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• Supporters mob Jeremy Corbyn at Brighton rally

  02-08-2016 23:47
  
  The Labour leader was met by excited fans all eager to shake his hand.
  
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• British Man 'Killed In Syria' Fighting Islamic State

  02-08-2016 23:16
  A 22-year-old British man who was reportedly fighting against IS in Syria has been killed, according to his father. Dean Carl Evans' death was confirmed by his dad in a statement. John Evans said on Facebook: "My son Dean Carl Evans born 7/10/93 was killed in Syria on Friday, he was loved and will be missed by all his family and friends rip son".
  
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• Man Jailed For Life For Murdering India Chipchase

  02-08-2016 22:24
  
  A man has been jailed for life for raping and murdering India Chipchase after finding her drunk outside a club. Edward Tenniswood, 52, claimed he had consensual sex with Ms Chipchase and that her death in his squalid Northampton home on 30 January was a result of his "over-eagerness" in bed. The court heard that Ms Chipchase was "drunk" and "upset" when she met Tenniswood by chance outside NB's nightclub, according to friends she was out with that night.
  
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• Woman 'Tries To Drag Boy Into Car' In Manchester

  02-08-2016 22:23
  The youngster had been playing hide and seek with friends at Chorlton Water Park in Manchester when a woman tried to lure him into the vehicle by asking him if he wanted to see some puppies. Greater Manchester Police said the woman was white and wearing a bobble hat and sunglasses.
  
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• Home Ownership 'At 30-Year Low In England'

  02-08-2016 21:48
  
  Home ownership has fallen to its lowest level for 30 years in England, with northern cities feeling some of the greatest pain from rising prices, new analysis shows. The Resolution Foundation found London was far from alone in suffering from an affordability crisis.
  
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• HIV Campaigners Win Battle For Treatment

  02-08-2016 21:46
  An Aids charity has won a High Court battle to ensure a "game-changing" preventative HIV treatment can be funded by the NHS. NHS England said it had received advice that it does not have the legal power to fund pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) - a "highly effective" anti-retroviral drug used to stop HIV from becoming established in the event of transmission. Instead, it said the drug - which costs £400 per month for each patient - was the responsibility of local councils
  
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• Northern Ireland lands 300 IT jobs post-Brexit

  02-08-2016 21:45
  Financial services firm Tullett Prebon said on Tuesday it would create hundreds of jobs in Northern Ireland, a province regarded as highly exposed to Britain's vote to leave the European Union. It was the first major jobs announcement for the province since the United Kingdom's June 23 referendum, which means Northern Ireland will have the United Kingdom's only land border with the European Union.
  
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• New Images Of Water Fight Violence Suspects

  02-08-2016 21:22
  Police investigating a water fight in Hyde Park where three people were stabbed have released new pictures of suspects.
  
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• Right-hand lady

  02-08-2016 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Among names on a list claiming to be David Cameron's resignation honours list is his wife's adviser - widely described as her stylist. Why would the PM's spouse need a £60,000-a-year aide?
  
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• True blue

  02-08-2016 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Calls have been made for the cover of Britain's passports to return to blue, almost 30 years after the decision was taken to move to burgundy.
  
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• Inside Porton Down: Preparing For Gas Attacks

  02-08-2016 19:34
   It was built in 1918, after World War One in reaction to the use of gas attacks by the German forces. One hundred years on from the mustard and chlorine gas attacks on the trenches in northern France and Ypres Salient, I have been given rare access to this establishment, to see how technology has moved on. It was in the laboratories at Porton Down that scientists developed a repellent to protect clothes against chemical weapons.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the change from university grants to loans

  02-08-2016 17:03
  
  The Government’s changes come into effect this week, so we answer the key questions you might have.
  
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• Celebration and homophobia on Twitter after the High Court rules in favour of 'game-changer' HIV drug

  02-08-2016 17:01
  
  The drug can reduce the risk of HIV infection in high risk individuals by more than 90%.
  
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• Home Office wins appeal against ruling allowing refugees into the UK

  02-08-2016 16:59
  
  A landmark ruling made in January has been overturned to ensure there will be no legal precedent.
  
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• Dylann Roof’s lawyers say the death penalty is a ‘cruel’ punishment

  02-08-2016 16:45
  
  Roof is accused of shooting 9 people dead at a historically black church in South Carolina. But his defence say the death penalty is unconstitutional.
  
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• Years of sacrifice

  02-08-2016 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parenthood, it is said, is about sacrifice. Few will appreciate this more than the parents of Team GB's young athletes.
  
