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• Chinese tourist family left shaken after Belfast bus attack

  03-08-2016 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A family from China has been left shaken after a bus they were touring Belfast in was pelted with stones.
  
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• The UK Independence Party's farcical leadership contest - The Economist

  03-08-2016 23:08 via economist.com
  
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  The UK Independence Party's farcical leadership contest
  The Economist
  THE past few weeks have hardly been an advertisement for the competence of British politicians. Yet few blunders have been as avoidable as that made by Steven Woolfe, an MEP for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), who on July 30th submitted his ...
  Ukip in turmoil as Steven Woolfe excluded from leadership ballotThe Guardian
  Ukip 'split' warning as leadership favourite Steven Woolfe barred from raceHerald Scotl
  
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• Donald Trump 'asked why US couldn't use nuclear weapons if he becomes president' - Telegraph.co.uk

  03-08-2016 23:05 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Donald Trump 'asked why US couldn't use nuclear weapons if he becomes president'
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Donald Trump asked a foreign policy expert three times why the United States couldn't use nuclear weapons if he becomes president, it has been claimed. Mr Trump, the Republican nominee, was said to have posed the question during an hour-long briefing ...
  Imagining The World With A Nuclear-Armed Donald Trump Is Truly TerrifyingHuffington Post
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• Metro police arrest illustrates terror threat to transit - USA TODAY

  03-08-2016 22:53 via usatoday.com
  
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  Metro police arrest illustrates terror threat to transit
  USA TODAY
  The Wednesday arrest of a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority police officer for allegedly helping the Islamic State illustrates the difficulty of protecting surface transportation from terrorism, security experts said. The FBI said no ...
  Cop Arrested for Helping ISIS Had Stockpile of Legal GunsDaily Beast
  DC transit police officer charged with aiding ISISCNN
  DC Metro Transit Cop Appears in Court for Allege
  
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• Republican Party reaches 'new level of panic' over Donald Trump as senior figures 'plot intervention' - Telegraph.co.uk

  03-08-2016 22:51 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Republican Party reaches 'new level of panic' over Donald Trump as senior figures 'plot intervention'
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Donald Trump insisted there was "great unity in my campaign" on Wednesday although there were several indications the Republican Party was turning against its nominee. Senior Republican figures were growing increasingly concerned about Mr Trump's ...
  US election 2016: When are election polls most reliable?BBC News
  Analysis: Trump Not the First to Claim Voter
  
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• Police say 'honour killing victim' was strangled

  03-08-2016 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police in Pakistan have confirmed that a 28-year-old woman from Bradford found dead in the Punjab at the end of July was strangled.
  
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• Emirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands in Dubai - Daily Mail

  03-08-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Emirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands in Dubai
  Daily Mail
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — All 300 people aboard an Emirates airliner survived a crash landing in Dubai on Wednesday, scrambling down emergency slides before flames consumed the plane in an accident that halted flights for hours at the world's ...
  Flight EK521: Landing gear issues not confirmedgulfnews.com
  Terrifying moment passengers flee Emirates jet moments before it burst into flames after crash
  
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• Body found in Orkney search for fishermen

  03-08-2016 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A body is recovered from the Loch of Boardhouse in Orkney by search teams looking for two missing fishermen.
  
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• Father of 'caged' UK woman in Saudi Arabia must help her return, judge rules - expressandstar.com

  03-08-2016 21:57 via expressandstar.com
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  Father of 'caged' UK woman in Saudi Arabia must help her return, judge rules
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  A Saudi academic must facilitate the return of his 21-year-old daughter to the UK, a British High Court judge has ruled. Amina Al-Jeffery says she is being held against her will in Saudi Arabia. Amina Al-Jeffery - who grew up in Swansea and has dual ...and more »
  
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• DC transit police officer is charged after 'trying to help ISIS' - Daily Mail

  03-08-2016 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  DC transit police officer is charged after 'trying to help ISIS'
  Daily Mail
  A Washington, D.C.-area transit police officer has been charged in an FBI sting with attempting to support the Islamic State group, authorities said. Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, Virginia, was arrested at the Metropolitan Police Headquarters on ...
  Metro police arrest illustrates terror threat to transitUSA TODAY
  Cop Arrested for Helping ISIS Had Stockpile of Legal GunsDaily Beast
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• Police Hunt Man After County Durham Stabbing

  03-08-2016 21:33
  A man has died after he was stabbed in the chest in a former pit village in County Durham, police say. The victim died shortly after he was brought to the James Cook Memorial Hospital in Middlesbrough. A manhunt is under way for the suspect, with a police helicopter spotted over the village.
  
