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• Seven day NHS pledge faces 'staff shortages'

  22-08-2016 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A confidential review of the government's plans for a seven-day NHS has identified 13 risks, according to the Guardian and Channel 4 News.
  
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• Rig grounded on Lewis beach towed away by two tugs

  22-08-2016 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Transocean Winner, the rig that grounded on a west Lewis beach two weeks ago, has begun to be towed round the island by two tugs.
  
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• Boy, 8, From Birmingham Killed By Hand Grenade Blast In Sweden

  22-08-2016 23:15
  An eight-year-old boy who died when a grenade exploded in an apartment in Sweden was from Birmingham, it is believed. The Birmingham Mail reported that the newspaper had spoken to the father of the boy, who they named as Yuusuf Warsame. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet said that the grenade had been thrown into the apartment's living room through an open window and the blast hit the boy, who was sleeping there.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Team GB's record breakers to fly home for Tuesday

  22-08-2016 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's record-breaking Olympics team will fly in luxury as they return from Rio on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Man 'carrying sword' in Hunts Cross Shopping Park attack

  22-08-2016 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 36-year-old is stabbed by a man reportedly carrying a sword in a retail centre car park.
  
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• May faces struggle to keep executive pay in check

  22-08-2016 22:18
  By Simon Jessop and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - Plans by Prime Minister Theresa May to give shareholders more powers to curb top executives' pay could prove unpopular with some big investors, and some industry analysts say they may have little impact. BP and WPP were among major companies to face high-profile revolts at shareholders' meetings this year, reflecting broader anger at inequality that helped persuade Britons to vote to leave the European Union in June. As a result, May has promi
  
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• Where Will The Olympic Funding Go Ahead Of Tokyo 2020?

  22-08-2016 22:17
  The extraordinary success of Team GB in Rio, which has placed the UK among the sporting superpowers, came because money has been targeted at the sports where medal chances were deemed high. Former world number six Alex Richardson runs the Gladiator programme in Easterhouse, Glasgow.
  
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• Competition launched to find new voice of speaking clock

  22-08-2016 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A competition is launched to find a new voice for the speaking clock to celebrate 80 years of the telephone service.
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing: Greg Rutherford, Lesley Joseph and Tameka Empson to compete

  22-08-2016 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Long jump star Greg Rutherford, actress Lesley Joseph and EastEnders actress Tameka Empson complete this year's Strictly Come Dancing line-up.
  
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• Prince Harry challenges Usain Bolt to a re-run in birthday message

  22-08-2016 20:18
  
  ICYMI, Harry and Bolt hit it off – and had a little race – four years ago during the prince’s Diamond Jubilee tour of Jamaica.
  
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• PM faces struggle to keep executive pay in check

  22-08-2016 20:14
  By Simon Jessop and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - Plans by Prime Minister Theresa May to give shareholders more powers to curb top executives' pay could prove unpopular with some big investors, and some industry analysts say they may have little impact. BP and WPP were among major companies to face high-profile revolts at shareholders' meetings this year, reflecting broader anger at inequality that helped persuade Britons to vote to leave the European Union in June. As a result, May has promi
  
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• Man 'assaulted teens over cuddle' in east London street

  22-08-2016 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A "bully" grabs a schoolboy by the throat and calls his girlfriend a "whore" after spotting them cuddling in east London, a court hears.
  
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• Wonga Shake-Up Goes On As Jordan Takes Top UK Job

  22-08-2016 19:34
  The overhaul of senior management at Britain's most prominent payday lender will continue this week when a former Travelex executive is appointed to run its British operations. Sky News has learnt that Wonga will announce on Tuesday that Tommy Jordan will replace Tara Kneafsey as the chief executive of its largest division following her recent promotion to run the overall group. Mr Jordan, who has spent several months at Wonga as its UK commercial director, joined the company late last year from
  
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• Nearly One In Five Sales Now Use Contactless Payment

  22-08-2016 19:32
  Figures have revealed contactless payments now account for 18% of sales - up from 7% a year ago. A report by the UK Cards Association said that contactless transactions were higher in the six months to June than they were for the whole of last year. "Contactless cards are firmly entrenched as the preferred way to pay for millions of consumers, who expect to be able to use them for everyday purchases," said Richard Koch, head of policy at UK Cards Association.
  
