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• Man arrested over Legoland sex attack of six-year-old girls

  17-08-2016 23:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAN has been arrested by police investigating sex attacks of two six-year-old girls at the Legoland Windsor theme park.
  
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• British Skydiver Dies In French Alps Jump As Parachute Fails To Open

  17-08-2016 23:31
  The girlfriend of a British skydiver who died when his parachute failed to open during a base jump has paid tribute to "the most incredible human being I ever met". David Reader, 25, was base jumping near Sallanches near Mount Blanc in the French Alps on 7 August when his parachute failed to open. Mr Reader, from Newnham in Gloucestershire, suffered a severe head injury and multiple injuries to his body.
  
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• Two Women Jailed For Life For Murdering Sadie Hartley

  17-08-2016 23:24
  
  Two women have been found guilty of the murder of 60-year-old businesswoman Sadie Hartley in Lancashire in January. Preston Crown Court heard that Sarah Williams, 35, shot Ms Hartley, with a 500,000-volt stun gun as she answered the door at her home. Then, with what was described in court as "almost demonic savagery", Williams stabbed the semi-paralysed mother-of-two in the face and neck with a kitchen knife, inflicting more than 50 injuries.
  
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• Long-Awaited Obesity Action Plan 'Watered Down' As Govt 'Missed Opportunity'

  17-08-2016 23:21
  
  Health campaigners have accused the Government of an "unforgivable missed opportunity" to curb childhood obesity. Health charity Action on Sugar said the long-awaited obesity action plan is so "watered down" following lobbying by food and drink manufacturers that it is doomed to fail. Government advisers had recommended bans on junk food advertising and an end to price promotions on unhealthy products.
  
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• ‘That's going in the f****** sea’ Sir Philip Green clashes with reporter over BHS collapse

  17-08-2016 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIR PHILIP GREEN has been caught on camera clashing with a reporter who attempted to question the disgraced business man over the collapse of BHS.
  
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• Mum's flight shaming post at passenger who screamed 'shut that child up' goes viral

  17-08-2016 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE mum of a disabled girl has told how an “abusive” passenger on her flight told her to shut her daughter up because it was affecting her BEAUTY SLEEP.
  
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• Mystery HERO risks life to jump onto live Tube tracks to RESCUE sick man

  17-08-2016 22:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THIS is the shock moment a stranger jumped onto LIVE Tube tracks to pull a man who fell off the platform to safety.
  
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• The Queen is tipped to cap perfect year for golden Olympic couple Trott and Kenny

  17-08-2016 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN’S golden Olympic couple could soon be known as Sir Jason Kenny and Dame Laura Trott.
  
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• Jail for trio of muggers foiled by brave elderly lady

  17-08-2016 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AN ELDERLY woman fought back when a gang of muggers tried to snatch her money at a cashpoint.
  
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• University Gender Gap Reaches Record High

  17-08-2016 21:54
  Women currently outnumber men in almost two-thirds of degree subjects in the UK, and females are now 35% more likely to go to university than their male counterparts, widening the gender gap to a record level. UCAS, which operates the application process for universities in the UK, says its figures show over 90,000 more women than men in the UK applied for a university course this year. At the Royal Veterinary College in London, 75% of students are women.
  
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• London police arrest Sage employee on suspicion of fraud at Heathrow

  17-08-2016 21:50
  (Reuters) - City of London police arrested a Sage Group employee on Wednesday at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of conspiring to defraud the British software maker, police said in a statement. The 32-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud in connection with an alleged fraud against the company. Sage is working to ascertain whether any data has actually been stolen, a source at the company said on Monday.
  
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• Rio police seeking to question swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen over claims they were robbed

  17-08-2016 21:29
  
  Officers have tried to stop the pair from leaving Brazil.
  
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• First pictures of 'beautiful' teenager who died in Boomtown festival tragedy

  17-08-2016 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THESE are the first images of the teenager who became the fourth person to die at a controversial music festival in just seven years.
  
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• Jilted ex jailed for using kitchen knife to kill her lover's partner with 'demonic savagery'

  17-08-2016 21:25
  
  The judge said the mother was “slaughtered like an animal”.
  
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• Obesity experts’ anger as food and drink firms face no penalty on sugar

  17-08-2016 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MAKERS of food and drink popular with children face no obligation to slash the amount of sugar in their products.
  
