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• Notting Hill Carnival: Four Stabbings And More Than 300 Arrests

  29-08-2016 23:59
  More than 300 people have been arrested at this year's Notting Hill Carnival.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Vows To 'Rebuild Britain' With Digital Manifesto

  29-08-2016 23:21
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is to promise a digital revolution to improve broadband and other internet services for the public - as well as reboot Labour's campaigning for the next general election. The Labour leader, locked in a bruising leadership battle with challenger Owen Smith, plans to implement techniques used by fellow veteran left-winger Bernie Sanders in the United States. The digital pledge will be seen as a fightback by the embattled Leader of the Opposition after his "traingate" clash with Virgi
  
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• European experts float post-Brexit 'partnership' with Britain

  29-08-2016 21:52
  A senior German lawmaker, an adviser to the French prime minister and a former deputy head of the Bank of England have proposed that a post-Brexit Britain form a new "continental partnership" with the EU. In a paper published on Monday by the Brussels-based Bruegel think-tank, five experts argue that Britain be given a say in the affairs of a more closely integrated European Union in return for contributing to shared security and budgets as well as accepting a degree of easy immigration for Euro
  
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• This new walking Tube map showing the number of steps between stations is an activity tracker enthusiast's dream

  29-08-2016 19:41
  
  Now you can incorporate reaching those 10,000 steps into your daily routine.
  
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• Forest fight fires as 13-million-pound Burke starts new life at Leipzig

  29-08-2016 18:49
  When Nottingham Forest's promising winger Oliver Burke received the ball in an apparently hopeless position with his back to goal near the byline at the City Ground on Saturday, few could have predicted what was about to unfold. Burke has been touted as one of Britain's most promising talents with a powerful, pacey technique similar to Gareth Bale's. Born in Scotland, Burke spent 11 years at Forest's academy, making his debut two years ago.
  
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• Murder Inquiry Begins After Banker Dies Following London Assault

  29-08-2016 18:32
  Police have begun a murder investigation after a 30-year-old man was assaulted and later died in southeast London. Police want to speak, in particular, to a group of women whom Mr Dearlove and his friends were talking to around the time of the attack.
  
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• Police Appeal As Gunman In Dress Robs Adult Shop

  29-08-2016 17:26
  Merseyside police are hunting a cross-dressing gunman who robbed an adult shop in Liverpool.
  
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• The bank holiday might be nearly over, but the sunshine will continue

  29-08-2016 17:25
  
  Don’t put your barbecues away just yet.
  
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• Armed police are negotiating with 72-year-old 'gunman' in house siege

  29-08-2016 16:48
  
  The incident is ongoing as communication between police and the pensioner continues.
  
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• Things we *think* happened when the Pope met Mark Zuckerberg

  29-08-2016 16:35
  
  Who needs facts when we can wildly speculate?
  
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• New London Bridge Concourse 'Won't Meet Demand In 50 Years'

  29-08-2016 16:08
  The newly-opened concourse at one of London's busiest railway stations will not meet demand in the long-term, according to the head of Network Rail. Two-thirds of the £1bn redevelopment at London Bridge, which was unveiled on Monday, will allow passengers to access all platforms from one level for the first time. Mr Carne told the Press Association: "There's no doubt at all that this is not going to meet the demand for 50 years.
  
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• Tidal Turbine System First To Deliver Power To National Grid

  29-08-2016 14:23
  A Scottish energy company's tidal turbine system has become the first in the world to deliver electricity to the national grid. Nova Innovation said its Shetland Isles project marks a big step forward in using tidal energy as a reliable source of renewable power.
  
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• Birmingham teenager shot in the leg in a 'targeted attack'

  29-08-2016 13:15
  
  Gun crime is becoming an increasing concern in the area.
  
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• See all the gloriously muddy pictures from the 31st Bog Snorkelling Championship

  29-08-2016 12:41
  
  Move over gymnastics, because this is the new hot sport.
  
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• Man Arrested Over Surrey Child Abduction Claim

  29-08-2016 12:38
  A man who claimed to have seen a young boy being abducted has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. A Surrey Police spokesman said: "Officers had no reason to disbelieve the account of the witness and had to act quickly in order to prevent what was suspected to be a risk to the life of a child.
  
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• 'Frightening' Decline Of Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

  29-08-2016 12:18
  One of Britain's best-loved butterflies has suffered a "quite frightening" decline in numbers this summer.
  
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• Explosion outside the Brussels Institute of Criminology

  29-08-2016 09:58
  
  A spokeswoman has said the incident “probably wasn’t terrorism”.
  
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• Calais chief wants new migrant border deal with UK

  29-08-2016 09:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Migrants in Calais seeking asylum in the UK should be able to lodge their claim in France and not have to wait until they reach British soil, the region's president says.
  
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• Eat a Mediterranean diet and you'll be 'a third less likely to die early' from heart disease compared to red meat eaters

  29-08-2016 09:31
  
  A major study has found that a healthy diet is better for treating heart disease than drugs like statins.
  
