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• Sadiq Khan takes Transport for London into new business territory

  08-12-2016 23:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The London mayor insists he can honour his election pledges by making his transport agency operate more efficientlyRows about the finances of Transport for London (TfL) were prominent during this year’s election campaign and also a bit odd. For years, Conservatives had claimed that the large and powerful mayoral agency is a bloated bureaucracy in need of ruthless trimming, yet there was the Tory candidate – a Mr Goldsmith, you might recall - insisting that it could not cope with its
  
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• Here's what Kate and the Queen were wearing at the Diplomatic Corps reception

  08-12-2016 23:41
  
  The chaps were all dolled up too.
  
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• Jürgen Klopp thanks Liverpool’s scouts for landing ‘cut-price’ Roberto Firmino

  08-12-2016 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Manager reveals his surprise Liverpool were able to sign Firmino last year and believes other clubs ‘would have paid a lot more’ for the Brazil strikerJürgen Klopp has credited Liverpool’s scouting department with securing a cut-price deal for Roberto Firmino when they signed the Brazil striker for £29m from Hoffenheim last year.Firmino was the second most expensive signing in Liverpool’s history at the time of his move from the Bundesliga but Klopp believes th
  
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• Checkatrade Trophy may be scrapped, says head of English Football League

  08-12-2016 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • Shaun Harvey admits future uncertain after only one season
  • ‘Launching the trophy as quickly as we did didn’t help the situation’The controversial Checkatrade Trophy may be scrapped after only one season, according to the head of the English Football League.Introduced this season as a replacement for the Football League Trophy, the Checkatrade allowed category A academy sides to enter a tournament previously reserved for clubs in League One or Two. Amid controversy
  
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• Anthony Joshua shuns table-throwing but admits ‘this is fighting not tennis’

  08-12-2016 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • IBF heavyweight champion eschews shenanigans with Eric Molina
  • Joshua: ‘When it happens, it seems it’s what some people want to see’Don King was not in the room on Thursday, but his travelling surrogates did their raucous best to provoke Anthony Joshua into the sort of response that had illuminated the previous day’s press conference, starring the subsequently punished Dereck “Table-thrower” Chisora and Dillian “Sit-tight” Whyte.Joshua
  
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• Vietnam dredges reef disputed with China

  08-12-2016 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Activity on Ladd Reef in Spratly Islands runs risk of angering Beijing and TaiwanVietnam has begun dredging work on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, satellite imagery shows, the latest move by the communist state to bolster its claims in the strategically important waterway. Activity visible on Ladd Reef in the Spratly Islands could anger Hanoi’s main South China Sea rival, Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the group and most of the resource-rich sea. Continue reading...
  
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• Wasteful Southampton crash out of Europa League to Israeli champions

  08-12-2016 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Southampton’s European adventure came to an abrupt end on Thursday night at the hands of Hapoel Be’er Sheva, the Israeli champions, who dumped Claude Puel’s side out of the Europa League group stages to reach the round of 32 at their expense.Southampton were tepid throughout, edging towards a goalless draw that would have seen them through until, with the visitors’ first shot of the evening on target, Maor Buzaglo drilled an effort low beyond the goalkeeper, Fraser Forste
  
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• Charleston shooting trial: jury shown graphic images of aftermath

  08-12-2016 23:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Court sees series of photos showing victims lying in pools of blood, following earlier failed motion by Dylann Roof’s attorneys for mistrial Horrific images depicting the bloody aftermath of the Charleston church massacre were shown to the jury on Thursday on the second day of the federal trial of Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old white supremacist accused of murdering nine black parishioners during a brutal hate crime.
  The series of 360-degree photographs taken from inside the Mother Emanuel c
  
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• Stuart Lancaster ‘not surprised’ at England’s success under Eddie Jones

