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• Move over sultry, smoky-eyed models: Kenzo has upped its game with new advert

  30-08-2016 23:37
  
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• Boy, 17, 'Critical' After Being Rescued From Sea Off Sunderland

  30-08-2016 21:18
  A 17-year-old boy who was rescued from the sea off Sunderland is in a critical condition after being airlifted to hospital.
  
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• You can now play noughts and crosses just by googling it

  30-08-2016 21:05
  
  Google’s reach is expanding again.
  
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• Boys Held Over Possible 'Hate Crime' Murder Of Polish Man

  30-08-2016 20:37
  Six teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two Polish men were set upon in a "vicious attack" outside an Essex takeaway. Essex Police say one line of enquiry is that the man's death was a hate crime. Senior investigating officer Detective Inspector Al Pitcher, of the Kent and Essex serious crime directorate, said: "This is now a murder investigation and our enquiries have quickly led to the arrest of five teenage boys.
  
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• Crowdfunding and Coldplay to give thousands of Brazilian kids tickets to see the Paralympics in action

  30-08-2016 20:20
  
  The campaign hopes to send 10,000 children and people with an impairment to the games.
  
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• TfL is introducing new badges to help make travelling easier for people with hidden conditions

  30-08-2016 19:47
  
  The move comes after TfL passenger feedback revealed those with hidden conditions found it hard to find a seat.
  
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• Boy, 17, Rescued From Sea Off Sunderland And Airlifted To Hospital

  30-08-2016 19:39
  A 17-year-old boy who fell into the sea off Sunderland has been airlifted to hospital after being given CPR by rescue teams.
  
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• Robber Who Wore Clown Mask In Armed Raids Jailed

  30-08-2016 19:20
  A 23-year-old who wore a chilling clown mask while robbing from Beefeater restaurants in Devon has been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison. A co-accused for the third robbery offence, Natalie Shaw, pleaded guilty to burglary and received an 18 month sentence suspended for two years.
  
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• Cheese, love and music

  30-08-2016 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blur-bassist-turned-gentleman-cheesemaker Alex James tells the BBC News website why he decided to turn his 200-acre Cotswold dairy farm into a three-day festival celebrating "food, music and family".
  
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• Competitors slip and slide for gravy wrestling championships

  30-08-2016 19:00
  (Reuters) - Men and women wrestlers wearing fancy dress tackled a slippery surface for a somewhat unusual contest on Monday - the "World Gravy Wrestling Championships". Cheered on by spectators, contestants from all over Britain slid in the gooey mixture, usually an accompaniment to Sunday roast meals, as they wrestled each other on a padded gravy pool at the Rose 'n' Bowl pub in Lancashire, England in a bid to raise money for a local hospice. Rules state that participants wrestle in gravy in tw
  
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• What were Apple's tax arrangements in Ireland?

  30-08-2016 18:46
  
  Everything you need to know about the EU ruling against Apple today.
  
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• Family 'Bereft' After Brit Backpacker Dies From His Injuries In Oz

  30-08-2016 18:25
  Emily Jayne Waters wrote on Facebook: "I honestly couldn't be anymore broken right now ... you will forever be remembered by us all ... RIP Tom Jackson ... I'm so proud to have had a hero like you as a friend. Detectives plan to upgrade a charge of attempted murder against suspect Smail Ayad, a 29-year-old Frenchman, when he appears again in court at the end of October.
  
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• Murder Inquiry After Banker Dies Following London Assault

  30-08-2016 18:24
  Police are investigating the suspected murder of a 30-year-old man who was assaulted and later died in southeast London. It is believed Mr Dearlove's group had started speaking to a group of women before a man approached and struck him, causing him to collapse. Mr Dearlove, who lived in Eltham, was taken to an east London hospital where he died just after 10.20pm.
  
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• Search For 17-Year-Old Boy Missing In Sea Off Sunderland

  30-08-2016 18:18
  A search is underway for a 17-year-old boy who has gone missing after a dinghy capsized in Sunderland Harbour.
  
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• Join Sky News For Labour Leadership Debate

  30-08-2016 17:58
  Do you fancy putting a question to Labour leadership candidates Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith? Sky News is hosting the last head-to-head debate between the two before voting ends in the contest, and you could be in the audience. The men will face questions from a studio audience made up of Labour members, supporters and voters in an event chaired by Sky News political editor Faisal Islam.
  
