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• Six left-leaning candidates elected on to Labour's National Executive Committee

  08-08-2016 23:58
  
  Eddie Izzard, a prominent Labour supporter, fell short of securing one of the seats.
  
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• China warns UK over 18 billion pound nuclear power deal - FT

  08-08-2016 23:54
  (Reuters) - China has warned Britain that bilateral ties stand at a "crucial historical juncture" over London's deferral of an 18 billion pound nuclear power project, the Financial Times reported on Monday. China's Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming wrote in the FT that he hoped London would keep its door open to China and that the British government would continue to support the nuclear project and come to a decision as soon as possible.
  
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• Rio Olympics: Team GB Medal Tally Hits Four

  08-08-2016 23:03
  Team GB has added two more medals to its earlier gold and silver, in a successful third day at the Rio Olympics. Taunton farmer Ed Ling blasted his way to a bronze medal, beating Czech David Kostelecky in the men's trap shooting. The 33-year-old, who is coached by his father Steven on the family farm, missed out on glory at the Athens and London Olympics but clinched his first Games medal with his performance at Rio.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow win synchro 10m platform bronze

  08-08-2016 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain pair Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow win Olympic bronze in the men's synchronised 10m platform at Rio 2016.
  
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• Rio 2016 Olympics: Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow celebrate bronze for GB

  08-08-2016 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow win bronze in the men's synchronised 10 platform, with China's Lin Yue and Chen Aise taking gold.
  
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• Edward Daly: The priest who waved a bloody handkerchief

  08-08-2016 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Catholic priest, Dr Edward Daly, who famously waved a blood-covered handkerchief in TV footage of the Bloody Sunday shootings in 1972, has died aged 82.
  
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• Girl, 14, raped outside Barrhead supermarket

  08-08-2016 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A major police investigation is under way after a 14-year-old girl was forced into bushes and raped outside a supermarket in East Renfrewshire.
  
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• China warns of 'crucial juncture' over Hinkley delay

  08-08-2016 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Failing to proceed with the Hinkley Point nuclear project could threaten China's relationship with Britain, its ambassador to the UK warns.
  
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• Donald Trump's latest speech was interrupted by female protesters

  08-08-2016 21:51
  
  Trump was also accused of having “tiny hands” during his appearance at the Detroit Economic Club.
  
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• Measles Spreads At Major Summer Festivals

  08-08-2016 21:26
  
  Festivalgoers have been urged to make sure they are vaccinated against measles after a spike in the number of cases linked to major events. Public Health England (PHE) said large events provided the "ideal place for the infection to spead". PHE said any young people worried they may be at risk and due to attend a festival should visit their doctor to get an MMR vaccination.
  
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• Labour leadership: Party to appeal against voting rights ruling

  08-08-2016 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Labour Party rejects calls from shadow chancellor John McDonnell to drop an appeal against a court ruling giving new members a vote in its leadership contest.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Ed Ling wins trap shooting bronze for Great Britain

  08-08-2016 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ed Ling wins Great Britain's third medal of the Olympics with bronze in the men's trap shooting.
  
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• British farmer wins men's trap bronze

  08-08-2016 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Ed Ling, 33, wins bronze in the men's trap, Team GB's third medal of the Games.
  
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• Festivalgoers Urged To Get Measles Jab

  08-08-2016 20:31
  Festivalgoers have been urged to make sure they are vaccinated against measles after a spike in the number of cases linked to major events. Public Health England (PHE) said large events provided the "ideal place for the infection to spead". PHE said any young people worried they may be at risk and due to attend a festival should visit their doctor to get an MMR vaccination.
  
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• Beko tumble dryer model 'behind 20 fires'

  08-08-2016 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A defective tumble dryer caused a house fire that killed a mother of two in her bedroom, a coroner rules.
  
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• Met Police 'does not know' cost of Midland abuse inquiry

  08-08-2016 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police does not know how much was spent on one of its high-profile child sexual abuse investigations, despite saying it would publish the figures, the force tells the BBC.
  
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• Southern rail strike: Five-day walkout begins

  08-08-2016 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister "strongly condemns" a five-day strike that is causing "disruption and misery" for hundreds of thousands of Southern passengers.
  
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• MP Calls Himself 'Stupid Fool' Over Burns

  08-08-2016 19:32
  An MP has been left with burns to 30% of his body after his bonfire exploded when he poured petrol on it to get it started. Gordon Henderson, Conservative MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey in Kent, said he was left in "agony" following the accident. "That, my friends, was a problem I had not anticipated. When I lit the bonfire it was those fumes that exploded, not the petrol itself!
  
