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• Sir Cliff urged to drop campaign for anonymity for sex offence suspects

  16-10-2016 23:58
  Sir Cliff Richard has been urged to abandon his campaign to give anonymity to those accused of sexual offences.
  
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• Tesco faces legal action from staff in pay dispute

  16-10-2016 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's biggest supermarket chain Tesco faces legal action from workers who say they have lost out on pay for working anti-social hours.
  
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• Four in 10 people in Britain live in 'unacceptable homes'

  16-10-2016 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many in Britain live in "unacceptable" conditions, Shelter claims. Esmee Woolcomb and her husband Ian live in Bristol.
  
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• West Belfast: Man, 56, shot several times in the leg

  16-10-2016 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 56-year-old man is shot several times in the leg in a paramilitary-style attack in west Belfast.
  
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• Olympian Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter dies in shooting outside restaurant

  16-10-2016 22:06
  
  She was following in her father’s sporting footsteps.
  
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• UK and US warn of sanctions over Syria

  16-10-2016 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US and UK warn the Syrian and Russian governments that new economic sanctions could be imposed if the bombing of Aleppo continues.
  
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• Children of the Calais 'Jungle' trying to reach the UK

  16-10-2016 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners call on the UK government to speed up its programme to resettle hundreds of unaccompanied children stranded in the Calais "Jungle".
  
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• Check out all the amazing pictures from the London Diwali Festival celebrations

  16-10-2016 18:47
  
  Sadiq Khan was there and he made a cracking Brexit joke.
  
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• Murder case of friends John Greenwood and Gary Miller re-opened after 36 years

  16-10-2016 18:39
  The murder case of two schoolboys has been re-opened more than 36 years after they were found beaten and dying on a rubbish dump. John Greenwood and Gary Miller were school friends when they were killed in Whiston, Merseyside, in August 1980. The colliery had become a local rubbish tip, an area now known as Stadt Moers Park.
  
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• It's official: Reading is home to Britain's nosiest neighbours

  16-10-2016 17:06
  
  They just love to check how much their neighbours’ houses are worth.
  
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• More than 100 children are off on the Dreamflight trip of a lifetime

  16-10-2016 16:03
  
  Youngsters who have battled with serious illness, disability and trauma are going to Orlando in Florida.
  
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• Police formally end dig for Ben Needham on Greek island of Kos

  16-10-2016 14:53
  The dig for clues surrounding the disappearance of toddler Ben Needham 25 years ago has ended after three weeks of excavation work. A day earlier, investigators officially ended their digging operations around an old farmhouse where Ben was last seen on the day he disappeared in July 1991. The investigation team launched the digging operation after new information suggested that 21-month-old Ben may have died on the day he disappeared, run over by a local digger driver, who was clearing land nea
  
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• 8 easy ways to cut down on waste on World Food Day

  16-10-2016 14:34
  
  These small changes will make such a huge difference.
  
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• MPs' accuse Jeremy Corbyn of being 'in denial' on tackling anti-Semitism

  16-10-2016 14:33
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has been condemned by an all-party group of MPs for failing to provide "consistent leadership" in tackling anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. In a damning report, MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee question whether he "fully appreciates" the nature of post-war anti-Semitism and claim he has created a "safe space" for it. The MPs also criticise a Labour Party report on the issue by lawyer Shami Chakrabarti and accuse the party of "incompetence" over its handling of Ken Livings
  
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• Ched Evans: Footballers need sex consent education

  16-10-2016 13:33
  Footballer Ched Evans says young players need to be taught about the dangers around alcohol, sexual consent and the law. The Wales international was acquitted of raping a 19-year-old woman following a five-year battle to clear his name. During Evans' re-trial, prosecutors maintained the woman was too drunk to agree to sex.
  
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• 'Did you gamble UK's future for your own end, Boris?'

  16-10-2016 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson is challenged over his previously unpublished article warning about Brexit's possible consequences.
  
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• Boris Johnson defends secret pro-Remain article

  16-10-2016 13:27
  
  Boris Johnson has defended writing an article in favour of staying in the EU just days before backing Brexit. The Foreign Secretary, who penned the unpublished pro-Remain article just two days before revealing he would be campaigning to break from Brussels, said he had been trying to "make an alternative case" to himself.
  
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• Boris Johnson vs Boris Johnson: Brexit arguments for and against

  16-10-2016 13:24
  
  Boris Johnson said Britain staying in the EU would be a "boon for the world and for Europe" in a previously unpublished newspaper column. The Foreign Secretary wrote the article just days before revealing he would back the Leave campaign. "Britain is a great nation, a global force for good.
  
