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• Northern Powerhouse here to stay, claims George Osborne

  15-09-2016 23:08
  George Osborne is vowing to save his Northern Powerhouse initiative in a move likely to be seen as a challenge to Theresa May after she sacked him. To give his flagship project new impetus, the former Chancellor is launching a think tank - which he will chair - and insists "the Northern Powerhouse is here to stay". Mr Osborne, sacked by Mrs May in July in her first act as Prime Minister, will break a two-month silence by joining council leaders and business chiefs in Manchester to launch the "No
  
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• Flood warnings as storms replace hot spell

  15-09-2016 21:07
  
  The hot weather enjoyed by the south of England is set to end on Thursday night, with a cold front from the Atlantic bringing torrential rain and thunder. After three consecutive days with temperatures around 30C - something not seen since 1929 - large parts of the south, including London, could experience flooding. Jonathan Day, flood risk manager at the Environment Agency, said: "In the early hours of Friday morning showers will become widespread and torrential.
  
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• Christopher Halliwell accused of making up 'fairytale' over Becky Godden murder

  15-09-2016 20:33
  A convicted killer made up a "fairytale" when he claimed two drug dealers were to blame for murdering a second woman, a court has heard. Christopher Halliwell, 52, is already serving a life sentence for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan in 2011, but denies killing Becky Godden, 20, between 2003 and 2005. In his closing speech, prosecutor Nicholas Haggan QC told the jury at Bristol Crown Court: "He is guilty.
  
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• City of London should not suffer from Brexit - Johnson

  15-09-2016 19:51
  British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday London's financial sector was a "massive asset" to the whole of Europe and should not be weakened by Britain's decision to leave the European Union. At a news conference with his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni, Johnson was asked if Britain should back calls from banks for a transitional arrangement to safeguard the City given that the EU separation negotiations were expect to be lengthy. "London's financial services sector is a massiv
  
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• Prince George photos breached privacy, watchdog rules

  15-09-2016 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Photographs showing Prince George sitting on a police motorbike are ruled to be a breach of privacy by the press standards watchdog.
  
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• No trial for custody death case officers

  15-09-2016 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says it will not prosecute five police officers over the death in custody of Sean Rigg in Brixton in 2008.
  
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• Key Jeremy Corbyn ally 'furious' over MP 'trolling' list

  15-09-2016 19:09
  
  Jeremy Corbyn's campaign chief has said he is "absolutely furious" about the release of a list of MPs accused of abusing the Labour leader and his allies. The controversial dossier, which has been branded a "green light" to trolls, had been defended by Mr Corbyn during a leadership debate at Sky headquarters in London, arguing those named had made statements "on the record". "That release came from the campaign, it didn't come from Jeremy and we've apologised.
  
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• NuGen looking for 12-15 billion pounds nuclear investment by end 2018 - CEO

  15-09-2016 18:53
  NuGen, a joint venture between Japan's Toshiba and France's Engie, is looking for financing worth 12 to 15 billion pounds to build three nuclear reactors in Britain, its chief executive said on Thursday. Tom Samson, who became NuGen's CEO mid-2015, said the firm wants to take an investment decision by the fourth quarter of 2018 and is talking to potential equity investors and creditors about financing for the project, set to be built at a site next to the Sellafield nuclear site in west Cumbria.
  
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• Killer Darren Jackson who went missing from jail is arrested

  15-09-2016 18:52
  A convicted murderer who absconded from an open prison has been arrested, police have said. Darren Jackson was detained by Staffordshire Police two days after going missing from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire. Derbyshire Constabulary had appealed for information to trace the 51-year-old, whose last known address was in Oldham.
  
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• Sharp rise in care delays 'piles pressure on hospitals'

  15-09-2016 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A sharp rise in waits for care services is piling the pressure on the NHS in England, hospital bosses are warning.
  
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• Manchester United players grant dying fan's final wish

  15-09-2016 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A football fan's final wish comes true when four Manchester United stars pay him a visit an hour before he dies.
  
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• Medical records hacked: 53 British athletes from Rio could be named - Ukad

  15-09-2016 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The head of UK Anti-Doping says 53 British athletes from the Rio Olympics may be at risk of having their medical details published by hackers.
  
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• Chris Froome & Sir Bradley Wiggins: Up to 50 in Team GB could be named by hackers

  15-09-2016 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Up to 50 British athletes may be at risk of having their medical details publicly released, according to the head of UK Anti-Doping.
  
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• Mum and gran jailed after pit bull savages and kills baby

  15-09-2016 17:38
  Molly Mae Wotherspoon was picked up by her head by Bruiser in a "sustained attack" at the infant's home in Daventry on 3 October 2014. Northampton Crown Court was told that Molly Mae was being looked after by 56-year-old Susan Aucott while the baby's mother, Claire Riley, 23, went for a night out with friends.
  
