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• Woman 'gang raped by three men' in horrific morning attack after being dragged into a park

  28-07-2016 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FEMALE cyclist was allegedly dragged into a park and gang raped by at least three men in a horrific ordeal in the early hours of the morning.
  
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• Hero schoolgirl, aged just six, rescues baby brother from inferno which killed her sibling

  28-07-2016 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SCHOOLGIRL has been labelled a hero after she rescued her baby brother from a raging inferno which claimed the life of one of her other siblings.
  
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• May reassures Poles living in UK that they are welcome

  28-07-2016 23:33
  British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to reassure Poles living in Britain that they are welcome despite increased reports of abuse in the wake of the country's vote to leave the European Union. "I want to be clear that Poles living in the UK continue to be welcome, we value the contribution they make to our country," she said on Thursday following a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo in Warsaw. There are about 790,000 Poles living in Britain according to official figures from 20
  
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• Maniac killed lover then his ex as their children watched

  28-07-2016 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A CRAZED father killed his former partner by stabbing her 132 times in front of their screaming children – seven minutes after he had knifed his new girlfriend to death.
  
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• NHS specialist groomed ‘girl of 13’ by telling her: Trust me I’m a doctor'

  28-07-2016 23:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AN NHS stomach specialist who used the social media name “TummyDoctor” when he chatted sexually online to a supposed schoolgirl was struck off today.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon's spy charter created huge dossiers on kids vulnerable to criminals

  28-07-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  STATE guardians were collecting 60 to 80 page documents on Scotland's children and were not policing where the information was being shared.
  
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• May wants bespoke terms for EU exit

  28-07-2016 21:14
  By Tatiana Jancarikova and Jakub Iglewski BRATISLAVA/WARSAW (Reuters) - Britain wants a bespoke model for its future ties with the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday, during a tour of Eastern European allies aimed at securing support in negotiations on leaving the bloc. In the five weeks since Britons voted to quit the EU, politicians have tried to solve the riddle of how to restrict EU migrants' freedom to live and work in Britain but still retain access to the EU's sin
  
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• British PM May reassures Poles living in UK that they are welcome

  28-07-2016 20:17
  British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to reassure Poles living in Britain that they are welcome despite increased reports of abuse in the wake of the country's vote to leave the European Union. "I want to be clear that Poles living in the UK continue to be welcome, we value the contribution they make to our country," she said on Thursday following a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo in Warsaw. There are about 790,000 Poles living in Britain according to official figures from 20
  
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• Brexit shockwaves hit British jobs, banks, automobiles

  28-07-2016 19:55
  By Giles Elgood and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Shockwaves from Britain's vote to leave the European Union rocked the economy on Thursday, with thousands of jobs lost at one of the country's biggest banks, big extra costs for Ford, and consumer confidence plunging. Preparing for a Brexit-related slowdown, Lloyds Banking Group said it would cut a further 3,000 jobs. One of Britain's biggest car dealerships, Inchcape, predicted growth in new car registrations would fall.
  
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• Pope Francis suffers fall in front of thousands at open-air mass

  28-07-2016 19:22
  
  The 79-year-old pontiff was quickly helped to his feet by priests around him.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn ballot challenge rejected by the High Court - here's what you need to know

  28-07-2016 18:36
  
  So, the contest between Corbyn and challenger Owen Smith will now continue as planned.
  
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• Niceties abound as Johnson meets French minister who called him liar

  28-07-2016 18:08
  By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - Modestly shaking his head to deny he was any good at speaking French, Britain's new foreign secretary Boris Johnson sought to charm a media audience in Paris during a joint appearance with his French counterpart, who recently called him a liar. At a news conference after private talks, Johnson and Jean-Marc Ayrault exchanged assurances of friendship but left without taking questions from a roomful of journalists eager to probe the awkwardness behind the niceties
  
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• Trains are becoming even more overcrowded - these images may be distressing

  28-07-2016 17:31
  Some all-too-familiar scenes of the rush-hour commute as figures show up to a third of passengers are forced to stand on busy trains.
  