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• Boris Johnson's secret 'Remain' article revealed

  16-10-2016 13:00
  The contents of a newspaper column written by Boris Johnson urging Britain to stay in the EU have emerged. According to a new book on the EU referendum campaign, he declared: "Britain is a great nation, a global force for good.
  
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• Priti Patel on whether MPs should vote on Brexit negotiation stance

  16-10-2016 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The secretary of state for international development on whether MPs should get a vote on the government's Brexit aims.
  
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• What's the deal with a Brexit deal vote?

  16-10-2016 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of MPs wants a Commons vote on any deal the government would push for in its Brexit talks. Nick Clegg explains.
  
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• Now you can read the pro-EU article Boris Johnson wrote days before backing Brexit

  16-10-2016 11:14
  
  It seems entirely at odds with the Boris we saw campaigning to leave the EU.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the report into anti-Semitism in the UK

  16-10-2016 10:57
  
  The Labour Party has been particularly criticised.
  
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• York Minster falls silent as all 30 bell ringers sacked

  16-10-2016 10:56
  
  Alice Etherington, the bell ringer who started the petition, told Sky News: "It's not the way to go about changing things and getting people loyal and dedicated to you when you already have people loyal and dedicated to you and the services. As new bell ringers will not be appointed until next year it will mean no festive bells this Christmas and New Year - a break in a tradition that dates back to the 14th Century. The decision to sack the bell ringers has brought an abrupt end to 30
  
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• Thousands back bell ringers at York Minster who got heave-ho

  16-10-2016 10:17
  Alice Etherington, the bell ringer who started the petition, told Sky News: "It's not the way to go about changing things and getting people loyal and dedicated to you when you already have people loyal and dedicated to you and the services. As new bell ringers will not be appointed until next year it will mean no festive bells this Christmas and New Year - a break in a tradition that dates back to the 14th Century. The decision to sack the bell ringers has brought an abrupt end to 30
  
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• Ofsted head attacks May's 'obsession' with grammar schools

  16-10-2016 07:33
  The head of Ofsted has accused Theresa May of "obsessing" about grammar schools, which he says are socially divisive. Sir Michael Wilshaw, said the Government's priority should be a teaching system able to produce youngsters skilled enough to take the jobs of migrants unable to enter the country following Brexit. The chief inspector of schools, who was appointed by Conservative MP Michael Gove when he was education secretary, told The Observer that grammars would not solve the problem
  
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• Rio medallists share success and sing in cabshare

  16-10-2016 07:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ahead of a 'Heroes Parade' to celebrate the haul of medals for British Olympians and Paralympians, two stars from Rio get a tour of Manchester with a difference.
  
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• Businesses are running out of patience on airport capacity

  16-10-2016 05:51
  
  It was a running sore throughout David Cameron's time in 10 Downing Street, a constant cause of irritation among business leaders, frequently thrown at the former Prime Minister as a sign that his pro-business credentials were not as strong as he purported. Mr Cameron's failure to sanction a new runway at Heathrow Airport, in spite of overwhelming demand for one from business, antagonised chairmen and chief executives like few other issues. Unfortunately, Mr Cameron had painted himself into a co
  
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• Damning report condemns Jeremy Corbyn over leadership on anti-Semitism

  16-10-2016 03:28
  Jeremy Corbyn has been condemned by an all-party group of MPs for failing to provide "consistent leadership" in tackling anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. In a damning report, MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee question whether he "fully appreciates" the nature of post-war anti-Semitism and claim he has created a "safe space" for it. The MPs also criticise a Labour Party report on the issue by lawyer Shami Chakrabarti and accuse the party of "incompetence" over its handling of Ken Livings
  
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• Public clamour after bell ringers given heave-ho

  16-10-2016 03:04
  Alice Etherington, the bell ringer who started the petition, told Sky News: "It's not the way to go about changing things and getting people loyal and dedicated to you when you already have people loyal and dedicated to you and the services. As new bell ringers will not be appointed until next year it will mean no festive bells this Christmas and New Year - a break in a tradition that dates back to the 14th Century. The decision to sack the bell ringers has brought an abrupt end to 30
  
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• Bread and lard

  16-10-2016 02:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Were the Victorians more healthy than modern people? Michael Mosley investigates.
  
