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• Regulator sends warning notice to Sir Philip Green over BHS pensions deficit

  02-11-2016 23:52
  
  The former owner of the chain could be ordered to pay towards the company’s pensions deficit.
  
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• Football poppy row: England and Scotland defy FIFA to wear armbands

  02-11-2016 23:36
  
  England and Scotland's footballers will defy the sport's global governing body and wear black armbands bearing poppies in their 11 November match. The FA and SFA appear to have rejected FIFA's ban on poppies being displayed on the pitch for the World Cup Armistice Day qualifier. The ruling by football's world governing body was earlier described by the Prime Minister as "utterly outrageous".
  
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• UK pensions regulator targets Green for BHS redress

  02-11-2016 23:26
  By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Pensions Regulator on Wednesday formally began "enforcement action" against Philip Green, the former owner of BHS, to plug a hole in the collapsed department store's pension fund, saying the billionaire had failed to provide a credible offer. Green, 64, owned BHS for 15 years before he sold the loss-making 180-store chain to Dominic Chappell, a serial bankrupt with no retail experience, for one pound last year. Green, whose Arcadia group owns a string
  
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• Osborne told 'climb down from your ivory tower' after saying immigrants AREN'T taking jobs

  02-11-2016 23:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXIT backers were not thinking about the economy when they voted to leave the EU, according to the former Chancellor George Osborne.
  
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• Football poppy row: England and Scotland insist on armbands

  02-11-2016 22:48
  
  England and Scotland's footballers will defy the sport's global governing body and wear black armbands bearing poppies in their 11 November match. The FA and SFA appear to have rejected FIFA's ban on poppies being displayed on the pitch for the World Cup Armistice Day qualifier. The ruling by football's world governing body was earlier described by the Prime Minister as "utterly outrageous".
  
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• UK pensions regulator begins "enforcement action" against Green over BHS

  02-11-2016 22:27
  Britain's Pensions Regulator has formally begun "enforcement action" against Philip Green, the former owner of BHS, to plug a hole in the collapsed department store's pension fund, saying the billionaire had failed to provide a credible offer. Green, 64, owned BHS for 15 years before he sold the loss-making 180-store chain to Dominic Chappell, a serial bankrupt with no retail experience, for one pound last year. Green, whose Arcadia group owns a string of fashion chains including Topshop, sold B
  
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• Watchdog steps up probe into Green after failure to reach BHS pension deal

  02-11-2016 21:57
  The Pensions Regulator has stepped up its probe against Sir Philip Green and others over the collapse of BHS. It said in a statement that it was taking action to seek redress on behalf of 20,000 BHS pension scheme members, confirming a story first reported by Sky News. It has sent warning notices to Sir Philip and his family holding company Taveta as well as Dominic Chappell and Retail Acquisitions.
  
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• Football poppy row: FA says England can wear armbands

  02-11-2016 21:55
  
  England's footballers can wear black armbands bearing poppies in their 11 November match against Scotland, the FA has said. During Prime Minister's Questions earlier, Theresa May lambasted FIFA, saying that it should "get its own house in order" before telling the country's footballers what to do.
  
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• Bodies of father and children found at house in Leicestershire

  02-11-2016 20:27
  The bodies of two children and their father have been found at a house in Leicestershire. David Stokes, 43, and his sons Adam, 11, and Matthew, five, were discovered dead hours after police were called to reports of a disturbance. Sally Stokes, the children's mother, is in a stable condition in hospital after suffering injuries at the semi-detached house in Welwyn Road, Hinckley.
  
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• Airline offers 'shortest haul' eight-minute international flight

  02-11-2016 19:12
  
  You can now travel across international borders more quickly than the time it takes from Liverpool Street to Oxford Circus on the central line.
  
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• Sadiq Khan: 'Big questions' over Olympic stadium conversion cost

  02-11-2016 18:58
  "Big questions" need to be asked about "poor decisions" that have seen the Olympic Stadium's conversion cost balloon to more than £320m, the Mayor of London has said. Sadiq Khan announced an investigation after Sky News learned that the estimated annual outlay of moving "retractable" seats was one of the factors behind the £51m increase. The taxpayer-funded cost of turning the icon of the London Games into a football stadium for West Ham has risen from £
  
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• Extra 2500 guards to curb wave of violence in British prisons - Financial Times

  02-11-2016 18:52 via ft.com
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  The Ministry of Justice has pledged to recruit an additional 2,500 prison officers to try to curb a surge in crime, violence and drug use in Britain's overcrowded prison system. Sample the FT's top stories for a week. You select the topic, we deliver ...and more »
  
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• The KKK's official newspaper has a lot of good things to say about Donald Trump

  02-11-2016 18:16
  
  Not the sort of support you want, really.
  
