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• The Dozen: the weekend's best FA Cup photos

  08-01-2017 21:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Your weekend roundup of the best photography from the FA Cup third round• Follow us on Instagram for more great sports photography Continue reading...
  
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• London Tube disruption warning as 24-hour strike gets underway

  08-01-2017 20:55
  London Underground passengers are being warned of a "severely reduced" service after Tube staff began a 24-hour strike at 6pm on Sunday. Transport for London said it was likely that most stations in Zone 1 would be closed for the entire period. Key stations including Victoria, King's Cross, Waterloo, Paddington, Euston, Bank and London Bridge will have no Underground service.
  
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• Ben Jennings on the state of the NHS – cartoon

  08-01-2017 20:36 via theguardian.com
  
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• How a design for city living went wrong | Letters

  08-01-2017 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Re your article (We need spaces to live but we also need places to make things, 7 January): twenty years ago Richard Rogers’ Towards an Urban Renaissance put sustainability at the core of a vision of compact cities where people worked, rested and played with minimum car use. Residential densification of central London and other large English cities would be delivered through regeneration and the judicious imposition of tall buildings. The result was a tall building frenzy driven by in
  
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• Prime Minister: No 'muddled thinking' on Brexit

  08-01-2017 18:20
  
  Theresa May has told Sky News her Government is not suffering from "muddled thinking" over Brexit. The Prime Minister was responding to criticism from Sir Ivan Rogers, who resigned as Britain's ambassador to the EU. In her first TV interview of the year, Mrs May said she will set out her plans for Brexit over the coming weeks but has given her strongest hint yet that the UK will leave the single market.
  
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• JW Anderson offers a joyful distraction in London menswear show

  08-01-2017 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Northern Irish designer provides colourful, cosy collection aimed at those looking to forget events of past year Given the year that passed and the gateway timing of this season’s London men’s fashion shows – post-Brexit vote, days before Donald Trump moves into the Oval Office, and during this warm, wet January – there has doubtless been pressure on designers to create collections that reflect this sociopolitical context while managing to cheer us up. And perhaps a crush
  
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• Peter Sarstedt's most famous song

  08-01-2017 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Peter Sarstedt, who took Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? to the UK number one spot in February 1969, has died aged 75.
  
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• Londoners face Tube misery as workers set to strike from Sunday

  08-01-2017 17:38
  Londoners face transport chaos at the start of the working week after two unions representing workers on the London Underground said they would go ahead with a 24-hour strike from Sunday evening. Metro operator Transport for London (TfL) said most stations in central London would be closed due to the action by the RMT and TSSA unions in a dispute over staffing levels after the closure of ticket offices in recent years. The walkout on the Tube is part of a wave of strikes hitting British rail and
  
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• 'Unfair' to ask Labour about immigration - deputy leader Tom Watson

  08-01-2017 17:30
  Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has claimed it is "unfair" to ask him what his party's position is on immigration controls. Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Mr Watson said it was difficult for Labour to lay out detailed plans before the Prime Minister reveals how she plans to handle Brexit talks.
  
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• May denies there is a 'humanitarian crisis' in the NHS

  08-01-2017 17:13
  
  The Prime Minister has told Sky News she does not accept there is a "humanitarian crisis" in the NHS. Theresa May told Sophy Ridge on Sunday that there are "huge pressures" in the health system but they are recognised. It followed the head of emergency charity the Red Cross defending his earlier comments that the organisation was "on the front line, responding to the humanitarian crisis in our hospital and ambulance services across the country".
  
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• Civil servant quits over plot to 'take down' UK govt minister

  08-01-2017 17:05
  A UK civil servant caught on camera discussing how to "take down" a British government minister with an Israeli embassy official has resigned. Maria Strizzolo has left her job with the Skills Funding Agency after she was filmed discussing the Foreign Office's minister of state Sir Alan Duncan with senior Israeli political officer Shai Masot. In a secretly-recorded conversation Mr Masot said Sir Alan was causing "a lot of problems".
  
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• Eyewitness: Sakaraha, Madagascar

  08-01-2017 16:37 via theguardian.com
  
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• Buddha branding is everywhere – but what do Buddhists think?

  08-01-2017 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Buddhism is all about restraint and detachment, so no wonder the religion’s philosophy is proving popular at the start of a year in which many already feel anxiousNew year, new tenuously legitimate diet rooted in spirituality. The Buddha diet is one of January’s horde. Ostensibly rooted in sensible, restrictive eating, it’s also one of the latest examples of consumer society co-opting asceticism to sell stuff. The book Buddha’s Diet is climbing bestseller lists; Buddha bo
  
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• Israeli 'take down' minister plot: UK civil servant quits

  08-01-2017 15:43
  A UK civil servant caught on camera discussing with an Israeli official how to "take down" a British Government minister has resigned. Maria Strizzolo has left her job with the Skills Funding Agency after she was filmed discussing Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan with senior Israeli political officer Shai Masot. In a secretly-recorded conversation Mr Masot said Sir Alan was causing "a lot of problems".
  
