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• 'Bowie music, Bowie style' London concert to celebrate late singer

  14-11-2016 23:05
  (Reuters) - Friends and musicians who played with David Bowie are to gather in London for a concert in January marking what would have been his 70th birthday, organizers announced on Monday. Called "Celebrating David Bowie," the concert is organised by Gary Oldman, a British actor and close Bowie friend, and will take place in Bowie's Brixton, London birthplace on Jan. 8, according to the late singer's website. The show will come almost a year after Bowie's death from cancer on Jan 10.
  
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• Prime Minister urges companies to help those 'left behind'

  14-11-2016 22:19
  Theresa May has urged companies to work with the Government to help those "left behind" by globalisation. As the UK gets ready for Brexit, and Donald Trump prepares to be inaugurated as United States president, Mrs May noted that "a change is in the air".
  
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• With 'change in the air', PM May asks business to help on economy

  14-11-2016 22:02
  By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May called on business leaders on Monday to help her government win back Britons disillusioned with liberal elites and globalisation by forging an economy that "works for everyone". Describing the election of real estate magnate Donald Trump as U.S. president and Britain's vote to leave the European Union as proof that "change is in the air", May said Britain should not shy away from making the case for globalisatio
  
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• Brendan Dassey may be released from prison in time to spend Thanksgiving with his family

  14-11-2016 21:58
  
  The case of Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery gained national attention after Netflix aired Making A Murderer last year.
  
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• REVEALED: Scotland's most dangerous road

  14-11-2016 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A NINE-MILE stretch of road has been named Scotland's most dangerous for the second year running.
  
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• Terror fears see hundreds of veterans barred from Remembrance Sunday parade

  14-11-2016 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SECURITY fears over a possible attack on the Remembrance Sunday parade saw hundreds of veterans told they weren’t able to march past the Cenotaph.
  
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• Martin Rowson on the supermoon – cartoon

  14-11-2016 20:56
  
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• Vile racists slip pork scratchings into BBC journalist's shopping...but she's NOT a Muslim

  14-11-2016 20:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BBC presenter was targeted by sick racists who slipped pork scratchings into her shopping basket thinking she was a Muslim.
  
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• Lauri Love to be extradited to US over computer hacking charges

  14-11-2016 20:30
  
  A man will be extradited to the United States to face computer hacking charges after the Home Secretary signed the order.
  
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• Forget Lassie: This dog has been hailed a hero for saving a boy who was stuck in a tumble dryer

  14-11-2016 20:15
  
  It’s not the first time the pooch has warned the family of danger.
  
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• Men used Syria-bound aid convoys to transport items for terrorism, court told

  14-11-2016 20:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FOUR men used aid convoys bound for Syria to transport items that would be used to commit terrorism offences, a court heard.
  
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• Tragic mum found dead after watching her eight-year-old son die in house fire

  14-11-2016 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A DEVASTATED mum who could only watch on helplessly as her eight-year-old son perished in a house fire has been found dead two weeks later in a suspected suicide.
  
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• Skinny people might be at serious risk of Type 2 diabetes after all

  14-11-2016 20:03
  
  New research shows you don’t have to be overweight to be at serious risk of the disease.
  
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• 'Volatile' Farage is the 'last thing' UK needs in negotiating with Trump, blasts Labour MP

  14-11-2016 19:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LABOUR MP Yvette Cooper has bashed Ukip’s Nigel Farage, saying he is the “last thing” the UK needs while building a relationship with the US.
  
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• Stalker jailed over plot to kidnap woman and make her his sex slave

  14-11-2016 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A STALKER who plotted to kidnap a woman and keep her as his sex slave has been jailed for ten years.
  
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• Mayoress fiddled benefits while escorting her mayor husband to plush functions

  14-11-2016 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAYORESS fiddled benefits while escorting her mayor husband to plush official functions in robes and chains.
  
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• Is the 'supermoon' outside your window right now?

  14-11-2016 19:17
  
  Photographers from around the world have captured stunning images of the moon as it appeared to be at its biggest and brightest for almost 70 years.
  
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• Man guilty of throttling and dismembering PC Gordon Semple

  14-11-2016 19:16
  
  A man has been found guilty of murdering PC Gordon Semple and dismembering his body after the pair met on gay dating app Grindr. Stefano Brizzi, 50, throttled Mr Semple and then disposed of his body in a variety of ways including dumping it in an acid bath. Italian-born Brizzi claimed the police officer had "begged" him to be tied up and choked.
  
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• PENSION WARNING: Workers in flagship scheme 'being lulled into false sense of security'

  14-11-2016 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WORKERS in the government’s flagship pension scheme are being lulled into a false sense of security about how much money they will have in retirement.
  
