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• PM Agrees To Meet Putin At G20 Summit

  09-08-2016 23:57
  Theresa May will meet Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in China - a meeting agreed during a telephone conversation. A Kremlin spokesman said both leaders had said they were unhappy with the current state of relations between the UK and Russia. The pair agreed to work on an arrangement between their agencies on issues relating to aviation security.
  
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• One Dead, At Least Nine Hurt By House Blast

  09-08-2016 23:13
  John Wilson, a double lung transplant survivor who uses a stair-lift, and his wife Hazel were forced to jump from a window on the first floor of the property in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. A fire service spokesman said three people suffered "quite severe burns and lacerations"  and several others were hurt in the explosion, which caused the terraced house to collapse at the front and back. Danielle's sister Leanne Wilson, who lives a few doors away f
  
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• Hundreds of crack British troops to be sent to smash ISIS in the Middle East - Mirror.co.uk

  09-08-2016 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Hundreds of crack British troops to be sent to smash ISIS in the Middle East
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  Britain is preparing to send hundreds of crack troops into the Middle East in a massive new drive to smash ISIS in a ground war. Special Forces from the SAS and commandos from the Special Boat Service are already deep inside Syria and Iraq targeting ...
  Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria, IraqDepartment of Defense
  The Islamic State and Its Allies Have Killed 33K Pe
  
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• Boy, 4, Dies After Swimming Pool Tragedy

  09-08-2016 22:56
  A four-year-old boy has died after an incident at a holiday park swimming pool in Cumbria. The youngster, who has not been named, is understood to have been staying with his family in a lodge in the grounds of the Holker Estate, near Grange-over-Sands. At 4.40pm on Monday, police were called to Old Park Wood holiday park on the estate.
  
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• Man Held Over Attempted Raid At Rooney's Home

  09-08-2016 20:12
  A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary at Wayne Rooney's Cheshire mansion.
  
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• Search Called Off For Boys Feared Drowned

  09-08-2016 19:57
  A search by land, air and sea for two teenage boys who went missing off the North Wales coast on Sunday has been called off. The pair, named in reports as 15-year-old Waseem Muflahi and Yahya Mohammed, 14, are feared to have drowned after going swimming off Barmouth Beach.
  
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• We are a nation of liars as 23% of us have cheated on our partners

  09-08-2016 19:34
  
  And most of us lie just to keep to peace.
  
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• Royal property manager found guilty of corruption

  09-08-2016 19:18
  A former deputy property manager in the British royal household has been found guilty of corruption over the awarding of building work contracts at Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace. Ronald Harper was convicted at Southwark Crown Court of conspiracy to make corrupt payments, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Harper worked with an annual budget of 2.3 million pounds ($3 million) and was able to authorise orders worth up to 30,000 pounds, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
  
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• Ed Miliband has endorsed Owen Smith and Twitter is finding it hilarious

  09-08-2016 19:10
  
  After bacon-sandwich-gate, should Owen Smith even want Miliband’s endorsement?
  
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• PM Raises Case Of Detained Woman With Iran

  09-08-2016 19:02
  Prime Minister Theresa May has raised concerns with Iran's President over the case of a British-Iranian woman detained in his country.
  
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• Scotland's Sturgeon makes surprise visit to Germany

  09-08-2016 19:01
  By Erik Kirschbaum and Elisabeth O'Leary BERLIN/EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met the deputy foreign minister of Germany on Tuesday, seeking to strengthen her ties with Europe's economic powerhouse in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the EU - a move Scotland overwhelmingly rejected. Sturgeon has said that Scotland, where 62 percent of voters backed staying in the European Union, must not be dragged out against its will and that she would start preparing for ind
  
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• Economy Shrinks After Brexit Vote - Report

  09-08-2016 19:01
  Britain's economy shrank slightly last month following June's vote to leave the European Union, according to a new report. The country's gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.2% in July compared to the same time last year, said the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). Between April and June, the economy grew by only 0.3% in what has been described as a "marked economic slowdown".
  
