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• Homeless, in spite of full-time job

  17-11-2016 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The acute shortage of housing in Britain has been underlined by figures obtained by BBC News.
  
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• GKN Plc to close its helicopter factory in Somerset

  17-11-2016 23:20
  (Reuters) - British engineer GKN Plc said on Thursday it would close its GKN Yeovil helicopter factory in Somerset at the end of 2017 and cut several jobs at the site. GKN, which supplies components for Airbus and Boeing planes, started a formal consultation last month after Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA's decision to take all future AW159 Wild Cat work in-house. "Since then, we have explored all possible options to avoid closure," a GKN spokesman said in an email to Reuters.
  
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• Fifa opens proceedings against England and Scotland for the wearing of poppies

  17-11-2016 21:44
  
  Fifa announced that FA and SFA faced action with both facing the possibility of a fine, or points deduction.
  
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• Vagina Dispatches: what you didn't learn in sex ed - video

  17-11-2016 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s not just about sex. Sex education should be giving us the information we need to feel in control of our bodies and make informed decisions about them – but it’s failing. In episode four of Vagina Dispatches, we speak to our moms, friends and sex educators to find out why. Then we give the basics on some topics that are missing from the curriculum, from discharge to menopause.Episode one: the vulvaEpisode two: periodsEpisode three: the orgasm gapIf you want to get in touch
  
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• Readers recommend: share your songs with the accordion

  17-11-2016 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Make your nomination in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 21 November As this week’s readers recommend guru said in selecting a theme: “let’s get the squeezeboxes out”.You have until 11pm on Monday 21 November to post your nomination and make your justification. Regular RR contributor and first time guru who posts in the comments as LyntonCrosby will select from your recommendations and prod
  
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• Philip Davies accused of "mansplaining" during International Men's Day debate

  17-11-2016 21:00
  
  Davies accused the SNP’s justice spokeswoman Joanna Cherry of failing to prepare for the debate.
  
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• Federal appeals court stops Making A Murderer's Brendan Dassey's release

  17-11-2016 19:44
  
  A federal judge overturned his conviction in August but state lawyers appealed against that ruling.
  
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• DiCaprio greeted by screaming fans at Edinburgh charity eatery

  17-11-2016 19:22
  
  Leonardo DiCaprio swapped the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for an Edinburgh eatery restaurant which helps the homeless. The Oscar winner will speak at the Scottish Business Awards on Thursday night, but was invited to visit Josh Littlejohn's latest Social Bite venture beforehand. Biffy Mackay, a trainee chef who helped prepare the meal of North Sea halibut and Japanese kale, said the experience was "nerve-wracking".
  
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• 'Jo Cox's killer walked away without a care'

  17-11-2016 19:12
  
  Murder accused Thomas Mair stabbed and shot MP Jo Cox then calmly walked away "with not a care in the world", a court has heard. The mother of two was targeted outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, in front of her staff and residents on 16 June. David Honeybell had been in the local library, just yards from the attack.
  
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• Poppies row: FIFA opens disciplinary cases against England and Scotland

  17-11-2016 19:06
  
  FIFA has opened disciplinary cases against England and Scotland after their players wore armbands with poppy emblems.
  
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• KT Tunstall among the stars joining MPs to create a single in memory of Jo Cox

  17-11-2016 18:54
  
  MPs and musicians join forces for an important cause.
  
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• US defence expert believes Trump will reverse stance on Nato despite 'bromance' with Putin

  17-11-2016 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DONALD TRUMP will change his stance on Nato despite indulging in a “lovefest” with Russia, according to a leading US defence expert.
  
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• Anonymity allowed for council, social worker and police officer in child sex abuse probe

  17-11-2016 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A COUNCIL, a social worker and a police officer criticised by a family court judge investigating child sex abuse allegations have won a fight to remain anonymous.
  
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• What your surname says about you - video explainer

  17-11-2016 17:49 via theguardian.com
  
  A team of researchers has spent four years studying the meanings and origins of almost 50,000 surnames of British and Irish records back to 11th century, from the most common to the highly obscure. Some names have been around for many centuries while other more recent arrivals are explained for the first time in the work, the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, which is published on ThursdayDictionary of 50,000 surnames and their origins published
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• Rap star handed five YEARS in jail after Sharia court says his songs are blasphemous

  17-11-2016 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FAMOUS Iranian rap star will be given 74 lashes and five years in prison for his songs promoting prostitution in Iran.
  
