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• Gareth Southgate could signal the end for England captain Wayne Rooney for trip to Slovenia - Telegraph.co.uk

  09-10-2016 23:39 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Gareth Southgate could signal the end for England captain Wayne Rooney for trip to Slovenia
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  Gareth Southgate urged England to “be brave”. Now it is time for the interim manager to be bold: he needs to become the first incumbent in the job to drop Wayne Rooney. Any objective analysis of England's 2-0 victory over Malta on Saturday in a World ...
  Wayne Rooney on borrowed time as Gareth Southgate prepares to stick by beleaguered captain against SloveniaD
  
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• Here are the 10 MPs who have returned to Jeremy Corbyn's shadow team

  09-10-2016 21:41
  
  The Labour leader announced 21 new members of the party’s shadow cabinet.
  
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• Post-Brexit world could see Ireland carrying out Britain's passport checks - The Guardian

  09-10-2016 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
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  Post-Brexit world could see Ireland carrying out Britain's passport checks
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  An Aer Lingus Airbus lands as a Ryanair plane taxis at Dublin airport. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA. Alan Travis Home affairs editor. Sunday 9 October 2016 14.28 EDT Last modified on Sunday 9 October 2016 19.45 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on ...
  Brexit: UK immigration controls may shift to Ireland after EU withdrawalThe Independent
  Brexit triggers spike in UK people seeking jobs in
  
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• Foreign workers 'will not be named by firms' - Home Office

  09-10-2016 19:20
  
  The Government has denied companies will be forced to "name and shame" foreign workers as part of a move to encourage them to recruit local workers. Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced at the Tory party conference that a consultation would be launched on plans aimed at boosting the employment of UK citizens and reducing immigration in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union. Former Downing Street policy chief Steve Hilton described the plan as worse than Republican presidential can
  
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• What was the Battle of Cable Street and why have people been marching 80 years since it happened?

  09-10-2016 19:00
  
  Veterans of the battle believe fascism and racism are still prevalent today, and called for people to stand up against it.
  
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• Religious leaders urge PM to let migrant children in 'Jungle' into UK

  09-10-2016 18:50
  
  Religious leaders have called on Theresa May to allow nearly 400 children living in the 'Jungle' migrant camp in Calais to enter the UK. In an open letter to the Prime Minister organised by the charity Citizens UK, senior figures from Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths label the camp a "stain" on the consciences of Britain and France. The letter says the child migrants, the youngest of whom is eight, have "fled conflict and persecution, are now stuck in Northern France, deeply tr
  
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• Ed Miliband says MPs must get a vote on 'hard Brexit'

  09-10-2016 18:29
  Ed Miliband has held talks with MPs in the hope of persuading Theresa May to allow a Commons vote on any move to leave the single market. The former Labour leader, along with Nick Clegg and a loose coalition of SNP, Green and Tory MPs, insists the electorate voted only to leave the EU and that Parliament should remain sovereign over the issue of the single market. Concern over uncontrolled immigration was one of the primary reasons Britons voted to leave the EU, but Germ
  
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• Labour whips Conor McGinn and Holly Lynch resign after Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle

  09-10-2016 17:22
  Conor McGinn and Holly Lynch have resigned as Labour whips following leader Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle. It comes after Mr Corbyn was accused of abandoning plans to reunite the party after sacking moderate chief whip Rosie Winterton on Friday while appointing his allies to key front bench positions. Labour sources told Sky's Darren McCaffrey that family reasons and constituency majorities played a role in the whips' decision to stand down, though both MPs were conside
  
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• UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe discharged from hospital in Strasbourg

  09-10-2016 16:48
  
  Steven Woolfe has been discharged from hospital after he was injured in an altercation with a fellow UKIP MEP. The leadership contender claims Mike Hookem "came at him" in a scuffle outside a clear-the-air meeting in Strasbourg. Mr Woolfe was taken to hospital with a suspected head injury after suffering from seizures and collapsing later that day.
  
