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• Gary Lineker pants: Match of the Day presenter keeps Twitter promise

  13-08-2016 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gary Lineker keeps his promise and introduces the opening Match of the Day of the new season in his underpants.
  
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• More Golds For Great Britain At Rio Olympics

  13-08-2016 23:06
  
  Great Britain have won gold in the women's team pursuit at the Rio Olympics, adding to the gold and silver earlier in the rowing. Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald beat the United States quartet by more than two seconds in a world record time of 4 minutes, 10.26 seconds. It was 24-year-old Trott's third Olympic gold - the most by a British woman - and Rowsell-Shand's second.
  
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• Flagship Oxford Street BHS closes doors

  13-08-2016 23:05
  
  Remaining stores will all shut next week.
  
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• Rio diary: Rafaela Silva getting used to the fame game

  13-08-2016 23:04
  
  The weird and wonderful stories making the news on Day Eight of the Games.
  
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• Kenny Baker, Star Wars R2-D2 actor, dies aged 81

  13-08-2016 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British actor Kenny Baker, who starred as R2-D2 in six Star Wars films, has died aged 81 after a long illness, his niece confirms.
  
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• GB smash world record (again) to win gold

  13-08-2016 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  GB knock two seconds off the world record to win gold in the women's team pursuit in a time of four minutes and 10.236 seconds.
  
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• BHS Flagship Store On Oxford Street Closes For Final Time

  13-08-2016 22:10
  
  British Home Stores' flagship branch on London's Oxford Street has closed for the final time, with all of the troubled chain's remaining outlets to shut by next Saturday. As her last shift at the Oxford Street outlet came to an end, BHS worker Maira Estupinan said: "I am very sad, for myself and everyone losing their jobs. Administrators Duff & Phelps and FRP Advisory have already closed 105 branches over recent weeks, with the remaining 58 stores due to close by 20 August.
  
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• The 'Kissathon' at Sainsbury's local where gay couple were ejected was glorious

  13-08-2016 21:31
  
  The protest was organised after Thomas Rees and Joshua Bradwell were removed from the store for holding hands.
  
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• Knifeman wounds six people and starts a fire on Swiss train

  13-08-2016 21:23
  
  Police say the wounded included a six-year-old child.
  
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• Murder Probe Over Death Of Man In Hyde Park

  13-08-2016 20:28
  Police say they are treating the death of a man close to a tourist hotspot in central London as murder. Officers were called to Hyde Park shortly before 6am on Friday after a member of the public found a man with injuries. The man was dead by the time police arrived at the scene, and detectives from the homicide and major crime command investigating the death are now treating it as murder, Scotland Yard has said.
  
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• Star Wars actor behind R2-D2 robot dies aged 81

  13-08-2016 20:19
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Star Wars actor Kenny Baker, who played the robot R2-D2 in six of the films, has died aged 81, Baker's niece told the BBC on Saturday. Baker, who was three feet, eight inches tall, had suffered from a long illness, his relative said. In addition to the first Star Wars film in 1977, he also appeared in Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and three prequel editions. (Reporting by Sarah Young, editing by Larry King)
  
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• Second Body Found In Search For Missing Teenagers In Wales

  13-08-2016 20:11
  A body believed to be that of Waseem was found in the sea on Saturday afternoon, off the coast at Sunny Sands and Cae Daniel, near Llanaber in south Gwynedd. A North Wales Police spokesman said the deaths were not being treated as suspicious. "Shortly after 2.10pm today North Wales Police and other emergency services including the Barmouth inshore lifeboat attended a location on the coastline between Sunny Sands and Cae Daniel, near Llanaber in south Gwynedd where they recove
  
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• R2-D2 Actor Kenny Baker Dies Aged 81 After Long Illness

  13-08-2016 19:47
  British actor Kenny Baker, who played robot R2-D2 in the Star Wars film franchise, has died aged 81 after a longstanding illness. Baker, who was 3ft 8in tall, first played the robot character in Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977. "Unfortunately he was too ill to be part of the new Star Wars films.
  