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• Sir Norman Bettison: 'Nothing I'm ashamed of' over Hillsborough

  17-11-2016 17:25
  
  Former police chief Sir Norman Bettison has said he did nothing he was ashamed of over the Hillsborough tragedy. Sir Norman, who was a chief inspector at South Yorkshire Police during the 1989 disaster in which 96 Liverpool fans died, gives a personal account of his role and the events that followed in a book called Hillsborough Untold: Aftermath Of A Disaster. Sir Norman, who attended the game as a spectator, told Sky News he had written the book to give his account of the a
  
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• 'Freak tornado' wreaks havoc in Aberystwyth

  17-11-2016 17:22
  Hurricane-force winds have wreaked havoc in West Wales after what witnesses described as a freak tornado hit the town of Aberystwyth. TORRO, the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation, said the reports were yet to be verified but warned the cold front was moving eastwards to parts of southern and central England, bringing with it the threat of isolated tornadoes, high winds and lightning. The Mid and West Wales fire service dealt with 25 weather-related incidents after trees crashed onto roads,
  
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• Britain seeks to curb pollution by small-scale power plants

  17-11-2016 17:17
  Britain plans to curb health damaging air pollution with emissions standards for small-scale power plants used to generate back-up electricity at short notice and to stem the rising use of diesel generators. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) suggests plants producing 1-50 megawatts (MW) of electricity should be subject to new rules to cut emissions of harmful pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide. "The combined impact of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Particulate Matter (P
  
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• Nigel Farage denies using EU cash to try to win South Thanet seat

  17-11-2016 17:15
  
  Nigel Farage has denied using EU cash to try to win the South Thanet seat at the General Election saying he's been victimised. The UKIP leader told Sky News the party did not use EU "money in Thanet or anywhere during the General Election" after claims the party had misspent funding from Europe. According to a leaked audit compiled for the European Parliament Bureau and seen by Sky News, UKIP misspent nearly £400,000 to fund its own electioneering and to help boost the Brexit campaign
  
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• Man who googled 'most painful place to stab someone' jailed for 22 years for wife's murder

  17-11-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AN UBER cab driver who killed his wife after trawling the internet for "the most painful place to stab someone" has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.
  
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• 'The old me is gone': Rise in transgender children in UK fuels identity fears

  17-11-2016 16:51
  By Lin Taylor BIRMINGHAM, England (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For most adolescent girls in Britain, shopping for a bra is a rite of a passage into womanhood. Vaughan was born a girl but never felt like one. The unease started at the age of 10 and only intensified as Vaughan got older.
  
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• UK ratifies Paris Agreement on fighting climate change

  17-11-2016 16:50
  
  The UK has signed the the world's first comprehensive climate change treaty to limit global temperature rises. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson ratified the Paris Agreement, which means the UK is now bound to try to keep temperature increases "well below" 2C. The move has been welcomed by environmental campaigners, who are concerned that Donald Trump's election could threaten global action on climate change.
  
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• Pastor left scarred after racist attacker told him to 'go back where he came from'

  17-11-2016 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FATHER has said he fears he will suffer permanent injury after he was allegedly punched and verbally assaulted in a racially-motivated attack.
  
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• Skydiving magic, bungee dunk for Guinness World Records day

  17-11-2016 16:24
  From the highest dunk of a biscuit into a cup of tea by a bungee jumper to the most magic tricks performed during a skydive, the adventurous and imaginative are marking Guinness World Records Day on Thursday with all sorts of feats. Thousands of people around the world are attempting new records for the occasion, which was launched to mark the day when the 100th millionth copy of the Guinness World Records book was sold and is now in its 12th year. In Britain, Simon Berry took the Guinness World
  
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• What's air pollution like where you are? Share your experiences

