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• MPs back renewal of Trident nuclear deterrent

  18-07-2016 23:38
  By Michael Holden and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - MPs voted strongly on Monday to renew Britain's ageing nuclear weapons system, a multibillion-pound project regarded as key to maintaining the country's status as a world power following its vote to leave the European Union. Despite opposition from the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) and some in the opposition Labour Party, parliament approved the renewal of the Scottish-based nuclear-armed Trident submarines by 472 to 117 v
  
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• Here are the key quotes from the debate on renewing Trident

  18-07-2016 23:22
  
  Many Tory MPs appear in favour of renewing the deterrent, the SNP are firmly against, and Labour is once again divided.
  
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• Johnson says talks with EU counterparts over Brexit 'positive'

  18-07-2016 23:01
  British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Monday he had held "positive and productive" one-on-one talks with many of his European Union counterparts about implementing Britain's vote to leave the bloc. Britain will need to negotiate a new relationship with the EU once the government triggers Article 50, the formal start of divorce talks with the bloc. "Met many EU counterparts one on one to discuss giving effect to EU vote, talks were positive and productive," Johnson said on Twitter.
  
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• George Osborne urges Theresa May to seek 'closest possible new ties' to Europe

  18-07-2016 21:43
  
  The former Cabinet minister admitted he had “put everything on the line” by campaigning so hard for Remain.
  
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• Here's all you need to know about what Trident actually is

  18-07-2016 21:34
  
  Everything you need to know about Trident as the Government debates whether to renew the country’s nuclear deterrent.
  
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• Crowdfunding campaign raises thousands in bid to prosecute 'dishonest Brexit politicians'

  18-07-2016 21:22
  
  #BrexitJustice have raised more than £63,000 to launch a legal challenge against leaving the EU after the referendum result.
  
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• Russia withheld 312 positive doping results in state-directed cheating programme, says report

  18-07-2016 20:28
  
  An investigator said that the cheating began in 2011 after a disappointing performance in the Sochi Olympics.
  
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• Johnson enters the EU lions' den

  18-07-2016 19:56
  By Robin Emmott and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Boris Johnson, who made his name as a Brussels-bashing journalist in the 1990s, was determined to avoid making headlines when he returned to his old stamping ground on Monday. The mop-haired politician, who led last month's referendum campaign to take Britain out of the European Union, was on his best behaviour at his first EU foreign ministers' meeting. "We have to give effect to the will of the people and leave the European Union, but
  
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• Safe salad

  18-07-2016 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amid concern over an E. coli outbreak in the UK, BBC News asks culinary professionals for tips and advice on the best way to wash salad and vegetables.
  
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• Commuter horror as 50ft sinkhole opens up right underneath the track

  18-07-2016 19:10
  
  There’s not much you can do about a sinkhole opening up under a train track – but that doesn’t stop commuters complaining.
  
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• British lawmakers set to renew Trident nuclear deterrent

  18-07-2016 18:48
  By Michael Holden and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers are expected to vote on Monday to renew Britain's ageing nuclear weapons system, a multi-billion pound project regarded as key to maintaining the country's status as a world power following its vote to leave the European Union. Parliament, where the Conservatives have a majority of 16, is likely to approve renewing the Scottish-based nuclear-armed Trident submarines despite opposition from some lawmakers from the main opposition
  
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• MP Naz Shah says her anti-Semitic posts were "ignorant"

  18-07-2016 17:53
  
  MP Naz Shaw, who was suspended for Facebook posts about Israel, admits she was “ignorant” of the offensiveness of anti-Semitism.
  
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• An absolutely adorable tapir has been born at Chester Zoo

  18-07-2016 17:53
  
  Baby Solo is the first of the endangered Malayan tapir species to be born at Chester Zoo.
  
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• Factbox - EU states want Brexit process soon, defend free movement

  18-07-2016 17:26
  By Ines Kagubare BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union states are broadly united in calling for Britain to quickly launch formal negotiations on leaving, and in rejecting new limits on migration within the bloc, a survey by Reuters has found. The Brussels missions of 18 of the 27 other EU member states responded to questions from Reuters that included when Britain should formally notify the Union of its exit plan and whether the Union should consider further limits on the free migration of workers
  
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• EU states want Brexit process soon, defend free movement

  18-07-2016 17:25
  By Ines Kagubare BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union states are broadly united in calling for Britain to quickly launch formal negotiations on leaving, and in rejecting new limits on migration within the bloc, a survey by Reuters has found. The Brussels missions of 18 of the 27 other EU member states responded to questions from Reuters that included when Britain should formally notify the Union of its exit plan and whether the Union should consider further limits on the free migration of workers
  
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• ARM and a leg

  18-07-2016 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  ARM's technology is at the heart of millions of smartphones and tablets - but the company's inventions are used wider still.
  
