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• England captain Hartley sent off

  09-12-2016 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Dylan Hartley is sent off six minutes after coming on as Northampton lose to Leinster in the Champions Cup.
  
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• Michael Gove: Theresa May was 'right to sack me'

  09-12-2016 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Gove says the PM was right to ask him to quit the cabinet, adding: "I would've sacked me too".
  
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• Second Brexit legal challenge could be tabled in Irish courts

  09-12-2016 23:36
  A second legal bid could soon be launched in a bid to derail Brexit, this time in the Irish courts.
  
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• Abuse hunters

  09-12-2016 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is it a good idea for police to have closer links with vigilante paedophile hunters?
  
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• Not black and white

  09-12-2016 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Digital is shaking up the sport viewing picture, as fans find new ways to watch their favourite teams in a landscape increasingly dominated by pay-TV.
  
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• Defined benefit pension transfer values 'shooting up'

  09-12-2016 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of people with defined benefit pensions have seen transfer values shoot up, says an insurer.
  
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• Tories plan to scrap unpopular airport tax on long-haul flights

  09-12-2016 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PLANS to axe a controversial airport tax on long-haul flights have been unveiled by Tories.
  
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• MP who was raped as a teen thanks public for support but is not looking for revenge

  09-12-2016 21:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SCOTTISH MP who revealed she was raped as a teenager spoke to police yesterday but said she had not gone public to “go after” her attacker.
  
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• Boris Johnson on message in Gulf after Saudi Arabia remark

  09-12-2016 21:30
  
  Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is on a testing tour of the Middle East after he accused UK ally Saudi Arabia of "puppeteering" proxy wars in the region. The Cabinet minister was slapped down by Downing Street over his comments, with a spokeswoman for Theresa May telling Sky News his opinions were "not the Government's views" . The spokeswoman said Mrs May has "full confidence" in Mr Johnson and noted he will have the opportunity to set out official policy - to strengthen tie
  
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• Southern Rail strike sparks chaos at Victoria Station as angry commuters turn violent

  09-12-2016 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TWO men have been arrested after chaos erupted at Victoria Station as the Southern Rail strike has commuters’ tempers boiling over.
  
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• Prince Andrew denies rift over daughters Eugenie and Beatrice

  09-12-2016 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prince Andrew issues a statement to "terminate" newspaper "speculation and innuendo" about his daughters.
  
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• Donald Trump and Nicola Sturgeon have had a chat on the phone about Scottish values

  09-12-2016 21:13
  
  Scotland’s First Minister wrote to Trump to congratulate him after winning the election.
  
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• Boris Johnson on testing Gulf tour after Saudi Arabia remark

  09-12-2016 20:57
  
  Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is on a testing tour of the Middle East after he accused UK ally Saudi Arabia of "puppeteering" proxy wars in the region. The Cabinet minister was slapped down by Downing Street over his comments, with a spokeswoman for Theresa May telling Sky News his opinions were "not the Government's views" . The spokeswoman said Mrs May has "full confidence" in Mr Johnson and noted he will have the opportunity to set out official policy - to strengthen tie
  
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• Donald Trump makes call to Nicola Sturgeon

  09-12-2016 20:46
  
  Donald Trump has spoken to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to discuss Scotland's "long-standing relationship" with the US. The Scottish Government described the phone call as a "brief introductory conversation". "The First Minister offered her congratulations and, reflecting on the letter she sent him following the election, expressed her belief in the values Scotland and the United States share," it said in a statement.
  
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• Mother of One Direction singer Tomlinson dies from cancer

  09-12-2016 20:32
  LONDON (Reuters) - One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson's mother has died from an aggressive form of leukaemia, her family said on Friday. Johannah Deakin, 43, who worked as a midwife and had seven children, died on Wednesday in hospital in Sheffield, where she had been since May after being diagnosed with the cancer. Tomlinson, Deakin's oldest child, is scheduled to perform at the final of British television singing contest "The X Factor" at the weekend, British media reported. ...
  
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• Prince Andrew denies rift with Prince Charles over Royal titles

  09-12-2016 20:19
  Prince Andrew has denied reports of a rift with his brother over his daughters' role as members of the Royal family. In a statement, Andrew, the Duke of York, said that "a number of stories" had been published over the past few weeks "that have no basis of fact". The Duke said that suggestions he had asked for future husbands of Princesses Beatrice, 28, and Eugenie, 26, to have titles were "a complete fabrication".
  
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• Real concerns about fake news and staged photos | Letters

  09-12-2016 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  How can you run news items and comment on false news (A challenge to Facebook’s reach and power is overdue, 9 December), while the front page of the very same edition bears a false photo of the US president-elect cavorting with, apparently, Ku Klux Klan members? Donald Trump may or not be a supporter of this organisation and they in turn may or may not be supporters of his. But the clear message of the photo, without any prominent indication that it is false, presents unambiguous positive
  
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• Charing Cross and Victoria stations end toilet charges

  09-12-2016 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  London commuters caught short on their way home will no longer have to pay to use the toilets at two London stations, Network Rail has announced.
  