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• Rio Paralympics 2016: Natasha Baker wins for Great Britain

  15-09-2016 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain enjoy a sensational start to day eight of the Rio Paralympics as Jeanette Chippington, Emma Wiggs and Anne Dickins win canoeing titles.
  
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• Five police could face charges over Julian Cole nightclub incident

  15-09-2016 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five police officers face possible criminal charges over how they dealt with a man who broke his neck outside a club.
  
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• Bradford just broke the most adorable world record

  15-09-2016 17:11
  
  The new world record coincided with the World Curry Festival.
  
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• Sadiq Khan plans to help create affordable housing for artists in London

  15-09-2016 16:38
  
  Last year, two-thirds of artists based in the UK earned £10,000.
  
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• China welcomes Britain's decision to approve nuclear plant

  15-09-2016 16:31
  China said on Thursday it welcomed Britain's decision to approve the construction of a part Chinese-invested nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in southern England. China hopes that with the hard work of China, Britain and France, Hinkley Point and other subsequent nuclear cooperation projects can proceed smoothly as fast as possible, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Prime Minister Theresa May's government said it would proceed with the Hinkley Point C project, approving French utility firm
  
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• Adebolajo inquiry: Lee Rigby killer's Kenya mistreatment claim dismissed

  15-09-2016 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An inquiry into Michael Adebolajo - one of the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby in 2013 - finds no evidence of UK involvement in his arrest in Kenya in 2010 or of mistreatment by authorities there.
  
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• British ambassador performs Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca

  15-09-2016 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Simon Collis, takes the annual pilgrimage to Mecca after converting to Islam.
  
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• Ex-Tory Minister Leaked Report To Wonga

  15-09-2016 15:37
  A former Tory disabilities minister has been found in "serious breach" of conduct rules after leaking a parliamentary report to the payday lender Wonga. Justin Tomlinson said he was "naïve" and was "truly sorry" for emailing the draft findings of an inquiry into the regulation of the consumer credit industry to a Wonga employee. The MP, who was then a member of the Public Accounts Committee, allowed them to make recommendations, before suggesting the committee report be amended to incl
  
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• Mother of nine and nephew shot dead at flat in London

  15-09-2016 15:32
  
  A murder probe has been launched.
  
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• LinkedIn co-founder launches card game to poke fun at Donald Trump

  15-09-2016 15:25
  
  The game features rules such as: “The CEO must say, ‘I’m really rich,’ and make a dismissive hand gesture.”
  
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• Ed Davey: Osborne and May 'disliked each other'

  15-09-2016 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "They really disliked each other" - ex-minister on George Osborne and Theresa May
  
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• UK says Nigerian's conviction stands despite bribery evidence

  15-09-2016 15:19
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Jailed former Nigerian state governor James Ibori's convictions remain valid despite evidence a British police officer took bribes during the investigation of his case, Britain's state prosecution agency said on Thursday. Ibori, who as governor of oil-producing Delta State from 1999 to 2007 was one of Nigeria's most powerful men, is serving a 13-year sentence in a British prison after pleading guilty in 2012 to 10 counts of fraud and money-laundering.
  
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• Hinkley Point nuclear deal - in numbers

  15-09-2016 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government has approved a new £18bn nuclear power station in the UK ... here are the key figures.
  
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• Battle of Orgreave inquiry 'green light' welcomed by campaigners

  15-09-2016 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners calling for an inquiry into the police handling of the Battle of Orgeave welcome reports an official review is set to be approved.
  
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• 'Racist, threatening' women thrown off Manchester-Ibiza flight

  15-09-2016 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four women were thrown off their Manchester-to-Ibiza flight after allegedly threatening other passengers and using racist language.
  
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• Chris Froome & Sir Bradley Wiggins: British Cycling condemns medical records hack

  15-09-2016 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The disclosure of medical files for Britain's Chris Froome and Sir Bradley Wiggins by computer hackers is "condemned" by British Cycling.
  
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• Molly-Mae Wotherspoon dog death: Mother and grandmother jailed

  15-09-2016 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mother and grandmother of a six-month-old baby girl mauled to death by the family dog are jailed.
  
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• St John's Wort 'stops emergency contraceptive pill working'

  15-09-2016 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women taking an emergency contraceptive pill containing levonorgestrel are being advised to check the ingredients of other medicines they are taking because they could stop the pill working.
  
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• Mum and grandmother jailed after American pitbull killed baby in 'tragic and totally avoidable' incident

  15-09-2016 14:34
  
  Molly Mae was being looked after by her grandmother Susan Aucott while her mother went for a night out with friends.
  
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• East Finchley shooting victims named as mother and nephew

  15-09-2016 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two people shot dead at a north London flat are named locally as mother-of-nine Anny Ekofo and her nephew Bevely, 21.
  
