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• Theresa May urged to press Iran's Hassan Rouhani on jailed mother

  20-09-2016 23:12
  The husband of a British woman jailed in Iran has urged the Prime Minister to raise her case with the country's president at the UN. Theresa May is to meet Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in New York on Tuesday to discuss Britain's relationship with Tehran and a nuclear agreement reached earlier this year. The British-Iranian mother was sentenced to five years in prison in Iran earlier this month after being accused of plotting to overthrow the regime.
  
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• Theresa May: 'UK will be dependable partner' despite Brexit

  20-09-2016 23:08
  
  The UK will be remain a "confident, strong and dependable partner internationally" despite voting to leave the European Union, the Prime Minister has told the United Nations. In her first address to the general assembly, Theresa May said it was "a great honour" to be speaking at the summit.
  
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• Amazon found guilty of shipping potentially dangerous goods by air

  20-09-2016 22:42
  
  A sentence is expected on Friday.
  
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• Great Wall Of Calais: Work begins on barrier to stop migrants

  20-09-2016 21:30
  Construction has begun on a four-metre high concrete barrier aimed at stopping migrants targeting vehicles around Calais. The barrier - dubbed The Great Wall Of Calais - will run for nearly a mile along the main motorway to Calais and is being paid for by British taxpayers.
  
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• Santander pulls out of talks to buy 300 Williams & Glyn branches

  20-09-2016 21:24
  
  Santander has withdrawn from talks with Royal Bank of Scotland to buy more than 300 branches from the state-backed lender, sources have confirmed. The decision on the Williams & Glyn network comes as RBS faces a deadline to sell the business by the end of next year under European state aid rules. Santander and RBS both declined to comment on the story, first reported by the Financial Times.
  
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• New BoE rate-setter Saunders sees reasonable growth for UK - FT

  20-09-2016 20:51
  By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy is likely to grow at a reasonable pace in the coming years, slowing less than most economists expect as it overcomes "modest" fallout from June's Brexit vote, new Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Michael Saunders said. Saunders voted to keep interest rates unchanged at a record-low 0.25 percent last week, in his first Monetary Policy Committee meeting since joining the BoE from U.S. bank Citi, where he worked as its chief UK
  
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• Australian Brain family saved from deportation by job offer

  20-09-2016 20:47
  An Australian family who were facing deportation from their home in the Scottish Highlands have been given a last-minute reprieve. Gregg and Kathryn Brain, along with their son Lachlan, moved to the UK in 2011 from Brisbane, entering on a student visa granted to Mrs Brain to study Scottish history and archaeology. Mr Brain had said that his family would be "homeless, jobless and significantly in debt" if they returned to Australia.
  
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• Tim Farron praises Blair as he targets Labour voters

  20-09-2016 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lib Dem leader Tim Farron praises Tony Blair and appeals to Labour voters in his speech to the party conference in Brighton.
  
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• Ex-UK PM Blair says to focus on non-profit work

  20-09-2016 20:01
  Former British prime minister Tony Blair, who built a multi-million pound business network advising multi-national corporations and governments after leaving office in 2007, said on Tuesday he was planning to close his commercial ventures and concentrate on not-for-profit activities. Blair, 63, was Labour prime minister for 10 years from 1997 and was later a Middle East envoy for eight years. In an email to staff released by his office Blair said the restructuring reflected changes that had been
  
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• Bank of England's Saunders sees more scope to loosen policy

  20-09-2016 19:50
  New Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders said in an interview published on Tuesday that the central bank still had scope to boost the economy further if needed, but had to be alert to adverse side-effects from loose monetary policy. "If we thought the adverse side effects of monetary policy easing outweighed the potential boost, then our willingness to use the tool of easing, even in a time the economy was sluggish, would be much less," he told the Financial Times. In extracts from the i
  
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• Car boot murder: Woman lured lover to his death with family help

  20-09-2016 19:10
  Music shop owner Tanveer Iqbal, aged 33, was lured to his death by his mistress, Zatoon Bibi, and strangled with a rope bought hours before the killing. Bibi and her ex-husband Gul Nawaz, together with their teenage son Kashim Nawaz, were given life sentences at Birmingham Crown Court. Detective Inspector Paul Joyce said: "The whole thing was thoroughly planned.
  
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• Tony Blair to close most of his commercial ventures

  20-09-2016 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former prime minister Tony Blair says he is winding up most of his commercial ventures to focus on not-for-profit work.
  
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• Judge voices fears over 'crisis' in child care cases

  20-09-2016 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of cases in which children can be taken from their parents on the application of a council has seen a "relentless rise", says the head of the family courts in England and Wales.
  
