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• Don't blame the Liberals! Nick Clegg moans about anti-lefty feeling gripping Britain

  10-01-2017 23:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LIBERALISM is totally blameless for mass migration and the economic disintegration of many European nations, according to former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.
  
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• 'Everything I want is here' Great-great-grandma, 100, has NEVER left the Isle of Man

  10-01-2017 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BESSIE Horne has celebrated her 100th birthday on the Isle of Man – without ever having set foot beyond its shores.
  
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• Caller reveals to Farage that he paid to SABOTAGE Labour party with Corbyn vote

  10-01-2017 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A CALLER left Nigel Farage in stitches after he admitted to voting for Jeremy Corbyn to sabotage the Labour party.
  
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• NHS at 'breaking point': 12-hour waits double in A&E for elderly patients

  10-01-2017 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SOARING numbers of elderly patients are having to wait at least 12 hours stuck on trolleys in Accident & Emergency departments.
  
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• Barack Obama says his 'work will always be unfinished' ahead of his final speech as US president in Chicago

  10-01-2017 22:22
  
  Don’t go Barack!
  
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• Millionaire author ‘was drugged by fiance and dumped in a septic tank’

  10-01-2017 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHILDREN’S author Helen Bailey was drugged and suffocated by her fiance before being dumped in a cesspit, a court heard yesterday.
  
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• The journalist who broke the news of WWII Nazi invasion has died: Here's what you should know about Clare Hollingworth's incredible life

  10-01-2017 21:30
  
  Just three days into her first journalism job she broke the news of Nazi invasion of Poland that triggered the outbreak of the Second World War.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's 'maximum wage' comment has provoked a huge debate about inequality on Twitter

  10-01-2017 21:13
  
  A lot of people are outraged.
  
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• EU is 'SAD' at Brexit as it knows it's WEAKER without Britain, reveals former commissioner

  10-01-2017 21:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE under-fire former EU Commissioner who sensationally resigned earlier this month revealed Brussels was “sad and angry” at Brexit and Brussels big wigs privately believe they have lost “a big player” in the UK.
  
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• US sanctions on Alexanda Kotey, British member of Islamic State cell

  10-01-2017 20:57
  The US has imposed sanctions on a British man after naming him as a member of an Islamic State terror cell dubbed "The Beatles". The State Department says Alexanda Kotey, 33, is one of a four-member cell responsible for beheading around two dozen hostages. The sanctions freezes any property or interests Kotey may have in the US and prohibits Americans from having any dealings with him.
  
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• The journalist who broke the news of WWII Nazi invasion died: Here's what you should know about Clare Hollingworth's incredible life

  10-01-2017 19:56
  
  Just three days into her first journalism job she broke the news of Nazi invasion of Poland that triggered the outbreak of the Second World War.
  
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• Corbyn plans pay ratios to close 'massive' gap between bosses and staff

  10-01-2017 19:49
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he wants to reduce the gap between rich and poor - and will consider capping the pay of companies' top earners in relation to their lowest paid workers. It came after a series of interviews earlier on Tuesday when Mr Corbyn announced, on questioning, that he would like to introduce a maximum national wage - a proposal described as "bananas" and "idiotic" by critics.
  
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• Seven-year-old girl who died in York named as Katie Rough

  10-01-2017 19:48
  A seven-year-old girl who died after being found with life-threatening injuries on a playing field in York has been named. Katie Rough was discovered down a track after police were called to an address in nearby Alness Drive, Woodthorpe at around 4.30pm on Monday. DCI Dave Ellis, of North Yorkshire Police, said the 15-year-old girl remained in police custody and officers were carrying out house-to-house inquiries.
  
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• Sailor who swam to help man stuck up mast

  10-01-2017 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An amateur sailor beats an Olympic medallist to the 'yachtsman of the year' award after rescuing five crew from a stricken vessel.
  
