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• I'm traumatised by Trump, says Cher, warning that this election will 'change America'

  30-09-2016 23:36
  
  The actress and singer was launching a campaign to free animals in captivity.
  
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• FA could ban Sam Allardyce - as its chief exec says Arsene Wenger 'fits criteria perfectly' as possible replacement - Telegraph.co.uk

  30-09-2016 23:31 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  FA could ban Sam Allardyce - as its chief exec says Arsene Wenger 'fits criteria perfectly' as possible replacement
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  Sam Allardyce is facing a Football Association fine or even being banned by his former employer over his comments on circumnavigating the rules on third-party ownership, made to Telegraph undercover reporters, in addition to losing his job as England ...
  FA chief: Wenger has 'perfect criteria' for England and Allardyce could face banThe Guardia
  
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• Monarch holidays protection extended

  30-09-2016 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Budget airline Monarch receives an extension to its licence to sell package holidays and says it has secured "significant" new investment from shareholders.
  
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• Are India and Pakistan going to war?

  30-09-2016 22:07
  
  India says it has struck militants across the Kashmir frontier.
  
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• Desmond Carrington leaves BBC Radio 2

  30-09-2016 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Veteran broadcaster Desmond Carrington announces he is leaving BBC Radio 2, bringing a 70-year broadcasting career to a close.
  
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• Heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury tests positive for cocaine

  30-09-2016 20:59
  
  The fighter only recently announced another postponement to his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, citing medical reasons.
  
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• Granny-sitter wanted ad gets huge response

  30-09-2016 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple from London are inundated with responses to their advert looking for help caring for their elderly grandmother in return for free accommodation in the capital.
  
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• Football corruption scandal: Premier League manager bribes claim a lie - agent

  30-09-2016 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The agent at the centre of English football's corruption scandal says his claim eight current and ex-Premier League bosses took bribes was a lie.
  
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• Nightclub criticised after handing out potentially 'unsafe' condoms

  30-09-2016 19:49
  
  They were part of a Freshers’ Week promotion for students.
  
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• Back on top

  30-09-2016 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former X Factor winner speaks openly about his battle with anxiety and how his career rose, fell and has risen again.
  
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• Ryder Cup 2016: United States lead Europe 4-0 after foursomes at Hazeltine

  30-09-2016 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The United States whitewash Europe in the opening foursomes to take a 4-0 lead on the first morning of the Ryder Cup.
  
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• Kicking off the heels

  30-09-2016 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As market research shows that women of all ages prefer flat shoes, it raises the question whether high heels have fallen out of fashion in favour of trainers and flats.
  
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• May to set out vision of Brexit 'success' as some investors fret

  30-09-2016 19:02
  By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will set out her vision of a successful Brexit on Sunday as investors raise growing concern that the world's fifth largest economy could face upheaval from a disorderly exit from the European Union. The June 23 Brexit vote took many investors and chief executives by surprise, triggering the deepest political and financial turmoil in Britain since World War Two and the biggest ever one-day fall in sterling against the dollar. May'
  
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• James Arthur: X Factor star tops chart with comeback single

  30-09-2016 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former X Factor winner James Arthur is back at the top of the UK singles chart, almost four years since his last number one.
  
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• Britain must maintain close EU police links post Brexit - NCA chief

  30-09-2016 18:13
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must maintain its close ties with European law enforcement agencies after it leaves the bloc, a senior British police chief said on Friday, amid concern that the country's security could be damaged by leaving the EU. Security was cited as a major issue by those who wanted Britain to remain in the European Union, including Prime Minister Theresa May, and the head of the bloc's law enforcement agency Europol has warned Brexit would have serious conseque
  
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• Mind your trap - Londoners in anti-Tube Chat campaign

  30-09-2016 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  London commuters attempt to prove they are insular and unfriendly by wearing badges discouraging fellow passengers from talking to them.
  
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• Caroline Aherne’s brother: ‘I thought she would survive’

  30-09-2016 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Caroline Aherne’s brother has told BBC Radio 5 live’s Emma Barnett that he thought his sister would survive cancer.
  
