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• Russian warships sail through English Channel shadowed by Royal Navy

  21-10-2016 23:46
  
  A convoy of Russian warships heading for the Mediterranean has sailed down the English Channel - "marked every inch of the way" by the Royal Navy. The most sensitive part of the fleet's journey was through the English Channel's narrowest point at the Strait of Dover. Vladimir Putin's armed flotilla is believed to be heading to Syria to support Russia's military operations in the war-torn country.
  
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• Murder trial is told accused 'ate part of victim's body with chopsticks'

  21-10-2016 23:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SATANIST who strangled a gay Scottish police officer to death during a drug-fuelled sex game may have used chopsticks to eat part of the body, a court has been told.
  
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• Wonder Woman handed UN honorary ambassador role despite protests

  21-10-2016 23:07
  
  UN staff members have protested against the appointment.
  
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• Son feels 'no hatred' as driver who killed mother on way home from his wedding is jailed

  21-10-2016 23:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SON whose mother was killed on her way home from his wedding by a speeding drink-driver has said he feels "no hatred" towards the motorist.
  
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• You need to watch Hillary Clinton's emotional TV ad featuring this Muslim-American father

  21-10-2016 23:00
  Khizr Khan, whose son died in Iraq, was attacked by Donald Trump earlier this year.
  
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• Golfers at the Royal Dornoch in Sutherland get spiritual advice from the Queen's chaplain

  21-10-2016 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GOLFERS at a top course can now do more than pray for luck as they tee off - they can get spiritual advice from the Queen's Chaplain.
  
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• Images of Mars probe's supposed crash site released by European Space Agency

  21-10-2016 22:44
  
  The suspected crash has had a few mentions on Twitter too.
  
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• Whisky bosses pledge to fight the SNP over alcohol minimum pricing

  21-10-2016 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE drinks industry has vowed to continue the fight against the SNP's plans for minimum alcohol pricing.
  
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• CS gas spray found after London City Airport evacuated

  21-10-2016 22:37
  
  Police investigating a suspected chemical incident at London City Airport say they believe they have found CS gas spray. Paramedics treated 27 and took two people to hospital after the airport was closed and evacuated. About 500 people were told to leave the airport and Transport for London had to warn travellers to expect "long delays".
  
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• 'CS gas spray' found at London City Airport

  21-10-2016 22:31
  
  The airport has now reopened.
  
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• Thug smashes plank of wood in Spanish man's face and shouts 'speak English' in vile attack

  21-10-2016 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THIS is the shocking moment a thug smashed a plank of wood into a Spanish man's face after he screamed at him to 'speak English'.
  
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• MPs trying to win pardon for convicted gay men left furious after minister 'hijacks' plans

  21-10-2016 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MPS trying to win a pardon for gay men convicted of now abolished sexual offences were furious last night after a minister “hijacked” their plans.
  
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• ‘They don’t even tackle honour killings’ MCB’s counter-terror plans slammed

  21-10-2016 21:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AN ISLAMIC group has criticised the Muslim Council of Britain claiming the organisation does not tackle honour killings in the UK and should not be consulted on counter-terrorism.
  
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• A seven-year-old boy who was 'living life entirely as a girl' has been taken from his mother's care

  21-10-2016 21:43
  
  The judge said the boy’s mother had told how he “expressed disdain for his penis”.
  
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• London City Airport reopens after dozens treated in 'chemical incident'

  21-10-2016 21:16
  
  Paramedics have treated 27 people after London City Airport was closed and evacuated over reports of a "chemical incident". About 500 people were told to leave the airport and Transport for London has been warning travellers to expect "long delays". London Fire Brigade said firefighters and police wearing protective equipment carried out two complete sweeps of the airport building.
  
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• London City airport declared safe after 'chemical incident'

  21-10-2016 20:55
  By Stephen Addison LONDON (Reuters) - London City airport was declared safe on Friday after hundreds of passengers had to be evacuated and two were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties in a suspected chemical incident. The airport was briefly closed as police and firefighters in protective equipment swept the terminal building of the airport with chemical detectors after several people were taken ill, some of them coughing violently. "Two complete sweeps of the airport building were car
  
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• European Mars lander exploded after crashing into planet, images suggest

  21-10-2016 20:28
  
  Scientists estimate the probe hit the surface of Mars at 186mph.
  