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• Targeting Brexit voters, Labour vows to manage migration

  10-01-2017 19:16
  By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's main opposition Labour Party backs "the reasonable management of migration", its leader said on Tuesday in a speech aimed at winning back millions of traditional supporters who backed Britain's split from the European Union. In his first major speech this year, Corbyn set out his Brexit strategy more than six months after Britain voted to leave the EU to try to silence critics who say he has failed to challenge Prime Minister Theresa May with an al
  
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• Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford criticises UK Anti-Doping's David Kenworthy

  10-01-2017 19:11
  Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford has criticised the chairman of UK Anti-Doping for interfering in the ongoing investigation into alleged wrongdoing in cycling. Speaking at a team training camp in Mallorca for the first time since he appeared before a Parliamentary select committee last month, Sir Dave said it was "unbelievable" that David Kenworthy should have intervened in the case. Mr Kenworthy described Sir Dave's evidence to Parliament, in which he said he had been told by team doctor
  
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• A&E waits over 12 hours more than double for elderly patients

  10-01-2017 18:01
  A&E waiting times of over 12 hours for elderly people have more than doubled in two years, new figures show. NHS Digital says long waits among those aged 70 and over have gone up from 34,088 in 2013/14 to 88,252 in 2015/16. The latest figures come as the Government tried to play down accusations the NHS is in crisis, and the day after Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt appeared to suggest he might alter the four-hour target for patients to be dealt with in A&E.
  
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• Britain picks ex-BoE deputy governor David Clementi as new BBC chair

  10-01-2017 17:47
  LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has chosen ex-Bank of England deputy governor David Clementi as its candidate to be the new chair of the BBC, culture minister Karen Bradley said on Tuesday. Clementi, who authored a report last year which recommended a shake-up of the structure of the management of the British broadcaster, has been selected to be the first chair of the BBC Board, which replaces the BBC Trust. (Reporting by Paul Sandle and Alistair Smout; editing by Stephen Addison)
  
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• Question of post-Brexit single market membership is for negotiations - UK minister

  10-01-2017 17:44
  The extent of Britain's future membership of the European Union's single market will be determined in upcoming Brexit negotiations with the bloc, a junior minister in Britain's Brexit department said on Tuesday. Asked about comments made by Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday that Britain would not be able to keep "bits" of EU membership, David Jones said May had made clear Britain would be seeking the best possible access to the single market.
  
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• Asda worker jailed for stealing £460k in petrol tills scam

  10-01-2017 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SUPERMARKET worker who stole almost £460,000 from ASDA was only caught when someone noticed “large amounts of cash just lying around” her house.
  
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• FTSE 100 in record-setting winning streak because of weak pound

  10-01-2017 17:33
  
  A lacklustre performance for the pound has helped the FTSE 100 achieve its longest streak of record closing highs.
  
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• Partner killed author Helen Bailey for her money, court hears

  10-01-2017 17:27
  Children's author Helen Bailey was drugged and "probably suffocated" by her partner before being dumped in a cesspit below her home, a court has heard. The 51-year-old's body was found deep in the grounds of her sprawling £1.5m property in Royston, Hertfordshire, in July 2016, three months after being reported missing. The writer, who created the Electra Brown series for teenagers, was worth almost £4m, St Albans Crown Court heard.
  
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• Church and Ferguson refuse 'tyrant' Trump's inauguration invitation

  10-01-2017 17:11
  Singer Charlotte Church and former X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson have both turned down invitations from Donald Trump to perform at his inauguration. Church claimed she had been approached by members of the President-elect's team on Twitter. Earlier this month, former X Factor runner-up Ferguson announced she had been approached by the President-elect, and said she would "graciously accept" the invitation as long as she could use the platform as "a reminder of how love i
  
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• Northern Ireland leaders warned 'the clock is ticking'

  10-01-2017 17:00
  Leaders in Northern Ireland have been urged to "resolve differences" because the "clock is ticking" towards a damaging election. Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire said the situation following the resignation of Deputy First Leader Martin McGuinness was "grave". Mr McGuinness announced he was quitting over a botched energy deal on Monday, signalling the collapse of the 10-year power-sharing government.
  
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• Corbyn calls for Government contract pay cap after wage limit confusion

  10-01-2017 16:57
  
  Executives of firms awarded Government contracts would have their pay capped to £350,000 a year under Labour, Jeremy Corbyn has announced. The Labour leader said his party would introduce a pay ratio limiting the wages of a Government contract firm's top earners to 20 times that of the living wage of just over £16,000 a year. Labour could also introduce laws that would see remuneration committees sign off executive pay, under a raft of suggestions for tackling fat cat pay, he said.
  
