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• Controversial MP charged by Police Scotland

  27-09-2016 23:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A CONTROVERSIAL MP who resigned the SNP whip amid a police probe was yesterday charged with an alleged "five-figure" fraud.
  
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• Allardyce: 67 days in 67 seconds

  27-09-2016 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After 67 days in charge of the England team, Sam Allardyce has left by mutual agreement following newspaper allegations of conduct "inappropriate of the England manager".
  
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• Still a stronghold?

  27-09-2016 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oldham has traditionally been an electoral stronghold for Labour, but the party is facing a mounting challenge from UKIP.
  
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• Corbyn says ready to win UK election

  27-09-2016 23:10
  By Elizabeth Piper LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Armed with 10 new policy pledges, Britain's main opposition Labour Party is ready to rebuild trust and win the next election, even if the ruling Conservatives call one for next year, leader Jeremy Corbyn will say on Wednesday. After winning election as leader for the second time at the weekend, Corbyn will call on his deeply divided party to "end the trench warfare", his spokesman said, and unite to challenge Prime Minister Theresa May's governme
  
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• Sam Allardyce: FA chairman Greg Clarke explains why England manager had to go

  27-09-2016 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  FA chairman Greg Clarke explains why Sam Allardyce has left his post as England manager, after one match and 67 days in charge.
  
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• Sir Terry Wogan secured as national treasure at Westminster Abbey thanksgiving service

  27-09-2016 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIR Terry Wogan’s status as a national treasure was secured yesterday with a service of thanksgiving which had all the trappings of a state occasion.
  
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• Greek minister blasts 'incompetent' UK - and claims we WON'T be able to negotiate Brexit

  27-09-2016 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Greek finance minister has blasted Britain claiming the Government “doesn’t have the competence” to negotiate itself out of the “fragmented” European Union.
  
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• SNP ministers urged to get tough on 'extremely alarming' sex crime

  27-09-2016 21:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SNP ministers have been urged to get tough on sex crime after an "extremely alarming" report showed offences have soared to an all-time high.
  
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• WATCH: Schoolgirl viciously attacked in sickening video as teenagers cheer attacker on

  27-09-2016 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SICKENING video of a schoolgirl being viciously beaten up by another teenager while a crowd cheers the attacker on has emerged online.
  
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• England boss Allardyce sacked after newspaper sting

  27-09-2016 21:29
  
  Sam Allardyce has been sacked as England manager after one match and 67 days in charge having behaved "inappropriately" when caught up in a newspaper sting, the Football Association said on Tuesday. The 61-year-old's departure follows a Daily Telegraph investigation claiming he offered advice to a bogus group of Far East businessmen on how to get around rules on player transfers. Allardyce was reported to have used his role to negotiate a deal worth 400,000 pounds ($520,840.00) to represent a Fa
  
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• Sam Allardyce leaves England manager's job after newspaper sting

  27-09-2016 21:28
  
  Sam Allardyce has left as England football manager after being caught in a newspaper sting. Details of his departure are expected to be confirmed later, with England under-21 manager Gareth Southgate stepping in as interim boss. Allardyce, 61, said in a statement: "Further to recent events, The FA and I have mutually agreed to part company.
  
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• 50TH ANNIVERSARY Pensioner held on suspicion of murder of teenager Elsie Frost

  27-09-2016 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A PENSIONER was arrested yesterday on suspicion of the murder of a schoolgirl more than half a century ago.
  
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• Huge blue topaz stone on loan to Natural History Museum

  27-09-2016 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A blue topaz stone, thought to be the largest-ever, is to go on permanent loan to the Natural History Museum in London.
  
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• Caught by love note, class helper who had fling with girl of 15

  27-09-2016 21:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A TEENAGER’S affair with a teaching assistant came to light when her mother found a note saying, “You were amazing last night,” a court heard today.
  
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• 'NOT ENOUGH HOURS' Headteacher under fire for scrapping homework at secondary school

  27-09-2016 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A HEADTEACHER has sparked anger by abolishing homework at a secondary school to give staff time to plan more carefully for lessons.
  
