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• Greater Manchester Police's cryptic handbag tweet has left people absolutely baffled

  05-10-2016 21:40
  
  What’s who hiding? Who’s she? Huh?!
  
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• The Fake Sheikh has been convicted of perjury - and so we finally get to see his face

  05-10-2016 21:38
  
  He’s now facing jail time and a string of multimillion-pound lawsuits.
  
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• With high chairs and speech bubbles, London Frieze art fair opens

  05-10-2016 21:32
  From high chairs to balloons shaped like cartoon speech bubbles, artworks from around the world go on display at Frieze London this week, a huge fair mixing creations by new artists and more established names. In marquees installed in the British capital's central Regents Park, the exhibition and marketplace will draw together works from more than 160 galleries from around the world. On display are installations including Philippe Parreno's orange inflatable "Speech Bubbles" and Jesse Darling's
  
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• 'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood guilty over Tulisa case

  05-10-2016 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Undercover journalist Mazher Mahmood, known as the Fake Sheikh, is found guilty of plotting to change a witness statement in a case involving singer Tulisa Contostavlos.
  
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• Moment 401 marathon man Ben Smith crosses finish line

  05-10-2016 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Smith has completed 401 marathons in 401 days to raise money for anti-bullying charities.
  
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• Party hats in the ring

  05-10-2016 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who are the contenders to succeed Diane James as UKIP leader, after her shock resignation 18 days in to the job?
  
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• Ben Smith completes 401st marathon in 401 days

  05-10-2016 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A runner completes the final run of his 401 marathon challenge which started last September to raise awareness of bullying.
  
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• Footage shows caged puppies sold as home-reared

  05-10-2016 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three women and a man have admitted fraud in connection with the sale of hundreds of puppies, some of whom died or suffered serious health problems.
  
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• Joey Barton: Rangers midfielder charged with breaking gambling rules

  05-10-2016 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rangers midfielder Joey Barton is charged with breaking rules relating to gambling on football matches.
  
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• Rod Temperton: Thriller songwriter dies aged 66

  05-10-2016 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rod Temperton, the British songwriter best known for penning Michael Jackson's Thriller and Rock With You, dies at the age of 66.
  
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• Brexit legal challenger to PM May - We are not subverting democracy

  05-10-2016 19:01
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The investment manager behind a legal challenge over Britain's exit from the European Union said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Theresa May was wrong to suggest that people bringing such cases were attempting to subvert democracy. May said on Sunday that those who are arguing that parliament should first approve triggering the formal divorce from the EU were "not standing up for democracy, they’re trying to subvert it". Gina Mill
  
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• Alleged Ched Evans victim 'woke naked'

  05-10-2016 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman allegedly raped by footballer Ched Evans said she woke up naked in a hotel room alone and could not remember how she had got there, a court hears.
  
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• Brosettes rejoice!

  05-10-2016 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After announcing their reunion to the world, Bros sit down to discuss their comeback with the BBC.
  
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• Stephen Port 'drugged four murder victims for sex'

  05-10-2016 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A chef murdered four men he met on gay networking sites by giving them fatal doses of the drug GHB, a court hears.
  
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• Pound down, stocks up, economy flat: What do Brexit swings mean for you?

  05-10-2016 18:11
  By Guy Faulconbridge, Jamie McGeever and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling has tumbled to a 31-year low, but British stocks are near a record high and, contrary to many expert forecasts, the shock of Brexit has not pushed the British economy off a cliff. Depending on which part of the financial universe you look at, the outlook for UK Plc following the June 23 vote to leave the European Union can appear equally bright or bleak. Sterling's plunge makes Britain's exports more competitive
  
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• South Elmsall electrocution: Boy, 12, dies in hospital

  05-10-2016 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A boy dies two days after he received electrical burns on a railway line in West Yorkshire.
  
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• UK defence minister launches new nuclear submarine programme

  05-10-2016 17:49
  BARROW-IN-FURNESS, England (Reuters) - The building of four new nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy began on Wednesday, part of a multi-billion pound update of Britain's defence programme providing thousands of jobs. Defence Minister Michael Fallon attended a steel-cutting ceremony at BAE Systems in the northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness to mark the start of manufacturing on the "Successor" models, an update of Britain's nuclear deterrent. Lawmakers backed renewing Britain's ageing nuc
  
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• 8 things we learned from Theresa May's keynote speech

  05-10-2016 17:32
  
  Including how Ed Miliband just could not resist a dig.
  
