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• Ambulance service ‘at breaking point’

  01-08-2016 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THOUSANDS of critically ill patients are facing a life-ordeath wait as ambulance services struggle to cope with demand.
  
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• Watch the incredible moment a waterspout appears over Suffolk

  01-08-2016 23:41
  
  The tornado above the sea was a rare spot.
  
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• Byron Hamburgers: Branch closed as crowds protest against immigration swoop

  01-08-2016 21:41
  
  People held up placards and chanted: “How do you like your burger? Without deportation!”
  
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• 590,000 EU citizens living in the UK 'may lose residency rights' with Brexit

  01-08-2016 19:57
  
  New analysis by the Social Market Foundation found that 80% of the 3.6 million EU citizens currently living here would be eligible to stay.
  
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• Gap under fire for sexist adverts

  01-08-2016 18:44
  
  Their children’s range is accused of perpetuating sexist stereotypes.
  
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• 'She's betrayed Scots' Nicola Sturgeon blasted for OBSESSION with independence and EU

  01-08-2016 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon has been accused of risking tearing apart the Scottish Parliament with her independence obsession.
  
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• HOLIDAY NIGHTMARE: 300 British Airways passengers stranded in Cyprus for TWO DAYS

  01-08-2016 17:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AROUND 300 distraught British Airways passengers have been left stranded in Cyprus for two days after their plane was delayed due to “technical difficulties”.
  
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• Take a look inside Selfridges' Christmas shop ... opened on the first day of August

  01-08-2016 16:07
  
  Yep that’s a whole 140-odd days early.
  
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• RideLondon cyclist dies during 100-mile bike ride

  01-08-2016 15:40
  
  Robin Chard, who was a cancer survivor and raising money for Cancer Research UK, suffered a cardiac arrest during the cycle.
  
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• Man who stabbed London passenger 'for Syria' jailed for life

  01-08-2016 15:17
  A man who stabbed a passenger at a London underground train station in December while shouting that he was acting for Syria was jailed for life at a London court on Monday. Muhaydin Mire, 30, of east London, beat his victim, forced him to the ground and kicked his head before attempting to cut his neck, leaving the man with a 12-cm (5-inch) gash that required five hours of surgery. Initially described by police as a "terrorist incident", the attack at Leytonstone station in east London was inves
  
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• Knifeman behind Leytonstone Tube station attack sentenced to life in prison

  01-08-2016 15:08
  
  It was previously thought the knifeman could be given a hospital order for the IS-inspired rampage at a Tube station last December.
  
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• Cameron in cronyism storm over resignation honours

  01-08-2016 15:01
  By Giles Elgood LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron faced accusations of cronyism and rewarding failure on Monday over a leaked list of names put forward to receive some of Britain's highest honours following his resignation as prime minister. Cameron stood down last month after he lost the referendum in which Britons voted to leave the European Union. Now he has drawn up the prime minister's traditional "resignation honours list", showering politicians, donors, co-workers and others with knighthoo
  
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• IS-inspired Leytonstone Tube attacker Muhiddin Mire jailed

  01-08-2016 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who attacked Tube passengers with a knife in east London and tried to behead one of them, is jailed for life.
  
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• RideLondon: Fundraising cancer survivor dies

  01-08-2016 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A cancer survivor raising money for charity dies during the RideLondon-Surrey 100-mile (160km) cycling event on Sunday, his sister says.
  
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• Here are the words we use to talk about men and women in sport and the difference is striking

  01-08-2016 14:38
  Words for men in sport were more likely to be adjectives like ‘fastest’ and ‘strong’, word for women ‘aged’ and ‘unmarried’.
  
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• Boy, 12, among four charged with Ashton-under-Lyne murder

  01-08-2016 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four boys, including a 12-year-old, are charged with murdering a man who was injured outside a McDonald's restaurant in Greater Manchester.
  
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• Theresa May 'won't intervene' in David Cameron's honours list

  01-08-2016 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will not intervene in David Cameron's resignation honours list - alleged to include awards for former advisers and donors - as it would "set a very bad precedent", No 10 says.
  
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• Here are some other times the Honours system has caused controversy

  01-08-2016 13:52
  
  David Cameron isn’t the only PM to have his supposed Honours list mired in controversy or scandal.
  
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• Australian family scrambles to beat deportation from Scottish Highlands

  01-08-2016 13:48
  By Elisabeth O'Leary EDINBURGH (Reuters) - An Australian family living in the Scottish Highlands face deportation on Monday if a high-profile bid to comply with UK visa requirements fails. Gregg and Kathryn Brain are hoping for a last minute job offer or a British interior ministry extension allowing them to stay, with their seven-year-old son Lachlan, after a deadline on their visa extension runs out at midnight. The Brains moved from Brisbane to Scotland in 2011 on Mrs Brain's temporary studen
  
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• Recession ahead in Britain? Factories slow, business confidence tumbles

  01-08-2016 13:38
  The news will give more impetus for the Bank of England to cut interest rates this week. Falling output and new orders pushed a closely watched index of factory purchasing managers to its lowest since February 2013, adding to signs that Britain's decision to leave the European Union is hurting the economy. British accountants, meanwhile, said that confidence plunged just after the EU vote, while the Confederation of British Industry said on Sunday that firms expect economic growth to grind almos
  
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• Amy Winehouse charity sets up rehab house

  01-08-2016 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Amy Winehouse Foundation is to open a home for women recovering from alcohol and drug addiction, five years after the singer’s death.
  
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• Saatchi boss row: Women want top jobs, says female executive

  01-08-2016 13:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women "do want the top jobs" in leading advertising firms, a senior female executive at Saatchi and Saatchi says.
  
