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• Hackers launch cyber attack against European Commission

  24-11-2016 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HACKERS have launched a ‘large-scale’ cyber attack on the European Commission computer networks, according to reports.
  
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• Manchester City board could sanction buying central defender in January

  24-11-2016 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  • Pep Guardiola may be forced into transfer market by Vincent Kompany’s injury
  • Belgian’s absence compounds problems in City’s defenceManchester City will hold a board meeting in Abu Dhabi at the weekend, with Khaldoon al-Mubarak, the chairman, ready to sanction the acquisition of a central defender should Pep Guardiola wish to make a move in January.City had no plans to act in the winter window but Vincent Kompany’s latest injury may force a rethink. In the su
  
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• Wage growth to be worst since World War Two, IFS think-tank warns

  24-11-2016 23:17
  
  UK households are facing their worst period for earnings growth since World War Two after a sharp downgrade in the economic outlook, a leading think-tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said workers were facing the "extraordinary and dreadful" prospect of more than a decade without real terms wage growth, in a briefing a day after the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. It said new forecasts produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) showed that the outlook
  
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• 'That's best you can do?' Ferrari mocks Remain plot to STOP Brexit with Blair and Osborne

  24-11-2016 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PUNDITS hit out at the establishment plot to revive the political careers of Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson and George Osborne in order to block Brexit
  
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• Motorist decapitated after 'car's cruise control jams' before slamming into lorry

  24-11-2016 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A TERRIFIED driver told police his car's cruise control was jammed as he sped down the motorway before he slammed into the back of a lorry at more than 100mph, decapitating him instantly, an inquest heard.
  
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• Black Friday record rush expected as price rises loom

  24-11-2016 22:28
  Retailers' websites are gearing up for the strain of Black Friday amid a warning it could be the last to offer true value to UK shoppers because of the weakening pound. There have been days of discounting ahead of the main event - which is expected to result in a record £2bn UK spend over 24 hours. John Lewis was one of the high-profile names in 2015 to suffer a service outage amid record traffic to its site.
  
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• MPs call for Britain First to be listed as 'terrorist organisation' after Jo Cox murder

  24-11-2016 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MINISTERS are demanding the Home Office outlaws the Britain First group in the wake of Jo Cox’s murder.
  
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• 'Britain voted Leave and leave it WILL!' Fury as EU attempts to STIFLE Brexit negotiations

  24-11-2016 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN will be forced to go through at least three rounds of negotiations before Brexit becomes a reality, the European Union has claimed.
  
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• Mr Peanut dabbing at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is exactly what you need in your life right now

  24-11-2016 21:52
  
  He is the internet’s new hero.
  
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• EU adopting three-tier approach to Brexit, sources tell Sky News

  24-11-2016 21:07
  European Union negotiators have adopted a three-tier approach with the UK for the Article 50 negotiations expected to start next year. Sky News has been told that Michel Barnier, the European Commission's top Brexit negotiator, wants to discuss "pending issues" - such as UK payments to the EU, border issues and the single market - at the same time as considering a post-Brexit transition deal. It will come as a blow to UK Brexit Secretary David Davis, who told counterparts in Brussels this week t
  
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• Forest fires in Israel – in pictures

  24-11-2016 21:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Israel is battling fierce fires that have led to tens of thousands of people being evacuated from Haifa. Blazes have spread across the country after a third day of warm weather and strong winds Continue reading...
  
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• Readers recommend: share your songs about iron and steel

  24-11-2016 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 28 November We’ll take your suggestions and forge them into a playlist for next week – get involved below.
  You have until 11pm on Monday 21 November to post your nomination and make your justification. Regular RR contributor Marco den Ouden (who posts as Marconius in the comments) will select from your recommendations and produce the playlist, to
  
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• Chancellor Hammond chooses his battle - fixing weak productivity

  24-11-2016 20:59
  By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - In 2011, early in his time as Chancellor, George Osborne said he would revive British manufacturing as he promised "a march of the makers" to rebalance the economy. This week, Osborne's successor Philip Hammond staked out his own priority: turning around Britain's long-standing productivity problem to meet the challenges of leaving the European Union. Hammond used his first budget statement to address what he called the "shocking" gap between productivity
  
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• Thanksgiving Day parade in New York – in pictures

  24-11-2016 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Macy’s 90th annual Thanksgiving Day parade featured giant balloons of characters from popular culture floating above the streets of Manhattan Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit could force university closures and higher fees, warns academic

  24-11-2016 20:51
  
  In an interview with Sky News, Professor Hugh Brady, Vice-Chancellor of Bristol University, called on the Government to reassure EU students and academic staff they will not be used as "bargaining chips" in negotiations. Figures from UCAS, the UK's university admissions body, show a 9% fall in early applications from the rest of the EU for study in 2017. Some 5% of students at Bristol are from EU countries, as are 20% of its academic staff.
  
