession vote.
  
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• Meet the man Turkey is blaming for the military coup

  17-07-2016 10:50
  
  We hear from Fethullah Gulen, the exiled cleric that Turkey has accused of orchestrating the attempted military coup.
  
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• UK Labour Party leadership candidate Eagle says need all-party agreement on Brexit

  17-07-2016 10:40
  LONDON (Reuters) - Angela Eagle, one of three candidates vying to lead Britain's opposition Labour Party, said on Sunday there should be agreement between Britain's political parties on the terms of a Brexit deal. "We need to get the terms of leaving right and we've got to have all party agreement on that," Eagle told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. (Reporting by Costas Pitas; editing by Karin Strohecker)
  
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• Selfies and celebrations in Turkey as military coup is foiled

  17-07-2016 10:04
  
  It was a very different scene in Turkey on Saturday with thousands gathering in celebration as the attempted military coup was thwarted.
  
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• Brexit minister - EU citizens arriving in UK ahead of Brexit may not be able to stay

  17-07-2016 09:58
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new Brexit minister said on Sunday that new European Union citizens arriving in Britain as Brexit nears may not have their right to remain in the country protected. "We may have to say that the right to indefinite leave to remain protection only applies before a certain date. But you have to make those judgements on reality not speculation," David Davis was quoted as saying by the Mail on Sunday newspaper. (Reporting by Costas Pitas, editing by Karin Strohecker)
  
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• Lord Sugar reveals The Apprentice will return in October

  17-07-2016 08:01
  
  Euro 2016 and the 2016 Olympics has resulted in a busy BBC One schedule – and another autumn broadcast for The Apprentice.
  
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• Crunch decision

  17-07-2016 02:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPs prepare to debate the future of Britain's nuclear deterrent but is there still a need for a British bomb?
  
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• New south of Scotland tourism boss flags up 'opportunities'

  17-07-2016 02:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new head of tourism in southern Scotland flags up the Tour of Britain and the Borders Railway as key opportunities to boost visitor numbers.
  
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• Trident renewal plans 'need more scrutiny', SNP says

  17-07-2016 02:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May is urged to delay Monday's vote on Trident renewal to allow "proper scrutiny".
  
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• Sharing secrets

  17-07-2016 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The lessons on intelligence-sharing learned after 7/7 may be one reason that the UK has been more fortunate than France in avoiding terror attacks, says the BBC's Peter Taylor.
  
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• Tributes to Durham miners' stalwart Dave Hopper

  17-07-2016 01:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn leads tributes after the death of Durham Miners' Gala secretary Dave Hopper.
  
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• Hendrix's hit-maker

  17-07-2016 01:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  His discovery of a young Jimi Hendrix in a New York coffee house would change the face of music. Twenty years on from Chas Chandler's death, those who knew him look back at his life.
  
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• War children

  17-07-2016 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The story of how nearly 4,000 child evacuees arrived after the UK government yielded to public opinion.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: Turkey coup attempt aftermath

  17-07-2016 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Extensive coverage of the failed coup attempt in Turkey, as well as the Nice lorry attacker and Brexit stories, feature on the front pages.
  
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• North Weald airfield: Centenary celebrates 'pivotal' RAF station

  17-07-2016 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look back at 100 years of an airfield which played a "pivotal" role in the Battle of Britain in 1940.
  
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• Didcot power station: Search to resume after demolition

  17-07-2016 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Search efforts for three men killed in the Didcot power station collapse will resume when the remainder of the building is demolished.
  
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