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• Three wounded in a South Carolina primary school shooting

  28-09-2016 23:45
  
  A suspect is now in custody.
  
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• William and Kate sent their first joint tweet, but not in the way you might think

  28-09-2016 22:11
  
  Who needs a laptop when you can use a telegraph machine?
  
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• Momentum vice-chair Jackie Walker has been accused of anti-Semitism

  28-09-2016 19:52
  
  Footage has emerged after Jeremy Corbyn called for an end to the “abuse and hate” in the Labour Party.
  
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• Britain, France to sign Hinkley Point nuclear deal on Thursday - sources

  28-09-2016 19:07
  LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - The British government and France's EDF will officially sign a contract to build Britain's first new nuclear power plant in a generation on Thursday, after months of wrangling over the involvement of EDF's Chinese partner, sources said. British, French and Chinese government officials will be among those attending the signing ceremony in London on Thursday afternoon, which will formalise the deal for French state-controlled utility EDF to build the Hinkley Point C plant
  
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• This coffee claims to give you an erection... but possibly a lot more too

  28-09-2016 18:45
  
  Would you try a Stiff Bull in the morning?
  
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• Absolutely everything you need to know about Jeremy Corbyn's rousing party speech

  28-09-2016 18:39
  
  The Labour party leader denounced hate and promised to end arms deals with Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Davis Love III has given the US the best chance of Ryder Cup success, says Phil Mickelson - SkySports

  28-09-2016 18:33 via skysports.com
  
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  Davis Love III has given the US the best chance of Ryder Cup success, says Phil Mickelson
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  Phil Mickelson believes poor preparation for the Ryder Cup is now a thing of the past as he saluted Davis Love III for putting the US team in a "position to succeed" while hitting out at the failed approaches of previous captains. Mickelson caused huge ...
  Phil Mickelson takes aim at former US captains as he suggests team are better prepared than previous yearsDaily Mail
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• US to send 'around 600' more troops to Iraq: US officials - Daily Mail

  28-09-2016 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  US to send 'around 600' more troops to Iraq: US officials
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  The United States is ready to send around 600 troops to Iraq to train local forces for an upcoming offensive on the Islamic State group stronghold of Mosul, US officials told AFP on Wednesday. IS seized Mosul along with other areas in June 2014, but ...
  Pentagon to send about 600 more troops to Iraq for Mosul offensiveLos Angeles Times
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• Sam Allardyce: a history of suspicion and a dream job that ended after 67 days - The Guardian

  28-09-2016 18:13 via theguardian.com
  
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  Sam Allardyce: a history of suspicion and a dream job that ended after 67 days
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  Somewhere in the Football Association's Wembley archives, next to the battered bid books for the failed attempts to host 2006 and 2018 World Cup tournaments and Charles Hughes's coaching manual, sit the files from a series of investigations in the ...
  Sam Allardyce seen texting after being FORCED TO QUIT £3m-a-year England jobDaily Mail
  Gareth Southgate as England manager: Three questi
  
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• Liberty bid for two Tata Steel UK units worth nearly 100 million pounds - source

  28-09-2016 18:09
  Industrial and commodity group Liberty House's bid for Tata Steel UK's speciality steel and pipe businesses is worth nearly 100 million pounds, an industry source told Reuters on Wednesday. Britain's largest steelmaker paused the sale of its major UK assets in July to explore a joint venture with Germany's Thyssenkrupp , but proceeded with separate talks to sell its speciality and pipe businesses. The businesses employ around 2,000 people directly, but up to 8,000 jobs would be at risk in sector
  
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• End 'trench warfare', Corbyn urges Labour

  28-09-2016 18:07
  By Elizabeth Piper and William James LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, called on his MPs on Wednesday to end "trench warfare" and unite to challenge the ruling Conservatives and deliver "socialism of the 21st century". Corbyn, re-elected as leader at the weekend after a divisive contest, said he wanted to win back trust in Labour. The party was dealt a crushing election defeat by the ruling Conservatives last year, when many voters cast doubt on whether th
  
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• LSE/Deutsche Börse offer to sell French clearing to appease EU - Financial Times

  28-09-2016 18:04 via ft.com
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  LSE/Deutsche Börse offer to sell French clearing to appease EU
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  The London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Börse have offered to sell the UK group's French clearing business as the two exchanges try to fend off concerns in Brussels that their potential merger will damage European capital markets.and more »
  
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• Apple to create London home at Battersea Power Station - BBC News

  28-09-2016 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Apple to create London home at Battersea Power Station
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  Technology giant Apple is to make Battersea Power Station the home of its new London headquarters. The famed Grade II listed building, which features four towering chimneys, is currently undergoing a multibillion-pound restoration. The firm will become ...
  Apple chooses Battersea Power Station for new London HQFinancial Times
  Apple to create new UK headquarters at London's Battersea Power StationTelegraph.co.uk
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• MH17: How investigators were able to prove rebels shot down plane with missile from Russia - The Independent