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• Harry Potter star Emma Watson hides books on London Underground

  02-11-2016 18:14
  Harry Potter star Emma Watson has been surprising London commuters by sneaking around on the Underground hiding books. The actress and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador filmed herself leaving copies of Maya Angelou's Mom & Me & Mom on the Tube on Wednesday. The 2013 book is Angelou's seventh and final volume in her autobiographical series - and also the November pick for Watson's newly founded book club Our Shared Shelf.
  
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• Theresa May says FIFA poppy ban is 'utterly outrageous'

  02-11-2016 18:09
  
  FIFA's decision to ban footballers from wearing poppies on the pitch is "utterly outrageous", Theresa May has said. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mrs May said: "I think the stance that has been taken by FIFA is utterly outrageous. "Our football players want to recognise and respect those who have given their lives for our safety and security.
  
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• Admiral's plans to analyse drivers' Facebook profiles blocked

  02-11-2016 17:55
  An insurer's plan to analyse the personalities of first-time drivers by checking their Facebook profiles has been blocked. Announcing its firstcarquote scheme, Admiral said it would use an algorithm to examine social media pages to determine whether prospective customers would be careful drivers. Admiral has subsequently postponed the scheduled launch of its firstcarquote app.
  
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• Recipe swap: share your kale recipes

  02-11-2016 17:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Share your kale recipes with us for a chance to have them printed in CookFor your chance to be crowned Guardian home cook of the year, share your kale recipes with us. Email [email protected], upload them via the GuardianWitness buttons here or post them on Instagram @guardian_cook #RRS #kale by noon on Wednesday 9 November. Selected recipes will appear in Cook and online on 19 November. Related: Readers’ recipe swap: Dates | Dale Berning SawaContinue reading...
  
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• Why have 1.4m people across the world 'checked in' at the Standing Rock oil pipeline protest site?

  02-11-2016 17:29
  
  Over 1.4m people have checked in at Standing Rock reservation in a bid to ‘confuse’ law enforcement in the area.
  
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• Last remaining children moved out of Calais' Jungle migrant camp

  02-11-2016 17:07
  
  The last remaining child migrants who have been living in the 'Jungle' camp in Calais have been relocated, according to authorities. Officials told Sky News that all the unaccompanied minors living in the camp have now been moved to juvenile asylum centres across France. Once at the resettlement centres, any asylum applications they make for the UK and elsewhere in Europe will be processed.
  
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• May says UK should boost trade with Colombia post-Brexit

  02-11-2016 17:06
  Britain should boost trade with fast-growing economies like Colombia when it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday after meeting with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Santos, whose three-day trip is the first state visit to Britain by a Colombian president, said on Tuesday he hoped to strengthen trade and investment ties with Britain. "As the UK prepares to leave the EU, I am determined that Britain should become the global champion of free trade, and tha
  
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• Theresa May congratulates Jeremy Corbyn on grandchild by mistake

  02-11-2016 17:03
  It was a gaffe so good it had both sides of the Commons in fits of uncontrollable laughter. Theresa May offered her hearty congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn in a packed House of Commons on the arrival of his new granddaughter, only to realise he hadn't had one. Mrs May was quick to turn the blame on Conservative Party Chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin for dealing her "misinformation".
  
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• US army veteran's story: 'I killed four people in one hour in Iraq' – video

  02-11-2016 17:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Staff Sgt Isaac ‘Bone’ Lebonte served with 101st Airborne Division, Chaos Company in Iraq, filmed in 2008 by award-winning photographer Sean Smith. Eight years on and now back in the United States, Lebonte tells Smith about his first firefight; the deaths of close friends; and his difficulties adjusting to life outside the militaryWith thanks to Leica and CanonContinue reading...
  
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• Alleged killer 'wouldn't have minded' being raped by 'victim'

  02-11-2016 17:00
  Alleged serial killer Stephen Port "wouldn't have minded" being drugged and raped by one of the young men he is accused of murdering, the chef told the Old Bailey. Port contended that he had written the note to help Mr Whitworth get his alleged role in the death of Mr Kovari "off his chest". The barrister insisted it had been Port who had put the note on Mr Whitworth's body to make it appear like suicide.
  
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• Police probe death of serviceman during RAF weapons range training exercise

  02-11-2016 16:57
  
  Police Scotland are leading the investigation into the death.
  