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• Allardyce sacked as England manager - Sky Sports

  27-09-2016 20:22
  LONDON (Reuters) - Sam Allardyce has been sacked as England manager after 67 days in the job, Sky Sports reported on Tuesday. Allardyce, 61, was caught up in a newspaper sting in which he is alleged to have met a bogus consortium of Far East businessmen seeking advice on the Premier League’s billion-pound transfer market. During meetings with undercover reporters from The Daily Telegraph, Allardyce is reported to have criticised his predecessor Roy Hodgson, referring to him as "Woy" and sa
  
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• Sam Allardyce facing sack after 68 days as England football manager

  27-09-2016 20:17
  
  The FA is considering sacking Sam Allardyce after he was exposed attempting to broker a £400,000 deal and discussing ways to evade strict rules on third-party ownership. Allardyce has held showdown talks with Football Association chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn met at Wembley. Allardyce was expected to tell the FA he is deeply embarrassed about the expose, but believes his comments were ill-advised rather than corrupt.
  
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• Islamic preacher GLOATS after avoiding jail for calling woman in skinny jeans a 'SLUT'

  27-09-2016 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A STREET preacher who unleashed a tirade of religious and racial abuse at a woman for wearing skinny jeans has been spared a jail sentence.
  
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• Are you living in the UK's HAPPIEST place? Britain's best areas to live revealed

  27-09-2016 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Outer Hebrides - a nice place to visit but would you really want to live there?
  
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• No apprentice

  27-09-2016 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lord Sugar has said he would like the BBC to commission a new programme focusing on the progress of past winners of The Apprentice.
  
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• Corbyn on Trident: 'I want to see a nuclear-free world'

  27-09-2016 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he is not a supporter of nuclear weapons amid questions about Trident renewal.
  
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• Sadiq Khan pushes for post Brexit London work visas

  27-09-2016 17:44
  City Hall is working on proposals for a separate work permit system for London as the capital looks to carve out a bespoke deal on immigration in Brexit Britain. Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, told Sky News that a group of business representatives were "working on a model that will ensure we can carry on recruiting and attracting talent".
  
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• Deeply divided, Labour fails to challenge May on Brexit

  27-09-2016 17:41
  By Elizabeth Piper LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - With the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader unlikely to heal deep rifts in Labour, the only significant opposition that Prime Minister Theresa May looks likely to face as she plots Britain's divorce from the EU is from her own party. Britain's exit from the bloc, or Brexit, did not even make it onto the official agenda of the Labour party's conference in Liverpool, where MPs were more concerned with whether Labour will survive in the future.
  
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• Many Haiti orphanages run by child traffickers, says J.K. Rowling's charity

  27-09-2016 17:24
  By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Four in five children living in Haiti's orphanages have at least one living parent and are sold or given to the homes on false promises of an education or medical care, according to a charity founded by British author J.K. Rowling. London-based charity Lumos said many orphanages in the poor Caribbean nation were run by enterprising traffickers who starved and beat children to attract sympathy and money from well-intentioned donors. "When people
  
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• Chris Froome: Therapeutic drug exemption rules 'open to abuse'

  27-09-2016 17:21
  
  Chris Froome has warned that the rules allowing athletes to take some performance enhancing drugs are open to abuse and need to be urgently reformed. In a Twitter statement, the three-time Tour de France winner said he went over and above abiding by doping rules "to set a good example morally and ethically". Similar to doctors' notes, a TUE allows athletes to take certain drugs banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to treat recognised medical conditions.
  
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• Glasgow East MP Natalie McGarry charged over alleged fraud

  27-09-2016 17:20
  Glasgow East MP Natalie McGarry has been charged in connection with alleged fraud offences, according to sources. The claims are believed to be linked to her involvement with the Women for Independence group and the SNP's Glasgow Regional Association. McGarry, who was elected as an SNP MP in 2015, withdrew from the party whip last November as police looked into concerns over missing donations from the group she helped set up.
  
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• Glasgow East MP Natalie McGarry charged with fraud offences

  27-09-2016 17:00
  
  It is understood the alleged offences are linked to her involvement with the group Women for Independence and with the SNP’s Glasgow Regional Association.
  
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• Bras, bums and beauty

  27-09-2016 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adverts claiming to understand the experiences of modern women can be a risky strategy. Here are five very different campaigns that consumers either loved or hated.
  
