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• Momentum Kids initiative to help parents and involve children in politics gets mixed reaction

  18-09-2016 23:58
  
  Hardly surprising, really.
  
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• Proposed new rules on racism to be voted on at Labour conference

  18-09-2016 22:43
  
  Jeremy Corbyn proposes new rules on racism.
  
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• Police officer filmed attacking car put on restricted duties

  18-09-2016 19:52
  
  A policeman filmed aggressively smashing the windscreen of a car while the driver was inside has been put on restricted duties. The Met said officers stopped the car thinking the motorist was a man who is of interest to them but realised he was someone else and he was not arrested. The footage was shared on the internet and watched thousands of times prompting the Metropolitan Police to announce their directorate of professional standards would conduct an investigat
  
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• New York explosion 'not linked to overseas terror'

  18-09-2016 18:57
  
  New Yorkers were encouraged to go about their day as usual.
  
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• Plane lands on a house in Arizona and somehow everyone survives

  18-09-2016 18:47
  
  The pilot, passengers and occupants of the house have all survived.
  
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• 'Give us a call': Esther McVey keen on David Cameron's Witney seat

  18-09-2016 18:13
  Former Tory MP and TV presenter Esther McVey has revealed she is keen to stand for Parliament in David Cameron's former constituency of Witney. When asked by Sky's Dermot Murnaghan whether she was interested in contesting the seat, the ex-MP for Wirral West said: "I'm flattered that you should think so, but what we believe in the Tory Party is the actual association chooses the candidate, and that's what they'll be doing there. Mr Cameron resigned from the Oxfordshire seat last week after fearin
  
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• Smith: Corbyn's shadow cabinet election plan an attempt to 'deepen divisions'

  18-09-2016 14:35
  
  Labour leadership contender Owen Smith has described moves to allow members to elect the party's top team as "an attempt to further cement" Jeremy Corbyn's control. Mr Corbyn, who is expecting a commanding win in the leadership contest next weekend, wants to bring in a democratic revolution in the party, according to the Observer. The Labour leader aims to enable the party's 600,000-strong membership to elect some of the shadow cabinet in Westminster and give activists a direct sa
  
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• Did you just say that? Nicola Sturgeon caught out as she says it's GREAT to be British

  18-09-2016 13:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon has said there are "great things about being British" and claimed she would have been a better No campaign leader than Alistair Darling.
  
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• Queen's cousin Lord Ivar Mountbatten says he is gay

  18-09-2016 13:23
  Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, has become the first member of the British royal family to come out as gay. Mountbatten, who has three children with ex-wife Penelope (Penny) Thompson, told the Mail on Sunday newspaper he had struggled with his sexuality but was happy to now be in a partnership with James Coyle, an airline cabin services director.
  
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• MPs in ruling party back group pushing for 'hard Brexit'

  18-09-2016 12:49
  Senior members of Britain's ruling Conservative Party are supporting a new group to lobby for a so-called 'hard Brexit' and persuade Prime Minister Theresa May to leave the EU's lucrative single market, media reported on Sunday. The new group, called Leave means Leave, will press for Britain to break all ties with the European Union, with leader property investor Richard Tice saying only that would fulfil the wishes of Britons, who voted for Brexit at a June referendum. Quoted by the Sunday Tele
  
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• Mission accomplished? Britain's anti-EU party fights to retain influence

  18-09-2016 10:16
  By William James BOURNEMOUTH, England (Reuters) - "We won!" was the anti-European Union UK Independence Party's rallying cry at its annual conference as members celebrated Britain's vote to leave the EU, but underneath the euphoria lurked a fresh anxiety: what now? Single-handedly led by Nigel Farage, a divisive, populist and widely recognised politician, UKIP played a major role in persuading Britons to leave the EU at a June 23 referendum, ending the party's 25-year quest for "Brexit". New lea
  
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• David Miliband: UK should take four times refugee number