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• A drug dealer who boasted about his ill-gotten gains in selfies has been jailed for six years

  09-12-2016 20:01
  
  Police seized around 1,500 ecstasy tablets from Jason Smith.
  
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• A statue of an angel holding fried chicken has appeared in south London for Christmas

  09-12-2016 20:00
  
  Meet Sharon and her chicken drumstick.
  
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• WATCH: Islamic preacher who dodged jail launches angry rant at police

  09-12-2016 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A HATE preacher, who was spared jail after launching a tirade of abuse at a woman for wearing skinny jeans, has launched a fiery rant against police officers in a shocking clip.
  
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• Prince Andrew denies split with Prince Charles

  09-12-2016 19:36
  Prince Andrew has denied reports of a rift with his brother over his daughters' role as members of the Royal family. In a statement, Andrew the Duke of York said that "a number of stories" had been published over the past few weeks "that have no basis of fact". The Duke said that suggestions he had asked for future husbands of Princesses Beatrice, 28, and Eugenie, 26, to have titles were "a complete fabrication".
  
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• Nigel Farage says he's 'having a great time' since quitting as Ukip leader

  09-12-2016 19:28
  
  Because he no longer has to deal with “low grade people”.
  
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• Kenya police 'to deport' British journalist detained at airport

  09-12-2016 19:27
  By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police plan to deport a British journalist working for The Times after holding him nearly 24 hours without charge or access to a legal representative, his lawyer said on Friday. "I have not been able to speak to him since they took away his phones," said lawyer George King, who is acting on behalf of Jerome Starkey. "I understand they will deport him," he said, citing a conversation with Starkey before the journalist's phones were removed.
  
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• ‘Brexit is a TRAVESTY OF DEMOCRACY!’ Gerry Adams renews calls for UNITED IRELAND

  09-12-2016 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GERRY Adams has blasted Brexit as "a travesty of democracy" and argued the only solution is a United Ireland.
  
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• National Geographic nature photographer of the year 2016 – in pictures

  09-12-2016 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  The annual National Geographic nature photographer of the year attracts thousands of entries from across the globe. Here’s a selection of the winning images Continue reading...
  
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• Furious Prince Andrew blasts 'speculation' over daughters Beatrice and Eugenie

  09-12-2016 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PRINCE Andrew has lashed out at the press and defended his daughters saying that spurious claims over their potential marriages and family rows are baseless.
  
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• EU lawmaker to push for Britons to keep EU 'citizenship'

  09-12-2016 19:03
  By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament's Brexit negotiator will propose that Britons can have "associate citizenship" of the EU once their country leaves, but senior officials have dismissed the idea as an unworkable gimmick. Guy Verhofstadt, the former Belgian prime minister, told a parliamentary committee on Thursday that he would push to include the proposal in a negotiating mandate that fellow lawmakers will give him in March before talks start. "It's a good idea,
  
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• Michelle Thomson MP has contacted police following her rape revelation

  09-12-2016 19:02
  Michelle Thomson MP has made contact with police a day after revealing she was raped at the age of 14. The independent MP for Edinburgh West had told the House of Commons that she was attacked in a wooded area 37 years ago by someone she knew. Mrs Thomson told Sky News on Friday that she had been inspired to speak about her experience because her role was more than "just about politics and giving a particular political view".
  
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• Paedophile hunters - their role within criminal justice

  09-12-2016 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Duncan Kennedy investigates the work of self-styled paedophile hunter groups in the UK.
  
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• Birmingham couple buys house for asylum seekers

  09-12-2016 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple saving for their own home have bought a house for asylum seekers instead.
  
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• Seven arrested after Mad Max-style biker scenes in Leeds

  09-12-2016 18:37
  Seven people have been arrested after a gang of bikers took part in a Halloween "ride out" in scenes compared to the Mad Max film. Riders congregated in Kirkstall Road, Leeds, and rode up and down the street which had to be closed by police for around 90 minutes. Users on Twitter described the scenes as "madness" and "utter chaos", with a police helicopter monitoring the situation.
  
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• WARNING FOR PARENTS: Police hunt Asian man who sexually assaulted schoolboy in silver van

  09-12-2016 18:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MANHUNT has been launched after a schoolboy was lured into the back of a van and sexually abused in Birmingham.
  
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• Russian Olympic team 'corrupted London 2012 on unprecedented scale'

  09-12-2016 18:08
  
  The Russian Olympic team corrupted the London 2012 Games on an "unprecedented scale", an independent investigation has found. Professor Richard McLaren, author of a report funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency, said: "The Russian Olympic team corrupted the London Games on an unprecedented scale, the full extent of which will probably never be established.
  