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• Drug use statistics for 2015/16 have been published

  28-07-2016 17:20
  
  Overall drug use continues to drop, but there are some exceptions.
  
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• May wants bespoke Brexit to make success of EU exit

  28-07-2016 17:16
  By Tatiana Jancarikova BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Britain wants a bespoke model for its future ties with the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday, adding that its exit deal must address British voters' concerns over immigration. Speaking after a meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava - the latest in a flurry of diplomatic visits following Britain's June 23 decision to leave the EU - May stressed the need to have an open mind about what deal could be struc
  
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• EU needs new vision as it is falling in love with itself, says Slovak PM

  28-07-2016 16:31
  The European Union seems to be falling in love with itself and needs to use the time before Britain formally starts divorce proceedings to create a new vision of Europe, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. Britain's shock vote to leave the EU in June has led to calls for reforms in the bloc to connect it better to its people after disillusionment has risen after years of economic weakness and an influx of refugees. "I have always said ... the EU seems to be falling in love with i
  
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• May says wants bespoke Brexit to make a success of EU exit

  28-07-2016 16:18
  By Tatiana Jancarikova BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Britain wants a bespoke model for its future ties with the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday, adding that its exit deal must address British voters' concerns over immigration. Speaking after a meeting with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava - the latest in a flurry of diplomatic visits following Britain's June 23 decision to leave the EU - May stressed the need to have an open mind about what deal could be st
  
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• Judge rejects bid to remove Corbyn from leadership ballot

  28-07-2016 15:49
  British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn does not need to be nominated by his lawmakers to run in a leadership contest triggered by a challenge from one of his colleagues, a judge ruled on Thursday. Labour is locked in a bitter internal fight over its future and Corbyn, whose lawmakers have overwhelmingly backed a vote of no confidence in him, is campaigning to keep the job he was elected to last year with the strong grassroots support. A decision by the party's National Executive Committee (NE
  
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• EDF board member resigns ahead of Hinkley Point vote

  28-07-2016 14:47
  By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - An EDF board member has quit ahead of a vote expected to give the French utility the go-ahead to build the Hinkley Point nuclear plant in Britain, saying the project is financially risky and will lead France further away from renewable energy. One of 18 board members, Gerard Magnin was the only one with a background in alternative energy and his appointment in 2014 had been seen as a sign that the French government - which owns 85 percent of EDF - would steer
  
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• Writer leaves her laptop at Stansted...but Ryanair says she has to go to Romania to pick it up

  28-07-2016 14:40
  
  And if she wants to use Ryanair to get there it will cost her £269.98!
  
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• This Labour MP had everyone wondering whether his Twitter had been hacked or he'd had a drastic makeover

  28-07-2016 14:39
  
  He looked a bit, well, different.
  
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• Brexit shockwaves hit British jobs, consumer confidence

  28-07-2016 14:07
  By Giles Elgood and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Shockwaves from Britain's vote to leave the European Union rocked the economy on Thursday, with thousands of jobs lost at one of the country's biggest banks, consumer confidence plunging, and construction and car sales slowing. Preparing for a Brexit-related slowdown, Lloyds Banking Group said it would cut a further 3,000 jobs and one of Britain's biggest car dealerships, Inchcape, predicted growth in new car registrations would fall. "The publ
  
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• BP sticks with major arts sponsorship despite profits slump

  28-07-2016 13:53
  BP has agreed to renew five-year sponsorship deals with several British cultural institutions, including the British Museum, just days after reporting a 45 percent drop in profits. In May the British Museum was forced to temporarily close after Greenpeace activists climbed its facade, demonstrating against BP's sponsorship of a new exhibition about ancient Egypt, one of several protests at cultural events against its extraction of fossil fuels. The oil major said on Thursday it will pay around 7
  
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• Man arrested after throwing a 'batarang' at a police car

  28-07-2016 13:52
  
  The man fled the scene and was being chased by the officers when he threw a Batman-shaped metal object at them.
  
