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• Tesco Bank cyberattack: £2.5m payout for 9,000 customers

  08-11-2016 23:41
  
  Tesco Bank says it has resumed normal service for its customers after online transactions from current accounts were suspended because of a cyberattack. Benny Higgins, the chief executive of Tesco Bank, has stressed that none of their customers' personal data was compromised. A cyber security expert has warned that small banks may be vulnerable to a cyberattack like that seen by Tesco Bank over the weekend.
  
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• Donald Trump looked like he was 'checking' Melania's ballot and now the internet's bursting with memes

  08-11-2016 23:30
  
  The Republican presidential candidate appeared to look over while his wife was voting.
  
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• Tesco Bank says attack affected 9,000 customers

  08-11-2016 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco Bank says the attack which saw money taken from accounts was smaller than it first thought.
  
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• Pret has released their Christmas menu and foodies can't contain their excitement

  08-11-2016 22:09
  
  Vegans will be particularly thrilled by one option.
  
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• Scuba diver 'lucky to be alive' after 18 hours at sea

  08-11-2016 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Les Brierley was rescued after spending 18 hours at sea off Australia's Queensland coast.
  
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• Prepare for what could be winter's first major snowfall

  08-11-2016 21:11
  
  Hats and gloves at the ready.
  
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• Yes, US astronauts can vote from space. And here's how it works...

  08-11-2016 20:44
  
  Shane Kimbrough’s move is in keeping with Nasa’s “vote while you float” motto.
  
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• Did Eric Trump break the law with his election ballot tweet?

  08-11-2016 20:29
  
  Laws in the state of New York bans voters from showing marked ballots to others.
  
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• That shrinking feeling

  08-11-2016 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why you may have to fork out more for less when it comes to chocolate biscuits and ice cream.
  
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• Brexit court ruling appeal date set for 5 December

  08-11-2016 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government appeal against a ruling that MPs must approve Brexit talks will start on 5 December.
  
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• Jamal Mahmoud death: Second Pentonville prison murder charge

  08-11-2016 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A second man is charged with the murder of a 21-year-old man at Pentonville Prison.
  
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• Friend's 'murderers' shout after boy crushed to death by headstone

  08-11-2016 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A friend of a boy who died after a gravestone fell on him while playing in a cemetery shouted "you're murders, we're murderers" at other boys, an inquiry hears.
  
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• Ex-partner of Adam Johnson's sister jailed for posting pictures of the footballer's child sex victim on Facebook

  08-11-2016 19:23
  
  Steven Knox, 30, been jailed for 16 weeks.
  
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• 5 things we learned about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from the Kensington Palace statement

  08-11-2016 18:59
  
  Kensington Palace has released a statement about the couple.
  
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• M&S to close stores and reduce clothing space

  08-11-2016 18:57
  By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Marks & Spencer plans to shut more than 80 stores at home and abroad at a cost of up to 550 million pounds as its new boss tries to revive the retailer by switching space towards food and away from fashion. M&S's latest attempt at a turnaround after several false dawns will see its UK space profile shift to 50 percent clothing and homeware and 50 percent food, from a current two-thirds/one-third split. Steve Rowe, a company veteran who took ove
  
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• Viagra maker Pfizer denies Brexit link to two UK site closures

  08-11-2016 18:45
  US drugs company Pfizer has announced plans to close two sites in the UK, putting 370 jobs at risk. The maker of Viagra said the decision was made following a review of its global supply network - insisting there was not a link with the UK's vote to leave the EU. The pharmaceutical firm said the Hospira UK (Aseptic Services) Compounding site in north London, where it employs 100 people, would shut in mid-2017.
  
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• 'Errors' in Met's VIP paedophile probe Operation Midland

  08-11-2016 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Numerous errors" were made in a police investigation into VIP paedophile claims, a review finds.
  
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• Bizarre road to the election: Trump's campaign in three minutes – video

  08-11-2016 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  After a 511-day march to the US presidential election, we take a look at the highs and lows of Donald Trump’s campaign – from the day he launched his candidacy on 16 June 2015 to his final rally on Tuesday nightClinton and Trump cast their ballots after 46 million Americans vote earlyYour election night survival guide: what to expect as polls closeSupport our fearless, independent journalism by making a contribution or becoming a memberContinue reading...
  
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• Weather warning for parts of UK as up to 20cm of snow forecast

  08-11-2016 18:28
  Higher ground in northern England will bear the brunt and rush hour disruption is expected on Wednesday morning. Scotland will be first to see the snow, late on Tuesday, before it moves south to the Pennines. Leeds and Sheffield could have the heaviest snowfall, while lower lying parts of Yorkshire and into Cheshire are predicted to see around 10cm settling overnight, the Met Office said.
  