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• Amina Al-Jeffery: 'Locked up' woman must be allowed home

  03-08-2016 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman who claims her father has kept her locked up against her will in Saudi Arabia must be allowed to return to Britain, a UK judge rules.
  
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• BBC Weather presenter giggles through forecast

  03-08-2016 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC weather presenter Louise Lear has an attack of the giggles - in the middle of a live broadcast.
  
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• Man who died in bridge fall 'murdered his partner Gina Lander before his death' - Daily Mail

  03-08-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Man who died in bridge fall 'murdered his partner Gina Lander before his death'
  Daily Mail
  A man who died after falling from a motorway bridge is suspected of murdering his girlfriend and then reporting her missing weeks before his own death, police have said. Gina Lander, 46, vanished from the home in Walsall that she shared with her ...
  NZ-born woman may have been murdered in BritainTVNZ
  Gina Lander's death now being treated as murderBirmingham Mail
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• FBI: Transit officer 1st lawman charged under US terror law - Daily Mail

  03-08-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  FBI: Transit officer 1st lawman charged under US terror law
  Daily Mail
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors brought the first-ever federal terrorism charges against a law enforcement officer in the U.S., alleging Wednesday that a patrol officer with the D.C. region's transit police bought about $250 worth of gift cards for ...
  Washington transit cop accused of trying to help Islamic StateUSA TODAY
  'I make friends easily': How Nicholas Young allegedly supported the Islamic StateWa
  
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• A post-Brexit economic policy reset for the UK is essential - The Guardian

  03-08-2016 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
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  A post-Brexit economic policy reset for the UK is essential
  The Guardian
  'Ultra-loose monetary policy has come with harmful side-effects,' write 35 economists in their letter to the Guardian. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA. Letters. Wednesday 3 August 2016 14.46 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 3 August 2016 14.48 EDT.
  Contraction in UK business activity adds pressure on BoEFinancial Times
  The Bank of England will make an announcement on interest rates to avoid Brexit recessionMirror.c
  
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• My friend 'was taken against her will'

  03-08-2016 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A friend of Amina Al-Jeffery - a British-Saudi woman who has won a court case allowing her to return to the UK - says she described her time there as "like a prison".
  
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• British actor returns to Syria to fight Isis - Channel 4 News

  03-08-2016 20:31 via channel4.com
  
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  British actor returns to Syria to fight Isis
  Channel 4 News
  A British actor who abandoned his Hollywood career to fight Islamic State has returned to Syria for a second time as a volunteer. News. Last year Michael Enright was said by some foreign fighters not to be up to the job. They accused him of violence ...
  Comrades pay tribute to British man killed fighting ISIS in SyriaSunderland Echo
  Father pays emotional tribute to son killed in Syria fighting ISAOL UK
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• Trump's refusal to back House speaker angers Republican Party chief - Daily Mail

  03-08-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Trump's refusal to back House speaker angers Republican Party chief
  Daily Mail
  WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's White House campaign was in turmoil on Wednesday after he angered senior Republican Party leaders by criticizing a dead soldier's family and refusing to back the re-election campaign of House of ...
  Donald Trump: Republican Party facing unprecedented splits as candidate continues to sow disunityThe Independent
  The GOP's Donald Trump freak-outCNN
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• Calais 'jungle' camp shelters set up in London installation

  03-08-2016 20:26
  The tents and shelters of Calais' infamous "jungle" camp have been rebuilt in London in a new installation hoping to teach Britons more about Europe's migrant crisis. The "Encampment" exhibit, which runs until Aug. 7, features structures rebuilt with materials used by the residents of the migrant camp in northern France, which have now been temporarily set up outside London's Somerset House venue. The installation has been created by the Good Chance Theatre group, which set up a temporary theatr
  
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• Boxer Fury to face anti-doping charge

  03-08-2016 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is to face a UK Anti-Doping charge alleging the presence of a banned substance.
  