  08-12-2016 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  • Former head coach says Jones deserves the credit for England’s ‘fantastic’ run
  • Back at Northampton with new club Leinster in European Champions CupStuart Lancaster returns on Friday night to an English club ground in an official capacity for the first time since England were knocked out of last year’s World Cup and he lost his job as head coach in what was euphemistically described at the time as a mutual decision.Now a senior coach with Leinster after takin
  
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• Chechen leader claims his troops eager to fight 'scum' in Syria

  08-12-2016 22:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Ramzan Kadyrov offers vocal support for close ally Vladimir Putin amid reports of Chechen battalions being readied for transitChechnya’s strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has said that troops in the Russian province would be happy to fight the “scum” in Syria if they receive the Kremlin order. Related: Murder in Istanbul: Kremlin's hand suspected in shooting of ChechenContinue reading...
  
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• Virgin Galactic tests new spaceplane

  08-12-2016 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Replacement craft’s high-altitude glide test was first free flight since 2014 fatal accidentVirgin Galactic’s new VSS Unity spaceplane has flown free for the first time this week. It was released from its carrier aircraft at 10:40am EST. After a 10-minute glide, it landed back on its runway in Mojave.This is Virgin Galactic’s first free flight test since the fatal accident in October 2014 that destroyed the company’s initial spaceplane, and claimed the life of one pilot a
  
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• John Glenn obituary

  08-12-2016 22:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Glenn was the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth, and later became one of his country’s most effective senatorsFull report: astronaut John Glenn dies aged 95John Glenn, who has died aged 95, was the first American to orbit the Earth and later the oldest person ever to be sent into space. During his long career he transformed himself from a highly decorated combat pilot and astronaut – one of the “Mercury Seven” group of military test pilots selected in 1959 by Nasa to
  
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• British Cycling must come clean over Shane Sutton and Jess Varnish

  08-12-2016 22:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Governing body’s latest mishap is yet another example of its lack of openness and transparencyFor all its successes on the track in 2016, British Cycling continues to lurch unsteadily through a series of public-relations mishaps off it – many of them of its own making.Yet even by its standards, contriving to upset Jess Varnish and Shane Sutton in an internal review designed to find the inner truth of their dispute – while also generating more fears about its lack of openness &n
  
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• John Glenn, first US astronaut to orbit Earth, dies aged 95

  08-12-2016 21:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Glenn served 24 years as a US senator from Ohio and later became the oldest person to be sent into spaceObituary: John Glenn – astronaut, senator, aviation pioneerJohn Glenn, a former astronaut and US senator for almost quarter of a century, has died in Ohio aged 95. Glenn died on Thursday afternoon at the James cancer hospital in Columbus, according to Hank Wilson of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs. Ohio governor John Kasich also confirmed the news on Twitter.Continue reading...
  
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• Drunk history: the weirdest artifacts from New York's wild past

  08-12-2016 21:11 via theguardian.com
  
  A repository in Manhattan houses over one million archaeological items found in the city from saucepan-sized oysters to a cow bone doucheIf you can say one thing about New York public officials in the early 1800s, it’s that they knew how to party. The extent of their raucous boozing and debauchery is being carefully catalogued inside the newly opened Nan A Rothschild Research Center, a repository in midtown Manhattan housing over one million archaeological artifacts from New York City&rsqu
  
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• The Guardian view on police abuse of women: an offence against society | Editorial

  08-12-2016 21:06 via theguardian.com
  
  When corrupt police exploit victims of domestic violence we are all diminishedAbuse of power is the worst of all forms of corruption, as Mike Cunningham, inspector of constabulary and former chief constable of Staffordshire police acknowledged in a BBC radio interview this morning . For the protector to turn abuser is, for the victim, an individual catastrophe – not least because she or he may never trust the police again. But the damage it causes to trust in wider society may, because of
  
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• Belgian prince under fire after hitting out at politicians 'bugging' him

