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• Nanny killed in police chase after ‘drone flying over prison grounds’ reports

  10-08-2016 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A NANNY who dreamed of running her own business was killed when a car linked to an alleged attempt to fly a drone over a prison crashed while being chased by police, it was revealed.
  
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• 'Wolf in shepherd's clothing' Paedophile priest jailed for 12 years

  10-08-2016 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A PAEDOPHILE priest was branded a “wolf in shepherd’s clothing” as he was jailed for 12 years for abusing 13 children.
  
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• 'No prosecutions' for paying for sex in NI despite new law

  10-08-2016 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  No-one has been prosecuted for paying for sex in Northern Ireland although it has been illegal for more than a year, it emerges.
  
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• Watson Defends 'Trotsky Entryists' Claims

  10-08-2016 22:24
  Tom Watson has defended his claims "Trotsky entryists" are manipulating young Labour party members to boost support for Jeremy Corbyn. Mr Corbyn's allies have accused the deputy leader of peddling "baseless conspiracy theories" following an interview in the Guardian on Tuesday. In his newspaper interview, he suggested "Trots" had returned to the party to use Labour as a "vehicle for revolutionary socialism".
  
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• Heathrow Alert: 300 Security Passes Suspended

  10-08-2016 22:07
  
  Three hundred staff at a company which supplies airline lounge services have had their airside security passes suspended, Sky News has learned. Employer, Sodexo, says it is a precautionary measure and it follows news that police are investigating a scam involving airside security passes at Heathrow Airport. Two young women, thought to be airport workers, have been arrested.
  
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• Four Dead As Lorries And Cars Crash On A34

  10-08-2016 21:59
  Four people have died and several are injured in an accident involving four cars and four lorries on the A34 north of Newbury.   
  
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• Southern rail strike suspended as talks resume

  10-08-2016 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A strike on the Southern rail network is called off to allow fresh talks in the row over the role of conductors, Acas says.
  
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• Four people killed after eight vehicle pile-up on high-speed road

  10-08-2016 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FOUR people have been killed after a eight vehicle pile-up on a high-speed road today.
  
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• Germans holidaying at home as terror attack fears lead to record 'staycation' numbers

  10-08-2016 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GERMANS are holidaying at home this summer with terrorism fears said to be behind the growing "staycations" trend.
  
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• 'You're a bit of a c*** yourself' Judge hits back at swearing Nazi-saluting thug

  10-08-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A RACIST Nazi thug who called a woman judge a c*** got more than he bargained for when she retorted: “You’re a bit of a c*** yourself.”
  
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• Former priest Philip Temple's trail of sex abuse

  10-08-2016 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former social worker and Catholic priest has been jailed for 12 years after admitting historical child sex abuse charges dating back to the 1970s.
  
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• RMT militant boss behind rail strikes on £128k salary

  10-08-2016 20:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE firebrand union chief behind the rash of strikes causing misery to millions is paid a £128,437 salary.
  
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• Is university worth the money?

  10-08-2016 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many millennials regret the money spent on university, according to a new study. So should you skip the degree?
  
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• Ricky Gervais on bringing back David Brent

  10-08-2016 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ricky Gervais attended the premiere of David Brent: Life on the Road.
  
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• Sturgeon told to take independence "off the table": Firms hit by SNP poll threat

  10-08-2016 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BUSINESSES are already suffering because of Nicola Sturgeon’s threat of a second independence vote, David Mundell warned today.
  
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• Migration sees Scottish population at its highest

  10-08-2016 19:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SCOTLAND'S population was at its highest level last year as a result of increased migration.
  
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• Bouygues, Vallourec deny conflict of interest in Hinkley Point vote

  10-08-2016 19:36
  By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - French firms Bouygues and Vallourec denied that members of their boards who are also on the board of EDF had a conflict of interest when they voted in favour of the French utility's Hinkley Point nuclear project in Britain. EDF's board narrowly approved the controversial 18 billion pound project in a 10-7 vote on July 28. EDF unions argue the project should be delayed because of its financial risk and said on Monday that conflicts of interest in EDF's board m
  
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• British yields make one of biggest forays into negative territory in 300-year history

  10-08-2016 19:03
  By Ana Nicolaci da Costa and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British gilt yields made one of their biggest forays into negative territory in their 300-year history on Wednesday after a bond rally sparked by the Bank of England's unexpectedly aggressive stimulus package unveiled last week. Yields on two non-benchmark short-dated government bonds went into negative territory for a second day running for the first time, and a third dipped into red, having first done so shortly after Britain's dec
  
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• Number crunching

  10-08-2016 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Sillito gives a guide to the issues about news and its struggle with numbers.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Chris Froome wins time trial bronze

  10-08-2016 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Chris Froome clinched bronze in the Olympic men's individual time trial which was won by Swiss Fabian Cancellara.
  
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• Southern Railway Strike Off But Delays Expected

  10-08-2016 18:20
  
  Southern Railway services will still be disrupted on Thursday, even though strike action has been suspended. Southern, part of the giant Govia Thameslink Railway franchise, said Thursday's service will be based on the present strike timetable, although it will try to add services. A spokesman for Acas said: "Southern and the RMT are returning to talks tomorrow under the auspices of Acas.
  