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• BHS Flagship Store On Oxford Street To Close

  13-08-2016 18:49
  
  The shutters are set to close on the flagship store of BHS on Oxford Street tonight, as the stricken chain prepares to leave the high street entirely. Administrators Duff & Phelps and FRP Advisory have already closed 105 branches over recent weeks, with the remaining 58 stores due to close by 20 August. A committee of MPs concluded that Sir Philip Green was largely responsible for its collapse, and have severely criticised his decision to sell the firm to former bankrupt Dominic Ch
  
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• Second body found near Barmouth beach where two teens went missing

  13-08-2016 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A second body is washed ashore near to where two teenagers went missing after getting into difficulty in the sea last week.
  
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• Rowers Win Team GB's Eighth Rio Olympics Gold

  13-08-2016 18:09
  
  Team GB has won its eighth gold of the Rio Olympics in the men's rowing eight, after the women took silver in their event. Katie Greves, Melanie Wilson, Frances Houghton, Polly Swann, Jessica Eddie, Olivia Carnegie-Brown, Karen Bennett, Zoe Lee and cox Zoe de Toledo crossed the line in six minutes 3.98 seconds - just 0.12 seconds ahead of the bronze medallists.
  
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• Meet the Liddiards: Reunion of 150 family members

  13-08-2016 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 150 people with the same surname meet in a Wiltshire village this weekend for a family gathering.
  
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• Man Killed After Being Struck By Four Cars On M66 Motorway

  13-08-2016 17:32
  A man has been killed after being struck by four vehicles on the M66 in Greater Manchester. Detectives believe the man was walking along the northbound lanes of the motorway between junctions two and three when he was hit by an Audi A5. Greater Manchester Police were called to the motorway at about 1.57am on Saturday, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Bald eagle Henry returns to roost at Warwick Castle

  13-08-2016 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Henry, a young bald eagle who flew away from his home at Warwick Castle, returns home after almost a week of adventures.
  
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• Moment men's rowing eight take gold in Rio

  13-08-2016 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain win gold in the men's rowing eight in Rio to reclaim the Olympic title for the first time since 2000.
  
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• Great Britain's Rowers Win Eighth Rio Gold

  13-08-2016 16:52
  Team GB has won its eighth gold of the Rio Olympics in the men's rowing eight, after the women took silver in their event.
  
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• Two dead in Eastbourne hit-and-run crash

  13-08-2016 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is arrested after two people die in a hit-and-run crash in Eastbourne.
  
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• Historic silver for GB women's eight

  13-08-2016 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's women's eight win their first Olympic medal, taking silver in the rowing behind the United States.
  
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• Body Of Missing Teenager Yayhe Omar Mohamed Washes Up On Beach

  13-08-2016 15:35
  The body a teenager has been found on a beach after he went missing while swimming with a friend in North Wales. Yayhe Omar Mohamed, 14, and his friend, Waseem Muflahi, 15, were feared to have drowned at Barmouth beach in Gwynedd last Sunday. Yayhe was identified by his family after his body washed ashore at nearby Sunny Sands in the Llanaber area on Friday.
  
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• Petrol bombs thrown at police ahead of Northern Ireland parade

  13-08-2016 14:39
  Catholic youths attacked police with petrol bombs in the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry on Saturday ahead of one of the largest Protestant parades of the year. Pro-British Protestants march every summer to commemorate historical events, sometimes triggering a violent response from mainly Catholic Irish Republicans. Police said at least 25 petrol bombs and fireworks were thrown at officers as they investigated a suspected bomb that turned out to be a hoax, but no injuries were reported.
  
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• Families Of People With Autism Want More Research

  13-08-2016 14:06
  
  Families of people with autism have expressed concern about a lack of research and specialism into treating mental illness. Four out of five people with the condition will suffer from mental health problems at some point in their lives, according to the charity Autistica. The research-focused charity spoke to 1,213 families about their experience of autism and mental health, and intervention and treatment came out as the number-one priority.
  
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• Samia Shahid death: Victim's first husband and father in court

  13-08-2016 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The father and first husband of a woman who was allegedly the victim of a so-called honour killing in Pakistan appear in court in connection with her murder.
  
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• A police chief forgot to turn his Facebook profile settings to private...