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• Flying Squad Officer Run Over As Raid Thwarted

  03-08-2016 20:21
  A Flying Squad officer is in a serious condition in hospital after being run down as police thwarted a smash-and-grab robbery at a luxury watch store on London’s Piccadilly. All four suspects were arrested on suspicion of robbery and taken to central London police stations. Detective Superintendent Craig Turner said: "Our officers are absolutely committed to keeping London safe and target the criminals who pose a danger to Londoners and our city businesses day in, day out.
  
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• Sorry, Republicans. It's too late to withdraw your Donald Trump endorsements. - Chicago Tribune

  03-08-2016 20:20 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Sorry, Republicans. It's too late to withdraw your Donald Trump endorsements.
  Chicago Tribune
  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan delivers a speech on the second day of the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan delivers a speech on the second day of the ...
  Trump refuses to endorse Paul Ryan in GOP primary: 'I'm just not quite there yet'Washington Post
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• Invited to live in Scotland in 2011, Australian family told to leave in visa row

  03-08-2016 20:18
  An Australian family facing deportation from the Scottish Highlands after a reversal in visa rules has been told to leave despite their pleas to stay, their local Member of Parliament (MP) said on Wednesday. Gregg and Kathryn Brain, moved to Scotland from Brisbane in 2011 with their son Lachlan, now 7, are hoping for a job offer or a fourth extension to their visa after the last one expired at midnight on Monday. The case has attracted much sympathy in Scotland, where Kathryn Brain was invited t
  
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• More People Keeping Cash Outside Banks

  03-08-2016 20:14
  Households may have started to hoard their cash, with new figures showing that the amount of money being kept outside Britain's banking system is now rising at the fastest rate since the financial crisis. In the weeks following the EU referendum, the rate at which households and businesses built up holdings of UK banknotes and coins rose above 8% a year for the first time since 2009, according to a Sky News analysis of Bank of England statistics. In cash terms, the amount of notes and
  
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• Fire guts Emirates jet after hard landing; one firefighter dies - Daily Mail

  03-08-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Fire guts Emirates jet after hard landing; one firefighter dies
  Daily Mail
  DUBAI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - An Emirates jetliner arriving from India caught fire after slumping onto the runway in Dubai on Wednesday, killing one firefighter in an intense blaze and bringing the world's busiest international airport to a halt for several ...
  Firefighter killed after plane crash-lands in DubaiBT.com
  Emirates plane crash: 300 on board 'only survived because 14500ft runway is one of the world's longest
  
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• Battle for Aleppo a pivotal moment for besieged residents - Daily Mail

  03-08-2016 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Battle for Aleppo a pivotal moment for besieged residents
  Daily Mail
  BEIRUT (AP) — The 28-year old Syrian attorney turned down a scholarship to study economics in Germany in order to remain in his native Aleppo after rebels took it over in 2012, promising a new administration and life free of the rule of President ...
  Great risks lie ahead in the battle for AleppoFinancial Times
  A US-Russia deal in Syria would maintain a bloody status quoNew Statesman
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• MSNBC host says Trump asked 'why can't the US use its nuclear weapons' during security briefing - PinkNews

  03-08-2016 20:01 via pinknews.co.uk
  
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  MSNBC host says Trump asked 'why can't the US use its nuclear weapons' during security briefing
  PinkNews
  MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has said on 'Morning Joe' that Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump asked three times in one security briefing why the US can't use its nuclear weapons. “Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the ...
  Trump denies asking why nukes aren't usedThe Hill
  Trump reportedly asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBCCNBC
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• Contraction in UK business activity adds pressure on BoE - Financial Times

  03-08-2016 19:56 via ft.com
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  Contraction in UK business activity adds pressure on BoE
  Financial Times
  The most wide-ranging survey of British business activity since the vote to leave the EU showed its sharpest drop in at least 20 years, adding pressure on the Bank of England to take stronger action on Thursday to prevent a recession. The survey of ...
  The Bank of England will make an announcement on interest rates to avoid Brexit recessionMirror.co.uk
  What will an interest rate cut mean for you?The In
  
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• Dorset air ambulance is called as several children hurt when bouncy castle flies loose - Daily Mail