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• Fox News thinks Nigel Farage is the 'UK Opposition Leader'

  14-11-2016 18:54
  
  Oh dear.
  
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• Big four grocers announce diesel and petrol price cuts

  14-11-2016 18:47
  Fuel prices are being cut at more than a thousand filling stations across the UK run by Britain's biggest supermarkets. An announcement by Asda - which said it was capping the cost of petrol at 110.7p per litre and diesel at 112.7p at its 294 stations from Tuesday - was followed by a round of cuts by its rivals. Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket, said it was cutting petrol and diesel prices by up to 3p per litre at all of its 500 filling stations on Monday afternoon.
  
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• HEALTH WARNING: Tesco issues urgent recall for contact lens solution that could BURN eyes

  14-11-2016 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has today issued an urgent recall for a contact lens solution which has a fault that could cause it to burn people's eyes.
  
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• Breaking Bad fan Stefano Brizzi has been found guilty of murdering Pc Gordon Semple

  14-11-2016 18:35
  
  The gruesome details of the murder were revealed in court.
  
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• NHS mail system CRASHES after 'test message is sent to more than 1.2 million employees'

  14-11-2016 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A “TEST email” sent to more than 1.2million NHS employees this morning caused the entire system to crash, users have claimed.
  
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• Several men arrested at tobacco factory that produced 35MILLION fake cigarettes

  14-11-2016 17:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FACTORY thought to be capable of churning out 35 million dodgy cigarettes a month has been shut down and 10 men arrested.
  
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• Accused killer of MP Jo Cox said was acting 'for Britain', court hears

  14-11-2016 17:55
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The man accused of murdering British lawmaker (MP) Jo Cox in June was heard saying "this is for Britain" during an attack that was motivated by politics or ideology, a London jury was told at the opening of his trial on Monday. Thomas Mair, 53, is charged with Cox' murder, which took place a week before Britain's referendum on EU membership and led to the suspension of campaigning for several days.
  
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• Man found guilty of killing and dismembering PC Gordon Semple

  14-11-2016 17:37
  A man has been found guilty of murdering PC Gordon Semple and dismembering his body after the pair met on gay dating app Grindr. Breaking Bad fan Stefano Brizzi, 50, throttled Mr Semple and then disposed of his body in a variety of ways including dumping it in an acid bath.
  
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• Jo Cox's alleged killer shouted 'Britain First' as he shot and stabbed her, court told

  14-11-2016 17:37
  
  The 41-year-old was allegedly murdered outside her constituency surgery in Birstall just days before the EU referendum.
  
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• Jo Cox jury told of MP's violent final moments as trial begins

  14-11-2016 17:34
  Desperate attempts were made to save the life of Jo Cox MP after she was shot and stabbed repeatedly, a court has heard. At the start of Thomas Mair's trial for murder, the Old Bailey heard how the politician's assistant Fazila Aswat pleaded with her to think of her children in an attempt to keep her alive.
  
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• Swedish officials visit embassy for Julian Assange questioning

  14-11-2016 17:24
  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been questioned over a sex allegation at the Ecuadorian embassy in central London. Prior to the interview, Ms Isgren said a DNA sample would be taken from Mr Assange, provided he gave his consent.
  
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• Pervert, 37, who sent naked selfie to ‘girl’, 14, escapes jail

  14-11-2016 17:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A PAEDOPHILE sent a shower selfie to what he thought was a teenage girl - but was snared by a vigilante paedophile hunter.
  
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• A 'test email' was accidentally sent to 1.2m NHS staff and crashed the entire system

  14-11-2016 17:03
  
  The message, along with thousands of replies to all, clogged up user inboxes.
  
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• Pensioner David Dearlove, 70, in court over 1968 baby boy death

  14-11-2016 16:58
  A 70-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of an 18-month-old boy in 1968.
  
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• Julian Assange's suited-up cat in the window of the Ecuadorian embassy seems to be performing its task purrfectly

  14-11-2016 16:40
  
  A welcome distraction?
  
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• Planned Parenthood is receiving a lot of donations in pro-life Mike Pence's name

  14-11-2016 16:39
  
  And no, it’s not coming from the future vice president.
  
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• Daily Mail office evacuated after 'suspect package' found

  14-11-2016 16:20
  The main London offices of the Daily Mail newspaper were briefly evacuated on Monday after a suspect package was found, police said. Media reports said the package contained a white powder and was sent to the Mail news room in West London but Kensington and Chelsea Police later tweeted that the package was "non-suspicious" and no arrests had been made.
  
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• Julian Assange is currently being questioned over a sexual assault allegation

  14-11-2016 16:12
  
  The interview is expected to take three days.
  