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• Seven-year-old who died in York described as 'darling princess Katie'

  10-01-2017 16:16
  Tributes have been left at the scene in York where a seven-year-old girl was found with life-threatening injuries and later died. Police were called to an address in Alness Drive, Woodthorpe at around 4.30pm on Monday and found the girl nearby. DCI Dave Ellis, of North Yorkshire Police, said on Tuesday the girl was taken to York District Hospital on Monday but later died.
  
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• Richer or poorer

  10-01-2017 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn says inequality has been getting worse, on the day official figures say the opposite.
  
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• Obituary: Clare Hollingworth

  10-01-2017 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Celebrated war correspondent who broke the news of Germany's invasion of Poland.
  
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• Body found on M1 motorway 'run over several times'

  10-01-2017 15:24
  A body found on the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire appears to have been run over several times, police have said. Detective Sergeant Tony Hopkins said the injuries suffered by the man were "catastrophic". DS Hopkins said officers are exploring several lines of inquiry, but do not believe the victim jumped off a footbridge.
  
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• Spotify offers Barack Obama the chance to become its 'President of Playlists'

  10-01-2017 15:18
  
  The soon-to-be unemployed president may be back in work quicker than expected.
  
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• 8 things we learned from Corbyn's round of media interviews

  10-01-2017 15:10
  
  It was a busy morning for the Labour leader.
  
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• 'Hundreds of roles to go' as Post Office branches downgraded, says union

  10-01-2017 14:51
  The Post Office has confirmed plans to transfer 37 further Crown offices to franchisees in a move affecting hundreds of jobs. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said the announcement amounted to more than 400 job losses but the Post Office insisted that was not the case as the roles could be transferred to the new private operators. The Post Office said there had been no compulsory redundancies under the programme to date.
  
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• This heartfelt letter to Southern Rail from a 9-year-old boy shows how the strikes are affecting families

  10-01-2017 14:48
  
  This is the side of the strikes you don’t tend to hear so much about.
  
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• US wants post-Brexit free trade deal with UK 'fast', says Boris Johnson

  10-01-2017 14:34
  
  Boris Johnson has said the incoming Trump administration is keen to do a free trade deal with the UK and "fast". Fresh from his trip to the US to meet with key members of Donald Trump's team, Boris Johnson told MPs there was a "huge fund of goodwill" for the UK on Capitol Hill. Asked in the House of Commons how quickly the UK could do a deal with America, Mr Johnson said: "There was a huge fund of goodwill for the United Kingdom on Capitol Hill and a very large measure of understanding that now
  
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• Ex-Mirror chief Montgomery behind Express and OK! deal plot

  10-01-2017 14:20
  David Montgomery, the former News of the World editor, is behind an audacious plot to absorb the Daily Express and OK! magazine into a new media ownership vehicle. Sky News has learnt that the veteran tycoon is hatching plans to acquire Northern & Shell's publishing arm from Richard Desmond, the current proprietor of the Express and Daily Star titles. Mr Montgomery, who has brought a string of media companies to the London stock market with varying degrees of success, is also talking to a gr
  
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• Boy, nine, tells Southern rail: I'm tired of my parents coming home late every night

  10-01-2017 13:57
  
  A nine-year-old boy has written to Southern rail bosses complaining that he is "tired" of his parents "coming home late every night because of the rail strikes". Frankie Cottrell, from Hove, Brighton, emailed the letter to the company - and his local MP - ahead of another wave of strikes by drivers of the ASLEF union today, tomorrow and on Friday.
  
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• Volkswagen has unveiled the all-electric minibus of the future

  10-01-2017 13:42
  
  It’s expected to be available by 2020.
  