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• Clinton and Trump are taking the headlines, but for some it's Barack Obama's day

  08-11-2016 18:19
  
  A user asked for #ObamaDay and, boy, did Twitter deliver.
  
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• Pfizer says closing two British sites, not Brexit-related

  08-11-2016 18:11
  U.S. drugs company Pfizer said it was closing two sites in Britain that employ a total of 370 people following a review of its global supply network. "It is important to note that these proposals are in no way related to the result of the Brexit decision," the company said on Tuesday. Its Hospira UK (Aseptic Services) Compounding site in North London, where it employs 100 people, will close in the middle of next year, a spokesman said, while a packaging and distribution site in Havant, southern
  
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• Both Clinton and Trump have voted - we wonder who they went for?

  08-11-2016 18:11
  
  Gary Johnson perhaps?
  
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• The results are in from the first town in the US to vote

  08-11-2016 18:08
  
  Has Dixville Notch gone for Trump or Clinton?
  
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• Lindsay Rimer death: Man held over 1990s canal body find

  08-11-2016 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenager whose body was found in a canal 22 years ago.
  
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• Who is Meghan Markle? – video profile

  08-11-2016 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Meghan Markle has been confirmed as Prince Harry’s girlfriend in a statement released from Kensington Palace on Tuesday lambasting press coverage of her. But what do we know about Markle? The actor may not be a familiar name to British audiences, but she is better known in the US for her role as Rachel Zane in TV drama SuitsPrince Harry lambasts press over coverage of girlfriend Meghan MarkleContinue reading...
  
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• Rights for raccoons

  08-11-2016 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parliament debates petitions with more than 100,000 signatures - but not all of them get that far.
  
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• Motorists take advantage of finance deals to trade up

  08-11-2016 17:38
  
  Motorists are switching cars more often in light of attractive finance deals.
  
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• Donald Trump can't pronounce Beyonce's name correctly

  08-11-2016 17:36
  
  Tell him “boy bye”…
  
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• May says EU divorce timetable still deliverable - spokesman

  08-11-2016 17:17
  British Prime Minister Theresa May is committed to triggering the formal European Union divorce talks by the end of March and believes such a timetable is deliverable, a spokesman said on Tuesday. "We are still committed to the timetable as set out, to trigger Article 50 by no later than the end of March of next year, and we are of the opinion that timetable is still deliverable," the spokesman said. The remarks come after the United Kingdom's Supreme Court said it would rule in the New Year on
  
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• BMW's UK workers back strike action in consultative ballot

  08-11-2016 17:16
  British workers at BMW's Mini and Rolls-Royce car plants have backed strike action in a consultative ballot over plans by the German automaker to close the firm's final salary pensions, a union said on Tuesday. Over 4,000 employees who are members of the Unite union at five locations, including the Mini plant in Oxford and Rolls-Royce facility in Goodwood, were asked whether they wanted to take industrial action. "Unite will now be making arrangements to move to a full statutory industrial actio
  
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• Moves to pardon N Ireland gay men

  08-11-2016 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gay and bisexual men convicted of abolished sex offences in Northern Ireland look set to be pardoned.
  
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• UK top court likely to rule on parliament's Brexit role in New Year

  08-11-2016 17:00
  Britain's Supreme Court is likely to make its ruling in the New Year on the issue of whether the government requires parliamentary approval before launching the formal process of leaving the European Union. Prime Minister Theresa May wants to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, the formal step that will start divorce proceedings, by the end of March, but the High Court ruled last week that the decision had to be made by parliament. The Supreme Court said it had granted the government p
  
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• Festive furore

  08-11-2016 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two 10-second video clips released on Twitter stoke hype for the John Lewis 2016 Christmas advert.
  
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• Nicola Payne investigators search Coombe Abbey Park over 'credible evidence'

  08-11-2016 16:47
  West Midlands Police officers are looking for Nicola Payne at Coombe Abbey Country Park in Warwickshire after "credible evidence" was received by the force. Two men were cleared of murdering Ms Payne last year but detectives in the case said they would never stop searching for answers. Nigel Barwell and his brother-in-law, Thomas O'Reilly, both 51 and of Coventry at the time of the hearing, were found not guilty of murder by a unanimous jury at Birmingham Crown Court last November.
  
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• NIESR sees slight economic slowdown in three months to October

  08-11-2016 16:40
  British economic growth probably slowed in the three months to October from a solid performance in the first three months after the vote to leave the European Union, a leading think tank said on Tuesday. Britain's economy expanded by 0.4 percent in the three months to October, a bit weaker than an official growth reading of 0.5 percent in the three months to September, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said. Looking ahead, this contribution ... is expected to wane ov
  
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• UK Supreme Court says likely to rule on Article 50 in New Year

  08-11-2016 16:36
  Britain's Supreme Court said on Tuesday it had granted the government permission to appeal against a High Court ruling last week that parliament's approval was required before the formal process of leaving the European Union could begin. The Supreme Court said it had set aside four days, Dec. 5 to 8, to hear the appeal.
  