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• London City Airport has been declared safe - fire service

  21-10-2016 20:17
  LONDON (Reuters) - London City Airport has been declared safe after emergency services found no evidence of a suspected chemical incident. "Two complete sweeps of the airport building were carried out jointly by firefighters and police officers both wearing protective equipment," the fire bridge said. "No elevated readings were found and the building was ventilated, searched and declared safe," it added. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Stephen Addison)
  
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• Dozens of passengers affected after 'chemical incident' at London City Airport

  21-10-2016 20:12
  
  Two people have been taken to hospital, and many others were treated at the scene.
  
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• Dozens ill as 'chemical incident' closes London City Airport

  21-10-2016 20:10
  Paramedics have treated 26 people after London City Airport was closed and evacuated over reports of a "chemical incident". Around 500 people have been told to leave the airport and Transport for London are warning travellers to expect "long delays". London Ambulance's Assistant Director of Operations Paul Gibson, said: "We were called at 4.11pm to reports of an incident at London City Airport.
  
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• London firefighters leading response to airport incident - police

  21-10-2016 20:06
  London's fire brigade is leading the emergency response to an incident at London City airport on Friday which led to hundreds of passengers being evacuated and two taken to hospital with breathing difficulties, police said. "At this stage we are there in support of the London Fire Brigade," a police spokesman said.
  
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• Ambulance service treats 26 people after London City Airport evacuated

  21-10-2016 19:42
  London's ambulance service said it had treated 26 people for breathing difficulties at London City Airport after an apparent chemical incident. "Ambulance crews and our Hazardous Area Response Team are attending the incident at London City Airport," London Ambulance said in a statement. "We have treated 26 people at the London City Airport incident.
  
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• London City Airport evacuated after 'TEAR GAS can' leaves passengers unable to breathe

  21-10-2016 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LONDON City Airport has been evacuated after a chemical incident, now believed to have involved tear gas spray, which left dozens of passengers feeling sick.
  
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• A man has been jailed for sending a death threat over the closure of Fabric

  21-10-2016 19:15
  
  Sebastian Clark-Darby has been sentenced to eight months.
  
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• Fire alarm at London City Airport forces hundreds of passengers to evacuate

  21-10-2016 19:02
  
  No flights could take off or land.
  
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• Former police chief Gordon Anglesea found guilty of child sex abuse

  21-10-2016 18:28
  A former police superintendent has been found guilty of four child sex abuse charges after decades protesting his innocence. Gordon Anglesea, 79, who had a long police career in North Wales, abused his position to sexually assault vulnerable young boys around Wrexham in the 1980s. Two victims described in court how Anglesea had abused them as teenagers.
  
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• Teen held on terror charges over North Greenwich Tube device

  21-10-2016 18:08
  The 19-year-old was Tasered during an armed operation on Holloway Road, north London. British Transport Police were called to North Greenwich station in London on Thursday morning and a controlled explosion was carried out shortly afterwards. The station, a main hub for London's O2 complex, was evacuated and remained closed for several hours.
  
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• CCTV shows last sighting of missing RAF serviceman Corrie McKeague

  21-10-2016 18:03
  Police have released new CCTV footage that shows the last sighting of missing RAF serviceman Corrie McKeague. The footage shows Mr McKeague in Brentgovel Street at 3.25am. Sussex Police have combed woodland in the area alongside specialist RAF officers.
  
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• Ken Bone is back as the face of his inimitable red sweater

  21-10-2016 17:47
  
  He has produced a video in collaboration with clothing brand IZOD.
  
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• A teenager has been arrested after a suspicious device was found on the Tube

  21-10-2016 17:04
  
  The 19-year-old is being held under the Terrorism Act.
  