  17-11-2016 16:21 via theguardian.com
  
  We’d like to find out about air pollution around the world. How does it affect your daily life? Share your views and experiences Air pollution has risen by 8% in in five years with fast-growing cities in the developing world worst affected, according to the WHO. We want to explore its impact on the daily lives of people around the world. If you live in a city that is affected by toxic air or you work in air quality control, we’d like to hear from you.Two weeks ago, India’s capi
  
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• World's biggest Lego store clocks on in London with Big Ben replica

  17-11-2016 16:01
  The world's biggest Lego store has opened in London, featuring a six-metre (20ft) replica of Big Ben and a life-sized Tube carriage. The two-storey shop in Leicester Square also offers a "mosaic maker" experience with a machine capturing a customer's image before producing printed instructions and bricks required to make a portrait. Lego is the world's second-largest toy maker and last year sold more than 72 billion Lego "elements", or pieces.
  
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• Khan risks rift with Trump as he tells American protestors they can 'move to LONDON'

  17-11-2016 15:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SADIQ KHAN has told angry Americans protesting over Donald Trump’s US election victory to move to LONDON.
  
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• Gangs use stun guns and acid to enforce local drug markets

  17-11-2016 15:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CRIMINAL gangs are using stun guns and acid as weapons to enforce their grip on local drug markets.
  
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• Britain ratifies Paris climate agreement

  17-11-2016 15:44
  Britain said on Thursday it had ratified the Paris Agreement, the global deal to combat climate change. The Paris Agreement came into force on Nov. 4 when more than 55 countries representing more than 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions ratified the deal. "The UK is ratifying the historic Paris Agreement so that we can help to accelerate global action on climate change and deliver on our commitments to create a safer, more prosperous future for us all," Nick Hurd, Minister of Sta
  
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• UK has kind of Brexit negotiating structure but won't be easy - Scots minister

  17-11-2016 15:37
  The United Kingdom has got some kind of structure in place for negotiating its exit from the European Union but divorce talks will not be easy, pro-EU Scotland's Brexit representative said on Thursday. "We have a sort of negotiating structure established within the UK now, a joint ministerial committee of the governments and they are looking at it," Michael Russell said at an event in Berlin organised by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. Scotland wants to maintain and build on the relationship
  
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• Three of the finalists for a national fish and chip award have been revealed

  17-11-2016 15:36
  It’s really heating up in the kitchen(s).
  
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• Drink driving limit will not be lowered, says Transport minister

  17-11-2016 15:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Government has no plans to lower the drink-drive limit in England and Wales, peers have been told.
  
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• BREAKING: 'Blood everywhere' Horror stabbing as man knifed outside London station

  17-11-2016 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAN has been stabbed in the street outside a train station, horrifying witnesses who have described seeing 'blood everywhere'.
  
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• 'Blood everywhere' Horror stabbing as man knifed outside London station

  17-11-2016 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAN has been stabbed in the street outside a train station, horrifying witnesses who have described seeing 'blood everywhere'.
  
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• What doom and gloom? Post-Brexit shopping spree BOOSTED sales to highest for 14 YEARS

  17-11-2016 15:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SHOPPERS bagging winter bargains in a post-Brexit vote spending spree pushed up shop sales to their highest for 14 years last month, official figures showed today.
  
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• French presidential elections: share your thoughts on the country's politics

  17-11-2016 15:22 via theguardian.com
  
  France’s centre-right are kicking off the country’s primaries. We’d like you to share your thoughts, and hopes, on the presidential electionsFrance’s centre-right opposition party Les Républicains (LR) is holding its first round of primaries to select its nominees for next year’s presidential election on Sunday. This is the mainstream right’s first primary, with candidates usually agreed-on in private.Polls suggest the winner of the two-round party vote
  
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• UK weather: Tornado HITS British coast as HUGE storm and 95mph gales rip across Britain

  17-11-2016 15:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FURIOUS tornado ripped across Britain today damaging buildings and homes in Wales.
  