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• See the powerful pictures from the 'die-in' in London to mark World Hepatitis Day

  28-07-2016 13:14
  
  Activists gathered and lay on the floor in protest of the million people who die from hepatitis deaths each year.
  
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• British savers unlock more than 6 billion pounds from retirement pots

  28-07-2016 13:12
  British pensioners have unlocked more than 6 billion pounds of cash from their retirement savings since landmark pension freedoms were introduced 15 months ago, the Treasury said on Thursday. This is more than double the 820 million pounds reported in the first quarter, insurer Aviva said in a statement in response to the Treasury's latest numbers. Freedom, choice and popularity is to be celebrated, but savers must be supported to ensure their enthusiasm today does not damage their ambitions for
  
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• These aerial photos reveal exciting archaeological finds around the UK

  28-07-2016 12:01
  
  Historic England has released these photographs to mark the Festival of Archaeology.
  
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• Pinewood, home to James Bond, to be sold for 323 million pounds

  28-07-2016 11:58
  The owner of Britain's Pinewood Studios, home of the world's most famous fictional special agent James Bond, is set to be sold to a real estate fund for 323 million pound, it said on Thursday. Synonymous for many Britons with the heyday of British cinema, Pinewood's first four studios were built in the 1930s at its site west of London and the company has since grown with facilities in the United States, Canada, Malaysia and the Dominican Republic The 007 stage at Pinewood, one of the largest in
  
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• Man buys comedian his groceries and apologises for police brutality and racism

  28-07-2016 11:54
  
  Sampson McCormick described it as an act of love.
  
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• Supreme Court rules against Named Person scheme - BBC News

  28-07-2016 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Supreme Court rules against Named Person scheme
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  Judges at the UK's highest court have ruled against the Scottish government's Named Person scheme. Opponents of the scheme appealed to the Supreme Court in London after their case was dismissed by the Court of Session in Edinburgh last year.
  Named person act challenge upheld at Supreme CourtBT.com
  Supreme Court rules Named Person scheme breaches human rightsSTV News
  Court to rule in case that could exclude Corbyn from Labour lead
  
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• The Latest: Syrian forces take another Aleppo neighborhood - Washington Post

  28-07-2016 11:11 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  The Latest: Syrian forces take another Aleppo neighborhood
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  BEIRUT — The Latest on developments related to the Syrian war and international effort on the crisis (all times local): 12:15 p.m.. Syrian state media are reporting that government forces have taken another neighborhood from rebels in the contested ...
  Assad reportedly offers amnesty to Syrian rebelsRTE.ie
  The Latest: Moscow sending experts to Geneva for Syria talksSFGate
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• Sturgeon kicked in teeth as SNP's guardian plan for Scots ruled UNLAWFUL by Supreme Court

  28-07-2016 10:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon has been left humiliated after the UK's highest court ruled the Scottish government's "named person" scheme is unlawful.
  
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• Armed police to protect tourists on French beaches

  28-07-2016 10:45
  
  With the country on a high terror alert, security will be increased at holiday sites.
  
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• MH370: Australian officials confirm flight simulator story - The Week UK

  28-07-2016 10:43 via theweek.co.uk
  
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  MH370: Australian officials confirm flight simulator story
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  The pilot of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 left a route plotted on his home flight simulator similar to the path the missing airliner is thought to have taken when it vanished on 8 March 2014. The claim that the FBI had examined Captain Zaharie Ahmad ...
  MH370 pilot used simulator to plot course over Indian OceanTelegraph.co.uk
  MH370: Captain's home simulator had Indian Ocean course plottedCNN
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• Shell sees Q2 earnings fall 72 percent amid oil drop - Daily Mail

  28-07-2016 10:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Shell sees Q2 earnings fall 72 percent amid oil drop
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  LONDON (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday that second-quarter earnings fell 72 percent as low oil prices weigh on the profitability of the Anglo-Dutch energy giant. Profit adjusted for changes in the value of inventories and excluding one-time ...
  Shell misses expectations as profits plunge 72 per centFinancial Times
  Shell profits plummet 70pc as tumbling oil prices biteTelegraph.co.uk
  Shell Profits Plung
  
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• Royal Mail has released these gorgeous stamps for the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth

  28-07-2016 10:33
  
  There will be 10 stamps, featuring Jemima Puddle-Duck, Tom Kitten and Benjamin Bunny.
  