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• Peaty's Parents: Olympic Hero 'Very Special'

  08-08-2016 19:31
  
  The parents of British Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty have told Sky News of his strong mindedness and focus. Peaty, 21, won Team GB's first gold medal at Rio after destroying the competition in the 100m breaststroke final.
  
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• Curtain Call installation unveiled at Roundhouse, London

  08-08-2016 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Artist Ron Arad returns to the Roundhouse in London with a 360-degree installation called Curtain Call.
  
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• Defective Tumble Dryer Blamed For Deadly Fire

  08-08-2016 19:25
  An inquest into the death of a mother who died when a tumble dryer caught fire has heard the product had been involved in 20 previous blazes. Mishell Moloney died from carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation at her home in Birmingham on 7 February. Birmingham Coroner's Court heard dryer manufacturer Beko had not recalled the 8kg DCS 85W model despite reports of previous fires as none had the defect thought to have caused the blaze that killed Ms Moloney.
  
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• Bloody Sunday 'handkerchief' bishop dies

  08-08-2016 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Retired Bishop Edward Daly of Derry, who was pictured waving a bloodied handkerchief on Bloody Sunday, dies aged 82.
  
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• Mysterious marks

  08-08-2016 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A number of Olympians - including the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, Michael Phelps - have been photographed with large red circles on their skin. What are they?
  
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• Salad days over for 'William the worm'

  08-08-2016 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When a Tesco customer made a complaint about a worm in his cucumber, the conversation took a comical twist, which has gone viral
  
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• Labour to appeal against new party members having the right to vote in its leadership election

  08-08-2016 18:30
  
  Judges ruled in favour of five supporters who accused the party’s National Executive Committee of unlawfully “freezing” them out.
  
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• Tramp who threatened to torch woman’s home after she refused him cash banned from Southend

  08-08-2016 18:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BEGGAR has been banned from the whole of Southend.
  
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• Living the dream! Boy who wants to become a policeman is made a mini cop car by his dad

  08-08-2016 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE father of a boy who dreams of becoming a police officer has made his son a mini cop car - complete with traffic cones and lights.
  
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• Ed Balls 'scared to death' over Strictly Come Dancing

  08-08-2016 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls is the first contestant confirmed for the next series of BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing.
  
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• Bloody Sunday 'Handkerchief' Hero Bishop Dies

  08-08-2016 17:52
  
  The retired Catholic bishop Edward Daly, who went to the aid of civil rights protesters during Bloody Sunday, has died aged 82. Dr Daly waved a blood-stained white handkerchief as a symbol of ceasefire while trying to help John "Jackie" Duddy, a protester who was shot dead in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday in 1972. The image of Dr Daly waving the handkerchief became one of the most enduring image of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Witness to Gatwick Express death says victim was ‘not decapitated’ and ‘NOT hit by train'

  08-08-2016 17:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A DISTRAUGHT witness to the Gatwick Express train death insists the 24-year-old victim was not killed by another train.
  
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• Which is the most ridiculous road in Britain? Bonkers councils mocked for pointless lines

  08-08-2016 17:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BONKERS councils have been blasted for parking restrictions which are completely pointless.
  
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• Labour To Appeal Over Vote Court Judgment

  08-08-2016 17:37
  
  Five new Labour members have won a High Court battle over their legal right to vote in the forthcoming leadership election. The members accused the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) of unlawfully "freezing" them and many others out of the contest between Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith even though they had "paid their dues". The court action affects almost 130,000 Labour supporters who were affected by the freeze.
  
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• Britons under-estimate how much they eat 'by 50 PER CENT'

  08-08-2016 17:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITONS are under-estimating how much they eat every day by up to 50 per cent, according to a new study.
  
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• Ofcom scraps football TV rights probe as Premier League increases live games

  08-08-2016 17:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AN INVESTIGATION into the sale of TV rights for top-flight football matches has been ditched after the Premier League upped the number of games available for live broadcast.
  