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• Saima Ahmed: Brother Issues Appeal Over 'Unascertained' Death

  30-08-2016 16:56
  The brother of a woman who was found dead months after being reported missing has made an appeal for information on the anniversary of her disappearance. Saima Ahmed went missing from her home in Wembley, London, on 30 August 2015 and five months later her body was discovered in Edinburgh. The 36-year-old librarian's family say they have no idea why she would have travelled to Edinburgh and post mortem examinations have resulted in an "unascertainable" cause of death.
  
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• Berkeley could be dumped from FTSE 100 as Brexit bites

  30-08-2016 16:25
  By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) - British housebuilder Berkeley Group could be kicked out of the top UK equity index following a sharp drop in its stock price on concerns about the pace of economic growth in Britain after it voted to leave the European Union. Berkeley shares have slumped nearly 30 percent so far this year, against a 10 percent gain for the FTSE 100 index. According to Friday's closing prices, with the London market shut on Monday for a public holiday, mid-cap miner Polymetal wo
  
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• UN human rights office calls French burkini bans "a stupid reaction" to extremism

  30-08-2016 16:21
  
  A spokesman says the bans “have only succeeded in increasing tensions”.
  
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• UK Rules Out Changes To Calais Agreement On Border Checks

  30-08-2016 16:19
  
  Britain and France have pledged to work together to address the Calais migrant crisis - after Downing Street made clear it will resist attempts to change the agreement on border checks there. The two governments presented a united front after a meeting between Home Secretary Amber Rudd and her counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve in Paris. It follows controversy over a proposal to allow migrants to lodge UK asylum claims on French soil - a plan dismissed by a Home Office source as a "complete
  
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• UK, France stick to Calais migrant deal 'now and when' Britain leaves EU

  30-08-2016 16:09
  British and French interior ministers agreed on Tuesday to develop cooperation "now and when the United Kingdom leaves the EU" to address challenges posed by flows of migrants to the European Union. Britain's new interior minister, Amber Rudd, came to Paris to meet her French counterpart, seeking assurances on a deal which allows Britain to make border checks in Calais and keep thousands of would-be migrants and asylum seekers in France. The meeting came days after French presidential contender
  
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• London financial groups open line to Dublin after Brexit

  30-08-2016 15:48
  By John O'Donnell and Padraic Halpin FRANKFURT/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland says the Brexit vote has led to a jump in enquiries from London firms considering opening offices in Dublin, one of a handful of European cities trying to draw business away from Britain's financial centre. Irish officials say they have had more than 35 concrete enquiries from financial groups looking at setting up a base or expanding in Ireland, which is recovering after near bankruptcy in the financial crash. "Post-Brexi
  
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• Watch this dramatic footage of a policeman rescuing a man from the path of a train

  30-08-2016 14:54
  
  The officer is being hailed as a hero.
  
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• May has no legal obligation to consult parliament on EU divorce - spokesman

  30-08-2016 14:25
  The British government has no legal obligation to consult parliament on triggering the formal divorce procedure with the European Union, but lawmakers will have a say, a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday. Some opponents of Brexit say that since the EU referendum result is not legally binding, elected lawmakers should review the vote before the process is started but the government has insisted the prime minister has the power to trigger an exit. "The will of the people mus
  
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• Watch Edinburgh's amazing festival fireworks light up the sky

  30-08-2016 14:11
  
  And boy, did the season go out with a bang.
  
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• Female author urges UK Muslims to speak out against extremism

  30-08-2016 13:41
  By Elisabeth O'Leary EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Islamic State (IS) violence can only be tackled if Muslims stand up for their views of what real Islam is, according to a rare female voice within the British Muslim community. Human rights campaigner Sara Khan argues in a new book that combatting IS needs the development of religious counter-arguments to violent extremism, and she calls for an "amplification" of faith teaching which deconstructs Islamist ideology to help stop Islamists recruiting young
  
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• Apple ordered to repay £11 billion in Ireland after EU investigation rules tax deal illegal

  30-08-2016 13:36
  
  The EU’s Competition Commission has revealed the findings of a three-year investigation into Apple’s tax affairs in Ireland.
  