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• Robbie Williams calls Jimmy Page 'mentally ill' for spying on his mansion

  14-11-2016 16:03
  Robbie Williams claims his neighbour Jimmy Page is making secret recordings of building works at his £17m mansion - and has described the guitarist's behaviour as "mentally ill". Page has accused Williams of carrying out construction works "without consent". Williams has now claimed he caught Page sitting in his car and even sleeping in the garden to spy on the works.
  
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• MP Jo Cox was murdered for 'ideological cause', court told

  14-11-2016 16:00
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British member of parliament Jo Cox, who was killed in the street shortly before the June 23 referendum on EU membership, died in a pre-meditated murder carried out for a political or ideological cause, jurors were told on Monday. As the prosecution opened its case against Thomas Mair, 53, who is charged with Cox's murder, the jury at London's Old Bailey court were told witnesses had heard Mair repeatedly say "Britain First" during the attack. The murder of C
  
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• Man, 70, charged with murder of baby boy in 1968

  14-11-2016 15:59
  A 70-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of an 18-month-old boy in 1968.
  
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• 15 key things we learned from Donald Trump's first TV interview as president-elect

  14-11-2016 15:59
  
  President-elect opens up on abortion, Obamacare and his plans to build a wall around Mexico.
  
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• Alton Towers axes up to 70 jobs following Smiler rollercoaster crash

  14-11-2016 15:58
  Alton Towers is making up to 70 staff redundant amid cuts following The Smiler rollercoaster crash. A spokesman for the park in Staffordshire said the move was "part of Alton Towers' continued recovery", and the cuts would fall across all the park's departments. The job cuts comes after park operator Merlin Attractions was fined £5m at Stafford Crown Court in September for a "catastrophic failure" of health and safety rules over The Smiler crash in June last year.
  
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• Dementia and Alzheimer's disease the leading cause of death for first time

  14-11-2016 15:56
  
  Figures show that the mortality rate for dementia and Alzheimer’s has more than doubled over the last five years.
  
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• Susan Calman webchat – your questions answered on zombies, depression and Clare Balding

  14-11-2016 15:05
  
  The searing Scottish comedian is with us to answer your questions in our live webchat – post them in the comments below 2.05pm GMTThanks everyone for taking part in this webchat. If you take nothing from this experience, please remember the following things. Number one, #Calman4DoctorWho. Number two, Grey's Anatomy is brilliant. Number three, being emotional is fine. Number four: things will get better. See you soon Orkney! 2.04pm GMTmrszombie asks:
  How terrifying do you find standup? I sa
  
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• 2016 is set to be the hottest year on record

  14-11-2016 14:56
  
  At least we can be thankful to 2016 for letting our umbrellas gather dust.
  
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• Tesco and Asda announce diesel and petrol price cuts

  14-11-2016 14:54
  Tesco and Asda are cutting fuel prices at hundreds of filling stations across the UK. Asda said it was capping the cost of petrol at 110.7p per litre and diesel at 112.7p at its 294 stations from Tuesday. Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket, said it was cutting petrol and diesel prices by up to 3p per litre at all of its 500 filling stations on Monday afternoon.
  
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• BBC to 'air Muslim Friday prayers as its coverage is too BIASED toward Christianity'

  14-11-2016 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE BBC will reportedly increase its coverage of more religions and could broadcast Muslim Friday prayers after critics moaned coverage is biased towards Christianity.
  
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• The future of Jakarta: what needs to change? Share your thoughts

  14-11-2016 14:49
  
  The Guardian is visiting the Indonesian capital for a special live week of events and reporting, and we’d love to hear from you. If you live in the city, share your stories on how it’s changing and your hopes for the futureThe Indonesian capital, with a population of over 10 million, has been named the most gridlocked city on the planet. Its greater metropolitan area, known as Jabodetabek, is the second largest in the world.
  From 21 to 25 November, the Guardian Cities team will be in
  
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• Nordic football fans reflect on their domestic seasons

  14-11-2016 14:35
  
  As internationals once again break up domestic schedules across Europe, we’ve heard from Scandinavian football fans about how their clubs fared this seasonErlend Vagane was born and raised in the west coast city of Bergen, the second biggest city in Norway. Having been taken to Brann Stadion by his father for the first time at the age of six, he instantly fell in love with the club. “By the time I was 14 I started joined in the singing. I looked up to the older supporters and tried t
  
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• Farage won't be 'third person' in UK relations with Donald Trump

  14-11-2016 14:10
  
  Downing Street has dismissed suggestions that Nigel Farage could act as a go-between for the Government and President-elect Donald Trump. UKIP's interim leader, who at the weekend became the first British politician to meet Mr Trump since his shock election victory, told Sky News he could help foster links between London and Washington in the aftermath of some of the "nasty things" British politicians had said about the next President of the US.
  
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