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• Bodies of two children and a man found at house in Leicestershire

  02-11-2016 16:56
  The bodies of two children and a man have been found at a house in Leicestershire, police have said. Negotiators and specialist officers were sent to the scene, where they said contact was made with a man and a woman at the semi-detached house. A spokesman for Leicestershire Police said officers then gained access to the property, where a man was found dead.
  
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• The man suspected of shooting two police officers in Iowa has been arrested

  02-11-2016 16:39
  
  The murders took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
  
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• Campaigners win air pollution court battle with Government

  02-11-2016 16:36
  The Government must speed up and improve measures to combat harmful air pollution levels, the High Court has ruled. A judge declared that the Government's current Air Quality Plan (AQP) is legally flawed and "must be quashed" and replaced with a modified, improved plan. Mr Justice Garnham said that when the AQP was drawn up in 2015, former Environment Secretary Liz Truss MP "fell into error by adopting too optimistic a model of future emissions".
  
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• 'Now we've just got to beat Spurs': Commons mic catches Jeremy Corbyn and John Bercow talking football

  02-11-2016 16:26
  
  The Labour leader Corbyn can be heard to declare “Now we’ve just got to beat Spurs on Saturday,” before Bercow replies: “Terribly important!”
  
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• British Airways-owner IAG to provide Wi-Fi on short-haul from 2017

  02-11-2016 16:18
  British airways-owner IAG said it would start to provide Wi-Fi across its airlines' shorthaul fleets from 2017, following similar moves from rival airlines as passengers increasingly demand to stay connected in the air. The service would be available to people travelling on British Airways flights from next summer, while its other airlines, under the Aer Lingus, Iberia and Vueling brands, would be equipped with the Wi-Fi technology from later in 2017. Rival carrier Lufthansa started providing sa
  
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• Tom Ford on Nocturnal Animals: 'I'm conflicted about what I do' – video interview

  02-11-2016 15:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Nocturnal Animals is the second film directed by fashion bigwig Tom Ford, an adaptation of Austin Mitchell’s celebrated 1993 novel Tony and Susan. Amy Adams plays an art gallery owner who is disturbed by the manuscript of a novel her former husband sends her: it’s about an academic (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) whose family is assaulted while on a road trip across Texas. Ford, Adams, and co-star Aaron Taylor Johnson talk about adapting the book, what Ford’s background in fashion
  
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• Police officer stabbed in Blackpool during spot check on vehicle

  02-11-2016 15:37
  A police officer is being treated in hospital after being stabbed following a routine vehicle check near Blackpool. "As the driver emerged from the vehicle, a Peugeot van, the officer was attacked. "He suffered serious injuries including a knife injury to his torso and facial injuries and was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital for treatment.
  
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• Italian prince Filippo Corsini killed cycling in Knightsbridge

  02-11-2016 15:00
  A cyclist who was killed after colliding with a lorry and suffering "catastrophic injuries" has been named as an Italian prince. Filippo Corsini, 21, was reportedly cycling to a class at Regent's University London when he was caught under the wheel of a lorry in Knightsbridge on Monday. The 42-year-old lorry driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving.
  
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• QPR offer to help bring children stranded in France to the UK

  02-11-2016 14:56
  
  Refugee children have been dispersed all over the country.
  
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• Police officer stabbed in incident near Blackpool

  02-11-2016 14:31
  A police officer is being treated in hospital after being stabbed following a routine vehicle check near Blackpool. "As the driver emerged from the vehicle, a Peugeot van, the officer was attacked. "He suffered serious injuries including a knife injury to his torso and facial injuries and was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital for treatment.
  
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• A new poll puts Trump ahead of Clinton - but what does it all mean?

  02-11-2016 14:30
  
  Everything you need to know about the confusing world of polling.
  
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• Factbox - The legal challenge over who can trigger Britain's exit talks from EU

  02-11-2016 14:26
  By Michael Holden and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - England's High Court is due to rule on Thursday on a challenge to the British government's right to start divorce proceedings from the European Union, lawyers in the case said. The case at London's High Court was about one simple question: who has the right to invoke Article 50 of the EU's 2009 Lisbon Treaty, the formal process by which Britain notifies the European Union of its intention to leave the bloc and kicking off two-years of nego
  
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• Theresa May got herself in an embarrassing tangle over a new Labour baby at PMQs

  02-11-2016 14:20
  
  MPs found it absolutely hilarious – not least Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Brexit Article 50 High Court ruling due on Thursday

  02-11-2016 14:17
  Judges will give their ruling tomorrow on whether the Government must get MPs' consent to trigger Article 50 to start the UK's exit from the European Union. Campaigners who brought the case argue that the Prime Minister and her Cabinet cannot invoke the crucial clause to begin Brexit negotiations without the backing of the House of Commons. Theresa May has said she will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of March, starting the clock on a two-year window to leave the EU and g
  
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• Facebook rejects Admiral's plan to use profile data for car insurance discounts

  02-11-2016 14:13
  
  Facebook’s policy puts strict limits on how developers can use the information that people share with them.
  