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• Murder accused 'cooked part of PC Gordon Semple's body and ate it'

  21-10-2016 16:46
  A sado-masochist may have cooked and eaten parts of a police officer after strangling him during a Grindr date, a court has heard. Alleged killer Stefano Brizzi, 50, is accused of throttling PC Gordon Semple and then attempting to dispose of the body in a variety of ways, including an acid bath. The Old Bailey heard that when investigators searched Brizzi's home in Southwark, south London, PC Semple's DNA was found on the blade of a blender, a cooking pot, chopsticks, on a chopping board and in
  
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• Princess Diana's stepmother Raine Spencer dies, aged 87

  21-10-2016 16:36
  Raine Spencer, the stepmother of Princess Diana, has died after a short illness, aged 87, her family have said. Countess Spencer, who was married to Diana's father Earl Spencer from 1976 until his death in 1992, died at her London home on Friday. The death was confirmed by her son William Legge, the Earl of Dartmouth and a Ukip MEP.
  
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• Taser used on teen over suspicious device on Tube

  21-10-2016 16:28
  Police have tasered a 19-year-old in a London street and arrested him a day after a suspicious device was found on a Tube train. The teen, held under the Terrorism Act, was seized in an armed operation in north London. British Transport Police were called to North Greenwich Underground Station in London on Thursday morning and a controlled explosion was carried out shortly afterwards.
  
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• Boy, 9, goes missing after returning to school for lunchbox

  21-10-2016 16:18
  A nine-year-old boy has been missing since yesterday after apparently returning to school to pick up his lunchbox. Maklaine Bottomley was last seen at 3.15pm on Thursday on Webster Street in Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, walking home with a foster parent. Inspector Azz Khan of Preston Police said: "We are becoming ever more concerned about Maklaine as he is just nine years old and has been missing from home for nearly 24 hours now.
  
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• UK police arrest teenager on terrorism offences over item found on London train

  21-10-2016 16:11
  British police said on Friday they had arrested a teenager under terrorism laws following the discovery of a "suspicious item" on a London underground train near the Canary Wharf financial district a day earlier. Officers discharged a stun gun during the arrest of the 19-year-old in north London who was detained on suspicion of preparing terrorism acts, London's Metropolitan Police (MPS) said in a statement. The suspect item, which is still being forensically examined, was found by staff on Thur
  
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• 'Fake sheikh' undercover reporter jailed for 15 months

  21-10-2016 16:10
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British journalist Mazher Mahmood, renowned for his "fake sheikh" undercover sting operations for media mogul Rupert Murdoch's tabloids, was jailed for 15 months on Friday for tampering with evidence in a high-profile trial. Mahmood, 53, whose elaborate disguises have duped criminals, celebrities, and even royalty, plotted to get his driver to change a police statement during the drugs prosecution of Tulisa Contostavlos, a singer and former judge of the Briti
  
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• Whowonit? 'Seismic' Man Booker prize due next week

  21-10-2016 16:09
  By Nigel Stephenson LONDON (Reuters) - After whittling down a pile of 155 novels, the judges of the Man Booker Prize are set to unveil this year's winner of a 50,000 sterling award that can have a "seismic" impact on a writer's career. The Man Booker is a key event in Britain's cultural life. It does change your status as a writer and the money is fantastic," Marlon James, who won in 2015 with "A Brief History of Seven Killings", told Reuters.
  
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• May ready for tough talks, but will fight over EU market

  21-10-2016 15:36
  By Elizabeth Piper and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday Britain's negotiations to leave the European Union would take time and that she was ready for some "difficult moments", but would fight to remain part of the bloc's single market. At her first European Council since becoming prime minister after Britain voted to leave the bloc in June, May made clear that she hoped that some of the most complicated talks London has ever undertaken will be held in a
  
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• Lions' den or nest of doves? May's first EU encounter was businesslike

  21-10-2016 15:36
  For Theresa May, her first meeting with all the other European Union leaders since she became British prime minister ended up being described by most merely as businesslike. Each side had at times characterised the other in less than diplomatic terms since Britain's vote to leave the bloc in June - the Britons portrayed as intransigent, the EU as overly angry over Brexit.
  
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• Theresa May says Brexit will demand 'give and take' with EU

  21-10-2016 14:54
  
  Theresa May has said Brexit will require "some give and take" with the rest of the EU. While the UK was leaving the bloc, Mrs May again reiterated the UK was not leaving Europe. The PM also said the UK remained committed to "trading freely" with its European neighbours.
  
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• Gary Lineker receives huge support for tweets on immigration after calls for him to be sacked

  21-10-2016 14:39
  
  Lineker has become one of the UK’s most popular Twitter users, with more than five million followers.
  