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• Inside British Cycling's Manchester 'Medals Factory'

  17-08-2016 21:02
  There was more than a healthy dose of scepticism when the Manchester velodrome opened in a depressed corner of east Manchester in 1994. Twenty two years on, it has become Team GB's medals factory and the envy of world cycling. The golden couple, Laura Trott and fiance Jason Kenny, have surpassed expectations, smashing world records - they now have 10 gold medals between them.
  
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• Wife narrowly avoids head-on smash while ‘rushing to pick her husband up from the pub'

  17-08-2016 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A WOMAN driving a Porsche in slippers nearly causes a head-on collision after overtaking the car in front on a blind corner.
  
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• London police arrest Sage employee on fraud charge at Heathrow

  17-08-2016 20:53
  (Reuters) - City of London police arrested a Sage Group employee on Wednesday at Heathrow Airport on charges of conspiring to defraud the British software maker, police said in a statement. Earlier this week, the Newcastle-based company, one of Britain's biggest tech firms, said an internal login had been used to gain unauthorised access to some of the personal employee data of around 280 of its British customers. Sage is working to ascertain whether any data has actually been stolen, a source a
  
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• £300 million tycoon who bought his childhood idyll

  17-08-2016 20:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IN 2008 the north Devon village of Woolfardisworthy was judged the area’s “Best kept village ”.
  
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• Go Away! Sir Philip Green's Anger At BHS Questions

  17-08-2016 20:38
  
  Sir Philip Green has reacted angrily to attempts by Sky News to question him about the closure of BHS and the loss of thousands of jobs. Sky News took a water taxi from the port of Ithaca in an attempt to track him down. When Sky News finally caught up with Sir Philip in the port of Vathy on the island of Ithaca, he threatened to call the police before lunging for the camera.
  
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• Uber Takes Legal Action Against Tough New London Regulations

  17-08-2016 20:29
  Uber has launched legal action against Transport for London over new rules for private hire companies which are designed to improve passenger safety. Although Uber says communication skills are important, it claims the test in question is too difficult and goes beyond the requirements for British citizenship - so much so that 7% of the UK population would fail the exam. Uber is also challenging TfL's demand to launch a call centre in central London by October, and argues its existing customer su
  
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• Coast presenter quits Twitter over 'cybernat' abuse

  17-08-2016 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TELEVISION presenter Neil Oliver has deleted his Twitter account after he was bombarded with "vicious" abuse from Scottish nationalists.
  
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• Locals offered windfarm 'bribe' to back turbines scheme

  17-08-2016 19:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SCOTLAND's biggest landowner has been accused of resorting to "bribes" in a desperate bid to push through a controversial windfarm scheme.
  
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• Mum who was stabbed 20 times wins mercy for son

  17-08-2016 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SON who hacked his mother with a knife until she was almost dead has been shown mercy after she pleaded with a judge on his behalf.
  
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• Calls for speedy Brexit intensify as number of EU migrants working in Britain reach 2.2m

  17-08-2016 18:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CALLS for Britain's EU exit to be accelerated intensified today after official figures revealed that the number of EU migrants working in the country soared by 238,000 over the last year to more than 2.2million.
  
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• Tory Bullying Report A 'Whitewash' - Elliott Johnson's Father

  17-08-2016 18:40
  
  The father of Elliott Johnson, a Tory activist who killed himself after complaining about bullying within the party, has told Sky News an inquiry into the allegations amounts to a "whitewash". The report, complied by law firm Cllifford Chance for the Conservative Party, identified 13 people as victims of alleged bullying, harassment or inappropriate conduct by former Tory activist Mark Clarke. Clifford Chance was brought in to investigate after the death of Mr Johnson, whose complaint
  
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• Sturgeon in RACE ROW: SNP leader accused of failing to curb anti-English attacks in party

  17-08-2016 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon was today accused of failing to stamp out racism in the SNP.
  
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• Sadie Hartley Murder 'A Crime Of Pure Evil'

  17-08-2016 18:01
  
  A judge has described the murder of businesswoman Sadie Hartley as a "crime of pure evil" committed by a jealous, barbaric and scorned former lover. Sarah Williams, 35, and her accomplice Katrina Walsh, 56, have both been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ms Hartley in January. Williams shot Ms Hartley with a stun gun at her victim's Lancashire home before stabbing her to death with a kitchen knife.
  