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• Bookies turn against Allardyce as FA discusses sting

  27-09-2016 16:16
  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - England manager Sam Allardyce is odds-on with bookmakers to lose his job following a newspaper sting that showed him ranting about a "corrupt" tax system, criticising the FA and seeking a lucrative role as an adviser in the Far East. Allardyce, who was appointed in July following the departure of Roy Hodgson after this year's European Championship, has overseen one match - a 1-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Slovakia. One of the highest-paid managers in t
  
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• Man arrested over 1965 murder of schoolgirl Elsie Frost

  27-09-2016 16:12
  The man is being questioned on suspicion of killing Wakefield teenager Elsie Frost in 1965. Detective Superintendent Nick Wallen said: "A reinvestigation into Elsie's murder was launched in 2015 by West Yorkshire Police, backed by a publicity campaign on the 50th anniversary of her death. The man is being held at a police station in the Thames Valley where he will be questioned by officers from West Yorkshire.
  
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• Sir Cliff will not face sex assault charges after appeals dismissed

  27-09-2016 15:59
  Challenges to a decision not to charge Sir Cliff Richard over historical sex abuse allegations have been dismissed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The veteran and hugely popular singer has been the subject of a long-running inquiry by South Yorkshire Police over claims by four men that he abused them between 1958 and 1983. The CPS in June said it would not be bringing criminal charges as a result of Operation Kaddie because of "insufficient evidence", but the decision was later appe
  
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• A new peace deal has ended five decades of conflict in Colombia: So what's it all about?

  27-09-2016 15:59
  
  Peace has been a long time coming, and it isn’t secure yet.
  
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• Britain promises Brexit will not create legal vacuum at WTO

  27-09-2016 15:48
  By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Britain's trade minister promised on Tuesday its departure from the European Union would not create a legal vacuum at the World Trade Organization, and said Britain was determined to champion free trade. Britain is a full and founding member of the WTO, but its membership terms are currently shared with the rest of the EU, Liam Fox told a WTO conference in Geneva. "The UK will continue to uphold these commitments when we leave the European Union.
  
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• London mayor Khan challenges Labour leader to deliver election win

  27-09-2016 15:47
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-business London mayor Sadiq Khan one of the Labour Party's most powerful figures, heaped pressure on his socialist leader Jeremy Corbyn to deliver an election win, using a speech on Tuesday to stress the importance of being in office. Khan became Labour's most senior elected official in May, beating a candidate from the ruling Conservatives to win a huge mandate over London's 17 billion pound budget which covers areas like business policy, housing, policin
  
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• Evans pays tribute to Sir Terry Wogan at memorial service

  27-09-2016 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Evans pays tribute to Sir Terry Wogan at a celebratory memorial service.
  
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• Scotland tells London - Give us clarity on what Brexit means

  27-09-2016 15:00
  By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland wants to have more detail about how the British government plans to leave the European Union to prevent a "hard Brexit" that would severely damage the economy, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday. After Britain's vote to leave the EU, Sturgeon said Scotland may seek another independence referendum - something that could split the world's fifth largest economy apart just as it attempts to go it alone outside the European bloc. A suppor
  
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• Eight-man machete street brawl sparks police hunt in Atherton

  27-09-2016 14:45
  Detectives are investigating after a fight broke out between eight men armed with machetes in Atherton, Greater Manchester.
  
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• Blue topaz gemstone, largest of its kind, to go in display in UK

  27-09-2016 14:45
  A flawless blue topaz gemstone, said to be the largest of its kind, is set to go on display at London's Natural History Museum. The Ostro stone weighs around 2 kg (4.4 lb) and will be exhibited from Oct. 19, on permanent loan from British entrepreneur and philanthropist Maurice Ostro, the museum said. "The original rough material that the gemstone was cut from was discovered three decades ago by British explorer Max Ostro in Minas Gerais, Brazil," it said in a statement.
  
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• Items of 'slight interest' found in search for missing British toddler in Greece

  27-09-2016 14:41
  British police seeking a toddler missing for 25 years said on Tuesday they had uncovered scraps of fabric "of slight interest" in a field on the Greek island of Kos, where he was last seen. Following new leads in the disappearance of Ben Needham, South Yorkshire Police, leading the investigation, began excavations in an olive grove on the island on Monday. A "vast number" of bones had been unearthed but discounted as belonging to animals, Detective Inspector Jon Cousins said on the site, and pie
  
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• Alton Towers victim: 'I used to be confident'

  27-09-2016 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alton Towers victim Chanda Chauhan was sitting in the second row of the Smiler carriage with her daughter when it crashed.
  