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• Driver Admits Footballer Amputation Crash

  08-08-2016 17:18
  Shaun Whiter, 27, was helping his friend Joey Abbs to change a flat tyre in Newmarket, Suffolk, when a Ford Focus hit their cars on 1 July. The Newmarket Town player had to have his legs amputated at the knee and Mr Abbs, who played football for Cambridgeshire club Soham Town Rangers, suffered a serious leg injury in the crash. The 40-year-old driver of the vehicle, Jan Adamec, of Shetland Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving
  
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• Police Delete Tweet Showing Men In SS Uniforms

  08-08-2016 17:06
  A police force has apologised after posting a photograph of two men dressed in Nazi uniforms on its official Twitter page. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) removed the tweet from their traffic feed, which showed the men wearing SS uniforms and standing next to a German military Kubelwagen. The tweet was posted on Sunday and captioned: "M62 J22 on the west Yorkshire border.
  
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• British shipwreck lost in Siberia 140 YEARS ago finally found

  08-08-2016 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE wreck of a British steamboat that got lost in Siberia nearly 140 years ago has been found south of the Arctic Circle.
  
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• Greater Manchester Police apologises for tweet showing men in SS uniforms

  08-08-2016 16:57
  
  The police force has since removed the tweet, which showed the men standing next to a German military Kubelwagen.
  
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• This is the scene in Greenwich as scores of firefighters tackle two major blazes in London

  08-08-2016 16:40
  
  A man was taken to hospital by air ambulance from Greenwich with burns. In Erith, firefighters rescued a woman from inside a flat.
  
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• Rail Commuters Hit Out At Southern Strike Misery

  08-08-2016 16:34
  
  Rail travellers angry at a five-day walkout affecting Southern Rail trains have clashed with staff and striking workers at picket lines. Trains in areas including London, East and West Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire are affected by the strike, which started this morning. Danyal Mustafa, 39, who works in IT and commutes to central London from Carshalton, confronted RMT workers on a picket line outside Victoria Station in central London.
  
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• Festival fanatics

  08-08-2016 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Festivals in the UK are being bolstered by a band of dedicated superfans, according to research - but what makes a superfan?
  
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• Southern rail strike

  08-08-2016 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Southern rail passengers face disruption, but what are your rights if you are caught up in the chaos?
  
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• Stephen Lawrence inquiry: CCTV appeal for 'V' jacket man

  08-08-2016 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 have issued CCTV footage of a witness they want to trace.
  
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• Girl, 14, bundled into bush and raped as she left Asda to cycle home

  08-08-2016 16:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POLICE are hunting an attacker who targeted and raped a 14-year-old girl.
  
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• ROTHERHAM ABUSE SCANDAL: Horrific reality of 'industrial scale' child grooming revealed

  08-08-2016 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GROOMING of young girls by gangs of predominantly Kashmiri men is still occurring on an “industrial scale” in Rotherham because authorities are failing to tackle an organised child sex crime racket, an investigation by express.co.uk has uncovered.
  
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• Search For Swimmers Off Wales Coast Scaled Down

  08-08-2016 15:58
  Rescuers have said searches for two teenagers and a man feared drowned off the coast of West Wales have been scaled back. On Monday, RNLI teams continued looking for the boys, aged 14 and 15, who have not been seen since getting into difficulty while swimming off Barmouth Beach on Sunday. In a separate incident, rescue crews were also out again looking for a man who was swept off a rock and into the water near Mwnt in Cardigan Bay.
  
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• Stephen Lawrence 'Witness' Footage Released

  08-08-2016 15:46
  
  Police have released CCTV footage of a man who they believe may have witnessed the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Gary Dobson, 37, and David Norris, 36, were found guilty of the attack and jailed for life in 2012, but the other attackers have not yet been found. Newly released CCTV footage shows a man wearing a 'V' emblem jacket which police previously appealed for information about.
  
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• Stephen Lawrence 'Witness' Images Released

  08-08-2016 15:40
  Police have released CCTV images of a man who they believe may have witnessed the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Gary Dobson, 37, and David Norris, 36, were found guilty of the attack and jailed for life in 2012, but the other attackers have not yet been found. Newly released CCTV images show a man wearing a 'V' emblem jacket which police previously appealed for information about.
  
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• Commuters Hit Out At Southern Strike Misery

  08-08-2016 15:39
  
  Rail passengers angry at a five-day walkout affecting Southern Rail trains have clashed with staff and striking workers at picket lines. Trains in areas including London, East and West Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire are affected by the strike which got under way this morning. Danyal Mustafa, 39, who works in IT and commutes in to central London from Carshalton, confronted RMT workers on a picket line outside Victoria station in central London.
  
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• Stephen Lawrence inquiry: CCTV witness plea over racist murder

  08-08-2016 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence 23 years ago release a new CCTV image of a witness they want to trace.
  
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