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• Accused UK 'flash crash' trader extradited to face U.S. charges

  08-11-2016 16:28
  A London-based trader has been extradited to the United States to face federal charges related to his alleged role in the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash," the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. Navinder Sarao, 37, who traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) from his parents' home near London's Heathrow Airport, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Chicago on Wednesday morning after losing a legal challenge to his extradition. Sarao, who denies wrongdoing, arrived in the United
  
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• Touring 'Star Wars Identities' exhibition comes to London

  08-11-2016 16:26
  The "Star Wars" universe comes to London this month as part of a touring exhibition where fans of the hugely successful sci-fi saga can get up close with the franchise's famous characters. "Star Wars Identities: The Exhibition" features around 200 props, costumes, models and artwork from the original "Star Wars" films by George Lucas as well as an interactive quest where visitors can create a "Star Wars" identity. Preparations were under way on Tuesday ahead of next week's opening at London's O2
  
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• 'Numerous errors' made in paedophile inquiry

  08-11-2016 16:23
  Scotland Yard made"numerous errors" in the investigation into high-profile paedophiles, an independent review has found. The review, by retired High Court judge Sir Richard Henriques, said the decision to end the investigation should have been made much earlier. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said he was dismayed "that the suspects in the investigation were pursued for so long".
  
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• Scotland to join legal appeal to ensure vote on Brexit trigger

  08-11-2016 16:20
  By Elisabeth O'Leary EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland will throw its weight behind campaigners trying to force the British government to seek parliamentary approval to start the formal divorce procedure from the European Union, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday. Although the United Kingdom as a whole voted to leave the EU in a June referendum, Scotland voted to remain and Sturgeon has vowed to protect Scottish interests in the coming negotiations with Brussels. British Prime Minister
  
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• M&S to close stores, cut back on clothing

  08-11-2016 16:20
  By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Marks & Spencer plans to shut more than 80 stores at home and abroad at a cost of up to 550 million pounds as its new boss tries to revive the retailer by shifting its focus more towards food than fashion. M&S, whose shares have fallen 22 percent so far this year, reported a 19 percent slump in first-half profit on Tuesday and another decline in quarterly clothing sales. Steve Rowe, a company veteran who took over as CEO in April, has the task
  
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• Things got a bit heated at a bikram yoga studio when a fire broke out

  08-11-2016 16:18
  
  Bringing a whole new meaning to “hot yoga”.
  
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• Over the wall

  08-11-2016 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs to IRA prisoners who escaped from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland, there have been several high-profile breakouts over the years.
  
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• London police guilty of "serious failings" over VIP child sex cases

  08-11-2016 16:10
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - London's police force was guilty of dozens of serious failings in investigations into alleged historical child sex abuse by high-profile figures based on claims that turned out not to be credible, a damning report said on Tuesday. Detectives, including some very senior officers, made a series of mistakes in two inquiries into claims of sex offences and child murders with the suggestion that the crimes had been covered up by the establishment, the report by fo
  
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• #ImVotingBecause: People are sharing their heartfelt and hilarious reasons for voting in the US election

  08-11-2016 16:06
  
  Twitter explodes as the results near.
  
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• Scotland applies to join Brexit trigger court battle

  08-11-2016 15:29
  
  Scotland will apply to the Supreme Court to intervene against the UK Government as it tries to overturn a Brexit court ruling. Scotland's top law officer will lodge a formal application to join the legal challenge when it comes in front of judges early next month in an attempt to make sure MPs and Scotland's parliament has a say on triggering Article 50. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said "it simply cannot be right" that European Union membership "can be removed by the UK Government on the say-
  
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• All sewn up?

  08-11-2016 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite swirling rumours, John Lewis says there are no plans to ditch their haberdashery departments.
  
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• M&S to close clothing and home stores in turnaround plan

  08-11-2016 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  M&S is to close 30 UK clothing shops, convert dozens into food stores and exit markets abroad.
  
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• Tesco Bank hack 'unprecedented', says head of City watchdog

  08-11-2016 15:15
  
  The head of the City watchdog has described the hack on 20,000 Tesco Bank accounts as "unprecedented". Andrew Bailey also told MPs it was too early to say how it happened. Mr Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), told MPs: "That's important but not by any means the heart of the concern.
  
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• Hillary Clinton and her team freeze everything for the mannequin challenge

  08-11-2016 15:01
  
  The Dallas Cowboys, the New York Giants, Young Thug, and now Hills.
  
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