  13-08-2016 12:57
  
  The lapse meant his family and friend connections were there for everyone to see.
  
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• Government Pledges Billions Of Pounds To Plug Brexit Funding Gap

  13-08-2016 12:29
  
  Billions of pounds of taxpayers' money is to be guaranteed to UK organisations that face losing EU cash because of Brexit. The Government is pledging to plug the annual £4.5bn funding gap for farmers, universities and poorer regions across the UK. Chancellor Philip Hammond will say on Saturday that farm payments, funding for infrastructure projects and university research programmes will be guaranteed until 2020 "to ensure that people have stability and certainly in the period leading up t
  
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• BoomTown Fair Festival Fire Destroys More Than 80 Cars

  13-08-2016 12:20
  An investigation has been launched after a blaze tore through a car park at a music festival, destroying more than 80 cars. At its height, six fire crews battled the inferno at the BoomTown Fair Festival near Winchester in Hampshire on Friday afternoon. The blaze, which broke out on the second day of the four-day festival where Leftfield, Damian Marley, Madness and the Levellers were due to perform, left behind it the burnt-out wrecks of dozens of cars.
  
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• Mike Bushell tries out synchronised swimming

  13-08-2016 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mike Bushell is dropped in the deep end and tries out synchronised swimming with some of Team GB's Olympic hopefuls.
  
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• A huge fire hit the BoomTown Fair Festival, destroying 80 cars

  13-08-2016 11:07
  
  Six fire crews were called to battle the blaze on the second day of the event.
  
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• Britain to plug 4.5 billion pound EU funding gap for farms, colleges

  13-08-2016 11:01
  Britain will plug a funding gap of up to 4.5 billion pounds ($5.8 billion) for European Union-financed projects in agriculture, universities and its regions once it leaves the bloc, Chancellor Philip Hammond said. Scientists, farmers and other recipients of EU funding had been facing uncertainty after Britain voted to leave the EU on June 23, before receiving reassurance on Saturday that the UK government would pick up the tab. The new guarantee over funding comes as Britain faces the looming pr
  
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• A Zika health emergency has been declared in Puerto Rico

  13-08-2016 10:59
  
  The declaration allows for award grants, access emergency funds and temporarily appoint staff.
  
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• Making A Murderer's Steven Avery 'happy' after nephew's conviction overturned

  13-08-2016 10:15
  
  Brendan has been in prison since 2007 for helping his uncle carry out the rape and murder of 25-year-old Teresa Halbach in 2005.
  
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• Tracy Ullman barely recognisable as she films new TV show

  13-08-2016 09:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  COMEDY star Tracey Ullman is By Laura Holland barely recognisable at a bus stop, looking a bit of a scruff.
  
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• Sheffield's Jessica Ennis-Hill faces another Olympic fight of her life today - The Star

  13-08-2016 09:33 via thestar.co.uk
  
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  Sheffield's Jessica Ennis-Hill faces another Olympic fight of her life today
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  Jessica Ennis-Hill was braced for a battle for gold as she finished the first day of the heptathlon in Rio firmly on track to retain her Olympic title. She led the field by 72 points, but team-mate Katarina Johnson-Thompson's hopes of challenging for ...
  Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill start heptathlon in styleThe Guardianall 123 news articles »
  
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• Thai authorities hunt tourist town bombers - Daily Mail

  13-08-2016 09:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Thai authorities hunt tourist town bombers
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  Thai authorities on Saturday hunted for culprits behind a wave of bombings targeting popular holiday destinations, as businesses braced for the economic fallout from the attacks on the crucial tourism industry. The kingdom was on edge after 11 small ...
  Thai Police Look for Suspects After Bombs Hit Tourist SitesNew York Times
  Thailand explosions: Will they affect you?CNN
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• 'Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey: Is a Retrial Likely? What's Next? - Heavy.com

  13-08-2016 09:09 via heavy.com
  
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  'Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey: Is a Retrial Likely? What's Next?
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  Now that a U.S. magistrate judge has overturned Brendan Dassey's conviction in the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach, what happens next? Is a retrial likely? Magistrate Judge William Duffin gave prosecutors 90 days to decide whether to retry Dassey ...
  Nephew in 'Making a Murderer' Has Conviction Thrown OutABC News
  A timeline of events in the Brendan Dassey caseWashington Post
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• Policeman’s partner is jailed for lying to save him in shoplifting case

  13-08-2016 09:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A POLICEMAN’S partner is behind bars after concocting a false story to try to help him when he was accused of shoplifting. Sergeant Richard Pendlebury was later cleared of theft from an Asda store.
  
