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• British banks preparing to leave UK over Brexit - Observer

  22-10-2016 23:50
  Britain's biggest banks are preparing to move out of the country in early 2017 because of fears over the impending Brexit negotiations, while smaller banks are making plans to leave before Christmas, the chief executive of the British Bankers' Association Anthony Browne said. Banks in Britain depend on a European "passport" to serve clients across the 28-country European Union from one base and lenders worry that this right will end after Britain leaves the EU. Banks have already said they are m
  
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• Police given six more days to question man arrested over suspicious Tube package

  22-10-2016 23:44
  
  Westminster Magistrates Court granted a warrant for the suspect to be detained until Friday.
  
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• Hounded out: Councils 'are waging war on dogs'

  22-10-2016 21:46
  Councils are waging a "war on dogs" by banning them from thousands of parks and open spaces, it has been claimed. Dogs have been barred from at least 2,205 public places in England and Wales since the introduction of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) in 2014, according to estimates by The Kennel Club. The orders, which aim to stop threatening or violent behaviour, allow councils to ban various activities in certain areas.
  
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• Mulligan joins Syria 'teddy bear' protest at Downing Street

  22-10-2016 20:53
  
  Actress Carey Mulligan was among protesters who left teddy bears outside the gates of Downing Street in protest at persistent, deadly attacks on Aleppo. Hundreds gathered in London's Whitehall to call on the Government to do more to end civilian deaths in the Syrian conflict.
  
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• Plaid Cymru leader says PM is 'fanning the flames of xenophobia'

  22-10-2016 20:34
  Plaid Cymru's leader has accused Theresa May's government of leading a 'toxic' and 'thuggish' debate on immigration. Leanne Wood told her party's conference in Llangollen that the tone of public debate had fuelled a rise in hate crime. Ms Wood also spoke about Brexit and demanded a seat for Wales at the negotiating table.
  
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• Anti-terror police: 'Suspicious item' in Newton Abbot not viable

  22-10-2016 19:28
  Anti-terror police investigating a suspicious device found on the London Underground have discovered a related item in Devon, Sky sources say. Metropolitan Police officers evacuated an address in Tudor Road, Newton Abbot, after finding "an item they deemed suspicious". The discovery is linked to a device which was found at North Greenwich tube station, Sky sources say.
  
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• British anti-terrorist police find second 'suspicious item' after London arrest

  22-10-2016 19:14
  Counter-terrorism police investigating the discovery of a "suspicious item" on a London train this week said they found another such device on Saturday when they searched a house in Devon, western England. The house and neighbouring properties were evacuated and a 200-metre cordon thrown around the area while specialist officers investigated. On Thursday morning, the first device was found on a train at North Greenwich station, near the Canary Wharf financial district and close to the O2 music v
  
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• Gatwick fires last-ditch warning over Heathrow expansion 'risks'

  22-10-2016 19:07
  Gatwick Airport will fire a last-ditch warning about the "risks" of expanding rival Heathrow just hours before a committee chaired by Theresa May approves the first new runway in the south-east for decades. Sky News understands that Gatwick executives will write to the Cabinet sub-committee on airport expansion on Monday in an eleventh-hour attempt to persuade ministers that it should be permitted to build a new runway. Sources said that Gatwick's letter would reiterate the case for the Sussex a
  
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• Fire crews still on scene after battling large fire at Liverpool docks

  22-10-2016 18:49
  
  Huge plumes of black smoke can still be seen across the city.
  
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• Aid volunteers fear unofficial migrant camps could grow amid 'Jungle demolition'

  22-10-2016 18:48
  
  Bulldozers are due to move in on the Calais slum next week.
  
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• Xherdan Shaqiri, a return to form for the Champions and everything else from the Premier League

  22-10-2016 18:40
  
  But for Shaqiri’s goals, don’t feel too bad if you miss Match of the Day tonight…
  
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• 'Suspicious material' found in Devon

  22-10-2016 18:06
  Police investigating a suspicious device found on the London Underground have discovered a related item in Devon, Sky sources say.
  
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• Hundreds gathered and laid teddy bears at Downing Street in support of Syria

  22-10-2016 15:52
  
  The crowd included children wearing “Save Aleppo” t-shirts and other people carrying placards urging a “No bomb zone now”.
  
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• 'No decision' on Sir Bruce Forsyth retiring from showbiz

  22-10-2016 15:47
  Sir Bruce Forsyth is focused on getting better and had made "no formal or informal decision about retiring", his manager has said.
  
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• Stand-off as homes evacuated over 'hazardous items' in Northolt

  22-10-2016 15:16
  Eighty people have been evacuated from their homes after a man barricaded himself in a property with "hazardous items".
  
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• Two elderly pedestrians killed in road accident in Dorking, Surrey

  22-10-2016 14:41
  Two elderly people have died after being run over by a van in Dorking in Surrey, police have said.
  
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• 'Come back': Daughter's note after family killed in Wakefield fire

  22-10-2016 14:12
  A man who died trying to save his daughter from a house fire - believed to have been started deliberately - was a "hero", says his wife. Andrew Broadhead's surviving daughter Mia also wrote a heartbreaking letter, pleading with them to "come back, we need you". Mr Broadhead and youngest daughter Kiera, 8, died from smoke and gas inhalation in the blaze in Wakefield on Wednesday.
  
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• Five people taken to hospital after London party bus crash

  22-10-2016 12:52
  
  Emergency services were called at around 4.05am.
  
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• Decision on new open cast mine 'could spell end of coal in UK'

  22-10-2016 12:09
  Environmentalists say a decision on whether to allow a new open cast coal mine in Northumberland could spell the end of the industry in the UK.
  
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• Casualties as double-decker bus crashes into railway bridge in London

  22-10-2016 11:05
  Five passengers have been taken to hospital after a double-decker bus crashed into a railway bridge in north London. Three people who were trapped on the top deck of the vehicle were freed by fire crews. London Fire Brigade said it was called shortly after 4am and the incident was over by around 5.45am.
  
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• Bag snatch suspect detained by members of the public dies in hospital

  22-10-2016 11:01
  Detectives have appealed for witnesses to the incident in Wolverhampton following the death of the 29-year-old. Detective Inspector Greg Evans, from Wolverhampton CID, said: "We are piecing together what happened on Sunday and it is really important that people who were in the area at the time come forward.
  
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• A letter containing a mysterious white powder was sent to Hillary Clinton's campaign

  22-10-2016 10:24
  
  Police in New York are investigating.
  
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• Firefighters continue to battle a 'huge' blaze at Liverpool docks

  22-10-2016 09:46
  
  A spokesman for Mersey Fire and Rescue Service said the incident is “significant and ongoing”.
  
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• Tyson Gay vows to set up youth mentoring following his daughter's shooting

  22-10-2016 09:41
  
  “We must come together as a community to protect each other, giving our young people the tools they need to resolve their conflicts.”
  
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• Defining images of Theresa May's first 100 days

  22-10-2016 02:30
  Number 10 has released five images capturing some of Theresa May's key moments as Prime Minister to mark her first 100 days in office. From her first PMQs to her first meeting as PM with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, here are some of the defining moments of her time in office so far. Tony Blair once described the weekly 30-minute sessions as "the most nerve-racking, discombobulating, nail-biting, bowel-moving, terror-inspiring, courage-draining experience in my prime minister life, witho
  
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• 'Murdered' PC Gordon Semple's DNA 'found on chopsticks' after Grindr date

  22-10-2016 00:35
  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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