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• Aids charity wins court battle to get PrEP HIV drug funded - but NHS England are appealing the decision

  02-08-2016 15:47
  
  The body argued that providing the PrEP drug was not its responsibility and it was for local councils to fund “preventative” health treatment.
  
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• ISIS-inspired tube knifeman had several EXORCISMS as he was 'possessed by Islamic spirits'

  02-08-2016 15:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE crazed knifeman who attacked tube passengers and tried to slit a musicians' throat had been taken to a mosque for an exorcism, it has been revealed
  
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• Consumed by abuse, UK's Labour faces deepening divisions with leadership contest

  02-08-2016 15:45
  The brutal infighting threatens Labour's 116-year existence and risks leaving Britain without a strong opposition party for years to come, just as the government goes about negotiating the country's exit from the European Union. Britain's June 23 EU referendum brought simmering tensions within Labour to the boil, resulting in a leadership challenge.     On one side are hundreds of thousands of vocal grassroots loyalists who are fiercely protective of Corbyn's left-wing princi
  
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• UK could be forced to pay into £60BN EU pension fund - despite Brexit

  02-08-2016 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRUSSELS fat cats are trying to force Britain to pay part of the European Union’s £60BILLION pension promises - despite the UK’s momentous decision to break away from the crumbling bloc.
  
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• State-funded Muslim school which ‘segregates’ genders in legal bid to block Ofsted report

  02-08-2016 15:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MUSLIM school accused of stocking books advocating violence against women and undermining British values is locked in a legal battle to prevent publication of a damning report.
  
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• Family pay tribute to ‘harmless’ dad-of-four as boy, 12, appears in court on murder charge

  02-08-2016 15:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FAMILY has paid tribute to a father-of-four after a 12-year-old boy appeared in court charged with his murder.
  
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• Two arrested as police investigate murder of 13-week-old baby

  02-08-2016 15:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TWO people have been arrested by police following the death of a 13-week-old baby boy.
  
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• Britain's lights could go out if Hinkley Point ditched - Labour contender

  02-08-2016 14:36
  Britain should get on with approving the $24 billion Hinkley Point nuclear power project otherwise the world's fifth-largest economy could face power shortages in the future, said the man seeking to lead Britain's opposition Labour Party. Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to review the building of Britain's first nuclear plant in decades has raised concerns that her new government takes a sterner view of Chinese investment, potentially souring ties with Beijing. Owen Smith, who is seeking to
  
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• These 'Corbyn rally' tweets are teaching us all a lesson in fact-checking

  02-08-2016 14:18
  
  Don’t trust everything you read online, kids.
  
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• Gap under fire for 'sexist' adverts but says it has no plans to change them

  02-08-2016 13:42
  
  The chain’s children’s range is accused of perpetuating sexist stereotypes.
  
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• Home Office WINS appeal against court ruling allowing Calais jungle migrants to enter UK

  02-08-2016 12:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Home Office has won its appeal against a landmark ruling allowing four Syrian refugees living in the "Jungle" camp in Calais to come to Britain.
  
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• FCA pushes back insurance claims deadline to June 2019

  02-08-2016 12:32
  By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Consumers who believe they have been mis-sold loan insurance have until the end of June 2019 to make a claim, Britain's markets watchdog proposed on Tuesday, a year later than expected and potentially adding to the cost for banks. Banks have paid 24 billion pounds in compensation to customers over the past five years for mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI), making it Britain's costliest scandal in financial services. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA
  
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• Catching up on BBC shows on iPlayer without TV licence risks fine

  02-08-2016 12:14
  
  It is not yet known how the rules will be enforced.
  
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• UK court says NHS can fund preventative HIV drug

  02-08-2016 12:07
  A high court judge ruled on Tuesday that an HIV pill to prevent infection could be funded by the state health service in England, in a victory for AIDS campaigners who have been calling for its wider use. The National AIDS Trust had brought the legal case, arguing that PrEP was cost-effective and urgently needed in the UK, where more than 4,000 people acquire HIV annually.
  
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• Heseltine claims Brexit could be OVERTURNED as referendum 'isn't sovereign PARLIAMENT is'

  02-08-2016 12:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CONSERVATIVE grandee Michael Heseltine has shamelessly claimed that Britain's vote to leave the European Union is not binding as only "Parliament is sovereign".
  
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• A young mother was killed and five-year-old boy shot in a stand off with police

  02-08-2016 11:53
  
  Korryn Gaines was wanted for failing to appear in court on traffic charges.
  