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• Martin Schulz warns Theresa May to keep borders open as EU freedoms are ‘INSEPARABLE’

  21-10-2016 14:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THERESA May has been warned by German politician Martin Schulz he would block the UK's access to the single market if the country introduces migration curbs.
  
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• Breaking Bad-obsessed Stefano Brizzi 'may have eaten parts of murdered PC Gordon Semple' - Daily Mail

  21-10-2016 14:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Breaking Bad-obsessed Stefano Brizzi 'may have eaten parts of murdered PC Gordon Semple'
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  Satanist Stefano Brizzi, 50, allegedly killed PC Gordon Semple, 59, after organising a drug-fuelled orgy on gay dating site Grindr. The court heard today that Brizzi had placed a leg in a roasting tin in the oven, and traces of PC Semple's DNA were ...
  Social worker may have cooked and eaten parts of PC's corpse, court toldThe Guardian
  PC Gordon Semple: Officer 'killed and dismembered
  
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• Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood jailed for tampering with evidence in Tulisa case - BT.com

  21-10-2016 14:13 via home.bt.com
  
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  Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood jailed for tampering with evidence in Tulisa case
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  Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood has been jailed for 15 months for tampering with evidence in the collapsed drugs trial of pop star Tulisa Contostavlos. Share this. Facebook; Twitter; Google plus; Email; Share. 0. Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood (left) arrives at ...
  Fake sheikh Mazher Mahmood jailed for 15 monthsDaily Mail
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• Jo cox's husband welcomes lost deposits of far-right candidates - Daily Mail

  21-10-2016 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Jo cox's husband welcomes lost deposits of far-right candidates
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  The husband of former MP Jo Cox has welcomed the fact that far-right candidates lost their deposits in the by-election triggered by her killing. Former Coronation Street actress Tracy Brabin was elected Mrs Cox's successor as Labour MP for Batley and ...
  Far-right groups boo and jeer during by-election tribute to Jo Cox after Batley and Spen voteThe Independent
  Batley and Spen: Jo Cox's husband welcomes far-ri
  
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• UK's 'fake sheikh' undercover reporter jailed for 15 months

  21-10-2016 14:07
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British journalist Mazher Mahmood, renowned for his "fake sheikh" undercover sting operations for media mogul Rupert Murdoch's tabloids, was jailed for 15 months on Friday for tampering with evidence in a high-profile trial. Mahmood, 53, whose elaborate disguises have duped criminals, celebrities, and even royalty, plotted to get his driver to change a police statement during the drugs prosecution of Tulisa Contostavlos, a singer and former judge of the Briti
  
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• Autumn leaves blamed for fewer Gatwick Express trains

  21-10-2016 14:07
  Autumn leaves will delay the return of 33 Gatwick Express services previously axed, a railway company has said. The services had been cancelled amid staff shortages, and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has now said they will not return until 12 December. GTR, which owns Southern, said the decision was due to "autumn leaf-fall arrangements".
  
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• Polish woman who says she's no longer 'wanted' post-Brexit booed by Question Time audience

  21-10-2016 14:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A POLISH woman was heckled by members of the Question Time audience after revealing that she no longer felt “wanted” in Britain since the historic vote to leave the European Union.
  
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• Thirty years on from Big Bang, London frets over future

  21-10-2016 13:55
  By Steve Slater LONDON (IFR) - Bang! It was the explosion in financial markets heard across the world 30 years ago which transformed the City of London from a cosy network of long-established firms into a cut-throat landscape dominated by foreign banks. This week is the 30th anniversary of Big Bang, a package of reforms across the securities industry that shaped the City that exists today, putting London alongside New York as the world's two dominant financial centres. International firms that a
  
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• Islamic State attacks Kirkuk as Iraqi forces push on Mosul - Daily Mail

  21-10-2016 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  BAGHDAD, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Islamic State launched a major counter-attack on the city of Kirkuk on Friday as Iraqi and Kurdish forces pursued operations to seize territory around Mosul in preparation for an offensive on the jihadists' last major ...
  ISIS attacks Iraqi city of Kirkuk as Mosul offensive intensifiesCNN
  IS attacks Iraq city of Kirkuk, power plant amid Mosul fightCTV News
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