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• Clinton releases 2015 tax returns, pushing Trump for his - Daily Mail

  13-08-2016 08:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Clinton releases 2015 tax returns, pushing Trump for his
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary and Bill Clinton earned $10.6 million last year, according to a tax filing released by her campaign that sought to pressure presidential rival Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns. The filing shows that the Clintons paid ...
  Hillary Clinton releases tax return, pressuring Donald TrumpThe Australian
  After verbal missteps, Trump blames othersWashington Post
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Ennis-Hill out in front as Solo rant causes a storm – live! - The Guardian

  13-08-2016 08:35 via theguardian.com
  
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  Rio Olympics 2016: Ennis-Hill out in front as Solo rant causes a storm – live!
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  Jessica Ennis-Hill competes in the women's heptathlon high jump. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images. Adam Collins (now) and Russell Jackson (earlier). Saturday 13 August 2016 03.29 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email ...
  Rio Olympics 2016: Sir Bradley Wiggins record as GB win three golds on day sevenBBC News
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• Michael Phelps taught a lesson for once – by Singapore's Joseph Schooling - The Guardian

  13-08-2016 07:27 via theguardian.com
  
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  Michael Phelps taught a lesson for once – by Singapore's Joseph Schooling
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  Singapore's Joseph Schooling smiles next to USA's Michael Phelps (L) after the Men's 100m Butterfly Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images. Andy Bull at the Olympic Aquatic ...
  A stunner in Rio: Phelps beaten by 21-year-old in 100 flyDaily Mail
  Rio Olympics 2016: Joseph Schooling on beating his hero Michael PhelpsThe
  
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• WIMBLEDON POISON SCANDAL: Opponent of British star also fell ill, father reveals

  13-08-2016 07:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE OPPONENT of the British tennis star who claims she was poisoned during a Wimbledon clash also fell ill after their match.
  
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• Hundreds Of Organ Donors With Cancer History

  13-08-2016 07:13
  Hundreds of people in Britain have received an organ transplant from someone with a history of cancer, it has been revealed. Figures from NHS Blood and Transplant show that in the five years to March 31, 272 UK organ donors had suffered from cancer or malignancy. NHS Blood and Transplant is appealing for more people, regardless of their health, to give their eyes.
  
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• Women rip of their burqas as residents of Syrian city of Manbij celebrate rescue from Islamic State - Telegraph.co.uk

  13-08-2016 07:05 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Women rip of their burqas as residents of Syrian city of Manbij celebrate rescue from Islamic State
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  Women ripped off their black burqas and defiantly smoked a cigarette, while the men cut their beards as they gave the peace sign. After two years living under the Islamic State, the last-remaining residents of the northern Syrian city of Manbij could ...
  US-backed Forces Take Control of IS Stronghold in SyriaVoice of America
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• Muslim schoolchildren should pledge allegiance to the BRITISH flag, says Islamic group

  13-08-2016 06:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MUSLIM schoolchildren should pledge allegiance to the British flag, according to a persecuted Islamic group.
  
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• Scared Yorkshire Ripper wants LETHAL INJECTION as he fears life in high security prison

  13-08-2016 05:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Yorkshire ripper admitted he would rather be killed by lethal injection than spend the rest of his life behind bars.
  
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• Deaf paedophile sisters assaulted boy, six, in toilets and molested him for 14 years

  13-08-2016 05:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TWO deaf sisters who abused a six-year-old boy and molested him over the course of 14 years are set to receive “significant” sentences.
  
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• Canine challenge

  13-08-2016 05:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the Dangerous Dogs Act reaches its 25th anniversary, BBC News examines whether it has been effective.
  
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