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• Meet the world's richest young billionaires as Hugh Grosvenor inherits £9bn

  10-08-2016 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Meet some young billionaires who can rival Hugh Grosvenor's new fortune of £9bn.
  
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• Blow To Corbyn As GMB Union Backs Rival

  10-08-2016 17:20
  The third biggest union has backed Owen Smith in the Labour leadership in a blow to Jeremy Corbyn. The 600,000-strong GMB has officially endorsed the the former shadow work and pensions secretary in a significant boost to his campaign. Mr Smith had not been expected to win the backing of the big unions and the GMB had stood firmly by Mr Corbyn during the attempt to oust him in the wake of the EU referendum vote.
  
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• 'I left in tears'

  10-08-2016 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A TUC report suggests that more than half of women have been sexually harassed at work.
  
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• Blow To Corbyn As Third Biggest Union Backs Rival

  10-08-2016 17:05
  The third biggest union has backed Owen Smith in the Labour leadership in a blow to Jeremy Corbyn. The 600,000-strong GMB has officially endorsed the the former shadow work and pensions secretary in a significant boost to his campaign. Mr Smith had not been expected to win the backing of the big unions and the GMB had stood firmly by Mr Corbyn during the attempt to oust him in the wake of the EU referendum vote.
  
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• Southern Railway Strike Action Called Off

  10-08-2016 16:25
  
  Strike action by Southern Railway workers on Thursday and Friday has been called off to allow for fresh negotiations. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) walked out on Monday in a bitter row over the role of conductors and were due to continue the strike action until the weekend. Conciliation service Acas said the strike had been suspended on Wednesday after the RMT offered to suspend industrial action if Southern agreed to return to negotiations without any preconditions.
  
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• Piltdown breakdown - new details about a famed scientific hoax

  10-08-2016 15:39
  By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers applying modern forensic techniques to a century-old puzzle have laid bare intriguing new details about one of the most notorious scientific hoaxes on record, the so-called Piltdown Man, and are confident in the culprit's identity. The phony fossil remains of a "missing link" between apes and humans, planted in gravel near the English village of Piltdown, were concocted using the jawbone and teeth from a single orangutan, two or three sets of old
  
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• Pokemon Go asked to remove island Pokestop after players chasing virtual Seels scare actual seals

  10-08-2016 15:31
  
  Hundreds of “trainers” have been heading to St Mary’s Island off Whitley Bay…and the local council ain’t happy.
  
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• Iraq Out & Loud

  10-08-2016 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 2,000 people, including a host of comedians, writers, and politicians, are to staging a non-stop, live streamed reading of the Chilcot Report in to the Iraq War, as part of an Edinburgh Fringe show.
  
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• Saira Khan: I have been to hell and back on Celebrity Big Brother

  10-08-2016 15:06
  
  But the Loose Women star said her pay cheque made up for it.
  
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• Do you have treasure hiding on your shelf? First edition Harry Potter book with typo set to fetch £20,000

  10-08-2016 14:32
  
  You might need a bigger vault at Gringotts for all those Galleons.
  
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• Sherlock Creator Cleared Of Piltdown Man Hoax

  10-08-2016 14:12
  Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has been cleared of hoaxing the scientific world with remains that were once believed to be the 'missing link' between humans and apes. The remains - which became known as the Piltdown Man - were unveiled at London's Geological Society and widely believed to be an ancestor of modern humans. When the remains were found to be a medieval human skull and ape's jaw some 30 years later, suspicion for the hoax fell on Sir Arthur.
  
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• Rich pickings

  10-08-2016 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A profile of Hugh Grosvenor, who has become the seventh Duke of Westminster following the sudden death of his father.
  
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• Archive: Duke of Westminster on wealth and title

  10-08-2016 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In archive interviews with the BBC, the Duke of Westminster discusses his attitude to his wealth and title, and his business.
  
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• Police Investigate Heathrow Security Pass Scam

  10-08-2016 14:01
  
  Police are investigating a scam involving airside security passes at Heathrow Airport. Heathrow said it had "taken appropriate action" until the police investigation is complete. Scotland Yard would not reveal details of their suspicions around airside passes, but it is not thought to involve their illegal sale or cloning.
  
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• Sudden change

  10-08-2016 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hate crime rose after the EU referendum. Will it fall back again, or is a higher rate the new normal?
  