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• Met Office issues rush hour warning of snow and ice for Scotland on Thursday and Friday - Scottish Daily Record

  17-11-2016 14:47 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
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  Met Office issues rush hour warning of snow and ice for Scotland on Thursday and Friday
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  Forecasters have issued a severe weather warning of snow and ice for central and southern Scotland for tonight and tomorrow. The Met Office said up to 6cm of snow could fall across the west of the country including Argyll, Strathclyde and parts of ...
  Met Office forecast SNOW and issue Midlands weather warningBirmingham Mail
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• WATCH: Europhile Ken Clarke rails against treatment of 'old friend' Jean-Claude Juncker

  17-11-2016 14:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  REMAIN MP Ken Clarke has hit out at eurosceptics for using the President of the European Union Commission as a name to “frighten their children” with.
  
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• Monarch Of The Glen painting to stay in Scotland after deal agreed with National Gallery

  17-11-2016 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ONE of Scotland's most famous paintings could be saved for the nation after a plan was agreed with its current owners.
  
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• Ex-wife of teacher accused of having sex with pupil 'was told by him to lie to police'

  17-11-2016 14:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE ex-wife of a public school music teacher accused of having sex with a teenage pupil on her wedding dress told a court he made her lie to police and say she had disposed of it.
  
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• Jo Cox murder accused 'waved knife and told onlookers they had better move back'

  17-11-2016 14:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FAR-right extremist waved his knife and told shocked onlookers they had “better move back” as he killed MP Jo Cox, a court has heard.
  
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• Do you live on the Isle of Skye? Share your photos and stories

  17-11-2016 14:22 via theguardian.com
  
  People dream of living on Skye, according to an online survey - we want you to tell us what it’s really like
  The Isle of Skye has won a internet poll on the most desirable place to live in Britain.The beautiful Scottish island beat off competition from Cornwall’s St Ives and Devon’s Woolacombe to be judged the most dreamed of location for habitation, according to the people who took the time to take part in Rightmove’s online survey. Continue reading...
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio visits Edinburgh restaurant to help homeless

  17-11-2016 14:16
  
  Leonardo DiCaprio swapped the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for an Edinburgh restaurant which helps the homeless. The Oscar winner will speak at the Scottish Business Awards on Thursday night, and has been invited to visit Josh Littlejohn's latest Social Bite venture. The Revenant star met the staff and had lunch at Home, a restaurant in Queensferry Street which has been set up by Mr Littlejohn and Dean Gassabi, who owns the Maison Blueue restaurants.
  
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• HS2 steel will be at least 95 per cent British-made, indicates Transport Secretary

  17-11-2016 14:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AT least 95 per cent of the steel used in the construction of HS2 will be British-made, the Transport Secretary has signalled.
  
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• ‘Serious issues' in prisons will take time to turn around, says Liz Truss

  17-11-2016 14:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE problems engulfing prisons in England and Wales will not be fixed overnight, the Justice Secretary has warned.
  
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• Trump’s coming! The new social media challenge – video

  17-11-2016 13:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Move over #MannequinChallenge, there’s a new online social media craze: the #TrumpsComingChallenge. In reaction to Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, high school students in the US have come up with a new challenge: someone yells ‘Trump’s coming!’ and then everyone runs away Continue reading...
  
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• Second Muslim school told to raise standards by Ofsted

  17-11-2016 13:38
  A second private Muslim school has been told to improve its standards following a long-running Sky News investigation. Education watchdog Ofsted has ruled that Zakaria Muslim Girls' High School in Batley in West Yorkshire is not meeting independent school standards and requires improvement. The critical report comes a month after another school run by the same Islamic sect was forced by the regulator to change its curriculum, overhaul teaching standards and improve child safety.
  
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• UKIP group 'misspent' EU funding on Brexit campaign, says leaked audit

  17-11-2016 13:25
  UKIP has misspent almost half a million euros of EU funding on its own electioneering and to help boost their Brexit campaign, according to a leaked audit seen by Sky News. The party splurged taxpayers' cash, breaking European Union spending rules, on polling in key UKIP target constituencies ahead of the General Election and also ahead of the EU referendum. The money was provided to the European political grouping, the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe (ADDE), which is dominated by Nigel
  
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• 'A Scottish SHAMBLES' Sturgeon sunk by Ruth Davidson during fiery FMQs

  17-11-2016 13:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA STURGEON was repeatedly accused of failing to deliver for Scotland on the two-year anniversary of her becoming First Minister.
  
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