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• Daniel Craig still first choice for Bond, says producer

  30-09-2016 16:51
  The team behind the James Bond films wants Daniel Craig to return as 007, the spy series' executive producer said on Friday, even after the British actor said he would rather slash his wrists than appear again. The 48-year-old star was "absolutely the first choice ... We would love Daniel to return as Bond," Callum McDougall told BBC radio. Craig said last year he was "over" the role after filming wrapped up on the last instalment "Spectre", which went on to gross $880 million worldwide.
  
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• Business rate rise to push up cost of broadband, BT says

  30-09-2016 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BT condemns "excessive" new business rates, which it says will push up the cost of broadband services.
  
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• Wealth of people in their 30s has 'halved in a decade'

  30-09-2016 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People in their early 30s are "half as wealthy" as those now in their 40s were at the same age, a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds.
  
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• Graves row delays Ben Needham dig

  30-09-2016 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The search for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos is temporarily halted because of a dispute over archaeological remains.
  
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• Are high heels falling out of favour?

  30-09-2016 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Figures show that for the first time, UK women bought more trainers than heels in 2016.
  
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• The number of drunk drivers involved in accidents has risen for the first time in a decade

  30-09-2016 15:44
  
  The Department for Transport said it is working with safety groups on “common sense proposals”.
  
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• Abuse victims 'saddened' as Ben Emmerson QC quits inquiry

  30-09-2016 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Victims say they are "saddened" by the resignation of Ben Emmerson QC, the most senior lawyer on the independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse.
  
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• The heroin overdose antidote saving lives

  30-09-2016 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Victoria Derbyshire presenter Joanna Gosling speaks to Karl Price, a former drug user who has been saved from dying of an overdose by naloxone on three occasions.
  
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• Rosetta mission: 'Really sad, but the legacy lives on'

  30-09-2016 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Professor Monica Grady of the Open University gives her reaction to the Rosetta probe crash landing into the comet it has been studying for two years.
  
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• Rosetta: British scientists and role of UK Space Agency

  30-09-2016 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Where now for British scientists and plans to explore the galaxy?
  
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• Heroin cure?

  30-09-2016 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A heroin overdose antidote kit has saved hundreds of lives since a change in UK law one year ago - but does it make heroin users feel it is safer to use the drug?
  
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• Baroness Thatcher's outfits donated to V&A

  30-09-2016 14:39
  
  Baroness Thatcher famously carried a handbag, but you won’t see one on show at the V&A.
  
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• Ann Emery, star of Rentaghost and Billy Elliot, dies at 86

  30-09-2016 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ann Emery, the veteran actress who played Ethel Meaker in children's show Rentaghost, dies at the age of 86.
  
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• New generation

  30-09-2016 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As a report suggests younger generations have less wealth than their parents, here are the ways being born in the 90s makes your life better.
  
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• Conwy 140mph biker caught by his own camera

  30-09-2016 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two motorcyclists showed "utter disregard" for road users by reaching speeds of 140mph and pulling "wheelies" on country roads, a judge has said.
  
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• After Nissan ultimatum, Jaguar Land Rover says Brexit must be fair for all

  30-09-2016 13:20
  By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover will "realign its thinking" on investment after Britain's vote to leave the EU and if Nissan gets a Brexit compensation deal then other automakers would need a level playing field, Britain's biggest carmaker said. Chief Executive Ralf Speth told Reuters on Friday that there had been signs that some customers in Europe, Jaguar Land Rover's biggest market, no longer wanted to buy British cars after the Brexit vote.
  
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• Driver Joshua Dobby admits causing Penge deaths but denies manslaughter

  30-09-2016 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who ran over and killed a child actor and his aunt during a police chase admits causing their deaths.
  
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• UK service firms defy Brexit, put BoE on spot over rates

  30-09-2016 12:00
  By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's giant services sector grew strongly in July, according to official data giving the clearest sign to date that the economy did not slump immediately into a major slowdown after the country's vote in June to leave the EU. The Office for National Statistics also said economic growth was stronger than it previously thought in the run-up to the June 23 referendum as consumers and businesses increased their spending, despite the appr
  
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• World leaders offer their tributes at Shimon Peres's funeral

  30-09-2016 11:57
  
  Dignitaries including Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have paid their respects.
  