  28-09-2016 17:52 via independent.co.uk
  
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  MH17: How investigators were able to prove rebels shot down plane with missile from Russia
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• First pictures of young Matalan couple 'stabbed to death' outside shopping centre after finishing night shift - Mirror.co.uk

  28-09-2016 17:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  First pictures of young Matalan couple 'stabbed to death' outside shopping centre after finishing night shift
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  These are the first pictures of the young couple who were allegedly stabbed to death on one of Britain's busiest high streets in the early hours of today. Zoe Morgan, 21, and Lee Simmons, 33, who both worked for Matalan, were found dead outside the ...
  Cardiff Queen Street: Murder arrest after double stabbingBBC News
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• Shimon Peres death: Bill Clinton and Prince Charles to attend funeral - The Guardian

  28-09-2016 17:07 via theguardian.com
  
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  Shimon Peres death: Bill Clinton and Prince Charles to attend funeral
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  International figures led by François Hollande, Bill Clinton and Prince Charles will gather in Jerusalem on Friday for the funeral of Shimon Peres, one of Israel's defining political figures and a Nobel peace prize laureate, who died on Wednesday aged 93.
  Clinton to miss Peres funeral that Israel said she would attend amid faltering poll numbersDaily Mail
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• Royal property manager jailed over corrupt payments

  28-09-2016 17:03
  A former deputy property manager in the British royal household was jailed on Wednesday over corrupt payments linked to the awarding of building work contracts at Buckingham Palace and other royal homes. Ronald Harper was sentenced to five years in prison at Southwark Crown Court for conspiracy to make corrupt payments, prosecutors said. Harper worked with an annual budget of 2.3 million pounds and was able to authorise orders worth up to 30,000 pounds, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
  
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• Labour Party Conference 2016 live: Watch Jeremy Corbyn's keynote speech urging members to unite for an election - Mirror.co.uk

  28-09-2016 16:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Labour Party Conference 2016 live: Watch Jeremy Corbyn's keynote speech urging members to unite for an election
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• Syria war: Those bombing Aleppo 'must answer to God' - Pope - BBC News

  28-09-2016 16:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Syria war: Those bombing Aleppo 'must answer to God' - Pope
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  Pope Francis has decried the bombing of Aleppo in Syria, saying those responsible for killing civilians will have to answer to God. Speaking in St Peter's Square in Rome, he called it "an already martyred city, where everybody is dying". Russian-backed ...
  Syria war: Aleppo pushed even closer to the brink as air strikes hit two major hospitalsThe Independent
  Warplanes knock out Aleppo hospital as Russian-backed a
  
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• Apple to make landmark Battersea Power Station its new London home

  28-09-2016 16:28
  Technology giant Apple said on Wednesday it is moving its London headquarters to the landmark Battersea Power Station, a move hailed by the government as a sign that major firms are still investing after the Brexit vote.
  
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• Apple is setting up its London HQ in Battersea Power Station

  28-09-2016 15:31
  
  Approximately 500,000 sq ft will be used by Apple in the central boiler house of the former coal-fired power station.
  
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• 'I won't be silent': Read Serena Williams' heartfelt comments on police shootings

  28-09-2016 14:59
  
  “As Dr Martin Luther King said: ‘There comes a time when silence is betrayal.’”
  
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• Britain sets out reasons to bypass parliament over EU divorce papers

  28-09-2016 14:53
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The British government's legal reasons for stating that Prime Minister Theresa May has the power to begin divorce proceedings from the European Union without parliament's authority were made public for the first time on Wednesday. In its submission, the government said this argument was unfounded.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt wins High Court battle with junior doctors over contract

  28-09-2016 14:48
  
  Justice Green concluded that Hunt had approved the contract but had not compelled employers to adopt it.
  
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• Sainsbury's is actually making cheese from coconuts and vegans are super excited

  28-09-2016 14:30
  
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• Pharma chief who raised price of malaria medication raffles chance to punch him in the face

  28-09-2016 14:25
  
  Shkreli came under fire last year for raising the price of a life-saving malaria drug by 5,000%.
  
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• Court ban over Pippa Middleton hacked iCloud photos

  28-09-2016 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A High Court judge has banned the publication of photographs allegedly stolen from Pippa Middleton's iCloud account.
  
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• Unarmed black man dies after being shot by California police

  28-09-2016 12:48
  
  Police arrived on the scene after receiving calls of a man “not acting himself” in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon.
  