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• ‘We're all fools’ Eamonn Holmes hits out at Lloyds for deserting Britain's high street

  28-07-2016 10:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EAMONN HOLMES has unleashed a scathing attack on Lloyds Bank for abandoning Britain's high street, insisting the bank is "trying to make more money" at the expense of its customers.
  
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• British Gas profits fall as it loses 400000 customers - BBC News

  28-07-2016 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  British Gas profits fall as it loses 400000 customers
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  Profits at British Gas fell by 7% in the first half of the year as nearly 400,000 customers switched energy suppliers. British Gas-owner Centrica said that its UK home operating profit fell to £516m in the six months to 30 June. Residential customers ...
  British Gas defends 'perfectly normal' profit margins as it loses customersTelegraph.co.uk
  Centrica profit falls as UK customers switch suppliersReuters UK
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• It will be hard, but Owen Smith can beat Jeremy Corbyn and save Labour - Telegraph.co.uk

  28-07-2016 09:49 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  It will be hard, but Owen Smith can beat Jeremy Corbyn and save Labour
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  Anyone who has the best interests of our country at heart will sincerely hope so. A government without a credible opposition is invariably in danger of making poor decisions - and the current Tory government faces some of the most difficult and ...
  British opposition Labour leadership contender proposes wealth taxDaily Mail
  MP: Jeremy Corbyn will lose me my jobThe Argus
  May under pressure to c
  
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• British Gas loses 400000 customers - Yorkshire Post

  28-07-2016 09:32 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
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  British Gas loses 400000 customers
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  ​Almost 400,000 customers deserted British Gas in the first half of the year as its parent firm, Centrica, saw profits take a dive. Centrica said 399,000 UK homes no longer get their energy from British Gas as a "competitive environment" saw more ...
  Centrica earnings down 14% on warm weather, weak commodity pricesInternational Business Times UK
  Centrica plc UK Regulatory Announcement: Half-year ReportBusiness Wire (press re
  
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• Lloyds to shed more jobs and branches - Financial Times

  28-07-2016 09:28 via ft.com
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  Lloyds to shed more jobs and branches
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  Lloyds Banking Group is increasing cost cuts to £1.4bn by closing a further 200 branches and removing another 3,000 jobs amid warnings of an economic slowdown following Brexit. The bank, which is 9 per cent owned by the government, more than doubled ...
  Lloyds cuts a further 3000 jobs and doubles branch closure planBBC News
  Lloyds bank to axe 3000 jobs and close 200 branchesThe Guardian
  Lloyds is shutting 200 branc
  
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• Shell misses expectations with 70 percent earnings plunge - Daily Mail

  28-07-2016 09:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Shell misses expectations with 70 percent earnings plunge
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  LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell reported a more than 70 percent fall in quarterly profit on Thursday, well below analyst estimates, blaming weak oil prices, poor refining profits and higher charges resulting from its $54 billion ...
  Shell profits plummet 70pc as tumbling oil prices biteTelegraph.co.uk
  Shell blames oil price and BG costs for 72 per cent drop in earningsCity A.M.
  Shell profits tumbl
  
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• Labour leadership contender proposes wealth tax

  28-07-2016 09:13
  The man seeking to take become leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party has proposed a wealth tax on the country's highest earners as part of what he cast as a "socialist revolution" to woo Labour supporters, The Times newspaper reported. Owen Smith, who is seeking to replace socialist Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, promised a public spending spree funded by 200 billion pounds of extra borrowing and taxes on business and the wealthy that would net 13.5 billion pounds a year, the newspaper sa
  
