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• Zoe Ball and husband Norman Cook announce separation 'with great sadness' but will remain neighbours

  24-09-2016 23:07
  
  The pair announced their intention to separate on Twitter.
  
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• BMA suspends all junior doctor strike action

  24-09-2016 22:15
  
  The British Medical Association has suspended all junior doctor strikes due to take place later this year. Doctors had scheduled three five-day strikes in a dispute over new contracts. Senior doctors at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges were among those critical about the duration of the strikes - with concerns patient safety could be compromised.
  
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• Calais 'jungle' camp to be closed down

  24-09-2016 22:02
  
  French president Francois Hollande said his government intends to move the 9,000 occupants to reception centres across France.
  
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• Everything you need to know about Jeremy Corbyn's road to retaining the Labour leadership

  24-09-2016 21:08
  
  After months of party in-fighting, Jeremy Corbyn has retained the Labour leadership with an increased mandate. So how did we get to this point?
  
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• Michael Palin shares emotional post about his Monty Python friend Terry Jones' struggle with dementia

  24-09-2016 19:51
  
  The two have been friends for more than 50 years.
  
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• Labour reacts as Jeremy Corbyn wins bruising leadership contest

  24-09-2016 18:17
  
  Labour has been urged to unite under Jeremy Corbyn after the bruising leadership election that saw him returned as party leader with an increased mandate.
  
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• World cities join in solidarity with Dublin march against Irish abortion laws

  24-09-2016 17:28
  
  The Eighth amendment to the Irish Constitution effectively banned legal abortion in Ireland, in its recognition of a right to life for an unborn child.
  
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• Labour urged to unite after bruising leadership contest

  24-09-2016 17:03
  
  Labour has been urged to unite under Jeremy Corbyn after the bruising leadership election that saw him returned as party leader with an increased mandate.
  
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• Labour MP demands inquiry over Momentum infiltration

  24-09-2016 16:31
  A senior Labour MP facing the threat of deselection has told Sky News she has sent a dossier on "entryism" by far-left activists to Jeremy Corbyn and party bosses. Louise Ellman, veteran MP for Liverpool Riverside, claims members of the Momentum group are operating as a "party within a party" in her constituency and is demanding an inquiry. The dossier says: "While Liverpool Riverside has always had a large and active Constituency Labour Party it has experienced an explosion in members
  
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• 'Having won the party, he needs to win the country'

  24-09-2016 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Defeated leadership candidate Owen Smith says he is to think "about what my future looks like".
  
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• Here are all the key points from Corbyn's acceptance speech

  24-09-2016 14:54
  
  Everything you need to know from the re-elected Labour leader.
  
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• Corbyn calls for unity after winning Labour leadership vote

  24-09-2016 14:48
  By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday and called for unity after ending a "coup" by more centrist members of parliament who say his left-wing agenda can never deliver victory at the polls. The veteran campaigner's triumph, by 313,209 to 193,229 votes, over challenger Owen Smith cements his authority over the divided party and will fuel a drive further left - a move many members of
  
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• Victorious Jeremy Corbyn tells Labour: 'Let's wipe slate clean'

  24-09-2016 14:27
  
  Re-elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged his party to "wipe the slate clean" after a bitter campaign marred by claims of abuse, harassment and even death threats. As expected, the veteran left-winger saw off the challenge from Owen Smith with an increased mandate from members, taking 61.8% of the vote - up from 59.5% last year - compared to his rival's 38.2%. While hoping his victory will silence critics, Mr Corbyn faces a mammoth task in bringing his deeply divided party back toget
  
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• Boy among three held over Czech man's death in chicken shop

  24-09-2016 14:27
  A 16-year-old boy and two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a Czech man following a row in a chicken shop. Zdenek Makar, 31, was pronounced dead in the street near All Saints DLR station in Poplar, east London, on Wednesday night.
  