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• Theresa May: 'We will seek Brexit trade deal and immigration control'

  08-01-2017 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has told Sky News the government's priority would be to get the "best possible" Brexit deal.
  
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• Best photographs of the day: winter runs and rides

  08-01-2017 14:18 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including winter sport and Russian Orthodox Christmas Continue reading...
  
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• Theresa May tells Sky News: No 'muddled thinking' on Brexit

  08-01-2017 14:16
  
  Theresa May has told Sky News there is no muddled thinking on Brexit. Mrs May said the UK needs to question what the right relationship with the EU is. "I'm ambitious for what we can get for the UK in terms of our relationship with the European Union because I also think that's going to be good for the European Union," she said.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth makes first appearance after heavy cold

  08-01-2017 13:51
  By Alan Walters SANDRINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth made her first public appearance since before Christmas on Sunday as she recovered from a heavy cold that caused the 90-year-old monarch to miss Christmas and New Year church services. The queen, wearing a vibrant blue coat and hat, arrived with her husband Prince Philip, 95, at St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham in eastern England, where she traditionally spends the festive period on her country estate.
  
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• All the key things we learned from Theresa May's interview on Sky News

  08-01-2017 13:28
  
  The new Sophy Ridge On Sunday nabbed an interview with the PM on the first show.
  
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• Theresa May tells Sky News there is no 'muddled thinking' on Brexit

  08-01-2017 13:18
  
  Theresa May has told Sky News there is no muddled thinking on Brexit. Mrs May said the UK needs to question what the right relationship with the EU us. "I'm ambitious for what we can get for the UK in terms of our relationship with the European Union because I also think that's going to be good for the European Union," she said.
  
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• Tube strike on as unions reject new offer from London Underground

  08-01-2017 13:15
  A planned 24-hour tube will go ahead from 6pm on Sunday after unions rejected a new offer on jobs from London Underground.
  
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• I'll set out Brexit strategy over coming weeks - May

  08-01-2017 13:04
  By Elizabeth Piper and Paul Sandle LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would set out her strategy for Brexit over the coming weeks, denying suggestions she was "muddled" in the pursuit of what she called the right relationship with the EU. In her first interview of the year, May ignored growing calls from business leaders, members of parliament and opposition leaders for more detail on her strategy to leave the European Union, offering little beyond a
  
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• Nigel Slater’s winter salads with chicken and pork

  08-01-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After all the stodge of the festive season, start afresh with these cool winter dishesI am not going to forgo my daily salad just because there’s a bit of frost on the roof. Those crisp, crackling leaves of winter, the welcome snap of bitterness and bright flavours will continue to take their place on my table, they just need a slightly different treatment. Most of my winter salads have a hot element to them – a sizzling, often spicy addition to contrast with the coolness of all the
  
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• Queen attends church for the first time since falling ill

  08-01-2017 12:50
  The Queen has arrived at church in Sandringham, the first time she has been seen in public since falling ill before Christmas. The monarch missed the traditional church service over the festive period and the New Year as she battled a heavy cold.
  
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• Queen attends church for first time since cold

  08-01-2017 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Queen makes her first public appearance of 2017 after ill-health affected her festive season.
  
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• Theresa May tells Sky News that 2017 will be a year of change

  08-01-2017 11:45
  Theresa May has told Sky News that 2017 will be a year of change because of Brexit.
  
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• Lack of knowledge on Brexit 'unacceptable', says Sturgeon

  08-01-2017 11:24
  Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said on Sunday she knew little of Britain's plan to leave the European Union, a situation that was "unacceptable" six months after the Brexit vote. Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party which campaigned to remain in the bloc, told the BBC that the British government needed to compromise in negotiations with the EU to keep Scotland on side, rather than focusing on immigration. "Don't disregard Scotland," Sturgeon told the Andrew Marr progr
  
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• Donald Trump has announced he'll meet Theresa May, but Twitter pedants can't get over his bad grammar

  08-01-2017 10:55
  
  Everyone knows the president-elect loves an exclamation point.
  
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• Solid Christmas for UK supermarkets before uncertain 2017

  08-01-2017 09:16
  By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's three quoted major supermarkets are expected to report this week that they enjoyed solid Christmas trading, though investor concern about a potential squeeze on consumer spending in 2017 means the focus is on their outlooks. Shares in market leader Tesco and Morrisons, the UK's fourth biggest grocer, soared 38 percent and 55 percent respectively in 2016, reflecting a recovery in trading.
  
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• Israel sorry after official talked of 'taking down' UK minister

  08-01-2017 07:33
  Israel's ambassador to the UK has apologised after an embassy official was recorded discussing how to "take down" a UK Foreign Office minister. In a secretly-recorded conversation, the embassy's senior political officer Shai Masot said Sir Alan Duncan was causing "a lot of problems".
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon 'not bluffing' on second independence referendum

  08-01-2017 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Speaking to Andrew Marr the Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said the country is not bluffing about holding a second independence referendum.
  