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• Council invited the public to name new gritter and it was Boaty McBoatface all over again

  24-11-2016 20:44
  
  Predictably, the internet got very creative.
  
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• British wage growth looks 'dreadful' after Brexit - IFS

  24-11-2016 20:37
  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's wage growth prospects look "dreadful", a leading think tank said on Thursday, after official economic forecasts showed workers were unlikely to recoup losses suffered after the financial crisis within the next five years. The Institute for Fiscal Studies - a think tank focussed on budget issues - said Wednesday's forecasts showed wages in 2021 would be lower than in 2008, after adjusting for inflation - a stagnation with no precedent since at least
  
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• NATO chief takes swipe at EU army and admits Brexit has made military alliance STRONGER

  24-11-2016 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN'S vote to leave the European Union has made the NATO military alliance even more united, its secretary-general admitted as he landed a thinly-veiled blow on the prospect of an EU army.
  
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• Multi-million pound Sex Pistols collection to go up in flames

  24-11-2016 20:09
  By Georgina Cooper LONDON (Reuters) - The son of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren said he would set fire to millions of dollars of punk memorabilia on Saturday, as a protest against the musical scene's appropriation by the mainstream. Joe Corre said he would burn Sex Pistols records, clothing and other ephemera on the 40th anniversary of the release of the band's debut single "Anarchy in the UK".
  
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• These were the main announcements in the Autumn Statement and what key forecasters think about them

  24-11-2016 19:54
  
  Mixing the promises with the predictions.
  
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• Trump's friend Farage taunts PM May with 'ambassador's reception'

  24-11-2016 19:47
  Nigel Farage, the Brexit campaigner who U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said would be great as Britain's envoy to Washington, taunted Prime Minister Theresa May with a mock ambassador's reception complete with chocolate and champagne. May's government dismissed Trump's suggestion this week of "Ambassador Farage" saying there was no vacancy as Kim Darroch is currently serving as ambassador to Washington.
  
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• Footballer Andy Woodward: Pick up phone and say 'I was a victim'

  24-11-2016 19:33
  
  A former professional footballer says there are high-profile abuse victims in the sports world who are yet to come forward - as Manchester City confirms it is carrying out an investigation. Andy Woodward, who gave a harrowing account to The Guardian of abuse he says was perpetrated by former scout Barry Bennell, told Sky News any other victims should tell the authorities. Bennell worked at Stoke City, Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra. He was arrested in the US in 1994.
  
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• Have you changed your mind about your EU referendum vote?

  24-11-2016 19:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Following the autumn statement’s warnings about the economic implications of Brexit, we want to know if you’re having second thoughts about your vote
  It’s been five months since Britain’s historic EU referendum. On Wednesday Philip Hammond, the chancellor, delivered an autumn statement in which he admitted that Brexit will deal a severe blow to the UK’s public finances. Related: IFS warns of biggest squeeze on pay for 70 years over BrexitContinue reading...
  
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• Katy Perry and the great political pop realignment of 2016

  24-11-2016 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump’s victory and the Brexit vote may be causing dismay in cultural circles, but for some artists this but the rising of a brand new dayFor some time now, pundits have speculated on the likely effect of the year’s cataclysmic political shifts upon the world of music. Would Brexit and the rise of Trump bring about a creative explosion to rival that of the early Thatcher years, when the privations wrought upon Britain by the Iron Lady led to a wave of angry, thrilling pop in oppositi
  
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• Greece among best performers in emission reductions | Letters

  24-11-2016 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  The claim that Greece may receive an unfair exemption to increase lignite use (Report, 3 November, theguardian.com) is not justified – it is based on misinterpretations:1) Greece is not trying to “revive its lignite-based model”. In fact, retirements of fossil fuel plants in 2014-23 amount to 4,095MW, including 2,671MW of lignite capacity. Continue reading...
  