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• Bank holiday shopper footfall 'down 4%'

  29-08-2016 09:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of people out shopping in the UK on Saturday and Sunday fell by 4.1% compared with last year's August bank holiday weekend, retail researchers say.
  
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• There's been a massive setback for the gay marriage vote in Australia

  29-08-2016 08:58
  
  It looks like there might not be a public vote on the issue and a lot of people aren’t happy.
  
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• Hundreds of Pokemon Go incidents logged by police

  29-08-2016 08:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pokemon Go players have been involved in hundreds of police incidents since the gaming app phenomenon launched, the BBC learns.
  
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• Ed Balls describes Corbyn leadership as 'leftist fantasy'

  29-08-2016 08:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls says Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership is a "leftist utopian fantasy, devoid of connection to the reality of people's lives".
  
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• And the funniest city in the UK is...

  29-08-2016 08:01
  
  Research shows the Midlands is the place to be if you love to laugh.
  
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• Test For Parkinson's Disease Moves Step Closer

  29-08-2016 07:19
  Scientists say they have identified a molecule in the spinal fluid of Parkinson's disease patients which may open the door to an early-stage test. There is currently no definitive test that allows doctors to determine if someone has Parkinson's, especially at the early stage. The newly discovered molecule is a protein which forms sticky clumps known as Lewy bodies within the brain cells of people with Parkinson's and some types of dementia.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: 'Barbecue sizzler' and nuclear deal doubts

  29-08-2016 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Monday's papers consider China's growing involvement in UK industry including planned investment in nuclear power, while hopes are voiced that Britons can "fire up their bank holiday barbecues".
  
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• Over 1,000 Asthma Patients 'Dying Needlessly' Every Year

  29-08-2016 06:42
  Researchers found that at least three people die each day from asthma attacks and experts say the majority of asthma deaths are preventable. The team, led by the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research at The University of Edinburgh, found that there were around 6.4 million GP and nurse consultations for asthma each year and more than 270 hospital admissions each day because of asthma attacks. Kay Boycott, chief executive of Asthma UK, said: "Despite the fact we're spending over a billion pounds a
  
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• 'Patients at risk' from length of GP consultations

  29-08-2016 06:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The health of patients is being put at risk because GPs are being forced to carry out complex consultations in 10 minutes or less, doctors are warning.
  
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• Ashes Of Stabbed Backpacker To Be Spread Over World

  29-08-2016 04:10
  The mother of stab victim Mia Ayliffe-Chung has told of her plans for her daughter's cremation, as she prepares to head for Australia. Miss Ayliffe-Chung, 21, from Wirksworth, Derbyshire, was stabbed to death at a backpackers' hostel in Queensland on Tuesday. French national Smail Ayad has been charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, one count of serious animal cruelty and 12 counts of serious assault.
  
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• Unequal opportunities?

  29-08-2016 03:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An IFS study says men still get paid more on average than women. But some have questioned if that's really what the numbers show.
  
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• 'No Fuss' Hen Party Ends In Rescue By Lifeboat Crew

  29-08-2016 02:57
  Ms Sanderson and friends Laura White, Ann Peters and Natalie Pyne were celebrating her forthcoming wedding on the River Dart, near Dartmouth in Devon, when the boat they were in became stuck in mud as the tide went out. Dart RNLI said the boat had "gone aground on an ebbing tide" in Old Mill Creek shortly before 7.30pm on Saturday. An RNLI spokesman said: "The irony is the bride-to-be had requested a 'no fuss and low key' day.
  
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• HMS Daring To Help In Fight Against Islamic State

  29-08-2016 02:55
  
  Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that HMS Daring will soon be supporting the military campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. HMS Daring, which has a crew of 190, will sail from Portsmouth to the Persian Gulf on Friday. The warship will help protect US aircraft carriers engaged in bombing raids against IS targets and provide information to the headquarters controlling air operations.
  
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• Royal Navy sends HMS Daring to join IS fight

  29-08-2016 02:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Royal Navy warship HMS Daring is to be sent to the Gulf to support US carriers that are launching bombing raids on militants from the Islamic State group.
  
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• Parkinson's protein test could lead to earlier diagnosis

  29-08-2016 02:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A test that can detect the stickiness of a key protein molecule could help diagnose the early stages of Parkinson's disease, a study from the University of Edinburgh suggests.
  
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• Punching its weight

  29-08-2016 01:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg has called for the government to follow the model of Team GB's Olympic success and invest in the north of England. BBC News asks which of the regions' strengths it should focus on?
  
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• UK plan to make social housing tenants 'pay to stay' won't meet aims - report

  29-08-2016 01:04
  By Matthew Ponsford LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain's "pay to stay" rule requiring social housing tenants to pay higher rents may leave local councils worse off, cause stress for families and fail to generate expected revenues for central government, according to a report published on Monday. The plans will force higher rents on an estimated 70,000 households, said the report by estate agent Savills for the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England an
  
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