  08-12-2016 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Prince Laurent, younger brother of King Philippe, told a journalist ‘This is really starting to piss me off’ when quizzed about his business ventures The king of the Belgians’ younger brother faces a dressing down from the country’s prime minister after demanding that politicians and the royal family “stop bugging” him over claims his business ventures are losing money. The summons from the prime minister, Charles Michel, amid some concern for the stability of
  
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• Lawyer urges supreme court to throw out Brexit case after article 50 vote

  08-12-2016 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  In closing remarks, government QC James Eadie says Commons vote to back leaving the bloc is legally relevantThe supreme court has been urged to throw out a momentous legal challenge to the government’s powers to trigger Brexit, with Downing Street lawyers claiming parliament’s support for exiting the EU was conclusively demonstrated this week.In closing remarks at the end of a four-day hearing, James Eadie QC, appearing for the government, said a House of Commons vote held on Wednesd
  
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• Readers recommend: share your songs about finishing

  08-12-2016 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 12 December As we reach the final month of the year and the chequered flag of 2016 edges into view, we’re looking for your songs on the theme of finishing.
  You have until 11pm on Monday 12 December to post your nomination and make your justification. RR contributor Sarah Chappell(who posts as AFictionHabit in the comments) will select from your recomme
  
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• The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: plain speaking without a purpose | Editorial

  08-12-2016 20:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Bluntness can be valuable, but foreign secretaries should deploy it for a reason and not on a whimA foreign secretary, Harold Macmillan observed, is forever poised between cliche and indiscretion. It should be no surprise that Boris Johnson – who is, as a better diplomat might say, the possessor of a lively mind – tilts persistently toward the latter. His avoidance of the circumlocutions favoured by most politicians led to a popular misconception that he is a straight shooter. It wou
  
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• Boris Johnson's Saudi Arabia criticisms 'not Government's view'

  08-12-2016 20:55
  
  The Prime Minister has distanced herself from remarks by Boris Johnson which accused UK ally Saudi Arabia of "abusing" Islam and "puppeteering" proxy wars in the Middle East. Mr Johnson was recorded saying a lack of strong leadership meant politicians in the region were "twisting and abusing religion and different strains of the same religion to further their own political objectives". A video of Mr Johnson speaking at the Med 2 conference in Rome last week reveals him commenting
  
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• Steve Bell on Boris Johnson's remarks on Saudi Arabia – cartoon

  08-12-2016 20:47 via theguardian.com
  
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• Max Porter's 'joyful linguistic invention' wins him young writer of the year award

  08-12-2016 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Author of Grief Is the Thing With Feathers praised by judges of as ‘bursting with originality’ Max Porter, a novelist “bursting with originality” who was inspired by memories of childhood loss and the work of Ted Hughes, has been named young writer of the year. Related: Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter review – words take flightContinue reading...
  
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• A challenge to Facebook’s reach and power is long overdue | John Harris

  08-12-2016 20:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Mark Zuckerberg’s company feeds utopian delusions, but in reality it is just a billionaire’s media outlet grinding out a fortune“As I look around and I travel around the world, I’m starting to see people and nations turning inward, against this idea of a connected world and a global community. I hear fearful voices calling for building walls and distancing people they label as others.” Related: How Facebook powers money machines for obscure political 'news' sitesCon
  
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• Brexit challenger Gina Miller tells Leave voters: 'Go knock on No 10'

  08-12-2016 20:42
  
  The businesswoman spearheading the Brexit legal challenge has told impatient Leave voters they should "go and knock on Number 10". Gina Miller, an investment manager and philanthropist, has become the figurehead of the legal challenge which argues Theresa May should not be able to trigger Article 50 to begin Brexit proceedings without a vote by MPs. On 3 November, the High Court ruled in favour of Mrs Miller and the Government appealed, sending the case to the Supreme Court.
  