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• Lipsticks with added moisturiser

  08-01-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Perfectly painted lips light up a winter landscapeA hat, a scarf, a coat buttoned up to here, and the only spotlight of colour in a landscape of dark wool and mulched leaves – your perfectly painted lips. Nice thought, that. Especially because today the range of lovely moisturising formulations means lipstick can be worn sheer and rosy or matte and dark, both offering the kind of soft care and relief you need this winter. Continue reading...
  
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• 'I'm NOT bluffing' Sturgeon threatens May with ANOTHER Scottish independence referendum

  08-01-2017 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon has repeated her hollow threats of a second Scottish independence referendum as she accused Theresa May of adopting an “unacceptable” approach to Brexit.
  
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• 'Germany MUST remain Germany' Merkel told to establish refugee deals with foreign nations

  08-01-2017 06:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A POLITICAL rival of Angela Merkel is reportedly drafting a charter dubbed “Germany must remain Germany” – urging the Chancellor to establish refugee deals with foreign nations.
  
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• Surge in household debt as wages stagnate, says TUC

  08-01-2017 06:04
  Household debt has risen sharply, with more families having to borrow to supplement their pay, according to research by the TUC. The union organisation said total unsecured debt, excluding mortgages, has reached a record high of £349bn - and unsecured debt as a share of household income is now 27.4%. It claimed weak pay growth and low public investment were causing families to rely on borrowing.
  
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• Donald Trump says Britain is 'VERY SPECIAL' and 'looks forward' to meeting Theresa May

  08-01-2017 03:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DONALD Trump labelled Britain as "very special" and that he is looking forward to meeting Prime Minister Theresa May in his latest tweet.
  
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• Patel: Post-Slumdog Millionaire struggle 'made me a wiser performer'

  08-01-2017 02:53
  
  Dev Patel is going into the awards season with his eyes wide open. After the success of Slumdog Millionaire when he was only 17, Patel says he struggled to find the right roles. :: Who is Dev Patel competing against at the Golden Globes?
  
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• May to outline 'shared society' in first interview of 2017

  08-01-2017 02:48
  
  Theresa May will set our her vision to reduce social inequality today when she gives her first broadcast interview of the year to Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Sky News. On Monday she will deliver a major policy speech at the Charity Commission in which she will outline her plans for a "shared society based on the values of citizenship, responsibility and fairness". In an apparent dig at her predecessor David Cameron, she will suggest that government has focused too much on the very poorest and ignor
  
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• Warehouse brew

  08-01-2017 02:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former naval officer Andrew Gadsden explains how he came to open a tea room in a factory warehouse in Portsmouth.
  
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• Woman charged after police Twitter plea

  08-01-2017 02:09
  Detectives who used social media to contact a burglary suspect have charged a woman.
  
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• For love or money

  08-01-2017 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The convenience of a joint bank account is popular among couples with shared household bills - but there are pitfalls too.
  
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• Trump says he WILL return bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office after Obama 'snub'

  08-01-2017 01:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DONALD Trump has confirmed he will return a bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office.
  
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• Quiet, please: Jay Rayner’s silent retreat

  08-01-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Being quiet doesn’t come naturally to Jay Rayner. So we sent him on a silent retreat. But could the disputatious food critic make it through a day without speaking? Find out, and hear about 10 other retreats…I am just 30 minutes into my silent retreat when it hits me: I hate the sound of my own voice. Sure, my lips aren’t moving, but I can hear me. My brain has gone into overdrive. There’s nothing I can do to make the damn thoughts in my head shut up. God, but I’m
  
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• UK taxpayers will help fund EU Brexit 'propaganda'

  08-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TAXPAYERS will help fund EU “propaganda” on Brexit for TV and radio in the UK.
  
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• The Mart: Scottish cattle market documentary to return for second series

  08-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FLY-on-the-wall documentary set in a Scots cattle market which became one of the surprise television hits of 2016 is about to return for a second series.
  
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• Sturgeon accused of 'wasting a decade' after litany of broken promises

  08-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon has been accused of wasting a decade after claims that 51 manifesto pledges were “undelivered, forgotten or downright ignored”.
  
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• Private investigators begin hunt for missing RAF airman

  08-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PRIVATE investigators have this weekend begun helping in the search for missing airman Corrie McKeague.
  
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• Hunt for Syrian 'refugee' scientist plotting chemical attack on British seaside town

  08-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A HUNT is underway for a Syrian scientist posing as a refugee and plotting a chemical attack on a British seaside town.
  
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• Desperate mother of murdered Caroline Glachan pleads for people to step forward

  08-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE mother of Caroline Glachan, whose murder in 1996 continues to baffle detectives, has made an emotional plea on what would have been her daughter’s 35th birthday.
  
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