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• Girl, 5, meets homeless after Facebook rant at PM

  05-10-2016 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A five-year-old girl who criticised the prime minister for not doing enough to help homeless people has been to meet some of those living life on the streets.
  
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• More young people in UK 'identifying as LGB', ONS finds

  05-10-2016 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The proportion of young people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual has increased, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
  
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• TalkTalk handed record fine for failing to prevent 2015 cyber attack

  05-10-2016 17:18
  
  Personal data belonging to more than 150,000 customers was said to have been accessed.
  
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• Three scientists, including a Scottish-born knight, share Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on nano-machines

  05-10-2016 17:13
  
  The trio were given the award for helping pioneer molecular devices.
  
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• Theresa May: I'll use power of state to build fairer Britain

  05-10-2016 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Conservatives will use the power of government to "restore fairness", Theresa May tells her party's annual conference.
  
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• Diversity in focus at this year's London Film Festival

  05-10-2016 16:59
  "A United Kingdom", based on a true story about a British woman marrying an African prince in the 1940s and facing opposition, will start the proceedings when its stars Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo walk the red carpet in Leicester Square later on Wednesday. "We need to see more films that reflect the society we actually live in," Oyelowo told Reuters in an interview to promote "A United Kingdom". Oliver Stone's "Snowden", about former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, and fa
  
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• Sian Blake death: Arthur Simpson-Kent given life sentence

  05-10-2016 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The partner of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake is given a whole life tariff for killing her and their two children.
  
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• Starbucks is giving away free tea tomorrow to celebrate its new range

  05-10-2016 16:50
  
  That’s Thursday October 6. Write it in your diary.
  
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• Left-wing lawyers, the working class and Labour: Theresa May's keynote Tory speech digested

  05-10-2016 16:49
  
  The Prime Minister steered clear of her line “Brexit means Brexit” to champion the working class and the middle ground of British politics.
  
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• More young people are identifying as LGB than ever before

  05-10-2016 16:44
  
  In 2015, 3.3% identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual.
  
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• Foreign workers

  05-10-2016 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Small business owners react to government proposals that could require companies to disclose what percentage of their workforce is non-British.
  
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• Shakespeare’s sisters

  05-10-2016 15:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kim Kardashian West might be today's leading lady, but teenage girls could learn a lot more from Shakespeare's heroines, a head teacher claims. So what did they know that might help teenagers today?
  
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• Scotland's Sturgeon slams PM May's 'ugly' Brexit Britain

  05-10-2016 15:42
  Prime Minister Theresa May's vision of a new Britain is an ugly one where people are judged on their passport rather than their contribution to society, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday. "It is a vision the Scottish Government wants no part of, and one which we will never subscribe to," Sturgeon, whose nationalist party is not ruling out a new Scottish independence vote, said in a statement. Plans by the Conservative Party to look at whether hiring foreign workers shou
  
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• Breaking with Conservative past, May proffers her new vision for Britain

  05-10-2016 15:32
  By Elizabeth Piper, William James and Kylie MacLellan BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May laid out her vision for post-Brexit Britain on Wednesday, calling for a new approach to government that serves working-class people who voted to leave the European Union in protest at the elite. Appointed just three months ago after the referendum on EU membership forced the resignation of her predecessor David Cameron, May sought in her closing speech at the ruling Conservative Party
  
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• Nigel Farage steps back in at UKIP as Diane James quits

  05-10-2016 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage is back as UK Independence Party leader - on a temporary basis - after Diane James resigns after 18 days.
  
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• Brexit without parliamentary vote not illegitimate, Northern Ireland court told

  05-10-2016 14:51
  By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - It is not "illegitimate" for Britain's prime minister to begin the process of leaving the European Union without parliamentary approval, a lawyer representing the government told a Northern Ireland court hearing on Wednesday. A cross-party group of politicians, including members of the British province's two largest Irish nationalist parties, has brought a High Court challenge of plans to leave the EU, arguing that a vote in the Northern Ireland regional as
  
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• Backlash over 'unsettling' proposal that could see firms list foreign workers - BT.com

  05-10-2016 14:50 via home.bt.com
  
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  World leaders dismayed at UK plans to curb foreign workers
  
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• Bank of England faces quandary as UK weathers early Brexit hit