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• More foreign holidays will mean more skin cancer, scientists predict

  08-12-2016 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  A 78% increase in non-melanoma skin cancer may see the cost to the NHS of treating the disease rise to £465m a year by 2025The number of Britons developing the two most common forms of skin cancer will increase as a direct result of people getting tans on foreign holidays and in salons, experts are warning. Related: Scientists closer to understanding why red hair genes increase skin cancer riskContinue reading...
  
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• Capita to replace staff with robots to save money

  08-12-2016 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Outsourcing giant to axe 2,000 jobs and use ‘proprietary robotic solutions’ after clients cut spending following Brexit voteA British outsourcing company whose contracts include collecting the BBC licence fee is to replace staff with robots as it slashes costs.
  Capita, a FTSE 100-listed firm that also runs the London congestion charge, said it needed to axe 2,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting drive in response to poor trading. Continue reading...
  
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• Uber tries to solve sexual misconduct issues by banning riders from flirting

  08-12-2016 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Ride-share company releases guidelines that include no vomiting and other ‘not OK’ behaviors that could see people permanently banned from serviceUber released a new set of rules for passengers on Thursday, banning vandalism, “vomiting due to excessive alcohol consumption” and flirting.
  It is the first time Uber has published specific guidelines for passengers. The rules set out specific examples of unacceptable behaviour, and people flouting the rules could be permanentl
  
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• UN criticises Israel settlement law that would legalise 4,000 West Bank homes

  08-12-2016 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  United Nations high commissioner for human rights says bill to retroactively legalise settler homes is a clear violation of international lawThe UN human rights chief has strongly criticized a bill in Israel that would legalise some 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, saying it would clearly violate international law.Israeli lawmakers voted on Wednesday to advance the bill, which would retroactively legalise settler homes built on private Palestinian land. Continue reading...
  
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• Time to think the unthinkable about President Le Pen | Timothy Garton Ash

  08-12-2016 20:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Logic is against Marine Le Pen, as it was with Trump and Brexit. No wonder people are weighing up the possible repercussionsCould President Marine Le Pen trigger article 50 without a parliamentary vote? Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, that is, to take France out of the European Union, following Britain. Such is the question I find myself discussing in Paris with leading French experts. Provisional conclusion: since France, unlike Britain, is a presidential democracy, she could probably do it he
  
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• New diabetes treatment could eliminate need for insulin injections

  08-12-2016 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Tested in mice, therapy involves a capsule of genetically engineered cells implanted under the skin that release insulin as requiredA cell-based diabetes treatment has been developed by scientists who say it could eliminate the need for those with the condition to inject insulin.The therapy involves a capsule of genetically engineered cells implanted under the skin that automatically release insulin as required. Diabetic mice that were treated with the cells were found to have normal blood sugar
  
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• Jon Lansman vows stay in Momentum

  08-12-2016 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Jeremy Corbyn ally’s move follows claims that grassroots group has been taken over by Trotskyists and could splitJon Lansman, the founder of Momentum and a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn, has promised to fight for his key role in the grassroots organisation following claims that it has been taken over by Trotskyists and could split. Related: Momentum is a beacon of hope. It must be saved from the saboteurs | Owen JonesContinue reading...
  
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• Court in an existential nightmare over Brexit | John Crace

  08-12-2016 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  From the Dangerous Dogs Act to the Loch Ness monster, it was all crammed into day four of the supreme court hearingFour days is just a blink of an eye for lawyers used to charging by the minute. Left to their own devices, everyone at the supreme court would have been much happier dragging things out for a couple of years – finally reaching a decision on whether the government had the constitutional right to trigger Brexit long after Britain had left the EU. But needs must and there was a n
  
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• Tsunami warning cancelled after South Pacific earthquake

  08-12-2016 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Quake of 7.7 magnitude had put residents on alert in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and other island countries
  Buildings have been damaged in the Solomon Islands after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast early on Friday, but fears of a tsunami receded after initial warnings to numerous islands.Loti Yates, from the National Disaster Management Office in the capital Honiara, told Australia’s ABC there were reports of houses crumbling in parts of the country, including
  