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• HP apologises after £1.58 laptop error

  01-08-2016 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  HP apologises after an error on its website lets shoppers buy expensive laptop computers for less than £2.
  
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• Australian Brain family 'hopeful' over deportation deadline

  01-08-2016 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Australian family living in the Highlands say they are still "hopeful" they will avoid deportation and secure an extension to their stay.
  
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• Poverty costs UK £78bn a year, Joseph Rowntree Foundation says

  01-08-2016 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The effects of poverty in the UK cost the average taxpayer £1,200 a year, and the UK £78bn in total, with the NHS bearing the brunt, a report suggests.
  
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• It's National Girlfriend Day so here are 10 things that are better than having a bae

  01-08-2016 12:53
  
  Relationships aren’t the only thing that can make you feel fulfilled. Pizza works too.
  
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• 'Amazing' waterspout off Suffolk coast

  01-08-2016 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A whirling column of air and water mist provides a stunning sight off the Suffolk coast.
  
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• The beginning of August could be wetter than the whole of July

  01-08-2016 11:34
  
  While sun-lovers hoping for a lengthy heatwave in the next fortnight may be disappointed, the month should avoid being a washout.
  
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• Pope: It's wrong to identify Islam with terror

  01-08-2016 10:53
  
  Pope Francis said that every religion had its “little group of fundamentalists”.
  
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• Cancer: Thousands surviving in UK decades after diagnosis

  01-08-2016 10:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 170,000 people in the UK who were diagnosed with cancer up to 40 years ago are still alive, although many face lifelong side-effects, a report says.
  
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• Two murder arrests after baby's death in Gloucester

  01-08-2016 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A baby dies a day after being hospitalised for serious injuries prompting the murder arrests of two people.
  
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• UK manufacturing shrinks at fastest pace in over three years after Brexit vote - PMI

  01-08-2016 10:34
  By Ana Nicolaci da Costa LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - British manufacturing shrank at its fastest pace in more than three years in July, a survey showed on Monday, adding to signs that the country's vote to leave the European Union is hurting growth. The data could give the Bank of England more impetus to cut interest rates on Thursday, after it surprised markets by holding fire in July but said most of its policymakers were leaning towards stimulus in August. The Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing purch
  
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• 'I had cancer at seven and again at 30'

  01-08-2016 10:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greig Trout was diagnosed with cancer at the age of seven, survived a blood clot at 21 and was diagnosed with cancer again at 30.
  
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• How rural crime is costing farmers millions of pounds

  01-08-2016 10:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cost of rural crime in the UK has risen to £42m according to NFU Mutual, with the theft of quad bikes, diesel and animals all contributing.
  
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• 'Computer says no' for UKIP leadership hopeful

  01-08-2016 10:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Steven Woolfe describes battling with the online system to register for UKIP leader vote.
  
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• The positive power of Pokemon Go

  01-08-2016 09:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mobile phone game that has caught the attention of the world also appears to have caused a breakthrough with autism sufferers, as the Victoria Derbyshire programme finds out.
  
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• Leytonstone Tube station knifeman could receive hospital order

  01-08-2016 09:33
  
  Somali-born Muhiddin Mire had a history of psychosis.
  
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• UK business morale plunged after EU vote - survey

  01-08-2016 09:11
  British business confidence plunged in the immediate aftermath of the June 23 vote to leave the European Union, regained a little ground later, but was still down sharply compared with last quarter, an industry body said on Monday. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) said its business confidence index fell to -27.7 for the period June 24 to July 20, compared with -0.7 from April 27 through to the June 23 referendum. ICAEW said the index fell "drastically" after th
  
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• Supermarkets recall several types of yoghurt as they might contain rubber

  01-08-2016 08:33
  
  The yoghurts pose a health risk.
  
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• David Cameron accused of 'cronyism' after leaked 'resignation honours list'

  01-08-2016 08:28
  
  Opposition MPs have called for a complete overhaul of the system.
  
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• 'Eyesore' Blackpool flats demolished in controlled explosions

  01-08-2016 08:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three Blackpool tower blocks once described as "festering" and "notorious" are demolished in controlled explosions.
  
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• Flotilla fisherman on Brexit hopes

  01-08-2016 07:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After the UK voted Leave in the recent EU referendum, what does the fisherman who organised a pro-Brexit flotilla want for his industry?
  
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• Young in care

  01-08-2016 07:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Siobhann Tighe visits a children's home in Birmingham to explore what life is like for those who live in care.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: Cameron gongs row, and female orgasms

  01-08-2016 06:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The row over David Cameron's resignation honours list, a warning over the terror risk in the UK, and the man who jumped 25,000ft without a parachute all feature in the papers.
  
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• Degree or drop out?

  01-08-2016 02:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Students in university are more likely to start their own business while still in school - but what happens when these dorm-room firms have to grow up?
  
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• The working dead

  01-08-2016 02:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Frenchman is suing his former employer for boredom's equivalent of burnout. We asked readers to tell us about the dullest job they have done.
  
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• Two-time survivor

  01-08-2016 02:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who has survived cancer twice says the "worst part" of his journey was the fear of the disease returning after his second all-clear.
  
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• Yorkshire Dales and Lake District national parks extend

  01-08-2016 01:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks extend by 188 square miles, with campaigners hailing a "historic day".
  
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• Mega-rich

  01-08-2016 01:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Wayne Rooney prepares for his testimonial, why do modern-day footballers still need these games?
  
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• Good or bad?

  01-08-2016 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Would a cut in interest rates stimulate growth at the cost of increased inequality?
  
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