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• Cooler lending, company doubts point to Brexit 'slow burn' for economy

  30-08-2016 13:20
  By Andy Bruce and Giles Elgood LONDON (Reuters) - Britons' thirst for borrowing eased last month and services firms curbed plans for growth, according to figures that suggested the economy will suffer a slow burn, rather than a sharp hit, from the vote to leave the European Union. Lending to consumers rose by 1.2 billion pounds in July, below all forecasts in a Reuters poll of economists and the weakest increase since August 2015. A separate survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn promised high-speed internet across Britain in a speech online - then his stream crashed

  30-08-2016 13:19
  
  We thought “traingate” was enough…
  
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• Francois Hollande Says Brexit Talks Must End By 2019

  30-08-2016 13:13
  
  Talks on Britain leaving the European Union must be finished by 2019, French President Francois Hollande has said. "This choice means that Britain, once it leaves, cannot take part in European decisions," Mr Hollande told an annual gathering of French ambassadors. "It would neither be good for Britain nor acceptable for Europe," Mr Hollande continued.
  
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• Mel C Turns Down Spice Girls 21st Anniversary Reunion

  30-08-2016 12:58
  Former Spice Girl Melanie C has revealed why she has turned down a lucrative offer to reunite with her bandmates. Geri Horner (Ginger Spice), Mel B (Scary Spice) and Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) are said to be pressing ahead with plans for a reunion tour - including a possible gig in London's Hyde Park.
  
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• Sadiq Khan has responded to the petition to save Fabric from closure

  30-08-2016 12:32
  
  He said he is ‘committed to using the influence of my office to overcome the numerous challenges facing the night time economy’
  
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• The world's oldest man has been found and he is 145 years old

  30-08-2016 12:25
  He was born in 1870.
  
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• Home Secretary Rejects Call To Move Calais Migrant 'Jungle' To UK

  30-08-2016 12:20
  
  The Home Secretary will bluntly reject calls to scrap the border deal between Britain and France when she meets her French counterpart in Paris later. Amber Rudd is meeting interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve for scheduled talks on co-operation on counter-terrorism and security following the spate of terror attacks in France. Mr Sarkozy, who hopes to make a comeback in the French presidential election next year, said the controversial "Jungle" migrant camp should be shut down and moved to Britai
  
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• France's Hollande says Brexit talks must be concluded by 2019

  30-08-2016 12:19
  French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that talks on Britain exiting the European Union had to be concluded by 2019 and that the decision to leave the bloc was irreversible. "This choice means that Britain, once it leaves, cannot take part in European decisions. It will not be able to access the single market unless its accepts the four freedoms, all its regulation and budgetary solidarity," Hollande told an annual gathering of French ambassadors.
  
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• Seven New Badger Cull Licences Approved In England

  30-08-2016 12:16
  Extra badger culling pilots are being rolled out to additional parts of the country to tackle tuberculosis in cattle. Seven more licences have been granted for culls in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. It follows schemes in three other areas of Dorset, Gloucestershire and Somerset.
  
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• Workers 'Could Lose Rights' In Wake Of Brexit, Labour MP Warns

  30-08-2016 11:28
  Workers could lose many of their employment rights in the wake of Brexit unless the Government passes new laws to protect them, a senior Labour MP has warned. Prominent backers of leaving the European Union rubbished claims during the campaign that leaving the bloc could result in the loss of workers' rights. Mr Umunna, chairman of Vote Leave Watch - which scrutinises claims made by Brexit campaigners - has written to the Prime Minister, warning her that a failure to protect these righ
  
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• Twin Girls Who Were Conjoined At Birth To Start School In Kent

  30-08-2016 11:10
  Rosie and Ruby Formosa, aged four, were joined at the abdomen and shared part of the intestine when they were born in 2012. Parents Angela and Daniel Formosa, from Bexleyheath in Kent, could only wait and hope as their daughters underwent a five-hour operation at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Thankfully it was successful - and Mrs Formosa said the girls had now met their teacher and were "very excited" to be following big sister Lily, who is nin
  
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• UK consumer credit growth cools, mortgage approvals lowest since Jan 2015

  30-08-2016 10:43
  Lending to British consumers cooled in the month after the vote to leave the European Union, countering other signs that Britons had taken the decision in their stride, Bank of England data showed on Tuesday. Consumer credit, which includes credit cards and personal loans, rose 1.181 billion pounds last month, the weakest increase since August 2015, taking the annual growth down to 10.1 percent from 10.3 percent. Other data since the shock Brexit vote had shown little immediate impact on consume
  
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• David Cameron Increased Advisers' Pay By Up To 24%, Analysis Says

  30-08-2016 10:15
  
  David Cameron gave some of his special advisers large pay rises just months before they were handed generous severance packages, according to a report. An analysis by Civil Service World found the former prime minister increased the salary of some of his advisers, known as spads, by as much as £18,000 - or up to 24%. The double digit hikes were ordered despite pay rises being capped at 1% in the public sector.
  