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• Britain will not make firms name or list foreign workers

  09-10-2016 16:44
  Britain said it would not make companies list or name their foreign workers after an outcry from business groups and opposition politicians who said any proposal to "name and shame" employers would be divisive and discriminatory. "Let me absolutely confirm that is not going to happen, we are not going to ask companies to list or name or identify their foreign workers," defence minister Michael Fallon told BBC radio on Sunday. Any data collected from companies would be used only to get a better p
  
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• PM May to tackle old runway problem

  09-10-2016 15:00
  By Sarah Young and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to decide where to allow new airport capacity near London this month, a long-awaited ruling that will help shape Britain's economy and trading ties following its vote to leave the European Union. May will either support plans for a new runway west of London at Heathrow, the busiest airport in both Britain and Europe, or at Gatwick to the south. At $22 billion, Heathrow would be the more expensive project
  
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• Rise in e-cigarette explosions sparks calls for regulation

  09-10-2016 14:20
  
  There are calls for increased regulation of e-cigarette imports after a rise in the number of people being burned by suspected cheap and faulty products. Burns surgeons, fire chiefs and trading standards officers are joining forces to highlight the dangers to consumers after a string of serious incidents involving exploding vaporisers. Plastic surgeons at Morriston Hospital's Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery in Swansea said they had treated five patients for burns after e-cigarette bat
  
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• New drug hailed a 'game changer' for cancer patients

  09-10-2016 11:49
  
  Nivolumab is one of a new class of antibody drugs called “checkpoint inhibitors” that help the immune system fight cancer.
  
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• Drugs cocktail 'creates all-out assault' on kidney cancer

  09-10-2016 08:06
  
  A new combination of smart drugs could extend the lives of thousands of cancer patients, new research shows. Results of the study reveal that the cocktail of two drugs, ipilimumab and nivolumab, "significantly reduced" the size tumours in 40% of patients with terminal kidney cancer, and 10% of those were left with "no detectable sign of cancer" at all. The findings were revealed at the European Cancer Congress in Denmark.
  
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• Teenage footballer Dylan Crossey dies in suspected drink-driving hit-and-run

  09-10-2016 07:57
  Dylan Crossey had been cycling along a road in Whitestake, Lancashire, when he was struck by a silver 3 Series BMW, which failed to stop. The teenager was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital with serious head injuries before being transferred to Manchester Children's Hospital, where he died. Penwortham St Teresa's FC said in an online statement: "The club was saddened to learn of the passing of U16s player Dylan Crossey this morning.
  
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• 'Killer clown' trend is wasting resources, say police

  09-10-2016 07:57
  Police have warned practical jokers dressing-up as 'killer clowns' that their stunts are "no laughing matter" and are tying up resources. A spate of sightings around the UK, including one in County Durham in which a clown with a knife terrified four young children by jumping out on them, have prompted police to urge pranksters to "think seriously" about "these stupid acts". Since Friday evening officers in Gloucestershire have received six reports of clowns acting suspiciousl
  
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• UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe says injuries prove he was punched

  09-10-2016 06:38
  
  The UKIP MEP in hospital after a bust-up with a colleague has insisted his injuries support his claim that he was attacked. The 49-year-old, who this week launched a bid to lead his party, has spoken out after the other MEP involved, Mike Hookem, told Sky News Mr Woolfe started the fight.
  
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• Scottish nationalists say UK has 'no mandate' for hard Brexit

  09-10-2016 01:07
  British Prime Minister Theresa May has no democratic mandate to pursue a 'hard Brexit' that would cut political and trade ties with the European Union, the Scottish National Party said ahead of its annual conference later this week. Most Scots voted for the United Kingdom to stay in the EU, unlike their compatriots in England and Wales, and the SNP has said June's result may re-open the case for another referendum on Scottish independence after 2014's vote to stay in the UK. Business groups spok
  
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• Lots of people really enjoyed Judge Rinder's facial expressions during his channelling of the Flintstones

  09-10-2016 00:05
  
  It was a Yabba Dabba Doo amazing as Judge Rinder turned into The Flintstones on Strictly Come Dancing.
  
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