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• Belfast City Hall's colourful lighting requests dilemma

  20-09-2016 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Councillors are to debate new rules on lighting up Belfast City Hall after more than 200 requests are received in three years.
  
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• Theresa May to meet Iranian president Hassan Rouhani at UN summit

  20-09-2016 18:13
  Theresa May is to meet Iranian president Hassan Rouhani at the UN refugee summit in New York. Iran reached a deal with Britain, along with Russia, the US, France, Germany and China, last July, which saw international sanctions on the country lifted after it agreed to curb its nuclear programme. The deal placed restrictions of the sort of nuclear reactor it could develop, but did not require it to halt its use of nuclear energy entirely.
  
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• Brain family can stay in UK says Home Office

  20-09-2016 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Australian family that had been facing deportation is granted permission to continue living in UK, the Home Office has confirmed.
  
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• Hero's welcome

  20-09-2016 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Paralympics team are given a hero's welcome from friends and family at Heathrow as they return from Rio 2016.
  
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• Smoking rates across England are the lowest on record

  20-09-2016 17:29
  
  There’s a record low in the number of smokers in the UK, but still a long way to go as Stoptober 2016 launches.
  
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• Bouncing deer spotted by walker on beach in Poole

  20-09-2016 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A deer has been filmed bouncing along a beach in Poole Harbour.
  
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• Invasive Asian Hornet spotted in Britain for first time, experts confirm

  20-09-2016 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An invasive hornet that kills honey bees is spotted in Britain for the first time, experts confirm.
  
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• Prince William talks of tough moments in air ambulance work

  20-09-2016 17:06
  Prince William has spoken of "very sad, dark moments" he has faced as an air ambulance pilot in an online video and photo report looking at the emergency team he works with. The Duke of Cambridge, 34, joined the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) last year, working both day and night shifts.
  
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• Academic beats FBI by unlocking Apple iPhone for £75

  20-09-2016 17:01
  A British university researcher has done what the FBI claimed was impossible by unlocking an iPhone - for just £75. Earlier this year the US agency took Apple to court - and sparked a worldwide privacy debate - as it fought to get the iPhone of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook unlocked. Eventually the court case was dropped after the FBI paid a security firm an estimated £900,000 ($1.3m) to access the device.
  
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• Rio 2016: Queen hails 'magnificent' Paralympians on homecoming

  20-09-2016 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Queen praises Para GB's performance at Rio 2016 - where British athletes won 147 medals - as the team arrives home.
  
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• Calais migrants: Work begins on UK-funded border wall

  20-09-2016 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Construction work begins on a UK-funded wall near the so-called Jungle camp in Calais, in an attempt to prevent illegal migrants from entering the UK.
  
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• UK's famed red phone boxes get revamp - as mini-offices

  20-09-2016 16:40
  "The sheer volume of tourists who come and stand by the box and take selfies and photographs indicates just how iconic and important they are." Pod Works launched its first such work station in central London's Russell Square this month and is opening others across the capital, for which membership costs 25 pounds a month. It plans to expand to other British cities in October.
  
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• UK charges woman with terrorism offence over Turkish publication

  20-09-2016 16:40
  British police said on Tuesday they had charged two people with terrorism offences, including a woman accused of encouraging others to commit a terrorist offence in connection with a publication linked to a Turkish militant group. Ayfer Yildiz, 45, from west London, faces two counts of encouraging terrorism for allegedly passing on two editions of the magazine "Yuruyus", which is linked to the far-left militant group, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C). The group, which i
  
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• Tory culture minister says he's a Skepta fan... but can't name any of his songs

  20-09-2016 16:35
  
  “Jonathan. Help me out here.”
  
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• Message washes up in Russia 15 years on

  20-09-2016 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A message in a bottle dropped into the sea by a two-year old girl in Scotland washes ashore in Russia 15 years later.
  
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• Skittles has responded to Donald Trump Jr's refugee comparison

  20-09-2016 15:11
  
  “Skittles are candy. Refugees are people.”
  
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• Should you keep your cat on a lead?

  20-09-2016 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dr Peter Marra explains why pet cats should not be allowed to roam
  
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• Seven arrests over 'mass school brawl' in Erith

  20-09-2016 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seven people are arrested over a mass brawl which broke out involving "up to 100 schoolchildren" in south-east London.
  
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• Ukip MP Douglas Carswell insists that the sun causes tides - not the moon

  20-09-2016 14:24
  
  The active social media user took to Twitter to clarify the University of Sussex’ Director of Science Policy Research Unit – and got it wrong.
  
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• New leads in Legoland sex assaults case

  20-09-2016 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police searching for a man after two young girls were sexually assaulted at Legoland are following up new leads after a TV appeal.
  
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• Would Daniel Radcliffe return to Harry Potter?