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• Greg Lake obituary

  08-12-2016 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Key figure in 1970s prog rock as bass guitarist for Emerson, Lake & PalmerGreg Lake, who has died of cancer aged 69, first rose to fame with a brief stint in King Crimson before achieving colossal success with Emerson, Lake & Palmer during the 1970s. Lake was one of the key figures in the creation of progressive rock, and had no time for critics who said that the music was ludicrously overblown. “I know people think we’re pretentious, but it’s really a product of sophis
  
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• Iraq human rights lawyer admits string of misconduct charges

  08-12-2016 19:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Phil Shiner has admitted paying an agent to find him clients and acting improperly in claiming UK army mistreated civiliansA human rights lawyer who was pursued by the government after an inquiry rejected allegations that British troops murdered and tortured Iraqi civilians has admitted paying a middle man to find his clients in Iraq.
  Phil Shiner, whose most high profile case exposed the torture and death of Baha Mousa at the hands of British troops in Basra in 2003, has admitted a string of mis
  
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• White Helmets in east Aleppo plead for help after regime advances

  08-12-2016 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Rescue group says volunteers fear for their lives as Syrian army, backed by Iranian militia, approaches rebel-held areasThe Syrian White Helmets rescue group has urged international organisations to protect its volunteers in rebel-held parts of eastern Aleppo, warning that they face torture and execution.The rescue group said it believed it had less than 48 hours before the Syrian army, backed by Iranian militia, reached the districts in which it has been operating. Continue reading...
  
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• UK food prices will rise without EU workers, say trade groups

  08-12-2016 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Food and drink industry flags up labour shortages as EU workers leave after Brexit vote or stay away due to fall in poundFood prices will rise unless the government ensures EU citizens can work in the UK after Brexit, according to industry groups representing the major supermarkets and food manufacturers, including the owner of Marmite. Related: EU workers in food and drink industry need assurance over Brexit | LettersContinue reading...
  
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• 'Pizzagate conspiracy' gunman: 'I regret how I handled the situation'

  08-12-2016 19:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Edgar Welch, who fired rifle in Washington DC restaurant at heart of ‘fake news’ story, says he was trying to do some goodThe gunman who fired an assault rifle inside the Washington DC restaurant at the heart of false allegations of a VIP child-sex ring has said he now regrets his actions.“I just wanted to do some good and went about it the wrong way,” Edgar Welch, 28, told a reporter from the New York Times, adding: “I regret how I handled the situation.” Con
  
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• Top official in Italy's M5S increases call for referendum on euro

  08-12-2016 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Alessandro Di Battista hints at Italy’s possible exit from single currency as key issue for next election after PM resigns A top official in the Italian anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) is ratcheting up his party’s call for a referendum on the euro, signalling that Italy’s possible exit from the single currency could become a central issue in the next election.Alessandro Di Battista, 38, who is a prime contender to represent M5S in the next poll, said in an interview
  
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• Life, Animated's Roger Ross Williams: 'I was a loner – in my own Land of Lost Sidekicks'

  08-12-2016 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  The filmmaker returns to the subject of alienation with his new documentary about a young autistic man who uses Disney films to make sense of the worldThree years ago, Roger Ross Williams was looking around for the subject of his next documentary. He had become the first African American filmmaker to win a directing Oscar, awarded for his short film Music By Prudence, which was about a severely disabled Zimbabwean woman, Prudence Mabhena, who overcame prejudice to become a singer-songwriter. In
  
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• For political women it’s Jackie Kennedy or bust | Jess Cartner-Morley

  08-12-2016 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  No one criticises male politicians for their clothes, so why do the likes of Melania Trump and Theresa May come in for such flak over their fashion choices?Should the hypothesised invitation to Buckingham Palace arrive, Melania Trump will not be able to do as Michelle Obama did and have Tom Ford run up a gown for the occasion. Neither will Marc Jacobs, Phillip Lim or Sophie Theallet – labels of choice for the current first lady – be taking her calls. All of these designers have taken
  
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• Former Celtic youth coach held for own safety after child sex charge

  08-12-2016 19:12
  A former Celtic youth football coach and kit man has been remanded in custody for his own safety after being charged with a child sex offence. Jim McCafferty, who was involved in football in Scotland and Ireland in the 1980s, was arrested in Belfast after he walked into a police station.
  