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• Fatal dog attack man David Ellam 'loved' volunteering

  22-08-2016 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of a man killed by a dog says he was a passionate Huddersfield Town FC fan who spent his spare time volunteering.
  
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• BAME workers a third more likely to be underemployed, according to report

  22-08-2016 18:50
  
  “Underemployment is a major problem in the UK, and it only gets worse if you’re black, Asian, or part of any ethnic minority.”
  
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• Dee Fennell granted bail variation for holiday

  22-08-2016 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A prominent dissident republican, facing trial over charges of encouraging terrorism, has his bail conditions changed so he can go on holiday.
  
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• Lord Heseltine: Theresa May won't ditch plan for mayors

  22-08-2016 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine dismisses reports Theresa May could "kill off" George Osborne's elected mayor project.
  
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• Extremists to be put in special prison units

  22-08-2016 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Extremist prisoners who "seek to poison the minds of others" will be put in special units in England and Wales, Justice Secretary Liz Truss says.
  
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• Boy hurt by train electric shock in Midlothian

  22-08-2016 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A schoolboy is seriously injured in hospital after receiving a huge electric shock when he is thought to have climbed onto the roof of a train in Midlothian.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Team GB medal haul makes them a 'superpower of sport'

  22-08-2016 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Rio medal haul makes them a "superpower of Olympic sport", says UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl.
  
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• Black door appears on Berkshire bridge

  22-08-2016 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mysterious black door has appeared on Sonning bridge, puzzling nearby residents.
  
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• Ramen noodles are replacing cigarettes as US prison currency

  22-08-2016 17:24
  
  Who doesn’t like noodles, tbf?
  
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• Owen Smith has something to say about all the Jeremy Corbyn supporters who booed Sadiq Khan

  22-08-2016 17:15
  
  The leadership hopeful said it’s a sign of just how low the Labour Party has sunk.
  
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• Briton 'dies defusing Islamic State bomb' in Iraq

  22-08-2016 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British citizen has been killed in Iraq trying to defuse a bomb left by the so-called Islamic State group, US contractor Janus says.
  
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• Penguin inspects King of Norway’s Guard

  22-08-2016 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A penguin at Edinburgh Zoo inspects the King of Norway's Guard for whom is mascot.
  
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• How the Premier League will help you conquer your Olympics withdrawal symptoms

  22-08-2016 17:05
  
  Olympic fever was unavoidable, but now it’s all over, how can you recover?
  
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• Woman ‘Locked Up In Saudi' Yet To Return To UK

  22-08-2016 16:54
  On 3 August, Mr Justice Holman ordered Mohammed Al-Jeffrey to return Amina Al-Jeffrey after looking at the case. The judge said Mr Al-Jeffrey had to "permit and facilitate" his daughter coming home by 4pm on 11 September. The 21-year-old, who grew up in Swansea and has dual British and Saudi Arabian nationality, had described herself as being "locked in a cage".
  
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• Lecturer admits killing wife in 'stabbing frenzy' as children slept

  22-08-2016 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A college lecturer admits killing his wife in "a stabbing frenzy" after wrongly believing he was not the father of their two children.
  
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• Derby lads party in Reading after football goal challenge

  22-08-2016 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of lads from Derby end up in Reading for a night out after using Saturday's football results to decide their party destination.
  
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• Labour leadership contest in numbers

  22-08-2016 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News looks at the Labour leadership contest in numbers.
  
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• Labour leadership: Ballot papers for contest being sent out

  22-08-2016 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The two candidates to become Labour leader urge members to back them as ballot papers begin to be sent to nearly 650,000 people.
  
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• RBS to relive unpleasant memories as investor lawsuit looms

  22-08-2016 15:41
  By Andrew MacAskill and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - At an English country mansion last month, lawyers for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) sat down with representatives of angry shareholders to broker an end to what may end up being the costliest case in British legal history.The meeting at The Grove, an 18-century estate near London that served as the secret World War Two HQ for Britain's biggest railway company, was convened to persuade investors to drop claims they were misled into stumping
  
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• Catholic Monk Laurence Soper In Court Over Child Sex Claims

  22-08-2016 15:33
  Father Laurence Soper, 72, is accused of assaulting the boys over a period from 1972 to 1986, when he was a teacher at St Benedict's School in Ealing, west London. Father Soper was arrested on Sunday after being returned to Britain from Kosovo, following a five-year police hunt. In 2010, police said a man in his 40s had made an allegation of sexual assault dating back to when he attended St Benedict's School.
  
