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• Woman dies in machete attack in Germany

  24-07-2016 22:55
  
  It comes just two days after a gunman murdered nine people and injured 17 others in Munich.
  
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• Motorists losing hope as M25 comes to standstill after Dartford Tunnel closes

  24-07-2016 22:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FURIOUS motorists are losing hope as the M25 has come to a complete standstill after authorities closed the Dartford Tunnel.
  
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• Family's shock as Scotsman dies in plunge from Ibiza balcony

  24-07-2016 22:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SPANISH police are probing the death of a Scot who plunged from a fifth-floor apartment on the island of Ibiza.
  
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• ‘I’ll be fighting fit again soon’ Stephanie Inglis on horror accident and judo dreams

  24-07-2016 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SCOTS judo star Stephanie Inglis has described the terrifying moment she woke from a five-week coma to find herself in a hospital bed.
  
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• Watch this skateboarder bypass the traffic to Dover

  24-07-2016 22:22
  
  While motorists were stuck for hours, this guy had a better idea.
  
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• Downpatrick: Man dies in clay pigeon shooting 'accident'

  24-07-2016 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man has died in a suspected shooting accident at a clay pigeon shooting event in County Down, police say.
  
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• William and Kate applaud Sir Ben Ainslie after America's Cup triumph

  24-07-2016 21:35
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge perched on the front of a high-speed catamaran as they cheered on Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup team to victory. The royal couple joined thousands of spectators to support Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR team in the Portsmouth leg of the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS). At the end of […]
  
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• Leader of the pack

  24-07-2016 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Froome wins two stages, survives crashes, runs up Mont Ventoux and sees five other British stage wins in a historic 2016 race.
  
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• Emotional tributes paid to #HelloMyNameIs doctor who has died from cancer aged 34

  24-07-2016 20:12
  
  Dr Kate Granger raised more than £250,000 for a cancer charity before she died from the disease.
  
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• Double stabbing outside Subway in British seaside town sparks manhunt

  24-07-2016 20:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MANHUNT is on the go after two people were stabbed outside a Subway sandwich shop in broad daylight.
  
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• UK Conservative Party chairman says Brexit must be binding

  24-07-2016 17:35
  By Jemima Kelly LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's vote to leave the European Union must be binding, the chairman of Britain's ruling Conservative Party said on Sunday, and the exit process will be started before the next general election. Patrick McLoughlin, who was made party chairman by new Prime Minister Theresa May last week, told the BBC's Marr Show that the vote for Brexit meant Britain must now get control of its own borders and that immigration must be reduced. Asked about a report in the Obs
  
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• Islamic State claim responsibility for Iraq bombing

  24-07-2016 16:13
  
  Shiite neighbourhoods – where the bomb was detonated – are one of the most frequent targets for the extremist group.
  
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• Prince George was spoilt rotten on his third birthday, according to his dad

  24-07-2016 16:05
  
  Apparently he’s not into boats just yet.
  
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• Munich gunman spent a year planning his attack, according to authorities

  24-07-2016 15:29
  
  Investigators also say he visited the site of a previous school shooting in the German town of Winnenden and took photographs.
  
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• Dover delays

  24-07-2016 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As motorists continue to face a long wait on their journey through Kent, how have people coped with being stuck in their cars for hours.
  
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• John McDonnell broke the fourth wall on The Marr Show and viewers found it very odd

  24-07-2016 13:24
  
  Sadness in his eyes.
  
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• Conservative Party chairman says Brexit must be binding

  24-07-2016 13:16
  By Jemima Kelly LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's vote to leave the European Union must be binding, the chairman of Britain's ruling Conservative Party said on Sunday, and Article 50, which formally starts the exit process from the bloc, would be triggered before the next election. Patrick McLoughlin, who was made party chairman by new Prime Minister Theresa May last week, told the BBC's Marr Show that the vote for Brexit meant Britain must now get control of its own borders and that immigration must
  
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• UK seeks to assuage global worries over path to Brexit

  24-07-2016 13:04
  By William Schomberg CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Britain's new finance minister Philip Hammond, under pressure from his peers from around the world, said on Sunday there could be more clarity later this year on how the country will exit the European Union. Several nations called on Britain during weekend talks on the world economy to explain how the politically fraught Brexit process will unfold in order to avoid adding a new drag on the long and slow recovery from the financial crisis. "It's a n
  
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• How the Leave campaign won

  24-07-2016 11:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Newsnight's Nicholas Watt tells the inside story of how the Leave campaign won the EU referendum.
  
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• If you've put off making a big spend post-Brexit, you're not alone

  24-07-2016 10:37
  
  People who wanted to spend money on a car, a house or a holiday have decided to either delay or abandon their plans completely, says poll.
  
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• Corporate raiders seek Brexit bargains in Britain

  24-07-2016 10:20
  By Pamela Barbaglia and Freya Berry LONDON (Reuters) - Overseas buyers lured by a plunge in the pound are looking to snare British companies on the cheap, ensuring a steady flow of deals since Britain voted to leave the European Union and defying expectations of an M&A drought. Almost 60 transactions totalling $34.5 billion have been struck by foreign companies for British firms since June 23, according to Thomson Reuters data, compared with 79 deals amounting to $4.3 billion in the month le
  
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• Dover traffic: 'We were stuck in traffic for 16 hours'

  24-07-2016 09:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ollie Burridge tells the BBC he and his family were stuck in traffic for sixteen hours waiting to board a ferry at Dover.
  
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• Hammond - Brexit path might be clearer later this year

  24-07-2016 09:13
  Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Sunday that uncertainty about how the country will leave the European Union could be eased later this year once the negotiating positions of both sides become clearer. "What will start to reduce uncertainty is when we are able to set out more clearly the kind of arrangement we envisage going forward with the European Union," Hammond told reporters at the end of the meeting of top finance officials from the Group of 20 economies. "If our European Union partners r
  
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• Bourne again

  24-07-2016 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new Jason Bourne film might feature a plot involving a global social network, but don't expect to find its director Paul Greengrass tweeting about it any time soon.
  
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• People are gathering at the scene of the Munich shopping centre shooting to mourn the victims

  24-07-2016 01:39
  
  The people of Munich, and around the world, are in shock after the mass shooting on Friday night.
  
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• Barmaids and Brazilians

  24-07-2016 01:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's victory in the 1966 World Cup is now a part of the national legend but the tournament had a lasting impact on the country itself.
  
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• One month on

  24-07-2016 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One month on from the Brexit vote, how divided is Britain? Newsnight's Katie Razzall assesses the mood across the North West of England.
  
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• Wave goodbye

  24-07-2016 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It has been a hair routine for decades, but salons are having to change tack as numbers seeking the traditional shampoo and set decline.
  
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• The Speaking Clock: 80 years of accuracy

  24-07-2016 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On 24 July 1936, the speaking clock talked for the first time.
  
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• France coach crash: UK pupils from Cheltenham injured

  24-07-2016 00:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A coach crash in eastern France near the Swiss border injures 15 pupils from a Cheltenham school.
  
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