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• Blazing a trail

  24-11-2016 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As boxer Katie Taylor prepares to make her professional debut, BBC Sport takes a look at some of the key moments in the history of women's sport.
  
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• Traffic warden films himself being hit by a car

  24-11-2016 18:01
  
  Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a traffic warden was mown down by a motorist who then drove off.
  
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• Preston foster parents who looked after 241 kids to retire

  24-11-2016 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple who have fostered 241 children during the last 37 years have announced their retirement.
  
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• Hundreds of tube drivers to strike on same day as Southern Railway walkout

  24-11-2016 17:27
  
  Workers on the Piccadilly and Hammersmith & City lines will walk out – due to claims of a breakdown in industrial relations.
  
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• Good Energy freezes energy prices, ups pressure on peers

  24-11-2016 16:52
  Independent energy supplier, Good Energy, said on Thursday it would freeze power prices this winter, following in the footsteps of “big six” rival SSE and putting pressure on other suppliers to do the same. British wholesale gas and electricity prices have risen about 30 and 40 percent respectively since June, along with a bounce-back in other commodities such as coal, leading to speculation that some electricity suppliers could raise prices. Good Energy said its gas and electri
  
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• Two students in hospital after stabbing outside Manchester College

  24-11-2016 16:38
  Two teenage students are being treated in hospital for serious injuries after being stabbed outside a college in Manchester. Emergency services were called to Manchester College, in Chorlton Street, shortly after 11am. Chief Inspector Gareth Parkin, of Greater Manchester Police's City of Manchester team, said: "We currently have two people with serious injuries in hospital so it is imperative that anyone with information comes forward and helps us with our investigation.
  
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• UK wages won't grow for a decade, IFS think-tank warns

  24-11-2016 15:50
  
  UK households are facing their worst period for earnings growth since the war after a sharp downgrade in the economic outlook, a leading think-tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said workers were facing the "dreadful" prospect of more than a decade without real terms wage growth, in a briefing a day after the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. It said new forecasts produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) showed that the outlook for living standards "ha
  
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• UK real wages won't grow for a decade, IFS think-tank warns

  24-11-2016 15:10
  
  UK households are facing their worst period for earnings growth since the war after a sharp downgrade in the economic outlook, a leading think-tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said workers were facing the "dreadful" prospect of more than a decade without real terms wage growth, in a briefing a day after the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. It said new forecasts produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) showed that the outlook for living standards "ha
  
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• BNP donations outstrip UKIP, Electoral Commission figures show

  24-11-2016 14:31
  The British National Party received more cash than UKIP in the third quarter of the year thanks to legacy donations, figures show. A single bequest of £94,428 meant the BNP received more than twice the amount in donations than Nigel Farage's party between July and September. The donation, declared in the latest Electoral Commission figures, was the full estate of John Lintell, and is among half a million pounds left to the party by legacy donors in 2016 alone.
  
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• Hammond may need to use up all his fiscal 'headroom' - IFS

  24-11-2016 14:29
  British Chancellor Philip Hammond may need to use all the budgetary "headroom" he has reserved for himself in the coming years given the uncertainty around the impact of Brexit, the head of a leading economic think thank said. Hammond announced on Wednesday new budget rules to cut the budget deficit, once adjusted for swings in the economy, to below 2 percent of gross domestic product by the end of the decade - a goal which Britain's official budget forecasters said he was likely to be meet with
  
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• Tube drivers will strike for 24 hours on same day as rail walkout

  24-11-2016 14:11
  Tube drivers are to stage a 24-hour strike over 6 and 7 December in two separate disputes, the RMT union has said. Members of the union on the Piccadilly and Hammersmith & City lines will walk out from 9.30pm on 6 December amid claims of a breakdown in industrial relations, breaches of procedures and bullying and harassment of staff. The strike action will coincide with a two-day stoppage by RMT members on Southern Railway in a long-running row over changes to the role of conductors.
  