  05-10-2016 14:35
  By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England, which signalled a few weeks ago that a fresh interest rate cut was likely next month, has been put on the spot by signs that Britain's economy has weathered the initial shock of the Brexit vote better than expected. While the prospect of a rocky divorce from Europe means Britain may need further stimulus from the BoE at some point, a survey of the huge services sector released on Wednesday suggested the economy has so far avoided a sha
  
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• UK 'fake sheikh' reporter guilty of plot to alter evidence in celebrity case

  05-10-2016 14:22
  Mazher Mahmood, one of Britain's best known undercover reporters renowned for his "fake sheikh" sting operations, was facing jail on Wednesday after being convicted of plotting to alter evidence in a high-profile court case where he was the main witness. Mahmood, whose elaborate disguises have duped criminals, celebrities, sporting figures and even royalty, conspired to alter a police statement during the 2014 drugs prosecution of Tulisa Contostavlos, a singer and former judge of the British ver
  
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• Faking it

  05-10-2016 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The so-called Fake Sheikh, Mazher Mahmood, has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice. Here are some of his most high-profile tabloid stings.
  
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• Unveiling a new vision for Britain, May demands a fairer society

  05-10-2016 14:15
  British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled on Wednesday what she called a new "vision" for the ruling Conservatives, to serve the country by spreading wealth more evenly and becoming the party for "ordinary working class people". May, speaking on the final day of the Conservative Party's annual conference, told members the government must tackle the problems which spurred millions of Britons to vote to leave the European Union at a referendum on June 23 - a decision she said was part of a prote
  
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• May says low rates and QE have bad side-effects, need change

  05-10-2016 14:14
  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that there had been bad side-effects from the Bank of England's emergency measures to protect the economy since the financial crisis and the time had come for a new approach to spurring growth. "While monetary policy with super-low interest rates and quantitative easing provided the necessary emergency medicine after the financial crash, we have to acknowledge that there have been some bad side-effects," May said in a speech to the annual conference o
  
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• GB demand for Irish passports doubles post-Brexit vote

  05-10-2016 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of applications for Irish passports from people living in Great Britain almost doubles following the Brexit vote.
  
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• Flexible working: Why are high earners more likely to benefit?

  05-10-2016 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are flexible working arrangements only for the well off?
  
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• Theresa May re-brands Labour 'The Nasty Party' at Conservative Party conference

  05-10-2016 14:10
  
  Theresa May said that the Labour Party is “not just divided, but divisive”.
  
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• Every 18-year-old in the EU could be getting a free InterRail pass worth £421

  05-10-2016 13:42
  
  The proposal is aimed at bringing young Europeans together and to foster support for the EU.
  
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• Wolf-whistling is a compliment, says Joanna Lumley

  05-10-2016 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Actor and campaigner Joanna Lumley says wolf-whistling is a compliment, claiming that people have become "sensitive flowers" who are "offended by everything".
  
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• Bros brothers reunite for 30th anniversary concert

  05-10-2016 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Matt and Luke Goss, the twin brothers from 1980s boy band Bros, reunite to mark the group's 30th anniversary.
  
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• Name of the game

  05-10-2016 11:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Instead of the footballing cliche about "men against boys", the recent Women's Super League Cup final was a case of "women" against "ladies". Does the name matter?
  
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• UK should "flush out" firms not doing enough to hire Britons - minister

  05-10-2016 11:47
  The government wants to "flush out" businesses that are not doing enough to try and hire British workers before recruiting foreign staff, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said on Wednesday. The comment follows Rudd's announcement to the ruling Conservative Party's conference on Tuesday that she would launch a review into whether recruiting foreign workers should be made harder, an idea condemned by employer groups. Concerns over immigration were a key factor in Britain's vote to leave the European Unio
  
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• 'Hard Brexit' could cost British finance firms 38 billion pounds

  05-10-2016 11:33
  By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial industry could lose up to 38 billion pounds in revenue in a so-called 'hard Brexit' that would leave it with restricted access to the European Union's single market, according to a report commissioned by an industry group. If finance firms lose the right to freely sell their services across Europe, 75,000 jobs may disappear and the government may lose up to 10 billion pounds in tax revenue, the report by consultancy firm Oliver Wyman sai
  
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• Stepping out

  05-10-2016 11:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Theresa May gives her first speech to party conference as leader, what did her predecessors say and how were they received?
  
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