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• PM May to raise trade, security with Turkey's Erdogan

  27-01-2017 23:36
  Prime Minister Theresa May will meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday to discuss trade and security, her spokeswoman said, part of a charm offensive to bolster her hand in negotiations to leave the EU. A day after meeting U.S. President Donald Trump when she won his approval and some assurances on economic cooperation, May heads to Ankara to launch a joint working group to prepare the ground for a new trade relationship after Brexit.
  
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• Donald Trump tells Theresa May Brexit will be 'fantastic' for UK

  27-01-2017 23:09
  
  Donald Trump has claimed Brexit will be a "fantastic thing" for the UK. The President was speaking at a joint news conference with Theresa May after she became the first foreign leader to visit the White House since his inauguration. "I think Brexit is going to be a wonderful thing for your country," he said.
  
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• Online car sales to accelerate, as salesmen take a back seat

  27-01-2017 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The car industry is betting that motorists will start to order new cars online in 2017, threatening the future of traditional car salesmen.
  
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• Labour deputy Tom Watson clashes with Corbyn on 'buying British'

  27-01-2017 22:58
  Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson will put himself at odds with Jeremy Corbyn by proposing that the UK should "buy British" in response to Brexit and Donald Trump. In a controversial speech for a senior Labour figure, he will say Britain must keep an "open mind" about the new President's policies of "America First" and protectionism. In an echo of Gordon Brown's "British jobs for British workers" call in 2007, Mr Watson will suggest protectionist reforms could put workers first and give UK manuf
  
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• Queen greeted by bare-chested Fijian warriors during Norwich visit

  27-01-2017 22:27
  The Queen has come face to face with Fijian warriors on a visit to Norwich. The two bare-chested men were standing guard, in freezing temperatures, as Her Majesty got out of her car on a visit to see an exhibition about Fiji at the University of East Anglia. Joe Cokanasiga, 19, a rugby player for London Irish, was one of the two Fijian warriors who symbolically guarded the Queen.
  
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• 6 pictures of Donald Trump definitely singing I Want To Hold Your Hand to Theresa May

  27-01-2017 22:17
  
  This is NOT fake news.
  
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• Donald Trump accepts state visit invite to meet the Queen this year

  27-01-2017 22:09
  
  The US President and his wife Melania will visit the UK "in a further sign" of the "special relationship" between the US and Britain, Theresa May said. Mr Trump has reportedly told Mrs May that his late Scottish mother was a "big fan" of the Queen. Mrs May revealed news of the planned state visit during a joint news conference with Mr Trump in Washington.
  
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• Donald Trump and Theresa May awkwardly hold hands at White House – video

  27-01-2017 22:06 via theguardian.com
  
  The US president and UK prime minister had a clumsy moment as they walked along the colonnade at the White House Friday. The moment was captured shortly after the president and prime minister gave a joint press conferenceDonald Trump ‘100% behind Nato’, says Theresa May at joint White House press conference – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump is coming to the UK - and the protest plans are already under way

  27-01-2017 21:36
  
  Because a visit from him was never going to go by quietly.
  
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• Bomber jackets and BBQs

  27-01-2017 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Graffiti art, barbeques and DVDs are among the gifts exchanged between UK and US leaders.
  
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• X Factor singer seeks Eurovision glory

  27-01-2017 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Viewers at home and a jury of music professionals have decided who will represent the UK at Eurovision 2017.
  
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• All the awkward moments from Theresa May and Donald Trump's joint press conference

  27-01-2017 20:27
  
  It was a bit of a cringefest.
  
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• Man jailed after CCTV shows him pushing victim onto London Tube track

  27-01-2017 20:07
  A man who pushed a Tube passenger onto the electrified rail of a central London station has been jailed for 10 years. Video footage shows the terrifying moment Christopher Cole shoved the 21-year-old man onto the tracks at Bond Street station. The 32-year-old attacker fled but was tracked down by police thanks to the CCTV footage.
  
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• Trump jokes to May after BBC question: 'There goes that relationship'

  27-01-2017 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US President Donald Trump jokes about the state of the special relationship after a tough question.
  
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• President Trump jokes with May during press conference

  27-01-2017 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg asked about controversial policies President Trump's outlined since taking office.
  
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• May says Queen invited Trump for state visit

  27-01-2017 19:41
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth has invited U.S. President Donald Trump for a state visit later this year and he has accepted, British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday. May was speaking at a news conference in Washington during the first visit to the White House by a foreign leader since Trump's inauguration a week ago. (Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Eric Walsh; Editing by Frances Kerry)
  
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• Croydon robbers with nunchucks fought off by have-a-go hero

  27-01-2017 19:33
  
  CCTV footage has been released that shows a have-a-go hero battling two armed robbers as they tried to steal his motorbike. One of the attackers was armed with a screwdriver while the other grabbed a pair of martial art nunchucks the 46-year-old man had challenged them with and began beating him. The attackers, both wearing crash helmets, then fled empty handed, leaving behind the stolen motorbike they had arrived on.
  