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• Boris Johnson has quit his Daily Telegraph column - which paid a LOT of money

  18-07-2016 16:38
  
  He was paid HOW MUCH?!
  
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• New Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrived in Brussels with a brand new haircut

  18-07-2016 16:11
  
  His trademark blond locks were looking smarter than usual. Well, a little bit smarter anyway.
  
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• French PM booed as Nice remembers victims with minute's silence

  18-07-2016 16:03
  
  Families of the dead and injured gathered alongside emergency services, who were applauded and thanked by members of the crowd.
  
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• Theresa May has had 'very constructive' talks with the First Minister of Wales

  18-07-2016 15:51
  
  This was May’s first visit to Wales since becoming Prime Minister.
  
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• Theresa May backs foreign takeover of ARM Holdings despite vowing to defend UK firms

  18-07-2016 15:45
  
  It’s the new PM’s first big U-turn.
  
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• RNLI rescues dog that plummeted off the edge of a rocky cliff

  18-07-2016 15:43
  
  The animal survived its fall onto Telegraph Bay.
  
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• This is how the hot weather compares to previous UK heatwaves

  18-07-2016 15:23
  
  We’re having a mini heatwave right now.
  
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• Charles and Camilla typically purchase some Cornish pasties during their visit to Cornwall

  18-07-2016 14:54
  
  When in Rome (Cornwall)…
  
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• RNLI rescues dog that plummeted off a edge of a rocky cliff

  18-07-2016 14:38
  
  The animal survived its fall onto Telegraph Bay.
  
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• Insight - After Brexit, ordinary Britons warm to gold as safe haven

  18-07-2016 13:55
  By Clara Denina LONDON (Reuters) - When Britain voted to leave the European Union, the thoughts of Yorkshire teacher Grace Hall immediately turned to her family's bottom line. Three days later, as UK stocks and sterling plummeted, she put those thoughts into action and deposited part of her life savings -- 25,000 pounds -- into gold. "We are seeing people convert as much as 40 to 50 percent of their net worth into physical gold, (compared to) 5 to 10 percent in the past," he said.
  
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• Savy fashion student embeds Oyster card in her NAILS to use on London commute

  18-07-2016 11:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A STUDENT has made her commute around London that bit more fashionable, by creating a set of false nails that can be used as an Oyster card.
  
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• May to meet Merkel for Brexit talks in first foreign visit

  18-07-2016 11:31
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Theresa May will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to discuss how they can work together as Britain prepares to leave the European Union in her first foreign visit as prime minister, a spokeswoman said on Monday. The spokeswoman for the British leader also said in a statement that May would then travel to France on Thursday to meet President Francois Hollande for talks on Brexit, the attacks in Nice and counter-terrorism cooperation. (Reporting by Elizabeth Pip
  
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• Ignoring Brexit referendum 'VERY TEMPTING' says Labour leadership contender

  18-07-2016 11:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  OWEN SMITH has claimed it would be "very tempting" for Labour to ignore the referendum decision if they were to win a general election.
  
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• Here's all you need to know about the Trident renewal debate

  18-07-2016 11:20
  
  MPs are set to vote tonight on renewal, which is estimated to cost around £40 billion.
  
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• 'They won’t vote for it!' David Davis claims Scotland WON'T back Sturgeon's Brexit plans

  18-07-2016 11:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXIT secretary David Davis has shut down Nicola Sturgeon's repeated warnings of a second independence referendum for Scotland.
  
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• Bank of England's Weale sees little urgency to cut interest rates

  18-07-2016 10:52
  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Martin Weale said on Monday he was unsure whether he would back an interest rate cut at next month's BoE meeting, in contrast to most of his colleagues who think stimulus is likely after Britain voted to leave the EU. Weale - who will step down after the August meeting - did not see panic among consumers or businesses after the June 23 Brexit vote and said the central bank should not be afraid of disappointing markets. People who t
  
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• Furious backlash as 'twerp' radio caller tries to trick Farage during immigration call-in

  18-07-2016 10:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RADIO listeners hit out after a caller attempted to trick Nigel Farage as he presented his call-in show on Sunday.
  
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• MPs seen renewing Trident nuclear deterrent

  18-07-2016 10:40
  By Michael Holden and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers are expected to vote on Monday to renew Britain's ageing nuclear weapons system, a multi-billion pound project regarded as key to maintaining the country's status as a world power following the vote to leave the European Union. Parliament, where the Conservatives have a majority of 16, is likely to approve renewing the Scottish-based nuclear-armed Trident submarines despite opposition from many lawmakers from the main opposition
  
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• Boris: We're leaving the EU, but we're not leaving Europe

  18-07-2016 10:32
  
  Johnson is on his first European trip since becoming Foreign Secretary.
  