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• BBC picks private weather forecaster as it ditches Met Office after 94 years

  17-08-2016 17:17
  BBC weather forecasts, closely watched by millions in Britain, will be provided from next year by a private company, replacing the Met Office after 94 years. The publicly-funded Corporation said on Wednesday that London-based MeteoGroup would take over from next Spring and save the BBC millions of pounds over the next few years. The seven-year deal would give users a more personalised website and more information both on air and on the BBC weather app, it added.
  
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• Two Women Jailed For Life Over 'Love Rival' Murder Of Sadie Hartley

  17-08-2016 17:16
  
  Two women have been found guilty of the murder of 60-year-old businesswoman Sadie Hartley in Lancashire in January. Preston Crown Court heard that Sarah Williams, 35, shot Ms Hartley, with a 500,000-volt stun gun as she answered the door at her home. Then, with what was described in court as "almost demonic savagery", Williams stabbed the semi-paralysed mother-of-two in the face and neck with a kitchen knife, inflicting more than 50 injuries.
  
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• Sculptor Anish Kapoor among winners of Lennon Ono peace prize

  17-08-2016 16:29
  
  The awards will be presented by Yoko Ono in Iceland on October 9 on what would have been John Lennon’s 76th birthday.
  
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• Bullying Report: Tory Activist Mark Clarke Had 13 Alleged Victims

  17-08-2016 16:20
  Thirteen people have been identified as being victims of alleged bullying or inappropriate conduct by a former Tory activist. A report, compiled by law firm Clifford Chance for the Conservative Party, identified that four cases that amounted to such alleged behaviour against young members were reported before August 2015. It comes after a scandal that resulted in the then International Development Minister and former Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps being forced to resign.
  
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• Sadiq Khan urges Metropolitan Police and Islington Council to work to protect Fabric's future

  17-08-2016 15:51
  
  The Mayor of London responded to calls from a DJ to step in.
  
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• Golden Couple Trott and Kenny Eye Up Tokyo Games After Wedding

  17-08-2016 15:47
  Britain's golden cycling couple have told Sky News they will work hard to get back in Team GB after taking a few months off to get married. Laura Trott, who won gold in Rio on Tuesday night, and Jason Kenny, who came first in the velodrome's keirin event, said they were looking forward to going on their honeymoon. The pair helped Team GB to its best away games in history, with 50 medals so far, including 19 golds.
  
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• Humiliation for Sturgeon as her MOTHER quits council role amid growing fury at SNP

  17-08-2016 15:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon's mother has stepped down as mayor following a massive backlash in the First Minister's home town amid growing mistrust in the Scottish National Party.
  
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• Tube Passenger Risks Life To Save Man Who Fell On Tracks

  17-08-2016 15:25
  The incident happened just after 5pm on Tuesday at Tottenham Court Road station when a man standing on a northbound Northern Line platform became ill and stumbled forward. British Transport Police Superintendent Chris Horton praised the Good Samaritan, saying: "Going on to the tracks is extremely dangerous but the bravery of this man has to be praised.
  
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• Two Women Found Guilty Of 'Love Rival' Murder Of Sadie Hartley

  17-08-2016 15:12
  
  Two women have been found guilty of the murder of businesswoman Sadie Hartley in Lancashire in January. Preston Crown Court heard that Sarah Williams, 35, shot Ms Hartley, who was 60, with a 500,000-volt stun gun as she answered the door at her home. Then, with what was described as "almost demonic savagery", Ms Williams stabbed the semi-paralysed mother-of-two in the face and neck with a kitchen knife, inflicting more than 50 injuries.
  
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• Britain targets financial advisers with new tax-avoidance fines

  17-08-2016 14:55
  By William James and Huw Jones LONDON(Reuters) - Britain set out plans on Wednesday to punish financial advisers who tell their clients how to bend the law to avoid paying tax, including hefty fines designed to target what it called the "supply chain of tax avoidance". The plans are the first action by new Prime Minister Theresa May after a promise to clamp down on corporations and wealthy individuals who illegally evade taxes or use legal tax avoidance schemes to exploit loopholes and reduce th
  
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• Germany Hints At EU 'Special Status' For UK In Post-Brexit Deal

  17-08-2016 14:40
  The UK could retain "special status" with the European Union when it negotiates a post-Brexit deal, a German minister has said. Michael Roth, Germany's European Affairs minister, told Reuters that despite claims the UK shouldn't get a special deal, it may be able to negotiate itself a special status due to its size and long-term membership of the EU. While Mr Roth reinforced German Chancellor Angela Merkel's warning that the UK won't be able to "cherry-pick" during negotiations, h
  
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• Two Women Found Guilty Of Murdering Love Rival Sadie Hartley

  17-08-2016 14:23
  
  Two women have been found guilty of the murder of businesswoman Sadie Hartley in Lancashire in January. Preston Crown Court heard that Sarah Williams, 35, shot Ms Hartley, who was 60, with a 500,000-volt stun gun as she answered the door at her home. Williams wanted him back and saw Sadie Hartley as the obstacle.
  