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• 'Everybody on board safe' after helicopter scare in Snowdonia

  09-08-2016 18:09
  
  A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said no-one needed hospital treatment.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn team accuses Tom Watson in Trotsky row - BBC News

  09-08-2016 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Jeremy Corbyn team accuses Tom Watson in Trotsky row
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  Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has been accused of "peddling baseless conspiracy theories" by Jeremy Corbyn's leadership campaign. It came after Mr Watson told the Guardian Labour was being infiltrated by "Trotsky entryists" who had "come back" to ...
  Corbyn camp clashes with Watson over 'Trotsky entryists' claimBuxton Advertiser
  Bristol Labour Party website 'hacked'BBC News
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• 'Religious disrespect' killer gets life sentence in Scotland

  09-08-2016 17:42
  A man was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for murdering a Muslim Glasgow shopkeeper he had accused of religious disrespect in an attack of "merciless violence." The stabbing to death of 40-year-old Asad Shah, who had just posted a message of religious tolerance on social media during Easter week, shocked the multi-ethnic Shawlands neighbourhood in Glasgow, Scotland's biggest city. " ... this was a barbaric, premeditated and wholly unjustified killing of a much loved man who was a pillar o
  
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• Labour At War Over 'Trotsky Entryists' Claim

  09-08-2016 17:16
  A bitter row has ignited at the top of the Labour Party after its deputy leader claimed old "Trots" had infiltrated the party to bolster Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. Tom Watson said "Trotsky entryists" were "twisting the arms" of young party members to help the beleaguered leader retain control of Labour. In a fierce attack on Mr Corbyn's Momentum movement, Mr Watson said the hard-left did not care about winning elections and saw the party as a "vehicle for revolutionary socialism".
  
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• British PM May raises case of detained aid worker with Iran's Rouhani

  09-08-2016 17:16
  DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May raised concerns on Tuesday with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani over several cases involving dual British-Iranian nationals, including imprisoned aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her office said. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 37, who was detained in early April as she tried to leave Iran after a visit with her two-year-old daughter, is accused by Iran's Revolutionary Guards of trying to overthrow the Iranian government.
  
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• Man Killed In Train Accident A 'Railway Fanatic'

  09-08-2016 17:02
  Friends of the man who died after putting his head out of a train window have said he was "a real light in the railway world" who "would bend over backwards to help anyone". Simon Brown, 24, was killed in the accident at Wandsworth Common station in south London while travelling on the Gatwick Express on Sunday. Mr Brown may have been leaning out of a train door window when he suffered a blow to the head, according to the British Transport Police.
  
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• RAF Helicopter Catches Fire After Landing

  09-08-2016 16:13
  An RAF helicopter has caught fire after making a precautionary landing due to an issue with its engine. Emergency services were called to the Yr Aran area in Snowdonia, north Wales, as pictures emerged on social media of smoke rising from a peak. Sky's Defence Correspondent Alistair Bunkall said a Griffin helicopter was involved in the incident, and that all four people on board got out safely before the helicopter caught fire.
  
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• UK air force helicopter makes forced mountain landing, no casualties

  09-08-2016 16:11
  A Royal Air Force helicopter was forced to land high up a mountain in Wales on Tuesday because of a technical problem and all four people on board managed to get off safely before it caught fire, Britain's Ministry of Defence said. The ministry said the Griffin training helicopter had made a "precautionary landing" in the Snowdonia national park and media photographs showed a dark plume of smoke rising from near the top of a mountain in the Yr Aran area. North Wales police said emergency service
  
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• Britain's May, Iran's Rouhani agree to work on closer ties -IRNA

  09-08-2016 16:04
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May agreed in a telephone call on Tuesday to work on forming closer ties at various levels, a top Iranian official was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA. The two discussed expanding economic relations, especially in banking and insurance sectors, and regional cooperation, specifically in the fight against terrorism, Hamid Aboutalebi, Rouhani's deputy chief of staff tweeted, according to IRNA. (Re
  
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• Activist Goes Rogue On Labour Bristol Website

  09-08-2016 15:50
  A rogue activist has taken over a Labour Bristol website and used it to attack party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Underneath is a long post saying Mr Corbyn will be the "death of Labour" and claiming he is a career politician who is "ill-equipped" to lead the country. The activist claims to be the owner of the domain name and says they have reclaimed the site because Labour refused to buy the name from them.
  
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• GB Diver's Mum Slams 'Insensitive' Coverage

  09-08-2016 15:47
  The mother of bronze medallist Dan Goodfellow has hit out at "insensitive" media coverage of her son after newspapers focussed on the success of dive partner Tom Daley. A sub-headline in the first edition of the Times identified Goodfellow only as Daley's "synchronised partner", while the Daily Express, Daily Mail and Telegraph all showed Daley alone in their main picture. The Daily Mail also omitted Goodfellow from a headline which read: "Daley's double! Tom takes second bronze".
  
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• Man Held For Scaling Buckingham Palace Fence

  09-08-2016 15:06
  A man has been arrested after climbing over a security fence at Buckingham Palace, police have said. The 22-year-old man from Croydon was spotted by police officers who were monitoring CCTV and arrested within a security perimeter at 4:15am on Tuesday morning. The 22-year-old was taken into custody at a central London police station on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site.
  
