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• Watch as this headbanger braves Hurricane Matthew in his swim shorts

  08-10-2016 20:37
  
  Yes, you read that right.
  
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• Ukip MEP Steven Woolfe insists bruising is 'not consistent with fall or seizure'

  08-10-2016 20:27
  
  Meanwhile, Mike Hookem has insisted he did not punch Woolfe.
  
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• Philip Hammond names HSBC economist as senior advisor

  08-10-2016 20:11
  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Philip Hammond has appointed HSBC's chief European economist, Karen Ward, to advise him as the country prepares to leave the European Union, the finance ministry said on Saturday. Ward's new role as economic special advisor is an influential backroom position in British politics at a time when Hammond is considering how much to cushion the economic shock of June's vote to leave the EU, and how far to protect Britain's financial servic
  
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• Woman arrested after reportedly brandishing a gun in street

  08-10-2016 18:41
  
  It is believed she was in a stand-off with armed police.
  
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• Mock border posts erected on Northern Irish border in Brexit protest

  08-10-2016 17:25
  By Clodagh Kilcoyne CARRICKCARNON, Ireland (Reuters) - Anti-Brexit campaigners erected six mock customs checkpoints along the Northern Ireland and Irish Republic border on Saturday, in a protest over the possible impact to peace, jobs and the free movement of workers. Northern Ireland, a British province, will be the only land frontier between the United Kingdom and the European Union once Britain leaves and some fear that will mean a return to checks at the border where about 30,000 people cros
  
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• French towns protest plan to take in migrants from Calais - Daily Mail

  08-10-2016 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  French towns protest plan to take in migrants from Calais
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  PIERREFEU, France (AP) — French villagers are protesting the arrival of migrants who are being dispersed around the country as the government shuts down the slum-like camp in Calais that has become a flashpoint in Europe's migrant crisis. Competing ...
  Jungle migrant camp: Faith leaders urge Calais child actionBBC News
  British government bureaucracy is forcing children to stay in the Calais Jungle, charit
  
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• UK businesses urge government to rule out 'worst' Brexit options

  08-10-2016 13:58
  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government needs to immediately rule out leaving the European Union without securing preferential access to the bloc's single market, or investment will suffer, the head of a leading business organization said on Saturday. Financial markets have already reacted to signs Britain could be heading for a 'hard Brexit' with limited access to the bloc, as sterling tumbled to its lowest in 31 years on Friday. Carolyn Fairbairn, director-general of the Conf
  
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• For Scottish shortbread maker, sterling crunch pushes up Brexit costs

  08-10-2016 13:22
  By Elisabeth O'Leary HUNTLY, Scotland (Reuters) - Sterling's plunge since Britain voted to leave the European Union has pushed up costs so much for Scottish shortbread maker Bill Dean that he may have to lift prices to balance the books. Already Dean, who employs 150 people at his factory in the rural northeastern county of Aberdeenshire, has a 3 million pound ($3.7 million) investment plan on hold and says he may eventually have to shrink his business - and his workforce - if costs keep rising.
  
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• Ben Needham: Search for British tot who went missing on Greek island to be extended

  08-10-2016 13:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SEARCH for missing British toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos will be extended by several days, it has been confirmed today.
  
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• UK airport terror fears as ISIS flag 'found stitched inside baggage handler's glove'

  08-10-2016 12:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A BAGGAGE handler at a British airport has been found with an ISIS flag stitched to the inside of their glove, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the UK.
  
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• Children in tears as youths in CLOWN masks terrorise the streets of Britain

  08-10-2016 11:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHILDREN have been left terrified and in floods of tears after youths wearing terrifying clown masks waited outside their school as part of a new craze sweeping Britain.
  
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• EU nationals will be allowed to stay in the UK after Brexit, according to Home Office report

  08-10-2016 09:59
  
  There are currently an estimated 3.6 million EU nationals residing in the UK.
  
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• Police chiefs raise concerns over hate crime spike after EU referendum

  08-10-2016 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POLICE have reported a 'horrible spike' in hate crime after the EU referendum.
  
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• Anti-doping staff visit British Cycling

  08-10-2016 08:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK Anti-Doping visits British Cycling's headquarters in Manchester after allegations of wrongdoing in the sport, but denies making a raid.
  
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• Herbert Kilpin: AC Milan's Nottingham-born founder to be honoured

  08-10-2016 05:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Englishman who is credited with founding football giants AC Milan is to be honoured in Nottingham.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet reshuffle prompts new Labour row

  08-10-2016 04:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is facing a row over his new shadow cabinet, as the chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party says he was not informed about the reshuffle.
  
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• Testosterone on NHS 'could help boost women's libido'

  08-10-2016 04:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women should be offered testosterone on the NHS to boost their flagging sex drives, a doctor has suggested.
  
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• Northern exposure

  08-10-2016 03:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four towns and cities in the north of England wait to discover which one will win the right to host the £5m Great Exhibition of the North in 2018.
  
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• Jamie + Lion

  08-10-2016 03:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Most people have a favourite soft toy which they left behind as they grew up, but some adults rely on them to get through the day.
  
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• Grovelling pro-EU business chiefs desperately beg Theresa May against ‘hard Brexit’

  08-10-2016 03:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DESPERATE pro-European Union business bosses have pleaded with Theresa May not to enforce a “hard Brexit” as they try to stay within Europe’s common market.
  
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• ATM inventor among four Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame additions

  08-10-2016 03:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man who invented the automated cash machine is one of four engineers to be added to the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame.
  
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• Scotland Yard considers probe into IPCC police misconduct allegations

  08-10-2016 02:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland Yard is considering whether to launch a criminal investigation into claims the IPCC suppressed evidence during an inquiry into alleged police misconduct.
  
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• PEOPLE POWER: Marine Le Pen praises Brexit and insists Europe 'will REJECT EU'

  08-10-2016 02:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FRONT National leader Marine Le Pen has praised public support for Brexit and admitted other countries will follow Britain's lead and quit the crumbling bloc.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: Tax issues for England pair and 'hard' Brexit warning

  08-10-2016 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tax issues for both England's manager and captain make the front pages, along with warnings over a "hard Brexit" and a "creepy clown craze" sweeping Britain.
  
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• Ben Needham: New witnesses come forward in search for missing toddler

  08-10-2016 01:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NEW witnesses in the hunt to find Ben Needham have come forward, officers have reportedly told Ben’s mother.
  
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• Pokemon Go player walked into stranger's house

  08-10-2016 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pokemon Go leads to a number of police incidents across Norfolk since the gaming app phenomenon launched, it is revealed.
  
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• 'It's time to STOP this propaganda' Marine Le Pen SLAPS DOWN BBC journalist over Brexit

  08-10-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THIS is the moment right-wing French politician Marine Le Pen berated a BBC journalist grilling her over Brexit telling him to "stop the propaganda".
  
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• EXPOSED: Thousands of illegal migrants easily sneak through Britain's 'porous' borders

  08-10-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE catastrophic state of our border security is exposed today.
  
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