  03-08-2016 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Dorset air ambulance is called as several children hurt when bouncy castle flies loose
  Daily Mail
  A group of children were injured when a bouncy castle they were playing on came loose from its moorings. Thirteen children suffered minor injuries in the incident, which happened at an event in a park next to Shore Road in Swanage, Dorset, shortly ...
  Children injured after bouncy castle comes loose in SwanageITV News
  Dorset 'bouncy castle' horror: 13 children injured after inflatable bl
  
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• Andy Murray is the latest British great to act as Olympic flagbearer - SkySports

  03-08-2016 19:48 via skysports.com
  
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  Andy Murray is the latest British great to act as Olympic flagbearer
  SkySports
  With Andy Murray announced as Team GB's flag bearer at the Rio 2016 opening ceremony, we take a look back at previous Olympians who have held the prestigious honour... Murray will carry GB flag. Full story as tennis star confirmed. Sir Chris Hoy ...
  Andy Murray flag bearer selection symbolises all that is good in British sportESPN.co.uk
  Andy murray named flag bearer for team gb at olympics opening ceremonyD
  
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• UPDATED: Man dies after serious assault in Kelloe - attacker thought to be on the loose - The Northern Echo (registration)

  03-08-2016 19:40 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
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  UPDATED: Man dies after serious assault in Kelloe - attacker thought to be on the loose
  The Northern Echo (registration)
  The victim, believed to be a man in his 30s, suffered multiple stab wounds to his chest and stomach after being attacked in broad daylight in the village of Kelloe, near Durham City. A police manhunt is now underway for the knifeman who is believed to ...and more »
  
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• FBI: 1st US law enforcement officer charged in terror sting - Daily Mail

  03-08-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  FBI: 1st US law enforcement officer charged in terror sting
  Daily Mail
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors brought the first-ever federal terrorism charges against a law enforcement officer in the U.S., alleging Wednesday that a patrol officer with the D.C. region's Metro Transit Police was caught in sting buying about ...
  Nicholas Young: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know [DOCUMENTS]Heavy.com
  US transit police officer charged with helping Islamic StateIrish Independent
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• Andy Murray Named Team GB Olympic Flag Bearer

  03-08-2016 19:26
  Andy Murray has been announced as Great Britain's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games on Friday night. Murray, who won the men's singles gold at the 2012 games in London, says it will be "an incredible honour" to lead out Team GB. The 29-year-old Scot was selected ahead of Sir Bradley Wiggins, who was the bookmakers' favourite to land the honour.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Andy Murray to be Team GB flag bearer

  03-08-2016 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will carry the flag for Team GB at Friday's Rio 2016 opening ceremony.
  
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• Iraq Crowdfunding Campaign Hits £150k Target

  03-08-2016 19:25
  A crowdfunding campaign to help families of Iraq War veterans potentially take legal action against Tony Blair has hit its £150,000 target. Reg Keys and Roger Bacon, whose sons were among the 179 UK personnel killed, are leading the push for funds.
  
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• Nine children hurt at carnival after inflatable slide blows over - BT.com

  03-08-2016 19:20 via home.bt.com
  
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  Nine children hurt at carnival after inflatable slide blows over
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  Nine children were hurt after an inflatable slide came loose from its moorings and blew over at a carnival. 0. Share this. Facebook; Twitter; Google plus; Email; Share. 0. Police said nine children were hurt after an inflatable slide blew over at a ...
  Dorset air ambulance is called as several children hurt when bouncy castle flies looseDaily Mail
  Thirteen children hurt after bouncy castle comes loose at Swanage Carn
  
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• Piccadilly armed gang foiled by Met Flying Squad

  03-08-2016 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police intercept a moped gang who were armed with knives and an axe as they attempt to rob a luxury watch store in central London.
  