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• Pippa wins court ban on hacked photos

  28-09-2016 12:47
  Pippa Middleton, younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, won a court injunction on Wednesday banning publication of 3,000 photos allegedly hacked from her iCloud account. No details of the photos have been made public but newspapers have speculated they include images of the Duchess, Kate Middleton, her husband Prince William and the couple's children Prince George and Princess Charlotte, who are currently touring Canada.
  
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• £6,200 Ed Sheeran pig statue bought by... Ed Sheeran

  28-09-2016 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pig-shaped statue of Ed Sheeran was bought by the singer himself, it emerges.
  
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• Funding target reached for hometown sculpture honouring Victoria Wood

  28-09-2016 12:41
  
  Dame Judi Dench previously donated £1,000 to the appeal.
  
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• Ben Needham: Kos search team focuses on 'newly planted tree'

  28-09-2016 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos excavate around a tree apparently planted since his disappearance.
  
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• Sam Allardyce: Ex-England boss unsure on football future

  28-09-2016 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former England boss Sam Allardyce has not ruled out a return to football after leaving his job with the national side in disgrace.
  
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• 'Silly' Allardyce says error of judgement led to shock exit

  28-09-2016 12:21
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - An emotional and apologetic Sam Allardyce headed for the airport on Wednesday, blaming entrapment for his shock exit as England manager but recognising that an error of judgement had led to his downfall. The 61-year-old, who told reporters outside his home in northern England that he was going abroad "to chill out and reflect", refused to rule out an eventual return to soccer. Blasted by the media for hubris and greed, Allardyce was shown the door by England on
  
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• Something in the water?

  28-09-2016 12:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Every day 320 million litres of water travels 73 miles from Wales to Birmingham to fill kettles, baths and boilers. But why does it come so far?
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: No false promises on immigration

  28-09-2016 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour will not "fan the flames of fear" with "false promises" on immigration, Jeremy Corbyn will pledge in his conference speech.
  
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• Belfast man catches 19 rats in 24 hours at home

  28-09-2016 11:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who caught 19 rats at his house within a 24-hour period says his young family have been forced to leave their home.
  
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• Great British Bake Off: Nadiya has had 'no offer' from Channel 4

  28-09-2016 11:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain says she has had "no offers" from Channel 4 to present the show.
  
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• World War Two spy's row with wife 'almost ruined D-Day'

  28-09-2016 11:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A row between a British double agent and his wife during World War Two almost compromised D-Day operations, newly released MI5 files show.
  
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• More UK stimulus probably needed 'at some point' - BoE's Shafik

  28-09-2016 10:56
  Bank of England Deputy Governor Minouche Shafik said she expected the central bank would need to pump more stimulus into Britain's economy "at some point" as it adjusts to the shock of the vote to leave the European Union. "There is no doubt in my mind that the UK is experiencing a sizeable economic shock in the wake of the referendum," Shafik said in a speech she was due to make on Wednesday. The BoE has previously signalled that it was likely to cut interest rates later this year although ther
  
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• Explainer: Who exactly was Shimon Peres?

  28-09-2016 10:42
  
  The Israeli politician passed away this week aged 93.
  
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• Fewer drivers on mobile phones 'caught by police'

  28-09-2016 10:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of drivers caught using a mobile phone behind the wheel has almost halved in five years, the BBC can reveal.
  
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• Widow's frozen embryo case in High Court

  28-09-2016 09:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The widow of a Falklands war veteran who is trying to prevent the destruction of their frozen embryos takes her fight to the High Court on Wednesday.
  
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• Teens with spots tend to stay looking younger for longer, new research suggests

  28-09-2016 08:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adolescents with spots tend to stay looking youthful for longer, new research suggests.
  
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• These adverts were banned for portraying beggars as 'disingenuous and undeserving'

  28-09-2016 08:15
  
  Nottingham City Council has been criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Don't compare me to Trump

  28-09-2016 07:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn says he cannot be compared to Donald Trump
  
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• Twitch and YouTube 'taking misogynistic abuse in gaming seriously'

  28-09-2016 06:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newsbeat's hears from the biggest hosts of online gaming content in the world about the abuse some women face when they stream or share videos.
  
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• Child sex abuse inquiry: Top lawyer 'considering quitting'

  28-09-2016 05:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The most senior lawyer working for the inquiry into child sexual abuse in England and Wales is considering resigning, the BBC understands.
  
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• 'Shamed' Sam Allardyce on every front page - newspaper review

  28-09-2016 05:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From the Financial Times to the Daily Star, the face of Sam Allardyce - now no longer England's football coach - dominates Wednesday's newspapers.
  
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• Did she do it again? Britney's first UK show since 2011

  28-09-2016 02:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pop star Britney Spears stages a stripped-down version of her Las Vegas show in her first UK concert since 2011.
  
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