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• Those annoying PPI phone calls will stop in 2019

  02-08-2016 11:45
  
  The FCA will run an awareness campaign so consumers don’t miss out on their chance for compensation.
  
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• Australians in Scottish Highlands in limbo as visa deadline passes

  02-08-2016 11:20
  An Australian family facing deportation from the Scottish Highlands after a change in visa rules are now in limbo, waiting to hear from the British government whether they will be given more time to meet visa requirements. Gregg and Kathryn Brain, who moved to Scotland in 2011 with their son Lachlan, are hoping for a job offer or a new extension to their visa after the last one expired at midnight on Monday.
  
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• UK construction shrinks at fastest pace in seven years after Brexit vote - PMI

  02-08-2016 10:33
  Britain's construction industry suffered its sharpest downturn in seven years last month, according to another business survey on Tuesday which suggests the economy is at risk of recession after June's Brexit vote. Last month the Bank of England said it expected "sizeable falls" in commercial real estate prices in the near term and a number of funds investing in the sector temporarily stopped investors withdrawing funds.
  
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• Donald Trump suggests presidential election could be rigged

  02-08-2016 08:48
  
  Oh, and he also said of Hillary Clinton: “She’s the devil.”
  
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• FCA sets June 2019 deadline for loan insurance mis-selling claims

  02-08-2016 08:32
  Consumers who believe they have been missold loan insurance have until the end of June 2019 to make a claim, Britain's markets watchdog proposed on Tuesday. Banks have paid 24 billion pounds in compensation to customers over the past five years for misselling payment protection insurance (PPI), making it Britain's costliest scandal in financial services. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the rule for setting a deadline for claims would come into force by the end of 2017, and would be ac
  
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• Should BBC talent earning more than prime minister have salaries published? MPs weigh in

  02-08-2016 08:01
  
  The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee questioned rules about pay for BBC Talent.
  
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• Police beefs up counter-terror squad to be on PERMANENT standby amid terror fears

  02-08-2016 06:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  COUNTER-TERROR police officers armed with guns are now on standby 24 hours a day amid fears of a terror attack on London.
  
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• Downing Street REJECTS threat made by unelected House of Lords peers to BLOCK Brexit

  02-08-2016 06:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DOWNING Street has dismissed the threat by the House of Lords peers to stop Britain leaving the European Union.
  
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• ‘Run away as FAR as possible’ Top anti-terror chief offers chilling tip for British attack

  02-08-2016 02:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN’S most senior anti-terror chief has told the public to “run away as far as possible” during a terror attack on London.
  
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• PM May resurrects industrial policy as Britain prepares for Brexit

  02-08-2016 02:07
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will on Tuesday outline her bid to reshape the British economy for a post-Brexit world, reviving the once unfashionable concept of industrial policy 30 years after Margaret Thatcher killed it off. May will chair the first meeting of the "Cabinet Committee on Economy and Industrial Strategy" in her Downing Street Offices, bringing together the heads of 11 other ministries to set out her vision for a state-boosted industrial renaissanc
  
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• MPs demand BBC stars PUBLISH their salaries if they earn more than Theresa May

  02-08-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BBC stars who earn more than the Prime Minister should be forced to publish their salaries, an influential group of MPs has said.
  
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• Dog owner 'allowed pets to be DRAGGED from window of 4x4 for TWO MILES'

  02-08-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MOTORIST allegedly allowed two dogs to be walked for two miles by being dragged on leads from the windows of a CAR.
  
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• Cricket match halted by sticky wicket used by dozens of low-flying geese

  02-08-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A GAME of cricket was halted after a flock of low-flying geese deposited a mass of droppings on the pitch.
  
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• BREXIT INVESTMENT BONANZA: Consumer confidence at 'RECORD levels' after Leave vote

  02-08-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXIT has sparked an investment bonanza with consumer confidence at record levels, a new poll shows.
  
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• VOTE LEAVE VICTORY! Official figures reveal UK billed MORE than £350m each week by EU

  02-08-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NEW figures have revealed that Vote Leave under-estimated the amount of money demanded by the EU from the UK each week by £26 million.
  
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• Plans for hour-long Scottish Six news bulletin move a step closer

  02-08-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CONTROVERSIAL plans for an hour-long Scottish Six news bulletin have moved a step closer after an influential body of MPs said the BBC should press ahead with the show.
  
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• BREXIT BOOST for British meat as supermarkets cash in on non-imported goods

  02-08-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXIT has boosted demand for British meat with supermarkets cashing in on goods they do not have to import, experts said today.
  
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