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• Donald Trump effigy to go up in flames at Edenbridge bonfire display

  02-11-2016 14:13
  A 36ft statue of Donald Trump will be burned at a town's bonfire display this weekend. The effigy of the Republican US presidential candidate will be set alight at a display in Edenbridge, Kent, on Saturday - just days before he goes head-to-head with Hillary Clinton in the election. The steel-framed model of Mr Trump has him dressed in a pair of shorts emblazoned with images of Mexican men and holding the head of his Democratic rival.
  
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• PM: FIFA poppy ban is 'utterly outrageous'

  02-11-2016 14:05
  
  FIFA's decision to ban footballers from wearing poppies on the pitch is "utterly outrageous", Theresa May has said. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mrs May said: "I think the stance that has been taken by FIFA is utterly outrageous. "Our football players want to recognise and respect those who have given their lives for our safety and security.
  
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• UKIP is in 'hell of a mess', says party donor Arron Banks

  02-11-2016 13:46
  
  UKIP is in a "hell of a mess", according to the party's biggest donor Arron Banks. Mr Banks said it was a poor state of affairs to have a party where one leadership candidate won the contest but stepped down and another was involved in an alleged punch-up. Mr Banks, who co-founded Leave.EU, said: "I think at the moment I am not going to deny UKIP's in a hell of a mess.
  
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• Hong Kong parliament erupts into chaos as fight breaks out

  02-11-2016 13:46
  
  Pro-democracy campaigners scuffled with security guards before other parliamentarians came to their defence.
  
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• Minors left in Calais after Jungle clearance have been taken to processing centres

  02-11-2016 13:45
  
  The operation to dismantle all of the camp’s makeshift shelters was completed on Monday evening.
  
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• London High Court to deliver verdict on EU exit case on Thursday

  02-11-2016 13:40
  London's High Court will deliver its eagerly awaited verdict on Thursday on whether British lawmakers, rather than the government, must trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union, lawyers involved in the case said. The court heard a challenge last month from campaigners who argued Prime Minister Theresa May and her ministers do not have the authority to invoke Article 50 of the EU Lisbon Treaty, the mechanism by which a nation can leave the bloc, without the explicit backing of par
  
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• May says will do utmost to protect agriculture post-Brexit

  02-11-2016 13:29
  British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday the government would do everything possible to get the best deal for the agriculture sector when the country leaves the European Union. "We're very conscious of the importance of the food and agricultural sector across the United Kingdom but particularly of that sector to Northern Ireland and we will be doing everything we can ... to ensure we get the best deal possible for the agri-food sector," she told parliament.
  
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• Missing Melanie Wilson sent dad text before she disappeared

  02-11-2016 12:57
  A 22-year-old woman who has been missing for more than two weeks sent her father a text message telling him she loved him 20 minutes before she disappeared. Melanie Wilson was last seen at her home in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, at around 11.20pm on 19 October. David Wilson said: "I'd imagine hell is similar to what I and family and friends are going through.
  
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• EU 'bullying' could put Britons off foreign drink, says UK pub boss

  02-11-2016 12:55
  By Rahul B and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - A "bullying" approach by European leaders over Brexit risks hurting sales of French wine, German beer and Swedish cider, said the founder of British pubs chain JD Wetherspoon, a prominent "Leave" campaigner. The warning came as the group, which operates more than 900 pubs, said strong sales growth in the summer had slowed in recent weeks, and it faced rising costs, sending its shares lower on Wednesday. Company chairman Tim Martin said a call from Eu
  
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• A giant effigy of Donald Trump will be set alight on Bonfire Night

  02-11-2016 11:51
  
  He beat the likes of Boris Johnson, Sam Allardyce and Honey G to become the star of Edenbridge’s annual event.
  
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• Brexit threatens supply of new drugs, report warns

  02-11-2016 11:43
  British patients could end up not being able to access modern medicines if there is a "hard Brexit", a think tank report endorsed by a former Conservative health minister warned on Wednesday. Drugmakers currently use the European Medicines Agency as a one-stop-shop to get drugs licensed across Europe, but Britain is likely to drop out of that system if it severs EU ties and leaves the single market in a scenario dubbed "hard Brexit". "The result of 'hard Brexit' would not only be a sick economy
  
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