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• Factbox - Re-elected British opposition Labour leader Corbyn's key policy views

  24-09-2016 14:25
  Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday after being challenged for the role by one of his lawmakers. Following are some of Corbyn's main policy views, many of which have fired up a new generation of left-wing activists: BREXIT Corbyn, who critics have accused of being a lacklustre campaigner for Britain's EU membership during this year's referendum campaign, has rejected calls for a second referendum and said the vote to leave must
  
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• You can probably expect a lot more Jeremy Corbyn moments like these now he's been re-elected

  24-09-2016 14:02
  
  The politician will remain as leader of the Labour Party.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn victory forces leader's critics to play long game

  24-09-2016 13:50
  
  It has been a bloody battle, and Jeremy Corbyn has emerged victorious, growing his mandate from a year ago to take 61.8% of the vote. The split between Team Corbyn and the Parliamentary Labour Party doesn't feel at all healed after a summer of infighting - just watch back the Question Time panel where Alastair Campbell and John McDonnell publicly traded insults if you want a sense of how bitterly entrenched the two sides of Labour had become. After the ballot closed on Wednesday, the embattled L
  
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• So what's next for the Labour Party?

  24-09-2016 13:29
  
  It doesn’t look like the party’s turbulent times are over.
  
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• Victorious Jeremy Corbyn tells party: 'Let's wipe slate clean'

  24-09-2016 13:03
  
  Re-elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged his party to "wipe the slate clean" after a bitter campaign marred by claims of abuse, harassment and even death threats. While hoping his victory will silence critics, Mr Corbyn faces a mammoth task in bringing his deeply divided party back together. In a video message to supporters ahead of the result, announced at the start of the party conference in Liverpool, Mr Corbyn insisted his opponents had "a duty to unite".
  
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• It's official: Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as leader of the Labour party

  24-09-2016 13:00
  
  “Jez we can!”
  
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• Owen Smith just lost his bid for the Labour leadership - here's all the things he can do with his free time

  24-09-2016 12:58
  
  Oh dear. Owen Smith’s leadership challenge didn’t go to plan and Jeremy Corbyn’s rule rumbles on.
  
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• Why are we clubbing less?

  24-09-2016 11:03
  
  Only 8% of Britons are regular clubbers.
  
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• Gender pay gap won't close until 2069, Deloitte warns

  24-09-2016 11:02
  
  The gender pay gap will not close until 2069 unless more women are encouraged to take up careers in science and engineering, it has been warned. Research by Deloitte suggests the gender pay gap is partly down to men and women choosing different career paths.
  
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• Everything we know so far about the US shopping mall shootings

  24-09-2016 09:36
  
  Four women have died in the incident.
  
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• From shadow cabinet reshuffle to 'Traingate' - how the leadership race unfolded

  24-09-2016 09:12
  
  This handy timeline of events will remind you of exactly what’s gone down in the Labour party over the last few months.
  
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• Tyson Fury 'medically unfit' for Wladimir Klitschko rematch

  24-09-2016 05:48
  The rematch between Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko for the world heavyweight title has been called off for a second time. Fury's management company, Hennessy Sports, said that the British boxer has "been declared medically unfit to fight" and the 29 October bout in Manchester "will not be going ahead". No further details were immediately given in the statement as to Fury's medical condition.
  
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• Future bright for British cinema amid on demand services boom

  24-09-2016 03:49
  With the boom in on demand home entertainment, UK cinema is fighting back and finding more and more innovative ways to attract audiences. While many might expect traditional cinema to be buckling under the pressure from the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Now TV, it is in fact thriving and doing better than ever. Empire magazine's editor in chief Terri White is confident about the future of cinema and feels there's a place for every kind of film.
  
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• Police probe hacking of Pippa Middleton's private photos

  24-09-2016 02:58
  Police are investigating the hacking of an iCloud account belonging to Pippa Middleton, the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge. Scotland Yard confirmed that specialist officers were investigating amid reports 3,000 private images were stolen from the internet account. During that leak, many private images - some of a sexual nature - were posted online.
  
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• Andy Burnham calls for mediation process to stop Labour infighting

  24-09-2016 02:38
  Andy Burnham is calling for "a new settlement" to stop infighting in the Labour party, including an agreement to end threats to deselect MPs. As Labour prepares to announce the winner of a bitter leadership contest, the shadow home secretary suggests the party sets up a mediation process - including a time frame in which the next leader's progress is put under review. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, he urges MPs to "engage constructively" with whoever becomes leader and respect the vote
  
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• Up Pompeii

  24-09-2016 02:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pop group Bastille look back at their rise from a pub band to international pop stars in the space of just five years.
  
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