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• UK retail sales suffer September setback - CBI

  27-09-2016 14:18
  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales fell unexpectedly this month after a strong showing in August, according to a survey published on Tuesday, contrasting with robust figures since June's vote to leave the European Union. The Confederation of British Industry said its retail sales balance dropped to -8 in September from a six-month high of +9 in August. British retail spending has mostly held up well since June's referendum vote to leave the European Union, with the labour
  
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• The new Barnardo's advert is such a tear-jerker that the charity has had to apologise

  27-09-2016 14:09
  The advert’s inspirational message hit viewers hard.
  
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• Britain's first U.S. shale gas delivery arrives in stormy Scotland

  27-09-2016 14:09
  By Russell Cheyne GRANGEMOUTH, Scotland (Reuters) - Britain's first shale gas delivery from the United States sailed into a heated European political debate on fracking on Tuesday and immediately ran into its first practical problem - the Scottish weather. The huge "Ineos Insight" tanker had entered the Firth of Forth at sunrise, a lone Scots piper playing on its bow, as it headed for the Grangemouth refinery, west of Edinburgh. "The Insight vessel was unable to dock at the port due to high wind
  
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• Sam Allardyce facing sack as England football manager after one game

  27-09-2016 14:08
  
  The FA is considering sacking Sam Allardyce after he was exposed attempting to broker a £400,000 deal and discussing ways to evade strict rules on third-party ownership. Chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn met at Wembley before 8am and will hear from Allardyce before making a final decision. Allardyce will tell the FA that he is deeply embarrassed about the expose, but believes his comments were ill-advised rather than corrupt.
  
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• Can 'Big Sam' survive after just one game in charge of England?

  27-09-2016 14:03
  Sam Allardyce's chances of overseeing a second England match rest on the Football Association's appetite for embarrassment and ridicule, and his ability to explain his apparently detailed knowledge of the wrinkles in football's rules regarding agents, transfers and the issue of third-party ownership. The Telegraph's secretly-recorded expose of Allardyce, as published thus far, is simultaneously revealing and excruciating, but not, without further context, immediately fatal. On the face of what h
  
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• Alton Towers owner fined £5m over Smiler rollercoaster crash

  27-09-2016 14:03
  
  The judge at Stafford Crown Court said the relatives and the injured had shown “great courage and fortitude” in the aftermath of the crash.
  
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• British court fines Merlin 5 million pounds over rollercoaster crash

  27-09-2016 13:52
  A British court fined Merlin Entertainments 5 million pounds on Tuesday over a rollercoaster crash at its Alton Towers theme park in June last year that seriously injured five people. Merlin, the world's second-biggest visitor attractions group behind Walt Disney, admitted breaching health and safety rules over the accident on "The Smiler" ride at the theme park in central England. The fine was announced at Stafford Crown Court, central England.
  
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• Labour MPs ramp up security as threats rise

  27-09-2016 13:23
  Dozens of Labour MPs have had their security ramped up in recent weeks amid continuing threats and following the shocking killing of Jo Cox. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) carried out a review of security measures and set aside additional funds for each member of parliament earlier this year. There have been a spate of attacks aimed at Labour MPs over the summer, including a brick thrown through the window of Angela Eagle's office in Wallasey following her dec
  
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• First US shale gas shipment arrives at Grangemouth in Scotland

  27-09-2016 13:22
  
  A controversial shipment of shale gas has been imported to the UK from the United States. The company INEOS sailed 27,500 cubic metres of the ethane gas on the ship JS Ineon Insight, which is docked at its Grangemouth plant on the Firth of Forth. Journalists at Grangemouth were treated to a glossy video and soft music, as executives stared into the middle distance.
  
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• Time Out to run food and drink markets in London and Porto

  27-09-2016 13:17
  Time Out, best known for its listings magazines, said on Tuesday it was close to setting up its own food and drink markets in London and Porto, after the British firm's first such venture attracted more than a million visitors in Lisbon. Chief Executive Julio Bruno said revenue at Time Out Market Lisbon had more than doubled in the six months to the end of June, as 1.3 million visitors ate and drank at the collection of 24 hand-picked restaurants and eight bars at the site it runs. "We are in ve
  
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