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• Shopkeeper Killer Given Life For 'Execution'

  09-08-2016 14:56
  A taxi driver has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 27 years for the murder of a Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah. Tanveer Ahmed, 32, travelled from Yorkshire to confront Mr Shah about clips the shopkeeper had posted online which he said "disrespected the Prophet Muhammad". Watching a clip featuring Mr Shah on his phone as he made his way to Glasgow, Ahmed was heard in a phone message saying: "Listen to this guy.
  
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• Negatives of university now outweigh the positives, according to study

  09-08-2016 14:11
  
  Students can’t catch a break.
  
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• 'At Least 10' Hurt As Blast Rips Through Home

  09-08-2016 13:50
  Three people have suffered "quite severe burns and lacerations" in the blast, which caused the terraced house in Ashton-under-Lyne to collapse at the front and back. Incident commander at the scene, Alan Ashworth, said he was "concerned" for the three casualties with more serious wounds. Some are suffering with burns and lacerations.
  
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• China to UK - 'golden' ties at crucial juncture over nuclear delay

  09-08-2016 13:41
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - China has cautioned Britain against closing the door to Chinese money and said relations were at a crucial juncture after Prime Minister Theresa May delayed signing off on a $24 billion nuclear power project. In China's sternest warning to date over May's surprise decision to review the building of Britain's first nuclear plant in decades, Beijing's ambassador to London said that Britain could face power shortages unless May approved th
  
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• Bank of England's McCafferty urges 'gradual' approach to monetary stimulus - Reuters UK

  09-08-2016 13:41 via uk.reuters.com
  
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  Bank of England's McCafferty urges 'gradual' approach to monetary stimulus
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  LONDON Bank of England policymaker Ian McCafferty voted against resuming the central bank's government bond purchases last week because he thinks it should take a "more gradual" approach to economic stimulus. The BoE will probably have to loosen ...
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• Bank of England's McCafferty urges 'gradual' approach to monetary stimulus

  09-08-2016 13:41
  Bank of England policymaker Ian McCafferty voted against resuming the central bank's government bond purchases last week because he thinks it should take a "more gradual" approach to economic stimulus. The BoE will probably have to loosen monetary policy further if the economy worsens, McCafferty said in a column published in the British newspaper the Times on Tuesday. Last week, the Bank of England cut interest rates for the first time since 2009 and revived its bond purchases - so-called quant
  
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• Britain defends decision to review $24 billion nuclear plant

  09-08-2016 13:35
  Britain on Tuesday defended its decision to review a planned $24 billion nuclear power project after criticism from China which is helping to fund the deal. China has cautioned Britain against closing the door to Chinese investment and said on Tuesday relations were at a crucial juncture after new Prime Minister Theresa May delayed signing off on the project. "This decision is about a huge infrastructure project and it's right that the new government carefully considers it," a government spokesm
  
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• Parry Glasspool suspended from Hollyoaks over knife video

  09-08-2016 13:22
  
  The actor has issued an apology.
  
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• Southern Railway Seeks Talks In Bid To End Strike

  09-08-2016 13:03
  Southern Railway has called for fresh talks to try to resolve a bitter row over the role of conductors, as hundreds of thousands of passengers endure more travel misery on the second day of strike action. The train operator, part of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise, said it would meet the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union "any time, any place, anywhere" to end the walkout. The company said one in five conductors worked on Monday, although the union said support for the strike
  
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• Three seriously injured after explosion at house in Greater Manchester

  09-08-2016 12:28
  
  The explosion caused the front and back of the house in Ashton-under-Lyne to collapse.
  
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• Stormzy announced Paul Pogba's Manchester United return

  09-08-2016 12:27
  
  The Manchester United fan joined up with the Red Devils’ record signing for a video.
  
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• In change of tack, UK agency backs Amgen virus-based cancer drug

  09-08-2016 12:19
  Britain's cost-effectiveness agency NICE has recommended use of a virus-based melanoma drug from Amgen, reversing an earlier negative decision after the company provided further information. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)said on Tuesday that Imlygic could be used on the state health service for around 10 to 15 percent of patients with advanced disease whose melanoma cannot be removed surgically. NICE said it should only be used if treatment with systemic immunothera
  
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• Glasgow Shopkeeper Killer Given Life Sentence

  09-08-2016 12:18
  Tanveer Ahmed has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 27 years for the murder of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah. Ahmed, 32, travelled from Yorkshire to confront Mr Shah about clips the shopkeeper had posted online which he said "disrespected the Prophet Muhammad". Mr Shah, described as "a pillar of the community", was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.
  
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• Burnham Picked As Manchester Mayor Candidate

  09-08-2016 12:18
  Andy Burnham put Theresa May on notice as he became Labour's Manchester mayoral candidate telling her: "You promised us a powerhouse". Mr Burnham pledged that he would be a mayor to hold the Government's feet to the fire over investment in the North, which he said had been grotesquely unfair.
  