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• Father of British woman 'caged' in Saudi Arabia must help her return to UK, judge rules - Telegraph.co.uk

  03-08-2016 19:16 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Father of British woman 'caged' in Saudi Arabia must help her return to UK, judge rules
  Telegraph.co.uk
  A father accused of "caging" his 21-year-old British daughter in Saudi Arabia after he caught her kissing a man must help her return to Swansea, a High Court judge has ruled. Amina Al-Jeffery - who grew up in Wales and has dual British and Saudi ...
  Judge rules Brit 'locked up' by her father in Saudi Arabia is not in danger of forced marriageDaily Mail
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• Pakistan police say British woman's suspected 'honour killing' was murder

  03-08-2016 19:00
  A British woman whose husband alleges she was killed for marrying him against her parents' wishes was murdered, Pakistani police said on Wednesday. The case attracted attention because it came just days after the high-profile "honour killing" of outspoken social media star Qandeel Baloch, whose brother confessed to the crime and has been arrested. Samia Shahid, 28, a beautician from Bradford who had gone to visit her family in Pakistan, died last month in the village of Pandori in northern Punja
  
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• Armed French police start cross-Channel ferry patrols

  03-08-2016 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Armed French police begin patrols on cross-Channel ferries, in a bid to prevent terrorist attacks.
  
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• British woman who died in alleged honour killing in Pakistan was 'suffocated' - Telegraph.co.uk

  03-08-2016 18:47 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  Telegraph.co.uk
  British woman who died in alleged honour killing in Pakistan was 'suffocated'
  Telegraph.co.uk
  A forensic examination of the body of a British woman whose husband believes was the victim of a so-called honour killing shows she was suffocated, according to reports in Pakistan. Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, died last month while ...
  Husband of 'honour killing' victim urges police to actBradford Telegraph and Argus
  British 'Honour Killing' Victim Was Suffocat
  
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• Do armed police make you feel safer?

  03-08-2016 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More armed police are to be seen on patrol in London to reassure the public and deter attackers following terrorist attacks in Europe.
  
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• Children Hurt As Inflatable Slide Comes Loose

  03-08-2016 18:17
  Thirteen children have been injured after an inflatable slide reportedly came loose from its position at a carnival in Swanage, Dorset. South Western Ambulance Service said that two children were taken to hospital in Poole with neck pain.
  
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• Woman killed by partner who reported her missing before jumping off motorway bridge - Mirror.co.uk

  03-08-2016 17:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Woman killed by partner who reported her missing before jumping off motorway bridge
  Mirror.co.uk
  A missing woman was killed by her partner who then jumped to his death from a motorway bridge, an inquest heard. Gina Lander, 46, was last seen at her home in Walsall, West Mids., by her partner David Stokes, 39, who called police on March 16, this year.
  Man who died in fall from bridge 'may have murdered his partner and reported her missing before his death'The Sun
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• Oz Family Told To Leave UK In Immigration Row

  03-08-2016 17:37
  An Australian family fighting to remain in the Scottish Highlands have been told they must leave the UK after failing to meet the Government's criteria on immigration. Gregg Brain, 49, and his 48-year-old wife Kathryn have been at the centre of a high-profile immigration row. The Brains moved to the United Kingdom in 2011 from Brisbane, entering on a student visa granted to Mrs Brain to study Scottish history and archaeology.
  
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• Sir Ian McKellen fears being caught short on stage in new play

  03-08-2016 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Ian McKellen reveals he tried to alter Harold Pinter's play No Man's Land to insert a crucial twist - a toilet break for his character.
  
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• Oxford University Labour Club students did engage in anti-Semitic behaviour, report finds - The Independent

  03-08-2016 17:32 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Oxford University Labour Club students did engage in anti-Semitic behaviour, report finds
  The Independent
  There have been “some incidents” of anti-Semitic behaviour towards Jewish students among the largest student Labour group in the country, a report has found. Baroness Royall concluded there appears to be a “cultural problem” in which “behaviour and ...
  Anti-Semitic incidents rise 11 percent in UK this yearReuters
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• Children Hurt As Bouncy Castle Comes Loose

  03-08-2016 17:26
  Three children have been treated by paramedics in Swanage, Dorset, after a bouncy castle reportedly came loose from its position. Police received reports of a bouncy castle coming loose from its moorings shortly after 1.45pm. South Western Ambulance Service said that three children have suffered from minor injuries.
  
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• Saudi Father Told To Return Daughter To UK

  03-08-2016 17:22
  A Saudi father who allegedly locked his 21-year-old daughter up must return her to Britain, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Holman oversaw a public hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London last month.
  
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