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• Murray: 'Kim voted for Nick Skelton'

  18-12-2016 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray receives the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award for an unprecedented third time - but reveals he was not wife Kim's choice of winner.
  
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• Sajid Javid wants public officials to swear an oath to 'British values' and the response has been less than patriotic

  18-12-2016 22:13
  
  The ‘British values’ people on social media are coming up with aren’t exactly something to be proud of.
  
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• British Air, union to hold talks over planned cabin crew strike

  18-12-2016 21:12
  Talks aimed at averting a planned Christmas strike by British Airways cabin crews will be held on Monday, conciliation service Acas said. Last week, British Airways said the Unite trade union had called a strike involving one of its five cabin crew fleets on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, Dec. 26. The union said last week that cabin crews had voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay.
  
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• Theresa May 'is no Margaret Thatcher', says David Mellor

  18-12-2016 21:06
  David Mellor has told Sky's Dermot Murnaghan that describing Theresa May as a new Margaret Thatcher would be "about as wide of the mark as it can possibly be". The former cabinet minister, who served under Mrs Thatcher for four years, said she "knew what she wanted to do and did it". Speaking about Mrs Thatcher, he said: "For all her many faults - and I was her youngest minister for four years and she treated me with even more disrespect than my mother did - but you know, Margaret Thatcher knew
  
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• Hull Prison no longer under lockdown following reports of disturbance

  18-12-2016 20:35
  Hull Prison is no longer under lockdown following reports of a disturbance.
  
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• George Osborne takes veiled swipe at Theresa May over Brexit

  18-12-2016 19:09
  George Osborne has taken a veiled swipe at Theresa May's supposed lack of enthusiasm during the EU referendum campaign. In his first major interview since Mrs May removed him from Government, the former chancellor said he was originally against the idea of a referendum but "was not going to try and sit it out" when the vote was called. Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, Mr Osborne urged the Prime Minister not to have "red lines" in her Brexit talks.
  
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• Piers Morgan's Christmas card is as Piers Morgan as you'd expect it to be

  18-12-2016 19:02
  
  My eyes.
  
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• British Airways, union to hold talks over cabin crew strike plan

  18-12-2016 18:53
  Talks aimed at averting a planned Christmas strike by British Airways cabin crew will be held on Monday, conciliation service Acas said. Last week, British Airways said the Unite trade union had called a strike involving one of its five cabin crew fleets on Christmas Day and Boxing Day (Dec. 26). The union said last week that thousands of cabin crew had voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay.
  
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• South West Trains is getting into the festive spirit by making station names all Christmassy

  18-12-2016 18:21
  
  Christmas really is all around.
  
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• Reports of disturbance at Hull Prison after Birmingham riot

  18-12-2016 17:58
  Inmates at Hull Prison are under lockdown amid fears a riot could break out, it is being reported. Hull East MP Karl Turner told Sky News that 15 prisoners from the Birmingham jail had recently arrived in Hull.
  
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• The Tree of the Year winners have been announced and they are pretty stunning

  18-12-2016 17:14
  
  The winners will now compete for the European Tree of the Year title.
  
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• Inmates at Hull Prison under 'lockdown' amid riot fears

  18-12-2016 17:05
  Inmates at Hull Prison are under lockdown amid fears a riot could break out, it is being reported. Hull East MP Karl Turner told Sky News that 15 prisoners from the Birmingham jail had recently arrived in Hull.
  
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• Severe fog warning: rush hour travel fears as flights cancelled

  18-12-2016 16:59
  
  The Met Office says fog will increase again this evening after the conditions caused major travel headaches over the weekend. It said there was the "prospect of some thick fog, at least for a time, principally to the west of London". The conditions could continue into the Monday morning rush hour, it added.
  
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• These pictures of this weekend's fog are eerily beautiful

  18-12-2016 16:14
  
  British weather sure is stunning sometimes.
  
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• Unions warned 'they could be shooting themselves in the foot' over strikes

  18-12-2016 13:59
  
  A senior Labour MP has warned trade unions "they could be shooting themselves in the foot" as they prepare for a series of Christmas strikes. Meg Hillier, chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, told Sky News' Murnaghan programme "it is absolutely right people have the right to strike".
  
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• Any transitional deal with EU should not diminish Brexit vote - minister

  18-12-2016 12:29
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain may need a transitional agreement to smooth its exit from the European Union but it should not "buy back" into too many of the bloc's regulations, Britain's trade minister Liam Fox said on Sunday. Fox, who campaigned for a Brexit vote in June's referendum, also indicated he was seeking a flexible approach on trade to try to ensure the best deals for the British economy. Businesses and investors have raised concerns that Britain faces a "cliff-edge" a
  
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• Severe weather warning: Heavy fog disrupts road and air travel

  18-12-2016 12:23
  
  Heavy fog in parts of England and Wales is causing major travel headaches, with flight cancellations or delays affecting several airports.
  
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• British companies absorb Brexit shock, get on with business for 2017

  18-12-2016 08:02
  By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Richard Bunce says he felt sick when voters decided to take Britain out of the European Union in June, forcing him into a emergency review of his firm's expansion plans. Far from the "profound and immediate economic shock" predicted by Britain's finance ministry in the event of a vote for Brexit, the economy has, so far, barely slowed.
  