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• Britain's child abuse inquiry denies crisis as top lawyer quits

  30-09-2016 11:33
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's beleaguered national inquiry into child sex abuse, one of its largest and most expensive ever undertaken, has denied it is in crisis after its most senior lawyer became the latest figure to quit. Since then it has suffered numerous setbacks and three figures appointed to lead the investigations have stepped down, the latest being New Zealand High Court Judge Lowell Goddard who resigned in August. In the latest blow, Ben Emmerson, the most senior law
  
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• Daniel Craig 'first choice' for next James Bond

  30-09-2016 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Next James Bond film is Daniel Craig's if he wants it, says executive producer
  
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• Dodging the debate

  30-09-2016 10:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Cameron was reportedly "slightly freaked" at the prospect of televised debates with other party leaders in 2015 - will the format survive at the next election?
  
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• UK service sector grows strongly in July despite Brexit vote, second quarter growth revised up

  30-09-2016 10:36
  Britain's giant services sector grew much more strongly than expected in July in the clearest sign to date that the economy did not slow sharply after the shock of the country's Brexit vote in June. The Office for National Statistics also said the economy grew more quickly than previously thought in the April-June period, which mostly covered the run-up to the referendum. "Together this fresh data tends to support the view that there has been no sign of an immediate shock to the economy, althoug
  
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• Supermarkets 'bake bread to lure shoppers'

  30-09-2016 09:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Supermarkets in the UK deliberately overproduce in-store baked bread to keep shelves full as a marketing ploy, food waste charities claim.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the independent inquiry into child sex abuse

  30-09-2016 09:27
  
  It has found itself in difficulties from the outset.
  
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• Birmingham has thrown its hat in the ring for the 2026 Commonwealth Games

  30-09-2016 08:31
  
  The Midlands city joins the likes of Liverpool and Auckland.
  
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• UK consumer confidence surges to pre-Brexit levels - survey

  30-09-2016 08:23
  British consumer morale rocketed back to pre-Brexit levels in September, a survey found, confounding expectations that the vote to leave the EU would wreak more lasting damage on Briton's willingness to spend. Market research firm GfK's gauge of consumer confidence suffered its sharpest drop in over 26 years in July as economists said Brexit would pitch the economy into recession, but data suggests Britain has avoided a rapid slump. The GfK index, based on an online poll of 2,000 people, rose to
  
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• UK house prices rise more slowly in September - Nationwide

  30-09-2016 08:21
  British house prices rose more slowly in September than in August, according to figures from mortgage lender Nationwide, adding to signs of a cooling in the housing market after voters decided in June to leave the European Union. In monthly terms, house prices rose by 0.3 percent, also slowing from a rise of 0.6 percent in August.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: Further football finance claims on front pages

  30-09-2016 07:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Daily Telegraph makes more allegations about financial dealings in football, while in other news restaurants are told to slim down the size of their puddings.
  
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• Blossoms' time

  30-09-2016 06:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But in a video documenting what they call a "life-changing" summer, the band's told Newsbeat this is "just the start".
  
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• China nuclear firm expects go-ahead for another plant in Britain - Xinhua

  30-09-2016 02:26
  China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) expects its plans for a new China-led nuclear power plant in Britain to win government approval within five years, the firm's chairman said in comments reported by state media late on Thursday. "CGN is conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the power system, site conditions, project plan and investment of the Bradwell B power plant," he said, according to the official Xinhua news agency. "We will officially submit our materials for the Generic Desi
  
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• Princess Charlotte says first word in public on Canadian tour

  30-09-2016 01:51
  TORONTO (Reuters) - Britain's Princess Charlotte, 1, spoke for the first time in public on Thursday during her family's Canadian tour, uttering the word "pop" while she and her brother played with balloons. Britain's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are on week-long trip to Canada. It was the first time the couple have brought their children Charlotte and George, 3, on an official visit to the country. (Reporting by Jeffrey Hodgson; Editing by Sandra Maler)
  
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• Back in the country

  30-09-2016 01:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Shires made history when they became the first British country band to score a top 10 album - but can they repeat that success on the other side of the Atlantic with their new record, My Universe?
  
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