  18-09-2016 04:44
  
  On the eve of the UN summit on refugees, David Miliband has called for the UK to take four times as many refugees as currently planned by the Government. Mr Miliband, a former foreign secretary and the president of the International Rescue Committee, has called for a greater commitment from richer countries to resettling refugees displaced by war. Speaking on Sky News' Murnaghan programme on Sunday, he said current Government proposals equated to taking six refugees per parliamentary constituenc
  
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• Commonwealth nations 'getting over shock' of Brexit vote

  18-09-2016 02:34
  The Secretary General of the Commonwealth has said that many countries "are still getting over the shock" of Britain deciding to leave the EU, but will explore opportunities to intensify trade partnerships with the UK. In her first television interview about the issue of Brexit since the referendum, Patricia Scotland said the result has brought a dramatic change in how the 53 member states are used to working with the UK and Europe. Speaking to Sky News, she said: "I think most of the Commonweal
  
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• 'Chronic shortage of GPs putting patient safety at risk'

  18-09-2016 02:30
  
  It says that unless drastic action is taken to ensure there are enough doctors in the NHS, thousands of patients could be forced to travel miles to their nearest GP practice or be left stranded with no family doctor at all. The RCGP says with 75% of doctors across 540 general practices over the age of 55 and nearing retirement, there could be a shortfall of 10,000 doctors by 2020. The College's chair Dr Maureen Baker said: "It is imperative that we recruit huge numbers of medical stude
  
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• Corbyn wants members to have say in top team vote

  18-09-2016 02:18
  Jeremy Corbyn wants to give the Labour members a role in electing the shadow cabinet and shaping policy in the next radical phase of his leadership. Mr Corbyn, who is expecting a commanding win in the leadership contest next weekend, is planning a democratic revolution in the party, according to the Observer. The leadership team will present the changes an attempt to unify the party after months of infighting over Mr Corbyn's reign at a meeting of Labour's governing body on Tuesday.
  
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• Rio Paralympics 2016: Great Britain's best medal haul since Seoul 1988

  18-09-2016 02:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Dame Sarah Storey leads the way as ParalympicsGB achieve their best medal haul since Seoul 1988 on day 10 in Rio.
  
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• Newsy tunes

  18-09-2016 02:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spreading the news in 19th Century Lancashire was often carried out through songs. Broadside ballads were bellowed on street corners, keeping folk abreast of what was going on, and have been compared to modern social media.
  
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• Gracie Fields: Rochdale statue to be unveiled

  18-09-2016 02:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A statue of actress Dame Gracie Fields is to be unveiled later in her home town of Rochdale.
  
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• Events held to mark second anniversary of indyref

  18-09-2016 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Events are to be held in Scottish cities to mark the second anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum.
  
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• Air rage incidents soar on UK flights

  18-09-2016 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of so-called "air rage" incidents on UK airlines quadruple over a three-year period, according to figures seen by the BBC.
  
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• London march: 'Refugees are welcome here'

  18-09-2016 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Demonstrators chanting "refugees are welcome here" have marched through London to urge the government to resettle more refugees in the UK.
  
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• US airman found dead near RAF Lakenheath is named

  18-09-2016 00:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US airman found dead at his off-base home near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk is named.
  
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• UK must take in more Syrian refugees, Yvette Cooper urges Theresa May

  18-09-2016 00:46
  
  Yvette Cooper labelled the current UK record “shameful”.
  
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• Dame Sarah Storey wins third gold at Rio Paralympics

  18-09-2016 00:44
  Dame Sarah Storey has won the 14th gold medal of her career after victory in the women's C4-C5 cycling road race at the Rio Paralympics. It was her third victory at the Games in the Brazil after triumphing in the 3km individual pursuit and road time-trial. Meanwhile, Britain's Jessica Stretton capped off a dominant performance in the archery winning the individual compound W1 event.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: 'Vanishing' veterans' cash and Eugenie 'engagement'

  18-09-2016 00:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stories about "vanishing" veterans' charity money, a potential prosecution of servicemen over a death in Iraq and Princess Eugenie's marriage plans make Sunday's front pages.
  
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• Met probe over video of police 'car attack'

  18-09-2016 00:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police has said it is investigating after footage which appeared to show a police officer attacking a car was released.
  
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