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• PM urged to 'crack down on unions' over Christmas strikes

  18-12-2016 05:40
  
  With mulitple walkouts planned across several industries, two senior members of the Conservative party backed by dozens of MPs have called for a tougher approach to unions, according to the Sunday Telegraph. Lord Heseltine told the newspaper: "In the end you either compromise - which means you lose - or you address the issue upfront... You cannot have small groups of people holding society to ransom, regardless of personal inconvenience or cost. Lord Tebbit warned of a "deliberate tactic on
  
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• Government considering oath of allegiance to British values

  18-12-2016 05:30
  
  Every public office-holder may have to swear an oath of allegiance to British values, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has indicated. The proposal from Mr Javid is in response to a report on social cohesion by Dame Louise Casey, which warned some sections of society did not accept British values such as tolerance. Writing in The Sunday Times, Mr Javid said: "If we are going to challenge such attitudes, civic and political leaders have to lead by example.
  
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• Prince Harry: I'm lucky to be able to make a difference

  18-12-2016 04:13
  
  Prince Harry has said he used to "bury his head in the sand" but now sees the world "very, very differently" and feels the "need to make something of my life". Speaking in a documentary about his charity work in Lesotho, the 32-year-old admits having struggled with his royal position after losing his mother at a very young age. Harry co-founded the charity Sentebale - meaning "forget me not" - with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006 to improve prospects for the thousands of children and young
  
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• Europhile MPs BESIEGED with pro-Brexit Christmas cards telling them to RESPECT the vote

  18-12-2016 02:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PATRIOTIC Britons have been sending Christmas cards to Europhile MPs – asking them to deliver the gift they promised.
  
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• First World War: Appeal to help recognise forgotten victims

  18-12-2016 01:59
  Researchers believe hundreds of Britons who died as a result of serving in the First World War are not recorded on official lists. A group of volunteers working with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is searching for men and women who were missed off the official lists of war dead. Terry Denham, the founder of the In From The Cold Project, wants anyone who thinks a relative might have been overlooked to get in touch.
  
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• Met Police warn public over time-wasting emergency calls

  18-12-2016 01:49
  A hissing cat, the late delivery of a fridge freezer and faulty headphones are just some of the issues that prompted recent emergency calls to police. The police call them improper calls, but that hardly does justice to the bizarre reasons people find to call the emergency services. The Metropolitan Police says such calls waste operators' time, clog up the pressured 999 system and can prevent legitimate emergencies being dealt with quickly enough.
  
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• Night riders

  18-12-2016 01:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Across the UK, volunteer motorcyclists help the NHS by delivering blood. What motivates them?
  
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• Embattled Jeremy Corbyn ‘STORMS OUT’ of karaoke party after MPs chant ‘WE WANT TONY’

  18-12-2016 01:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn is believed to have left a rowdy karaoke party after MPs cried out ‘We want Tony’ and sang Blair’s election anthem.
  
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• 'Sneaky wrecking tactics' Labour Eurocrat accused of plot to SABOTAGE Brexit documents

  18-12-2016 01:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SENIOR Labour MEP has been accused of using “sneaky wrecking tactics” to undermine the people’s vote to leave the EU after deleting lines in parliamentary documents that promised to “respect” the results of the referendum.
  
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• The nation's favourite Christmas carol REVEALED

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE nation’s favourite Christmas carol is O Holy Night.
  
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• Security fears for Stansted over firearm officers sent to the Met police

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POLICE chiefs fear for the security of one of Britain’s busiest airports after 40 of its firearms officers were recruited to work in London.
  
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• REVEALED: 'Militant' rail strikers made HUGE payments to Jeremy Corbyn's cronies

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE five unions holding the country to ransom with militant strike action over the Christmas period have poured nearly £300,000 into Labour MPs’ pockets in the past year.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon's Brexit meeting snubbed by Scotland's top industry leaders

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon’s flagship Brexit meeting was snubbed by the majority of Scotland’s industry leaders.
  
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• Muslim-owned Turkish restaurant will give free food to elderly this Christmas

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Muslim-owned Turkish restaurant is opening its doors to give free festive meals to the elderly this Christmas Day.
  
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• Mother’s new move in search for missing airman Corrie McKeague

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE desperate mother of missing airman Corrie McKeague yesterday led a search for her son in a remote woodland area outside the town where he vanished 12 weeks ago.
  
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• Ministers spend millions on luxury travel as strikes threaten to travel chaos

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AS STRIKE action threatens to bring Britain’s transport network to a halt, it has emerged that ministers and civil servants have spent millions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash on luxury travel.
  
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• Lotto rapist flees £800k house paid for with 'fraudulent' jackpot win

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LOTTO rapist Edward Putman fled the £800,000 home paid for by his “fraudulent” jackpot win yesterday as one neighbour fumed: “He’s an animal and everyone knows it.”
  
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• Brexit boosts spending: UK set for record-breaking Christmas shopping Bonanza

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN is set for a Christmas shopping bonanza with Brexit giving consumer spending a record-breaking boost.
  
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• Armed guards to protect ferry passengers from Christmas ISIS attacks

  18-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARMED police are being lined up to patrol cross-Channel ferries to protect passengers against a Christmas Islamic State terrorist attack.
  
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• These are all the workers that plan to go on strike over the Christmas period

  18-12-2016 00:03
  
  It’s expected to cause a lot of disruption.
  
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