  20-09-2016 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe talks exclusively to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme about his plans for the future, racism in Hollywood, the Labour Party and the US elections.
  
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• Barnstaple phone 'mix-up': Devon crash reported to Massachusetts police

  20-09-2016 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman from Barnstaple, Devon, who accidentally called police 3,000 miles away in Barnstable, Massachusetts, blames a computer glitch for the mix-up.
  
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• Seven arrested after schoolchildren start mass street brawl

  20-09-2016 13:13
  Police have made seven arrests after a mass street brawl involving up to 100 people, many of them schoolchildren still in uniform. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Officers from the borough and the Met's Territorial Support Group were called to the scene.
  
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• Rio 2016: Brazil games were 'brilliant' says Sarah Storey

  20-09-2016 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paralympic medallist Dame Sarah Storey has described the atmosphere in Rio for the 2016 games as 'brilliant'.
  
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• Screwfix sales growth nails profits for B&Q owner Kingfisher

  20-09-2016 12:24
  The company behind B&Q and Screwfix has reported an 11% jump in half-year profits - saying the performance was driven by its operations in the UK and Poland. Kingfisher said profit before tax came in at £427m for the six months to 31 July on sales of £5.8bn - a rise of 5% on the same period last year. It pointed to a jump in like-for-like sales in the UK and Ireland of 7% - with Screwfix, the trade-focused chain, seeing sales jump 15%.
  
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• Fatal beer lorry crash photo released as warning

  20-09-2016 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A shocking picture of a pile-up on the M1 which left a driver dead and another severely injured is released to warn of the dangers of using a phone while driving.
  
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• The wrong Barnstaple

  20-09-2016 11:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman from Devon calls her local force to report some dangerous driving, but is put through to Barnstable police in Massachusetts instead.
  
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• Victorious Team GB Paralympians live it up on first-class flight home from Rio

  20-09-2016 11:53
  
  Britain’s Paralympic stars secured second place in the medal table behind China.
  
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• Joey Barton faces football betting investigation over alleged Celtic bet

  20-09-2016 11:42
  
  Rangers player Joey Barton is being investigated by Scottish football officials for allegedly breaking betting rules, according to Sky sources. The controversial midfielder is already on a three-week ban from the club after a training ground altercation following a 5-1 defeat to Celtic. The 34-year-old is now being investigated by the Scottish Football Association and the Gambling Commission over claims he bet on Celtic suffering a heavy defeat to Barcelona last Tuesday.
  
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• Anglo-Saxon 'palace' found at Rendlesham near Sutton Hoo site

  20-09-2016 11:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists believe they have found a lost Anglo-Saxon royal palace about four miles (6km) from one of Britain's best known finds.
  
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• The last taboo

  20-09-2016 11:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  File on 4 reveals new figures about the scale of alleged sex offences taking place in residential and nursing homes.
  
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• Now people are giving free pizza to New York explosion cops

  20-09-2016 11:09
  Police officers had to follow protocol and move to another location before they could tuck into the city’s beloved pizza.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr likens refugees to poisonous Skittles, prompting a huge backlash on social media

  20-09-2016 11:03
  
  And Skittles had the perfect reply.
  
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• Joey Barton faces football 'betting probe'

  20-09-2016 10:51
  
  Rangers player Joey Barton is being investigated by Scottish football officials for allegedly breaking betting rules, Press Association Sport reports. The 34-year-old is reportedly being investigated by the Scottish Football Association and the Gambling Commission over claims he bet on Celtic to suffer a heavy defeat to Barcelona last Tuesday.
  
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• Tom Watson is pushing to get the shadow cabinet elected by Labour MPs

  20-09-2016 10:39
  
  Tom Watson is attempting to push through a deal that would allow Labour MPs to pick who is in the shadow cabinet. Labour's deputy leader will raise the proposal at the ruling National Executive Committee today in a bid to get it on the agenda at next week's party conference. Mr Watson has put forward two proposals: one that would see MPs chose the shadow cabinet and the other that would split the decision evenly between MPs, Mr Corbyn and the party members.
  
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• Prince William reveals the darker moments of being an air ambulance pilot

  20-09-2016 10:36
  
  The Duke of Cambridge highlighted the importance of talking through difficult moments with colleagues and friends.
  
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• Zac Goldsmith says Dispatches' 'weak' investigation of Momentum will only help Jeremy Corbyn - The Independent

  20-09-2016 10:12 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Zac Goldsmith says Dispatches' 'weak' investigation of Momentum will only help Jeremy Corbyn
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  Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith hit out at the Channel 4's Dispatches programme on Monday night, in which reporters secretly filmed activists in Labour's grassroots movement Momentum, which supports Jeremy Corbyn. The Battle For The Labour Party, ...
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