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• Teenager pleads not guilty to murder of Peter Crouch’s ex-bodyguard

  09-12-2016 17:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A TEENAGER has denied killing a celebrity minder who was attacked as he tried to stop the theft of a moped.
  
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• Sick primary school teacher pleads guilty to child sex offences

  09-12-2016 17:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A DEPRAVED primary school teacher today admitted a string of child sex offences while young children were in his care.
  
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• Drone flown 20m from jet 11,000ft over London

  09-12-2016 17:26
  A drone was flown as close as 20m from a passenger jet at 11,000ft above London - in one of the most serious near-misses this year. The device - the size of a football - passed next to the right wing of an Airbus A320, causing the plane's first officer to shout "look!" as it flew by. The UK Airprox Board (UKAB) has warned that a minority of drone operators are "flagrantly disregarding regulation and common sense" in pursuit of "ever more spectacular video footage".
  
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• MP Michelle Thomson has contacted the police after Commons speech about being raped at 14

  09-12-2016 17:22
  
  The Edinburgh West representative has been hailed as an inspiration after bravely telling the House of Commons about the ordeal.
  
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• Drug dealer who posted cash with selfies jailed

  09-12-2016 16:57
  A drug dealer who posted selfie pictures online with wads of cash has been jailed for six years. In the postings, Jason Smith, 27, could be seen smiling and sticking his tongue out as he clutched £10 and £20 notes. Smith, of Boxley Road, Maidstone, was jailed at Maidstone Crown Court on 2 December after being found guilty of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug, Kent Police said.
  
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• EU COPIES Britain’s policy on controlling big business pay as UK leads the way again

  09-12-2016 16:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EUROPEAN UNION chiefs have COPIED Britain by sealing a deal which gives shareholders more clout on directors pay.
  
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• A school bus driver is jailed for dangerous driving

  09-12-2016 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A school bus driver whose vehicle became stranded in floodwater near York with 23 pupils on board has been jailed for a year.
  
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• The Cabinet Office has two new cats and of course they're adorable

  09-12-2016 16:40
  
  Evie and Ossie, welcome to the cat club.
  
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• Badminton and wheelchair rugby among sports to lose Olympic funding

  09-12-2016 16:38
  Archery, badminton, fencing, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby will not get funding in the run up to the Tokyo Olympics. UK Sport, which distributes money from the National Lottery and the government, will fund more than 16 Olympic and Paralympic sports.
  
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• Private schools' plan to offer 10,000 free places for poorer students under attack

  09-12-2016 16:36
  Children from poor backgrounds could go to top public schools like Eton under proposals unveiled by leading independent schools. Fees at Eton - where David Cameron and Boris Johnson were educated - are among the most expensive in the country at more than £35,000 a year. The move is a fightback against Theresa May's grammar schools green paper, in which independent schools were warned to do more for society to keep their charitable status.
  
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• Archie Darby's mum hailed for bravery in fighting off dog attack

  09-12-2016 16:27
  A mother has been praised for her courage in fighting off a dog that attacked her two young sons, leaving one dead. Jade Rogers was at home with four-month-old Archie Joe Darby and his brother, Daniel-Jay, who turns two this weekend, when the family dog, Bailey, entered the living room and savaged the toddler. Miss Rogers hauled the Staffordshire bull terrier off Daniel-Jay, but the animal managed to pull Archie from her arms and mauled him to death.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the McLaren doping report

  09-12-2016 16:02
  
  More than 1,000 Russian athletes were involved, the investigation found.
  
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• I’m desperately unhappy with my family. Should I leave home and cut ties?

  09-12-2016 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Living with my parents to pay off university debts is exhausting me. Am I being spoilt? Part of me no longer cares. Annalisa Barbieri advises a readerI am 30 and my relationship with my parents is gradually becoming non-existent. I am consumed with resentment.During my childhood, I had a close bond with my mother; my father has always been a distant figure. I have an older sister who has always felt “out of bounds” and resentful.Continue reading...
  
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• Training confessions of a Paralympian

  09-12-2016 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five-time Paralympic medallist Hannah Cockroft confesses the "boredom" that is winter training.
  
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• Kids, refugees, questions: 'What is it like to have no home?' - video

  09-12-2016 15:26 via theguardian.com
  
  British children and child refugees ask and answer questions about the refugee crisis. The Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2016 is supporting the work of three charities working with refugee children. This year more than 90,000 children have travelled alone, fleeing war and destitution, across Europe. Thousands are sleeping in makeshift camps in Europe this winter. Thanks to Help Refugees and Refugee Support for their assistance with the interviewsSupport the charity appeal hereContinue rea
  
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• Louis Tomlinson's mother Johannah dies at 43

  09-12-2016 15:24
  
  The mother-of-seven’s family have shared the sad news.
  
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