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• Fresh British veg 'could be wiped out by Brexit'

  16-10-2016 02:04
  A leading farmer has warned that British vegetables will disappear from supermarket shelves if post-Brexit immigration controls prevent thousands of Eastern Europeans from working in the UK. Guy Poskitt, who grows 80,000 tons of carrots and parsnips a year in Yorkshire, says it is impossible to find enough British labourers to do the work. "If you took migrant workers out of the supply chain you would within five days have no fresh British produce on the supermarket shelves," Mr Poskitt claimed.
  
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• Corbyn has shown poor leadership on anti-Semitism, say MPs - The Independent

  16-10-2016 01:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent
  Corbyn has shown poor leadership on anti-Semitism, say MPs
  The Independent
  The Labour Party was incompetent in its handling of anti-Semitic incidents within its party, and Jeremy Corbyn has not provided “consistent leadership” in dealing with anti-Semitism, according to a detailed and damning report by the Home Affairs Select ...
  Twitter must tackle 'vast swathes' of anti-Semitism, say MPsBBC News
  Jeremy Corbyn has helped create 'safe space' for anti-Semites in
  
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• Sturgeon vows second independence referendum if Tory's trigger hard Brexit - Herald Scotland

  16-10-2016 01:18 via heraldscotland.com
  
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  Sturgeon vows second independence referendum if Tory's trigger hard Brexit
  Herald Scotland
  NICOLA Sturgeon has vowed that she will call a second independence referendum if the Tory UK Government delivers a hard Brexit and Scotland is dragged out of the single market against its will. Sturgeon said the Scottish Government would unveil ...
  The SNP mustn't forget the battlers who swept it to powerThe Guardian
  Sturgeon vows to call second independence referendum if UK opts for
  
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• Tony Bellew defends WBC World Cruiserweight title with stunning stoppage against B J Flores - Daily Mail

  16-10-2016 01:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Tony Bellew defends WBC World Cruiserweight title with stunning stoppage against B J Flores
  Daily Mail
  He saw red, lost it, but Tony Bellew was proving a point to David Haye. As time was called on this mauling of BJ Flores, Bellew went for his rival. Security restrained him as the WBC cruiserweight champion climbed towards Haye in anger. Message sent.
  Bellew vs Flores: Tony Bellew blasts past BJ Flores to retain WBC title and then charges David HayeSkySports
  Wayne Rooney asks Tony Be
  
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• Top Brexiteer Boris Johnson penned arguments for staying in EU -report - Daily Mail

  16-10-2016 00:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Top Brexiteer Boris Johnson penned arguments for staying in EU -report
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  LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Boris Johnson, who campaigned prominently for Britain to leave the European Union ahead of a June referendum, argued in favour of remaining in the bloc in an unpublished newspaper column two days before backing Brexit, ...
  Secret Boris Johnson column favoured UK remaining in EUThe Guardian
  Euan McColm: Don't buy the hard sell for a soft BrexitScotsman
  Contents of Boris John
  
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• Top Brexiteer Boris Johnson penned arguments for staying in EU - report

  16-10-2016 00:51
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Johnson, who campaigned prominently for Britain to leave the European Union ahead of a June referendum, argued in favour of remaining in the bloc in an unpublished newspaper column two days before backing Brexit, according to a newspaper report. Former London mayor Johnson, who became foreign affairs minister in the new government that took office after the referendum, wrote columns both for and against Brexit to clarify his thoughts on the issue, the
  
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• X Factor's Josh Brooks finally admits he 'got physical' with ex-girlfriend - Daily Mail

  16-10-2016 00:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daily Mail
  X Factor's Josh Brooks finally admits he 'got physical' with ex-girlfriend
  Daily Mail
  Former X Factor singer Josh Brooks has admitted that he 'got physical' with his ex-girlfriend. The 17-year-old, who starred in Brooks Way with his twin Kyle, previously denied allegations he broke Amelia Clark's nose which saw the band removed from the ...
  X Factor's axed Josh Brooks finally admits lying as he says sorry for beating up ex-girlfriend in vicious attacksMirror.co.uk
  The X Factor l
  
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• Kerry: New ideas on Syria being explored - Sky News

  16-10-2016 00:06 via news.sky.com
  
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  Kerry: New ideas on Syria being explored
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  The US Secretary of State says discussions held on Saturday were "candid", but a new strategy has yet to be agreed. 23:01, UK, Saturday 15 October 2016. Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry Image Caption: Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry were joined by diplomats ...
  Russia went to Syria to fight terrorists. We are succeedingThe Guardian
  Syria Talks Fail To Reach Breakthrough In LausanneHuffington Post
  Fresh Syria talks end with no breakthro
  
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