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• Daniel Barenboim opens Berlin music academy for Middle East students

  08-12-2016 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Composer says school, which will take in 90 new talents from the region each year, is ‘attempt at creating peace through music’Daniel Barenboim has called it an “experiment in utopia”, a project that marks the culmination of the leading musician and conductor’s life’s work in bringing together musicians from the Middle East. The Barenboim-Said Academy, which opened on Thursday evening in Berlin, will offer 90 talented students from the Middle East the chance t
  
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• Corbyn stance on EU immigration 'risks helping Ukip'

  08-12-2016 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour leader’s support for free movement will alienate supporters outside London, says Welsh first minister Carwyn JonesJeremy Corbyn’s approach to immigration is too London-centric and risks driving Labour supporters into the arms of Ukip, Carwyn Jones, the first minister of Wales, has said.Jones, the most powerful Labour politician in government, disagreed with the position of Corbyn and his shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, who have both defended freedom of movement between th
  
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• Paul Haggis to supply documentary about Flint water scandal

  08-12-2016 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Lead and Copper will investigate ongoing crisis of untreated water and state of emergency in city in Michigan, USPaul Haggis, director of the Oscar-winning drama Crash, is to produce a documentary about the Flint water contamination scandal.According to Deadline, Haggis is working with director William Hart on Lead and Copper, a film that aims to investigate the ongoing crisis, which began in 2014 after the city in Michigan changed its water supply. As a result, untreated water found its way int
  
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• Factbox - What happens if British government loses Brexit trigger case?

  08-12-2016 19:00
  What happens if the British government loses its appeal against a High Court ruling that said ministers could not start the process of leaving the European Union without parliament's approval? All 11 Supreme Court judges sat on the appeal, the first time they have done so since its formation in 2009, and its president said on Thursday it would reach a decision as quickly as possible. IF GOVERNMENT LOSES One suggestion is that both houses of parliament would debate and vote on a short motion givi
  
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• Court rejects bid to halt Southern train drivers' industrial action

  08-12-2016 18:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Owners of Southern railway had argued overtime ban and strikes broke European law guaranteeing people’s right to travel
  The high court has rejected an attempt by the owners of Southern rail to prevent train drivers from taking industrial action.The operators of Southern, Govia Thameslink Railway, had argued that the action by members of the Aslef union, which includes an overtime ban as well as impending strikes, was contrary to European law guaranteeing the rights of people to travel and
  
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• Possible MH370 debris found by relative of disappeared passenger

  08-12-2016 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Piece of board found by one of seven relatives who flew to Indian Ocean island to raise awareness of need to hand in debris thought to be from planeA Chinese man who travelled to Madagascar in search of answers to the disappearance of his mother on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has found a possible piece of debris from the plane during a search of the country’s beaches.Jiang Hui, 44, is one of seven relatives who flew to the Indian Ocean island on Saturday to raise awareness of the debris
  
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• Harry Arter: ‘Some days I feel like a normal person. But then it will just hit you’

  08-12-2016 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Saturday marks a year since Bournemouth’s midfielder and his fiancée Rachel lost their daughter. He reflects on 12 months of pain, anger, envy and finally happiness – at thoughts of a child gone too soon and another due in FebruaryA few weeks had passed when Harry Arter summoned the strength to look inside the memory box that would unlock so many emotions. Rachel, his fiancée, had been gently encouraging him to do so for a while, yet Arter was mentally unable to take th
  
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