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• SAS sharpshooters undergo special training to stop Nice copycat attacks on British soil

  18-07-2016 09:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CRACK teams of SAS snipers could be deployed at Notting Hill Carnival to prevent a repeat of the Nice Bastille Day lorry massacre in the UK.
  
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• Millennials are earning £8,000 less in their 20s than the generation before

  18-07-2016 09:45
  
  Deeply, deeply depressing.
  
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• Too soon to say when Article 50 will be triggered - Michael Fallon

  18-07-2016 09:33
  LONDON (Reuters) - Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Monday it was too early to say when Britain would trigger Article 50, the formal means of leaving the European Union, and how long it would take to develop its strategy for the divorce talks. "It's too soon to set out an exact timetable," Fallon told BBC radio. "The new government was only formed ... last Wednesday and Thursday. A negotiating strategy is now being prepared and once that is finalised you will see the formal process begin
  
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• Fewer Britons visit shops after EU referendum - BRC

  18-07-2016 09:14
  Retail footfall across Britain was 2.8 percent lower than a year earlier in the five weeks from May 29 to July 2. This was the sharpest decline since February 2014 and down from a 0.3 percent increase in May, a survey from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) showed on Monday. "The results are shaped by a political and economic storm against a backdrop of rain downpours and generally inclement weather throughout the whole month," said Diane Wehrle, marketing director at Springboard, a retail data
  
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• 5 things we learned as Henrik Stenson stormed to glory at The Open

  18-07-2016 09:08
  
  It was a good week for the older generation at Troon.
  
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• Turkey flights are returning to normal

  18-07-2016 08:38
  
  The Foreign Office said that apart from Marmaris, coastal resorts didn’t appear to be significantly affected.
  
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• Could there really be a new centre-left breakaway party? Lib Dem leader Tim Farron thinks so

  18-07-2016 08:23
  
  Farron believes an alliance with disaffected Labour MPs could make sure the 21st century “is a lot more progressive than the 20th was”.
  
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• Hottest temperature of 2016 recorded with great weather tipped to continue

  18-07-2016 08:19
  
  It could be 34 degrees by Tuesday!
  
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• Johnson assures EU of post-Brexit cooperation

  18-07-2016 08:13
  New Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he would assure his EU counterparts on Monday that Britain would continue to cooperate closely with them once it leaves the bloc following last month's Brexit referendum. "The message I'll be taking to our friends in the council is that we have to give effect to the will of the people and leave the European Union but that in no sense means that we are leaving Europe," the Brexit campaigner told reporters on arrival at an EU foreign ministers meeting in Br
  
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• ‘Don’t gamble with Britons safety on Trident’ Theresa May to warn MPs

  18-07-2016 07:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PRIME Minister Theresa May will brand the idea of cutting down Britain’s nuclear arsenal as “grossly irresponsible” in a speech to MPs.
  
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• Holiday FURY: Check-in system fails for FOURTH time as Phillip Schofield blasts 's***' BA

  18-07-2016 06:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HOLIDAY makers faced scenes of administrative chaos as newly introduced check-in systems failed on one of the busiest days of the year at the UK’s two biggest airports.
  
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• Holiday CHAOS as thousands of Britons face not being allowed to cancel trips to Turkey

  18-07-2016 05:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THOUSANDS of Britons are facing a summer holiday nightmare after being told they might not be allowed to cancel or swap their trips to Turkey.
  
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• More Russian spies in Britain than during the COLD WAR, top intelligence official warns

  18-07-2016 04:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A TOP British intelligence official has warned there are more Russian spies working in Britain than during the Cold War.
  
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• Engulfed by doubt, top UK firms shelve spending plans after EU vote - Deloitte

  18-07-2016 01:52
  Britain's biggest companies are beset by doubts about the future after last month's vote to leave the European Union and have slashed their investment plans, according to a survey on Monday that bodes poorly for the economy. Some 82 percent of chief financial officers from FTSE 350 and large private companies expect to cut capital spending in the next year, the biggest proportion on record and up from 34 percent in the first quarter, accountancy firm Deloitte said. While the British central bank
  
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• Asking prices for UK houses slip slightly after Brexit vote - Rightmove

  18-07-2016 01:39
  Asking prices for British residential property slipped slightly more than usual after last month's vote to leave the European Union, though the overall impact remains hard to judge, figures from property website Rightmove showed on Monday. Average prices for property advertised in the four weeks to July 9 were 0.9 percent lower than in June, a slightly bigger fall than the 0.4 percent drop typically recorded that month as demand softens in the run-up to summer holidays, Rightmove said. "Perhaps
  
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