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• Passenger plane in near miss with drone over Birmingham primary school

  27-01-2017 18:47
  A passenger plane was in a near miss with a drone just 500ft above a primary school, an official report has revealed. The airliner was coming in to land at Birmingham Airport when the pilot spotted the device hovering at the same altitude. The DH8 turboprop aircraft was estimated to be around 1600ft from the drone, the UK Airprox Board (UKAB) said.
  
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• Bath tipper truck crash: Matthew Gordon and Peter Wood jailed

  27-01-2017 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A haulage boss and a mechanic are jailed following a 2015 tipper truck crash that killed four in Bath.
  
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• Football fan jailed for pushing man on to Tube track

  27-01-2017 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An England football fan has been jailed for 10 years for pushing a man on to live Tube tracks shortly before a train arrived.
  
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• Jo Stevens quits shadow cabinet over Corbyn's Brexit stance

  27-01-2017 18:12
  
  A member of Jeremy Corbyn's top team has resigned in order to defy the Labour leader's order not to "block" the bill to trigger Article 50 and start Brexit. Jo Stevens, the shadow Welsh secretary, said in a letter to the party leader that as a "passionate European" she thought leaving the EU was a "terrible mistake". Sky News understands that while the shadow cabinet are expected to toe the party line next week, those in junior posts who go against Mr Corbyn's order will not be asked to resign,
  
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• London Underground staff to stage two more walkouts

  27-01-2017 17:50
  London Underground workers are to stage a 16-hour strike from 5 February and a 15-hour walkout two days later. The action has been called after lengthy talks with London Underground bosses, under the chairmanship of conciliation service ACAS, failed to break the deadlock. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) staged a 24-hour strike earlier this month which crippled Tube services.
  
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• Helen Bailey murder trial shown cesspit burial images

  27-01-2017 17:49
  Jurors have been shown the foul cesspit where the body of children's author Helen Bailey was found. The elbow of the Electra Brown writer could be seen encased in a hard crust of filth in the images displayed at the trial of her fiance. Ian Stewart is accused of giving his partner sedatives and probably smothering her in a financially motivated murder plot last year.
  
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• London underground staff, BA cabin crew, to strike next month

  27-01-2017 17:28
  London commuters face more travel chaos in February and March as underground train staff press their case over staffing levels with another round of strikes. British Airways "mixed fleet" cabin crew, who make up around 15 percent of total BA cabin staff, also plan to stage more strikes next month in a pay dispute. The RMT union said staff working on the "Tube", as the world's oldest underground rail network is known, would stage a 16-hour walkout from 6 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Sunday Feb. 5 and again
  
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• MP Jo Stevens has resigned from the shadow cabinet - will anyone else disobey orders over Brexit vote?

  27-01-2017 17:26
  
  A number of senior Labour MPs will be rebel against Corbyn’s three-line whip.
  
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• Delights and challenges of the North Coast 500

  27-01-2017 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Local residents and business owners describe the opportunities and challenges brought by the North Coast 500.
  
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• UKIP leader Paul Nuttall says 'waterboarding a price worth paying'

  27-01-2017 16:44
  
  UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has plunged his party into controversy by claiming waterboarding would be "a price worth paying". Mr Nuttall said if the practice - which simulates the experience of drowning - saved lives from terrorism then he would support it. Speaking to Sky News on the campaign trail in Cumbria, he echoed US President Donald Trump by saying the West had to "fight fire with fire".
  
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• Bath tipper truck crash: Mother of Mitzi Steady 'struggles to accept she's dead'

  27-01-2017 16:34
  The family of a four-year-old girl killed after being hit when the brakes of a 32-tonne tipper truck failed in Bath have said they have been left emotionally distraught and still cannot accept what has happened. Mitzi Steady was crossing the road with her grandmother, Margaret Rogers, on 9 February 2015. In court on Friday, Mitzi's mother, Emma-Jade Steady, said: "Day to day I find it a struggle to maintain the motivation to go forward.
  
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• British rockers Kasabian to headline Reading and Leeds festival

  27-01-2017 16:21
  British indie rock band Kasabian will return to England's Reading and Leeds Festival as headliners after a five-year absence, organisers said on Thursday. The 'Fire' and 'Shoot the Runner' band, who plan to release their sixth studio album ahead of Reading and Leeds, join previously announced Grammy award-winning rockers Muse as headliners for the Aug. 25-27 festival. Festival organisers said British DJ Fatboy Slim, Northern Irish band Two Door Cinema Club and American rockers Jimmy Eat World wo
  
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• Food facts

  27-01-2017 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco is buying food wholesaler Booker Group in a £3.7bn deal - but what does Booker Group do?
  
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• Share your photos and experiences of Hull as UK City of Culture

  27-01-2017 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We want to hear from you if you live in Hull. What does it mean to you and the city to be City of Culture? Has the title affected you or your community?
  As Hull gets used to life as UK City of Culture 2017 we are asking: what does it mean to live in the city and how is the title affecting things? Related: Hull’s year in the spotlight: art, crowds and a giant turbine bladeContinue reading...
  