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• Tourists in France 'to get armed guards' as backpacks banned from beaches amid bomb fears - Telegraph.co.uk

  28-07-2016 09:11 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Tourists in France 'to get armed guards' as backpacks banned from beaches amid bomb fears
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Britons visiting France will notice increased security at beaches, festivals and fairs as well as at stations and airports. Armed police are pictured patrolling Grau du Roi beach in the south of France earlier this week Credit: Rex Features. Danny Boyle.
  Armed police to protect tourists on French beachesBT.comall 6 news articles »
  
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• Lloyds cuts a further 3000 jobs and doubles branch closure plan - BBC News

  28-07-2016 09:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Lloyds cuts a further 3000 jobs and doubles branch closure plan
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  Lloyds has ramped-up its job-cutting scheme, axing a further 3,000 roles, even as it reported a 101% increase in pre-tax profits. The bank also doubled its planned branch closures, with 200 more set to vanish from the UK's high-streets by the end of 2017.
  Lloyds to shed more jobs and branchesFinancial Times
  Lloyds to cut 3000 jobs, close more branches after Brexit shockDaily Mail
  Lloyds bank to axe 3000 jobs and c
  
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• 'Don't Boo. Vote': Barack Obama's 2016 Democratic convention speech in full - The Guardian

  28-07-2016 09:05 via theguardian.com
  
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  'Don't Boo. Vote': Barack Obama's 2016 Democratic convention speech in full
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  US President Barack Obama waves during the third night of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 27, 2016. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images. Barack Obama. Thursday 28 July 2016 ...
  US election: We'll carry Clinton to victory, says ObamaBBC News
  Barack Obama rebukes Trump as 'homegrown demagogue'Irish Times
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• Rolls-Royce sticks to annual forecast as turnaround takes shape - Daily Mail

  28-07-2016 09:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Rolls-Royce sticks to annual forecast as turnaround takes shape
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  LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - British engineering company Rolls-Royce stuck to its prediction that profit would improve in the second-half of the year, as it said its turnaround plan would deliver cost-cuts at the top end of a guided range. Its shares ...
  Rolls-Royce shares jump - despite 80 per cent fall in profitsCity A.M.
  CompaniesRolls-Royce profits down 76% in first halfFinancial Times
  Rolls-Royce Posts Big F
  
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• Immigration officials round up dozens of workers at Byron burger restaurants - Telegraph.co.uk

  28-07-2016 08:53 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Immigration officials round up dozens of workers at Byron burger restaurants
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Immigration officials have arrested dozens of workers at burger chain Byron, including people from Albania, Brazil, Nepal and Egypt. The Home Office said 35 people were arrested for immigration offences at a number of restaurants across London. It ...
  Byron burger chain staff arrested in immigration raidsBBC News
  Immigration raid on Byron Hamburgers rounds up 35 workersThe Guardian
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• UK house price growth edges up, no Brexit effect yet - Nationwide

  28-07-2016 08:40
  British house prices rose at their fastest annual pace in four months in July, in data that might not yet reflect any impact from June's vote to leave the European Union, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Thursday. "The outlook for the housing market remains unusually uncertain and it may take several months for the underlying trends in the market to become evident," Nationwide economist Robert Gardner said. Nationwide said house prices rose 5.2 percent in July compared, edging up from 5.1 perc
  
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• Sky's full-year adjusted operating profit rises 12 pct - Daily Mail

  28-07-2016 08:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Sky's full-year adjusted operating profit rises 12 pct
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  LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - European pay-TV group Sky reported a 12 percent rise in full-year adjusted operating profit on Thursday, just ahead of forecasts, in what it said was another excellent year for the group. Sky, in which Rupert Murdoch's ...
  Lloyds To Cut 3000 Jobs After Brexit ShockEagle Radio
  Sky ad revenue rises 2.7%CampaignLive
  Sky's "unrivalled" content pushes revenues past £8bn markPro
  
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