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• Power prices

  15-09-2016 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK electricity prices soared as much of the country has experienced a heatwave. Why was demand for energy so high when it was hot?
  
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• Bank of England lifts UK third quarter growth forecast

  15-09-2016 14:22
  The Bank of England has lifted its forecast for UK GDP after signs the economy did not slow as much as feared after the Brexit vote. It scaled back its expectations of a sharp slowdown following the poll and increased its third quarter growth forecast for gross domestic product from 0.1% to 0.3%.
  
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• BBC Royal Charter: Stars paid more than £150,000 to be named

  15-09-2016 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC will have to name all employees and presenters paid more than £150,000, Culture Secretary Karen Bradley says in the House of Commons.
  
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• New foreign investment rules better match UK national interest - MP Clark

  15-09-2016 14:10
  LONDON (Reuters) - British business secretary Greg Clark said the government's new approach to foreign investment, announced alongside approval for a new French-built, Chinese-backed nuclear power plant, better met the national interest than previous rules. "It is important that the right balance between foreign investment and securing the national interest is met, and that is exactly what these changes will achieve," he told parliament on Thursday. ...
  
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• Horizon CEO says new UK shareholding rules won't impact its nuclear plans

  15-09-2016 14:09
  The new legal framework for future foreign investment in British nuclear projects will have no impact on the Horizon project, its chief executive said. Horizon, a nuclear new build group in Britain owned by Japan's Hitachi's , plans to build at least 5.4 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity across two sites in Britain. Britain on Monday gave the go-ahead for an 18 billion pound Franco-Chinese project to build two nuclear reactors in Hinkley Point but said that after Hinkley, the government will tak
  
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• UK interest rates left unchanged at 0.25%

  15-09-2016 14:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK interest rates are left unchanged at 0.25% following the Bank of England's latest meeting but it says another cut is still a possibility.
  
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• Stale bake: Queen Victoria's wedding cake sold

  15-09-2016 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A slice of Queen Victoria's wedding cake dating from the 19th century fetches £1,500 at auction.
  
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• Care cuts 'leave frail elderly fending for themselves'

  15-09-2016 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Frail old people in England are being left to fend for themselves because government-funded care is being scaled back, a review suggests.
  
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• Hillsborough: Liverpool boycott of The Sun wins council backing

  15-09-2016 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A campaign calling on retailers in Liverpool to stop selling The Sun wins the backing of city councillors.
  
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• Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins among British athletes whose medical records have been leaked by hackers

  15-09-2016 13:58
  
  The athletes have done nothing against the rules.
  
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• Woman and nephew shot dead at flat in East Finchley, north London

  15-09-2016 13:56
  A man and a woman shot dead at their home in north London have been identified as a mother of nine and her nephew by members of the victims' family. Mrs Ekofo's cousin, Fifi Selo, told the Press Association: "We cannot explain what happened.
  
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• Bank of England sticks with rate cut signal despite Brexit bounce

  15-09-2016 13:51
  By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Thursday it was still likely to cut interest rates to just above zero later this year, even though the initial Brexit hit to Britain's economy was proving less severe than it expected only last month. The Bank's nine rate-setters voted unanimously to keep Bank Rate at its new record low of 0.25 percent, the lowest level in the BoE's 322-year history. Last month the Bank decided to help the economy cope with th
  
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• Actor Michael C Hall to sing Bowie track at Mercury Prize

  15-09-2016 13:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the tracks from David Bowie's last album Blackstar will be sung by American actor Michael C Hall at the Mercury Music Prize ceremony.
  
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• May approves Hinkley Point nuclear plant, sets tighter controls

  15-09-2016 13:41
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain gave the go-ahead on Thursday for a $24 billion (£18.1 billion) nuclear power plant, ending weeks of uncertainty that strained ties with China and France but also signalling a more cautious approach to foreign investment in critical infrastructure projects. The government of new Prime Minister Theresa May said it would proceed with the Hinkley Point C project in southwest England, approving French utility firm EDF's plan to build Britain's first
  
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• Surviving Beatles team up for premiere of Eight Days A Week film

  15-09-2016 13:27
  
  Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are preparing to get together for the debut of a film telling the story of The Beatles' live tours. Both Ringo and Sir Paul said the film brought back memories of the amazing times and, particularly, their unsophisticated sound system.
  
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• EDF Levy sees no immediate changes to Hinkley Point shareholding

  15-09-2016 13:19
  Britain gave the go-ahead on Thursday for French utility EDF's $24 billion (£18.1 billion) Hinkley Point nuclear power plant, ending weeks of uncertainty that strained ties with China and France. * EDF's CEO Jean Bernard Levy told a news conference that the company had no intention of giving up controlling stake in Hinkley Point. * Levy said there could yet be further changes to size of EDF's 66 pct stake but undertaking means its will stay above 50 pct in Hinkley Point.
  
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