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• People are sharing sad and shocking stories about sexual harassment in schools

  22-08-2016 15:32
  
  The Everyday Sexism Project hopes the stories highlight the need for sex and relationships education to be made compulsory in schools.
  
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• Three rescues for holidaymaker cut off by Cornwall tide

  22-08-2016 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A young woman holidaying in Cornwall is rescued by the same lifeboat crew three times in four days after being cut off by the tide.
  
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• Owen Smith Pledges To Give More Power To Labour Members

  22-08-2016 15:17
  
  Labour leadership contender Owen Smith has pledged to give more power to party members and allow them to have final sign-off on manifesto pledges. Mr Smith is locked in a fierce contest with incumbent Jeremy Corbyn, with the victor due to be announced on 24 September. As the campaign approaches the final stretch, Mr Smith used a speech in Porth, South Wales, to make a pitch to members that he will listen to their concerns.
  
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• Silent revolution

  22-08-2016 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Panorama's Richard Bilton meets the people stepping in to keep services running in his local town of Selby after deep cuts in spending.
  
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• Drones seized over HMP Pentonville carrying drugs and phones

  22-08-2016 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drones carrying larges amounts of drugs and mobile phones are intercepted by police as they were being flown near a north London jail.
  
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• Weak Pound After Brexit Boosts Tourist Spending In UK

  22-08-2016 15:01
  The UK experienced a boost in spending by foreign tourists in the month following the Brexit vote, with the weaker pound likely to be the cause, according to new figures. Visitors to the UK declared 7% more in tax free shopping in July this year, compared to the same month in 2015, according to retail tourism analysts Global Blue.
  
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• ‘Respect the water'

  22-08-2016 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six people died around the UK and Channel Islands coastline in a series of incidents at the weekend - so can people stay safe at the coast?
  
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• Girl, 16, Accused Of Trying To Join Banned Group In Syria

  22-08-2016 14:59
  A teenager has been arrested along with a 20-year-old woman as they allegedly tried to travel to Syria. The 16-year-old and the woman were arrested in central London at around 9pm on Sunday. A Scotland Yard spokesman said both were arrested "on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, namely traveling to Syria to join a proscribed organisation".
  
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• Ex-DJ Chris Denning admits child sex offences

  22-08-2016 14:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning pleads guilty to 21 child sex offences between 1969 and 1986, following a police inquiry into a popular teenage disco which ran for four decades in Surrey.
  
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• Shoreham Air Disaster: Minute's Silence For Victims One Year On

  22-08-2016 14:33
  The tribute for the 11 victims at 1.22pm marked the precise time the vintage Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to the A27 in West Sussex during the Shoreham Airshow. Flowers are also being laid at the memorial on Shoreham Toll Bridge, which became a focal point for the community following the tragedy. A two-minute applause, followed by a minute's silence, is also being held at Worthing United Football Club.
  
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• How football came together in the wake of the Shoreham Airshow crash

  22-08-2016 14:26
  
  Today marks a year since the tragic air accident, in which 11 people died.
  
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• Swiss role

  22-08-2016 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brexit complicates Swiss efforts to reach a deal with the EU on immigration, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes writes.
  
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• Toxic shock warning: Toddler lost legs after misdiagnosis

  22-08-2016 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mother is keen to raise awareness of toxic shock syndrome after her son's case was misdiagnosed as tonsillitis.
  
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• Number Of Slavery Victims Helped Is Up Fivefold

  22-08-2016 14:14
  The Salvation Army claims the number receiving assistance has gone up nearly five times from 378 in July 2011-June 2012 to more than 1,800 in April 2015-March 2016. The highest number of referrals were Albanian, with large numbers from Poland, Nigeria and Vietnam, as well as a "significant proportion" of British citizens. Almost one third of victims were trafficked to London.
  
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• Pioneering TV weatherman Trevor Baker dies aged 94

  22-08-2016 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pioneering TV weatherman Trevor Baker has died at the age of 94, ITV announces.
  
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• Team GB makes history: Watch the highlights

  22-08-2016 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Team GB is second in the Rio Olympics medals table - watch some of the highlights.
  
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