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• Diplomats slam PM's Russia warning to Trump in verse

  27-01-2017 15:35
  
  Diplomats at the Russian embassy have penned a poem accusing the PM of trying to revive Cold War hostilities. In a speech to Republicans in Philadelphia on Thursday, the Prime Minister took a tough stance on Donald Trump's relationship with Russia. Citing former US president Ronald Reagan, she warned the right approach to Vladimir Putin should be to "engage but beware".
  
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• Puffins not PowerPoint as Farne Islands seeks new ranger

  27-01-2017 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Duties will include monitoring puffins, seals and other wildlife on the remote Farne Islands.
  
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• Labour's Brexit bind

  27-01-2017 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why is Jeremy Corbyn ordering his MPs to back the Article 50 bill - when many of them oppose Brexit?
  
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• Royal recognition

  27-01-2017 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What's the secret behind the unstoppable rise of these side-splitting sidekicks?
  
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• Public property

  27-01-2017 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Would putting Southern rail back into public ownership solve the long-running dispute?
  
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• Britain plan to leave Euratom could delay new nuclear build

  27-01-2017 13:13
  By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - British plans to leave the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) when it exits the European Union could raise costs, delay new nuclear power projects and complicate research and international cooperation agreements, experts said on Friday. On Thursday, Britain published the legislation it will use to seek parliamentary approval for triggering the process for leaving the European Union, saying the Prime Minister has the power to notify the European Council
  
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• Mum-of-four dies after collapsing at court building in Hull

  27-01-2017 13:06
  A mother of four who died after collapsing at court has been described by friends "as a truly beautiful lady inside and out". The woman, reported to be Hayley Gascoigne, from Scunthorpe, fell ill in the public concourse area of the Combined Court Centre in Hull, which houses both the Crown Court and a number of civil courts. Witnesses have described attempts by court staff and then paramedics to revive Ms Gascoigne.
  
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• Man in his 70s arrested over historical abuse in football claims

  27-01-2017 12:55
  A man in his 70s has been arrested by detectives investigating historical allegations of abuse related to football. A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said officers were working closely with a number of partners.
  
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• Hammond says UK 'will abide by EU rules' until Brexit

  27-01-2017 12:36
  
  The UK cannot begin negotiating with the US or any other country until its obligations as a member of the European Union have ended, Chancellor Philip Hammond has told Sky News. Speaking ahead of a meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels, Mr Hammond said: "We will continue to abide by the rules, and the regulations and the laws, of the European Union for so long as we are members. The UK is only allowed to talk about deals with new partners in principle and cannot start negotiations on
  
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• The ups and downs of the special relationship – video

  27-01-2017 12:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime ministers and presidents often refer to the international accord between the United Kingdom and the United States as a ‘special relationship’. Winston Churchill coined the phrase in the 1940s and it has been repeated ever since. From Anthony Eden’s Suez crisis to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan’s political marriage, we chart the ups and downs of this association as Donald Trump and Theresa May take it into new territory Continue reading...
  
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• Calls for police to seize phones used illegally by drivers

  27-01-2017 12:14
  Police could be given the power to seize mobile phones being illegally used by motorists, the Police Federation roads policing lead suggested. Constable Jayne Willetts said the measure could act as a deterrent. "Is the seizure of mobile phones or their Sim cards - along with an education system - the way forward, combined with fines?
  
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• This Twitter account exists only to retweet people who regret voting for Trump

  27-01-2017 11:47
  
  It’s got almost 80,000 followers.
  
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• Explore Auschwitz concentration camp in 360 degrees to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day

  27-01-2017 11:42
  
  Many have taken to Twitter to remember their own trips to Auschwitz.
  
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• This protester went on TV wearing an M&Ms box on her head and no-one quite knows why

  27-01-2017 11:31
  
  We’re seriously hoping it becomes a trend.
  
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• Here are all the controversial things Donald Trump has done in his first week in office

  27-01-2017 11:01
  
  It’s not a short list.
  
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• That awkward moment when the White House can't spell Theresa May's name

  27-01-2017 10:57
  
  Maybe it isn’t as special a relationship as we thought…
  
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• For some, the worst thing about Donald Trump's wall is what it means for avocados

  27-01-2017 10:42
  
  This truly is the definition of first world problems.
  
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• BT profits fall 37% after Italian accounting scandal

  27-01-2017 10:31
  BT's profits have slumped by more than a third as it counted the cost of a damaging accounting scandal in its Italian business. The update came as the group's Europe boss Corrado Sciolla left the telecoms giant in the wake of the revelations about the scandal earlier this week that helped wipe £8bn off its value as its shares fell by a fifth. BT said pre-tax profits fell 37% to £526m for the third quarter to the end of December.
  
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• Brexit: Labour rebellion on Jeremy Corbyn's Article 50 stance grows

  27-01-2017 10:30
  Jeremy Corbyn is facing a growing rebellion against his stance on triggering the start of the Brexit process. Party whip Jeff Smith has said he will defy Mr Corbyn's orders and vote against triggering Article 50, the formal mechanism for leaving the European Union. The Labour leader has decided to impose a three-line whip on next week's vote in Parliament on whether Prime Minister Theresa May should be given the go-ahead to start the two-year negotiating period with Brussels.
  
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