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• Brexit angst prompts UK services firms to cut expansion plans - CBI

  30-08-2016 10:10
  Optimism among Britain's services companies has fallen sharply, with investment plans at their leanest for more than four years, as employers wait for clearer signs of what the Brexit vote means for them, a survey published on Tuesday showed. The pace of growth in the three months to August was largely unchanged but expansion plans for companies in business and professional services were the weakest since May 2012, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said. The CBI's head of economic anal
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival ends with 440 arrests over bank holiday weekend

  30-08-2016 09:35
  
  And more than 1,000 people were treated by ambulance crews, mostly for alcohol-related issues.
  
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• Brexit could add to high youth jobless rates in UK cities

  30-08-2016 09:15
  
  Don’t entirely despair: we’re better off than we were during the recession.
  
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• Tom Jackson: Backpacker Stabbed In Australia Dies From His Injuries

  30-08-2016 09:05
  A British man who was stabbed in Australia as he tried to save another backpacker has died from his injuries, police have said. Tom Jackson sustained critical injuries to his face, head and other parts of his body when he intervened as fellow Briton Mia Ayliffe-Chung was stabbed to death in north Queensland last Tuesday. Queensland Police, who had described Mr Jackson's actions as "selfless", confirmed the 30-year-old passed away in Townsville Hospital.
  
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• Britain says inward investment rose, before Brexit vote

  30-08-2016 08:52
  In the last financial year before Britain voted to leave the European Union, the country gained more foreign investment projects than ever before, the government said on Tuesday. Some 2,213 investments were made in the year ending in March, up 11 percent from the previous year, the government said. The period covered by the government's statement ended almost three months before Britain's June 23 referendum on its EU membership.
  
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• UK borders not secure, senior MP warns after 27,000 illegal entry arrests

  30-08-2016 08:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SENIOR MP has warned the UK's border is not secure after it emerged that more than 27,000 people suspected of illegally entering the country have been arrested over the last three years.
  
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• Briton who tried to save stabbed backpacker dies from his injuries

  30-08-2016 08:31
  
  Police have described Thomas Jackson’s actions as “selfless”.
  
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• British Backpacker Tom Jackson Stabbed In Australia Dies From His Injuries

  30-08-2016 08:17
  A British man who was stabbed in Australia as he tried to save another backpacker has died from his injuries, police have said. Tom Jackson sustained critical facial, head and body injuries when he intervened as fellow Briton Mia Ayliffe-Chung was stabbed to death in north Queensland last Tuesday. Queensland Police confirmed the 30-year-old passed away in Townsville Hospital.
  
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• Second British backpacker dies week after attack at Australian hostel

  30-08-2016 07:45
  A second British backpacker died on Tuesday a week after he was stabbed trying to protect a fellow traveller during an attack at a hostel in northern Australia, police said. A 21-year-old woman, Mia Ayliffe-Chung, was killed last Tuesday when she was attacked by a 29-year-old Frenchman who shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) as he stabbed her at the hostel in Townsville in the state of Queensland. Thomas Jackson, 30, was stabbed in the face, head and body while trying to protect Ayliffe-Chu
  
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• British hero who tried to save backpacker dies after being stabbed in Australia

  30-08-2016 07:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AUSTRALIAN Police have confirmed the 30-year-old British man who was critically injured trying to save British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung has died.
  
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• British Backpacker Stabbed In Australia Dies From His Injuries

  30-08-2016 06:53
  A British man who was stabbed in Australia as he tried to save another backpacker has died from his injuries, police have said. Tom Jackson sustained critical head injuries when he intervened as Mia Ayliffe-Chung was stabbed to death in north Queensland last Tuesday.
  
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