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• North Korea's Deputy Ambassador In London Defects To South

  17-08-2016 13:15
  North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has defected to the South, according to officials in Seoul. Thae Yong Ho has apparently arrived with his family in Seoul, making him the highest-ranking diplomat ever to defect to the South. Defections are a source of bitter contention between the rival Koreas, and South Korea does not always make high-profile cases public.
  
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• Unemployment At Lowest Level In Eight Years

  17-08-2016 12:47
  
  Unemployment continued to fall in the run-up to Britain's vote to leave the European Union, official figures show. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures reveal the employment rate reached a record high of 74.5%, with 31.8 million people in work in the three months to June - 172,000 more than the previous quarter. The ONS figures also showed the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits fell 8,600 to 763,600 in July - the month following the referendum.
  
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• Advert for Volvic mineral water axed due to fears its slogan may offend Catholics

  17-08-2016 12:43
  
  Orange is more than just a flavour.
  
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• Who is an extremist? UK faces legal challenge over strategy to stop radicals

  17-08-2016 12:17
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - To his detractors, including the British government, Salman Butt is an extremist whose views on Islam fly in the face of Britain's values and help foster an atmosphere where young Muslims can be radicalised by militants. The problem facing Britain and other Western governments is the same one with which they have wrestled since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States: how to stop their young citizens being radicalised without been seen to censor criti
  
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• UK labour market shows little sign of immediate Brexit hit

  17-08-2016 11:27
  By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Britain unexpectedly fell in July despite the shock decision by voters to leave the European Union, suggesting little immediate impact from Brexit on the labour market. Benefit claimants fell by 8,600 in the month, compared with an increase of 900 in June, and there was only a small fall in the number of jobs employers were trying to fill, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednes
  
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• Olympic Cycling Star Skinner Tells Leave.EU: Don't Use My Picture

  17-08-2016 11:18
  Cycling double Olympic medallist Callum Skinner has asked Leave EU not to use a picture of his medal-winning moment to promote the Brexit campaign. Leave.EU tweeted a video showing pictures of Team GB's medallists to make the point that Britain did not need Europe to be great. Skinner won gold in the team sprint and silver to Kenny's gold in the individual sprint.
  
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• Uber takes legal action over new rules in London

  17-08-2016 11:07
  By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Uber has launched legal action against new rules in London such as written English tests for its drivers, in the latest battle between regulators and the car ride app which has faced bans and protests worldwide. Following months of demonstrations from drivers of the capital's famous black cabs, public body Transport for London (TfL) launched a consultation last year on a raft of proposals to restrict the way private hire firms operate. In January, it decided ag
  
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• Woman Arrested Over Stabbing Of Ayia Napa Tourist George Low

  17-08-2016 10:48
  A woman has been arrested over the death of a British holidaymaker in the Cyprus resort of Ayia Napa. George Low, 22, died from a stab wound to the neck on the last day of his week-long break in the party town, on Sunday. The Cyprus Mail newspaper reported that the pair are aged 22 and 43 and were thought to have fled to the north of the island, outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Cyprus, where the resort is situated.
  
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• UK households recover from Brexit hit to confidence on finances, Markit says

  17-08-2016 10:36
  British households have recovered from a loss of confidence about their finances after the country voted to leave the European Union, a survey showed on Wednesday, another sign consumers are taking the referendum result in their stride. Financial data firm Markit said its Household Finance Index for August reversed July's plunge and edged above its level in June at 44.9, its highest reading in four months. "Concerns seem to have eased in line with the removal of some of the immediate political u
  
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• Farmland Prices Fall Amid Post-Brexit Unease

  17-08-2016 10:02
  A survey has warned a decline in the price of farmland across England and Wales is set to continue as Brexit uncertainty hits buyer demand. The report, by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Royal Agricultural University, found 49% of those polled expect prices of all types of farms across England and Wales to fall in the next year. The average cost of farmland per acre fell 2.7% to £10,751 in the first six months to June, down from £11,049 in the latter half of
  
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