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• Stumped by transgender pension case, British top court seeks EU help

  10-08-2016 13:34
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - A complex legal dispute involving a transgender woman's pension rights over a period when her gender had not been officially recognised has divided Britain's Supreme Court, which referred the issue on Wednesday to the European Union's top court. Britain voted to leave the EU in a referendum on June 23, but the terms of its exit will take years to negotiate and in the meantime it continues to be subject to EU law. The impact of EU legislation on domestic law
  
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• Bank of England survey bolsters view of weaker British economy

  10-08-2016 13:29
  By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Growth slowed across British business services and consumer spending eased last month, a Bank of England survey showed, offering a more mixed picture of the economy than some of the gloomier indicators since June's Brexit vote. The BoE released some of the findings of its August regional agents' survey in last week's quarterly Inflation Report, which showed companies expected the referendum would hurt capital spending, hiring and turnover over the coming year. Al
  
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• New Duke Of Westminster 'Owns Half Of London'

  10-08-2016 13:28
  The new seventh Duke of Westminster has inherited his father's £9bn estate at the age of just 25 and has been described as now owning "half of London". Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, previously known by his honorary title Earl Grosvenor, also inherits Eaton Hall in Cheshire - home to the Grosvenor family since the 15th century. One of four siblings, he is the only son of the late Duke of Westminster - who died at the age of 64 on Tuesday - and his wife Natalia.
  
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• BitTorrent is offering a grant of up to $100,000 to creatives

  10-08-2016 13:23
  
  Artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers. If you have a creative project you believe deserves attention, apply.
  
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• Women Held Over Heathrow Security Pass Scam

  10-08-2016 13:21
  
  Police are investigating a scam involving airside security passes at Heathrow Airport. Heathrow said it had "taken appropriate action" until the police investigation is complete. Scotland Yard would not reveal details of their suspicions around airside passes, but it is not thought to involve their illegal sale or cloning.
  
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• Bank Of England To Try Again After QE Snag

  10-08-2016 13:02
  The Bank of England said it would try again in a few months after its £60bn post-Brexit stimulus boost hit a £52m snag this week. A plan to buy more government bonds as part of efforts to cushion the economy against an expected hit from the vote fell short when investors were not willing to sell as many as the Bank had targeted. The Bank had planned to buy £1.17bn of certain types of gilts - which are parcels of Government debt - from investors such as pension fu
  
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• Ten people arrested over Welsh match-fixing allegations

  10-08-2016 12:44
  South Wales Police arrested 10 people on Wednesday following allegations of match-fixing in the Welsh Premier League. The arrests were made following investigations on betting patterns on a match between Port Talbot Town and Rhyl on April 9. "These arrests are as result of a thorough process of evidence gathering and close co-operation between the Football Association of Wales, South Wales Police and the Gambling Commission," FAW chief executive Jonathan Ford said in a statement on the organisat
  
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• Eurostar train managers to strike for seven days - UK union

  10-08-2016 12:33
  Train managers on the line linking Britain to continental Europe will strike for seven days in August, part of a dispute over working too many unsocial hours, but only one or two trains will need cancelling, service operator Eurostar said. Britain's RMT union, behind an ongoing strike on rail lines in southern England, said the Eurostar action would take place over two weekends, from 2301 GMT on Aug. 12 to 2259 GMT on Aug. 15, and from 2301 GMT on Aug. 27 to 2259 GMT on Aug. 29. Eurostar said it
  
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• Bank of England 'kicking can down the road' on QE purchase shortfall

  10-08-2016 12:14
  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Wednesday it would delay making up a 52 million pound shortfall in its new bond purchase programme by three to six months, after it failed to find enough willing sellers at a buy-back on Tuesday. The central bank revived its quantitative easing programme last week after a nearly four-year break to soften the blow of Britain's decision to leave the European Union. It aims to buy 60 billion pounds of government debt over six months.
  
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• Corbyn Aide Wins Labour Liverpool Mayoral Bid

  10-08-2016 12:02
  Steve Rotheram has been chosen as Labour candidate for the Liverpool mayoral battle - beating former frontbencher Luciana Berger . The Liverpool MP, a close ally of Mr Corbyn, pledged to "stand up for ordinary people" as he was announced as the party's official candidate. The former bricklayer beat the current elected mayor Joe Anderson and Ms Berger, who was a member of Mr Corbyn's frontbench team until the coup last month.
  
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• Waitrose and Netflix: A day in the life of Princess Eugenie

  10-08-2016 11:46
  
  The princess appears in the September edition of Harper’s Bazaar.
  
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• Man Charged With Killing Nova Welsh 35 Years Ago

  10-08-2016 11:38
  A man is due in court charged with the murder of a 24-year-old woman who was killed in Birmingham 35 years ago.
  
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• Bank of England survey bolsters its view of weaker economy

  10-08-2016 11:08
  The Bank of England released a survey on Wednesday showing business services growth and consumer spending slowed last month, partly due to June's vote to leave the European Union. The BoE had released some of the findings of its August regional agents' survey in last week's quarterly Inflation Report, which showed companies expected the referendum would have a negative effect on capital spending, hiring and turnover over the coming year. "Business services growth had softened further, partly ref
  
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• Eurostar Workers To Strike Over Summer Holiday

  10-08-2016 11:02
  
  Eurostar rail workers will strike over two weekends in August in a dispute over work and life balance, the RMT union has said. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union will walk out from 0.01am on Friday 12 August until 11.59pm on Monday 14 August, and for three days over the Bank Holiday weekend from 27 August. The union said the dispute centres around Eurostar's failure to honour an agreement from 2008 which ensured a good work/life balance for train managers, specifically regarding u
  
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