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• UK court to hear challenge over access to single market next week

  10-01-2017 13:26
  A legal challenge to the government over whether Britain's exit from the European Union will automatically take it out of the single market will be heard in court next week, the group that initiated the action said on Tuesday. It is one of several legal battles over how Britain should go about quitting the EU and trading with it afterwards - a conundrum requiring a trade-off between Brexit voters' desire for immigration controls and the economic need for good trading terms with the bloc. The gov
  
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• 'Thundersnow' could hit UK as Arctic blast moves in

  10-01-2017 13:20
  
  'Thundersnow' and blizzards could hit parts of the UK as an Arctic blast looks set to send temperatures plunging. The Met Office has issued yellow "be aware" warnings for wind and snow in Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northwest England from Wednesday. The wintry showers will continue into Thursday and Friday - when the warnings also cover Wales and eastern England.
  
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• Vloggers' strike stories

  10-01-2017 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video bloggers capture the personal impact of the latest Southern Rail strike.
  
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• Post Office axing hundreds of jobs as branches downgraded, says union

  10-01-2017 13:17
  The Post Office is cutting more than 400 jobs as it closes and franchises Crown offices and cuts financial specialist roles, a union has said. It adds to 2,000 job losses across the whole business in 2016, according to the Communication Workers' Union (CWU). The CWU said the Post Office was to downgrade 37 of its flagship Crown offices by closing and franchising them to private operators.
  
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• Corbyn calls for national wage cap over 'grotesque' football and fat cat salaries

  10-01-2017 13:12
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has said there should be a national cap on higher earnings to clamp down on "grotesque" footballer and fat cat salaries. While Mr Corbyn would not put a figure on the suggested cap, he said it would be "somewhat higher" than his £138,000 salary and asked why anyone would need more than £50m to live on. Mr Corbyn said the earnings gap between the poorest in society and the very rich needed to be addressed.
  
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• UK to start approval process for Chinese nuclear reactor at Bradwell

  10-01-2017 13:07
  By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has asked nuclear regulators to start the process for approving a Chinese-designed reactor for a proposed plant in Britain, expected to be one of the first new plants in decades. General Nuclear Services (GNS), an industrial partnership between French utility EDF and China General Nuclear Power Corporation(CGN), hopes to use the design at a new nuclear station planned to be built in Bradwell, Essex. CGN intends to make a number of invest
  
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• BAFTA Awards 2017: La La Land leads nominations

  10-01-2017 12:22
  
  La La Land continues to quick-step into the awards season with 11 nominations for this year's British Academy Film Awards.
  
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• Video shows humpback whale circling boat off Moray coast

  10-01-2017 12:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video shows a humpback whale taking a closer look at a boat off the coast of Moray.
  
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• Labour backs down on migration to win back Brexit voters

  10-01-2017 12:18
  By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's main opposition Labour Party will say for the first time on Tuesday it is not wedded to freedom of movement with the European Union, an attempt to win back millions of traditional supporters who backed Brexit. In his first major speech this year, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will set out his Brexit strategy more than six months after Britain voted to leave the EU in the June referendum. Flagging in opinion polls, Corbyn will also try to ease concern
  
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• BBC reporter left on plane as disabled passenger help fail to show up

  10-01-2017 12:05
  
  Security correspondent Frank Gardner was no impressed by the service post flight.
  
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• Corbyn: Footballers' pay 'obscene'; there should be a national wage cap

  10-01-2017 11:30
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said there should be a national cap on higher earnings to clampdown on "grotesque" footballer and fat cat salaries. Speaking on Sky News, Mr Corbyn laid into the "simply ridiculous" salaries earned by Premiership footballers, the levels of executive pay and said the "grotesque" gap between the rich and the poor. Mr Corbyn said the earnings gap between the poorest in society and the very rich was the worst of any Organisation for Economic and Co-operation and
  
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• One in three women harassed while running, survey finds

  10-01-2017 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Holly Hamilton spoke to women who said they had been harassed while out running on their own.
  
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• Cost of weekly shop going up as supermarket prices rise for first time since 2014

  10-01-2017 11:13
  
  The price of a supermarket shop has started to rise again after more than two years of falling, industry figures show. Rising supermarket prices add to the spectre of inflation, which is also expected to affect the cost of cars and clothes. Retailers have been warning of looming price rises thanks to the slump in the pound since the Brexit vote - which makes imports more expensive - though Kantar did not directly mention this.
  
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