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• Aaron Eckhart: ‘I’m 48. For 20 years I’ve made mistakes’

  24-11-2016 14:11 via theguardian.com
  
  The actor, who appears alongside Tom Hanks in Sully, admits he has fallen into traps during his career – and is determined to stop his Bleed for This co-star Miles Teller from doing the sameHi Aaron. In your new movie, Bleed for This, you play the legendary boxing trainer Kevin Rooney, and you transformed physically, right down to the fake receding hairline.You know, so much of this job is physical. So in Bleed for This, we see that my character has gained weight, he walks on the back of h
  
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• Real wage growth will be worst in 70 years says IFS

  24-11-2016 14:08
  
  UK households are facing their worst period for earnings growth for 70 years after a sharp downgrade in the economic outlook, a leading think-tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said workers were facing the "dreadful" prospect of more than a decade without real terms wage growth, in a briefing a day after the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. It said new forecasts produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) showed that the outlook for living standards "has
  
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• Has the legal highs ban been successful?

  24-11-2016 14:07 via theguardian.com
  
  We want to hear from experts in the field on whether the government’s crackdown on psychoactive substances has been successfulSix months since the government banned so-called legal highs we would like to find out how the legislation – designed to outlaw trade in synthetic chemicals that imitate the effects of traditional illicit drugs – has changed your work with people who use them. Related: Over 330 physical retailers stop selling formerly legal highsContinue reading...
  
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• Best photos of the day: a Chechen wedding and fog

  24-11-2016 14:07 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including a Grozny wedding and freezing fog on the Clyde Continue reading...
  
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• Football coach sex abuse revelations may be 'tip of the iceberg'

  24-11-2016 14:01
  
  Hundreds of former players may have been victims of sexual abuse at football clubs in the 1980s and 1990s, the Professional Footballers' Association said. Michael Bennett, head of player welfare at the PFA, said the organisation has set up a "triage service" to help players who had been abused by Barry Bennell, a coach who worked with clubs including Crewe Alexandra and Manchester City before his conviction for multiple cases of sexual assault in 1998. "We've kind of got a triage service in plac
  
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• Mum and stepdad to appear in court charged with toddler son's murder

  24-11-2016 13:27
  A mother and stepfather are due to appear in court accused of beating their toddler son to death.
  
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• Vote for your favourite wildlife image of the year – in pictures

  24-11-2016 13:21 via theguardian.com
  
  The Natural History Museum has chosen 25 of the year’s best images from its Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 shortlist. Voting is open until 10 January to find the people’s choice winning photo of the year• Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London Continue reading...
  
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• Is this the world's worst traffic jam?

  24-11-2016 13:03
  
  This Thanksgiving traffic will really put your commute into perspective.
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: your songs with the accordion

  24-11-2016 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A reader bellows out a playlist from your suggestions, with accordion-backed tunes from the Pogues, Paul Simon and BeirutHere is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from your suggestions after last week’s callout. Thanks for them all. Read more about how our weekly readers recommend series works at the end of the piece.Accordions are everywhere. From Odessa in Ukraine to Odessa in Texas, from Mombasa to Mumbai, you’ll hear them on street corners and in concert
  
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• George Osborne made £320,000 from US speeches after leaving Government

  24-11-2016 12:51
  George Osborne made £320,000 from delivering speeches in the US in the weeks after he was dropped from the Government. The former chancellor, who lost his job when Theresa May became Prime Minister in July, was paid more than £80,000-a-time for some of his recent speaking engagements. The figures, revealed in the latest register of MPs' financial interests, show Mr Osborne expects to be paid £81,174 and £60,578 from JP Morgan for two speeches, totalling seven hours'
  
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• Barry Bennell: Who is man behind football's abuse scandal?

  24-11-2016 12:44
  For more than a decade Barry Bennell was one of the most respected talent spotters in the game - but his place in football was a front for a perversion the scale of which is only now becoming clear. The 62-year-old coached and scouted junior players during a career that saw him employed by clubs such as Stoke City, Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra. The paedophile would invite boys to stay in his home or take them on football tours - but in 1992 he was sacked by Crewe for reasons tha
  
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• 14 alternative things we can remember Steven Gerrard for, through pictures he'd rather forget

  24-11-2016 12:44
  
  Because there’s more to Stevie G than football.
  
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• This Toronto councillor is the sassiest politician on Twitter

  24-11-2016 12:21
  
  Norm Kelly is our new fave.
  
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• Chinese giant snaps up UK travel website Skyscanner for £1.4bn

  24-11-2016 11:44
  UK travel website Skyscanner is being snapped up by China's Ctrip.com in a £1.4bn deal. It marks the latest swoop by a Chinese company for a British firm. Edinburgh-based Skyscanner, launched in 2003, allows users to compare prices from travel sites when searching for flights, hotels and rental cars.
  
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