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• 'Golden' ties at crucial juncture over nuclear delay - China to UK

  09-08-2016 12:07
  By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - China has cautioned Britain against closing the door to Chinese money and said relations were at a crucial juncture after Prime Minister Theresa May delayed signing off on a $24 billion nuclear power project. In China's sternest warning to date over May's surprise decision to review the building of Britain's first nuclear plant in decades, Beijing's ambassador to London said that Britain could face power shortages unless May approved the Franco-Chinese dea
  
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• David Cameron May Face MPs Over Honours List

  09-08-2016 11:58
  David Cameron could be called before a committee to answer questions on his controversial resignation honours list. The former prime minister faced criticism for his honours list, and was accused of cronyism for awarding gongs to former Downing Street staff and donors to the Conservative Party. Bernard Jenkin, the chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, has called for members to investigate the list and the nomination of 13 new peers when Parliament is recalled i
  
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• 'Open Banking' App Part Of Industry Shake-Up

  09-08-2016 11:19
  
  Customers will be able to manage their money and compare products from different banks in a single digital app under radical reforms designed to "shake- up" the industry. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has unveiled a package of measures which it says should help customers shop around to get a better deal and allow smaller and newer banks to grow. Alasdair Smith, chairman of the CMA's retail banking investigation, said: "We are breaking down the barriers which have made it too easy f
  
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• China Fires Warning At UK Over Hinkley Deal

  09-08-2016 11:17
  
  China has ratcheted up the pressure on the Government over the Hinkley nuclear deal, warning its relationship with the UK is at a "crucial historical juncture". The Chinese ambassador in London said he hoped the UK would "keep its door open" to China - a clear caution that future investment in British infrastructure projects could be under threat. Liu Xiaoming urged the Prime Minister to come to a decision on the £18bn Hinkley power plant project "as soon as possible".
  
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• The girlfriend of a Brazilian women's rugby player proposed at the Olympics and melted all our hearts

  09-08-2016 11:14
  
  Love wins!
  
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• Britain counting on fintech for banking revolution

  09-08-2016 11:07
  By Huw Jones and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - British banks will from 2018 have to share customers' data with third parties who can then show how much could be saved by using other lenders, the competition watchdog said on Tuesday. Customers currently are paying more than they should for banking and are not benefiting from new services, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in its final report after a three-year review of consumer and small business banking. Third-party compani
  
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• Six Injured As Explosion Rips Through Home

  09-08-2016 10:58
  One person suffered major burns in the blast, which caused the terraced house in Ashton-under-Lyne to collapse at the front and back. Alan Ashworth, of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, said the building was so damaged that fire crew had been unable to return to the property. "We helped them but they were later treated by paramedics from North West Ambulance Service while we tackled the fire using covering jets.
  
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• UK industrial output records strongest quarter since 1999 before Brexit vote

  09-08-2016 10:34
  British industrial output grew at the fastest rate since 1999 in the second quarter of this year, with "very few" respondents reporting an impact from uncertainty around June 23's vote to leave the European Union. Industrial output rose 0.1 percent month-on-month in June - in line with economists' forecasts in a Reuters poll - after a 0.6 percent drop in May, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday. "Any uncertainties in the run-up to the referendum seem to have had little impact on p
  
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• Public Warned Away After Oil Rig Blown Ashore

  09-08-2016 09:39
  People have been urged to steer clear of a beach on the Outer Hebrides as salvage teams try to secure an oil rig carrying 280 tonnes of diesel that ran aground after being blown ashore. No one was on board the rig when it grounded at Dalmore beach near Carloway, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
  
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• Banks Shake Up Will Mean 'Better Deal'

  09-08-2016 09:15
  The CMA measures include improving mobile banking services, making it easier for customers to switch banks and introducing a cap on unarranged overdraft charges. The Competition and Markets Authority says bank charges are "complicated and opaque" and that many customers see switching banks as "risky". Consequently, nearly 60% of personal banking customers have stayed with the same bank for more than 10 years.
  
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• UK competition body says customers paying too much for banking services

  09-08-2016 08:35
  Britain's competition watchdog has published its final recommendations for boosting competition in high street banking, its measures not differing significantly from options it published in May to widespread dismay among consumer groups. The government and regulators have already taken steps to boost competition in a sector dominated by Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC, which control more than three-quarters of current accounts and provide nine out of 10 business l
  
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• Andrew Neil earns more than the PM and has 'no problem' with his BBC salary being published

  09-08-2016 08:01
  
  The political broadcaster has said he wouldn’t mind his BBC salary being published.
  
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